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woman_n	adultery_n	commit_v	heart_n	2,382	5	5.5184	4	true

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A57303	The good old way and truth which the ancient Christians many ages and generations ago witnessed unto in the world from age to age, even from the dayes of Christ unto this very time, wherein the same doctrine, life and practice is witnessed unto by us who are in contempt called Quakers, through many tribulations, which our ancestors, the most ancient and true Christians that ever were upon the earth, sealed unto, with the loss of their lives and liberties, by which, in short, is fully manifested, in what is treated of herein, that the doctrine of the Quakers, in denying to swear any oath, and their refusing to pay tythes, and many other things they practise, was the doctrine and practise of the most famous and renowned Christians, both testified of in the Scriptures of truth, and the books of martyrs : also, a brief discovery of the ground and rise and tythes, manifesting them no Gospel-maintenance, but was testified against by the best and most ancient Christians many ages ago / written by ... Ambros Rigge.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.; R. T. (Rebecca Travers), 1609-1688.	1669 (1669)	Wing R1483; ESTC R17133	29,214	42

themselves against those whom God hath raised in the Power of his Spirit to revive the ancient Testimony of his Servants in the Earth should flatter themselves in their rigorous proceedings against me and many others at this day for our constant obedience to the Command of Christ having no other thing to charge us withal but concerning the Law of Christ Now I say lest any who hath appeared against us herein should vindicate themselves by or under colour or pretence of any Scripture given forth either under the First or Second Covenant or the Law it self by which they now proceed against us which was never intended to take hold of the Innocent and let the Guilty go free Now under the Law of the First Covenant while Israel stood in Covenant with God they were commanded to swear by his Name in some Cases lest they should swear by false Gods and Idols as was the manner of the Heathens in their dayes as the Egyptians swore by the Life of Pharaoh and after them the Romans by the Life or Fortune of Caesar which was to neither of them any Command of God for they then were Enemies to him and his people But Israel was to Swear by the Living God Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and him shalt thou serve and to him shalt thou cleave and sware by his Name Deut. 10. 20. And in Leviticus this was the Precept to Israel Ye shall not steal neither deal falsly neither lye one to another neither shalt thou profane the Name of thy God I am the Lord Levit. 19. 11 12. And in Numbers If a man vow a vow unto the Lord and swear an Oath to bind his Soul with a Bond he shall not break his Bond but do all that proceedeth out of his mouth Numb 30. 2. Thus Israel in their infancy was commanded to swear by the Lord and to perform their Oaths unto him by which they bound their Souls both to God and one unto another which in its day and time was well-pleasing unto the Lord they answering his requirings therein but take notice by the way Israel was but then under the Law of outward observances which made nothing perfect and so it became them to swear by the Lord as it becomes a child to suck but not a man for when Israel was grown up viz. when Christ came the Oath of God who fulfilled the Law and all the Commands therein as they received him and grew in Grace and the knowledge of him they put away childish things and testified against all Oathes and many other thing which the Law commanded as being but typical and Figures of good things to come when the Substance of all these things was brought in who came not to destroy the Law but to fulfil it as he himself testified to them that were zealous for the Law and dispised him the Substance of it For Circumcision was an express Command of God to Israel being Jews outwardly to them and their Seed for an everlasting Covenant Gen. 17. 13. for saith God The uncircumcised man-child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised that Soul shall be cut off from his people he hath broken my Covenant vers 14. this had a further and more large extent then Swearing ever had yet when Christ came the end of the Law for righteousness sake to every one that believed the Apostle told Israel when they were grown up That if they were circumcised Christ would profit them nothing Gal. 5. 2. yet might Circumcision have been more strongly pleaded for when Paul spoke to the Galatians being God had commanded it to the Jews and to their Seed for an everlasting Covenant which he never did Swearing neither under the First nor Second Covenant so the Galatians had more ground to withstand Paul in crying down Circumcision then any hath to withstand the People or God at this day for denying Swearing And under the Gospel Swearing is more absolutely denied and forbidden by Christ and his Apostles then Circumcision being but a little after Christ began to Preach to Israel under the Second Covenant by his own mouth given in special charge to them then in being Not to Swear at all Matth. 5. 34 35 36 37. and confirmed by the Apostle James Jam. 5. 12. and never practised after by any of the Disciples as was Circumcision for Paul afterwards circumcised Timothy Therefore you who are so zealous for Swearing why are not you so zealous for Circumcision which was more enjoyned in the Scripture then ever Swearing was and with less Authority under the Gospel denied Object And further some pleads for Swearing because the holy men of old time did Swear viz. Abraham David and Solomon Joseph c. To which I answer Moses who gave forth the Law at the Command of God said unto Israel A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise unto you like nnto me him shall ye hear in all things and it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hear the voice of that Prophet shall be cut off from among the People Deut. 18. 18 19. which Prophet was Christ the end of the Law and when God brought him forth into the World he commanded Israel to hear him in all things Matth. 17. 5. who said Before Abraham was I am he commanded Israel Not to Swear at all The same Jesus said that he was greater then Solomon Mat. 12. 41 42. and was Davids Lord and by him God spake to Israel who was and is to be heard and obeyed in all things yea Whosoever shall break one of the least of his Commandments and teach men so shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven Matth. 5. 19. by which all you Swearing Teachers and Swearers contrary to the positive Command of Christ and the Apostle without any exception may read your portion for they who love Christ both keep his Commandment and teach others so to do For where Christ intended any exception in changing of the Law in what it had commanded he plainly expressed it as in Matthew where it was said that Moses suffered a man that would put away his wife to give her a Writing of Divorcement c. Mat. 5. 31. but saith Christ I say unto you whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of Fornication vers 31. Mark saving for the cause of Fornication where Christ plainly expresseth the exception when he intended it And at the 28th verse Christ expressed the exception again when he intended it i. e. Whosoever shall look upon a woman to lust after her mark to lust after her hath committed Adultery with her already in his heart so it is plain that when Christ intended any exception in changing the Law he did not leave his work imperfect for vain man after him to rectifie And immediately after this in the same Chapter Christ positively commands without any exception his