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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14032	An exposition vpon the canonicall Epistle of Saint Iames with the tables, analysis, and resolution, both of the whole epistle, and euerie chapter thereof: with the particular resolution of euerie singular place. Diuided into 28. lectures or sermons, made by Richard Turnbull, sometimes fellow of Corpus Christie Colledge in Oxford· now preacher and minister of the word of God and the holy Sacraments, in the citie of London.	Turnbull, Richard, d. 1593.	1591 (1591)	STC 24339; ESTC S118931	472,056	683

not all then vnder this condemnation Let as many then as haue any feare of God before their eies any care of their owne saluation any desire to escape endlesse condemnation any remorce of conscience for their sinne in this behoofe cōmitted any sparcle of grace any feeling of the Spirite of God whereby they are sealed vp to the day of redemption Ephes 4. repent themselues of this wickednes correcte this grieuous sinne in their manners reforme and refraine their lippes from all vaine swearing and blasphemie that thereby they fall not into condemnation but may liue for euer If condemnation be threatened to the vaine swearing of men how much more subiect thereunto are they which geue themselues to horrible periuries and false swearings Which thing almightie God reseruing finally to be punished in eternall torments of hell fire yet to shew how greatly hee detesteth this wickednes euen in this life in some measure he punisheth it When Iosua Josua 9. the Princes of Israel had made a faithfull othe to the Gibeonites Saul afterward violated it almightie God in the 2. King 21. daies of Dauid punished it with three yeares famine thorow out Israel till the seuen sonnes of Saul were geuen to the Gibeonites to bee slaine When Mataniah named by Nabuchodonosour Zedichiah had sworne subiection to the 4. Kings 24. 25. King but afterward forswearing him sealfe and rebelling the Lorde punished his periurie by the King of Babylon who tooke him prisoner slue his sonnes before his eies then put out both his eies and caried him bounde into Babylon where he was kept in perpetuall miserie I neede not say that therefore none of the posteritie of Edward the fourth came vnto the possessiō of the crowne of England because he solemnely swore at Yorke to holde him sealfe contented with his owne duke dome and to performe loyall obedience to the King Duke Elphred conspiring against King Adelstane for swore him sealfe in his purgation therefore at Rome wherefore almightie God stroke him presently in Saint Peters church there and so hee died Earle Godwine hauing treaterously slaine Alphrede brother to King Edward the third thereof charged by the King at table at a certaine time the Earle tooke breade in his hand and swore desiring that the bread might choake him if he were there of giltie which breade hee eating was there with all sodenly choaked that hee fell downe and died To be shorte one may stande for many which is notoriously knowen that a woman which in the yeare 1575. for alittle flaxce forswore her selfe in wood-streate in London therefore was presently stroken and miserably died with great torture tormentes and terrour Infinire like exampls of the iuste iudgements of God in this behalfe are exstant and albeit God doe not alwaies strike all persons in like manner offending yet that it might appeare how greatly he detesteth this wickednes he giueth men a taste of his anger and wrathfull indignation euen in this life present shewing thereby how much more sharpely they shal be punished in the world to come And thought in great patience he beareth with this intollerable sinne of men for a long time and season yet shall they not be vnpunished for euer Truely in this thing therefore saith the poet Tibullus Though that periurie be at the first couered yet at length punishment commeth without noyse secretely And Homer in like manner saith Albeit God foorthwith punish not periuries yet doeth hee at length whereby most grieuous punishments falle on the authour his companion and children which hath committed them Which thing seemeth to haue beene fulfilled in Philip king of Macedonia his children whom Pausanias recordeth to haue fallen into so many miseries calamities and troubles because he violated his othes and falsified his promises so often Wherfore howsoeuer either vain swearers or periured persons doe here escape the reuenging hand of God yet shall they vndoubtedly be subiect to eternall condemnation vnlesse they both leaue their wickednes and speedely repent themselues of their sinne embrace the councell of the Apostle who correcteth this euil Let your yea be yea and your nay nay least ye fal into condemnation This reason drawen from danger not temporal only but eternal rather might be a sufficient stop and stay to keep our lips from this wickednes from which refraining we are so far that we pretend excuses to our vanity 1 Some therefore say I am forced to sweare men otherwise will not beleeue me Shall man force thee to blaspheme and shal not Gods word drawe thee to obedience shall man make thee to doe more in transgressing then Gods word in obeying Is there any necessitie to force thee to doe that which doing thou fallest into condemnation yea is not thy owne vanitie thy inconstancie in thy words thy falshood in thy promises thy periurie in thy othes thy often swearing not vainly only but vntruely also cause that no man giueth thee credit if in al thing● thy deedes were agreeable to thy words thy performāces according to thy promises if thou wert thy words master and neuer protestedst but the trueth if thy tongue were geuen to simplicitie and thy lippes not defiled with lies then shoulde thy worde be beleeued as well yea rather better then thine othe but because thy wordes are but wind and in thy speaches there is no hold because thy promises are without perfourmance in thy saying there is no faith because in thy tongue there is no trust and in thy talke there is no trueth therefore thou swearest yet thou art not beleeued The law saith He that is once presupposed and taken for an euill man is alwaies so presupposed and he that is taken once for faithlesse vntrustie is alwaies so presupposed Aristotle as Laertius writeth or Demetrius as other affirme being asked what Laertius de vitaphilo profite men gate by their lies falshoode and vntrueths in them answered this onely that oftentimes whē they tell the trueth yet men will not beleeue them The fault therfore redoundeth vpon thy owne head that thou art not beleeued so farre therefore is this pretence from excusing thy swearing that it rather encreaseth thy offence 2 If we pretend our custome doeth this excuse our sinne Nay doeth not custome of doing euill aggrauate the wickednes that seruant that is accustomed to rob his master and doeth it therefore more commonly is more punishable thē he that hath once done it so hath done The childe that by vse and custome groweth to be disobedient deserueth with more seueritie to be chastened then he that once offendeth and so leaueth Euery wickednes how much more commonly it is done so much more hainous is it The man more accustomed to adulteries is the more filthie whoremonger the wife that hath more vsually prostituted her selfe to others is the more detestable harlot the theefe that by custome robbeth deserueth more iustly to be hanged the more vsually any euill is committed the more haynous