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Show 104 answer. "I do accuse you!" spoke the King's Advocate. "Take your oath and you shall know your accusation." "I am afraid to take God's name in vain. I know no other worship than God hath appointed." "This you are commanded to do of God who sayeth you must obey your Superior," Laud was insistent. "That which is of God is according to God's word, and the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." Her argument was much like her previous one. In exasperation the Court turned to other offenders. When Sara Jacob was called to take the oath, she refused as had Sara Jones. Mark Lucar was next called upon to answer what parish he attended and when he last attended church. "I am yet to choose of what parish to be; and I do not remember the day of the month when I was at Church," he responded. "He doth not remember, I dare say, the day of the month nor the month of the year when he was at church!" Laud's voice was full of insinuation. "But he dwelleth in St. Austin's parish!" Pointing to Lucar he demanded, "Offer him the book!" "If I may know a law and ground for taking this oath, I will take it, but I desire to know my articles before I take my oath," answered Lucar. |
