otherwise_o not_o unlearned_a to_o become_v tâ—e_v more_o foolish_a who_o while_o follow_a thomas_n and_o scotus_n and_o many_o more_o he_o compile_v commentary_n upon_o the_o four_o book_n of_o sentence_n grow_v weary_a forsooth_o of_o the_o term_n use_v in_o the_o school_n as_o less_o ciceronian_a for_o church_n flower_n of_o rhetoric_n choose_v rather_o to_o say_v senate_n for_o ecclesiastical_a law_n senate-decree_n for_o predestination_n presignation_n for_o ordination_n of_o priest_n initiation_n for_o angel_n genius_n for_o bishop_n flamen_n and_o the_o like_a be_v all_o to_o besprinkle_v over_o with_o such_o kind_n of_o powder_n of_o this_o disease_n also_o i_o find_v cardinal_n peter_n bembo_n and_o sebastian_n castalian_a somewhat_o â—ick_a with_o other_o but_o those_o few_o and_o more_o moderate_o we_o will_v not_o we_o may_v not_o be_v so_o elegant_a a_o orator_n deserve_v pardon_n nay_o aught_o to_o be_v praise_v when_o he_o be_v industrious_a in_o the_o choice_n of_o his_o word_n if_o he_o speak_v not_o only_o apt_o and_o clear_o but_o also_o with_o purity_n and_o ornament_n it_o be_v his_o virtue_n who_o sometime_o mis-becometh_a not_o his_o flowery_a chaplet_n and_o embroidery_n but_o a_o philosopher_n or_o divine_a especial_o in_o scholastic_a meditation_n and_o knot_n of_o controversy_n become_v a_o curious_a and_o adorn_v stâ—le_n as_o the_o laborious_a ox_n will_v emboss_v trappings_o the_o material_n upon_o which_o we_o labour_v be_v content_v only_o to_o be_v teach_v neither_o require_v ornament_n nor_o will_v endure_v it_o to_o be_v conversant_a in_o the_o pulpit_n and_o in_o the_o school_n be_v not_o the_o same_o and_o it_o be_v another_o thing_n to_o have_v a_o large_a field_n where_o the_o fluency_n of_o speech_n may_v find_v room_n and_o nourishment_n and_o to_o be_v entangle_v in_o brier_n from_o which_o by_o any_o mean_n to_o redeem_v a_o man_n self_n without_o blood_n and_o wound_n be_v a_o great_a triumph_n but_o why_o do_v i_o trouble_v myself_o with_o these_o thing_n if_o i_o use_v such_o word_n and_o expression_n as_o be_v usual_a in_o this_o kind_n of_o discourse_n as_o i_o must_v necessary_o do_v i_o be_o less_o doubtful_a of_o your_o excuse_n in_o that_o then_o fearful_a that_o the_o prolixity_n of_o my_o excuse_n itself_o may_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o another_o pardon_n wherefore_o i_o leave_v oratory_n and_o have_v to_o my_o hypothesis_n sect_n ii_o of_o which_o let_v this_o be_v first_o simplicity_n above_o all_o thing_n become_v a_o oath_n that_o be_v to_o say_v such_o be_v the_o nature_n and_o obligation_n of_o a_o oath_n as_o whosoever_o bind_v himself_o to_o the_o performance_n of_o any_o thing_n by_o so_o sacred_a a_o bond_n be_v whole_o bind_v by_o the_o religion_n of_o his_o oath_n both_o in_o his_o mind_n serious_o to_o intend_v and_o as_o far_o as_o lie_v in_o his_o power_n willing_o to_o endeavour_v that_o he_o may_v faithful_o perform_v whatsoever_o he_o have_v promise_v without_o fraud_n deceit_n double_a deal_n or_o simulation_n cicero_n as_o in_o most_o thing_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v right_o in_o this_o what_o promise_v soever_o thou_o shall_v express_o make_v as_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v stoâ—d_v unto_o he_o who_o shall_v do_v otherwise_o be_v careless_a of_o the_o real_a performance_n of_o that_o whereunto_o he_o be_v oblige_v by_o a_o oath_n be_v judge_v here_o by_o moses_n to_o have_v break_v his_o word_n that_o be_v base_o and_o unworthy_o to_o have_v violate_v a_o sacred_a thing_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o aught_o not_o rash_o to_o be_v profane_v and_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o evident_a or_o dissemble_a perjury_n for_o see_v that_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o perjury_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v almost_o peculiar_a unto_o assertory_n oath_n viz._n when_o a_o man_n swear_v that_o to_o be_v true_a which_o he_o either_o believe_v to_o be_v false_a or_o doubt_v at_o the_o least_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a or_o no_o the_o other_o two_o appertain_v unto_o the_o promissory_a to_o wit_n the_o second_o when_o a_o man_n promise_v that_o by_o a_o oath_n which_o he_o mean_v not_o to_o perform_v and_o the_o three_o when_o he_o endeavour_v not_o to_o perform_v that_o which_o he_o promise_v and_o intend_v as_o to_o the_o guilt_n of_o perjury_n especial_o at_o the_o bar_n of_o conscience_n it_o matter_n not_o much_o which_o way_n any_o of_o the_o three_o be_v commit_v open_o or_o covert_o that_o be_v a_o symptom_n of_o a_o profane_a this_o of_o a_o deceitful_a heart_n both_o which_o except_o fraud_n be_v worthy_a of_o a_o great_a hatred_n be_v equal_o abominable_a unto_o the_o most_o holy_a god_n who_o love_v the_o single_a in_o heart_n and_o truth_n in_o the_o 5._o inward_a man_n but_o such_o as_o turn_v aside_o unto_o their_o crooked_a way_n that_o be_v hypocrite_n and_o deceitful_a person_n the_o lord_n shall_v lead_v they_o forth_o with_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n that_o be_v account_v of_o they_o no_o better_o then_o of_o such_o as_o be_v open_o profant_fw-la and_o impious_a sect_n iii_o unto_o this_o simplicity_n of_o oath_n two_o kind_n of_o simulation_n be_v repugnant_a one_o a_o part_n ante_fw-la either_o precede_a or_o accompany_v the_o act_n of_o swear_v the_o other_o a_o part_n post_fw-la or_o follow_v the_o act_n of_o which_o though_o the_o former_a be_v worst_a neither_o be_v void_a of_o perjury_n david_n seem_v to_o comprehend_v both_o in_o distinct_a but_o parallel_a place_n viz._n psal._n 15._o and_o psal._n 24._o in_o one_o of_o which_o to_o the_o question_n who_o shall_v ascend_v into_o the_o hill_n of_o the_o lord_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o make_v this_o answer_n he_o that_o have_v not_o swear_v deceitful_o that_o be_v who_o do_v not_o swear_v with_o a_o intention_n to_o deceive_v where_o all_o simulation_n a_o part_n ante_fw-la to_o wit_n about_o the_o timâ—_n and_o in_o the_o act_n of_o swear_v be_v exclude_v in_o the_o other_o two_o a_o like_a question_n who_o shall_v abide_v in_o thy_o holy_a tabernacle_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o return_v a_o answer_v not_o much_o different_a from_o the_o former_a he_o that_o swear_v to_o his_o own_o hurt_n and_o change_v not_o that_o be_v who_o after_o he_o have_v oblige_v himself_o by_o a_o oath_n have_v rather_o perform_v that_o though_o to_o his_o great_a loss_n which_o he_o have_v inconvenient_o swear_v then_o violate_v his_o faith_n for_o any_o worldly_a profit_n where_o all_o simulation_n a_o part_n post_n be_v exclude_v these_o thing_n seem_v to_o i_o either_o not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v think_v upon_o or_o not_o serious_o by_o most_o man_n of_o these_o time_n who_o unto_o all_o be_v it_o what_o it_o will_v that_o be_v propose_v by_o such_o as_o be_v able_a to_o hurt_v fear_v not_o without_o difficulty_n to_o make_v a_o full_a and_o formal_a oath_n nay_o rather_o think_v themselves_o only_o wise_a and_o not_o without_o some_o contempt_n deride_v the_o simplicity_n and_o vain_a fear_n of_o other_o who_o that_o they_o may_v not_o hurt_v their_o conscience_n seek_v a_o knot_n forsooth_o in_o a_o bulrush_n and_o ravell_v into_o the_o form_n prescribe_v by_o such_o as_o can_v prescribe_v in_o the_o mean_a while_o they_o rest_v secure_a absolve_v themselves_o from_o all_o guilt_n and_o fear_v of_o perjury_n and_o think_v they_o have_v excellent_o provide_v for_o themselves_o and_o conscience_n if_o during_o the_o act_n of_o swear_v they_o can_v make_v any_o shift_n to_o defend_v themselves_o either_o as_o the_o jesuit_n do_v with_o some_o equivocation_n or_o mental_a reservation_n or_o by_o force_v upon_o the_o word_n some_o subtle_a and_o unnatural_a interpretation_n or_o after_o they_o have_v swear_v they_o can_v find_v some_o loophole_n or_o artificial_a evasion_n whereby_o such_o art_n may_v be_v use_v with_o the_o oath_n that_o the_o word_n remain_v the_o sense_n may_v be_v elude_v with_o some_o sophism_n and_o the_o strength_n utter_o lose_v the_o ancient_a christian_n do_v not_o acknowledge_v this_o kind_n of_o theology_n nor_o the_o sound_a heathen_n this_o moral_a philosophy_n far_o otherwise_o out_o of_o those_o augustine_n say_v they_o be_v perjure_v who_o preserve_v the_o word_n deceive_v the_o expectation_n of_o they_o to_o who_o they_o have_v swear_v and_o out_o of_o these_o otherwise_o cicero_n whatsoever_o be_v so_o swear_v as_o the_o mind_n of_o he_o who_o take_v the_o oath_n may_v conceive_v what_o ought_v to_o be_v perform_v that_o be_v to_o be_v stand_v unto_o sect_n iv._o but_o that_o i_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o declaim_v or_o contend_v with_o authority_n only_o i_o will_v prove_v by_o some_o reason_n that_o perjury_n be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o either_o kind_n of_o simulation_n the_o first_o reason_n of_o those_o many_o place_n of_o scripture_n out_o of_o which_o singleness_n of_o heart_n as_o in_o all_o divine_a
conceal_v his_o meaning_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o auditor_n understand_v one_o thing_n and_o he_o another_o this_o be_v that_o verbal_a equivocation_n which_o among_o some_o other_o casuist_n and_o scholastics_n the_o jesuit_n especial_o maintain_v and_o practice_v example_n whereof_o be_v most_o frequent_o find_v in_o assertory_n oath_n because_o by_o their_o doctrine_n the_o chief_a use_n of_o this_o equivocation_n be_v when_o a_o man_n examine_v by_o a_o impotent_a judge_n or_o not_o legal_o or_o have_v some_o other_o reason_n to_o dissemble_v the_o truth_n fit_v the_o word_n uâ—to_fw-mi his_o occasion_n by_o change_v their_o genuine_a sense_n into_o one_o more_o strain_v and_o remote_a from_o the_o matter_n in_o question_n as_o if_o a_o jesuit_n apprehend_v shall_v swear_v that_o he_o be_v a_o smith_n mean_v that_o his_o name_n be_v smith_n or_o a_o apprentice_n command_v to_o tell_v where_o his_o master_n be_v shall_v swear_v he_o die_v a_o month_n ago_o mean_v that_o he_o then_o die_v stocking_n the_o like_a may_v happen_v in_o promissory_a oath_n as_o if_o a_o general_n have_v make_v a_o truce_n with_o a_o enemy_n for_o ten_o day_n shall_v give_v he_o a_o camifado_n because_o in_o the_o capitulation_n mention_n be_v make_v of_o the_o day_n only_o not_o of_o the_o night_n livy_n and_o other_o relate_v the_o story_n of_o the_o ten_o roman_n take_v by_o hannibal_n and_o after_o they_o have_v swear_v upon_o certain_a condition_n to_o return_v unto_o his_o camp_n dismiss_v one_o of_o which_o say_v he_o other_o say_z two_o most_o unlike_a a_o roman_a return_v the_o same_o day_n pretend_v something_o forget_v but_o intend_v to_o absolve_v himself_o of_o his_o promise_n and_o before_o night_n overtake_v his_o companion_n which_o deceitful_a trick_n of_o his_o be_v account_v so_o base_a that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o scorn_v by_o the_o vulgar_a brand_v with_o ignominy_n by_o the_o censor_n but_o adjudge_v by_o the_o senate_n to_o be_v take_v and_o by_o a_o public_a guard_n deliver_v unto_o hannibal_n nevertheless_o jesuit_n so_o vigorous_o defend_v this_o equivocation_n that_o jo._n molanus_n professor_n at_o louvain_n justify_v the_o murder_n of_o john_n huss_n perpetrate_v against_o the_o public_a faith_n engage_v unto_o he_o for_o his_o safe_a conduct_n for_o this_o reason_n that_o the_o conduct_v undertake_v for_o his_o safe_a come_n not_o for_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o return_n and_o now_o let_v jesuit_n confident_o complain_v of_o the_o great_a injury_n do_v they_o while_o we_o say_v they_o hold_v faith_n not_o to_o be_v keep_v with_o heretic_n for_o if_o this_o be_v to_o keep_v faith_n they_o need_v not_o much_o trouble_v themselves_o with_o whosoever_o it_o be_v contract_v whether_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v keep_v or_o break_v but_o whole_a book_n of_o this_o jesuitism_n be_v large_o and_o solid_o confute_v by_o the_o reverend_a father_n in_o christ_n john_n morton_n now_o bishop_n of_o duresm_n henry_n mason_n and_o other_o of_o our_o countryman_n worthy_a the_o perusal_n of_o such_o as_o desire_v further_a satisfaction_n in_o this_o point_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n our_o result_n be_v that_o the_o party_n swear_v after_o this_o manner_n both_o sin_v in_o his_o equivocal_a oath_n and_o be_v notwithstanding_o that_o tacit_a equivocation_n bind_v in_o conscience_n unto_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n in_o that_o sense_n which_o the_o word_n yield_v of_o themselves_o and_o be_v without_o constraint_n apt_a to_o beget_v upon_o the_o mind_n of_o other_o unless_o he_o act_v according_o he_o be_v not_o guiltless_a of_o perjury_n sect_n iv._o some_o reason_n of_o this_o assertion_n i_o have_v already_o allege_v in_o the_o confirmation_n of_o our_o first_o hypothesis_n i_o shall_v now_o add_v but_o brief_o a_o few_o more_o the_o first_o a_o oath_n according_a unto_o the_o sum_n of_o that_o hypothesis_n aught_o to_o be_v most_o simple_o and_o effectual_o understand_v unto_o which_o simplicity_n this_o artifice_n of_o industrious_a ambiguity_n be_v repugnant_a the_o second_o it_o be_v a_o great_a profanation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o invoke_v he_o as_o witness_v and_o searcher_n of_o heart_n to_o attest_v the_o truth_n of_o word_n which_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o party_n swear_v for_o what_o be_v this_o if_o not_o as_o far_o as_o lie_v in_o man_n power_n to_o make_v god_n who_o can_v neither_o deceive_v nor_o be_v deceive_v a_o impostor_n and_o patron_n of_o base_a dissimulation_n the_o three_o equivocation_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o very_a institution_n and_o nature_n of_o a_o oath_n who_o chief_a use_n be_v to_o be_v a_o end_n of_o strife_n and_o controversy_n and_o to_o give_v as_o certain_a security_n in_o uncertain_a thing_n as_o humane_a nature_n be_v able_a to_o afford_v it_o be_v expediendarum_fw-la litium_fw-la maximum_fw-la remedium_fw-la but_o that_o certainty_n which_o we_o seek_v in_o a_o oath_n be_v losâ—_n in_o equivocation_n for_o what_o certainty_n can_v there_o be_v in_o his_o answer_n who_o meaning_n be_v uncertainty_n nor_o be_v controversy_n thus_o end_v but_o aggravate_v the_o four_o the_o party_n so_o swear_v delude_v his_o neighbour_n and_o know_o deceive_v contrary_a to_o the_o precept_n ne_o juret_fw-la in_o dolo_fw-la and_o to_o the_o ancient_a form_n si_fw-mi sciens_fw-la fallo_fw-la the_o five_o promise_v in_o the_o promissory_a be_v as_o affirmation_n and_o negation_n be_v in_o the_o assertory_n and_o contain_v a_o answer_n unto_o the_o question_n or_o interrogatory_n propose_v by_o the_o deferent_a which_o unless_o it_o quadrate_n and_o agree_v with_o the_o interrogatory_n propose_v be_v no_o truth_n but_o a_o lie_n for_o out_o of_o the_o question_n and_o the_o answer_n spring_v as_o it_o be_v one_o proposition_n which_o must_v be_v utter_o false_a where_o the_o answer_n be_v make_v in_o a_o different_a sense_n from_o that_o wherein_o the_o question_n be_v ask_v noâ—_n do_v that_o qualification_n 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injury_n do_v unto_o we_o by_o man_n can_v give_v we_o just_a cause_n to_o injure_v god_n by_o cast_v off_o that_o obligation_n which_o we_o make_v unto_o he_o the_o searcher_n of_o heart_n to_o who_o such_o right_a by_o every_o oath_n occur_v through_o the_o invocation_n of_o his_o name_n to_o conclude_v this_o jesuitical_a doctrine_n license_v the_o lust_n of_o lie_v and_o perjury_n unto_o impious_a man_n notwithstanding_o that_o qualification_n which_o though_o it_o remain_v yet_o the_o sole_a judgement_n when_o it_o be_v and_o when_o not_o expedient_a to_o use_v it_o be_v leave_v unto_o the_o party_n swear_v wherefore_o if_o a_o man_n against_o right_n and_o reason_n be_v constrain_v to_o swear_v he_o ought_v either_o absolute_o to_o refuse_v the_o oath_n or_o to_o take_v it_o in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o it_o be_v give_v without_o simulation_n or_o equivocation_n sect_n v._o the_o three_o case_n ally_v unto_o this_o be_v of_o mental_a reservation_n which_o the_o jesuit_n defend_v 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