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lord_n	call_v	father_n	son_n	18,689	5	5.4157	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96082	Swearing denyed in the New Covenant and its pretended foundation rased. VVith the remnant of lies swept away. And the great and glorious name of Jesus highly exalted, above every name, to which powerful name, all swearers, and false swearers, and lyars, fighters, plotters, and persecutors, who are in the strife against the Son of God, must bow and submit, or be broken in pieces, for his wrath is kindled and his glittering sword is whet, to take vengeance of all those that will not have him to reign over them, in truth and righteousnesse, to the glory of God the Father. By Morgan Watkins.	Watkins, Morgan, fl. 1653-1670.	1660 (1660)	Wing W1069; ESTC R225425	11,352	15

SWEARING DENYED IN THE New Covenant And its pretended foundation RASED VVith the remnant of lies swept away And the great and glorious name of Jesus highly exalted above every name to which powerful Name all Swearers and false Swearers and Lyars Fighters Plotters and Persecutors who are in the strife against the Son of God must bow and submit or be broken in pieces for his wrath is kindled and his glittering sword is whet to take vengeance of all those that will not have him to reign over them in Truth and Righteousnesse to the glory of God the Father By Morgan Watkins LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson at the Sign of the Black-Spread-Eagle and Windmill in Martins Le-Grand Swearing denyed in the New Covenant and its pretended Foundation rased with the Remnant of lyes swept away JEsus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever him hath God the Father highly exalted and given him a name which is above every Name that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow c. and that every tongue should confesse that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father Phil. 29.10.11 Now if he be Lord wherein is he honoured is it not in obeying his Commands and doing the thing that he saith as he saith concerning the disobedient Why call you me Lord Lord and do not the things which I say so it appeareth he that obeyes him not hath nothing to do to call him Lord for he whom he obeyes is his Lord as it s written his Servants ye are whom ye obey he only enters the Kingdome that doth the will of the Father and this is the will of the Father that we should hear his Son For this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased heare ye him of him Moses Prophesied saying him shall ye heare in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you and every soul that will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people Act. 3.22 23. And this is the day of tryal in this Nation who will heare him or refuse him Who will chuse to obey him or man who will fear him or fear man And saith Solomon the fear of man bringeth a snare Pro. 29.25 which thing is now witnessed whereby Thousands are catched and under Condemnations but who so putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe which thing also is known to the obedient and shall also be known to the sorrow of the disobedient for he will suddenly appear for us and plead our cause and make the innocency of it appear to the Nations round about that they may fear and tremble before him who will make his Name glorious which the Father hath given him and is and shall be known to be above very Name which Name is a strong Tower and he that believeth not in this Name is condemned already and this is the condemnation that Light is come into the world c. Into which those that are gathered and fly unto are safe for his presence and Power is felt in the middest of them and his glorious voice is heard in Sion where he raigneth let the people tremble at his great and terrible Name for it is holy and great in Sion and he is high above all people Therefore exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy Hill for the Earth shall know we are his people and the Sheep of his Pasture and his truth into which we are gathered shall be exalted to all Generations but the way of the wicked shall be turned upside down and that vain worship that teaches for Doctrines the Commandments of men Mat 15.9 These be the blind guides that lead the blind people into the ditch but Christ teacheth his Disciples to beware of their leaven that was their Doctrine which then would have made voyd the commands of God and now would make voyd or of no effect the Commands of his Son whom the Father hath given for a Commander to his people and he that obeyes him not shall be cut off from his people but his Sheep heare his voyce and keep his sayings who saith swear not at all And herein is he acknowledged to be Lord by the doing of the thing he saith Luk. 6.46 and this is to the glory of God the Father who hath highly exalted him and given him a Name above every Name above Abraham above Moses above David above the Prophets and above the Angels above every tongue of men Angels that have sworn who must bow to his Commands who saith swear not at all and confess that he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings to the glory of God the Father who saith every knee shall bow and let all the Angels of God worship him whose throne is for ever and ever A Scepter of righteousness is the Scepter of thy Kingdome Heb. 1.6.8 who said Lo I come to do thy will O God he taketh away the first that he may establish the second Heb. 10.9 Now that which was an ordinance in old time he taketh away saying it hath been said by them of old time thou shalt not for-swear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thy Oaths this of old was a service of God under the first Covenant which was of works to swear and perform their oaths this was a work acceptable to God But the second Covenant being established upon better premises wherin God freely gave his own Son to be his Salvation to the ends of the Earth to bring that forth in man which he requireth of him By writing his Law in his heart and putting his words in his inward parts whereby he comes to know the Lord and be taught of him to know himself to be nothing but what he is in and through him who hath all power So of our selves we can do nothing therefore we cannot properly swear being not our own Mark nor of abillity to perform of our selves any good thing much less an Oath to the Lord for we who are come into the true rest are not to think our own thoughts nor speak our own words for Christ commanded to take no thought for our life what to eat or drink or put on because we have not power of ourselves to add to ourselves for which of you by taking thought can add one Cubit to his Stature therefore take no thought or promise to your selves nor swear to do this or that or the other for the power is in another by whom you draw your breath Therefore we cannot promise any thing absolutely being not our own nor born of the will of man then how can we swear that stand not in our own wills but in the will of him who saith swear not at all for the Apostle James reproveth absolute promising without relation to him who hath the power go to now ye that say To day and to morrow we will do such a thing James 4.13 Whereas ye know not whether ye shall live till to morrow

for that ye ought to say if the Lord will verse the 15. Now to say I will swear if the Lord will or if the Lord help me is a tempting of God and willing of him to help to break his own command or to help him to perform that which he commands him not to do therefore leave off now ye swearers and false swearers and forcers to swear for the Lord will rebuke you with his fiery indignation For the power that should perform the Oath is in him who is the Oath Truth and Covenant of God to us ends the Jews Oaths and Covenant who saith swear not at all why because saith Christ that hath all power thou canst not make one hair white or black so here is man's power and absoluteness denyed who could not keep the first Covenant which became to him unprofitable in that it was weak Heb. 7.18 So he who required perfect obedience finding fault with it which could make nothing perfect took it away that he might establish the second in which alone God's power Christ Jesus is absolute who hath obtained it by the denyal of his own will as he was man and in that his State of humiliation took not upon him absoluteness but said I can do nothing of my self Joh. 5.30 and here sware not or as I may say from his own words could not swear of himself for himself he denyed but confessed which word Confesse under the Law was Swear to the glory of the God the Father in whom the power was absolute and therefore he might swear who was of all power to perform his Oaths Who is the head of Christ 1 Cor. 11.3 who sware not and commanded all whose head he is not to swear at all so he that swears dishonoureth his head and doth contrary to his Command and also his example who whilest he walked upon Earth it cannot be proved he sware at all and the Apostle saith he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked 1 Joh. 2.6 Now he that swears breaks his Command dishonours him whom he calls Lord and walks contrary to him who is given to his people for an example and leader a Commander and the Captain of their Salvation the oath of God who ends oaths and did not swear but made a good Confession to the glory of the Father and said swear not at all Object But if any say though we have not power and are not absolute of our selves we swear but to our power and so say help me God Answ If thou hast not power thou art not to swear least thou forswear thy self and if thy power be in Christ thou canst not expect that he will give it thee to break his command for saith Christ without me ye can do nothing John 15.5 that is to say well-pleasing to God but it is not well-pleasing to him to break his Commands as many can now witness that have done it to their misery who are under dreadful Judgement tormented Now he that swears sins and doth it against Christ and so without him for in him is no sin but the power of darknesse being head and the eye blind whereby the Command should be seen and felt to be the will of God the understanding comes to be darkned and man takes counsel in this state of his enemy the Judas in his own heart who betrayes him by a pretence of liberty and thereby brings him in to bondage and condemnation but where the power is witnessed the Command is kept which denieth swearing and cannot call God to help to break the Command of his Son whom he hath sent to do his will in whom he is well pleased Object But the Prophet Isaiah spake of swearing and as we judge hath relation to the Gospel times Isaiah 65.16 Answ Christ Jesus our great High-Priest Prophet and King is come is whom the Law and the Prophets are fulfilled and ended and he that is in him is in Truth and as he walks in Truth he answers the witnesse of God in all mens Consciences which is a surer Testimony then an Oath because it stands in the power of God and the endlesse life so that the life of the Son of God manifested in man and reaching to the witnesse of God in all Consciences ends the occasion of an Oath caused through unbelief or doubting of the Truth in a man for one who is in Christ to put his Brother who is in Christ to swear because he cannot believe him is as it were to undervalue or put a lye upon the Truth and dishonour the holy Name by which he is called for he that is in Christ knoweth that he which is born of him cannot lye for he is kept by the mighty power of God that the wicked one toucheth him not John 5.18 so among the Brethren in Christ there is no place for an Oath for there is no strife there is no lye there is no fighter plotter killer murtherer nor disorderly person but here is the true fear of God and they that honour the King here is Christ the head of his Church and every Member is his own order those who trouble them when they have all said done scandalized reproached persecuted them and tormented themselves with their vain labour must lye down in sorrow and confesse these are the Kings best Subjects who lift not a hand against him neither can plot nor contrive the least evil against his Person and just power for what they do against his Person or just power they do against their own life and the Truth they do professe for as we abide in the Truth we can do no wrong to him nor any man else for Truth cannot wrong any man neither those that are in it but labours for the good of all men that all might come to the knowledge of it and be saved for he that walks in this path must do to every man as he would have every man to do to him and this Law shall out-live all Laws to the contrary and this way and they that walk in it shall prosper and all other shall soon decay Object But some may say though some may be believed that walk as Christians yet others that walk in deceit are not to be believed Answ I say that those who are not in Truth are not to be believed though they swear for being in the transgression are captivated by the power of darknesse who rules in the Children of disobedience and these make little Conscience of an Oath and lesse to break it for it is grown a fashion or custom to take it and also to break it for you may see how little stead it stood the King in formerly and how little it advantaged all the several powers since and it will stand them in as little stead now who trust to it for how did the Magistrates under the former powers swear against King and House of Lords and it may be had sworn