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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44150	To all who desire satisfaction in the case of oathes shewing how far under the law it was lawful to swear, and how that in any case under the Gospel it is forbidden / by William Holgate.	Holgate, William, fl. 1683-1686.	1683 (1683)	Wing H2416; ESTC R10810	7,184	13

because of Perjury by Heaven and other Oaths that men should not bring these things into the Honour of God for all that did Swear did Swear by the greater 24. Anselmus Bishop of Canterbury about Anno 1090. on Mat. 5. saith Moses seeing that he could not take away Swearing takes away Perjury but the Lord removes them more perfectly from Perjury when he forbids them to Swear at all 25. Michael Sadler an eminent man called a Lord was cruelly Tortur'd and put to Death by the Papists under the Emperor of Germany whose Brethren were also executed with the Sword and his Wife and Sisters drowned for holding opinion That men should not Swear to or before the Magistrate About Anno 1527. 26. Bible Notes upon Mat. 5. Whatsoever you avouch avouch it barely and whatsoever you deny deny it barely without any more words 27. Beza on James 5. That which you have to say or affirm speak it simply and that you have to deny deny it simply and flatly 28. H. Grotius on Mat. 5. a great and learned Man excludes all Oathes not only such as are used in common Conversation but such as relate to Trade or pecuniary matters 29. Bishop Sanderson de juram praelict 5. No need to forbid by a new Commandment things that of themselves were always unlawful So he otherwise We must read Christ's words thus Ye have heard by them of old time Thou shalt not Forswear thy self his shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oathes but I say unto you Swear not at all except in some cases Which would be a wronging of Christ's words Now they that love Christ will keep his Commandments that so they may have right to enter into the Joys of their Lord where they will be preserved from the Evil of that day which will burn as an Oven wherein all the Proud yea and all that do Wickedly or tempt God's People by laying of Snares to catch them in shall be as Stubble so that neither Root nor Branch shall be left to the proud wicked oppressing violent Men who have filled the Earth with Violence and made the Land by reason of Oathes to mourn So it will be good for all in this the day of God's Power to consider what they are doing and whose hands they are strengthening for it was the chief Priests that were the chiefest Instruments by stirring up the Rulers Luke 23.13 18. to murder the innocent and so brought innocent Blood upon their Heads and upon their Posterity Oh! therefore let every one that fears the Lord pray for the Peace of England that the hearts of them that hate Peace may be converted and instead of seeking to cause Discord Hatred and Heart-burnings amongst men by encourageing Evil-doers they may labour to preserve Peace by doing that which begets good Will amongst men and so be true Christians obeying Christ Jesus who commands to love Enemies and to bless and not curse that so their Righteousness may exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees of this Age or the Aegyptians of old Exod. 1. who made Israel serve with Rigour that their Lives were made bitter unto them with hard Bondage though they neither imprisoned them nor took their Goods or Cattel from them for all their Cattel went out of Aegypt with them as is recorded Exod. 10.26 chap. 12.31 32. And we see by Experience that an Oath will not bind ill mon but is a Snare and a stumbling block to the upright hearted who need no s●aring Asseverations to awe them into Truth-speaking knowing that what God dispensed with under the Law he resolved to remove under the Gospel and to bring things nearer to himself in Truth and Righteousness from Adultery in the Act to Adultery in the Thought from Revenge to Sufferance from true Swearing to No Swearing at all whereby all abuse of Oathes and Perjury comes to be removed with the Oathes themselves by working out of mens hearts that Fraud and Falshood that brought them in and implanting Evangelical Verity in Room thereof which speaketh the Truth the whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth to his Neighbour and makes a like matter of Conscience to tell a Lye as to Forswear And it is known to Almighty God and we desire most heartily it may be known and believed by all that we have no other end or inducement to this so general Refusal we are found in throughout the Nation Written the 3d Moneth 1683. William Holgate The Gospel was preach't to Abraham before Oathes and Swearing were and Christ in his Gospel ends Swearing THE END BOOK 〈…〉 and Sold by Andrew Soule at the Crooked ●… in Holloway-Lane in Shareditch NO ●●●ss No Crown Or a Discourse shewing the Nature and Discipline of the holy Cross of Christ Price 2 s. England's present Interest discovered with honour to the Prince and sa●…y to the People 5 d. A brief state and examination of Liberty Spiritual Price 2 d. An Address to Protestants upon the present Conjuncture 18 d. An Answer to a foolish Libel called The Quakers Opinions 2 d. An Epistle containing a solemn Farewell c. Price One half Penny All writ by William Penn. The Principles of Truth or a dec●i●ation of our Faith who are called Quakers Price bound 8 d. Isaac Pennington's Works Price 12 s Humphery Smith's Books collected into one Volumn 2 s. 6 d. The Collected Labours of Samuel Fisher 12 s. A Collection of the several Writings of William Baily 5 s. 6 d. James ●●●●els Collection 3 s. 4 d. A Collection of the Writings of that faithful Servant of the Lord Richard Hubborthorn 2 s. The Redemption of the Seed being the several Writings of Richard Moore 6 d. Dus Order of Law and Justice pleaded against Irregular and Arbitrary Proceedings By George Whithead ● d. The Quakers Religious Assemblies vindicates One half Penny A legal Examination of Abuses of Law Concerning 1. Forcible Entry 2. Imprisonment without War●●●… how contrary to Law 3. Riots Routs and Vnlawful Assemblies 4. The publick Peace and Breach of it 5. Oppression and D●…ess by Goals and Goalers and what Priviledge the Law allows to Prisoners 3 d. The Prisoners Vindication with a sober Expostulation and Reprehension of Persecution By 〈◊〉 Gratton 2 d. God's Mercies testified unto and Man's Cruelty witnessed against or A faithful Demonstration against the Cruelty of Persecution 1 d. 〈◊〉 the Plain Man wrestling with God for perfect Victory 〈◊〉 ●●●●…ion over Esau the Rough and Cunning Man By 〈…〉 2 d. 〈…〉 Path-way opened to the simple heart●…d for the answer 〈…〉 and Objections c. By S. Crisp 1 d. 〈…〉 England and faithful Warning to the In 〈…〉 2 d. 〈…〉 Bi●●ley d.