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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90903	A summons for svvearers, and a law for the lips in reproving them wherein the chiefe disswasives from swearing are proposed, the sleight objections for swearing answered, the strange judgments upon swearers, forswearers, cursers, that take Gods name in vain, related. Which may be a terror to the wicked for swearing, and a preservative for the godly from swearing. With sundry arguments to prove the verity of the Scriptures, and excellencie of the decalogue, against all prophane and atheisticall deniers thereof. By Walter Powell, preacher at Standish, neer Glocester.	Powell, Walter, b. 1590 or 91.	1645 (1645)	Wing P3098; Thomason E1228_1; ESTC R203197	141,220	287

Mariners A make-peace for Magistrates A meditation for mourners A memento for mortalitie Milk for the weak Meat for the strong Musick for the melancholy The Mystery of godlinesse The mirror of Martyrs The map of the next world The mouth of the Lord Jehovah The nurse of vertue The newes from Canaan The non-such for the soul and body The net to draw mens souls out of the waters of wickednesse It is The Oracle of God The oldest way of life and truth The plea of the poore The pain of the rich The physick of the sick The preservative against the plague The priviledge of Christians The pearle without price The Pilot to pietie The path-way to Paradise The pledge of Gods love The promise of perfection The proof of professors The Palace of Protestants The prison of Papists The pull-down of Purgatory The plat-forme for all pastime It is The quiver of Gods arrows against Atheists The quench-coale of lust The root of religion The rock of Gods Church The refuge of the righteous The rule of mans actions The riches unperishable The revealed will of God It is The staffe of the feeble The sting of finne The Sling of David The Spring of pleasure The salve for the soare The Sea-mans compasse The spirituall Manna The Sword of the Spirit The School-master of Mankind The Seed of the new birth The Sea of Gods mercies The Signet of Gods right hand The Sampler of Saints sufferings The Scepter of Christs Kingdome The search for the sinner The safety for the sorrowfull The solace of the soul The summons to judgement It is The tidings of salvation The treasure of gladnesse The triall of truth The testimony of Gods favour The touch-stone of error The two-edged sword The Testament and Tenure of our Freehold The Tradesmans balance The young mans task The Vsurers hell The wine for the wounded The woe for the worldling The way for to walk in The * Ulysses saith Homer caused himself to bee bound to the Mast of the ship and every one of his fellowes eares to be stopped with wax that they might not hearken to the songs of these Monsters the Syrens and so be drowned in the Sea wax for the Sailers cars against the Syrens songs on the sea The whetstone of zeal The watch-bell of Christians The wisdome of the crosse The well of the water of life And so from the Preface to provoke your attentions I come to the Decalogues division and Texts explication to inform your judgments Christ divided the Law into two Tables The love of God and the love of our Neighbour Now the foure first Commandments contain our dutie to God the fix last to our Neighbour Josephus divides and allots five unto the first and five unto the last Table August Quaest 71. on Exod. saith there be three precepts contained in the first table and seaven in the last making the first and second commandment but one and the tenth two precepts But what is his Reason A childish reason saith Zanchius that the mystery of the Trinity might hereby be specified Him hath Aquinas and the Schoolmen followed So Luther and those that follow him This was brought to passe by the subtilty of the Devill as the event it selfe doth sufficiently declare seeing by little and little it came to passe that the second Precept was by the Papists blotted out or if added then either joined with or hid under the first that it might not appeare that God did absolutely and of set purpose condemne Images but such as whereby God himselfe is represented and to make up the number of ten they divide the tenth into two precepts as a man having stollen one of ten baggs divides the ninth into two that none of the number might be wanting This then you see we rightly are to account the third precept belonging to the first table And in it at the first glimpse you may discern Two parts first a Prohibition secondly a Reason to regard it First the Prohibition Thou shalt not take c. Secondly the Provocation or Reason to inforce it For the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse c. This word Name when it is referred to man hath these significations in Scripture 1. It is taken for that whereby his person is known and distinguished from another as Peter Paul c. Thou shalt call his name Jesus He shall be called John Mat. 1.21 Luke 1.16 2. The testimony or report which is given of any man which if it be for good things and given to good men then it is a good name otherwise it is an evill name Pro. 22.1 A good name is better then riches This is that wherby we are made known unto others as men are by their names 3. Our selves Luk. 10.20 Rev. 21. ult our own persons Rejoyce that your names are written in the book of life That yet are known and loved of God from everlasting 4. Honour Deut. 26.18 Job 30.8 renown praise or glory To make thee high above all Nations in name As vile persons are said to be men without names 5. Appearance Rev. 3.1 shew or seeming Thou hast a name to live 6. Memory Prov. 10.7 mention His name shall be put out 7. The most noble and powerfull creatures in heaven and earth Act. 4.12 Eph. 1.21 There is given no other name under heaven Above all names The word Name when it is referred to God hath these Acceptions 1. It is taken for God himselfe Psa 116.13 2. The properties and speciall attributes of God Properties as Strong Almighty Exod. 6.2 3. 15.3 Jealous Exod. 34.14 Attributes as Justice Mercy Power Goodnesse Truth 3. Our affiance in God Psal 44.5 4. It is taken for his holy mysteries as Word and Sacraments 1 Sam. 7.45 Mic. 4.5 Acts 9.15 16. 5. For all the holy worship of God and of Christ 6. Gods holy Will and Commandments Acts 21.13 Deut. 18.19 Psal 8.1 1 Sam. 17.45 7. For the glory of God Psal 16.1 By the word Name is here meant any title as God Jehovah or Attribute of God as Mercie Goodnesse Truth c. whereby he is made known or discerned from the creatures We cannot say properly that God hath a Name because plurality for which names are used falleth not into the simple and undivided nature of God Thou Whether King or Subject Pastor or people rich or poore young or old Shalt not take A metaphor taken from pretious vessels which are not to be touched without warinesse and leave given men are unworthy yet they take this name of God into their mouths without leave or reverence The Name Taken for everything whereby God may be known as men by their names viz. by his Titles Word Works Judgments Creatures Of the Lord thy God Who by the greatnesse of of his power hath shewed himselfe Lord universally and by the goodnesse of his mercie hath shewed himself thy God particularly by saving and delivering thee from

troubles without and terrors within from brick and bonds of the hands of men externally from errors and feares by the motions of sin and suggestions of Satan internally from the punishment due to both eternally In vain By rash common sinfull thinking on speaking of or swearing by any the forementioned names titles creatures without any reverend regard of Gods Majesty before whom or the manner how or the end wherefore thou thinkest on them in heart speakest of them in word or swearest by them in oath For the Lord Who is great in power as in the first Commandement jealous in nature as in the second commandement is also just in rewarding the wicked as here Will not hold He will not though Parents or Masters or Magistrates doe let such finners escape scot-free live and die unpunished but will surely punish them For the Hebrewes expresse that by the negative which we doe by the superlative Him guiltlesse Whom the eye of the Magistrate cannot see nor the hand of the Magistrate will not touch nor the tongue of the Minister dare not reach or reprehend him whatsoever he be Cedar or Shrub high or low Master or servant noble or ignoble Court Citie Countrey will the eye of the Lord see and hand of the Lord reach That taketh his Name Reiterating what before was named to denotate the grievousnesse of this sinne the abuse of his Name and the certainty universality severitie and eternitie of the punishment threatned to bee inflicted In vain By abusing any of Gods creatures judgments workes word either by uttering rash idle hellish oathes perjuries cursings with their lips or by hearing with the eare any such abuse or cursed speeches without wise zealous constant reprehending or if within the compasse of our calling punishing the faultie for the same So much for the Exposition Let us not think that God as some cockering Fathers and Magistrates doe doth with pithlesse words or for a countenance only fear his people farre be such lightnesse from the terrible Majesty of God Farre also be it from us to think but that the threatnings of Gods wrath shall also be as certain as the promises of his grace Gods Name besides by swearing forswearing cursing is also taken in vain many wayes All which wayes it had not been meet for the Lord in specialties to expresse lest hee should have passed the mean of his Decalogue And which I will not endevour so much to discourse of as to point out Gods Name is taken in vain By 1. Irreverent mention of his Titles and Attributes upon any occasion 2. Levit. 22.32 1 Tim. 6.1 Not walking as becommeth the Gospel of Christ and profession of Gods Name Rom. 2.24 This is to play the Gentiles under the name of Christians to professe God in word and to deny him in work Tit. 1.16 3. An unsanctified use of any of Gods creatures or of any thing we doe without thankesgiving and prayer A good servant will adventure on nothing but what pleaseth his Master we do not take any mans goods out of his house without asking him leave neither do we return home any borrowed thing without thanking our neighbour 4. Heedlesse admiration as Phil. 2.10 Good Lord Oh Jesu O mercy God c. 5. Vain supplications as For Gods sake not thinking on God 6. Jangling or wrangling speech of any good thing meerly for contention ostentation victorie 7. Using jestingly any phrase or place of Scripture Jer. 23.34 2 Pet. 3.4 Mark 4.6 or misalledging or misapplying the same Esay 22.13 8. Serving the Devils turn with any part of the Scriptures in Spells and Charmes thus making them as it were the Sacraments of the Devill 9. Oppugning the truth though it be through blindnesse or ignorance but most of all if it be wittingly and wilfully 10. Denying the truth through fear or lucre against ones conscience 11. Maintaining defending disputing for and gracing of falshood 12. A wicked scandalous mocking of them that professe Religion Esay 35.21 25. 13. By persecuting any for rightcousnesse sake Mat. 5. Psal 44.22 14. Putting holinesse or unholinesse or necessity of religion in a thing indifferent which is superstition 15. Defending there is no God desiring constantly there were no God inwardly hating God or exalting ones self above all that is called God 16. Zeph. 1.12 Saying or thinking that God will doe neither good nor evill Esa 29.15.23 17. Job 21.14 Saying or thinking there is no profit in serving the Almighty 18. 2 King 6.33 7.2 Saying or thinking that in affliction it is impossible to be delivered 19. Job 33.13 Deut. 29. ult Rom. 9.20 Nourishing inward boylings about such things as God sheweth not the reason of 20. Conceiving rebellious thoughts about the decrees or providence of God 21. Saying or thinking in adversitie Esay 40.27 28 29. 49.14 15. that God cares not for him or hath fortaken him 22. Asking wherein God hath loved us Malach 1.2 23. Abusing Gods blessings Hos 10.1 11.2 3 4. 4.7 24. Not beleeving Gods promises through neglect or despaire Psal 48.22 25. Blessing our selves in our heart against Gods threatnings Deut. 29.19 26. Scoffing at the signes of Gods mercies and goodnes Esay 7.12 13. hereby wearying the Lord. 27. By sacrisicing to our own net Hab. 1.16 28. Attending our own pleasure and disregarding Gods works Esa 5.12 Luk 13.1 2. 29. Limiting God 2 King 7.2 and speaking basely of his power Psal 78.19 2 Kings 7.2 alluding to Noahs flood If the Lord did rain corn now as fast as he did water then this could not be so 30. Not answering when God calleth Esay 50.2 31. Not performing what he promiseth in his sicknesse adversities and at the Sacraments Psal 50.14 56.12 60.13 14. 116.13 14. 32. Falling away from the formerly professed truth Matth. 13. Rev. 2.4 9 10. 33. Job 1.9 Fearing God either only for reward or for punishment Hos 3.5 and 5.15 Psal 78.34 34. Sinning because God suffereth or forbeareth to punish Eccles 8.11 Psal 50.21 35. Trusting in men money carnall helps and means Jer. 17.5 Psal 20.7 36. Rejoycing in the miseries Psa 35.25 137.7 afflictions and disgraces of Gods children Esa 57.1 Ezek. 25.6 Job 31.29 as the Papists in these dayes doe against England the Palatinate clapping their hands Ezek. 25.6 stamping with their feet and rejoycing in heart with all despight against these Lands 37. Rejoycing in baptisme 2 Chro. 29.6.7 and caring not to perform our vow or to come to the Church 38. Offering the blind and lame for the maintenance of Gods service Mal. 1.8.14 39. Pro. 20.25 Devouring things sanctified that should be imployed for the furtherance of Gods service 40. Disswading from Gods worship upon pretence that it is either polluted Mat. 1.17 or vain Mal. 3.14 41. Serving God after the old manner of our Forefathers Jer. 9.13 Amos 2.4 42. Serving God after the precepts of men rather then of God