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Show A T re11tife 4. <Ja'ths. Vot T. Tbirlg, but JiHtri.JJ wit bout an Oa1b, ~ to affirm o~ ""Jeny~ h~ anfw~r~' t~~ · 167)• whereas Chriff•s'Law forbids Swearing, the Popes Law ~ujlifietb Swe3tmg, ~ and compel~ 'Men rhereunrp : Methinks. (faith be) there IS no need to com~ . 1· ¥ox Mart. fort or encourage the People in Swearing. . T. ,, p. 623, LXXXVII. Wa!ur Brute, :ilfo an early DLirenter from the Rom1n Ch~r~h 15f· and Intimate of W1U~am Swmde1by, being cb~rged, amon& other l'hu~g~ with faying, t!Jdt it ,. not lar.cf~l for ChnfbanS, for any C1u[c to_.f~ear hy th~ Creator, 1ttitfJtr6y tbe Creatuu; t~us a1~fwered for h1mfelf, anJI indeed1 it: comprehends mm;h of our Belief, m this Matter: Jlr conurmng Oath' J beluve and obq tbe JJo8rrne of .Alnugbty God, nnd my Maji<r ]rf~tt Ch.,fr, b~&b uacbnb tbat Chnftian·Men m 4/Jjr11JdttM of a Trutb, jhould f'll/t ~e Rigbuo11fn~fr of the Scribes a11d Pharifees, tl•f Old Tejlttmrnt , cr df~ ht cx;!11dertbemfromtbt Kmgdo•ofGud · ForCblifJfilJr, unlefs your i.1gh. teoufnefs exceed the Righteoufnefs of the Scnbu and Pbarifur, ye cannot enter incothe Kingdom of Heaven. And tU conurnmt Oatlu, Cl11i{Jjaltb, it bath been faid by them of old Time, thou fhalt not forfwear thy lolf, but ...,, , lh~lt perform unto the Lord thofe Things that thou knoweft' But I fay 1 unto you, thou fhalt n~t fWear at al~~ n~ithet by Heaven, nor yet by the I• Earth, elc. but let your Cornrnumc~non be Yea, Yea; .a~d Nay, N:~y; for wh:niOever (hall be more than this, proceedeth of Ev1l. Tbcrifou tN thc'Per[efiionof the ancirot lllM of ~h~Old Tefl.amcnt wa1, not tolorfwear rhemfdvcr, So the Perfection of Chnll:tan Men 1s, not to Swea! at a!!, he, caHft we "re_fo commanded vf 0Jrijl, wi!Oft Commandments m11jJ m no Gfe be -broken. Thllr 111Mch of W. Brute. 1· Fox lla;t· • LXXXVIII. ]ohM Purrty, John &lroard, John Buker, ]obn C!emints, RiJ~. 1 ' P• ~ 7' "H,ard Herbert, and Emmot WrlJic, with many tn?re m the T1me ofHtnlfy •\'l I tb'tFourth, thrc;lUghFearsand HoptS .deiCne? theu l"tofeffi~n! an~ reroired (as Jobn Fox- tells us) from their F:mh, which was the Rc:hgton, then ~ro-;~!~~ cJot, it .feft ofthofe c~lled Widr.liffurm or LollarJ~, (the true, p;oor,,pcrfccu~ed Cbi-1/li~ ~a' then ., ahr of that T1me) And of tbe fifteen Arttcles, by ~hem abJured,_ th1swasone; "lic1_dnone l.;m,. Tbtl/ ntiJber the • Pope, nor tbePr1lare, ne.ttber a~y Ordrn11lly ttJtUOm· could_~ r~·ltt pel any ltlanro(wtar, by anjCreatwe ofGM, or by the Btble Book. e::Je~~l!i -·;_·LXXXIX. ~Villimk17Jbc(lt whbm John Fox ca.lls, The tonPrtnt andb!cffeJ &~ aU Tcndf.is· v.anr o{ Gq_d, and good Mtlli111d Servtntt o{CbnJl, &o. r~(ufcd to rwearupon Ib;d. p, 7~1· liBibfe, .when me .Arch·.Bifbop tender.ed.the O•th to..htm '· fot he !hqught 702• • jtJJat JaJfl/uLtp take otgiv~·.an <?a~h thereon, ., Boolc lrnot~mg.clfr{j~tys ht) but divers CreatMrer, Qj w!iub tt .u 11111de .;, andj11cb jtJJranqg u ever~ unltJm· fill, as v.·it,effetb Chryioftom p~(tinly, blam•ng t~em gre~dy, that bnng. out a 66ok t6 fwear upon· chtugmg Clerks, that 111 no wtfe they t:O~"lfiraJn:l· oy Body to fwear well,' wh.en thJt Thing ls foOth (o;uue). that they !wear for . .AnJ.aljp,JIIU , ... y ltlen and Women nowf(Y, .thatlt II wpll done!o fwear by God, and by our Lady, a,od by other S;i1pts, to hal'e th~m 10 Mind 1 othcrr Jab thar they may. not fwea_r, wh~n they r:nay oth~rw1fe ~e believed: BNt jince all rhefe Saymgs a}e Exr11jet, ani. Stn, 1/te!bi.nlu, Str, (f,itb be) tbM tbis Senfe ofChryfoftom.Rtay be alledgod well agatnft all furh J swxc~15Eti.e:abetb Young, who was brought to Ex~mimni?D in the ilfttrian· r Days, btfore the Catbolick brqJJifitor-roj Here!i(41 _'f.tavuy. a·s . they then called themietves, and commanded to S\vear, th1s Laoguage "':'3$ ·u.fed w her. Dr. ft1ttrtin. Thou fhalr be racked lncb·meal, th'ou Tr111tt;r/y rt:hcre :1nd Hcretick; but thou {halt Swear bef6r.e a Judge be{or~.tb.ou gP-.. . . ~· {.';: ~~~t· Eliz. Younf .. Sir, I underjl11nd not wblll an Oo1h ,11, and ibCJ:rfo~·e 1 w1fl fl). IO~r~j{:,~n. 1Sh~ ~~~=~ to s:eat ~pon the PoJ~ Evaltgc/J}ls, -b;f?re.a .. 1.. J .• Judge; for I my felf, and' Mr. Hujfq, have had het before us four Trmes, but we,£:mnot bring her-tO Swear. , Then faid the.Bifbop, Wilt tbounrit $(11cnJ' before • ]11df.c l.l!ic. / Eliz. Young. ltly Lor~, I wiQ no< Sv<'ar tbtt Lbltl1llf!Ptlf mtN• • No, f:<ld il!e Bilhop; A>M wb.r i'• u· .,, • • '" 1 lli7. \· ,t til I 1 '\ Vo.x.. L Jd'Treatife 1/ Oa~s. · Eliz. Young. Chrijl flitb, Thnt 111halfdeVtr ;, .,6~_. b r' • . . . ~S 7 Nat, .Nttf) ir cQmetb of Evil. \ - 1 .In - C4,, "l.t/1 s '{II' !675 tber~!~. r. Caok brought lier,to a Book, eomm~ndill$,her to lay ~er Ha~d ~ Eliz. Young. No, my LorJ, lt.i8 war s-r; And .1<1 !he "'""'lied ,. 11 Gcd delivered her out of their Hands. 1"-111 ~ ' .]obit' H;ft,.l]u~~ of 1!'.4JIII, Wa/t"..Brme, Wi/Ji~e Saindtrhy, Jl!i!litiJ.n s ... try, Jl tUiattZ lfbtu;. Wtlli••l'I'horpc, &.:. are recorded b.y thole ~f O<her r•nons, hotb Htgh oni! Lo~ Dutch, '"· bavt n/uftt! rill! .Sr.in~ing, ., «.U '1 ~J~ 41 6y Cu~rures, 111 4n.PGJ{t, PrrtJI11t or Pritk.lJ' Though focb a-s admit .of Oaths m fo"!e Ca(O., fab~ur, as Jabn Fe" iri' &Jid•d, .aaa ~be •. Qdvurifh abroad, to echpfe and munlate theii;'Tellimony i ~~ ii rhey wete om; Wh,.ie only again~ &o!-Sarm>rg, as beirig a Cre.tu11, anofher Wffne •'?"ly .. gamft Swe:mng m Pmanl Cafes 1 inother \Vhile, as J. 'Fox rel.ltts 1n . .;fobn BurreD, TbAf tt if ntJtlJ.aiJJful to Swar, but /, c.._{t i'f Lifo •Ad Dea(h,_ ~c. But fnott evkfem it is, that they were :tgainit .AU. Stte1 ;;11 , ' or SUYnmg at P.N; elfe, Why !honld rhey ~ fJequentll'lalltdge Cbryf.ojlo'£ '"'hol'lho.ugh be accounted 1S(Vearing by Cl'elrurea: a ·more~exetrable"Sin' t~an t.o !wear ~y GQd, )'et ~o:nflt~1ttly co11nud Si&t,ring at 1l:; a.. SiN fn, CJ»rif~ rumr, .as deavlllg to thar which Ctuifi h:rd abr.ogated, bc'fng onlv perrnft .. ted. to the }'cwr, for tbJ; H:udndS and BHndnefs.of thelr HeJns iheil Un· ::behef and Propenf!ty to follow rlJe Coptfe. of the Heat~"''· and fwd>r by rhe!' c:;ods. Lor· •t. not he forgotten, thar! O!ryfoJio• noe !ani; int• .. lJ!hs ag;~JDii rhem tlr.u brrng forth tite'Book ro flfear by, heCJ~fe it Is a CJid. tur.e, bu.t that he fifo upbraided them wi"rh Impudence and Aud.acioJ,IfneCs that,<hte make uk of that LJw tb adminifter an Oath by ihot 'b jl>·i/11~ ··:t /orhrd.t 11n Oath. . -~ · , ' 1" .-. 1 . .,. · Rid.ic.ulousit is, tb make thethdenySmcat.iirtonlrtn 'ptiv.2teCa~ '-;'nd . .J ")j ,J to bc..re::uiy to fwefl-I in C:~fe ·ofLife :~nd. Dea.tlt ~ Fot whtN: is there· any'Stt:t- ,: :.~~~! dow o£fuch a L>w? And howfilotlld rho1e Hondl Men lnw&rono> thrill't Law we read, Mat. ~· The Dotlots, ()lrlfdjlolfl ana .. y,..,.•; Judgmlmr !"'hom. the.r bad malUy in rheir Ntourhs, we htve rtpeatcd lient ar large' m llth•rll IS noc thrleaft Reftri&roh. Thei'e Good Mc:n tlen t1JoJt neo:is b' nnder!leod to take rhe La .. of Chri!l eitheua have for !liddon Sweating i; any Cale, and then no.t to Swe"! in C.fe of Life 1 <>rnotl ro*'r_bid Swcar/Og a~ ;111, aud then theyJ not only might .Swe;r to ofave t'heir I!ive,v., but Li-ber ... ties and Efta res, a.nd ought fo to do. Bur we llopt tltetl<i nn I>• no Room Wt 19~ .. \JllS ObJ<:alon. 1. • • •. ,i, .. 1, ., X XCh The ullards 0~ KiOe in Stotlnnd, were againR M.Bwn<illg; •• both Spo([vcoo.d 1n hJs ChroniCle doth <elate, an<irbe<Bool< calle.d;· Tbc JiiBwy.of sporf. H;ft, •the. Refprt9tn(tou of tiJ# 'Kir< •f SCotlanrJ. . "· ·~ , ,. t J p•g. ••· ~Cll :Mithoe/ $taler (an Eminent ilrlari1 caH'tfla Lord) w:rs crutllyl tQ~ w. c . .<Jb,iJ. turd al)d put to _DtaJh by fumeiPapijls, i>ode< the Emperor •Of Gm•t~>}\.· 'I" · t~l• 1'94. H\S ·6t~thren .weJe 11lfo Exectitt:O witH .rlre ;Slvord, :ahd hit W!(e orid '*il• '""n Stfters.Drowned, M. IJ27• .Qne.J\\ticleall{;ad 14. a~inll-l!lmw;~.";: rh.aJae ·•."'" . .,,, h. aq. faJd,. 'lbit it-1t"l!r!f!Jottld. not &u-e4r.it.J, "'"" J, r,'11 M~tgiftntt-.. ~ 1 L~ b~· -1;, 1 XCill. The Cfiriftkrn:-IlrorejhHrt' m the alley of Pi•lmdm!, wh9 wtie · ·' lo cr~el)y tQ)'t~red to ~rh ~l'-tbe oJ'Apiftr, abl:lat ':ltn. 16;;-o Gte At<illle M"'· H;fi, alledged •!!•tnfr them was, 'rbltttb•y.~dtnmlif W111flo/ L•wf"'" 8!..J;,w.. P·•<7, 2!8. Th'lf/.1... ~ 1t True or Fatf~. ,:.to \ \l, to·n t .l~"7f XGI\(. ,Gerard Sng4"!/d of Parma,, and his Followers, LlrAi<d;;a O(tht ""' 'f· Fox M•l'VowJ\ So d1d feve(alm Gtrlltnny,· mehtion'd hy BiRtofJI.lnRr, •in':Jzil\ ioo'k .-, 2. p. 41o. Ve.SUc(tfionf: .In CitX1JI41tJ, Stl;edri~~A i£ UJt!hnizb txdNiili, lltJ 11mJ. 1r1t »IJicb to be reqMtred. ,I \" t··' ., ,\;,-• . XCV; £rifmur,INC1'.6 yc r&all iMfrtanoU.erThing, Comm~odmentl.l<a~ Comm.on KW~n ~ntO,your.Elt(els, ndne othj!rwife.1 bot if they liad'made ;n<>atll, ""'·•· ~1!1\!0uld perform il\ diulnotlbo-Forfworn; for, now •thOyiP3n:.bouhd tb - o~, and not to Mm~nly :' Wherefore among 1lh~ 'Yn»t, dnlf/Perjuty is funi'hible; but he t.h~t~eceiv~ his Noighblil.t witlfout anyl6u~ mad.,. egoes nopunilhed; bur yet the Law of the GofPti.c:ontleQ!nexmhhn; the . ' P P P p w~ich, |