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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	jesus_n	son_n	2,005	5	5.1885	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79863	Here is the swearers and they who swear falsly, and likewise they who compel men to swear, all tried by the law of the spirit of life which is in Chirst Jesus. Which law is holy, just, pure, and good; and all of them found guilty of sin and transgression against the true and living God; and also sentence pronounced against them all, that so transgress the Law of God, who with the wicked, and all they who forget God, must be turned into Hell, except they repent speedily; for with God there is no respect of persons in Judgement. Written the 21. day of the third month, 1661. by me Henry Clark.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1661 (1661)	Wing C4454A; ESTC R231477	12,950	12

cease for he is the end of the Law and the Prophets to all that believe in his Name and to as many as received him and believed on his Name he gave them power to become the sons of God and as many as are the sons of God are led by the Spirit of God into all truth out of strife sin and iniquity which was the Occasion of an Oath of Confirmation which was to put an end to all strife between man and man according to the Law that came by Moses the servant of God for the children of Israel onely to observe and keep But the Word which God put into the mouth of his onely begotten Son Jesus Christ to speak and declare was to be preached to all Nations every where that men might turn from vanity and leave off sin and iniquity that caused strife between man and man to serve the true living God For when Christ Jesus sent forth his Apostles he commanded them to go and teach all Nations saying Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel in every creature and teach all Nations to observe all things whatsoever that I have commanded you Now Christ Jesus taught them his Apostles and Disciples saying But I say unto you Swear not at all here is the command of Christ the words which God put in his mouth according to Moses writing I will put my words into his mouth and he shall speak unto them in my Name all that I shall command him who said unto them Swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is God's throne And said Christ to the Scribes and Pharisees Wo unto you ye blind Guides He that swears by Heaven sweareth by the throne of God and him that sitteth thereon Heaven is Gods throne and God sitteth on his throne and he that sweareth by the Heaven sweareth by God that sitteth thereon the which swearing Christ doth forbid although according to the Law of Moses it was lawful for them to swear by his Name Jehovah is his Name before Christ came who is the end of the Law and the Prophets to all that believe in his Name who is the Son of God who said Neither swear by the Earth for it is his foot-stool Is the Earth God's Footstool then he that sweareth by the Earth sweareth by God that setteth his foot thereon according to what Christ said He that sweareth by the Heaven sweareth by the Throne of God and by God who sitteth thereon and said Christ Neither swear by Ierusalem for it is the City of the great King Who is he the true and living God the King of Kings He that sweareth by the City of the great King sweareth by the King himself For saith Christ Whoso shall swear by the Temple sweareth by it and him that dwelleth therein And doth not God dwell in his temple then he that sweareth by the temple where God dwelleth sweareth by God that dwelleth therein according to Christ's words who spake the truth and as he meant So then my Argument is still that he that sweareth by the Bible sweareth not by it alone but likewise by all things that is written in every part of it at once And again Christ said Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black Now I say it is God that made every man's head and the hairs thereof white or black therefore he that sweareth by his Head sweareth by God who made his Head and the Hairs thereof 1 Cor. 11.3 white or black And furthermore it is written that the Head of every man is Christ and ought not man to be subject to his Head Law-giver and Judge Christ Jesus the good Shepherd Bishop and Saviour of his soul Now all ye that swear and compel men to swear judge ye by the Law and Testimony of the spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus whether it be good and lawful for ye thus to do yea or nay read it and try whether the Law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus will justisie you in swearing or compelling men to swear or condemn you eternally for your so doing For this ye shall all know that he that believeth not in the onely begotten Son of God is condemned already because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God who is come a light to enlighten the Gentiles Ioh. 3.18 and the glory of the people Israel Therefore 3. Consider all you that forget God for although the Jews swore by the name of the true and living God according to Moses Law and the Heathens Pagans Infidels or Idolaters who God in time past and now suffereth to walk in their own ways did and do swear by their dead Idols or false gods which was and is the workmanship of their own hands yet this must not be a precedent or an example for Christians to Swear at all by any Oath or form of Oath whatsoever for God hath called all the true Christians who believe on the Name of his onely begoten Son from amongst the Jews Heathens Pagans Infidels c. and hath separated them from them and their Laws and Customs to follow his Son Jesus Christ the Captain of their Salvation and to worship God in Spirit and in Truth and to walk before him in fear in holiness righteousness all the days of their lives Therefore it is not lawful for Christians to swear by their head Captain of their Salvation who teaches them not to Swear at all And as it is not lawful for Christians to Swear neither is it becoming nor doth become any true Christian to Swear by any form of Oath that is of any mans making whatsoever For he that sweareth by any Oath whatsoever that is of man's or mens inventing contriving and drawing up into a form it is all one as if he swore by an Idol which proceeds from the invention of mens brains the imagination of their hearts and the workmanship of their own hands For the one is as much out of and contrary to the Truth as it is in Jesus Christ as the other is and therefore fore they are to be denied of all the true Christians Why Because that as the Idols or false gods are onely the invention of mens brains the imagination of their hearts and also the workmanship of their hands Therefore they are lies vanity and the work of Error So likewise all forms of Oaths which are set forth to publike view in these days for men to swear by are onely inventions of mens brains the imaginations of their wicked and deceitful hearts and the workmanship of their own hands and not the Oath of God therefore they are lyes vanity and the works of error and not the work of God for the works of God are true but it is written Surely said David Men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a lye therefore whatsoever it is that

keep his Commandements or if they loved God then they would keep his Commandments and be a terrour to all evil doers and love them that are begotten to the Truth of God the which they do not But as Iohn said I know the blasphemy of them that say they are Iews are not but are the Synagogue of Satan So I say I know the blasphemy of them that lye and say they are Christians but are not but are members of the great whore of Babylon for I know what the tree is by its fruits Therefore O King and Rulers of England leave the paths of the wicked and go not in the way of evili men avoid it pass by it turn from it and pass away for they sleep not except they have done mischief and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall for they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence Therefore their wayes and customes are evil and vain and not to be followed Therefore take warning and while ye have time prise it except ye intend to go on in wickedness and so to partake of all the plagues that is a coming upon all the Kings Rulers and Judges of the earth who are drunk with the bloud of the Saints and holy Martyrs of Jesus Christ Come now all you who command and compel men to swear By forms of Oathes and likewise all you who swear by forms of Oathes or otherwayes for the end of my writing is for the convincing of you all that swearing and compelling to swear is a sinne against the true and living God and that you may all see that by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus you are all evil doers and transgressours of a pure holy and a just law For God so loved the world That he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life he was in the beginning before Abraham and a greater then Abraham was is he of whom Moses a servant of God wrote saying The Lord God said I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee and I will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak whatsoever I command him and whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him and said Peter Every soul which will not hear that Prophet shall he destroyed from among the people And Jesus Christ being come he taught his Disciples saying But I say unto you swear not at all for God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last dayes spoken unto us by his Son who is the end of the Law and the Prophets to every one that believeth in him and he spake and said Swear not at all He whom God hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the world who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and is sate down on the right hand of his Majesty on high being made much better then the Angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they for all the Angels must worship him and to the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess by the Spirit of God that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father and Matthew further said That at that time when Iesus took Peter Iames and Iohn his Brother up into a high Mountain apart behold a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice was heard out of the cloud and this voice which came from heaven we heard said Peter when we were with him in the Mount which voice said This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear ye him He is the end of the Law and the Prophets to every one that believeth in him And Jesus Christ taught his Disciples saying But I say unto you swear not at all c. And which of you all is it that will forsake to go with a Kings Son that is far more excellent then the servant of that King to follow that servant the which if you should would not the King be much displeased with you Consider of it Moses was a servant of God and faithfull in the house of God and did all things according to the pattern shewd of God in the Mount but when Jesus Christ the Son of the living God who had the more excellent name was come from his Father then all that received him and believed on his Name forsook Moses and the Law and followed him and obeyed him who was the end of the Law and the Prophets to every one that believeth in him Christ Jesus the Son of God who said unto them Swear not at all c. 1 Now I say there is a Law that came by Moses which was given unto him in Mount Sinai for the children of Israel onely and not to any other people or Nation to observe and keep but grace and Truth which was and is preached to all Nations came by Jesus Christ For God had chosen them viz the children of Israel above all other people that were upon the face of the earth to be a peculiar people unto himself and unto them were committed the Oracles or Counsels of God For he shewed his word unto Iacob and his Statutes and his Iudgements unto Israel and said David He hath not dealt so with any Nation for his judgements they have not known and it is written in Moses Law Hear O Israel thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him and shalt swear by his name and not by the false gods that other nations swear by and an Oath of confirmation was to them an end of all strife and that was thus if any man deliver unto his neighbour an Asse or an Ox or a Sheep or any beast to keep and it dye or be hurt or driven away no man seeing it then shall an Oath of the Lord and not Oaths of mens making up into a form be between them both that he who received the cattle to keep hath not put his hand unto his neighbours goods to hurt kill or drive them away and the owner of the goods was to accept of the Oath of God that the receiver had sworn and the receiver of the goods to keep was not to make them good and this oath of God taken before a Iudge was to them an end of all strife but other Nations were not required to sweat by that Oath of God for as Paul said That God in times past suffered all Nations to walk in their own ways c. 2. But when Christ Jesus the Son of the living God came in the flesh he came to condemn sin in the flesh Acts 14 15 16. and to destroy the works of the Devil which was the cause of strife that so the effect viz. Oaths might