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which_o still_o remain_v in_o it_o thou_o be_v cast_v into_o these_o strait_n whilst_o consider_v first_o that_o it_o thou_o refuse_v to_o swear_v thou_o shall_v run_v upon_o the_o rock_n of_o a_o dangerous_a guilt_n which_o be_v the_o breach_n of_o the_o six_o commandment_n by_o which_o the_o use_n of_o all_o lawful_a mean_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o our_o life_n be_v command_v and_o if_o we_o may_v preserve_v they_o and_o will_v not_o by_o such_o mean_n we_o be_v self-murderer_n now_o swear_v be_v not_o absolute_o forbid_v neither_o by_o christ_n nor_o his_o apostle_n second_o thou_o sure_o will_v consider_v that_o by_o thy_o refuse_v to_o swear_v thou_o shall_v be_v the_o occasion_n or_o rather_o the_o partial_a cause_n of_o the_o loss_n of_o thy_o brother_n soul_n a_o thief_n by_o the_o bond_n of_o nature_n be_v thy_o brother_n he_o be_v make_v guilty_a of_o murder_n by_o shed_v thy_o blood_n which_o may_v be_v keep_v in_o thy_o vein_n by_o thy_o take_n of_o that_o harmless_a 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the_o contrary_a conclude_v that_o as_o it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a for_o one_o to_o swear_v to_o a_o thief_n suppose_v that_o if_o he_o do_v not_o he_o shall_v certain_o be_v murder_v so_o there_o lie_v a_o necessity_n upon_o he_o of_o keep_v that_o oath_n not_o to_o discover_v he_o to_o the_o magistrate_n si_fw-mi licuit_fw-la jurare_fw-la licebit_fw-la &_o juramentum_fw-la observare_fw-la they_o be_v his_o very_a word_n pag._n 132._o so_o be_v not_o those_o cite_v out_o of_o his_o 141._o page_n by_o the_o falsify_v penner_n of_o the_o treatise_n i_o must_v therefore_o be_v bold_a to_o tell_v that_o conceit_a man_n of_o truth_n that_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o forgery_n i_o may_v rather_o say_v in_o plain_a and_o more_o express_a term_n of_o a_o lie_n to_o which_o the_o thirteen_o abettor_n of_o the_o treatise_n
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witness_n and_o judge_n of_o what_o we_o speak_v or_o affirm_v and_o i_o be_o assure_v that_o it_o be_v a_o untruth_n what_o be_v affirm_v by_o he_o viz._n that_o christ_n teach_v we_o not_o to_o swear_v in_o any_o case_n so_o then_o the_o tantamount_n or_o sum_n of_o their_o profession_n be_v this_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n who_o we_o confess_v and_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v almighty_a and_o according_o fear_v he_o because_o he_o be_v able_a and_o will_v destroy_v we_o if_o we_o profess_v a_o lie_n what_o be_v this_o but_o a_o form_n of_o swear_v even_o as_o saint_n paul_n do_v when_o he_o make_v a_o profession_n of_o his_o sincerity_n say_v before_o god_n i_o lie_v not_o 1.20_o gal._n 1.20_o so_o the_o quaker_n by_o a_o implicit_a call_n upon_o god_n to_o be_v a_o witness_n of_o what_o he_o say_v viz._n that_o he_o have_v learn_v of_o christ_n not_o to_o swear_v at_o all_o do_v indeed_o swear_v 3.2_o thus_o a_o blasphemer_n be_v once_o rebuke_v for_o his_o swear_v swear_v 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