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have_v fence_v with_o a_o commination_n be_v that_o against_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a concern_v which_o he_o affirm_v that_o he_o will_v not_o hold_v the_o doer_n of_o it_o guiltless_a i._n e._n he_o will_v certain_o and_o unavoidable_o punish_v they_o by_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a may_v be_v mean_v either_o false_a or_o vain_a swear_n and_o either_o of_o they_o be_v a_o grievous_a god-provoking_a sin_n for_o the_o first_o viz._n that_o of_o perjury_n or_o forswear_n the_o instance_n be_v so_o notorious_a that_o i_o need_v not_o insist_v on_o they_o the_o case_n of_o joshua_n and_o the_o gibeonite_n which_o be_v a_o oath_n get_v by_o fraud_n 19_o ezek._n 17.13_o 19_o of_o zedekiah_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n which_o be_v a_o oath_n extort_a by_o force_n may_v seem_v to_o have_v something_o pleadable_a in_o their_o excuse_n but_o god_n indispensable_a punish_v the_o violatour_n of_o those_o solemn_a vow_n sufficient_o show_v we_o that_o those_o person_n who_o have_v be_v 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naughtiness_n 1.21_o james_n 1.21_o as_o the_o apostle_n james_n call_v sin_n and_o therefore_o needless_a and_o unnecessary_a oath_n must_v needs_o take_v their_o first_o rise_n from_o his_o instigation_n and_o when_o this_o sin_n do_v abound_v among_o the_o pharisee_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n who_o make_v as_o little_a scruple_n to_o make_v as_o to_o break_v their_o oath_n for_o which_o we_o read_v they_o have_v find_v out_o many_o subtle_a distinction_n as_o that_o a_o oath_n by_o the_o altar_n do_v not_o bind_v 22._o mat._n 23.16_o 22._o though_o a_o oath_n by_o the_o gold_n upon_o the_o altar_n do_v and_o the_o like_a our_o saviour_n first_o tell_v they_o that_o every_o oath_n they_o swear_v by_o any_o thing_n how_o light_n and_o trivial_a soever_o be_v sacred_a and_o obligatory_a since_o it_o have_v a_o immediate_a aspect_n upon_o the_o creator_n who_o name_n though_o it_o be_v not_o interpose_v yet_o be_v understand_v in_o all_o those_o solemn_a asseveration_n and_o then_o 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