The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Fourthly, When we are slack to perform them: When ^gthou vowest a Vow to JEHOVAH thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it: for JEHOVAH thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin unto thee. When ^has thou vowest a Vow to God, delay not to perform it: for God hath no pleasure in Fools. Yet for the performance of some greater duty, our Vow may be put off for a ⟨p. 166⟩time, as the example of the Rechabites ⁱdoth confirm, of whom the Lord himself beareth witness, that they observed the vow of JONADAB their father, charging them not to dwell in houses, but in Tents continually; though for safety of their lives they came to dwell in Jerusalem.

Fourthly, When we are slacke to performe them: When ^gthou vowest a Ʋow to IEHOVAH thy God, thou shalt not delay to performe it: for IEHOVAH thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sinne vnto thee. When ^has thou vowest a Ʋow to God, delay not to performe it: for God hath no pleasure in Fooles. Yet for the performance of some greater dutie, our Vow may bee put off for a ⟨p. 166⟩time, as the example of the Rechabites ⁱdoth confirme, of whom the Lord himselfe beareth witnesse, that they obserued the vow of IONADAB their father, charging them not to dwell in houses, but in Tents continually; though for safetie of their liues they came to dwell in Ierusalem.

1. gDeut. 23. 21.