A37046:493
The law unsealed
The law unsealed: or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow.
Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1676
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.
In speaking of what concerneth Oaths, we would 1. speak of an Oath. 2. Of the Obligation of it, for this Command both requireth Oaths, and the keeping of them, and it may be broken in reference to both.
We would in the entry distinguish betwixt these four. 1. Oaths. 2. Asseverations▪ 3. Simple affirmations or Assertions. 4. Imprecations or Curses.
1. Oaths are such as directly invocate God by such like expressions, as Be, o• B• as By my holiness I ha•e sworn, Psalm 89. I swear by the Lord.
2. Asseverations (called vehement Assertions) are expressed thus, As the Lord live••, As that Light shi•e••, in Conscience, Faith, &c.