at any time your hearts be over-charged with surfeting and drunkenness and the cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares Rom. 13. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying labour (q) Eccl. 12. 12. Furthermore by these my son be admonished of making many books there is no end and much study is a weariness of the flesh Eccl. 2. 22 23. For what hath a man of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the Sun V. 23. For all his dayes are sorrow and his travel grief yea his heart taketh not rest in the night This is also vanity and recreations (r) Isa 5. 12. And the harp and the viol and the tabret and pipe and wine are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord nor consider the operation of his hands provoking words (Å¿) Prov. 15. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger Prov. 12. 18. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword but the tongue of the wise is health oppression (t) Ezek. 18. 18. As for his father because he cruelly oppressed and spoiled his brother by violence and did that which was not good among his people lo even he shall dye in his iniquitie Exod. 1. 14. And they made their lives bitter with bondage in mortar and brick and all manner of service in the field all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigour quarrelling (u) Gal. 5. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another take heed ye be not consumed one of another Prov. 23. 29. Who hath wo who hath sorrow who hath contentions who hath babling who hath wounds without cause c. striking wounding * Num. 35. 16 17 18-21 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron so that he dye he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death V. 17. And if he smite him with throwing a stone so that he dye he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death V. 18. Or if he smite him with a hand-weapon of wood wherewith he may dye and he dye he is a murderer the murderer shall surely be put to death V. 21. Or in enmity smite him with his hand that he dye he that smote him shall surely be put to death for he is a murderer and whatsoever else tends to the destruction of the life of any (x) Exod. 21. from ver 18. to the end containing laws for smiters for an hurt by chance for an oxe that goreth and for him that is an occasion of harm Q. Which is the seventh Commandment A. The seventh Commandment is Thou shalt not commit adultery (y) Exod. 20. 14. Q. What are the duties required in the seventh Commandment A. The duties required in the seventh Commandment are Chastity in body mind affections z 1 Thes 4. 4. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour Job 31. 1. I have made a Covenant with mine eyes why then should I thâ—nk upon a maid 1 Cor. 7. 34. There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin the unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and spirit but she that is married careth for the things of the world how she may please her husband words a Col. 4. 6. Let your speech be alwayes with grace seasoned with fall that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man and behaviour b 1 Pet. 3. 2 While they behold your chast conversation coupled with fear and the preservation of it in our selves and others c 1 Cor. 7. 2-35 36. Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband V. 35. And this I speak for your profit not that I may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and that ye may attend upon the Lord without destraction V. 36. But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of her age and need do require let him do what he will he sinneth not let them marry watchfulness over the eyes and all the senses d Job 31. 1. I have made a covenant with mine eyes why then should I think upon a maid temperance e Act. 24. 24 25. And after certain dayes when Felix came with his wife Drusilla which was a Jew he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith of Christ V. 25. And as he reasoned of Righteousness Temperance and Judgement to come Felix trembled c. keeping of chast company f Prov. 2. 16 17 18 19 20. To deliver thee from the strange woman even from the stranger which flattereth with her words V. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God V. 18. For her house inclineth to death and her paths unto the dead V. 19. None that go unto her return again neither take they hold of the paths of life V. 20. That thou maist walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous modesty in apparel g 1 Tim. 2. 9. In like manner also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefastness and sobriety not with broidered haire or gold or pearl or costly array marriage by those that have not the gift of continency h 1 Cor. 7. 2-9 Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband V. 9. But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry then to burn conjugall love i Prov. 5. 19 20. Let her be as the loving Hind and pleasant Roe let her breast satisfie thee at all times and be thou ravisht alwayes with her love V. 20. And why wilt thou my son be ravished with a strange woman and embrace the bosome of a stranger and cohabitation k 1 Pet. 3. 7. Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honour to the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heires together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindred diligent labour in our callings l Prov. 31. 11-27 28. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her so that he shall have no need of spoile V. 27. She looketh well to the wayes of her houshold and eateth not the bread of idleness V. 28. Her children arise up and call her blessed her husband he also praiseth her shunning all occasions of uncleanness and resisting temptations thereunto m Prov. 5. 8. Remove thy way from her and come not nigh the door of her house Gen. 39. 8 9 10. But Joseph refused and said unto his
his own sins and then for the peoples for this he did once when he offered up himself V. 28. For the law maketh men High Priests which have infirmities but the word of the oath which was since the law maketh the Son who is consecrated for ever and so satisfie Gods justice b Rom. 3. 24 25 26. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ V. 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through saith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God V. 26. To declare I say at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus procure his favour c Eph. 1. 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved Mat. 3. 17. And lo a voice from Heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom alone I am well pleased purchase a peculiar people d Tâ—â— 2. 13 14. Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saâ—â—â—ur Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works give his Spirit to them e Gal. 4. 6. And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father conquer all their enemies f Luke 1. 68 69 -71.-74 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David V. 71. That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us V. 74. That he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without fear and bring them to everlasting salvation g Heb. 5. 8 9. Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered and being made perfect he became the author of everlasting salvation unto all that obey him Heb. 9 11. to the 16. But Christ being come an High Priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect Tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building V. 12. Neither by the blood of Goats and Calves but by his own blood he entred in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us V. 13. For if the blood of Bulls and of Goats and the ashes of an Heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh V. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God V. 15. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance Q. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be Man A. It was requisite that the Mediator should be Man that he might advance our nature h Heb. 2. 16. For verily he took not on him the nature of Angels but he took on him the seed of Abraham perform obedience to the law i Gal. 4. 4. But when the time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law suffer and make intercession for us in our nature k Heb. 2. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the Devil Heb. 7. 24 25. But this man because he continueth for ever hath an unchangeable Priesthood Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them have a fellow-feeling of our infirmities l Heb. 4. 15. For we have not an High Priest that cannot be touched with the seeling of ouâ— infirmitâ—es but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin that we might receive the adoption of sons m Gal 4. 5. To redeâ—m â—hem that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace n Heb. 4. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need Q. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and Man in one person A. It was requisite that the Mediator who was to reconcile God and Man should himself be both God and Man and this in one person that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us o Matth. 1. 21. 23. And she shall bring forth a Son and thou shalt call his Name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins V. 23. Behold a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a Son and they shall call his Name Emmanuel which being interpreted is God with us Mat. 3. 17. And lo a voyce from heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Heb. 9. 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God and relied on by us as the works of the whole person p 1 Pet. 2. 6. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I lay in Sion a choice Corner-stone elect and pretious and he that beleeveth on him shall not be confounded Q. Why was our Mediator called Jesus A. Our Mediator was called Jesus because he saveth his people from their sins q Mat. 1. 21. And she shall bring forth a Son and thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Q. Why was our Mediator called Christ A. Our Mediator was called Christ because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost above measure r Joh. 3. 34. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him Psal 45. 7. Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness therefore God thy God hath annointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellowes and so set apart and fully furnished with all authority and ability Å¿ John 6. 27. Labour not for the meat that perisheth but for that meat which endureth to everlasting life which the Son of Man shall give unto you for him hath God the Father sealed Mat. 28. 18 19 20. Jesus came and spake unto them saying All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth
that I thought to do unto them Exod. 20. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vain Compared with Psal 15. 1 -4 5 Lord who shall abide in thy Tabernacle and who shall dwell in thy holy Hill V. 4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned but he honoureth them that fear the Lord he that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not V. 5. He that putteth not his money out to usury nor He that doth these things shall never be moved And with Psal 24. 4 5. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lift up his hands unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully V. 5. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation 5. That what God forbids is at no time to be done * Job 13. 7 8. Will ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceitfully for him V. 8. Will ye accept his person will ye contend for God Rom 3. 8. And not rather as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just Job 36. 21. Take heed regard not iniquity for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction Heb. 11. 25. Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season what he commands is alwayes our duty x Deut. 4. 8 9. And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day V. 9. Onely take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently least thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and least they depart from thy heart all the dayes of thy life but teach them thy sons and thy sons sons and yet every particular duty is not to be done at all times y Mat. 12. 7. But if ye had known what this meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice ye would not have condemned the guiltless 6. That under one sin or duty all of the same kind are forbidden or commanded together with all the causes means occasions and appearances thereof and provocations thereunto z Matt. 5. 21 22-27 28. See s before V. 27. Ye have heard that it hath been said of old Thou shalt not commit adultery But I say unto you whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart Mat. 15. 4 5 6. For God commanded saying Honour thy father and thy mother and he that curseth his father and his mother let him die the death V. 5. But ye say that whosoever shall say to his father or mother It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me and honour not his father and his mother he shall be free thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition Heb. 10. 24 25. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and unto good works V. 25. Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching 1 Thess 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil Jude v. 23. And others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory provoking one another envying one another Col. 3. 21. Fathers provoke not your children to anger least they be discouraged 7. That what is forbidden or commanded to our selves we are bound according to our places to endeavour that it may be avoided or performed by others according to the duty of their places a Exod. 20. 10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor the stranger that is within thy gates Lev. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him Gen. 18. 19. For I know him that he will command his children and his houshold after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgement that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoke of him Josh 24. 15. And if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord chuse you this day whom ye will serve but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Deut. 6. 6 7. And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart and thou shalt teach them diligently to thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up 8. That in what is commanded to others we are bound according to our places and callings to be helpful to them b 2 Cor. 1. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith but are helpers of your joy and to take heed of pertaking with others in what is forbidden them c 1 Tim. 5. 22. Lay hands suddenly on no man neither be partaker of other mens sins keep thy self pure Eph. 5. 11. And have no fellowship with the unprofitable works of darkness but rather reprove them Q. What special things are we to consider in the ten Commandments A. We are to consider in the ten Commandments the Preface the substance of the Commandments themselves and several reasons annexed to some of them the more to inforce them Q. What is the Preface to the Commandments A. The Preface to the Commandments is contained in these words I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage d Exod. 20. 2. wherein God manifesteth his Soveraignty as being Jehovah the Eternal Immutable and Almighty God e Isai 44. 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts I am the first and I am the last and besides me there is no God having his Being in and of himself f Exod. 3. 14. And God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM and he said Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel I AM hath sent me unto you and giving being to all his words g Ex. 6. 3. And I appeared unto Abraham and Isaac and Jacob by the name of God Almighty but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them and works h Act. 17. 24-28 God that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of heaven and of earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands V. 28. For in him we live and move and have our being as certain also of your
masters wife Behold my master knoweth not what is with me in the house and he hath committed all that he hath into my hand V. 9. There is none greater in this house then I neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee because thou art his wife How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God V. 10. And it came to pass as she spake to Joseph day by day that he hearkned not unto her to lye by her or to be with her Q. What are the sinnes forbidden in the seventh Commandment A. The sinnes forbidden in the seventh Commandment besides the neglect of the duties required n Pro. 5. 7. Hear me now therefore O ye children and depart not from the words of my mouth are adultery fornication o Heb. 13. 4 Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge Gal. 5. 19. Now the workes of the flesh are manifest which are these Adultery Fornication uncleanness Lasciviousness c. rape incest p 2 Sam. 13. 14. Howbeit he viz. Amnon would not hearken unto her voice but being stronger then she forced her and lay with her 1 Cor. 5. 1. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you and such fornication as is not so much as to be named among the Gentiles that one should have his fathers wife sodomy and all unnatural lusts q Rom. 1. 24-26 27. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts to dishonour their own bodies between themselves V. 26. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature V. 27. And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one towards another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet Lev. 20. 15 16. And if a man lie with a beast he shall surely be put to death and ye shall slay the beast V. 16. If a woman approach unto any beast and lie down thereto thou shall kill the woman and the beast they shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon them all unclean imaginations thoughts purpose and affections r Mat. 5. 28. But I say unto you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her alâ—eady in his heart Mat. 15. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders adulteries fornications thefts false witness c. Col. 3. 5. Mortifie therefore your members which are upon the earth fornication uncleâ—nness inordinate affection evil concupâ—scence and covetousness which is idolatâ—y all corrupt or filthy communications or listening thereunto Å¿ Eph. 5. 3 4. But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness let it not be once named amongst you as becometh Saints V. 4. Neither filthiness nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenâ—ent Pro. 7. 5-21 22. That they may keep thee from the strange woman from the stranger which flattereth with her words V. 21. With much fair speech she caused him to yield with the flattering of her lips she forced him V. 22. He goeth after her straightway as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stocks wanton looks t Is 3. 16. Moreover the Lord saith because the daughters of Sion are haughty walk with stretched out necks and wont on eyes walking mincing as they go and making a tinckling with their feet 2 Pet. 2. 14. Having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin beguiling unstable souls c. impudent or light behaviour immodest apparel u Pro. 7. 10-13 And behold there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot and subtil of heart V. 13. So she caught him and kâ—ssed him and with an impudent face said unto him prohibiting of lawful * 1 Tim. 4. 3. Forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath commanded to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe and know the truth and dispensing with unlawful marriages x Lev. 18. from ver 1. to the 21. Mark 6. 18. For John said unto Herod It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife Mal. 2. 11 12. Judah hath dealt treacherously and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved and hath married the daughter of a strange God V. 12. The Lord will cut off the man that doth this the master and the scholar out of the Tabernacles of Jacob and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of host allowing tolerating keeping of stewes and resorting to them y 1 Kin. 15. 12. And he viz. Asa took away the Sodomites out of the land and removed all the Idols that his fathers had made 2 King 23. 7. And he viz. Josiah brake down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the houses of the Lord where the women wove hangings for the grove Deut. 23. 17 18. There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor a Sodomite of the sons of Israel V. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hiâ—e of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow for even both these are an abomination unto the Lord thy God Lev. 19. 29. Do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a whore least the land fall to whoredom and become full of wickedness Jer. 5. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this thy children have forsaken me and sworn by them that are no gods when I had fed them to the full they then commâ—tted adultery and assembled themselves by troopes in the harlots houses Pro. 7. 24. 25 26 27. Hearken unto me now therefore O ye children and attend to the words of my mouth V. 25. Let not thine heart decline to her wayâ—s go not astray in her paths V. 26. For she hath cast down many wounded yea many strong men have been slain by her V. 27. Her house is the way to hell going down to the chambers of death intangling vowes of single life z Mal. 19. 10 11. His disciples say unto him If the case of the man be so with his wife it is not good to maâ—ry V. 11. But he said unto them all men cannot receive this saying save they to whom it is give undue delay of marriage a 1 Cor. 7. 7 8 9. For I would that all men were even as I my self but every man hath his proper gift of God one after this manner another after that V. 8. I say therefore to the unmarried and widowes It is good for them if they abide even as I. V. 9. But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry then to burn
damsel that is a virgin which is not betrothed and lay hold on her and lye with her and they be found v. 29. Then the man that lay with her shall give to the damsels father fifty shekels of silver and she shall be his wife because he hath humbled her he may not put her away all his dayes Prov. 6. 32 33 34 35. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding he that doth it destroyeth his own Soul v. 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get and his reproach shall not be wiped away v. 34. For jealousy is the rage of a man therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance V. 35. He will not regard any ransome nor rest content though thou givest many gifts if against means (Å¿) Matt. 11. 21 22 23 24. Wo unto thee Corazim woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes v. 22. But I say unto you it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon c. v. 23. And thou Capernaum that art lifted up to heaven shall be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day v. 24. But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom c. Joh. 15. 22. If I had not come and spoken unto them they had not had sin but now they have no cloak for their sin mercies (t) Isai 1. 3. The oxe knoweth his owner and the asse his masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider Deut. 32. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord O foolish people and unwise is not he thy father that hath bought thee hath he not made thee and established thee judgments (u) Amos 4. 8 9 10 11. So two or three cities wandred unto one city to drink water but they were not satisfied yet have they not returned unto me saith the Lord. v. 9. I have smiten you with blasting and mil-dew c. yet have ye not returned unto me saith the Lord. v. 10. I have sent among you the Pestilence after the manner of Egypt your young men have I slain with the sword c. yet have ye not c. v. 11. I have overthrown some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and ye were as a fire-brand pluckt out of the burning yet have ye not returned unto me saith the Lord. Jer. 5. 3. O Lord are not thine eyes upon the truth Thou hast striken them but they have not grieved thou hast consumed them but they have refused to receive correction they have made their face harder then a rock and refused to return light of nature (*) Rom. 1. 16 17 For this cause God gave them up to vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature v. 27. And likewise the men leaving the natural use of the women c. and receiving in themselves that recompence of their errour that was meet conviction of conscience (x) Rom. 1 24. Who knowing the judgement of God that they who do such things are worthy of death not onely do the same but have pleasure in them that do them Dan. 5. 22. And thou O Belshazzer his son hast not humbled thy heart though thou knowest all this Tit. 3. 10 11. A man that is an heretick for the first and second admonition reject v. 11. Knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself publick or private admonition (y) Prov. 29. 1. He that being often reproved hardneth his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy censures of the Church (z) Tit. 3. 10. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject Matt. 18. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them tell it to the Church but if he neglect to hear the Church let him be as an Heathen man and a Publicane civil punishments (a) Prov. 27. 22. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a morter among wheat wiâ—h a pâ—stel yet will not his folly depart from him Prov. 23. 25. They have striken me shalt thou say and I was not sick they have beaten me and I left it not when shall I wake I will seek it yet again and our own prayers purposes promises (b) Psal 78. 34 35 36 37. When he slew them then they sought him and returned and enquired early after God v. 35. And they remembred that God was their Rock and the high God their redeemer v. 36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth and they lyed unto him with their tongues v. 37. For their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his covenants Jer. 2. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burâ—t thy bands and thou saidst I will not transgress when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wandrest playing the harlot Jer. 42. 5 6 -20 21. Then they said to Jeremiah the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us if we do not even according to all things for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us v. 6. Whether it be good or evil we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send thee c. v. 20. But ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me to the Lord your God saying Pray for us unto the Lord our God and according to all that the Lord our God shall say so declare unto us and we will do is v. 21. And now I have this day declared it to you but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God nor any thing for which he hath sent me unto you vows (c) Eccles 5. 4 5 6. When thou vowest a vow unto God deferre not to pay it for he hath no pleasure in fools pay that thou hast vowed v. 5. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow then that thou shouldst vow and not pay v. 6. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin neither say thou before the Angel that it was an errour wherefore should God be angry at thy voice and destroy the work of thine hands Prov. 20. 25. It is a suare to the man who devoureth that which is holy and after voweth to make enquiry covenants (d) Lev. 26. 25. And I will bring the sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant c. and engagements to God or men (e) Prov. 2. 17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God Ezek 17. 18 19. Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant when loe he had given his hand and hath done all these things he shall not escape v. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord God surely