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truth_n	commandment_n	keep_v	know_v	4,797	5	5.4171	4	true

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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

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

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 CHRIST 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 By swearing and lying and killing and stealing and committing adultery they break out and blood toucheth blood Therefore shall the Land mourn and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish with the Beasts of the field and with the fowls of the Heaven yea the Fishes of the Sea also shall be taken away Hosea 4.23 Written the 21. day of the third Month 1661. by me HENRY CLARK LONDON Printed for the Author in the year 1661. 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 Christ Jesus which Law is holy just pure and good c. IN the time of Ignorance and Darkness God winked at and passed by many things whereby mankind did transgress the pure and righteous Law of God which is holy just and good but now Light is come into the world even that Light which has been hid from the wise and prudent of ages and generations past the which Light God who is rich in mercy and love through the abundance thereof commanded Light to shine out of Darkness hath shined into the hearts of Babes and Sucklings and they who 〈◊〉 in the region and the shadow of Death saw this great Light which hath given unto them the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ who is the Light the true Light by which all things that are reproved are made manifest Therefore now God commands all men every where to repent and to turn from Darkness unto the Light and from the power of Sathan unto God who is Light and in him is no Darkness at all Now the Light shineth all men every where will be left without excuse Therefore turn ye turn ye every one from the evil of your ways and come to the knowledge of the Truth as God would have you that your souls may be saved For to fear God and keep his Commandements is the whole duty of man and the fear of the Lord is to depart from iniquity Therefore let every one that nameth the Name of JESUS depart from iniquity For because of Swearing and Forswearing and Swearing falsly Lying Killing Stealing and committing of Adultery the Land mourneth and as for the Rulers their violence is evil and their force is not right towards the People But the true and living God he hears the Cry of the Oppressed and sees and beholds their Oppressors yea he doth hear the Cry of his Elect that cries unto him day and night and he will avenge them of their Oppressors speedily And know ye this ye Kings and Rulers of the Earth that with God there is no respect of persons in judgment and to judgment ye must all come to give an account to the King of Kings the great Judge of all the Earth of all your works and deeds that have been done in and by your bodies And seeing it is thus written that surely men of low degree are vanity Psal 62.9 and men of high degree are a lie to be laid in the ballance they are altogether lighter then vanity Then how will ye be able to stand before the true and living God who is a consuming fire or what answer can ye make him unto this one question when he comes to plead with you What do ye cause and compell the people to Swear and transgress my Law and do ye not punish such as fear my Name and refuse to Swear in obedience to my Command saith the Lord God c. who hath required this thing at your hands to what will you flee for excuse 1. The Law of the land it cannot excuse you Why Because that Acts of Parliaments are acts of mens wills and not the Oracles of God and Parliaments as well as Councils may be led by wrong principles being not guided by the Spirit of God and so erre and make Laws of vanity or Acts of Errours and Statutes that are unjust and not good because they contradict the Law of God Therefore they cannot justifie your actions 2. Neither will the Antiquity of your Law for swearing excuse nor justifie you any more then the Temple at Jerusalem which was standing many Generations before Ieremiahs daies could justifie the Jews in their Murder Adultery and false swearing c. neither will it free you from the guiltiness of sin in the sight of God any more then Abraham could free the Jews from the bondage of sin for although they pleaded saying They had Abraham for their Father yet Christ told them Whosoever committeth sin is servant to sin and so not free but in bondage as ye are to your wills and lusts for which ye plead a Law But it is a Maxime in your own Law That what soever in its Original is altogether illegal and unjust can never by tract or length of time or by any Act or Acts subsequent be they what they will in any kinde or construction of Law be made just or legal c. And the Judges of this land know this Maxime to be true Therefore the more inexcusable are the Rulers and Judges of this Kingdome of England because they set at nought and reject the Counsel and Spirit of the true and living God which should be their Rule and guide to make all their Laws by and if Laws Acts and Statutes be not made according to that Rule they can never be legal just nor good 3. Neither can the example of other Nations herein excuse or justifie you Why because that the Customs Statutes and Ordinances of the Nations are vanity and the works of Errour and not of God for the waies of the wicked are abomination to the Lord Therefore ye should not follow a multitude to do evil nor learn the wayes of the Heathen who are Idolaters but refrain your feet from their paths and follow the true and living God fully and as for those who go under the denomination of Christian Princes and Kings or Emperours I do not hear of any one of them that feareth God and worketh righteousness and I do believe there is not scarce one of them that does and my reason is Because they use such acts of violence and cruelty towards those that fear God and keep his Commandements for if they themselves feared God they would depart from iniquity and leave off their acts of violence cruelty and oppression to such as fear God and