A26981:231
A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainness and…A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainess and…
A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainness and brevity fitted to the use of religious families, in their daily reading of the Scriptures : and of the younger and poorer sort of scholars and ministers, who want fuller helps : with an advertisement of difficulties in the Revelations / by Richard Baxter.A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainess and brevity fitted to the use of religious families, in their daily reading of the Scriptures : and of the younger and poorer sort of scholars and ministers, who want fuller helps : with an advertisement of difficulties in the Revelations / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1685
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.
33. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thy self, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths: 34. But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne: 35. Nor by the earth for it is his footstool, neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King; 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37. But let you communication be Yea, yea, Nay, nay, for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
33, &c. You have been told that Perjury is a heinous sin, and our Oaths must be kept: This is past doubt; but I tell you more; that you must not needlessly swear at all, or make any Oaths a part of your discourse: Think not that it's a small matter to Swear by Creatures, while you profane not the name of God: For all that you can swear by is related to God, and his law is broken by it: If it be by Heaven, it is his Throne; if by the Earth, it is his Footstool; if by Jerusalem, it is his holy City; if by the Head, it is his work, of which thou makest not so much as the colour of one hair. Therefore content your selves in your discourse with a sober Yea or Nay: For your Oaths and needless vehement protestations, are but the expressions of Passion, or some other vice, and are stirred up by Satan.
33, &c. You have been told that Perjury is a heinous sin, and our Oaths must be kept: This is past doubt; but I tell you more; that you must not needlesly swear at all, or make any Oaths a part of your discourse: Think not that it's a small matter to Swear by Creatures, while you profane not the name of God: For all that you can swear by is related to God, and his law is broken by it: If it be by Heaven, it is his Throne; if by the Earth, it is his Footstool; if by Jerusalem, it is his holy City; if by the Head, it is his work, of which thou makest not so much as the colour of one hair. Therefore content your selves in your discourse with a sober Yea or Nay: For your Oaths and needless vehement protestations, are but the expressions of Passion, or some other vice, and are sti•red up by Satan.