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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bow_v	earth_n	knee_n	3,628	5	9.5783	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19257	An exposition of the hymne commonly called Benedictus with an ample & comfortable application of the same, to our age and people. By A. Anderson preacher.	Anderson, Anthony, d. 1593.	1574 (1574)	STC 567; ESTC S100136	70,199	176

Also Christ him selfe sayth that heauen and earth shal passe but not one iote of my word shall passe till all be fulfilled And the Apostle sayth that the doctrine of the Lord is not yea and nay but yea and Amen He speaketh the woord sayth Dauid they were made the times before vs till this presēt witnes of time the beautifull heauens shew forth the faythfulnes of God in his word that the same is most true and strong to the saluation of al that beleue in Christ through it Neither may we imagine that he did sweare thereby to hiue vs example or warrant to vse vaine and blasphemous othes but leauing to the weaknes of our fayth the Lord sware the more to confirme his promises in vs for he hath forbid vs to vse thē by his holy word where nothing is permitted vs to sweare by in heauen or earth no not by the heares of our head but there are we commaunded to frame our harts to honestie truth which shall out of all occasion of othes blasphemies from vs so kepe farre frō our consciēces the accusing worme of the same the vengeance of god which neuer departeth frō the house of the swearer Albeit sometimes we may ought to sweare to the glory of god the end of controuersies in amongst his people being called therto ordinarily thē must we sweare in truth and righteousnes Here would I gladly helpe my countrey of England if in this place I might borowe so large a licence which much vseth this kind of swearing in westminster hal and other the Tribunall seates of this land Many of them sweare and sweat to sweare and offer othes and both borowe and lend the same to satisfie their friends and what is the charge of an oth for the most part many forceth not so to winne their expectatiō by oth they may dispatch their proposed intent But learne a little here of othes good Rearder and first what an oth is An oth is a taking Gods name to witnesse to the better and more stable confirmasion of those things which we vouch in communication or testes or els in couenant or promise assuring those to whom we sweare that nothing but truth procedeth from vs Herein in his due place god is greatly honoured and worshipped hereby we confesse him to be euery where present to behold the hartes and actions of all men to be a reuenger of euil against the offenders in this poynt But if either falsely or for any other respect then for his glories sake and the peace of his people we sweare or séeke to sweare though it be true that we do sweare notwithstanding we sinne though not in the substance of the matter yet in the accidentall part therof because either the fauour of the one or dread of the other or linage bloud or other worldly respectes compelleth vs therto and not the sorce of truth it selfe and this God will plague Surely he wil also plague al such as mixt in their othes the creatures of heauen earth with the name of God by whom alone we must sweare being called therto He that sweareth sayth Esay shal sweare by the true and liuing God. And again Esay saith in the person of God Al knees shal bowe to me and euery tongue shall sweare by my name And as this is commaunded in Scripture so are we there forbidden to sweare by them that are no Gods All that which J haue commaunded you see that ye obserue the same and thinke not vppon the names of their Gods nor let them be once named of you And in Sophony the Lord promiseth and threatneth to destroy and cut of all those that sweare by God and by Malcham That God Maazim the Masse or such blind iudges as offer and geue charge to sweare by God and all saintes or either that wicked vse God our Lady God and saint John. c. Or such as not daring to sweare yet inuent to sweare by fayned new found othes as mat for Masse and gob for GOD and hods body and bloud for our Lordes blessed body and bloud c. There is no lesse wickednesse in the one then in the other for therein we still breake his commaundement that sayth sweare not at all and we declare thereby our willing desire to blasphemie which as we dare not enter into for feare of his vengeance so wée frame our selues as néere thereto as wée can by diuelish daliance much like to Maister Hardinges pleasant spéech of our Ladies spiritual sport with Christ her Sonne when shée in the popish Primer is prayed to saye lube natum c. Considering that these euils are to bée remoued and that swearing is not onely in some respect of GOD permitted but also wée haue now heard commaunded and is a chiefe part of the true seruice and worshippe of our God let vs learne to serue him herein in true holynesse and righteousnesse such as may wel bée accepted before him The which to do wée must obserue that rule in swearing which the Prophet geueth to euery mā appointed to sweare saying Thou shalt sweare sayth he in truth in iudgement and in righteousnes Foure poyntes he teacheth vs to obserue in our swearing First that wée sweare by no lesse then by the liuing God by no dead coniured cake or other Idoll Secondly that we sweare in veritate in truth as if he had sayd play not the hypocrite sweare not with lippes alone but with the hart also séeke not by any meanes to be deceiued in thy soule or to deceaue others by thy craftines in swearing Dare not to pronounce one part of thy mind to the hearing of the Iudge and another secretly to thy selfe As of late a Minister ryding to his reuerend Bishop for a benefice at his returne bostingly sayd as I am credibly informed that he vsed tofore him the same cunning figure of defection called calliditas which in plaine English is lying craftines swearing outwardly to subscribe c. and softly saying to himself as far forth as they are warranted c. Now surely to haue safe warrant of God is necessarie for our subscription in doctrine but to sweare to obserue and to allow of that whereof hée standeth in doubt is a halting with God a mocking of men and a manifest shew of an ill conscience in him that vseth the same which can not bee farre from the curse of God. Sweare truly therefore let heart and tongue goe together and vouch both one thing els thou doest heape Gods wrath vppon thine owne head The third poynt of swearing is to sweare in iudicio that is with discretion not rashly or ouerlightly but first weighing the cause why he sweareth the matter which by oth he is to witnesse the good that may come therof and the wrath of God following false swearing he is