A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions…

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 Jacobs Vow, Gen. 28. and Davids, Psal. 119.106. were: Or 2. Some-thing 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 Lazine •s; and to keep more at home, the better to prevent the Snare of Evil, and House-Company: It is not House-keeping simply, or Rising soon, that is the matter of his Vow; but as they relate ⟨p. 146⟩unto, or are made use of for such ends; Therefore Vows can only be made to God alone, Psalm. 76.11. and Psalm. 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 Jacobs Vow, Gen. 28. and Davids, Psal. 119.106. were: Or 2. Some-thing 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 Lazine •s; and to keep more at home, the better to prevent the Snare of Evil, and House-Company: It is not House-keeping simply, or Rising soon, that is the matter of his Vow; but as they relate ⟨p. 146⟩unto, or are made use of for such ends; Therefore Vows can onely be made to God alone, Psalm. 76.11