The law unsealed

2. I say, Not in all Things: Because the matter of a Vow, must be one of these two: Either, 1. Some commanded Duty, as Jacob▪ Vow, Genes. 28. and Davids, Psalm 119. 106. were: Or 2. Something that relateth to Worship: or may further some commanded Duty, or prevent some sin, to which we are given, and much inclined: As suppose a Man should engage himself to rise sooner in the morning, that he might the more effectually cross the lust of his laziness, and to keep more at home, the better to prevent the snare of evil, and Loose-Company: It is not House-keeping simply, or rising soon, that is the matter of his Vow: but as they relate unto, or are made use of for such ends: Therefore Vows can only be made to God alone, Ps. 76. 11. and Ps. 132. 2.

2. I say, Not in all Things: Because the matter of a Vow, must be one of these two: Either, 1. Some commanded Duty, as Jacob▪ Vow, Genes. 28. and Davids, Psalm 119. 106. were: Or 2. Something that relateth to Worship: or may further some commanded Duty, or prevent some sin, to which we are given, and much inclined: As suppose a Man should engage himself to rise sooner in the morning, that he might the more effectually cross the lust of his laziness, and to keep more at home, the better to prevent the snare of evil, and Loose-Company: It is not House-keeping simply, or rising soon, that is the matter of his Vow: but as they relate unto, or are made use of for such ends: Therefore Vows can onely be made to God alone, Ps. 76. 11. and Ps. 132. 2.