Verse 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head]
That is, by* 1.1 thy 〈◊〉〈◊〉, (which is the life of our lives) say some: by thy life, say others, which is a sweet blessing; for a living dogge is better* 1.2 men a d ad Lyon: yea though full of crosses, yet why is living man sorrowfull? q d. it is a mercy, that amidst all his crosses, he 〈◊〉〈◊〉* 1.3 yet alive. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is yet alive, I have enough, saith Iacob. They told 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of his honour, he speaks of his life. Life is better then honour, and is not therefore to be laid to pawn upon every light occasion, as they that to often use, As I live, and As true as I live: whereof something before.
God is great in* 1.4 great things, saith St Augustine, and not little in the smallest. What lesse then an hair, yet in making a hair white or black Gods* 1.5 power appeareth. The devil can as little create a hair of the head, as he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of old a louse in the land of Egypt. There are miracles* 1.6 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in mans body to fill a volume. It is the Image of God, and a* 1.7 little world, an epitome of the visible world, as his soul is of the invisible. The Idea or example of the great world, which was in God from all eternity, is as it were briefly and summarily exprest by God in man. Hence Man is called every creature, Go preach the Gospel to every creature, Mark. 16. 15. as if there were none to