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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	jesus_n	lord_n	17,123	5	3.7490	3	true

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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

obedience to his Commands though it cost us the losse of all even the laying down of our outward lives this is a good confession and as Christ himself who sware not but made a good confession before Pontius Pilate in the obedience of his Fathers Commands and submitted to the death and abode in his Love and obtained a Name which is above every name and as he abode in his Fathers love so we must abide in his love which is by giving up to the obedience of his Commands who saith swear not at all and those who love him and follow him obey and honour him And the Apostle James who spake by his spirit said above all things my Brethren swear not and saith Christ if ye love me keep my Commandements Joh. 14 1. and saith Paul if any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be acursed 1 Cor. 16.22 But they who imprison and persecute the people of God because they will not break the Commands of Christ they love not the Lord Jesus Christ and wo is their portion it had been better they had never been born for as many as are come into Christ their yea is yea and their nay nay and are out of Condemnation for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ but where their yea is not yea nor their nay nay they are out of the truth and there is the lying swearing and for-swearing and swearing cannot bring into the truth for it is against Christ the Truth and James his Command the Apostle of truth and is under the Condemnation But the Common Objection among men who know not the truth is this which Paul mentions in the 6. of the Heb. and the 16. In these words for men verily swear by the greater and an Oath for Confirmation is to them mark not to us an end of all strife Answ The Apostle in this place mentioning the practices of men which sware in the old time who sware by the greater that it might be the greater ingagement to them to perform their Oaths and to confess the God of Heaven to be the greater because it was the practice among men to swear by the greater and a command to the Jews and so the Lord willing more abundantly to confirm his promises to the seed sware to man by himself who was the greatest that in old time men were to swear by but in the new Covenant old things were done away and all things were become new Object But if it be said the Apostle spake to the present practice among men Answ I say it may be the practice among the Jews at this day who are in the unbelief cut off but if it be it is sin to them as is all the rest of their Ordinances which are ended in Christ being that thereby they go about by the practice of them to establish a righteousness of their own endeavoring to make voyd the righteousness of Christ who by their practice deny him to be come to whom Christ said If ye believe not that I am he you shall dye in your sin and whither I go ye cannot come Job 8.21.24 Object And again if it be said that it was then a practice among men and an Oath or Confimation is to them an end of all strife Answ I say it is a practice among men at this day who are in strife but both these practices swearing and strife are evil and under Condemnation being both out of the truth against Christs Command practice and against the Apostles Command and the practice of them who walked in truth and it is so common now that it is grown into a form of ungodlinesse and all in it are far from truth that they cannot believe one another without an oath nor then neither for as swearing is common so also is for-swearing for without an oath little Law or Justice is to be had nor then neither for him who is in truth but if a man can swear he may soon have a Lawyer to lye for him if he be well paid before-hand for he can draw up a form of lyes and say it is a form of Law And this is the way men take to end their money and to begin the strife which many times continues while their money lasts and then it may soon be ended at home by their neighbours for these things the Land mourns and grones under these heavy burthens Again if it were a practice among men let us consider what men it were that it was practiced among whether they are men of the World or men in Christ which were new men but I shall make it appear to be among the men of the World the carnal men who were in strife and there the oath and swearing was to end it but Christ the Truth where he is received and witnessed strife comes to be ended the Oath not to be used but that it may appear what men it were read Jam. 3.14 15 16. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts glory not and lye not against the Truth this wisdome is earthly sensual and divelish for where envying and strife is mark there is Confusion and every evil work Can any be so blind as to think these things were among the Apostles and owned and practiced among the Brethren of Christ who walked in the Spirit for these were the fruits of the flesh the works of Babylon which is Confusion and there is every evil work which was not among the elect People of God for those that are carnal walk as men saith Paul what men Such that are in strife and swearing 1 Cor. 3 3. For ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and strife and Divisions are ye not carnal and walk as men Here is the word men answering the words for men verily swear which men you see the Apostles reproves here and in divers places and in Rom. 13.12.13 Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the Armor of Light let us walk honestly as in the day not in Rioting and drunkenuess nor in Chambering and wantonness mark not in strife and envying but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ Here you may see that strife is condemned to be one of the works of darkness in such who had not put on the Lord Jesus Christ and these be the men that have not put on Christ who are in strife and swear to end it and saith Paul let nothing be done through strife c. Phil 2 3. And the Servant of the Lord must not strive Tim. 2.2 So it is sufficently proved that the Oath and Swearing was among them that walked not in Christ the Truth but among such that were Carnal and walked in darkness in which they are now that are in envying and Strife which be evil works and they that swear do another evil work to end it and here the beginning and the end is evil being the work of the