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12. That we must not
swear.
In Solomon: “A man that sweareth much
shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall not depart from his
house; and if he swear vainly, he shall not be
justified.”4265
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Ecclus. xxiii. 11. From some ancient text the Oxford
edition adds here, “Et si frustra juraverit dupliciter
punietur”—“and if he swear with no purpose, he shall
be punished doubly.” | Of
this same matter, according to Matthew: “(Again, ye have
heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not swear falsely,
but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths.) I say unto you,
Swear not at all: (neither by heaven, because it is God’s
throne; nor by the earth, because it is His footstool; nor
by Jerusalem, because it is
the city of the great King; neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black.) But let
your discourse be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: (for whatever is fuller
than these is of evil.”)4266
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Matt. v.
34–37. All these
passages are wanting in the Oxford text; [also in ed. Paris, 1574]. | Of this same thing in
Exodus: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God
in vain.”4267
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Ex. xx. 7. [Compare old Paris ed. on this
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