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eyes to idols, he shall live.—Ver. 17. He shall not die for the iniquity of his father.

xxxvi. 25. From all your idols will I cleanse you. Ch. xxxvii. 23. Isa. xxxi. 7.xxvii. 9.

Acts xv. 20. Write to them that they abstain from idolatry.-Ver. 29. That they abstain from meats offered to idols. Ch. xxi. 25. Rev. ii. 14. 20.

1 Cor. v. 11. I have written unto you, If any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one do not eat.

Against eating with idolaters at their sacrifices, see 1 Cor. viii. 4 to 13. Ch. x. 19, 20. x. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as some of the Jews were.-Ver. 14. Flee from idolatry.

2 Cor. vi. 16. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols?

1 John v. 21. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Ver. S. Then said I, I will pour out my fury upon them. See to ver. 40.

xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, The city maketh idols against herself to defile herself. -Ver. 4. Therefore have I made thee a reproach. See chap. xxiii. throughout.

xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, Ye lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shall ye possess the land? See also ver. 27, 28.

xxxvi. 18. I poured out my fury upon them because of their idols.

xliv. 10. Israel went astray from me after their idols.-Ver. 12. Therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them.

Hos. iv. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone.

In the following places, and most of those quoted from Ezek. idolatry is reproved and threatened under the name of whoredom, filthiness, and abomination, viz. Hos. i. 2.-ii. 2. iv. 10. 13.—v. 3.—vi. 10.—-ix. 1. Nah. iii. Rev. xvii. 1. 15.-xix. 2. Idolatry to be

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Idols are vanity. See Isa. xlvi. 1.—xlviii. | purged. See Commandment first. 5. Zech. x. 2.-Idolatries abominable, Ezek. viii. 6. 1 Pet. iv. 3.—Sacrificing to devils, 1 Cor. x. 20. Rev. ix. 20.

CLVI. God's judgments upon idolaters. Ps. cvi. 35, 36. They learned the works of the heathen; and served their idols.-Ver. 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people. See Isa. ii. 8, 9, and to

ver. 22.

Isa. lvii. 4, 5. Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood; inflaming yourselves with idols ?-Ver. 10. Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way.-Ver. 12. Thy works shall not profit thee.

Ezek. vi. 5. I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols. Ver. 6. 9. 13.

viii. 10. I saw the idols of Israel pourtrayed upon the wall.-Ver. 18. I will deal in fury; mine eye shall not spare.

xiv. 3. These men have set up their idols in their heart.-Ver. 4, 5. Thus saith the Lord, every man of the house of Israel, that setteth up his idols in his heart, and cometh to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him that cometh, according to the multitude of his idols that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are estranged from me through their idols. Ver. 6. 8. 9.

xvi. 36. 38. Thus saith the Lord God, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations: I will judge thee as women that break wedlock. Ver. 37.

xx. 7. Then said I, Defile not yourselves with idols; but they rebelled against me.

CLVII. Upon magicians. Exod. 7th, 8th, and 9th chapters. Dan. ii. 2.

Sorcerers. Mal. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers.

Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers shall have their portion in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.

xxii. 15. Without [the new Jerusalem] are dogs and sorcerers. Isa. xlvii. 9.-lvii. 3. Jer. xxvii. 9, 10. Rev. ix. 21.-xviii. 23. Acts viii. 9. Simon. Acts xiii. 6.8. Elymas.

CLVIII. Enchanters. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not use enchantments nor observe times. Numb. xxiii. 23. No enchantment against Jacob; no divination against Israel.

CLIX. Soothsayers. Isa. ii. 6. Thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and please themselves in the children of strangers.

Mic. v. 12. Thou shalt have no more soothsavers. Josh. xiii. 22. Dan. ii. 27.—v. 7. 11. Acts xvi. 16.

CLX. Observers of times. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not observe times.

Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found among you an observer of times.-Ver. 14. These nations hearkened to observers of times, and to diviners, but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee to do so.

Gal. iv. 10, 11. Ye observe days and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 2 Kings xxi. 6.

CLXI. Witches. Exod. xxii. 18. Thou in my name; I have not sent them, saith the shalt not suffer a witch to live.

Deut. xviii. 10-12. There shall not be found among you, one that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer: for all these things are an abomination to the Lord.

See Instances. Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 1.Israel, 2 Kings xvii. 17. Isa. xlvii. 9. 12.Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 6. Exod. vii. 11. 22. -viii. 7. 18. Jer. xxvii. 9. Gal. v. 20. witchcraft.

The works of the flesh are See 1 Sam. xv. 23. 2 Kings ix. 22. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. Mic. v. 12. iii. 4, 5.

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CLXII. Wizards. Lev. xix. 31. Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them.

Lord. Ezek. xii. 24.-xxi. 29.-xxii. 28.
Mic. iii. 7. 11. Zech. x. 2.

CLXV. Threatenings against them. Isa. xliv. 25, 26. The Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of liars, and maketh diviners mad, that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers.

Ezek. xiii. 9. My hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and divine lies. Ver. 23.

CLXVI. Familiar spirits forbidden, with threatenings against them, and those that

consult them. Lev. xix. 31.-xx. 6. 27. Isa. viii. 19.

They were put away by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii. 3. 9.-By Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 24.-They xx. 6. The soul that turneth after such I will were consulted by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii. 7, 8. surely cut him off. (Isa. viii. 19.) Ver. 27. A1 Chron. x. 13.-By Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. wizard shall surely be put to death. Deut. 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6.-By the Egyptians, xviii. 11. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3. 9. 2 Kings xxi. Isa. xix. 3.-They mutter and peep out of the dust, Isa. xxix. 4.

6.-xxiii. 24. Isa. xix. 3.

To which may be added as breaches of this command. Col. ii. 18. Worshipping of angels. Rev. xix. 10.

Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours to men. xiv. 13. Sacrificing unto men.

1 Cor. x. 20. Sacrificing to devils. Lev.

xvii. 7.

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CLXVII. Profaning the name of God. Exod. xx. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Deut. v. 11.

Lev. xviii. 21. Neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God. Ch. xix. 12.-xx. 3.

Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry
Phil. iii. 19. Whose God is their belly.
It is called going a-whoring. Lev. xvii. 7.
Ezek. xvi. 15. 28.-xx. 30.-xxiii. 8. 17. 43.-xxi. 6.-xxii. 2. 32.
And in many other places, as may be observed
from the Scriptures in the foregoing sections.

CLXIII. Diviners; instances thereof. Numb. xxii. 7. The elders of Moab departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, and came to Balaam.

Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon stood to use divination.

Deut. xviii. 14. These nations hearkened to

diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2.

Ver. 10. There shall not be found among you one that useth divination. Gen. xliv. 5.

1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts xvi. 16.

CLXIV. They are deceivers and false prophets. Jer. xiv. 14. They prophesy unto you a false divination.

xxvii. 9, 10. Hearken not to your diviners, your dreamers, your enchanters, your sorcerers. They prophesy a lie unto you.

xxix. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Let not your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you

CLXVIII. Swearing falsely. Lev. xix. 12. Ye shall not swear by my name falsely.

Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye swear falsely, and come and stand before me in this house?

Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight.

xxiii. 10. Because of swearing the land mourneth.

Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Zech. v. 3, 4. This is the curse that goeth forth; every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it. It shall enter the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.

viii. 17. Love no false oath-It is an abomination to the Lord.

Mal. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and adulterers, against false swearers, saith the Lord of hosts. Isa. xlviii. 1. Jer. v. 2. 9. Hos. x. 4. 1 Tim. i. 10. Instance, Matt. xxvi. 72. 74.

Lev. v. 1 to 6. False swearers enjoined to make confession, offer sacrifice. Ch. vi. 2 to 6, and to make restitution to those they have injured.

CLXIX. Swearing by the creatures. Matt. v. 34-36. Swear not at all; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusalem, nor by thy head. Ver. 33. Jam. v. 12. Matt.

xxiii. 16 to 22.

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CLXXI. Swearing in common conversation forbidden. Matt. v. 34. Swear not at all; neither by heaven, &c. Ver. 35, 36.

James v. 12. Above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay, &c.

CLXXII. Swearing to commit sin, or to encourage it.

Instances. 1 Sam. xxviii. 10. Saul to the witch of Endor.

Ps. cii. 8. David's enemies
Acts xxiii. 21. Paul's enemies.

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CLXXIV. The positive part of this commandment God only is to be sworn by. Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ch. x. 20.

Isa. lxv. 16. He that sweareth shall swear by the God of truth.

Jer. xii. 16. If they learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, &c. then shall they be built, &c.

Heb. vi. 16. Men verily swear by the greater. 1 Kings viii. 31. Ps. lxiii. 11.

CLXXV. The nature and duty of an ath. Jer. iv. 2. Thou shalt swear, The Lord

liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness.

Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is an end of all strife. 2 Chron. vi. 22.

CLXXVI. Such oaths to be carefully kept. Ps. xv. 1. Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ?— Ver. 4. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord! and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

CLXXVII. The things to be sworn to, are, truth and duty. Deut. xxix. 10. You stand this day all of you before the Lord your God.

Ver. 12. That thou shouldst enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day. Ver. 13, 14.

2 Chron. xv. 12. They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul.Ver. 14, 15. And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; and the Lord gave them rest on every side.

Ezra x. 5. Ezra made the chief priest and Levites, and all Israel, to swear to a covenant with God. Ver. 3.

Neh. x. 29. They entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law.

Isa. xix. 18. Five cities in the land of and swear to the Lord of hosts. Egypt shall speak the language of Canaan,

xlv. 23. Unto me, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. See Neh. xiii. 25. Ps. cxix. 106.-cxxxii. 2. Ezek. xvi. 59. Dan. ix. 11. Hab. iii. 9.

CLXXVIII. Duty towards men sworn to. Articles of peace ratified by oath. Gen. xxi. 23. Abraham and Abimelech sware both.

Ver. 24. 31.

xxvi. 31. Abimelech and Isaac sware one to another.

xxxi. 53. Jacob sware [to Laban] by the fear of his father Isaac.

Josh. ii. 12. The spies sware to Rahab. Ch. vi. 22.

ix. 15. Joshua and the princes of the congregation, sware to the Gibeonites. Ver. 19, 20. 2 Sam. xxi. 2.

1 Sam. xix. 6. Saul sware that he would not slay David.

xx. 42. Jonathan and David sware. 2 Sam. xxi. 7. See also Judg. xv. 12.-1 Sam. xxx. 15. 2 Sam. xix. 23. 2 Kings xxv. 24. Jer. xxxviii. 16.—xl. 9.

CLXXIX. The breach of such oaths pu- | keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy, nished. 2 Sam. xxi. 1. 9. 2 Chron. xxxvi. 13. Ezek. xvii. 16.

CLXXX. Private compacts ratified by oath. Gen. xxiv. 2. 9. 37. 41. Abraham takes an oath of his servant, concerning a wife to his son Isaac.

xxv. 33. Esau sells his birth-right upon oath. xlvii. 29, 30, 31. Jacob takes an oath of Joseph concerning his burial.

1. 25. Joseph takes an oath of the children of Israel to carry his bones out of Egypt. Exod. xiii. 19.

1 Kings i. 13. 29. David by oath fixed Solomon to be his successor.

2 Kings xi. 4. Jehoiada takes an oath of the rulers to conceal Joash from his enemies. Neh. v. 12. Nehemiah takes an oath of the priests to do justice to injured persons.

CLXXXI. Oaths sworn to kings. Eccl. viii. 2. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Oaths exacted by kings from the people. See 1 Kings ii. 42.-xviii. 10.

CLXXXII. The oath of a single person decides controversy. Exod. xxii. 10, 11. In cases of property, where no other evidence can be had.

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Numb. v. 12 to 22. A woman's oath in case of jealousy, without evidence against her.

CLXXXIII. The duty and lawfulness of swearing upon proper occasions, is urged not only from the foregoing Scriptures, but also from the following examples.

CLXXXIV. God promised upon oath, to bless Abraham, and to multiply his offspring. Gen. xxii. 15-17. The angel of the Lord called unto Abraham, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore. Exod. xxxii. 13. Deut. xiii. 17.

CLXXXV. To give the land of Canaan. Gen. xxiv. 7. Abraham said, the Lord God of heaven sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. Ch. xii. 7.

xxvi. 2, 3. The Lord appeared unto Isaac, and said, I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee and unto thy seed, will I give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham, thy father. Ch. xxii. 16.-L. 24.

CLXXXVI. To fulfil his covenant. Deut. vii. 12. If ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, the Lord thy God will

which he sware unto thy fathers. Ch. iv. 31. -vii. 8.-viii. 18.-ix. 5.-xxviii. 9.

To continue the seed of David, Ps. lxxxix. 3, 4. I have sworn unto David my servant: Thy seed will I establish for ever, and will build up thy throne to all generations.

35. 49.

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CLXXXVII. The perpetuity of Christ's priesthood. Heb. vii. 21. The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek. Ps. cx. 4. See Isa. xlv. 22, 23.

CLXXXVIII. To fulfil his threatenings against the unbelieving and disobedient. Heb.. iii. 18. To whom sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? See Numb. xiv. 23.-xxxii. 10, 11. Judg. ii. 15. Jer. xlix. 13.-li. 14. Amos vi. 8; also Lev. xxvi. and Deut. xxviii. referred to in these threatenings.

CLXXXIX. Example 2d. Jesus Christ answers upon oath, Matt. xxvi. 63, 64, tendered to him by the high priest.

CXC. Example 3d. The angel. Rev. x. 5, 6. The angel lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, That there shall be time no longer, &c.

CXCI. Example 4th. Asseverations of sincerity, which are equal to an oath among Christians. Rom. i. 9. God is my witness. Phil. i. 8. God is my record.

2 Cor. i. 23. I call God for a record upon my soul.

xii. 19. We speak before God, in Christ. Ch. ii. 17.

Gal. i. 20. Behold, before God, I lie not.
1 Tim. v. 21. Icharge thee before God.

CXCII. Ancient forms of swearing among men were-By lifting up the hand. Gen xiv. 22. Abraham said, I have lifted up my hand to the Lord. See Deut. xxxii. 40. Rev.

x. 5.

By putting the hand under the thigh of him that administereth the oath. Gen. xxiv. 2, 3. 9.

The usual expressions were: 18am. xxv. 34. 1 Kings xvii. 1. As the God of Israel liveth. 1 Kings xviii. 15. 2 Kings iii. 14. As the Lord of hosts liveth. Ch. v. 16. 2 Kings ii 2. As the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth Ch. iv. 30. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth Ch. xxvi. 16. 2 Sam. xi. 11.

CXCII. Blasphemy forbidden. Col. iii 8. Put off all these, anger, wrath, malice blasphemy, filthy communications.

CXCIV. Occasions of it to be avoided. | name of blasphemy.-Ver. 5, 6. There was 2 Sam. xii. 14. Nathan said to David, Because, given to him a mouth, speaking great things, by this deed, thou hast given great occasion and blasphemies. And he opened his mouth to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his child that is born unto thee shall surely die. name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell Isa. ii. 5. Ezek. xxxvi. 20. Mal. ii. 17. in heaven. Rom. ii. 24.

1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as are under the yoke, count their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. Tit. ii. 5.

CXCV. From whence it proceeds. Matt. xv. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Mark vii. 21, 22. Gen. vi. 5.— viii. 21.

CXCVI. Instances of blasphemers and their punishments. Lev. xxiv. 10. The son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, and a man of Israel strove together.-Ver. 11. And the Israelitish woman's son blas

xvi. 9. Men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God. Ver. 11. 21.

CXCVII. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost; its punishment. Matt. xii. 31. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. Mark iii. 29. Luke xii. 10. 1 John v. 16.

CXCVIII. put to death for

Persons unjustly accused and blasphemy. 1 Kings xxi. 10. 13. Naboth. Acts vi. 11. 13. Stephen.Jesus Christ: See Matt. ix. 3.-xxvi. 65.

Mark ii. 7. Luke v. 21. John x. 33. 36.

CXCIX. Of vows: they are religiously be fulfilled. Numb. xxx. 2. If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

phemed the name of the Lord, and cursed.—to
Ver. 14. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the
camp, and let all the congregation stone him.
Ver. 16. He that blasphemeth the name of
the Lord shall surely be put to death.

2 Kings xviii. 32, 33, and xix. 10. The king of Assyria's blasphemy. Ch. xix. 35, 36, 37. His punishment.

Ps. lxxiv. 10. O Lord, shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?-Ver. 18. Remember, O Lord, that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Isa. Ixv. 7. Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burnt incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I measure their former work into their

bosoms. Ezek. xx. 27.-xxxv. 12.

Luke xxii. 65. Many other things blasphemously spake they against Jesus.

Acts xxvi. 11. I [Paul] compelled them to blaspheme. 1 Tim. i. 13. I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly.

xviii. 6. The Jews opposed and blasphemed. Ch. xiii. 45.

1 Tim. i. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. 2 Tim. iii. 1, 2. In the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers.

James ii. 7. Do not rich men blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? Rev. ii. 3. I know the blasphemy of them, which say they are Jews and are not.

Deut. xxiii. 21, 22. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and it would be a sin in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Prov. xx. 25. It is a snare after vows to make inquiry.

Eccl. v. 4, 5. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay. See Job xxii. 27. Ps. xxii. 25.-1. 14.—lvi. 12.Ixi. 5. 8.-lxxvi. 11.-cxvi. 14. 18. Jer. xliv. 25. Nah. i. 15.

CC. Vows to do duty. Instances. Gen. xxviii. 20. Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me in the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, then shall the Lord be my God. Ver. 21. Ch. xxxi. 13. Numb. xxi. 2. 1 Sam i. 11. 28. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Jonah i. 16.-ii. 9 CCI. Sinful vows. Judg. xi. 30 to 39. Jephtha's vow. Mal. i. 14. To vow a corrupt thing.

Lev. xxvii. The redemption of things vowed. Numb. xxx. 3, &c. A woman's vow in her virginity, and married state, in what cases binding.

vi. 2, &c. Of a Nazarite's vow. See also Judg. xiii. 5. 7.-xvi. 17. Lam. iv. 7. Amos

xiii. 1. The beast had upon his heads the ii. 11, 12.

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