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Show 6r_~ VoL. l. A TREATISE of OATHS: CONTAINING Several W-ei-g.hty R EAsoN s why the People call'd ~ U .d K E R S, refufe to Swear. And thofc Confirmed by Numero~s Tefrimonies of Gentiles, 'Jews, and Chrijlians both Fat.hm, DoC/ors, and Marvrs. ' Pre[enttd to the King and Great Council of Eng/ani. in Parliament. Mat.). 34· i3ut I fay zmro yoJJ, Swear not at aU. Ja.m. 5· 22. Above 11U Thitlgt, my Brethren,_ Swrnr not. Jer. 31. 10. Becaufc of OatQs, rb( Land Mountetb. Tbcognis, He ought to Swear neither this Thing nor any Thing. ft1aim.Dnidcs, Ic is a great Good fol"':t Man not to Swear at all. Chryfojlotll, It is not Lawful to Swear, neither in a Juit noruDjuft ~ufe. To the K I N G, and Great Council of England, Alfembled in Parliament. · 1'he C A S E of the People call'd QuAKE RS1 rel;lting to 0 A T H S, farther repr~f~l)ted, ~ll'l recomljlended to t~eir <;:onuderation,_ in order to a fpeed~ and effeaual Redtefs. T HE Ca1NmM &M}it of the Free People o/ England, being undonhttdly . bot~ tbe- Firfl and Grear eft Renfon for tbe .Ancient;, J'uft and l'.·rceffary Qtijlllutwn of Par!iame.tUt; and bei"g- o/fO in{orm'd tbot it h your Rifo/uti• oil, to tmfloy this Sd/io'lf to the Relrefs of PMb/ick. Gr1roancer: A11d fince fllt-e?nnot b11t repute_ our felvet a Mentber oj" r}lls Great Body you rcptejltfl, by. ~trtb and Ef!glifh Defcent; and tlrt 1101 1111T:y invd/Ved 'in the Cgmmtm Calfl'> mmu of tf)t Krngdom, lmt in P11rticular vert--crue7ly 7redttd In our hrjons and Eflare.r, be'i_au,{e w~ cannQt fo~ Pur~ <;onfcience taRe any 0Jth at aU, ( tbous.? ~1t b11ve ll.$~in and again. rtnder!J 011r Solem~ Yea brJN4y \ nlf/. ~t'e' mojl """'"t to.fufram rbe fame Pcna/t1 if C>J•lof Lymg1 thin ir ujuaay '"' j/Hled for Per;ury) To the En.I ,., may 1111~ /Jiiwurpttt"M eo dtcli'ne the &~j:. ~om our of mcer {JJJ'tnou_r or Ewf!o1J (tbqug~ our_ frttljUCnt end.bea't!l Sllfferlllgs, b.y Finu nnil TeJiom-lmprifom•enH, jmetunes. ro j}tpifi 'Jt ftlf, fhould fufficiently Vindicate ut againft fuch Vncbaritab/e Cenfur)J'We do, with aU drte. Rejf~fl, (feft11t you ~itl! ou_r Reifons for tbatfe.p4uR5(s, t~fll! flliJill Tejhmom~t onll. Pruedcnu m then· Defenu~ and r.ce intf$11J, JP.U.. to exprt t. .. 11111 VoL. !· A Treatife of o~ths. 6 tbat Care of a AU mher of your own c1vJ! B d T. 1 ~ j ctte to: We mean,. That It would pleafe yo~~~ ~btckl\n~ure npd Cbriflianitytx· l671 ready fuffered, In Perfon Jnd Efi~te the 1 c on 1 7'r ?W deeply weha\'e al- ~ encounter, and thofc ]njurious no; only tn om'efiitnctes \;VC have Datly to· , merce wnh, in that beth the and we b 0 our e ves, hut others we corn .. Matter, are conftamly at the Mercy of fuc~caufe ·llfs our Tendetne.fS in thi~ vantage thcrnfclves, where the a fi as WI wear any Thtng to ad~ A. by Law efteem'd (bowevtr Trn/; ire [.~e thatda Contrary Evidence fhall be 11 of us at thts Hour fruitlefly bboi:~ 1Tg u'b cr whtch Ddficuhy feyeral ' lou may pleafe to endeavour fi ' b Itt ctng Senjib!e of our Cn!amJty Speedy and Ejfe8ual Rdrefr' ~b or ot en, fo for tim G1tevanu, horb ; many of liS extraordtnartly fllffi,O rV.rwife, bbjides Ord~narJ' Cqfer. wberem Greatcfi, if not the On!J Sufferer~ o/ ':t_~'~Y 'Jfr 'X,s proz:e, mthu of Olths, tbe do not Jrjign agamfl ut. 'Je rng om, n C,uelty, we hope, ;oa God J!lmzghty, We hefuch Him rvirb ll s· . Ju}Jice, ftlercy a,1d Trurb. Amen. 11 IHctf'liJ fj l!enrt1 incline )'Oit ro. London, the l)th of the Third j\1onrh, 1675. Snhfcribcd o~ tbc Bebalf of the rejl of our Friendr, b) AlexJnder Parker, George, Whitehead, Stephen Ctlfp Willi:~rn Mead, Gerra.rd Roberts William Wclfh,' . , Samuel Newton ! Thomas Heart ' Johq Ofgood, ' am~s Clayp0ol, 1 Thomas Rudyard Richard Richardfon. And William Penn. ' ' a ,-r ~ 0 • ! Some Inducements offer'd to anfwer tb"s R .n Cowftderation of. the Caufo and End of an Oath 'and ;(.jJ'I fr"oTP, 4 Teftimonw, gwen bJ u!, a~ainjf the Ufo find Impofttion :f~;~Jom and The Ground or Renfon of Swearing. T ~!; f~:! p~;i~~?iv~l will ~gree to hJve b~n the Detenuaii¢1t of enough ~ for when M Integmy, . at what Time Tctt and Nay Wer~ recourfe to Extraordi~~r~rWaCorrupt, they diftrufied .each other, apd had as II Remedy ag:~inft Falfhood .ys {8 awe one another mto Truth-fpe:W;ing; or any Extraord· W f' ~ e, what need had there been of a-n Oatlr& wi~h Truth and T~:[grit;y> olt f:t~nce, when eve~y Syllable- WJs-freig. hred in \'Jin: Truth then flow~ . een <I meer takmg of God'~ Holy Nam~ extort h's Evidence. naru~ally, and wamed no fuch Expedient t<? .AZ'o~~s t(b; }o!J!iur,. ~obgh ~n MeJthen, in his Story of the R(),ant faith robtn Pcrfld· ~~:n:_r? ott t wtr~je/Jom u./ttfi11 _111dicatln'et thcntfeiwt· 611; came in:'., IOIJJ''fYJ' utereajed, Oatbs. increaftd, or ther¥th() Ufe of them' tirlf ~!J gafjlin~ ~far•• faith, Oo>hf ,-e an EjfeO cf Sitt. _. ea1J).;,.~£'b;;U: t'lfl11.t~~zeJtll.f, ~n ~:pi:alog~e a~ain~ Swea-ring~ f:l)rh, .A'¥ ..., tl. C~l'alll \JU/IJII111f1JO/J011 oJMifcl;ie/t. 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