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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27406	A second testimony concerning oaths and swearing in answer to a book entituled The case of the Quakers relating to oathes stated by J.S., or, An appendix to a book written in the year 1668 in answer to Allan Smallwood ... wherein is fully cleared the command of Christ and practice of the apostles concerning swearing from the corrupt glosses, limited sense and meaning of J.S. / by Gervase Benson.	Benson, Gervase, d. 1679.	1675 (1675)	Wing B1901; ESTC R23681	17,348	24

his Name as an Evidence of their Conversion to the Lord hath in so affirming opposed the Doctrine of the Apostles and Ministers of Christ and in so doing hath manifested himself to be no Minister of the Spirit of Christ nor of the Gospel for its evident that the Apostles and Ministers of Christ who were able Ministers of the New Testament not of the Letter but of the Spirit did testifie That whosoever should call on the Name of the Lord should be saved Acts 2. 10. and the End of their Care Pains in preaching writing was That People whether Jews or Gentiles should believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that in believing and not by swearing they might have Life through his Name John 20. 31. And the Apostle Paul testified That he that confesseth with his Mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in his Heart that God raised him from the Dead shall be saved for with the Heart Man believeth unto Righteousness and with the Tongue confesseth unto Salvation Rom. 10. 9 10 11 12. And when the Eunuch asked Philip what hindered him to be baptized Philip said unto him If thou believest with all thy Heart thou mayest and the Eunuch answered and said but did not swear I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and thereupon Philip did baptize him Acts 8. 36 37 38. And when the Keeper of the Prison said unto Paul and Sylas Sirs what shall I do to be saved they said Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy House Acts 16. 30 31. So that the Eunuch and the Keeper of the Prison confessing their Belief in Christ the Son of God was all the outward Evidence that the Apostles required of their Conversion unto God And Peter said Acts 10. 43. That unto Christ all the Prophets did bear witness that through his Name all that believe mark it is not said all that swear shall receive Remission of Sins And those that were pricked in their Hearts when they heard Peter's Sermon said unto Peter and the rest of the Apostles Men and Brethren what shall we do to whom Peter answering said Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the Remission of Sins and ye shall receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost Acts. 2. 37. and Acts 13. 38 39. It is said That the Apostle preached through the Name of Christ the Forgiveness of Sins and that by him all that believe are justified from all Things from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses So that although by the Law of Moses those who were under it and in Cases where an Oath was by the Law required could not be freed from an Oath yet by the Law of Christ and the Power of the Endless Life Heb. 7. 6. all the Disciples of Christ are freed and justified by Christ from all Oathes and Swearing under the Gospel And by confessing Christ to be the Son of God and believing in him we receive Christ and by receiving of him he dwelleth in us and we in him in whom God is well pleased to accept of us and in whom after that we believe we are sealed with the Spirit of Promise which is the Evidence and Earnest of our Inheritance according to Ephes. 1. 6 13 14. without any Oath or Swearing So that we have a Cloud of Witnesse that the Apostles and Ministers of Christ did not require of any Converts Jew or Gentile any Oath or swearing as an Evidence of their Conversion unto God but that they should confess that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and repent and believe the Gospel and thereupon without any Oath or swearing they were baptized and received the Promise of God which is the Holy Ghost Now these Things being so I do therefore deny J. S. his Assumption and Conclusion But J. S. further saith That the Lord sware by himself c. that unto him every Knee shall bow and every Tongue shall swear Isa. 45. 23. and also saith that this Prophecy is to receive its Accomplishment in Gospel Tim●s and that swearing to the Lord is here prophesied of as that Divine Service and Homage by the performing whereof Gentile Converts were to declare their owning of and Conversion to the true God c. And for further Proof as he saith he quotes Isa. 19. 18. c. In that Day shall five Cities of the Land of Egypt speak the Language of Canaan and swear to the Lord of Hosts there shall be an Altar to the Lord in the midst of the Land of Egypt and a Pillar to the Lord at the Borders thereof and it shall be for a Sign and for a Witness unto the Lord of Hosts in the Land of Egypt for they shall cry unto the Lord and he shall send them a Saviour and the Lord shall be known unto Egypt and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that Day and shall do Sacr●fice and Oblation yea they shall vow a Vow unto the Lord and perform it and he shall be entreated of them and shall heal them c. For Answer to all which I say That the carnal Man as the carnal Jew looks for the fulfilling of the Letter but the spiritual Man looks for the Spirit for the Christians Laws and Priviledges under the Gospel are all spiritual and so are their Ordinances now J. S. being carnally-minded cannot discern the Things of the Spirit because they are spiritually discerned 1 Cor. 2. 14. But instead of distinguishing aright between the Ordinances under the Law and the Ordinances under the Gospel between an Oath and VVitness-bearing hath confounded them together and though he read Moses and the Prophets yet it is evident by his Assirmations aforesaid that he knoweth not the Voice of God that spoke in the Prophets no more then those mentioned Acts 13. 27. and being unlearned in the School of Christ hath rendered the Prophets Words literally which the Apostle Paul who was a Minister of the Spirit renders spiritually as is evident from Rom. 14. 9 10. As I live saith the Lord every Knee shall bow to me and every Tongue shall confess to God And Phil. 2 10 11. it is said That at the Name of Jesus every Knee shall bow both of Things in Heaven and Things in Earth and Things under the Earth and that every Tongue shall confess mark it is not said swear that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the Glory of God the Father From which scriptures it is evident that as that Promise or Prophecy Isa 45. 23. had Relation to Gospel Times so it had Relation to Gospel Worship which is in Newness of Spirit by confessing to God and Christ and by believing in Christ and not by swearing according to the Oldness of the Letter which doth further appear from Christ's own Words Mat. 10. 32. But I say unto you whosoever shall confess me before Men him will I confess before my Heavenly