§. Sect. 2 Of the sancti∣fying of Gods name in law∣full oathes.
More especially, there is required in this Commandement, that wee glorifie and sanctifie Gods name by our oathes and vowes. First, by our oathes, * 1.1 vnto which is required, first, that we honour Gods name, in swea∣ring by it vpon a iust and necessary occasion, acknowledging thereby Gods infinite wisdome, from which nothing canly hid; his Truth, which abhorreth all lies and falshoods; his Iustice, which when he is called to be a witnesse and Iudge, will neither suffer truth and innocency to goe vn∣rewarded, nor vntruth and guiltinesse vnpunished without respect of per∣sons. Secondly, that we sweare only by the name of God, either directly * 1.2 or indirectly, and by no creature in heauen or earth. Thirdly, that wee sweare after a lawfull manner, vnto which is required that we sweare in truth, that is, to that which is true, and truly, according to the perswasi∣on * 1.3 of our mindes; In righteousnesse, binding our selues thereby only vnto things lawfull; and in iudgement, whereby we discerne the necessitie of it, in regard that we can no otherwise cleare the truth, nor be beleeued in a