Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	king_n	name_n	1,874	5	5.0780	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01691	The lands mourning, for vaine swearing: or The downe-fall of oathes Declaring how this land groneth vnder the burthen of this sinne, and of Gods fearefull iudgements that attend it. A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the 11. of Iuly. 1613. By Abraham Gibson, Mr. of Arts.	Gibson, Abraham, b. 1586 or 7.	1613 (1613)	STC 11829; ESTC S118374	53,620	128

herein wee giue vnto God first the glory of omniscience when wee call him to testifie of our secret thoughts and so acknowledge him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Acts 1. 14. The knower of hearts Secondly the glory of Truth when he is appealed vnto as Truths witnesse and maintainer and falshoods reuenger Thirdly the glory of Power whereby hee can and of Iustice whereby he will take vengeance of those that sweare Muscul append ad Psal 15. de Iuramen Quare plane insani hominis esse oportet si quis iuramenti vsum modo leuit as mendacium absent non agnouerit tam non derogare quicquam gloriae Dei vt illam etiam illustret falsely Wherefore in these respects we may conclude with Musculus that certainly he can be iudged no better then a madman who will not acknowledge that the vse of an oath being taken neither lightly nor falsly is so far from any whit derogating from the glory of God that it doth euen much manifest and set it forth * 2 The good of man The second end why an Oath is of necessitie required is the good of Man it being as Melancthon calleth it a Praecipuum vinculum ordinis politici Phil. Melanct in Mat 5. the chiefe bond of ciuil order for hereby is b Propter iustitiam conseruandam veritatem astruandam amicitiam confirmandam c. Bonaueh centiloq pars 1. cap. 12. Right and Iustice maintained Truth and Verity preserued Peace and concord established discord dissention ended There must be an end of strife who doth not grant it An end of strife there cannot be till confirmation on the one side be stronger then on the other To this end in the first place reasons must be vsed when these faile then by witnesses must the matter be stablished when witnesses faile an Oath must be vsed Deut. 19. 15. and this is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the end of strife as the Apostle calleth it An Oath for confirmation is the end of all strife Heb. 6. 16. So we see that an Oath is ordained by God and that to very good end and purpose Now secondly as wee haue precept to command it so patterne to 2 By patterne commend it It is commended by example and patterne without exception and that First of the Saints of GOD. Secondly of the Angels of GOD. Thirdly of GOD himselfe First of the Saints of God both in the Old Testament and New In the 1 Of the Saints of God Old Testament of Abraham to the King of Sodom Gen. 21. of Iacob to his Vncle Laban Gen. 31. of Ioseph Gen. 21. 24. to his Father Iacob Gen. 47. So of Gen. 31. 53. Dauid to Ionathan of Elias to Obadiah Gen. 47. 31. 1 Sam 20. of Elisha to Iehoram and diuers others And from the Old 1 King 18. 15. 2 King 3. 14. Testament come wee to the New Paul doth it in diuers Epistles as to the Romanes God is my witnesse Rom. 1. 9. To the Corinthians I call Rom. 1. 9. God for a record vnto my soule 2 Cor. 1. 23. 2 Cor. 1. 23. To the Galathians I witnesse before God that I lye not Gal. 1. 20. Gal. 1. 20. To the Philippians God is my record Phil. 1. 8. Thus wee haue the Phil. 1. 8. patterne of the holy men of God Secondly not onely so but of 2 Of the Angels of God the Angels of GOD. So wee read Dan. 12. 7. that the Angell held vp both his hands and sware by him Dan. 12. 7. that liueth for euer so we read Rene. 10. 5. 6. The Angell life vp his Reuel 10. 5. 6. hand to Heauen and swore by him that liueth for euermore Thirdly and lastly of God himselfe the patterne of patternes He 3 Of God himselfe is recorded in Scripture to haue sworne diuers Oathes sometime by his holinesse Psal 89. sometime by his right hand Esa 62. sometime by Psal 89. 35. his great Name Ierem. 44. sometime Isa 62. 8. by his soule Ier. 51. Not that Ier. 44. 26. his saying needed confirming Ier. 51. 14. whose bare word is Yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1. 20. Propter hominum socordiam Deus iurat Cal. but to conuince the infirmitie of our nature and to comfort it being conuicted He hath done it as the Apostle saith ex àbundanti willingly prael in Ier. Cur Scriptura iurantem inducit Deum nimirum vt infirmitatem naturae nostrae coargueret conuictā consolaretur Philo. in libel de sacrif Cain Abel more abundantly to shew the stablenesse of his counsell Heb. 6. 17. For this cause he swore to Abraham euer to blesse him Gene. 22. 16. to Dauid neuer to forsake him Psal 132. 11. to the Gentiles not to be angry with them Esa 54. 8. Thus by all that hath beene said it is euident that there is a lawfull vse of Oathes which God hath not onely 2 What Oaths are lavvfull vvhat vnlavvfull by precept inioyned but also by his owne practise approued Now it remaineth that I come to shew vvhat Oathes are lawfull what vnlawfull For the first A lawfull Oath I call 1 The description of a lavvfull Oath that when wee sweare in a waighty matter by IEHOVAH in truth in righteousnesse and in iudgement Of these things in order And first it must be in a wàightie 1 It must be onely in a vvaighty matter matter when all proofes and testimonies faile and when the controuersie cannot be decided nor the truth discerned nor the matter determined but onely by Iehouah for Reason then onely it maketh for the glory of God when he is appealed vnto in a matter of moment importance and so acknowledged all-seeing and all-powerfull and on the contrary the name of God is much dishonored when called to witnesse in euery trifle which is not worth an Oath Plaine by a similitude It were we know a disgrace and so it would be taken to disturbe and disquiet the Kings Maiestie vvith such a cause as the lowest and basest Officer might determine How then can God take it to be made so bolde with as to be called out of his Throne in Heauen to decide trifles It is to make lesse reckoning of him Guiliel Tripolit then the Turkes of their Mahomet by whom they will not sweare lightly and vainely but vpon occasion of great necessitie Secondly it must be by Iehouah 2 It must be by Iehouah as is plaine by the Word of God and reason First by the word of God Thou shalt sweare by his Name Deut. 10. 20. Euery tongue shall sweare by me Deut. 10. 20. Esai 45. 23. And he that sweareth Isa 45. 23. in the Earth shall sweare by the true God Esai 65. 16. Isa 65. 16. Secondly by reason for first to him we sweare by we giue diuine Reason honour and attribute omniscience