An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

But I find that Calvin in his Notes upon this Scripture,¹ ⟨p. 367⟩understands this Oath and Covenant not to be a Covenant to men,² but their Covenant with God, in promising repentance and new obedience, and so they spake only words, Swearing falsely, they did but deceive him in swearing and making a Covenant; and this indeed is a sore and dreadful evil to swear to the high God, and to Covenant with him, to draw so nigh to him and yet to be false, God threatens in Levit. 26. 25. ³That he will send a sword to avenge the quarrel of his Covenant; and when we see the sword rageth so as it doth, we may have cause to fear that the Lord hath a quarrel against us,⁴ in avenging the late Covenant that hath been made (I mean our falseness in it) and that we may see further our guiltiness and evil in swearing falsely in making a Covenant, we must know that many ways our hearts may be false in our Covenants with God. It is a dreadful evil to be false any way in Covenant with God; any of you that upon your sick beds have been solemnly promising to God reformation if God restored you; if you be false, Oh know, that the Lord hath a quarrel against you, and he hath a dreadful evil to charge upon your souls: How many of you have been false in your private Covenants?⁵ But to be false in public Covenants, that's most dreadful. But our hearts may be false divers ways. As,

But I find that Calvin in his Notes upon this Scripture,¹ ⟨p. 367⟩understands this Oath and Covenant not to be a Covenant to men,