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A27407	A true testimony concerning oaths & swearing &c. as also an answer to the subject matter contained in twelve arguments or reasons laid down in a sermon preached at Carlisle, Aug. 17, 1664 by Allan Smallwood ... to prove that our savior did not forbid all swearing : wherein is fully cleared the command of Christ and his apostle James swear not at all ... / by Ger. Benson.	Benson, Gervase, d. 1679.	1669 (1669)	Wing B1902; ESTC R23682	37,196	48

A TRUE TESTIMONY CONCERNING Oaths Swearing c. AS ALSO An Answer to the subject matter contained in Twelve Arguments or Reasons laid down in a Sermon preached at Carliste Aug. 17. 1664. by Allan Smalwood D.D. as he stiles himself to prove That our Saviour did not forbad all Swearing Wherein is fully cleared The Command of Christ and his Apostle Iames Swear not at all Matth. 5.34 Iam. 5.12 from the corrupt glosses limited sence and meanings of the said A. S. in his said Sermon and in his Reply to F.H. his Book called Oaths no Gospel Ordinance c. And also The unsatisfactoriness and unsoundness of the aforesaid Arguments fully discovered and the Command of Christ Swear not at all manifested to be an universal prohibition of all Oaths and Swearing whatsoever to his Disciples Written in the year 1668. By Ger. Benson Psal. 89.49 50. Remember O Lord the rebuke thy servants have wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee and slandered the footsteps of thi●● Anointed London Printed in the Year 1669. To the READER READER VVHat I have written in this little Treatise not being after man neither by me received of man nor from man I have therefore made no use of the inticing words of mans wisdom neither of any mans testimony for the confirming the same but as the testimony therein born is for God the truth of his sayings not for man I have made use of no other witness than the Scriptures of truth which proceeded from the spirit that beareth witness because the spirit is truth and being so can neither deceive nor be deceived which spirit being of God is greater than man and so knoweth more For the things therein treated of are matters of faith therefore stands not in the wisdom of words or of men but in the power of God who shuts no man can open opens no man can shut Neither indeed is fallen man especially a swearer a competent witness in this controversie about swearing no man being a competent witness in his own cause Read then without prejudice own with understanding or answer in the ground without contending about words to no profit For the Kingdom of God consisteth not in words but in power neither in meat drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost A true TESTIMONY concerning Oathes and Swearing c. IN the day that Almighty God created Man before man was in his Image and according to his own likeness created he him male and female created he them and having finished the works of Creation he looked upon all that he had made and lo it was very good And having also made the Man of the Dust of the Earth He planted a Garden Eastward in Eden where he put the Man whom he had made And that Man might learn Obedience the Lord commanded him saying Thou shalt eat freely of every Tree of the Garden but of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death Now in that day there was no strife or controversie for what the Lord commanded it was done as it 's written Psal. 33.9 For he spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast And God was all in all and over all the Law-giver Judge and King And as then there was no sin in the World which God had made so neither was there any controversie or strife betwixt Man and his Maker or amongst the Creatures of God neither was there any Oath or Swearing nor any other outward or visible Sign Shadow Type or Figure in or by which the Lord was to be worshipped nor any need thereof for the Lord God who is the substance of all was all in all and over all God blessed for ever who was worshipped not in words but in deeds not with Oaths and Swearing neither in set Forms Shadows Signs or Figures but in Spirit and Truth in Love and true Obedience which was and is better than Sacrifice or the fat of Rams And in that day the Law of the Spirit which is Eternal and nor Moral was the rule and guide of Man in his Worship and Service of God with whom Man in his Spirit had unity and fellowship in the Light Life and Truth that is eternal and unchangeable And as it was in the beginning even so it is and shall be in the day of restauration of all things by Jesus Christ who is and was and is to come the Almighty Alpha and Omega the first and the last the true and faithful Witness the Author of all true witness-bearing But Man being in honour continued not for the Serpent being more subtile than any Beast of the field deceived the Woman with his limitted sence and meaning which he then gave to the positive Word and Command of God even as the spirit that now ruleth in all the Chileren of disobedience with his limitted sense and commodious interpretations as they are called of the Scriptures of Truth doth deceive the simple that lends an ear unto him and thereby brought her then as that spirit doth people now into the transgression of the Word and Command of God unto which no man ought to add any thing neither to diminish ought therefrom Deut. 4.2 Rev. 22. 18 19. And the Woman having eaten of that which in its self was good and therefore not intrinsically evil mark that gave unto her Husband with her and he did eate who having eaten contrary to the Word and Command of God sin entered into the world and the world into mans heart and death by sin the first ground or cause of unbelief And now in that day the Candle of the wicked being put out Death and Darkness passed over the Life and Truth of God in Man so that the Word and Truth of God the ground of true witness-bearing which was and is Eternal not Moral was hid from their eyes who had sinned And now Man being deprived of the Glory of God and ignorant of his Righteousness went after his own Inventions so that as it is written Death reigned from Adam until Moses Rom. 5.14 And now in that day the Lord had a Controversie with Man by reason of his sin and Man in his sin was in unbelief of the Word and Truth of God the ground of true witness-bearing Insomuch as that in process of time when Men began to be multiplied upon Earth the wickedness of Men waxed great so that they went into strife and contention one against another until blood touched blood And in this estate of Man Abimelech King of Gerar who was in the unbelief of the Word and Power of God and observing that God was with Abram he was afraid as it is written The workers of Iniquity are afraid where no fear or cause thereof is Psal. 53.4 5. and having a controversie against Abram concerning Sarah Gen. 20.9 said unto Abram Swear unto me here by God

the true and faithful Witness Christ Jesus in them from whom all true Witness-bearing is and so the true Witness-bearing as it was in the beginning which no Vail Shadow or natural Light can discern 1 Cor. 2.14 And thus all who do the Will of God by believing in him whom God hath sent they come to know Christs Doctrine Swear not at all to be his that sent him to be a Light to the Gentiles and the Glory to his People Israel And is it equal O ye sons of men That those whose eyes God hath opened and unto whom God hath given the Light of Eternal Life that they should be compelled to walk by the same guide the blind are led by in their witness-bearing Would it not be a thing unreasonable for to require him who hath his perfect sight when the Sun shines to shew him his way to require him to have a man take him by the hand and lead him on his way as the natural blind are led Hath not the Lord in all Ages put a difference betwixt them that feared his Name and trembled at his Word and those that feared him not but walked after the stubbornness of their own hearts and after their own inventions And if the Lord hath so done and so doth ought not all those who are his Ministers upon Earth to do the like But A.S. further saith That Oaths are commanded by the Moral Law and that the Ten Commandments are the summary of it And doth grant That Oaths are no Gospel Ordinance And also saith That our Saviour came not to destroy but fulfil the Moral Law And therefore Swearing being enjoyned by the Moral Law must be now of as much force as ever it was He also affirmeth That Christ did not abolish the Iudicial and Ceremonial Law once commanded by God because the one was peculiarly given to the Iews and so concerns us not at all And the other was temporary expiring at Christ's Death c. Answ. The words Law Covenant and Testament are general and comprehensive words every of them including or comprehending in themselves all the Words Sentences Gifts Ordinances or Precepts that was required and commanded the People of Israel by the Lord at that time And therefore ought not to be limited by man or distinguished into Morals Judicials and Ceremonials as thereby to lessen the Authority of one to set up another above it after the Rudiments of the World and not after Christ who saith He that shall break one of the least of the Commands and teach men so shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 5.19 And it 's written Deut. 27 26. Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them Gal. 3.10 And Christ came not only to fulfil this or that part of the Law but the whole Law yea every iote and title that then was written Mat. 5.18 Neither is he said to be the end of this or that part whether by men called Moral Judicial or Ceremonial for the Spirit of the Lord hath made no such distinctions of the Law but of the Law in general yea all that was written in the Law of Moses in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning him Luke 24.44 And as the Law was fulfilled it was to pass away or to be taken out of the way the end being accomplished for which it was given And being abolished Eph. 2.15 abrogated and disanulled Heb. 8.13 and taken away or out of the way Heb. 10.9 Col. 2.14 2 Cor. 3.7 11. The Law or Power of the endless Life the Law of the Spirit and of Faith which is not Moral but Spiritual and Eternal the new Covenant or Testament which is unchangeable the Righteousness of God without the Law in the letter was and is manifested in the heart to do thereafter being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets Rom. 3.21 Ier. 31.33 Heb. 8.10 according to the Promise of God That so the blessing of Abram might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that they together with the Jews to whom the Law in the letter was peculiarly given might receive the Promise of the Spirit through Faith Gal. 3.14 Rom. 4.16 And whereas A. S. faith That Christ did not abolish the Iudicial and Ceremonial Law once commanded by God because the one was peculiarly given to the Iews and the other was temporary expiring at Christs Death Answ. If Christ did not abolish the Judicial nor Ceremonial Law as they are called and distinguished by A. S. Then it must needs follow and be granted That Christ did abolish abrogate disanul take away or out of the way the Law which A. S. calls Moral or else Christ abolished no Law at all But it is evident from the plain testimony of the Scriptures of Truth before mentioned Eph. 2.15 Heb. 8.13 10.9 Col. 2.14 2 Cor. 3.7 11. That Jesus Christ did abolish abrogate disannul take away or out of the way the Law of Commandments contained in the Law written the old or first Covenant or Testament the hand-writing of Ordinances the Ministration of Death written with letters and engraven in stones And therefore If Christ as A. S. hath affirmed did not abolish the Judicial and Ceremonial Laws Then as is before said it must of necessity follow and be concluded That Christ Jesus did abolish abrogate disannul take away or out of the way that Law which A. S. calls Moral For the Scriptures testimony in the places before mentioned are either true or false To say they are false is blasphemy because they were written by Divine Inspiration and the infallible guidance of the Spirit of Truth And therefore being true Then that Law which A. S. calls Moral of which he also affirmeth an Oath and Swearing to be a part or required by was by Christ abolished abrogated disannulled taken away or out out of the way And the Law by which Swearing was commanded being abolished All Oaths and Swearing commanded or required by that Law must of necessity be abolished with the Law Now these things being so All the Arguments and Distinctions with all the Conclusions and clouds of Witnesses that A. S. hath laid down made and brought in to prove the lawfulness of some Swearing now under the Gospel from the Authority of the Moral Law as he calls it are made void and are become of none effect And therefore A. S. is worthy of blame in affirming so confidently That if Swearing be enjoyned by the Moral Law it must be of as much force now as ever And it may be of concern to A. S. before he begin his History of Oaths that he find out some other Law of God than that he call Moral to ground the lawfulness of Oaths upon lest he build upon a sandy Foundation and so labour in vain For himself acknowledgeth in pag. 303. of his Reply to F.H. it was a certain truth That Christ gave no new Command in matters of