A25291:1928
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
16. An assertory Oath is of a thing past, or present. 2. Cor. 1. 23. A promissory Oath under which a comminatory is contained, is of a thing to come. 1. Samuel 20. 12, 13, 14.
17. An assertory Oath, because it is of a thing already done, doth not bind to do any thing, but doth only confirm the truth of the thing done.
17. An assertory Oath, because it is of a thing already done, doth not bind to doe any thing, but doth only confirme the truth of the thing done.
18. But this assertion doth immediately respect the judgement of him that sweareth, being grounded on those arguments which are wont to be called infallible, so as an Oath that agrees with such a judgement, is to be accounted for true, although it should differ from the thing it self: because it doth not respect the thing it self, but by means of such a judgement: whence also the Romans did use that most considerate word I think, even then when being sworn they spake those things which they were sure of.
18. But this assertion doth immediatly respect the judgement of him that sweareth, being grounded on those arguments which are wont to be called infallible, so as an Oath that agrees with such a judgement, is to be accounted for true, although it should differ from the thing it selfe: because it doth not respect the thing it selfe, but by meanes of such a judgement: whence also the Romans did use that most considerate word I thinke, even then when being sworne they spake those things which they were sure of.