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A31172 The Case of the people called Quakers, relating to oathes and swearing presented to the serious consideration of the King and both Houses of Parliament. 1673 (1673) Wing C1130; ESTC R18184 7,173 28

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vivit juret omnino It behoveth not that the man who lives accoding to the Gospel should Swear at all Example 18. Justin Martyr Christians ought not to Swear at all Charge against Walter Brute that he Asserted Item That it is not Lawful for Christians forany Cause in any Case Fox Mon. 1 vol. fol. 623. K. R. 2. to Swear by the Creator neither by the Creature His Answer As concerning Oaths I believe and obey the Doctrine of Almighty God pag. 653. and my Master Jesus Christ which teaches that Christian-Men in Affirmation of a Truth should pass the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees of the Old Testament or else he excludes them from the Kingdom of Heaven for he saith Unless your Righteousness exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven And as concerning Oaths he saith It hath been said to them of Old Time Thou shalt not Forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord those things which thou vowest But I say unto you Thou shalt not Swear at all neither by the Heaven nor yet by the Earth c But let your Communication be Yea Yea and Nay Nay for whatsoever shall be more then this proceeds of Evil. Therefore as the Perfection of the Ancient Men of the old Testament was Not to forswear themselves so the Perfection of Christian-Men is Not to forswear themselves so the Perfection of Christian-Men is Not to Swear at all because they are so commanded of Christ whose Commandment must in no case be broken although the City or Church of Rome is contrary to this Doctrine of Christ even as in many things she is found contrary to her self And Christ saith in the Gospel-times to the Church Mat. 28.17 That by the Mouth of two or three Witnesses every Word may be established and this Christ spake in matter of differences that might happen among Christians but said nothing of an Oath for Oaths he forbad before And we cannot give forth a better Form of Words to testifie the Truth then that which Christ our Saviour hath laid down which is Let our yea be yea and nay nay which the Apostles Fathers and Martyrs preached practiced and suffered for and if we are called to bear witness or any Office or Service to and for the King or our Country and testifie our Truth or Faithfulness to one or both in which Cases Oaths are usually required and imposed we desire and request that you would be pleased to enact or provide that instead Place thereof as the Cases may require our yea and our nay may be accepted and taken and if we break our yea or our nay which is Christs solemn Form of sound Words and which is his Gospel-Command which we stand to and for then let us suffer the same Penalty s they that can swear and break their Oaths for Christ ended all the true and solemn Oaths of the Law among the Jews and denyed them and sets up yea yea and nay and nay instead of Oaths and above them which as said before we stand to for who are a peaceable People and have never forfeited our Liberty and we ow and desire nothing but Good-Will to the King and his Subjects and all People and desires his and their Good and Everlasting Prosperity A Copy of an Order given forth by Authority in Middlebrough in which may be seen their Moderation to Tender Consciences in the Case of Refusing to Swear VVHereas there hath been an Address presented unto his Excellency in behalf of certain of the Inhabitants of the City of Middlebrough wherein Complaint was made of the Magistrates of the said City who not long since caused the Shops of some of the said Inhabitants to be shut up and consequently hath forbidden them Trading though it be the only means to maintain their Families by and this has been the Cause to wit Their Refusing the taking the accustomed Oaths as others have done Yet nevertheless it appears that for certain Years past they have paid all Taxes Contributions and Customs belonging to the City even Equal with other Citizens and Inhabitants of the said City though they had never taken the said Oath and that willingly and therefore ought they now to have their Liberty without being molested in this Particular seeing they desire nothing else then to live in the Enjoyments of the Liberty of their Consciences in order to which this present War with the King of Spain was raised by his Subjects and which now by the Help of God is come so far that the aforesaid Liberty of Conscience is obtained and therefore it would be an Evil Thing to take it away from these people who through their Paying of Taxes and Contributions and Bearing of other Burdens besides the great Hazard of their Lives and Liberties hath helped to obtain it And it appears that these People have declared That they are willing to be Ruled according to the Ordinances of the City yet nevertheless the Magistrates do and have striven with them about the Oath which hath not only extended to the expelling them out of the City but consequently to the forcing out of a Numberless Company of others in Holland Zealand with their Wives and Children to their utter Ruin and this would not tend to any Man's Profit but on the contrary it would be a great apparent Hindrance to these Lands because Trading thereby over all Nations would greatly Decrease And forasmuch as these People do profer That their Yea shall stand instead of an Oath and the Transgression thereof to be punished as Perjured Persons which thing his Excellency having taken into Consideration doth therefore with the Advice of the Governour and Council of Zealand Ordain and Confirm and by these Presents be it Ordained and Confirmed That the People's Yea aforesaid shall stand instead of an Oath before the Magistrates of the aforesaid City and that the Transgressors of the same shall be punished as Forswearers and Perjured Persons Moreover his Excellency doth Charge and Command the Magistrates of Middlebrough with all others whom it doth concern for the future Not to burden these People aforesaid any further with the Oath but that they shall open their Shops and follow their Trading as formerly they have done This was given forth in his Excellency's Name and under his Seal in the City of Middlebrough in Zealand the 26th of Ianuary 1577. 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