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A27140 A vindication of the commands and doctrine of Christ Jesus and of his people in their faithful obedience to him against all swearers and swearing whatsoever, according to the scriptures of truth : with a few words unto all such rulars [sic], teachers, and people ... that have a hand in afflicting, persecuting, and casting such into prisons ... / W.B. Bayly, William, d. 1675. 1663 (1663) Wing B1543; ESTC R25916 13,178 17

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A VINDICATION Of the Commands and Doctrine of Christ Jesus And of his People in their faithful Obedience to him against all Swearers and swearing whatsoever according to the Scriptures of TRVTH With a few words unto all such Rulars Teachers and People of what degree or sort soever that have a hand in Afflicting Persecuting and casting such into Prisons who for Conscience-sake dare not break the Commands of Christ nor go out of his DOCTRINE And it is one Visitation and Warning more from the Lord unto them before he sweep the Land of Evil Doers with the Beasome of their final destruction And this is in love to their Souls by a Lover of Righteousness and Truth and a witness against all Unrighteousness Injustice and Oppression W. B. For the Land is full of Adulterers for because of swearing the land mourneth c. For both Prophet and Priest are prophane Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery waies in darkness They shall be driven on and fall therein for I will bring evil upon them even the year of their visitation saith the Lord Ier. 23.10.11.12 NOw seeing the great controversie at this day between the false Christians and the true namely the persecuting Powers of this Generation and the Royal Seed and people of God called Quakers is about Swearing and Oathes and the like matters appertaining to Religion and Worship of God which are matters of Conscience the answer of which before God in the day of death is a mans eternal condemnation or Justification and salvation It therefore lies upon me at this time to vindicate the only right and propriety of Christ Jesus in the Consciences of his people and also of his people in their faithfulness and obedience unto him who is the head of his Church and whose right alone it is to reign against that doctrine and soul destroying principle of imposing Oathes or any other thing whatsoever which concerns the exercise of the soul and conscience which is immortal towards God or any part of his worship c. 1. It is written in the second Epistle of Iohn at the nine ten and eleven verses on this wise viz. Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the Doctrine of Christ hath not God He that abideth in the Doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son and if there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed for he that biddeth him God speed is pertaker of his evil deeds 2. Now if any to whom this may come should be ignorant of what this meaneth or what this doctrine of Christ is or what the word doctrine do signifie let them take notice of what followeth As for the word doctrine it signifies teaching or that which is taught so that the doctrine of Christ is that which he taught or doth teach and it may be truly read thus Whosoever abideth not in the teaching of Christ or in what he taught or teacheth hath not God c. now mark such an one that abideth not in that which Christ taught hath not God but he that doth abide in what Christ hath taught and teacheth hath both the Father and the Son 3. Now the controversie being very great at this day between two sorts of people in this Nation of England about religious matters for which the one do persecute abuse imprison rob spoile greatly oppress afflict the other namely for conscience sake for abiding in the doctrine obeying the commands of Christ Let us therefore mark and try the difference of these people according to the Scriptures of truth which those persecutors themselves profess is their rule so by their own rule let them be tryed 4. Now the people who are thus persecuted and abused c. are such as abide in the doctrine of Christ in that which he taught and teacheth for which they are persecuted and hath both the Father and the Son 2 Iohn 9. And their persecutors and oppessors are such as break the commands and abide not in the doctrine of Christ and so hath not God as will be proved and made manifest neither are they to be bid God speed for such as bid them God speed or side with them are pertakers of their evil deeds so they that hath not God but are without God are the persecuters and afflicters of them that hath both the Father and the Son let all people take notice of this and now is the Scripture fulfilled These things will they do unto you for my names sake because they know not him that sent me John 15.21 c. 5. Now what the doctrine of Christ is or what he hath taught or doth teach his Friends and Disciples to do and to leave undone may be mentioned in many perticulars but at present I may omit but what is in my aim as to the thing in hand which is about Swearing and Oathes 6. And now that Christ Jesus did forbid his Disciples to swear and that it was his doctrine which he taught them not to swear at all may be easily proved yea though they were such oathes and swearing as were lawful and commanded in Old time and to be performed to the Lord as may be read in the record of Matth. 5 Ch. 33 34. c. Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them in Old time Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oathes But I say unto you swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is Gods Throne nor by the earth for it is his Footstool neither by Ierusalem for it is the City of the great King neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be yea yea nay nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil And said Iames a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to his Brethren who wrote to the Twelve Tribes scattered abroad Above all things my brethren swear not neither by Heaven neither by the earth neither by any other oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay least ye fall into condemnation Ch. 5. 12. v. bringing with him the very same doctrine which Christ taught them in which whosoever abideth not hath not God let him profess what he will for saith Iohn in his first Epistle We are of God he that knoweth God heareth us he that is not of God heareth not us hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of error clearly manifesting that such as bring not the same doctrine with them are in the spirit of error and that abide not therein are not of God but of the world 1 Iohn 4.5 6. And the whole world lyeth in wickedness Ch. 5.19 So he that saith I know him or profess him and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyer and out of the truth and so a deceiver and an Antichrist dedying both the