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THOMAS
ELLWOOD
Job 21. 34.
— In your Answers there remaineth falshood .
Sam.
Royoroft
R.
Clavel
A
Friendly
Conference
,
between
a
Minister
and
a
Parishioner
of
his
inclining
unto
Quakerism
Thomas
Ellwood
Truth
prevailing
and
detecting
Error
—
,
(
viz.
T.
E.
such
an
one
is
,
or
was
a
Presbyterian
,
or
an
Army-Chaplain
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
where
I
have
great
ground
to
suspect
—
and
ground
to
suspect
Thomas
Ellwood
I
hope
you
remember
the
Caution
I
gave
you
,
conceives
that
omission
disingenuous
(
not
to
say
dishonest
)
if
you
were
afraid
or
ashamed
openly
to
avouch
it
?
you
write
your self
a
lover
of
truth
;
therefore
,
since
truth
seeks
no
corners
,
what
should
induce
you
to
conceal
your
Name
?
lover
of
it
that
men
are
not
strictly
tyed
in
all
cases
to
affix
their
names
to
whatever
they
write
.
if
they
be
lovers
of
the
that
in
matters
of
controversy
(
especially
where
one
Man
shall
charge
another
)
the
Opponent
in
point
of
honesty
,
is
obliged
to
give
his
Name
,
as
a
Caution
and
Security
to
make
good
his
charge
.
bare
Name
Thomas
Ellwood
our
Caution
Not
forsaking
the
assembling
of
our selves
together
,
as
the
manner
of
some
is
for
which
there
remains
no
more
Sacrifice
,
T.
E.
Clemens
Romanus
concealed
Author
,
who
and
what
he
was
,
his
name
,
place
,
by
a
parity
of
reason
did
he
not
put
his
Name
to
his
next
,
after
so
fair
a
warning
,
he
must
not
have
thought
much
,
have
given
the
World
his
Name
,
with
such
an
Adjunct
,
as
so
unmanly
a
dealing
did
deserve
.
[
Some
Principles
of
the
elect
People
of
God
,
in
scorn
called
Quakers
]
us
with
going
in
the
way
to
envy
,
murther
,
persecute
,
G.
F.
G.
F
Guy
Faux
with
his
dark-lanthorn
that
Spirit
his
Spirit
▪
T.
E.
lay
the
foundation
of
your
discourse
upon
that
Question
propounded
by
a
Quaker
in
one
of
their
meetings
,
Whether
any
among
them
could
affirm
,
that
he
had
received
any
spiritual
advantage
by
his
long
frequenting
the
Steeple-houses
?
The
Question
is
not
concerning
careless
and
indisposed
hearers
,
but
in
general
terms
,
Whether
any
among
them
impartially
consulting
his
own
Conscience
,
could
affirm
that
he
had
received
any
spiritual
advantage
by
his
long
frequenting
the
Steeple-houses
?
So
that
drawing
it
from
any
to
careless
and
indisposed
hearers
only
,
you
rather
avoid
the
Question
,
than
answer
it
.
This
however
is
observable
that
we
have
an
implicit
acknowledgment
of
the
Peoples
not
profiting
under
the
present
Ministry
.
the
people
are
not
profited
I
have
given
up
my
cause
,
it
is
more
freely
confest
by
you
afterwards
in
these
words
,
Alas
,
it
's
our
hearts
grief
that
our
People
should
come
into
the
Church
,
as
Beasts
into
s
Ark
If
you
and
others
have
not
profited
,
I
can
instance
in
those
that
have
,
[
all
[
some
He
that
answers
a
matter
before
he
hears
it
,
it
is
folly
and
shame
to
him
.
He
came
unto
his
own
,
and
his
own
received
him
not
,
T.
E.
[
some
,
The
Priest
himself
pleads
guilty
,
ac●…owledging
the
scandalous
lives
of
Ministers
all
,
but
some
Men
for
a
corrupt
interest
will
intrude
I
hope
these
scandalous
Ministers
will
prove
but
few
,
when
compared
with
such
as
truly
thirst
after
the
honour
of
God
in
a
faithful
discharge
of
their
duty
.
(
says
he
Next
he
comes
to
enquire
into
the
causes
,
(
says
he
Jeremiah
,
vers.
from
the
hardness
of
the
Peoples
hearts
,
in
that
they
would
not
hearken
.
their
dreams
,
lyes
,
and
lightness
,
and
to
which
the
People
trusted
.
should
not
be
destroyed
,
that
they
should
neither
see
Sword
nor
Famine
.
I
have
dreamed
,
I
have
dreamed
Not
to
profit
the
People
not
to
secure
them
The
Lord
saith
,
when
he
hath
not
said
Hath
God
sent
thene
,
or
do
they
send
one
another
?
That
they
are
Ministers
of
Mans
making
common
experience
shews
in
their
not
being
sent
T.
E.
We
send
one
another
that
common
experience
shews
that
we
are
Ministers
of
Man's
making
?
sent
by
God
T.
E.
But
if
England
)
they
ministred
by
the
command
of
God
,
they
would
do
it
as
of
the
ability
which
God
giveth
;
but
this
Divine
Ability
they
rely
not
on
,
nor
indeed
expect
;
but
School-learning
,
and
humane
Ability
acquired
by
study
and
much
reading
,
these
they
trust
to
,
these
they
depend
on
,
'T
is
the
healthful
Spirit
of
God's
grace
searcher
of
hearts
we
trust
to
;
another
great
reason
,
why
the
People
are
not
profited
,
the
disagreeableness
of
the
present
Ministry
to
Divine
Institution
,
p.
Go
ye
therefore
and
teach
all
Nations
,
were
to
go
forth
to
teach
,
they
were
to
receive
the
Promise
of
the
Father
;
and
to
tarry
in
the
City
of
Ierusalem
,
till
they
were
endued
with
Power
from
on
high
go
they
not
to
the
City
of
Ierusalem
to
receive
it
?
endued
with
Power
from
on
high
,
Ellwood
,
similar
causes
should
have
similar
effects
.
the
strong
grown
Christian
measures
the
goodness
of
the
Ministry
from
its
tendency
to
Conscentious
obedience
,
that
is
,
the
performance
of
all
duty
in
its
latitude
,
both
to
God
,
to
man
and
to
our selves
,
Now
if
the
performance
of
all
duty
to
God
,
to
man
and
our selves
be
the
tendency
of
a
good
Ministry
;
how
can
that
Ministry
be
good
,
which
denies
that
all
duty
to
God
,
to
man
and
our selves
can
be
performed
in
this
life
?
[
latitude
Zacharias
'
the
poople
may
plainly
see
the
reason
of
their
not-profiting
under
your
Ministry
,
because
it
designs
to
seat
the
Religion
even
of
the
grown
Christian
in
the
rational
Powers
,
a
zeal
without
knowledg
Samaritans
to
worship
they
knew
not
what
.
come
let
us
Reason
together
Philippians
love
may
abound
more
and
more
in
all
Iudgment
this
is
life
eternal
,
that
they
might
know
thee
the
only
true
God
,
and
Iesus
Christ
whom
thou
hast
sent
.
The
people
of
God
in
Ages
past
had
their
Religion
seated
in
their
hearts
(
not
in
a
wise
and
knowing
head
,
not
in
the
rational
powers
,
as
you
speak
,
but
)
in
an
honest
and
good
heart
having
heard
the
word
keep
it
.
[
honest
heart
received
the
word
with
Ioy
wanting
root
in
time
of
temptation
fell
away
.
who
dreameth
he
eateth
,
but
he
awaketh
and
his
soul
is
empty
.
Isa.
that
the
Prophet
David
speaking
of
the
Righteous
,
saith
,
that
the
Law
of
his
God
is
in
his
Heart
.
give
me
understanding
,
and
I
shall
keep
thy
Law
?
wise
and
understanding
heart
Men
of
understanding
,
in
Iob
,
Men
of
heart
:
Mercerus
because
the
heart
is
the
seat
of
wisdom
.
He
lacketh
understanding
He
lacketh
Heart
Nebuchadnezzar
.
Dan.
Let
his
heart
be
changed
from
man's
,
and
let
a
beast's
heart
be
given
to
him
:
No
;
heart
And
at
the
end
of
the
days
I
Nebuchadnezzar
lift
up
mine
eyes
to
Heaven
,
and
mine
understanding
return'd
to
me
is
the
evil
lives
of
Ministers
.
assert
,
that
the
efficacy
of
the
Divine
Ordinances
depends
not
on
the
worthiness
of
the
Minister
;
Friendly
Conference
,
but
upon
the
Power
of
God
,
that
the
excellency
of
the
Power
may
be
of
God
,
and
not
of
us
.
that
Christ
was
strife
and
envy
Wil
you
tell
the
great
Iudg
at
the
Grat
day
,
that
your
non
proficiency
was
occasioned
by
the
scandalous
life
of
your
Minister
?
Or
will
an
impudent
upbraiding
your
Minister
with
his
faults
excuse
you
in
the
neglect
of
your
duty
?
T.
E.
palliate
and
extenuate
the
crime
Intruding
for
a
corrupt
interest
into
sacred
Offices
?
these
scandalous
Ministers
should
intrude
themselves
;
seeing
all
men
that
know
any
thing
of
them
,
know
that
according
to
the
Constitution
of
your
Government
,
none
can
intrude
themselves
into
the
Ministry
,
but
must
be
admitted
and
have
letters
of
Induction
from
the
Bishop
,
we
must
have
letters
of
Induction
from
the
Bishop
,
letters
of
Induction
[
as
I
think
they
term
them
.
]
I
think
(
he
says
The
answer
as
naturally
follows
Why
?
He
knew
them
not
to
be
such
,
useth
to
think
the
best
are
the
people
at
a
loss
,
be
at
a
loss
fruits
Math
meant
the
outward
Conversation
of
false
Prophets
,
but
the
ill
consequences
of
their
Doctrines
,
the
Sheeps
clothing
If
those
wise
and
great
learned
men
,
who
admit
these
scandalous
Preachers
,
cannot
by
the
ill
consequences
of
their
Doctrines
discover
those
corrupt
interests
for
which
they
do
intrude
themselves
,
how
alas
!
should
the
ignorant
vulgar
do
it
?
T.
E.
to
guide
the
Bishops
and
Pastors
of
his
Flock
,
faithfully
and
wisely
to
make
choice
of
fit
persons
to
serve
in
the
sacred
Ministry
of
his
Church
take
heed
,
whom
presents
&c.
any
of
them
come
forth
in
the
name
of
God
,
to
shew
what
the
Crime
or
Impediment
is
.
exhorts
them
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
to
have
in
remembrance
into
how
high
a
Dignity
,
and
to
how
weighty
an
office
and
charge
they
are
called
,
that
is
to
say
,
to
be
Messengers
,
Watchmen
,
and
Stewards
of
the
Lord
,
&c.
have
it
printed
in
their
remembrance
,
how
great
a
treasure
is
committed
to
their
charge
,
that
is
,
the
sheep
of
Christ
which
he
bought
with
his
death
,
and
for
whom
he
shed
his
blood
.
And
if
the
Church
or
any
member
thereof
take
any
hurt
,
&c.
by
their
negligence
,
of
the
greatness
of
the
fault
,
and
the
horrible
punishment
,
which
will
ensue
.
excellency
,
but
of
the
difficulty
also
of
their
Office
,
as
well
to
shew
themselves
dutiful
and
thankful
unto
that
Lord
who
hath
placed
them
in
so
high
a
dignity
,
as
also
to
beware
that
neither
they
themselves
offend
,
nor
be
occasion
that
others
offend
.
Next
he
tells
them
,
they
cannot
have
a
mind
and
will
thereto
of
themselves
,
for
that
Will
and
Ability
is
given
of
God
alone
,
and
therefore
that
they
ought
and
have
need
to
pray
earnestly
for
his
holy
Spirit
.
Whether
they
trust
,
that
they
are
inwardly
moved
by
the
holy
Ghost
,
to
take
upon
them
that
Office
to
serve
God
for
the
promoting
his
Glory
,
and
the
edifying
of
his
Church
?
I
trust
so
they
unfeignedly
beleive
,
that
the
holy
Scriptures
contain
all
Doctrines
necessary
to
salvation
?
Whether
they
are
determin'd
to
teach
nothing
as
necessary
to
salvation
,
but
what
they
shall
be
perswaded
may
be
proved
from
thence
?
faithful
always
to
minister
the
Doctrine
and
Sacraments
and
discipline
of
Christ
,
as
the
Lord
hath
commanded
,
&c.
Whether
they
will
be
ready
with
all
faithful
diligence
to
banish
and
drive
away
all
erroneous
and
strange
Doctrines
contrary
to
God's
word
;
and
use
both
publick
and
private
Exhortations
as
well
to
the
sick
as
to
the
whole
within
their
Cures
,
Whether
they
will
be
diligent
in
prayers
and
reading
the
holy
Scriptures
,
and
in
such
studies
as
help
to
the
knowledg
of
the
same
,
laying
aside
the
study
of
the
world
and
the
flesh
?
they
will
be
diligent
to
frame
and
fashion
themselves
and
families
according
to
the
doctrine
of
Christ
,
and
to
make
themselves
wholsome
examples
and
patterns
to
the
flock
of
Christ
?
they
will
maintain
and
set
forward
,
as
much
as
in
them
lies
,
quietness
,
peace
and
love
among
all
Christian
people
,
they
will
obey
the
Godly
admonitions
of
their
Ordinary
,
and
other
chief
Ministers
,
to
whom
is
committed
the
charge
and
Government
over
them
?
They
will
so
do
,
the
Lord
being
their
helper
.
to
speak
evil
of
those
things
which
you
*
Iude
10.
know
not
.
that
they
who
make
the
Efficacy
of
the
divine
Ordinances
to
depend
on
the
Worthiness
of
the
Persons
concerned
in
them
,
are
worse
than
the
Papists
,
and
cnotrary
to
the
Antient
Fathers
:
The
Reason
,
is
obvious
,
the
Papists
and
you
jump
together
,
and
as
with
one
voice
endeavour
to
subject
the
people
to
the
Clergy
,
how
corrupt
how
scandalous
soever
.
Alas
poor
people
!
miserably
enthrall'd
to
their
own
servants
,
whom
good
or
bad
they
must
keep
,
Minister
a
servant
wilful
.
service
of
Subjection
Service
of
Love
and
Friendship
Servants
,
obey
in
all
things
your
Masters
,
&c.
by
love
serve
one
another
servants
for
Iesus's
sake
Minister
is
a
servant
their
servants
direct
and
rebuke
spirit
of
the
Hat
do
crush
the
tender
ones
They
are
over
them
in
the
Lord
,
esteem
them
very
highly
.
v.
They
have
the
rule
over
them
Heb.
to
obey
them
,
and
submit
themselves
,
Teachers
,
Fathers
What
I
pray
do's
this
bespeak
,
but
pride
and
arrogance
?
Is
it
the
humble
,
meek
,
gentle
Spirit
of
Iesus
?
or
the
haughty
proud
exalted
Spirit
of
Lucifer
?
Though
I
have
great
ground
to
suspect
a
man
for
a
Fornicator
,
though
I
know
him
to
be
Covetous
,
though
I
fear
he
is
an
Idolater
,
&c.
must
I
notwithstanding
acknowledg
this
man
to
be
a
Minister
of
Christ
,
and
have
recourse
to
him
for
teaching
,
&c.
God
forbid
.
p.
Suspition
is
no
proof
Fears
and
suspitions
that
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
were
got
into
Moses's
Chair
,
Here
first
it
may
be
worth
our
noting
,
that
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
were
got
into
Moses's
Chair
,
not
into
Aaron's
:
Now
Moses
was
the
Civil
Magistrate
,
the
Iudg
or
Ruler
;
But
Aaron
was
more
properly
the
Priest
,
p.
Moses's
Chair
Scribes
and
Pharisees
Moses's
Chair
Moses's
Chair
Iudges
and
Magistrates
They
bound
heavy
burthens
&c.
Scribes
and
Pharisees
I
send
you
Prophets
,
Wise-men
and
Scribes
,
Mat.
Baruch
the
Scribe
they
sate
in
Moses's
seat
[
Pharisees
,
true
Successors
God's
Ministers
,
Rom.
Eternal
Document
eternal
Document
!
What
's
that
Whatsoever
they
bad
them
to
observe
,
that
to
observe
and
do
,
but
not
to
do
after
their
works
.
Mat.
Nay
hold
there
we
have
had
too
much
of
that
already
;
England
hath
not
yet
forgot
,
since
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
of
Rome
sa●…e
in
the
Chair
here
,
Turk
,
Iew
to
observe
and
do
,
whatsoever
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
bid
us
?
Whom
hast
thou
reproached
and
blasphemed
?
and
against
whom
hast
thou
exalted
thy
voice
,
and
lifted
thine
eyes
on
high
?
even
against
the
Holy
one
of
Israel
.
The
Lord
speaketh
of
those
,
who
fit
in
Moses's
Chair
,
that
is
,
of
those
who
teach
what
is
in
the
Law
;
those
therefore
who
teach
the
Divine
Law
we
ought
to
hear
,
tho
they
do
it
not
themselves
:
But
must
we
do
all
things
they
say
,
tho
they
be
evil
things
?
We
answer
,
First
that
he
that
teacheth
will
hardly
be
so
audacious
as
ever
to
exhort
to
things
directly
evil
.
Secondly
,
If
we
grant
that
any
one
should
exhort
to
evil
life
,
then
he
speaks
not
from
Moses's
Chair
,
nor
out
of
the
Law
.
Our
Godly
Martyrs
(
by
his
leave
)
held
not
this
Document
to
be
eternal
,
as
Smithfield
can
amply
witness
.
ibid.
the
similitude
between
Them
and
the
Apostles
,
was
not
in
the
singular
gifts
of
God
,
as
doing
miracles
,
&c.
but
They
were
like
them
in
Doctrine
,
&c.
Cranmer
,
Ridley
,
Latimer
,
Hooper
,
Philpot
,
Bradford
Canterbury
,
Ridley
London
,
Latimer
Worcester
,
Hooper
Glocester
,
Philpot
Winchester
,
Bradford
Seals
of
God's
promises
and
gifts
;
and
also
of
that
holy
fellowship
,
which
we
have
with
Christ
and
all
his
members
.
he
constantly
used
the
common-Prayer
in
his
own
house
both
Morning
and
Evening
.
Communion
of
Sacraments
do's
not
defile
a
man
,
but
consent
of
Deeds
,
to
be
well
spoken
if
well
understood
;
which
was
meant
of
them
,
which
suppose
they
are
defiled
,
if
any
secret
vice
be
either
in
the
Ministers
or
in
them
which
communicate
with
them
.
Baptism
is
given
to
Children
;
the
Lords
Supper
is
,
and
ought
to
be
given
to
them
that
are
waxen
.
And
he
tells
us
,
he
wished
the
Bishop
of
Winchester
,
to
be
stiff
in
the
defence
of
the
Sacraments
,
against
the
detestable
errors
of
Anabaptists
.
[
Do
this
,
&c.
Luke
was
not
a
Commandment
for
a
time
,
but
to
persevere
to
the
world's
end
.
to
Swear
or
take
an
Oath
before
a
Lawful
Iudge
is
the
work
also
:
of
this
Commandment
,
and
setteth
forth
God's
Glory
:
for
as
Paul
saith
,
All
controversies
are
ended
by
the
virtue
of
an
Oath
,
So
have
we
examples
in
Paul
Rom.
Holy
Sacraments
we
Swear
and
promise
to
live
after
God's
Will
and
pleasure
.
was
a
Godly
and
Learned
Martyr
p.
so
far
My
Lord
,
I
am
no
Anabaptist
,
I
think
it
LAWFVLL
TO
SWEAR
before
a
Competent
Iudge
.
Baptism
to
be
necessary
to
them
that
were
born
of
Christian
Parents
Fasting
and
Prayer
,
&c.
Is
not
your
Lordship
ashamed
to
say
before
this
Worshipfull
Gentleman
,
that
I
maintain
these
abominable
Blasphemies
which
you
have
rehearsed
?
abominable
Blasphemy
I
do
protest
to
your
Honours
,
that
I
think
as
reverently
of
the
Sacrament
,
as
a
Christian
man
ought
to
do
;
and
that
I
acknowledg
the
Sacrament
of
the
Body
and
Blood
of
Christ
ministred
after
Christ's
Institution
,
to
be
one
of
the
greatest
Treasures
and
comforts
that
he
left
us
in
the
earth
.
It
is
a
Congregation
of
people
dispersed
thorow
the
world
,
agreeing
together
in
the
word
of
God
,
using
the
Sacraments
and
all
other
things
according
to
the
same
.
Eminent
Martyr
,
p.
I
was
thrice
Sworn
in
Cambridg
,
when
I
was
admitted
Master
of
Arts
,
when
I
was
admitted
Fellow
of
Pembrook
Hall
,
and
when
I
was
there
,
the
Visiters
came
thither
and
Sware
the
University
;
Again
I
was
Sworn
,
when
I
enter'd
into
the
Ministry
,
when
I
had
a
Prebend
given
me
,
and
I
was
Sworn
to
serve
the
King
a
little
before
his
Death
.
Tush
!
Herod's
Oaths
a
man
should
make
no
Conscience
at
.
But
,
My
Lord
,
Bradford
)
these
were
no
Herod's
Oaths
,
no
Unlawful
Oaths
,
but
as
you
your self
have
well
affirmed
in
your
book
De
verâ
obedientiâ
.
of
Confession
There
was
set
forth
by
the
innocent
King
Edward
,
the
whole
Church-Service
,
with
great
deliberation
and
the
advice
of
the
best
learned
men
in
the
Realm
,
and
Authorized
by
the
whole
Parliament
,
and
receiv'd
and
publish'd
gladly
by
the
whole
Realm
,
which
book
was
never
reformed
but
once
,
and
yet
by
that
one
reformation
it
was
so
fully
perfected
,
according
to
the
Rules
of
our
Christian
Religion
in
every
behalf
,
that
no
Christian
Conscience
could
be
offended
with
anything
therein
contained
,
I
mean
of
that
book
reformed
.
The
Oath
against
the
Supremacy
of
the
Bishop
of
Rome
was
a
and
so
was
the
Oath
made
by
us
all
touching
the
King's
or
Queen's
Preheminence
.
Church
of
England
As
long
as
they
minister
the
word
of
God
or
his
Sacraments
,
or
any
thing
that
God
hath
Ordained
to
the
Salvation
of
Mankind
,
wherewith
God
hath
promised
to
be
present
,
to
work
with
the
Ministration
of
the
same
to
the
end
of
the
world
,
They
be
to
be
heard
,
to
be
obeyed
,
to
be
honoured
for
God's
Ordinance
sake
,
which
is
Effectual
and
Fruitful
,
whatsoever
the
Minister
is
,
though
he
be
a
Devil
,
&c.
[
what
the
opinion
of
the
Donatists
was
?
]
That
they
were
a
certain
sect
of
men
,
affirming
among
other
Heresies
,
that
the
Dignity
of
the
Sacraments
depended
on
the
Worthiness
of
the
Minister
,
so
that
if
the
Minister
was
Good
,
the
Sacraments
which
be
Ministred
were
available
,
or
else
not
.
his
Brethren
long
since
exploded
he
knew
Rome
he
was
sorry
that
he
had
been
there
;
for
he
supposed
,
the
wickedness
which
he
saw
there
made
him
do
,
as
he
did
.
Philpot
No
,
My
Lord
,
I
do
not
do
,
as
I
do
for
that
cause
;
for
I
am
taught
otherwise
by
the
Gospel
,
not
altogether
to
refuse
the
Minister
for
his
evil
living
,
so
that
he
bring
sound
Doctrine
out
of
God's
Book
faithful
Martyr
they
would
fall
before
the
King's
Grace
,
and
would
humbly
desire
his
Majesty
to
suffer
it
to
be
tryed
,
who
of
right
ought
to
succeed
,
thereto
,
&c.
We
be
all
Sinners
an
hundred
times
greater
than
all
that
we
suffer
.
Scripture
may
be
in
the
Mother-Tongue
,
and
set
up
in
the
[
You
even
in
Ellwood's
judgment
Godly
Martyrs
Conf.
p.
But
if
a
man
see
the
Conduit
besmeared
with
mire
and
dirt
,
will
he
choose
(
or
is
it
reasonable
he
should
be
tyed
)
to
drink
the
water
that
issues
therefrom
,
&
c
?
p.
he
was
bad
enough
,
but
will
you
say
,
that
after
he
had
transgressed
and
faln
,
he
should
(
if
he
had
lived
)
have
continued
in
the
Ministry
?
p.
his
Office
was
to
serve
tables
,
to
take
care
of
the
widows
,
&c.
he
was
chosen
to
be
Overseer
of
the
poor
,
&c.
however
it
appears
not
,
that
he
was
a
publick
Preacher
.
Spirit
's
Moving
them
appears
not
he
was
a
publick
Preaocher
,
Ay
but
might
his
Parishioner
well
have
replyed
,
Those
discourses
made
little
impression
upon
me
,
when
I
consider'd
from
whom
they
came
&c.
p.
Whosoever
shall
break
one
of
these
least
Commandments
,
and
teach
men
so
,
shall
be
called
the
least
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
,
last
Day
If
you
Discerned
the
actions
of
your
Teacher
to
be
EVIL
,
why
then
did
you
not
avoid
them
?
His
Example
did
not
compel
you
to
be
Bad
:
And
if
you
Discerned
his
Instructions
to
be
GOOD
,
why
then
did
you
not
follow
them
?
Why
did
you
not
consider
what
they
were
,
rather
than
from
whom
they
came
?
Thomas
Ellwood
As
if
a
Traveller
should
think
,
he
must
go
back
again
,
or
leave
the
way
,
because
he
saw
the
Mil-stone
with
its
inscription
shewing
him
the
way
,
but
not
moving
in
it
at
all
it self
.
Men
seek
not
so
much
with
Charity
whom
they
may
Commend
,
in
order
to
their
Imitation
;
as
with
ill
will
whom
they
may
Carp
at
,
in
order
to
their
Deception
:
Some
cannot
find
out
Good
men
,
being
ill
themselves
;
and
others
fear
to
find
such
,
because
they
would
still
be
evil
.
The
true
Ministers
were
always
Examples
of
Goodness
,
but
too
many
of
these
Ministers
are
Examples
of
evil
.
[
too
many
When
you
cannot
clear
them
of
your
own
Profession
,
you
fall
upon
the
Quakers
,
whom
if
you
can
render
as
bad
as
your
own
,
you
think
you
have
done
something
,
&c.
p.
Personal
Reflections
Zealous
Turk
prophane
Christian
Iames
Whitlock's
[
The
Quakers
Spritual
Court
;
]
[
The
Spirit
of
the
Hat
]
you
seem
offended
with
their
using
the
wrd
[
Thou
]
to
a
single
person
.
[
You
[
Thou
[
You
;
Superstition
being
an
impiety
,
which
represents
God
so
light
,
or
so
froward
,
as
to
be
either
pleased
,
or
angry
with
things
indifferent
,
and
of
no
moment
.
they
lay
not
the
stress
of
their
Religion
upon
words
.
[
You
,
[
Thou
stress
of
Religion
upon
[
I
thank
you
for
your
kindness
]
receive
thy
love
;
[
Such
a
one
is
dead
]
[
He
is
out
of
the
body
;
]
cannot
consent
to
such
a
thing
]
am
not
free
,
stress
of
Religion
upon
words
and
phrases
.
The
Congregation
is
holy
,
and
the
Lord
is
among
them
we
know
there
is
a
form
of
words
,
and
we
desire
to
keep
to
it
.
sound
words
form
of
sound
words
sound
words
short
Form
pride
and
flattery
,
which
first
put
Inferiors
upon
paying
a
Plural
respect
to
the
single
Person
of
every
Superior
,
and
Superiors
upon
receiving
and
at
last
requiring
it
.
and
which
are
still
cherished
thereby
.
pride
and
flattery
pride
and
flattery
Godly
Martyrs
our
useing
it
their
sawcy
denying
it
T.
E.
that
in
the
best
times
,
and
with
the
best
Men
[
Thou
]
and
[
Thee
]
were
inoffensive
language
.
Common-wealth
of
before
it
was
turn'd
into
an
Empire
.
best
times
,
and
best
men
,
[
You
]
to
a
single
person
(
with
other
Titles
seems
to
have
its
rise
with
the
Roman
Empire
.
his
Epistles
to
the
Emperors
wherein
his
Style
unto
them
is
Iulius
Caesar
[
vestra
,
y●…ur
[
Thou
[
Thine
T.
E.
[
You
[
You
how
often
have
many
been
abused
and
beaten
for
this
harmless
word
,
&c.
[
Thou
What
Spirit
is
that
which
thus
rageth
?
Is
it
the
humble
,
meek
gentle
Spirit
of
Iesus
,
or
the
haughty
,
proud
,
exalted
Spirit
of
Lucifer
?
the
stress
of
Religion
do's
not
lye
?
[
You
lying
along
lying
along
That
God
Adam
,
and
Adam
whether
the
Discourse
was
in
English
?
if
the
Translators
had
put
instead
of
this
shadow
of
an
Objection
had
disappear'd
.
[
not
appeared
;
that
the
Hebrew
is
not
defective
of
Numbers
,
but
hath
the
singular
and
the
plural
as
distinct
as
the
English
;
If
therefore
the
Translators
had
used
instead
of
one
objection
there
would
have
been
two
.
Enallage
Numeri
He
was
buried
in
one
of
the
Cities
of
Iudah
:
They
hid
themselves
among
the
Trees
,
&c.
per
Enallagen
Numeri
He
is
an
Holy
God
,
&c.
Iob
,
How
long
will
it
be
ere
YOU
make
an
end
of
words
?
(
Dan.
This
is
the
Dream
and
WE
will
tell
the
interpretation
thereof
:
[
We
;
[
You
Let
US
make
man
,
and
in
OUR
Image
[
You
[
Thou
[
Ye
[
You
[
Thou
.
T.
E.
wise
man
[
Kn●…ve
Spelman's
Gloss.
If
any
man
seem
to
be
contentious
,
we
have
no
such
neither
the
Churches
of
God
confess
that
in
Religious
Offices
is
the
fittest
word
to
be
used
.
T.
E.
It
's
only
in
Civil
matters
that
we
say
[
You
]
to
a
single
person
;
but
in
Religious
Offices
,
we
say
to
the
greatest
Personages
upon
earth
if
it
be
high
enough
for
God
and
Spiritual
affairs
,
I
see
not
how
it
should
be
too
low
for
Man
and
Temporal
affairs
.
Religious
Offices
use
it
to
the
greatest
Personages
upon
earth
?
But
he
leaves
it
at
last
to
the
consideration
of
every
uuprejudic't
Reader
whether
that
Dialect
which
God
is
pleased
to
accept
,
that
wherein
he
has
been
pleased
to
deliver
himself
,
that
which
all
the
Holy
Prophets
,
our
Blessed
Saviour
,
his
Apostles
,
and
all
good
men
in
the
best
times
,
is
not
fitter
for
a
Christian'
now
to
use
,
than
that
which
depends
only
upon
a
Custom
sprung
up
out
of
the
putrefaction
of
corrupi
times
?
sprung
up
out
of
the
putrefaction
of
corrupter
times
,
In
the
midst
of
wars
and
figtings
[
You
Iustin
Martyr
The
Christians
(
says
be
)
are
not
distinguished
from
others
by
their
Country
,
speech
nor
any
peculiar
Customs
:
They
inhabit
not
Cities
appropriate
to
them
alone
,
nor
do
they
use
a
DIALECT
differing
from
other
men
,
nor
is
their
manner
of
living
unlike
to
other
men
;
They
follow
the
CUSTOMS
of
their
Country
in
Clothes
,
Dyet
and
other
things
,
dealing
injuriously
and
dishonestly
with
the
Quakers
,
That
possibly
I
had
been
faulty
in
suffering
my
Servant
to
call
me
Master
the
Quakers
have
brought
this
tenent
of
theirs
to
this
strange
result
,
that
a
child
must
honour
his
Father
,
but
not
call
him
Father
;
that
a
Servant
must
obey
his
Master
,
but
not
call
him
Master
;
which
tenent
(
he
says
)
is
your
own
,
not
theirs
,
as
their
writings
&
practices
sufficiently
evidence
.
In
the
same
notion
that
we
are
forbidden
to
call
[
Master
,
]
we
are
likewise
forbidden
to
call
[
Father
.
]
Natural
Father
that
this
is
contrary
to
their
universal
practice
,
and
a
foppery
fasten'd
on
them
.
Iohn
Toldervy
I
took
him
by
the
arm
and
bad
him
sit
down
not
bowing
,
not
pulling
off
the
hat
,
not
Master
,
for
then
I
denyed
that
Title
to
him
,
though
related
to
him
a
Servant
,
as
afterwards
I
denyed
all
Relations
,
from
the
words
of
one
,
He
that
liveth
in
the
Light
will
see
no
difference
.
[
Salute
no
man
by
the
way
]
Good
morrow
,
Good
speed
Iames
Naylor
The
Perfect
Pharisee
Truly
it
was
our
former
practice
so
to
apply
that
Text
,
but
since
we
saw
the
folly
and
weakness
of
it
,
and
that
Spirit
we
trusted
to
did
deceive
us
,
we
have
left
it
off
.
Was
this
a
fit
person
to
represent
the
whole
body
of
the
Quakers
,
and
dispute
against
respecting
persons
?
Nay
do's
it
not
look
like
a
design
laid
to
mis-state
our
Principles
and
misrepresent
us
to
the
world
?
sincere
and
cordial
fulfilling
of
the
Law
I
accepted
the
expressions
of
your
affection
.
sincere
and
cordial
respects
to
their
Neighbours
Indecorum
,
a
design
laid
to
mistake
their
Principles
,
a
misrepresenting
them
,
yea
the
whole
body
of
them
to
the
World
.
But
our
confidence
is
in
the
Lord
our
God
,
whose
truth
we
are
engaged
to
defend
.
confidence
in
the
Lord
,
&c.
Iames
chap.
Apostles
drift
T.
E.
[
God
is
no
respecter
of
persons
]
Susan
.
v.
when
they
bring
you
unto
Synagougues
,
and
unto
Magistrates
and
Powers
,
they
know
that
I
imprisoned
,
and
beat
in
every
Synagogue
them
that
believed
on
thee
.
Are
ye
not
partial
in
your selves
,
and
become
judges
of
evil
thoughts
?
Thou
shalt
not
have
respect
of
persons
in
judgment
but
if
ye
have
respect
to
persons
,
ye
commit
sin
,
and
are
convinced
of
the
Law
as
transgressors
T.
E.
T.
E.
consider
what
consistories
or
Courts
of
Iudicature
those
poor
scatter'd
believers
could
then
have
.
Ierusalem
,
Acts
to
go
to
Law
before
the
Unbelievers
,
&c.
T.
E.
Whence
had
they
it
?
If
given
them
by
God
,
we
should
have
found
it
among
those
Laws
which
they
received
from
him
;
If
it
was
not
from
God
,
but
an
invention
and
tradition
of
their
own
,
it
's
altogether
improbable
that
the
Apostle
of
Iesus
Christ
would
have
reference
thereunto
.
Which
arose
first
from
a
Iewish
Tradition
.
Iames
,
ch.
If
the
Lord
will
,
we
will
do
this
or
that
:
Ben.
Syra
If
this
Law
was
but
a
sanction
of
their
own
,
the
Iews
were
so
superstitiously
zealous
for
the
Traditions
of
their
Forefathers
,
that
no
way
likely
that
they
would
so
positively
violate
a
Law
of
their
making
.
this
was
a
thing
they
were
seldom
guilty
of
,
for
they
too
often
preferred
their
own
Traditions
even
to
the
Law
of
God
.
fideles
Iudaei
,
his
poor
scatter'd
believers
,
were
then
coming
off
not
only
from
the
Traditions
of
their
Elders
,
but
even
from
the
whole
Iewish
polity
?
he
had
contradicted
what
our
Lord
plainly
alloweth
in
when
thou
art
bidden
of
any
man
to
a
wedding
,
sit
not
down
in
the
highest
room
,
lest
a
more
honourable
man
than
thou
be
bidden
of
him
,
Now
for
the
understanding
this
Scripture
,
it
must
be
considered
in
what
time
,
and
to
whom
those
words
were
spoken
.
For
the
time
,
it
was
under
the
Law
,
before
the
one
Offering
was
actually
offer'd
up
.
That
was
an
Outward
state
,
the
People
of
God
was
then
an
Outward
National
People
,
their
Religion
and
Worship
was
much
outward
and
shadowy
,
their
Wars
were
outward
,
their
Ornaments
were
outward
,
their
Honours
and
Respects
to
one
another
were
outward
.
And
in
this
State
many
things
were
indulged
to
the
Iews
,
many
things
permitted
&
connived
at
,
partly
because
of
the
hardness
of
their
Hearts
,
and
partly
by
reason
of
their
Weakness
.
But
this
State
was
to
last
but
till
the
Time
of
Reformation
;
and
when
the
Time
of
Reformation
was
fully
come
,
these
things
grew
out
of
use
,
bring
into
their
remembrance
vain
and
evil
a
Custom
T.
E.
T.
E.
Glarific
God
in
your
Body
—
1
Cor.
amicitia
parium
a●…t
imparium
Thou
shalt
rise
before
the
hoary
head
,
and
honour
the
face
of
the
Old
man
.
The
face
of
the
Old
man
Intrea●…an
old
man
as
a
Father
.
T.
E.
T.
E.
Master
of
Israel
,
Iob.
the
baser
sort
T.
E.
M●…st
Sacred
Majesty
Dread
Sovereign
Herod
made
a
Supper
to
his
Lords
,
as
they
call
them
Titles
and
Civil
Respects
[
as
they
are
called
jus
praecedentiae
(
viz.
Patrum
conditionem
liberi
sequuntur
Servius
Tullius
Iustin
Martyr
Apol.
First
Absurdity
the
Magistrate
bears
not
the
Sword
in
vain
,
Cornelius
Acts
Most
Noble
to
whom
this
in
Luk.
was
spoken
;
They
were
Pharisees
,
of
whom
there
were
several
ranks
and
degrees
,
there
were
chief
Pharisees
,
and
inferiour
Pharisees
;
and
they
took
place
one
of
another
,
Nay
there
were
seven
ranks
among
them
,
as
tells
us
one
of
the
chief
Pharisees
what
was
that
to
his
Disciples
He
puts
them
in
mind
of
their
Equality
.
The
words
of
the
Apostle
may
be
understood
a
general
prohibition
of
that
vain
Custom
of
respecting
persons
upon
any
occasion
whatsoever
.
a
Treatise
of
Oaths
We
do
with
all
due
present
you
with
our
Reasons
a
general
prohibition
against
all
Respects
,
T.
E.
They
were
not
a
fit
Company
to
represent
the
Body
of
the
Quakers
?
Yea
,
do's
not
this
passage
look
like
a
design
laid
to
mistake
their
Principles
?
T.
E.
respected
not
the
persons
of
the
Priests
,
and
favoured
not
the
Elders
,
Lam.
T.
E.
As
little
learning
as
you
are
willing
to
allow
the
Quakers
,
they
are
not
ignorant
that
Christ
did
condemn
the
use
of
the
word
Father
,
as
it
implied
an
implicit
faith
in
them
to
whom
it
was
given
;
And
also
the
word
Master
,
as
it
denoted
the
chief
,
or
head
of
a
sect
and
party
.
Christ
condemned
also
the
use
of
those
Titles
in
every
sense
,
where
there
is
not
a
true
relation
,
by
Nature
or
Law
a
direct
untruth
Iudas
,
Mat.
contrary
to
his
Nature
he
exhorted
his
Son
and
his
Son
T.
E.
begotten
them
through
the
truth
T.
E.
the
Father
of
all
that
handle
the
Harp
or
Organ
:
Gen.
Abraham
(
the
of
the
faithful
Father
Abraham
,
Luk.
Son
remember
subject
to
one
another
In
honour
preferring
one
another
,
Rom.
each
esteem
other
better
than
himself
,
T.
E.
By
Love
serve
one
another
But
Titles
without
relation
we
disown
and
reject
,
as
being
indeed
Titles
of
flattery
,
which
we
dare
no
more
make
use
of
,
than
that
good
man
who
said
of
old
,
Let
me
not
,
I
pray
you
,
accept
any
mans
person
,
neither
let
me
give
flattering
Titles
unto
man
.
outward
honour
having
not
then
passed
off
.
Most
Excellent
Most
Noble
T.
E.
)
are
not
Titles
,
but
Epithets
.
[
Right
Worshipful
Right
Honourable
?
[
Most
Noble
Most
Excellent
.
T.
E.
the
same
did
afterwards
,
and
to
the
same
dedicate
his
Treatise
of
the
Acts
of
the
Apostles
without
any
either
Title
or
Epithet
at
all
,
but
barely
[
O
and
yet
this
was
written
after
the
other
,
in
his
riper
years
,
and
when
he
had
made
a
further
progress
in
the
Christian
Religion
;
And
none
,
I
hope
,
will
think
so
good
a
man
went
from
better
to
worse
.
the
Quakers
faith
is
as
uncertain
as
their
Teachers
fansie
,
and
that
poor
deluded
Souls
do
receive
falshood
,
railing
,
non-sense
,
and
blasphemy
,
as
if
they
came
from
the
Spirit
of
God
,
could
not
it
's
a
great
blasphemy
to
affirm
that
there
is
one
idle
word
in
the
Holy
Scriptures
Most
Noble
might
have
been
rendred
most
excellent
.
If
it
please
your
Excellency
had
reason
to
use
it
to
him
,
for
in
Iustice
and
Courteous
deportment
he
excelled
all
other
Magistrates
that
had
been
brought
before
(
as
they
a●…e
called
.
with
a
loud
voice
,
Paul
,
thou
art
beside
thy self
,
Much
Learning
has
made
thee
mad
.
Perhaps
Noble
was
his
Christian
Name
:
Christian
Name
of
an
Heathen
The
place
is
misrenderd
'
;
It
ought
to
be
Multi
quidem
Homines
,
pauci
viri
.
Barnabas
,
Acts
he
did
it
wholly
by
the
Spirit
to
the
Elect
Lady
she
was
,
and
in
what
relation
stood
to
her
,
or
how
far
her
temporal
power
might
extend
,
do's
not
appear
.
signifies
no
more
than
Mistress
or
Dame
.
Mistress
,
Dame
T.
E.
For
ne
ither
do's
the
Christian
Religion
reject
such
lawful
Titles
,
as
far
as
it
is
just
and
equal
;
So
that
it
is
as
if
he
had
written
Eximiae
ac
praestanti
dignitate
Dominae
Iohn
writing
to
Gaius
He
do's
not
call
him
Rabbi
or
Mr.
but
simply
says
,
The
Elder
to
the
well
beloved
If
therefore
the
Priest
will
have
it
that
gave
the
Title
of
Lady
in
Complement
only
,
let
him
prove
it
.
Abraham
had
a
Lordship
or
Power
over
her
,
as
he
was
her
Husband
;
here
was
Government
and
subjection
,
for
Lord
or
Master
(
which
imports
the
same
)
was
a
relative
title
to
it
.
it
is
an
old
and
over-worn
objection
,
Friendly
Debates
Libertas
Ecclesiastica
T.
E.
from
contending
for
empty
Titles
,
you
come
to
Confession
of
sin
;
and
that
not
without
reason
,
because
you
defend
such
vain
,
flattering
and
untrue
words
as
Titles
are
the
duty
of
every
humble
Penitent
to
confess
his
sins
.
T.
E.
humble
penitent
,
or
neglects
his
duty
.
the
question
is
,
whether
a
constant
course
of
Confession
be
a
duty
?
Confess
always
Augustine
)
for
thou
hast
always
matter
to
confess
.
He
is
taught
that
he
sins
daily
,
who
is
commanded
to
pray
daily
for
the
remission
of
his
sins
,
Cyprian
on
the
Lords
Prayer
Therefore
thou
must
daily
say
this
Ambrose
)
that
thou
may'st
daily
ask
pardon
for
thine
Offences
?
See
also
will
declare
his
iniquity
,
and
be
sorry
for
his
sin
.
Ps.
his
sins
are
more
in
number
than
the
hairs
of
his
head
.
Ps.
Perking
Pharisee
no
sin
to
confess
,
unless
he
belie
himself
to
be
merciful
to
me
a
sinner
.
T.
E.
a
constant
course
of
confession
implies
a
constant
course
of
Sinning
.
Thou
art
Heaven
,
and
I
am
Hell
.
Now
the
question
is
,
Whether
it
be
our
Duty
from
day
to
day
,
to
confess
that
we
are
still
guilty
of
those
sins
,
which
by
God's
Grace
we
have
forsaken
,
and
which
God
hath
forgiven
us
?
viz.
the
sins
of
his
youth
Remember
not
the
sins
of
my
youth
.
David
,
This
confession
of
thine
is
an
untruth
which
I
am
sure
is
no
Man's
duty
.
Some
among
the
Corinthians
before
their
Conversion
had
been
Fornicaters
,
Idolaters
,
says
to
those
Corinthians
,
Ye
are
washed
,
Had
it
been
the
Duty
of
these
Corinthians
,
after
they
were
thus
washed
to
have
said
,
we
are
such
still
?
We
are
Fornicators
still
,
This
would
have
been
the
way
to
have
made
them
lyars
still
.
Present
tense
Praeter-perfect
tense
erred
and
strayed
,
&c.
We
miserable
sinners
it
is
our
judgment
only
I
shall
here
produce
a
very
authentick
Witness
Sirnamed
the
Great
Though
thou
knowest
no
wicked
thing
by
thy self
,
thou
oughtest
to
say
thus
;
I
truly
,
O
Lord
,
am
not
worthy
to
speak
to
thee
,
because
I
am
a
grievous
sinner
;
for
there
is
none
free
from
sin
but
God
alone
.
Miserable
sinners
Enter
not
into
Iudgment
with
thy
Servant
,
O
Lord
,
for
in
thy
sight
shall
no
Man
living
be
justified
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
this
is
that
Bernard
)
which
makes
it
necessary
for
us
to
be
solicitous
with
fear
and
trembling
,
and
always
humbling
our selves
under
the
Mighty
hand
of
God
,
since
though
we
can
know
in
part
what
we
are
,
yet
it
is
utterly
impossible
for
us
to
know
,
what
we
shall
be
.
Miserable
sinners
Is
there
but
one
Lesson
T.
F.
)
for
all
degrees
?
T.
E.
Paul
,
dost
thou
say
thou
art
the
chief
of
sinners
?
thou
wast
so
at
thy
first
coming
into
this
School
;
What
?
No
proficiency
,
no
improvement
?
No
going
forward
?
After
thou
hast
spent
thy
Age
in
this
School
,
if
we
measure
thee
by
thine
own
Confession
,
thou
art
not
one
step
nearer
thy
Iourneys
end
;
no
whit
better
,
than
when
thou
camest
first
in
,
and
therefore
worse
.
T.
E.
It
is
not
the
duty
of
any
Man
,
to
propose
to
himself
a
constant
and
common
Course
of
Confession
,
because
whosoever
do's
so
,
must
first
propose
to
himself
a
constant
and
common
course
of
sinning
.
It
may
shame
us
that
we
sin
again
,
but
to
repent
when
we
have
sinned
should
not
shame
us
.
T.
E.
T.
E.
a
Doctrine
which
has
not
met
with
opposition
from
the
hands
of
most
sorts
of
Men
,
since
the
time
it
was
first
Preacht
in
this
later
Age
of
the
World
.
seven
sorts
of
Pharisees
Cathari
,
i.
e.
But
those
who
call
themselves
pure
are
confuted
by
their
own
words
;
for
whosoever
doth
call
himself
Pure
,
doth
perfectly
condemn
himself
,
that
he
is
Impure
.
through
ignorance
mistook
it
,
others
through
interest
reviled
and
gainsayed
it
,
as
foreseeing
it
destructive
to
their
Trade
and
profit
,
that
we
may
perfectly
fulfil
the
Law
of
God
.
should
own
Perfection
deny
it
to
be
an
unsinning
State
:
What
kind
of
notion
you
have
got
of
Perfection
,
who
would
be
perfect
,
yet
a
sinner
?
T.
E.
being
Perfect
positive
Perfection
Evangelical
Perfection
Perfect
heart
[
Perfect
[
Wicked
]
Iob.
being
upright
.
Psal.
not
perfect
perfect
all
his
days
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away
,
Syria
,
ver.
sought
not
to
the
Lord
,
but
to
the
Physicians
,
ver.
a
heart
that
is
sound
in
God's
Statutes
sincerity
,
Ios.
T.
E.
comparative
perfection
Evangelical
perfection
absolute
Perfection
Whether
the
best
of
Men
can
in
this
World
attain
to
such
a
perfection
as
they
need
not
,
or
ought
not
to
acknowledge
themselves
sinners
and
Offenders
?
(
Secondly
(
Thirdly
(
Fourthly
(
First
Babes
in
Christ
(
Secondly
Enter
not
into
judgment
with
thy
servant
,
for
in
thy
sight
shall
no
Man
living
be
justified
,
If
thou
Lord
shouldst
mark
iniquities
,
O
Lord
who
shall
stand
?
Psal.
The
Lord
grant
unto
him
,
that
he
may
find
Mercy
of
the
Lord
in
that
Day
.
Aaron
(
the
Saint
of
the
Lord
for
himself
for
the
errors
of
the
people
two-edged
sword
keeping
the
way
of
the
Tree
of
life
,
unsinning
State
.
[
Perfection
,
Evangelical
perfection
absolute
●…nsinning
Perfection
Be
ye
therefore
perfect
,
even
as
your
Father
which
is
in
Heaven
is
perfect
▪
Be
ye
therefore
Merciful
,
as
your
Father
also
is
Merciful
our
Lord
there
aims
only
from
God
Almightie's
example
to
press
Charity
and
Mercy
to
the
highest
degree
,
T.
E.
Did
he
consider
what
he
writ
?
or
how
he
should
be
able
to
maintain
it
?
He
is
got
so
high
at
the
first
step
,
that
the
Quakers
had
need
help
him
down
again
.
The
highest
degree
of
Charity
and
Mercy
is
applicable
only
to
God
Almighty
,
Here
the
Priest
deals
dishonestly
with
us
got
so
high
at
first
step
,
that
the
Quakers
had
need
help
me
down
again
.
T.
E.
[
Highest
He
that
is
higher
than
the
Highest
regardeth
,
Highest
among
Men
vying
perfection
with
the
Creator
Theophilus
Most
Excellent
George
Fox
he
was
equal
with
God
The
Perfect
Pharisee
Iames
Naylor
he
was
as
Holy
,
just
,
and
good
,
as
God
himself
.
They
desire
their
Charity
and
Mercy
may
be
real
,
true
,
sincere
,
of
the
same
nature
,
kind
,
quality
with
God's
;
but
expect
it
not
in
the
same
degree
,
A
fool
changeth
as
the
Moon
,
Ecclus
Cleobulus
,
How
the
Moon
came
and
desired
her
Mother
to
make
her
a
Coat
fit
for
her
Alas
!
how
can
I
do
it
?
for
thou
art
sometimes
full
and
round
,
sometimes
small
and
horned
,
again
only
half
full
,
T.
E.
They
never
chose
well
,
that
change
so
often
T.
E.
is
to
aim
at
,
and
press
after
a
State
of
being
in
this
life
deliver'd
from
sin
,
and
by
the
mighty
Power
of
God
preserved
from
the
act
,
commission
,
and
guilt
of
sin
;
this
,
is
that
they
mean
by
Perfection
,
unsinning
State
aiming
at
and
pressing
after
such
a
State
.
pressing
towards
the
Mark
Perfectum
est
cui
nihil
deest
Finally
,
Ellwood
We
are
perfect
Travellers
Augustine
)
not
perfect
possessors
no
Man
is
perfect
Bernard
)
who
desires
not
to
be
still
more
perfect
T.
E.
unsinning
State
plainly
produced
T.
E.
actually
and
absolutely
perfect
our
being
so
Those
exhortations
,
by
which
we
are
commanded
to
be
Perfect
,
do
not
so
much
shew
what
we
Are
,
as
what
we
Ought
to
be
.
Noah
,
Ioh
T.
E.
Perfection
you
object
,
that
he
was
drunk
and
uncovered
in
his
Tent
;
And
that
he
walked
with
God
before
this
,
and
after
this
also
;
and
while
he
was
in
his
sin
,
he
did
not
walk
with
God
,
Noah
,
Iob
while
he
was
perfect
,
he
was
perfect
:
it
cannot
be
fairly
infer'd
,
that
he
was
not
deliver'd
and
kept
from
sin
in
the
precedent
and
subsequent
parts
of
his
life
,
he
was
not
a
Man
after
God's
own
heart
,
while
he
was
guilty
of
sin
when
he
was
after
God's
own
heart
,
he
was
free
from
it
,
if
it
be
possible
to
attain
it
is
not
impossible
to
retain
it
;
for
the
same
Divine
Power
that
brings
a
Man
to
it
,
is
equally
able
to
preserve
him
in
it
if
it
he
possible
for
a
Man
to
be
preserved
in
this
State
an
Hour
,
it
is
not
impossible
to
be
preserved
a
Day
;
if
a
Day
,
a
Year
;
if
a
Year
,
an
Age
,
Homer
;
Who
was
born
in
the
Morning
,
invented
Musick
at
Noon
,
and
stole
whole
Year
one
Day
an
Hour
de
facto
T.
E.
T.
E.
If
in
this
life
freedom
from
sin
be
not
attainable
,
when
and
where
is
it
?
As
Death
leaves
,
Iudgment
finds
,
Prize
of
the
High
Calling
T.
E.
speaks
of
the
time
past
not
present
,
perfect
man
Why
dost
thou
not
pardon
my
transgression
,
and
take
away
mine
iniquity
T.
E.
T.
E.
If
I
say
,
I
am
perfect
,
my
own
mouth
shall
prove
me
perverse
.
stained
Iob's
Perfection
T.
E.
Behold
I
am
vile
,
Iob
T.
E.
[
vile
mean
,
small
,
and
of
little
account
,
I
repent
,
and
abhor
my self
,
says
the
text
,
in
all
this
sinned
not
All
this
[
Perfect
Who
can
tell
how
oft
he
offendeth
?
O
cleanse
thou
me
from
my
secret
faults
.
We
know
but
in
part
Paul
?
Not
as
though
I
had
already
attained
,
either
were
already
perfect
,
Phil.
Let
us
therefore
,
as
many
as
be
perfect
,
He
was
perfect
not
perfect
T.
E.
was
rapt
up
into
the
third
Heaven
?
T.
E.
Paul
T.
E.
Resurrection
of
the
dead
,
ver.
The
First
Resurrection
,
mention'd
which
the
Apostle
refers
to
If
ye
be
risen
with
Christ
,
seek
those
things
which
are
above
,
First
Resurrection
T.
E.
Resurrection
of
the
Dead
better
part
the
Resurrection
to
life
they
which
shall
be
accounted
worthy
to
obtain
that
World
,
and
the
Resurrection
from
the
dead
—
are
equal
unto
the
Angels
,
&
c
?
Theophylact
to
signifie
his
lifting
up
to
meet
the
Lord
in
the
Air
,
which
is
only
the
portion
of
Blessed
Souls
:
[
Perfect
[
Perfect
Priest
,
who
was
as
well
out
in
his
notion
of
the
Resurrection
,
as
in
that
of
Perfection
.
whosoever
is
born
of
God
sinneth
not
,
&c.
T.
E.
The
words
of
the
Apostle
are
not
contradictory
to
these
;
The
one
speaks
of
Man
in
a
Natural
State
,
the
other
of
Man
as
begot
and
born
of
God
,
[
there
is
●…to
Man
that
sinneth
not
;
]
There
is
no
Child
of
wrath
but
sinneth
There
is
no
sinner
that
sinneth
not
:
Who
can
say
,
I
have
made
my
heart
clean
,
I
am
pure
from
my
sin
?
[
Who
can
say
—
I
am
pure
from
my
sin
?
]
implies
there
was
a
time
,
when
he
did
not
commit
iniquity
committing
iniquity
And
doth
according
to
all
the
abominateons
that
the
wicked
man
doth
:
[
If
I
justifie
my self
,
my
own
mouth
shall
condemn
me
;
If
I
say
,
I
am
perfect
,
it
shall
also
prove
me
perverse
.
]
If
I
say
I
am
just
,
If
I
dare
to
say
,
I
am
righteous
,
If
I
say
I
am
perfect
,
viz.
Eccl.
[
there
is
not
a
just
Man
upon
Earth
,
that
doth
good
&
sinneth
not
?
]
Iust
man
Natural
man
Child
of
wrath
[
In
many
things
we
offend
All.
]
This
T.
E.
)
do's
not
prove
,
that
the
Apostle
himself
was
an
offender
,
any
more
than
that
other
saying
of
his
concerning
the
Tongue
,
ver.
can
prove
that
the
Apostle
himself
was
a
Curser
,
[
All
We
All
curse
We
offend
All
In
many
things
we
offend
all
—
And
why
is
[
All
]
added
,
but
that
this
place
may
agree
with
In
Thy
sight
shall
no
Man
living
be
justified
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
If
we
say
that
we
have
no
sin
,
It
s
evident
that
the
Apostles
in
condescention
to
those
to
whom
they
writ
,
did
many
times
include
themselves
,
as
in
the
condition
of
others
,
If
we
say
we
have
no
sin
,
Whosoever
thinks
this
place
is
so
to
be
taken
,
as
if
it
were
spoken
out
of
Humility
,
and
not
in
truth
;
Let
him
be
accursed
.
T.
E.
Iohn
,
That
which
we
have
seen
,
We
have
an
Advocate
[
We
[
You
[
You
[
Thou
,
[
Ye
[
We
:
[
We
,
[
Ye
;
[
You
,
[
Thou
:
no
Offenders
no
Quakers
[
We
,
[
Ye
.
Ea
enim
mendaciorum
natura
est
ut
cohaerere
non
possint
absolute
Perfection
all
that
are
Born
of
God
Babes
in
Christ
T.
E.
T.
E.
forgive
us
our
Trespasses
That
it
doth
not
appear
,
that
it
was
intended
to
be
a
standing
Rule
for
them
to
pray
by
as
long
as
they
lived
,
The
Saints
need
not
say
it
for
themselves
,
but
for
others
who
were
sinners
:
the
Daily
Prayer
the
s●…t
being
come
on
them
,
this
Prayer
would
be
usel●…ss
,
because
the
Spirit
would
teach
them
what
to
pray
f●…r
not
knowing
what
to
pray
for
as
we
ought
,
Is
that
in
our
afflictions
we
should
never
wait
with
patience
,
if
the
Spirit
did
not
help
our
inf●…rmities
to
bear
up
under
them
;
but
we
should
immediately
pray
to
be
delivered
(
as
St.
though
it
were
not
best
for
us
T.
E.
Impossibility
of
sinning
your
denying
Perfection
in
his
sense
,
till
he
put
his
Armour
off
,
s●…ved
to
the
uttermost
forward
towards
the
Mark
,
and
to
attain
the
Resurrection
of
the
dead
,
reflect
upon
the
Ability
of
the
Physician
:
T.
E.
verily
nothing
is
difficult
to
God
;
but
if
we
shall
so
abruptly
apply
this
Maxime
to
all
our
own
presumptions
,
we
may
feign
what
we
will
of
the
Almighty
,
as
if
he
had
done
it
,
because
he
can
do
it
.
T.
E.
I
have
a
false
and
treacherous
heart
,
p.
He
that
trusteth
in
his
own
heart
,
is
a
fool
:
Keep
thy
heart
with
all
diligence
Watch
and
pray
From
this
disease
we
shall
not
be
wholly
free
,
till
in
Body
and
Soul
we
become
immortal
,
regenerate
men
Spirit
be
willing
,
yet
the
flesh
is
weak
these
are
contrary
the
one
to
the
other
.
T.
E.
[
There
is
no
condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Iesus
,
If
there
be
no
condemnation
to
them
there
is
no
sin
committed
by
them
;
for
wheresoever
there
is
sin
,
there
is
also
condemnation
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
(
viz.
Christ's
Merits
Remission
of
sins
perfect
freedom
from
sin
in
this
life
,
T.
E.
ignorant
of
God's
Righteousness
,
goes
about
to
establish
his
own
,
Rom.
possibility
of
not
sinning
For
wheresoever
there
is
sin
there
is
also
condemnation
T.
E.
and
others
,
who
set
your selves
in
opposition
to
this
truly
Gospel
Doctrine
of
being
perfectly
deliver'd
and
preserved
from
sin
,
as
the
Evil
Spies
,
who
discouraged
the
heart
of
the
Children
of
that
they
should
not
go
into
the
Land
which
the
Lord
had
given
them
,
T.
E.
thou
mayst
not
consume
them
at
once
necessary
condition
that
you
tread
in
an
unbeaten
Path
,
(
viz.
Whole
Duty
of
Man
T.
E.
T.
E.
R.
Hubberthorn
you
call
his
proofs
,
though
he
do
not
so
himself
,
for
they
are
not
brought
against
that
which
was
then
lawful
,
but
against
that
which
was
then
unlawful
,
namely
,
the
wrong
use
and
abuse
of
Oaths
,
(
viz.
Hos.
that
all
acts
of
Religion
are
not
acts
of
Natural
Religion
,
as
in
the
case
of
Circumcision
,
T.
E.
That
is
Natural
Religion
,
which
Men
might
know
,
and
should
be
obliged
unto
by
the
meer
Principles
of
Reason
improved
by
consideration
and
experience
,
without
the
help
of
Revelation
.
said
,
I
will
swear
,
ver.
T.
E.
if
there
were
that
truth
in
men
that
their
bare
testimony
were
infallible
,
and
of
sufficient
credit
,
then
there
were
no
need
at
all
of
an
Oath
.
truth
,
in
judgment
and
in
righteousness
,
T.
E.
viz.
The
word
Natural
hath
divers
acceptations
,
for
there
is
Pure
Nature
,
Corrupt
Nature
,
and
the
Divine
Nature
,
[
Nature
;
Divine
Nature
[
Natural
?
T.
E.
T.
E.
enumerate
many
attributes
of
God
,
which
are
acknowledged
by
an
Oath
;
to
which
no
other
answer
need
be
given
,
than
the
Divine
Attributes
are
acknowledged
by
speaking
the
truth
without
an
Oath
,
Conf.
p.
Speaking
truth
Socrates
his
swearing
by
a
Goose
and
a
Dog
lest
they
should
thereby
own
them
to
be
Gods
.
Acts
of
Religion
One
sort
of
the
worship
of
God
.
T.
E.
God
is
more
Glorified
by
having
redeemed
a
People
from
perfidiousness
,
treachery
,
and
falshood
,
who
can
now
speak
truth
every
man
with
his
neighbour
.
&
c.
T.
E.
from
Reason
you
are
come
to
Consent
of
Nations
,
your
second
Medium
to
prove
swearing
an
Act
of
Religion
that
you
have
wholly
let
go
your
hold
of
Natural
Religion
,
I
shall
resume
the
Method
propos'd
,
and
prove
,
that
an
Oath
is
an
Act
of
Religion
,
out
of
the
Light
of
Nature
and
Consent
of
Nations
,
T.
E.
Aristotle
,
Cicero
Religion
is
the
chief
Bond
of
fidelity
in
the
Militia
[
Religion
T.
E.
Even
as
the
first
bond
of
fidelity
in
the
Militia
is
Religion
,
and
the
love
of
the
Ensigns
,
and
the
wickedness
of
running
away
,
and
then
afterwards
other
things
are
easily
required
and
commanded
to
those
who
are
bound
by
an
Oath
:
T.
E.
[
Religio
viz.
Cic.
fidei
&
Sacramento
militari
those
testimonies
do
signifie
the
universal
Consent
of
Mankind
in
this
Point
.
Do
they
so
?
What
,
three
men
(
one
Greek
,
and
two
Romans
)
to
represent
all
Nations
,
and
signifie
the
Universal
Consent
of
Mankind
!
&c.
Why
I
alledged
the
testimonies
of
Heathen
Authors
to
prove
a
Christian
duty
?
those
testimonies
do
signifie
the
universal
Consent
of
Mankind
,
[
Those
[
These
,
Alex.
ab
Alex.
Grecians
,
Athenians
,
Thebeans
T.
E.
Massagetes
,
Cappadocians
,
Persians
,
Aegyptians
,
Ethiopians
,
Armenians
,
Africans
,
Indians
,
T.
E.
Marcus
Attilius
Regulus
Elijah
,
As
the
Lord
thy
God
liveth
,
there
is
whither
my
Lord
hath
not
sent
to
seek
thee
:
and
when
they
said
,
He
is
not
there
,
he
took
an
of
the
Kingdom
and
Nation
,
that
they
found
thee
not
,
T.
E.
to
she●…
the
rashness
of
your
inconsiderate
assertion
,
he
will
give
you
some
instances
to
the
contrary
.
The
first
shall
be
of
one
of
the
Sages
of
A
good
man
should
have
that
repute
,
as
not
to
need
an
Oath
:
It
is
a
diminution
of
his
credit
to
be
put
to
swear
,
Diogenes
Laert.
Account
Honesty
surer
than
an
Oath
Obedience
is
better
than
Sacrifice
T.
E.
That
when
he
had
given
Laws
to
the
He
caused
the
Senate
and
all
the
People
to
come
into
the
Market-place
,
and
bind
themselves
by
an
OATH
to
observe
them
T.
E.
(
another
of
those
seven
Wise
men
;
)
Abstain
from
an
Oath
T.
E.
Solon
,
Thales
,
Periander
,
Cleobulus
,
Chilon
,
Bias
Tho.
Ellwood
No
Oath
ought
to
be
used
,
neither
a
just
one
,
nor
an
unjust
one
,
T.
E.
Epictetus
,
Refuse
an
Oath
,
if
possible
,
altogether
;
if
not
,
by
things
obvious
,
And
verily
by
Iove
and
the
Gods
one
Creature
were
enough
to
make
a
modest
and
grateful
man
sensible
of
a
Providence
T.
E.
Plato
is
more
positive
,
Away
with
an
Oath
altogether
T.
E.
Away
with
an
Oath
altogether
Apol.
pro
Socrate
,
Critone
,
Phaedo●…e
,
Verily
,
verily
a
Law
might
be
made
,
that
no
Iudge
should
execute
his
Office
,
unless
he
was
sworn
.
12th
Fock
of
Laws
.
Let
it
be
lawful
for
Strangers
that
cannot
agree
among
themselves
,
to
take
,
and
administer
Oaths
,
if
they
please
,
as
it
is
the
of
these
times
Menander
(
T.
E.
little
less
So
avoid
evil
swearing
,
as
not
to
swear
in
things
just
and
true
,
When
thou
swearest
falsly
,
think
not
to
conceal
it
from
the
Gods
.
apud
Stobaeum
.
T.
E.
Plutarch
tells
them
,
It
was
unlawful
for
s
Priests
to
swear
(
viz.
Flamen
Dialis
Pontifex
Max.
Flamen
Dialis
Berkhamstead
Anno
T.
E.
Fimicus
said
to
Neither
take
an
Oath
,
nor
require
one
,
[
Oath
In
the
better
and
simpler
Ages
of
the
World
Oaths
were
seldom
used
in
Iudicature
;
but
after
that
perfidy
and
lying
encreased
,
the
use
of
Oaths
encreased
,
Livy
)
Had
endued
the
Breasts
of
all
with
that
Piety
,
that
fidelity
and
an
Oath
without
the
fear
of
Laws
and
punishment
did
rule
the
whole
City
T.
E.
judge
by
these
instances
,
whether
the
more
virtuous
and
honest
sort
of
Heathens
did
esteem
an
Oath
to
be
an
Act
of
Natural
Religion
whether
they
accounted
it
of
a
Religious
nature
in
it self
.
T.
E.
Nation
in
general
,
namely
the
whose
Embassadors
treating
with
the
Great
,
thus
deliver
themselves
,
Think
not
that
the
confirm
their
Amity
by
Oaths
;
They
swear
by
keeping
their
Word
:
That
it
▪
is
the
security
of
the
Greeks
,
who
Seal
Deeds
and
call
upon
their
Gods
.
We
are
bound
by
our
very
promise
.
they
never
swore
they
confirmed
not
their
Amity
by
Oaths
by
their
King's
Throne
,
by
the
Wind
,
up
a
Sword
are
wont
to
sacrifice
to
it
as
to
Mars
is
the
God
of
this
people
,
and
instead
of
an
Image
they
worship
a
Sword
rude
people
T.
E.
Iustice
is
T.
E.
)
a
part
of
Natural
Religion
,
was
commendable
to
steal
To
Worship
the
Supreme
God
Andron
.
Rbodius
Might
he
not
have
come
off
with
less
shame
,
if
he
had
used
more
modesty
?
reputed
Religious
,
T.
E.
denies
not
;
but
this
do's
not
prove
,
that
Oaths
were
Acts
of
Natural
Religion
,
It
is
evident
,
that
the
Heathen
borrowed
many
Ceremonies
from
their
Neighbours
the
Iews
,
(
First
(
Secondly
T.
E.
a
religious
appeal
unto
God
,
the
seareher
of
all
hearts
,
as
a
Witness
of
what
w●…
assert
or
promise
,
and
the
Avenger
of
Perjury
;
T.
E.
An
Oath
is
but
the
mode
or
manner
of
speaking
truth
,
an
Oath
is
a
manner
of
asserting
any
thing
,
whether
true
or
false
.
The
manner
of
performing
this
has
been
various
;
sometimes
by
a
bare
affirmation
;
sometimes
by
an
additional
asseveration
;
sometimes
by
calling
God
verbally
to
witness
;
sometimes
by
an
Imprecation
on
the
Party
himself
;
sometimes
by
putting
the
Hand
under
the
Thigh
;
sometimes
by
lifting
it
up
to
Heaven
;
sometimes
by
laying
it
upon
the
Breast
;
sometimes
by
laying
it
upon
the
Altar
;
sometimes
by
laying
it
upon
a
Book
;
sometimes
by
Kissing
the
Book
,
&c.
Calling
God
to
Witness
Oath
is
made
up
out
of
them
,
bare
single
Affirmation
Additional
Asseveraton
putting
the
Hand
under
the
Thigh
,
lifting
it
up
to
Heaven
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
now
,
I
pray
,
What
act
of
Natural
Religion
is
that
,
which
,
the
more
truly
Christian
men
become
,
the
less
need
they
have
of
it
.
upon
mens
evil
manners
You
confess
as
much
yourself
:
Which
(
as
plainly
shews
,
that
an
Oath
is
not
an
Act
▪
of
Natural
Religion
,
That
no
acts
of
Natural
Religion
can
be
founded
upon
mens
evil
manners
.
&c.
Ellwood
Iustice
is
an
Act
of
Natural
Religion
is
not
made
for
a
righteous
man
,
If
it
were
possible
all
men
could
be
Philosophers
,
there
would
be
no
need
of
Compulsion
by
Laws
;
for
that
which
now
they
forbear
out
of
Fear
,
they
would
then
hate
out
of
Iudgment
T.
E.
(
p.
viz.
doing
Iustice
shewing
Mercy
Moral
and
eternal
Precepts
?
But
your
second
Proposition
answers
,
that
&c.
And
that
Conscience
do's
not
dread
all
sins
alike
,
multitudes
who
fear
not
a
Lye
,
yet
do
dread
the
solemnity
of
an
Oath
▪
and
the
horrour
of
Perjury
.
But
he
says
,
that
All
Oaths
are
infallible
All
men
are
Lyars
.
p.
David
indeed
in
his
great
Affliction
let
such
an
expression
drop
;
but
he
quickly
recalled
himself
,
and
confest
it
was
spoken
in
haste
:
[
Haste
]
You
catcht
up
the
word
at
a
venture
,
in
fugâ
in
haste
Let
God
be
true
,
but
every
man
a
Lyar
,
Rom.
Every
man
is
fallible
T.
E.
T.
E.
Felons
cannot
be
held
without
Fetters
,
must
True
men
therefore
wear
Shackles
?
p.
(
occasionally
suspected
T.
E.
such
a
Man
is
actually
lyars
If
Hypocrisie
and
Wickedness
be
reasons
of
demanding
an
Oath
,
does
not
he
,
that
in
conformity
thereunto
takes
an
Oath
,
acknowledge
himself
to
be
Hypocritical
and
Wicked
?
(
First
(
Secondly
will
not
make
any
more
Conscience
of
false
Swearing
,
than
of
false
speaking
.
Men
leavened
with
hypocrisie
&
swayed
malice
and
Interest
't
is
to
no
purpose
to
require
an
Oath
of
them
,
Bond
of
the
Soul
,
Num.
T.
E.
There
's
no
fence
against
them
,
who
fear
neither
God
nor
Man
.
T.
E.
He
that
doth
not
stick
at
Lying
,
will
not
fear
Swearing
,
(
First
(
Secondly
superfluous
Oaths
.
Hom.
ad
pop.
Antioch
till
they
had
left
this
evil
Custom
of
Common
Swearing
to
make
them
go
Supperless
to
Bed
.
(
Thirdly
)
T.
E.
T.
E.
The
Man
is
either
one
that
fears
God
and
is
Honest
,
and
then
his
Word
is
good
without
a
Bond
;
or
he
does
not
fear
God
and
is
a
Knave
,
and
then
his
Bond
is
of
little
value
:
T.
E.
T.
E.
T.
E.
Isidorus
Pelusiota
Obey
His
voice
,
that
forbiddeth
to
Swear
at
all
.
Scythians
,
Antipho
That
the
Son
of
God
did
not
add
any
new
Doctrine
over
and
above
what
was
in
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
.
First
,
Erasmus
Ellwood
,
viz.
by
God
in
light
or
trivial
matters
,
by
Heaven
,
by
the
Earth
,
&c.
Whosoever
dare
be
bold
to
lye
without
Swearing
,
he
dares
do
the
same
,
when
he
Sweareth
,
if
he
list
.
T.
E.
I
suppose
that
Christ
did
only
mean
,
that
the
Perfect
(
for
of
these
he
speaks
)
ought
not
at
all
to
Swear
upon
the
account
of
Those
things
,
which
make
the
Common
people
great
Swearers
:
Otherwise
in
a
Cause
of
Faith
,
or
Piety
,
even
Christ
himself
and
the
Apostles
Many
hard
questions
might
be
easily
solved
,
if
we
understand
that
Christ
did
not
simply
forbid
these
,
but
only
forb●…d
them
to
be
used
in
that
common
manner
,
people
were
wont
then
to
use
them
in
.
id
.
ibid.
T.
E.
Thirdly
,
Antipho
When
any
despises
a
Man
Swearing
,
that
never
was
convict
of
False-Swearing
,
he
seems
to
me
to
despise
the
Gods
,
and
to
have
formerly
been
guilty
of
perjury
himself
.
Fourthly
,
Sophocles
The
Mind
is
made
more
cautious
by
the
apposition
.
of
an
Oath
;
for
th●…n
a
Man
must
take
heed
of
two
things
,
lest
he
injure
his
Neighbour
,
and
offend
against
the
Gods
.
The
Oaths
of
wicked
men
are
of
little
value
T.
E.
notorious
wicked
Man
the
abolishing
of
an
Oath
would
not
derogate
;
Nay
,
the
continuing
of
Oaths
doth
derogate
from
the
Honour
of
Christianity
,
For
it
mounts
far
above
all
other
Religions
,
and
leads
them
that
sincerely
embrace
it
,
to
a
Perfection
beyond
what
ever
was
attainable
in
any
of
them
,
yet
in
them
Oaths
were
attainable
,
The
Primitive
Christians
did
so
keep
up
the
sanctity
and
credit
of
their
Profession
among
Unbelievers
,
that
it
was
security
enough
in
all
Cases
to
say
,
I
am
a
Christian.
If
any
urged
them
further
to
any
Oath
,
for
matter
,
or
manner
,
or
authority
unlawful
,
they
repeated
this
,
as
the
only
satisfaction
they
could
give
,
T.
E.
Seeing
therefore
that
the
ends
of
Iustice
and
Charity
are
so
much
served
by
the
Religious
use
of
an
Oath
;
would
not
the
abolishing
of
it
derogate
from
the
honour
of
Christianity
?
for
while
the
Apostle
saith
,
if
you
take
away
an
Oath
,
you
take
away
that
which
was
ordained
by
God
to
be
the
most
effectual
means
of
ending
it
,
and
so
make
Christ
not
so
much
the
Prince
of
Peace
,
as
Discord
,
by
making
him
the
abolisher
of
that
which
was
design'd
to
compose
it
An
Oath
for
confirmation
is
an
end
of
strife
:
sincerely
embrace
T.
E.
upright
,
just
and
true
,
so
that
they
durst
not
speak
a
falshood
,
T.
E.
[
indefinitely
for
matter
,
or
manner
,
or
Authority
was
unlawful
.
by
Gods
Name
T.
E.
How
great
a
derogation
is
this
from
the
Honour
of
Christianity
?
O
how
base
a
Confession
is
this
from
Mankind
,
of
their
publick
fraud
and
villany
,
that
our
Seals
shall
be
of
more
credit
than
our
Souls
we
can
offer
nothing
more
acceptable
to
God
than
a
just
Oath
T.
E.
[
An
Oath
for
Confirmation
is
to
them
an
end
of
all
strife
]
[
is
]
●…ined
by
God
to
be
the
most
effectual
means
of
compesing
it
,
whereas
you
should
rather
have
said
[
was
]
ordained
,
if
you
had
intended
to
deal
fairly
.
an
Oath
for
confirmation
[
Was
]
an
end
of
strife
,
do's
not
say
swear
,
but
swear
,
nor
[
to
an
End
—
but
[
to
Them
]
under
the
Law
carnal
state
T.
E.
[
For
whe●…
God
made
the
promise
to
Abraham
,
because
could
swear
by
no
Greater
,
He
sware
by
Himself
:
]
[
For
verily
swear
by
the
greater
,
and
an
Oath
for
Confirmation
is
to
an
end
Carnal
Men
Iews
,
Them
more
humano
T.
E.
[
Men
Saints
,
true
Believers
,
the
New
Testament
Church
;
but
such
as
were
under
the
old
dispensation
.
Nor
are
you
or
any
else
to
take
advantage
from
the
Apostle's
speaking
in
the
Present
tense
(
Men
from
thence
inferring
that
he
spake
this
of
the
Christian
State
:
on
other
occasions
he
expresses
himself
in
the
same
tense
,
as
in
[
Men
T.
E.
[
Men
bad
Men
Let
your
loins
be
girded
about
,
and
you
Lights
burning
;
And
ye
your selves
like
unto
that
wait
for
their
Lord
,
&
c.
?
Quit
you
like
men
T.
E.
[
be
ye
perfect
,
[
be
ye
Perfect
mer.
[
is
among
the
Iews
not
applicable
to
the
Christian
State
)
there
is
a
High
Priest
is
a
Holiest
of
all
[
Is
,
Chap.
ver
Christ
[
is
]
enter'd
into
the
Heavens
For
the
word
of
God
[
is
]
quick
,
Faith
[
is
]
the
substance
,
[
Is
T.
E.
[
Is
[
was
,
The
Law
(
in
which
Oaths
were
,
was
given
by
but
the
Grace
and
the
Truth
came
by
Iesus
Christ
,
Truth
,
Sincerity
,
Love
you
are
come
to
your
Third
Proposition
,
That
an
Oath
is
a
part
of
that
Moral
and
Eternal
Law
,
which
our
Saviour
professeth
,
he
came
not
to
destroy
,
but
to
fulfil
Oaths
not
evil
in
themselves
part
of
the
Moral
and
Eternal
Law
Oaths
are
a
piece
of
Necessary
Iustice
and
Charity
Oaths
are
evil
in
themselves
they
are
not
evil
in
themselves
.
Oaths
are
part
of
the
Ceremonial
Law
,
and
so
could
be
no
parts
of
Iustice
and
Charity
:
Therefore
they
are
parts
of
the
Moral
Law
,
bestirr
your self
not
a
little
to
prove
that
,
which
he
never
yet
heard
any
deny
,
Namely
,
that
all
Oaths
are
not
Evil
in
themselves
,
which
you
gravely
inferr
from
their
having
been
once
confessedly
Lawful
.
What
else
is
this
,
but
to
mis-spend
your
Time
,
and
bestow
many
a
doughty
blow
upon
your
own
shadow
?
T.
E.
Did
he
consider
what
he
writ
?
All
Oaths
are
not
Evil
in
themselves
the
Heathens
had
any
Revelation
to
forbid
all
Oaths
:
T.
E.
he
mis-spend
his
Time
[
Thou
shalt
not
take
the
Name
of
the
Lord
thy
God
in
Thou
shalt
not
forswear
thy self
every
Negative
supposeth
an
Affirmative
not
to
swear
falsly
may
swear
truly
upon
a
just
occasion
.
Augustine
,
No
body
can
speak
falsly
,
who
speaks
not
at
all
;
so
that
do's
not
swear
,
cannot
forswear
.
[
taking
the
Name
of
God
in
vain
]
[
thou
shalt
not
forswear
thy self
;
]
lightly
,
wantonly
[
to
take
the
Name
of
God
in
vain
]
to
forswear
tells
us
[
Some
things
are
forbidden
because
they
are
Evil
]
not
forbidden
[
some
things
are
Evil
,
because
forbidden
:
]
You
have
another
far-fetch
by
which
you
would
prove
Oaths
Moral
,
and
that
is
,
because
they
are
not
Ceremonial
.
to
prove
that
they
are
not
Ceremonial
,
They
were
used
by
the
Patriarchs
before
the
Levitical
Law
was
given
.
T.
E.
Was
nothing
then
Ceremonial
,
that
was
used
by
the
Patriarchs
before
the
Levitical
Law
given
?
Oaths
are
Ceremonial
they
are
a
part
of
his
Law
T.
E.
they
were
appointed
to
them
under
the
Law
Levitical
Ceremonies
in
this
sense
Levitical
Ceremonies
can
any
thing
be
more
naturally
inferr'd
,
than
that
I
account
whatsoever
was
used
by
the
Patriarchs
,
before
the
Levitical
Law
was
given
,
to
be
a
part
of
the
moral
and
eternal
Law
,
(
says
he
is
not
of
Moses
,
but
of
the
Fathers
,
Ioh.
in
it self
in
their
own
nature
T.
E.
the
Patriarchs
used
them
slain
Beasts
oblation
of
something
to
God
in
acknowledgment
of
His
being
Lord
of
all
the
World
,
Natural
Religion
Alms
Heb.
Christian
Sacrifices
Moral
Duties
,
Deut.
T.
E.
not
Ceremonial
because
they
were
not
Typical
all
the
Ceremonies
of
Law
were
Types
what
they
were
Types
of
Aaron's
Breeches
Martyr
,
Origen
Aaron's
Breeches
T.
E.
on
the
Tip
of
the
Priests
Ear
,
on
the
Thumb
on
the
Toe
T.
E.
This
Truth-speaking
,
this
True
Witness-bearing
,
this
pure
Language
under
the
Gospel
,
is
the
Antitype
of
an
Oath
,
Oath
is
a
Type
of
Truth-speaking
T.
E.
viz.
That
the
reason
and
usefulness
of
an
Oath
being
perpetual
,
it
must
be
an
Eternal
duty
,
and
so
not
repealed
in
the
Gospel
.
Lying
and
Hypocrisie
cannot
be
the
ground
or
reason
of
what
is
Eternally
good
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
[
de
jure
[
de
facto
:
de
jure
followed
you
to
your
fourth
Prop●…sition
,
All
Oaths
are
not
forbidden
by
Christ
.
Paul
swore
Holy
Ghost
For
the
Apostle
Augustine
)
doubtless
knew
the
Command
of
our
Lord
,
and
yet
be
swore
Holy
Ghost
T.
E.
his
Spirit
They
are
not
to
be
heard
,
who
fansie
these
are
not
Oaths
which
the
Apostle
used
[
God
is
my
Witness
(
saith
when
he
saith
God
is
a
Witness
God
is
a
Witness
to
my
innocency
,
God
is
a
Witness
of
Mens
secret
wickedness
,
to
take
God
to
Witness
to
appeal
to
God
as
the
Iudge
of
the
truth
of
what
we
say
,
and
the
avenger
of
the
untruth
,
is
swearing
.
God
is
my
Witness
that
without
ceasing
I
make
mention
of
you
always
in
my
prayers
[
by
God
[
God
is
Witness
?
[
God
is
Witness
,
[
by
God
]
Serm.
de
verb.
Apost
To
call
God
to
Witness
is
to
swear
,
comes
to
your
next
instance
To
this
He
answers
&c.
p.
[
by
Christ
;
By
Heaven
—
by
Earth
—
by
thy
Head
—
(
Per
Caelum
—
per
Terram
—
per
Caput
tuum
,
[
And
testifie
in
the
Lord
,
]
Beza
[
by
[
I
say
the
truth
by
Christ
,
&c.
]
[
I
say
the
truth
in
Christ
,
I
lye
not
]
his
God
viz.
by
the
Holy
Spirit
T.
E.
[
but
as
God
is
true
,
&c.
]
The
particle
[
as
]
is
not
in
the
Greek
,
but
put
in
by
the
Translator
,
[
As
T.
E.
[
As
the
Lord
liveth
[
As
[
as
T.
E.
[
Yea
God
is
faithful
,
]
[
As
Though
they
say
,
the
Lord
liveth
,
surely
they
swear
falsly
:
The
Lord
liveth
[
As.
[
God
is
Faithful
,
[
the
Lord
liveth
;
[
as
T.
E.
solemn
asseveration
A
solemn
Asseveration
Religious
asseveration
[
Yea
[
Nay
,
T.
E
T.
E.
[
Behold
before
God
I
lye
not
,
]
was
not
hardy
enough
to
venture
on
it
,
(
though
it
was
not
in
his
riper
years
,
when
he
had
made
a
further
progress
in
the
Christian
Religion
T.
E.
T.
E.
that
the
Apostle
did
not
swear
.
that
the
Apostle
upon
no
greater
occasion
than
recounting
to
the
the
manner
of
his
escape
out
through
a
Window
into
a
Basket
,
should
take
a
solemn
Oath
by
God
,
that
he
did
not
commend
himself
,
ver.
He
saw
some
there
who
did
not
believe
That
the
Pharisees
taught
,
that
it
was
lawful
to
swear
at
any
time
by
God's
Name
,
so
that
they
swore
nothing
but
truth
,
which
you
acknowledge
Christ
prohibited
makes
the
Lawful
Call
of
Authority
,
one
of
the
due
circumstances
which
are
necessary
in
a
Lawful
Oath
,
The
Use
and
Lawfulness
of
swearing
,
which
remains
,
is
,
when
a
Man
is
called
by
lawful
Authority
to
declare
his
Conscience
,
in
order
to
the
ending
of
any
Controversie
,
wherein
his
evidence
may
be
concerned
.
Now
then
let
us
consider
,
If
had
sworn
,
who
called
him
to
it
?
Who
required
it
of
him
?
Nay
,
what
lawful
Authority
had
the
over
him
to
require
an
Oath
of
him
?
by
the
Creatures
by
God
against
the
first
of
them
swearing
by
the
Creature
Christ
opposeth
that
prohibition
But
I
say
unto
you
swear
not
at
all
,
neither
by
Heaven
,
Against
the
later
swearing
by
the
Name
of
God
in
our
ordinary
converse
,
he
gives
this
precept
,
Let
your
Communication
be
yea
yea
,
nay
nay
,
no
other
there
is
no
other
use
of
an
Oath
,
but
in
Iudicatories
,
viz.
the
use
and
lawfulness
of
swearing
remains
(
i.
e.
)
when
I
am
called
by
lawful
Authority
to
declare
my
Conscience
in
order
to
the
ending
of
any
Controversie
,
wherein
my
evidence
may
be
concern'd
.
the
use
and
lawfulness
of
swearing
,
which
remains
,
is
when
,
expresly
to
say
hath
made
it's
Adherents
so
upright
,
just
and
true
,
that
they
dare
not
speak
a
falshood
,
though
others
dare
swear
it
?
When
I
see
I
am
not
believed
▪
without
an
Oath
,
and
that
it
is
very
inexpedient
to
him
that
believes
me
not
,
weighing
this
reason
,
and
taking
good
consideration
,
I
say
with
great
Reverence
[
Before
God
]
or
[
God
is
Witness
]
or
[
Christ
knows
it
to
be
so
in
my
Soul
.
Godly
Martyr
Now
then
let
the
Quaker
consider
,
Who
called
him
to
it
?
Who
required
it
of
him
?
&c.
But
he
says
T.
E.
writing
Epistles
the
Apostle
might
better
weigh
his
expressions
when
he
was
Writing
,
than
if
he
had
been
speaking
.
out
of
a
Court
of
Iudicature
I
charge
you
by
the
Lord
,
I
adjure
I
swear
you
Whereas
you
told
me
,
that
he
answers
When
we
Appeal
to
God
in
a
most
solemn
manner
as
Witness
of
what
we
affirm
,
and
Iudge
of
our
sincerity
(
if
St.
swore
not
[
to
appeal
to
God
is
not
an
Oath
,
because
to
appeal
to
Man
,
or
any
other
thing
is
not
to
swear
by
that
Man
or
thing
God
is
Mortal
Horse
is
mortal
But
because
you
said
here
he
takes
advantage
of
your
calling
an
Oath
a
and
seems
to
wonder
that
therefore
a
[
form
Form
of
sound
words
sound
Doctrine
Christian
Doctrine
there
is
Iustice
and
the
manner
of
doing
Iustice
,
there
is
Mercy
and
the
way
of
shewing
Mercy
,
there
is
Truth
and
the
manner
of
speaking
Truth
.
expressing
an
Oath
T.
E.
no
more
Reason
will
not
help
the
Quaker
,
and
now
he
flies
to
Authority
to
prove
that
St.
did
not
swear
,
which
he
introduces
with
this
formality
Chalcedon
.
single
suffrage
General
Council
refused
it
more
Authentick
T.
E.
T.
E.
There
are
some
speeches
which
have
the
Forms
of
Oaths
,
and
yet
are
no
Oaths
at
all
,
but
rather
Remedies
to
perswade
.
He
instances
in
and
the
Apostle
of
which
last
he
saith
,
The
Apostle
willing
to
shew
his
love
to
the
said
,
By
the
Glorying
of
you
which
I
have
in
Christ
Iesus
our
Lord
,
&c.
Authentick
a
Witness
every
one
knows
is
the
common
particle
of
swearing
among
the
Greeks
T.
E.
There
's
no
reason
why
we
should
wrangle
,
and
deny
that
the
Apostle
swore
here
,
seeing
that
elsewhere
,
Thirdly
,
T.
E.
By
the
Life
of
The
other
Witness
is
in
his
Dialogue
against
swearing
,
thus
.
also
swore
,
as
they
say
.
Who
said
so
?
O
what
a
vain
ja●…gler
was
he
that
said
it
!
quoth
he
;
[
God
is
my
Witness
,
]
and
[
God
knoweth
,
]
Those
words
are
not
an
Oath
,
but
a
certain
Asseveration
,
A
Dialogue
against
Common
frequent
swearers
against
swearing
They
say
who
said
so
he
was
a
trifler
it
was
but
a
trifle
Gregory
Nazianzen
Common
Swearing
that
God
did
ever
swear
T.
E.
that
St.
did
swear
so
plain
Paul
never
swore
as
these
Common
Swearers
do
,
a
trifle
T.
E.
last
instanc●…
of
the
Angel
swearing
,
Rev.
that
we
need
not
fear
to
imitate
any
thing
that
is
done
in
Heaven
,
this
was
not
done
in
Heaven
,
but
on
Earth
,
was
in
Heaven
[
Heaven
inhabitants
of
Heaven
[
Thy
will
be
done
in
Earth
,
as
it
is
in
Heaven
]
T.
E.
We
must
not
imitate
the
Angels
in
all
things
,
for
one
of
them
offer'd
Incense
,
which
is
abolished
by
Christ
,
as
the
concurrent
judgement
and
practice
of
all
Parties
confirms
.
concurrent
judgment
of
all
Parties
that
if
there
were
that
truth
in
men
,
that
their
bare
testimony
were
of
sufficient
credit
,
then
there
were
no
need
at
all
of
an
Oath
,
and
yet
would
you
fetch
an
instance
from
Heaven
of
swearing
?
If
there
were
not
truth
enough
among
men
,
do
you
think
there
is
not
truth
enough
in
Angels
neither
,
to
make
their
bare
testimony
of
sufficient
Credit
?
T.
E.
would
go
directily
to
the
two
Texts
in
but
for
a
passage
or
two
which
lie
in
his
way
:
The
first
that
every
Oath
implies
an
Execration
,
that
is
,
a
cursing
or
betaking
ones
self
to
the
Devil
(
as
expounds
the
word
)
which
makes
an
Oath
more
unsuitable
to
the
nature
of
the
Gospel
,
a
cursing
or
betaking
ones
Soul
to
the
Devil
but
Cursing
or
Betaking
what
we
mention
in
swearing
,
we
bind
it
over
to
God
,
namely
to
suffer
if
we
falsifie
Cornelius
à
Lapide
Miscel.
lib.
Grotius
de
Iure
Belli
Polybius
;
that
Execration
is
implied
and
understood
even
in
those
Elliptical
forms
of
swearing
used
by
God
himself
;
this
he
cannot
brook
that
you
should
thus
charge
God
with
using
an
Execration
(
that
is
,
wishing
a
curse
upon
himself
)
which
how
great
a
blasphemy
it
is
against
God
,
will
appear
,
if
we
consider
that
it
tends
to
make
the
most
high
God
acknowledge
some
other
Being
superiour
to
himself
;
for
he
who
execrates
(
or
wisheth
a
curse
upon
)
himself
,
doth
thereby
own
a
power
above
himself
,
which
is
able
to
bring
,
or
execute
that
curse
upon
him
.
[
Execration
betake
ones
Soul
to
the
Devil
Iack
Straw
T.
E.
So
I
sware
in
my
wrath
[
If
]
they
shall
enter
into
my
rest
T.
E.
marg.
)
[
If
is
a
particle
of
swearing
among
the
Hebrews
,
and
they
understand
[
let
this
or
that
happen
to
me
.
]
He
sware
in
his
wrath
that
[
if
]
any
of
them
entered
into
his
rest
If
they
enter
into
my
Rest
,
if
ever
they
have
any
thing
to
do
in
the
Land
of
then
let
that
Calf
they
made
be
thought
their
God
,
and
have
the
honour
of
bringing
them
out
of
the
Land
of
I
have
sworn
they
shall
never
enter
my
Rest
,
which
if
they
ever
do
,
let
me
be
accounted
a
lyar
,
and
for
ever
forfeit
the
honour
of
my
Veracity
.
some
other
Being
superiour
to
himself
?
If
I
be
a
lyar
,
let
me
suffer
as
a
lyar
?
I
could
wish
my self
were
accursed
from
Christ
,
for
my
Brethren
,
my
Kinsmen
according
to
the
flesh
,
T.
E.
By
this
you
may
see
what
horrid
absurdities
that
wisdom
which
descendeth
not
from
above
,
but
is
earthly
and
sensual
,
runs
(
not
the
Learned
Rabbies
but
)
the
unlearned
Quakers
into
.
lies
in
his
way
the
laying
on
of
the
hand
,
and
kissing
of
the
Book
,
were
no
essential
parts
of
an
Oath
,
but
only
decent
and
comely
Ceremonies
.
T.
E.
that
the
Magistrates
in
all
Counties
would
read
this
,
and
reflect
upon
those
many
great
Fines
,
and
sore
Imprisonments
inflicted
by
some
of
them
,
upon
many
of
the
Quakers
,
even
to
the
loss
of
life
,
for
not
complying
with
those
things
which
are
by
you
asserted
to
be
no
essential
parts
of
an
Oath
,
but
bare
Ceremonies
.
Fines
,
Imprisonments
,
or
Death
Blessed
are
they
which
are
persecuted
,
for
Righteousness
sake
.
And
though
I
give
my
Body
to
be
burned
and
have
not
Charity
,
it
profiteth
me
nothing
,
hopes
that
the
Magistrates
for
the
future
will
be
induced
to
exercise
more
moderation
and
gentleness
,
and
not
to
expose
their
honest
Neighbours
to
so
great
sufferings
for
meer
Ceremonies
,
when
the
summe
and
substance
is
effectually
answered
by
their
speaking
the
plain
and
naked
Truth
in
the
presence
of
God
.
For
where
can
he
flee
from
his
presence
?
kissing
of
the
Book
the
plain
and
naked
truth
summe
and
substance
of
an
Oath
.
the
summe
and
substance
i.
e.
T.
E.
Fines
,
Imprisonments
At
length
is
come
to
those
two
notable
Texts
,
Swear
not
at
all
;
and
above
all
things
my
Brethren
swear
not
:
These
stand
like
two
immoveable
Rocks
,
against
which
all
the
contenders
for
swearing
have
hitherto
been
sp●…t
:
These
two
Bishop
confesseth
to
be
not
able
Texts
,
which
seem
to
stand
as
the
Angel
of
the
Lord
against
seem
to
stand
T.
E.
our
Dissenters
may
be
truly
compared
to
boggling
horses
,
which
start
and
boggle
at
that
which
will
do
them
no
harm
at
all
.
—
That
our
Lord
must
not
be
supposed
to
have
forbidden
all
manner
of
Oaths
,
because
of
s
and
the
Angel's
swearing
conceives
is
sufficiently
disproved
and
enervated
already
.
T.
E.
meanly
beg
a
concession
that
an
Oath
is
morally
good
,
to
hook
it
in
,
under
the
notion
of
indifferency
,
T.
E.
You
come
down
a
pace
,
who
from
calling
it
an
act
of
Natural
Religion
,
a
part
of
the
Moral
and
Eternal
Law
,
are
come
already
to
talk
of
its
being
indifferent
.
That
our
Saviour
in
the
Sermon
on
the
Mount
,
forbad
nothing
that
is
morally
good
,
nothing
that
is
either
indifferent
or
expedient
,
Yet
herein
you
may
see
your self
at
a
loss
too
,
if
you
observe
that
our
Saviour
in
the
same
Sermon
forbad
the
use
of
a
Trumpet
in
giving
alms
.
Christ
here
Grotius
)
speaks
Metaphorically
,
and
by
this
we
are
forbidden
to
make
proclamation
when
we
bestow
our
alms
:
that
in
taking
it
for
granted
that
an
Oath
is
expedient
,
you
again
beg
the
Question
.
That
it
had
been
made
an
Instrument
of
establishing
such
happy
Leagues
and
bands
of
Amity
,
and
that
Contention
and
Strife
were
ended
by
it
?
that
Christ's
words
must
be
taken
with
a
limitation
,
as
not
forbidding
all
but
some
Oaths
only
.
T.
E.
but
anger
without
a
cause
,
vers
.
looking
on
a
Woman
to
lust
after
her
,
for
every
cause
Swear
not
at
all
neither
by
heaven
nor
by
earth
,
[
swear
not
at
all
Swear
not
at
all
by
Heaven
,
Have
I
any
power
to
say
any
thing
,
There
are
some
standing
here
,
which
shall
not
taste
of
death
,
[
swear
not
at
all
Thou
shalt
not
kill
any
man
at
all
&
c
T.
E.
But
let
your
communication
be
yea
yea
,
nay
nay
Swear
not
,
no
not
in
judgment
,
but
let
your
ordinary
discourse
be
yea
and
nay
.
[
speak
evil
of
no
man
]
Not
to
approach
to
any
that
is
near
of
kin
to
him
.
Our
Saviour
is
not
here
repealing
the
Law
of
but
the
false
Glosses
,
which
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
had
put
upon
it
:
a
fond
conceit
fond
a
conceit
fond
conceit
fond
conceit
(
i.
e.
non
ipsum
jusjurandum
legitimè
conceptum
Beza
Annot.
in
loc
T.
E.
Earthen
Pitcher
,
He
saith
,
our
Saviour
gives
many
singular
Lessons
or
Precepts
of
more
eminent
Diligence
,
Patience
,
Charity
,
Mortification
,
Self-denial
,
Sincerity
,
Conspicuity
,
Perseverance
and
Perfection
of
Obedience
required
now
under
the
Gospel
,
above
what
either
the
letter
of
the
Mosaical
Law
seemed
to
exact
,
or
by
the
Pharisaical
Interpretations
were
taught
to
the
Iews
.
Earthen
Pitcher
If
we
drink
out
of
a
pit
,
we
must
not
throw
dirt
into
it
afterwards
Christ
did
forbid
more
than
was
forbidden
by
Moses
,
even
solemn
swearing
;
therefore
the
Text
is
not
to
be
restrained
to
the
Pharisees
Glosses
;
and
so
he
doth
in
other
instances
He
came
not
to
destroy
the
Law
?
Law
be
taken
away
more
is
required
by
Christ
than
Moses
:
T.
E.
T.
E.
[
But
all
manner
of
swearing
[
But
,
[
But
I
say
unto
you
swear
not
at
all
,
]
[
Them
T.
E.
[
But
by
Creatures
in
Communication
[
But
will
render
the
words
of
our
Saviour
Christ
superfluous
and
vain
.
Iames
,
Chap.
[
But
above
all
things
my
Brethren
,
swear
not
.
]
the
Apostle
did
forbid
only
such
Oaths
as
our
Saviour
had
forbidden
,
T.
E.
Christ
forbad
Oaths
confessedly
lawful
during
the
Law
;
)
the
time
when
our
Saviour
lived
was
under
the
Law
,
in
this
state
many
things
were
indulged
to
the
Iews
,
p.
T.
E.
no
further
T.
E.
[
But
above
all
things
,
&c.
]
That
he
might
be
sure
to
leave
no
Oath
unforbidden
,
he
closes
up
his
Sentence
with
these
comprehensive
words
,
Neither
by
any
other
Oath
,
[
But
above
all
things
,
]
Why
above
all
things
Is
to
swear
,
worse
than
to
steal
,
or
to
commit
Adultery
,
these
are
evil
in
themselves
,
so
is
not
swearing
,
T.
E.
Why
then
must
we
avoid
Oaths
above
all
?
Not
that
they
are
worse
than
any
other
sin
,
but
because
we
most
easily
slip
into
them
,
having
gotten
a
Custom
of
them
†
.
[
above
all
[
Nor
by
any
other
Oath
,
]
to
the
Head
,
to
Ierusalem
,
in
all
Examples
of
a
General
Rule
,
the
Greater
instances
should
be
named
particularly
,
and
the
Lesser
comprehended
in
a
General
Phrase
lesser
Oaths
[
by
Creatures
Greater
[
by
God's
Name
hinted
at
[
any
other
Oath
;
[
Swear
not
by
lesser
Oaths
,
by
Heaven
nor
by
Earth
,
nor
by
any
other
Oath
,
not
by
God's
Name
in
Iudgment
:
]
If
Men
would
use
themselves
to
speak
Truth
,
would
not
this
be
enough
to
give
Credit
to
what
they
say
in
all
Cases
?
If
their
yea
be
yea
,
and
their
nay
nay
,
that
is
,
if
their
Promise
be
Performance
,
and
their
words
be
Truth
;
will
not
this
answer
all
ends
in
Humane
Society
?
Then
farewell
all
swearing
?
Have
I
been
so
long
in
thy
Pious
Family
?
Hast
thou
thought
M●…
worthy
to
rule
over
all
that
thou
hast
,
And
now
darest
not
trust
me
in
this
matter
,
without
an
Oath
?
Wilt
thou
make
no
distinction
between
the
virtuous
and
the
vitious
,
the
True
Man
and
the
False
,
the
sincere
and
Hypocrite
,
the
Good
and
the
Bad
?
Wilt
Thou
(
who
hast
given
us
so
many
instructions
to
fidelity
)
enjoyn
a
sincere
and
upright
Man
to
wear
the
Badge
of
Hypocrisie
,
an
Oath
?
If
a
Man
deliver
unto
his
Neighbour
an
Ass
,
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
of
the
Lord
be
between
them
both
,
that
he
hath
not
put
his
hand
unto
his
Neighbours
Goods
;
and
the
Owner
of
it
shall
accept
thereof
,
at
his
wild
rate
This
was
a
needless
injunction
20th
Chapter
All
Lying
,
Hypocrisie
is
Security
enough
that
it
is
the
Truth
T.
E.
Polycarpus
(
who
lived
in
the
time
of
the
Apostles
)
being
required
by
the
Magistrate
to
swear
by
the
fortune
of
refused
,
giving
this
only
Reason
,
I
am
a
Christian
,
and
was
therefore
burned
to
death
,
simply
to
swear
by
the
Fortune
of
by
the
Fortune
We
swear
not
by
the
Fortnne
of
the
Emperor
:
For
whether
fortune
be
only
what
happens
,
we
swear
not
by
that
which
is
not
at
all
,
as
if
it
were
God
,
lest
we
should
place
the
power
of
an
Oath
upon
such
things
which
ought
not
to
be
:
Or
whether
the
Genius
or
Daemon
of
the
Roman
Emperor
be
that
which
is
called
his
Fortune
,
even
so
we
had
rather
dye
than
swear
by
a
wicked
and
perfidious
Devil
.
But
we
also
do
take
an
Oath
,
but
not
by
the
Genii
of
the
Do
ye
not
know
,
that
are
called
Devils
?
Devils
we
are
wont
to
Adjure
,
that
we
may
drive
them
out
of
Men
;
not
to
swear
by
them
,
that
we
should
conferr
on
them
the
Honour
of
Divinity
.
[
by
the
fortune
of
that
the
Proconsul
urged
and
said
,
Swear
,
and
I
will
let
thee
go
,
blaspheme
and
defie
Christ
.
such
an
Oath
T.
E.
Basilides
.
Basilides
(
a
Roman
Souldier
)
who
led
to
execution
,
and
by
her
constant
Martyrdom
was
turned
to
Christ
)
being
required
to
swear
,
refused
it
utterly
,
for
which
he
lost
his
Head
.
He
refused
to
swear
[
More
Ethnico
]
in
the
Heathen
manner
,
by
the
Pagan
Gods
.
(
First
Clemens
Alexandrinus
Paed.
lib.
Strom.
lib.
[
Understanding
Pious
Christian
He
is
no
swearer
in
what
he
affirms
or
denies
,
but
will
add
,
[
I
speak
the
truth
:
]
He
that
useth
an
OATH
Piously
,
is
not
addicted
to
swear
,
and
is
rarely
brought
to
the
use
of
an
Oath
.
pious
Christian
against
swearing
irreverent
,
needless
customary
swearing
by
the
Heathen
Gods
.
(
Secondly
,
)
undoubted
certainty
he
himself
heard
it
related
by
who
confirmed
what
he
spoke
by
his
OATH
record
Basilides
a
Martyr
that
thing
T.
E.
that
Christ
did
manifestly
forbid
to
swear
at
All
,
(
First
That
God
the
Father
did
not
by
the
Gospel
of
Iesus
bring
in
Any
Commands
contrary
to
the
Law
of
T.
E.
at
all
on
slight
occasions
God
is
Witness
unto
,
or
upon
my
Conscience
,
T.
E.
In
the
Law
the
Lord
seemeth
to
allow
an
Oath
to
a
perfect
man
,
which
in
the
Gospel
is
altogether
forbidden
,
[
the
Lord
seemeth
to
allow
an
Oath
in
the
Law
]
Oaths
in
Converse
are
allowed
by
the
Law
(
though
not
really
so
;
)
In
the
Gospel
they
are
That
He
who
had
sworn
with
due
Circumstances
,
should
not
be
forced
to
retract
his
Oath
.
They
who
use
to
swear
they
will
do
evil
things
,
ought
to
be
cured
by
all
means
,
by
teaching
them
Not
to
swear
Lightly
Not
to
persist
in
their
evil
purposes
:
Basil
was
not
against
lawful
Oaths
.
Authentick
Witness
Gregory
Nazianzen
B.
)
against
swearing
What
if
I
use
an
Oath
unwillingly
,
but
to
free
me
from
danger
?
Let
another
allow
thee
that
What
if
we
be
drawn
by
Necessity
to
give
an
Oath
?
Why
didst
thou
not
rather
dye
?
for
surely
thou
shouldst
rather
dye
than
do
it
.
And
that
he
speaketh
here
of
All
Oaths
,
even
the
most
solemn
,
T.
E.
observe
what
he
says
a
little
before
.
But
what
wilt
thou
say
to
me
of
the
Old
Covenant
?
surely
it
doth
not
prohibit
an
Oath
,
but
requires
a
true
one
.
No
wonder
,
at
that
time
only
it
was
prescribed
in
the
Law
concerning
Murder
;
but
now
it
is
not
Lawful
,
for
any
Cause
,
so
much
as
to
smite
or
beat
,
&c.
T.
E.
Treatise
of
Oaths
that
the
Practice
of
Antiquity
is
clearly
against
you
.
Dialogue
against
swearing
A
Dialogue
against
Common
swearers
i.
e.
Then
it
was
forbidden
to
murder
,
but
now
even
to
strike
;
T.
E.
but
now
it
is
not
lawful
,
for
any
Cause
,
so
much
as
to
smite
or
beat
.
Gregory
Nazianzen
(
First
(
Secondly
Forbear
to
multiply
Oaths
,
especially
commonly
,
and
great
Oaths
,
and
on
every
occasion
:
—
Swear
not
to
all
things
,
nor
always
,
that
is
,
Playing
,
Eating
,
when
thou
art
crossed
,
or
when
thou
art
blessed
—
When
then
,
and
on
what
occasion
do
you
allow
us
to
Swear
?
When
there
is
a
necessity
Very
well
!
But
when
will
you
call
it
a
necessity
?
when
I
may
free
a
good
man
?
Or
when
I
may
deliver
my self
from
a
base
Greg.
Naz.
And
then
it
is
lawful
Authentick
Witness
T.
E.
i.
e.
Swears
by
by
his
Saviour
form
of
Swearing
i.
e.
If
T.
E.
his
Authentick
Witness
This
makes
an
Oath
more
unsuitable
to
the
Nature
of
the
Gospel
.
Dedicating
our selves
to
God
that
of
the
Apostle
Be
ye
followers
of
me
,
as
I
am
of
Christ
.
For
I
have
SWORN
(
that
I
may
speak
in
the
words
of
the
Psalmist
and
am
stedfastly
purposed
to
keep
the
Righteous
Iudgments
of
Christ
.
Then
farewell
Quakerism
Gregory
Nazianzen
Basil
,
that
they
were
but
as
one
Soul
in
two
Bodies
.
Hubberthorn
)
is
no
less
than
Antichristianism
?
Epiphanius
,
that
we
must
not
Swear
,
no
,
not
by
the
Lord
himself
,
nor
by
any
other
Oath
,
for
it
is
an
evil
thing
to
Swear
at
all
.
(
viz.
)
Salt
,
Water
,
Earth
,
Bread
,
This
Heretick
is
condemned
by
the
Law
and
the
Gospel
both
,
since
the
Lord
saith
both
in
the
Law
and
in
the
Gospel
,
Thou
shalt
have
no
other
Gods
but
Me
,
&
thou
shalt
not
swear
by
any
other
Name
,
Swear
not
neither
by
Heaven
,
nor
by
Earth
,
nor
any
other
Oath
,
but
let
your
Communication
be
yea
yea
,
nay
nay
,
for
what
is
more
than
this
is
of
the
Evil
one
:
And
I
suppose
the
Lord
spoke
of
this
before
,
(
because
there
were
like
to
be
some
who
would
say
,
we
might
Swear
by
other
names
)
first
,
that
we
might
not
Swear
neither
by
the
Lord
himself
(
that
is
in
Communication
)
nor
secondly
,
by
any
other
Oath
for
it
is
T.
E.
an
evil
thing
to
Swear
at
all
,
but
)
It
is
not
lawful
to
Swear
,
neither
in
a
just
,
nor
unjust
thing
,
T.
E.
how
exceeding
customary
the
Sin
of
Swearing
was
in
his
time
;
that
the
people
used
to
take
the
Gospel
to
Swear
by
,
&
to
put
one
another
to
Swear
at
the
Holy
Altar
that
the
like
excess
of
Swearing
was
not
to
be
found
in
any
other
City
,
as
in
that
of
Antioch
,
where
he
then
lived
:
that
it
was
the
Son
of
God
who
Swore
by
himself
to
Abraham
:
Amen
Amen
By
an
Oath
is
determined
the
dispute
of
all
matters
of
Contention
,
that
not
of
this
,
or
of
that
,
but
of
All.
Amen
Amen
Verily
Verily
He
allowed
them
by
his
own
Example
.
tell
truly
Answer
upon
Oath
I
adjure
thee
I
cause
thee
to
swear
]
by
the
Living
God
,
that
thou
tell
us
whether
thou
be
the
Christ
the
Son
of
God
.
Thou
hast
said
I
am
Our
Courts
T.
E.
his
own
T.
E.
Iustin
Martyr
,
Christians
ought
not
to
Swear
at
all
Lactantius
:
A
Good
man
will
not
swear
falsly
,
lest
he
mock
God
;
nay
he
will
not
so
much
as
swear
at
all
,
lest
at
one
time
or
other
he
fall
,
even
by
Custome
into
Perjury
.
Hierom
,
The
truth
of
the
Gospel
doth
not
admit
an
Oath
.
Iustin
Martyr
T.
E.
Concerning
not
swearing
at
all
,
and
always
speaking
truth
,
he
thus
commands
,
Swear
not
at
all
That
Christians
ought
not
to
swear
at
all
The
Christians
need
not
die
for
Christ
,
if
they
would
dissemble
,
for
we
might
(
says
he
)
do
that
which
the
Proverb
saith
,
I
swear
with
my
Tongue
,
but
my
Heart
was
not
made
to
Swear
:
viz.
—
lest
at
one
time
or
other
he
fall
,
even
by
Custom
,
into
perjury
.
flight
Oaths
Oaths
by
Creatures
God
is
my
Witness
to
my
Conscience
:
he
being
in
a
Vision
was
dragged
to
Christs
Tribunal
,
and
scourged
for
too
much
delight
in
was
I
dismissed
,
till
I
promised
upon
to
amend
T.
E.
Consider
that
our
Saviour
hath
not
here
forbidden
to
Swear
by
God
,
but
by
Heaven
,
by
Earth
,
by
Ierusalem
,
and
by
thy
Head
.
T.
E.
Our
Blessed
Lord
would
not
have
his
Disciples
to
swear
at
all
(
not
in
publick
Iudicature
)
if
the
Necessity
of
the
world
would
permit
him
to
be
obeyed
.
If
Christians
will
live
according
to
the
Religion
,
the
word
of
a
Christian
were
a
sufficient
Instrument
to
give
Testimony
,
Necessities
of
the
world
cold
,
hungry
fire
,
food
T.
E.
That
I
am
against
the
use
of
these
To
invocate
Gods
Name
directly
,
or
by
consequence
in
all
solemn
Adjurations
,
and
publick
Oaths
.
to
Refuse
All
manner
of
Swearing
T.
E.
A
Christian
ought
not
to
Swear
to
his
affirmations
,
but
to
profess
he
speaks
Truth
,
and
to
live
So
that
he
may
be
believed
—
but
there
where
Iudgment
requires
it
,
He
doth
Rightly
Swear
to
the
Truth
:
Apostolick
Constitutions
Clemens
)
It
is
said
,
Swear
not
at
all
;
but
if
you
shall
swear
,
take
heed
it
be
a
just
Oath
.
by
the
Emperours
Genius
(
though
not
by
the
Genius
of
the
Emperours
,
yet
)
by
their
Safety
by
God
which
is
more
excellent
than
all
the
Genii
in
the
World
.
Christ
forbid
to
swear
at
all
God
is
Witness
,
and
Christ
is
Witness
We
speak
this
before
God
,
for
WE
have
this
Oath
used
by
Christians
where
we
can
be
certain
of
the
truth
of
what
we
swear
.
T.
E.
Christ
swore
in
the
Gospel
,
when
he
said
Amen
Amen
,
verily
verily
]
I
say
unto
If
we
must
believe
for
the
future
the
Oaths
of
Men
,
of
whom
the
Prophet
saith
,
All
Men
are
Lyars
,
How
much
more
ought
we
to
believe
the
Oath
of
God
,
who
is
Truth
,
and
can
neither
be
deceived
nor
deceive
?
I
do
not
believe
all
Men
are
Lyars
,
whatever
He
may
be
;
and
I
would
gladly
hear
in
what
sense
he
will
own
himself
to
be
a
Lyar.
This
Man
has
been
over
hasty
and
has
catcht
up
the
word
at
a
venture
;
let
us
see
whether
he
(
who
is
so
much
for
Confession
)
will
as
fairly
confess
his
Error
,
T.
E.
p.
Dio
in
the
Life
of
Take
an
Oath
By
the
Safety
of
They
swear
by
God
,
by
Christ
,
and
by
the
Holy
Ghost
T.
E.
have
laid
T.
E.
took
Texts
,
&c.
T.
E.
if
you
and
your
Brethren
have
no
better
warrant
for
singling
out
a
Text
,
and
composing
your
Sermons
out
of
it
,
than
these
Scriptures
afford
,
your
practice
will
appear
to
be
very
weakly
grounded
,
that
the
Apostles
and
We
act
under
different
Circumstances
,
they
might
sometimes
speak
by
the
sole
Authority
of
infallible
inspiration
;
We
take
Texts
to
shew
that
we
have
no
other
doctrine
to
deliver
,
but
what
is
taken
out
of
the
written
word
of
God
,
&c.
15th
Psalm
Leviticus
,
Numbers
on
the
words
of
our
Lord
and
the
Apostle
T.
E.
Iames
,
Above
all
things
,
my
Brethren
swear
not
.
it
was
in
the
time
of
the
Law
,
and
suitable
to
that
Ministration
,
T.
E.
they
take
Texts
to
get
Money
by
,
Hubberthorn
,
Because
it
is
Railing
,
not
Arguing
.
Humane
Learning
Peter
was
unlearned
,
when
he
opened
the
Scriptures
;
T.
E.
the
Scripture
says
it
expresly
(
Thirdly
Whether
there
was
not
difference
between
the
Fisher-man
,
and
the
Disciple
there
was
,
When
He
was
a
Fisher-man
,
he
was
carnally
minded
;
but
afterwards
,
being
a
Disciple
,
he
became
spiritually
minded
,
&c.
T.
E.
my
words
I
make
Humane
Learning
necessary
[
Humane
it
says
expresly
St.
Peter
was
unlearned
,
&c.
perceived
that
were
unlearned
and
ignorant
Men
Thirdly
,
T.
E.
He
was
carnally
minded
opened
their
Understandings
(
which
was
an
immediate
and
inward
Operation
of
his
Spirit
and
Power
upon
them
)
that
they
might
understand
the
Scriptures
.
before
his
Ascension
unlearned
and
ignorant
after
an
immediate
operation
of
his
Spirit
and
Power
:
thus
it
is
written
,
and
thus
it
behoved
Christ
to
suffer
,
ver.
49th
verse
to
tarry
in
the
City
of
till
they
were
endued
with
Bower
from
on
high
[
Humane
That
you
make
Humane
Learning
all
in
all
Not
a
word
of
the
Spirit
of
God
,
The
Spirit
helpeth
us
to
understand
old
Truths
already
Revealed
in
Scripture
We
pray
for
his
Assistance
therein
?
[
Humane
,
Tongues
are
ceased
God's
Blessing
right
interpreting
of
Scripture
which
sanctifies
our
Learning
the
necessity
of
Learning
to
the
interpreting
of
Scriptures
(
i.
e.
hard
places
necessary
points
of
Religion
are
not
hard
to
be
understood
90th
page
so
much
T.
E.
Silver
Mantle
Course
Cloth
T.
E.
Learning
is
only
necessary
to
the
understanding
of
those
things
which
are
least
necessary
,
in
remembrance
Difficult
places
of
Scripture
were
least
necessary
,
they
were
unnecessary
T.
E.
Faith
of
some
that
he
passes
on
to
your
second
observation
(
on
not
finding
any
thing
further
in
your
first
that
is
remarkable
,
save
that
in
p.
you
again
acknowledge
,
that
those
passages
in
Scripture
that
are
of
the
greatest
Concern
,
are
written
in
such
a
plain
and
familiar
style
,
that
the
weakest
and
most
illiterate
,
or
unlearned
,
shall
not
be
able
to
excuse
the
neglect
of
them
,
Minute
and
less
material
passages
he
do's
not
find
any
thing
further
that
is
remarkable
,
If
St.
s
Epistles
were
hard
then
,
in
those
days
of
primitive
light
and
purity
,
and
extraordinary
inspiration
,
and
even
to
those
that
were
acquainted
with
the
Original
Languages
,
wherein
they
were
written
,
and
with
the
peculiar
Proverbs
and
proprieties
of
them
;
If
they
were
hard
then
to
those
who
well
understood
the
rites
and
customs
of
the
people
,
to
whom
they
were
particularly
written
;
and
who
might
be
easily
informed
of
the
particular
occasion
,
and
by
that
means
of
the
true
scope
of
them
:
How
much
more
difficult
must
they
needs
be
to
us
at
this
distance
,
it
is
not
their
manner
to
deride
Learning
,
or
any
way
to
undervalue
it
,
which
in
its
place
is
good
and
serviceable
,
the
Original
of
Tongues
was
in
the
days
of
that
Heretick
Controversie
of
Religion
that
Learning
T.
E.
want
of
Humane
Learning
were
the
Cause
why
the
Scriptures
are
wrested
,
How
comes
it
to
pass
,
that
they
are
wrested
by
those
that
have
Humane
Learning
?
p.
No
Heretick
Iustin
Martyr
,
Irenaeus
,
Clemens
Alexandrinus
,
Athanasius
,
Basil
,
Nazianzen
,
Chrysostome
,
Hierome
,
Ambrose
,
Augustine
,
Eusebius
,
Theodoret
,
got
by
Education
same
time
It
is
wonderful
Sabellions
)
what
a
General
oblivion
of
Arts
had
seized
on
Mens
minds
.
(
viz.
Vienna
;
Anno
the
happy
dawning
of
the
blessed
Reformation
their
Doctors
for
years
together
,
understood
neither
Greek
nor
Hebrew
Lelius
Tifernus
Anno
(
Com.
ad
In
that
Age
to
understand
Greek
was
suspected
,
and
to
have
skill
i●…
Hebrew
almost
enough
to
make
a
Man
accounted
an
Heretick
:
[
Deus
fecit
duo
Luminaria
Luther
)
was
wont
to
Call
all
that
studied
humane
Learning
,
Hereticks
,
frequently
admonishing
the
Romans
not
to
bring
up
their
Children
in
Learning
Ludovicus
Vives
George
Fox
)
The
better
Grammarian
thou
art
,
the
worse
Divine
thou
wilt
make
.
Reuchlin
,
Erasmus
T.
E.
Ignorance
the
Mother
of
Devotion
T.
E.
Cardinals
,
Iesuites
and
Popish
Priests
in
latter
times
Andreas
Vesselius
We
wonder
at
the
Hereticks
skill
in
Tongues
,
and
all
Learning
,
and
they
deride
our
Contempt
of
these
things
;
Let
us
wash
off
this
blot
,
and
joyn
to
Philosophy
the
knowledge
of
Tongues
.
Thomas
Muntzor
,
Iohn
Leyden
,
Knipperdolling
Cobler
,
Theodore
T.
E.
Learning
Unnecessary
T.
E.
for
illiterate
men
may
speak
by
interpreters
Tongues
were
given
to
the
Apostles
,
to
enable
them
so
to
express
themselves
in
every
Nations
proper
Dialect
,
that
they
might
understand
what
was
spoken
to
them
.
not
requisite
his
own
Interpretation
of
Tongues
Speaking
with
Tongues
Miracle
,
Ours
T.
E.
(
viz.
&c.
T.
E.
The
Reason
holds
good
still
Canaan
,
with
Minute
passage
You
are
to
blame
for
inferring
from
thence
a
Necessity
of
Humane
Learning
in
Ordinary
times
.
Teaching
of
the
Spirit
had
no
dependency
upon
Tongues
;
it
was
before
them
,
and
was
to
continue
after
them
Ye
know
all
things
—
and
need
not
that
any
man
teach
you
Spirit
be
not
with
Believers
in
this
immediate
Manner
,
He
is
not
with
them
at
all
.
that
Christ
hath
left
His
people
comfortless
that
the
Apostles
received
the
knowledge
of
the
Gospel
by
Tongues
.
Miracles
and
the
rest
immediate
teaching
Heavenly
Truthes
Earthly
Languages
Immediate
Teaching
T.
E.
T.
E.
Necessary
Truths
are
already
Revealed
in
Scripture
you
want
the
Assistance
of
the
Spirit
to
help
you
to
understand
them
I
made
humane
Learning
All
in
all
,
I
make
the
ordinary
assistance
of
the
Spirit
Necessary
.
—
the
Doctrines
contained
in
the
Holy
Scriptures
cannot
be
comprehended
or
understood
by
the
Wit
and
Wisdom
of
man
(
in
his
highest
Natural
attainments
)
but
only
and
alone
by
the
Openings
and
Discoveries
of
that
holy
Spirit
,
by
which
they
were
at
first
Revealed
.
it
's
not
Revealed
but
Vailed
The
Revelation
of
Iesus
As
for
▪
New
Revelations
a
phrase
of
your
own
,
not
used
by
them
.
T.
E.
New
Revelations
New
Impostures
T.
E.
from
the
same
fountain
,
from
whenee
the
Scriptures
do
flow
,
What
need
have
such
of
Scripture-teaching
without
them
,
when
they
have
received
the
same
Spirit
within
them
?
That
it
had
been
better
for
him
,
had
he
never
read
the
Bible
.
Scriptures
were
a
Perfect
Rule
Scriptures
to
be
profitable
,
but
hopes
the
Priest
will
not
say
,
Every
thing
that
is
profitable
,
is
a
perfect
and
sufficient
rule
.
to
deny
that
the
Scripture
is
a
perfect
Rule
a
Leaden
Rule
,
a
dead
Iudge
,
merum
putamen
sine
nuel●…o
,
a
meer
Nut-shell
without
a
Kernel
.
they
are
able
to
make
us
wise
unto
Salvation
through
Faith
?
for
Doctrine
,
for
Reproof
,
for
Correction
,
for
Instruction
,
that
the
man
of
God
may
be
perfect
,
thorowly
furnished
unto
all
good
Works
.
the
Law
of
the
Lord
Perfect
,
T.
E.
[
Christianity
No
Enthusiasm
immediate
Teaching
Tindall
,
Iewel
,
Bradford
,
Philpot
immediate
Inspiration
Humane
Learning
observed
His
decorum
[
Learned
Martyr
T.
E.
I
confess
that
Faith
comes
by
hearing
,
and
hearing
by
the
word
of
God
,
and
I
acknowledge
that
God
appointeth
an
Ordinary
means
for
men
to
came
unto
knowledge
now
,
and
not
miraculously
,
as
He
hath
done
in
times
past
;
yet
we
that
be
taught
by
Men
,
must
take
heed
that
we
learn
nothing
,
but
that
which
was
taught
in
the
Primitive
Church
by
Revelation
.
(
viz.
T.
E.
[
Bishop
Iewel
[
Bishop
Gauden
[
Bishop
Taylor
;
Iohn
Iewel
a
zealous
defender
of
the
Protestant
Religion
.
Bishop
Iewel
(
viz.
)
that
a
man
may
be
a
Bishop
,
and
yet
a
zealous
defender
of
the
Protestant
Religion
.
that
Gods
people
cannot
be
without
the
assistance
of
His
Holy
Spirit
,
The
Faith
which
They
have
received
,
is
the
same
with
that
of
the
Primitive
Christians
.
He
was
a
famous
Learned
man
,
and
Moderator
in
the
School
of
Alexandria
of
Old
disputation
and
exercise
in
Holy
Scripture
did
flourish
among
them
,
being
instituted
by
such
men
as
excelled
in
Eloquence
.
Origen
perswaded
to
the
Study
of
Liberal
Sciences
,
affirming
them
advantagious
to
the
knowledge
of
Holy
Scriptures
,
being
of
an
opinion
,
that
the
exercise
of
Philosophical
Discipline
was
very
necessary
and
profitable
.
All
Schools
for
by
this
means
if
we
suffer
them
,
We
are
beaten
with
our
own
Weapons
as
a
very
great
grievance
highly
valued
it
the
Israelites
spoiling
of
,
the
to
adorn
the
Tabernacle
Saint
Cyprian
,
Lactantius
,
Victorinus
,
Optatus
and
Hilarius
were
rarely
furnished
with
these
spoils
he
Learned
the
Hebrew
Tongue
(
long
after
he
was
a
man
;
)
the
Mother
of
(
who
was
designed
for
the
Ministry
)
that
she
brought
him
up
in
All
kind
of
Learning
that
they
be
long
in
Learning
what
they
are
to
teach
unto
others
this
kind
of
Inspiration
T.
E.
that
he
is
got
to
the
Priests
Dalilah
,
the
very
darling
and
minion
of
the
Clergy
,
Edward
Burroughs
in
his
plea
to
the
King
and
Council
,
a
denying
of
Christ
to
uphold
any
part
of
the
first
Priesthood
,
that
gave
and
received
Tithes
,
&c.
that
if
by
the
first
Priesthood
be
meant
that
of
than
had
he
presented
to
the
King
and
Council
a
Notorious
falsity
in
affirming
it
to
be
the
first
,
there
being
a
Priest
before
him
,
to
whom
himself
paid
his
Tithes
Or
if
by
the
first
Priesthood
he
meant
that
of
the
falsity
was
no
less
Notorious
in
saying
,
that
Priesthood
is
ended
,
which
Christ
exerciseth
for
ever
,
was
a
great
scruple
to
me
,
T.
E.
Isaac
Pennington
)
Edward
Burroughs
E.
B.
T.
E.
T.
E.
whether
Tithes
were
due
to
that
which
should
make
them
due
must
be
a
command
Abraham
built
an
Altar
to
the
Lord
His
God
who
appeared
to
him
:
T.
E.
T.
E.
First
,
Because
says
expresly
,
that
he
gave
him
Tithes
:
And
that
the
Apostle
useth
the
same
Phrase
:
Now
to
give
imports
one
thing
;
to
pay
another
,
My
son
Ioshua
)
[
Give
]
glory
to
God
,
[
Glory
(
Secondly
He
Tithed
T.
E.
Had
Tithes
been
due
to
then
must
have
paid
Tithes
of
all
his
substance
,
p.
We
do
not
read
that
He
gave
him
Tithes
of
his
own
Estate
;
but
that
which
he
gave
him
the
Tenth
of
was
the
Spoils
,
It
not
being
material
out
of
what
he
paid
His
Tithes
,
but
whatever
they
were
,
paid
them
as
a
Tithe
,
and
them
as
a
Priest
.
Father
of
the
Faithful
the
Priest
of
the
most
High
God
,
But
(
Thirdly
T.
E.
the
occasion
seems
altogether
accidental
(
First
)
He
received
Tithes
of
(
Secondly
and
without
all
contradiction
the
less
is
blessed
of
the
better
,
v.
(
Thirdly
For
thou
art
a
Priest
for
ever
after
the
order
of
For
Tithes
were
none
of
his
due
,
neither
did
pay
them
duly
,
Nor
was
there
in
those
days
any
publick
worship
,
wherein
He
could
perform
any
outward
Priestly
Office
It
's
true
gave
him
Tithes
,
but
he
did
not
pay
him
Tithes
:
And
when
all
is
done
,
it
was
but
an
accidental
business
,
Priesthood
above
gave
him
Tithes
?
that
's
false
even
from
Christian
Principles
:
Did
not
Iesus
himself
say
,
that
it
was
more
blessed
to
give
than
to
receive
?
was
the
giver
was
but
the
receiver
;
wherefore
the
Priesthood
in
loins
was
the
greater
Priesthood
,
the
more
blessed
Priesthood
.
are
made
Priest
after
the
Law
of
a
carnal
Commandment
,
is
just
,
rea
sonable
,
and
establisht
by
a
Divine
Authority
grants
it
p
The
Apostles
intent
is
not
to
set
out
what
the
Maintenance
is
,
as
who
they
are
,
from
whom
it
is
to
be
received
,
Namely
,
such
as
receive
their
Ministry
.
(
First
the
Ox
treading
out
the
Corn
,
(
Secondly
T.
E.
freely
have
ye
received
,
freely
give
?
(
Thirdly
T.
E.
fed
,
taught
,
and
planted
(
Fourthly
though
Christ
deny
them
,
yet
if
Man
will
grant
them
,
it
will
serve
your
turn
as
well
,
p.
deny
them
T.
E.
T.
E.
The
Priests
bear
Rule
by
their
Means
prophesied
●…falsly
their
[
Means
[
Means
T.
E.
Minute
passages
T.
E.
Isaac
Pennington
is
expresly
set
down
by
Christ
,
eat
such
things
as
are
set
before
you
;
eat
and
drink
such
things
as
they
give
,
expresly
set
before
us
,
expresly
given
us
.
that
if
they
were
not
due
by
a
Divine
appointment
,
yet
are
they
now
due
by
a
voluntary
dedication
of
them
.
that
though
Christ
deny
them
,
and
Men
give
them
,
it
will
serve
your
turn
.
Though
Christ
deny
that
Money
,
yet
if
give
it
,
it
will
serve
your
turn
?
T.
E.
the
dedication
of
Tithes
appeared
O!
you
need
not
scruple
the
point
,
Interjection
[
O
ground
your
claim
upon
the
famous
Charter
of
King
The
Right
Of
Tithes
,
&c.
T.
E.
yet
nevertheless
His
heart
was
perfect
with
the
Lord
all
his
days
Henricus
Dei
gratia
Rex
Angliae
the
good
of
his
Soul
,
and
for
the
Souls
of
His
Ancestors
and
successors
.
T.
E.
that
there
was
a
particular
reason
why
the
Censers
were
to
be
kept
.
Yet
tho
they
were
thus
taken
up
,
they
were
not
permitted
to
be
used
,
or
imployed
in
that
service
,
to
and
for
which
they
were
dedicated
,
but
being
wrought
out
into
broad
Plates
,
the
property
of
them
was
altered
,
before
they
were
allowed
to
be
used
.
that
He
treads
light
,
as
if
he
meant
to
shew
us
a
pair
of
heels
.
to
be
a
memorial
to
the
Children
of
Israel
,
that
no
stranger
which
is
not
of
the
Seed
of
Abraham
,
come
near
to
offer
Incense
before
the
Lord
,
&c.
for
they
offered
them
before
the
Lord
,
therefore
they
are
hallowed
.
by
being
wrought
out
into
broad
Plates
Tithes
,
and
other
such
like
Oblations
are
alienable
,
and
in
this
Nation
have
been
legally
alienated
to
common
uses
de
jure
de
facto
Thou
that
abhorrest
Idols
,
dost
thou
commit
Saledge
?
T.
E.
T.
E.
Cranmer
,
Ridley
,
Hooper
,
Bradford
Taylor
.
These
were
Godly
men
and
worthy
Martyrs
they
had
not
so
clear
a
sight
into
all
the
abominations
and
superstitions
of
because
they
lived
but
in
the
day-break
of
the
Reformation
;
and
that
there
were
divers
things
which
they
took
no
notice
of
,
that
are
plainly
condemned
,
worthy
Martyr
enter
into
a
Crown
of
life
,
divers
things
plainly
condemned
Martin
Luther
many
things
are
,
which
were
allowed
by
them
,
and
since
plainly
condemned
by
others
.
[
others
Wicklif
,
Swinderby
,
Brute
and
Thorp
,
oppose
the
Martyrs
one
to
another
.
jus
divinum
were
wont
to
be
claimed
as
of
Divine
right
;
but
that
I
am
not
hardy
enough
to
venture
my
cause
upon
that
Title
quietly
departed
this
Life
at
T.
E.
the
blessed
Martyrs
Seald
their
Testimony
with
their
blood
.
that
Tithes
purely
be
alms
,
&
in
case
that
Curates
be
evil
men
,
the
same
may
be
lawfully
confer'd
to
other
men
.
whether
He
dyed
in
Prison
,
or
whether
He
escaped
their
hands
,
or
was
burned
,
there
is
no
certain
relation
made
.
jus
Divinum
by
the
traditions
of
men
Christian
people
are
bound
to
pay
what
end
he
had
I
find
it
not
registred
:
His
end
was
uncertain
I
oppose
the
Martyrs
one
against
another
,
Edwin
Sandys
Thomas
Herberts
the
Christians
have
a
Patriarch
of
their
own
,
whom
they
Reverence
,
and
other
of
the
Clergy
to
whom
they
duly
pay
Tithes
,
their
Feasts
and
Fasts
like
ours
,
They
use
the
Cross
in
Baptism
,
and
the
other
Sacrament
in
both
kinds
.
But
to
go
on
T.
E.
)
from
Divine
right
,
youbetake
your self
to
your
last
&
surest
refuge
,
making
Tithes
but
a
temporal
right
,
that
he
claims
his
Estate
in
a
natural
and
civil
capacity
,
without
relation
to
a
Ministerial
Function
,
T.
E.
If
the
Quakers
can
prove
from
the
Laws
of
God
or
right
reason
,
that
it
is
not
lawful
for
every
one
to
do
what
he
will
with
his
own
,
and
consequently
that
he
may
not
settle
Tithes
Lands
,
or
Moneys
upon
the
Clergy
;
then
they
do
something
to
the
purpose
,
Well
then
that
I
may
do
something
to
the
purpose
,
I
will
prove
both
from
the
Laws
of
God
and
right
reason
,
that
it
s
not
Lawful
for
every
one
to
do
what
he
will
with
his
own
:
He
may
not
imploy
it
to
an
evil
use
,
Hemay
not
make
an
Idol
of
them
,
it
s
not
lawful
to
lay
out
his
Money
in
Beads
,
Crosses
,
Crucifixes
,
so
He
goes
on
Ananias
,
Whilst
it
remained
was
it
not
thine
own
?
and
after
it
was
sold
,
was
it
not
in
thine
own
power
?
Is
it
not
lawful
for
me
to
do
what
I
will
with
mine
own
?
Is
thine
Eye
evil
because
I
am
good
?
will
prove
from
the
Laws
of
God
and
right
reason
,
that
it
is
not
Lawful
for
every
Man
to
do
what
he
will
with
his
own
,
that
if
had
an
ample
power
of
disposing
what
he
pleased
,
or
that
the
People
had
by
consent
joyned
with
him
in
the
Donation
,
every
Man
according
to
the
interest
that
he
had
;
yet
neither
could
He
,
nor
they
grant
more
than
belonged
to
themselves
,
To
make
a
grant
of
the
tenth
part
for
ever
is
utterly
repugnant
to
reason
He
has
a
way
to
evade
this
too
:
For
he
saith
,
that
l.
per
an
l.
per
an
l.
per
an
not
the
natural
product
of
the
Land
,
not
what
the
Earth
of
her
own
accord
brings
forth
:
be
procur'd
by
the
labour
,
toil
,
care
,
and
charge
of
the
diligent
and
industrious
Husbandman
,
T.
E.
)
if
s
consideration
be
taken
away
why
should
the
charge
continue
T.
E.
T.
E.
These
be
thy
Gods
which
brought
thee
out
of
the
Land
of
(
saith
so
great
a
compensation
You
said
that
From
these
words
he
concludes
Infallible
inspiration
extraordinary
gifts
which
the
Apostles
had
,
and
that
they
are
now
ceased
:
and
that
we
take
Texts
to
shew
,
that
we
have
no
other
Doctrine
to
deliver
,
but
what
is
taken
out
of
the
written
word
of
God
,
our
only
work
is
to
explain
and
apply
the
same
:
to
pay
is
one
thing
,
to
give
another
.
T.
E.
so
great
a
compensation
Tithes
a
Freehold
those
Laws
,
to
produce
those
Statutes
,
that
have
Tithes
a
Freehold
to
the
Clergy
,
p.
T.
E.
that
Tithes
should
be
due
to
God
and
Holy
Church
;
now
the
reason
of
the
Law
being
taken
away
,
the
Law
it self
must
cease
,
Tithes
are
due
to
God
and
Holy
Church
,
nothing
less
will
serve
your
turn
,
where
it
s
vested
:
in
whom
doth
it
lie
?
is
it
in
the
Person
of
the
Priest
?
no
such
matter
:
For
a
Man
may
be
a
Priest
in
Orders
,
and
yet
have
no
power
to
demand
Tithes
,
So
that
the
property
(
if
there
were
any
)
would
lie
in
the
Office
,
And
what
is
the
Office
It
was
to
be
sure
a
Popish
Office
,
when
Tithes
were
first
paid
to
it
in
this
Nation
,
the
Priest
hath
nothing
to
do
with
Tithes
,
until
by
Presentation
,
Institution
,
and
Induction
he
is
invested
with
Office
.
to
manifest
the
emptiness
of
your
plea
,
you
have
no
property
,
until
the
Owner
,
by
setting
it
out
for
you
,
hath
made
you
one
.
l.
per
an
(
viz.
labour
,
toil
,
sweat
,
care
,
charge
,
diligence
,
lay
claim
to
his
understanding
all
the
Tithes
into
the
store-house
,
that
there
may
be
meat
in
my
house
,
and
prove
me
now
herewith
,
if
I
will
not
open
the
windows
of
Heaven
,
and
pour
ye
out
a
blessing
,
that
there
shall
not
be
room
enough
to
receive
it
.
Gods
blessing
maketh
rich
T.
E.
)
they
purchased
all
that
was
not
excepted
out
of
the
purchase
.
5s
.
per
an
2d
.
per
an
tanti
volet
,
quanti
vendidi
potest
,
T.
E.
that
it
is
questionable
,
whether
a
Tenant
pays
less
Rent
in
consideration
of
Tithes
.
T.
E.
undertake
to
demonstrate
,
that
the
abatement
,
which
he
is
supposed
to
have
in
his
Rent
,
is
not
proportionable
or
answerable
to
the
value
of
the
Tithes
he
pays
.
a
Landlord
lets
a
Farm
for
a
year
,
which
if
it
were
Tithe-free
would
yield
an
The
Tenant
to
pay
his
Rent
,
defray
all
Charges
,
must
raise
three
times
as
much
as
his
Rent
comes
to
,
which
will
make
the
tenth
part
of
which
is
So
that
if
the
Tenant
should
have
abated
in
his
Rent
because
of
Tithes
,
than
do's
he
pay
more
than
is
allowed
in
his
Rent
,
per
an
T.
E.
that
very
little
,
if
any
thing
at
all
,
is
recoverable
for
Tithe
,
p.
30l
.
per
an
labour
,
toil
,
charge
that
it
was
a
mistake
that
this
Farmer
paid
more
than
his
Neighbours
:
true
it
was
,
that
he
paid
more
Rent
,
but
then
he
had
a
recompence
for
it
,
being
discharged
from
Tithes
,
which
priviledge
the
other
Neighbours
had
not
,
who
accordingly
had
an
abatement
in
their
Rents
.
90l
.
per
an
90l
.
per
an
It
s
true
Landlord
,
I
should
have
paid
thee
but
that
thou
deducts
me
ten
pounds
upon
the
Consideration
of
Tithes
:
truly
Tithes
I
dare
not
pay
,
but
for
the
ten
pounds
I
have
brought
it
to
thy self
,
T.
E.
T.
E.
that
there
is
a
great
deal
of
difference
between
a
Landlord
and
a
Priest
in
their
dealing
:
The
Landlord
doth
not
take
,
or
desire
the
whole
encrease
and
profit
that
is
made
upon
his
Farm
.
T.
E.
the
Landlords
take
no
more
for
the
Rent
of
his
Land
,
than
it
is
supposed
the
Tenant
may
make
double
so
much
to
himself
.
But
when
the
Merciless
Priest
comes
like
the
He
falls
on
and
sweeps
all
away
together
Neighbours
though
I
claim
the
tenth
part
,
yet
seeing
you
have
been
at
the
pains
and
charge
to
get
it
for
me
,
I
'l
deal
no
worse
with
you
,
than
I
do
with
my
other
Tenants
,
take
one
part
,
and
leave
you
two
:
so
divide
the
Tithes
into
three
parts
,
I
'l
be
content
with
one
of
them
,
and
do
you
keep
the
other
two
for
the
pains
and
charge
you
have
been
at
in
procuring
it
.
T.
E.
First-fruits
and
Tenths
one
of
the
fairest
Flowers
belonging
to
the
Crown
.
Herein
you
are
like
the
Crow
,
which
is
said
to
think
her
own
Bird
white
,
though
others
see
it
to
be
black
.
And
that
no
Flower
can
be
fair
in
an
English
Crown
,
which
was
taken
out
of
a
Popes
Mitre
,
because
Treason
supposes
a
relation
between
a
Sovereign
and
a
Subject
:
And
a
Clergyman
being
Subject
to
the
Pope
only
,
therefore
could
he
not
be
guilty
of
Treason
against
a
Temporal
Prince
.
fairest
Flower
belonging
to
His
Crown
.
say
the
Iudges
sells
Iustice
,
because
they
have
an
honourable
allowance
from
the
Exchequer
:
you
pretend
to
be
Ministers
of
Christ
,
whereas
they
pretend
no
higher
,
than
to
be
Ministers
of
State
,
He
is
the
Minister
of
God
to
thee
for
good
,
and
beareth
not
the
Sword
in
vain
.
T.
E.
In
civil
Cases
it
is
no
injustice
for
a
Man
to
recover
his
due
by
Law
,
that
I
accused
the
Quakers
falsly
in
saying
that
they
neglect
to
crave
a
blessing
upon
their
Meat
,
which
is
now
frequently
practis'd
among
them
.
we
crave
a
Blessing
when
we
go
to
meat
?
that
's
stinting
the
Spirit
to
a
Meal
,
to
a
Breakfast
,
a
Dinner
,
or
a
Supper
.
T.
E.
Thou
knowest
that
among
Huntsmen
it
was
never
thought
amiss
to
kill
a
Fox
or
Badger
,
by
any
means
;
such
being
allowed
no
fair
play
,
He
had
given
a
particular
Answer
to
the
most
material
passages
in
yours
:
will
enable
him
,
or
some
of
his
Servants
to
vindicate
his
truth
,
T.
E.
Virulent
Expressions
your
Academical
Education
hath
bestowed
upon
you
.
Academical
Education
the
Spirit
of
Quakerism
and
the
Delusions
of
it
.
a
Fanatical
Iesuit
the
whim
in
the
pate
Yes
:
For
to
vindicate
Scripture
from
the
idle
fancies
of
some
:
You
supposed
you
askt
(
said
you
You
said
Ieremiah
,
The
Priests
hear
rule
by
their
means
,
T.
E.
malevolent
,
crusty
,
waspish
,
and
virulent
Dumb
dogs
,
Hirelings
,
Serpents
,
Baals
Priests
,
Ed.
Burroughs
Reprobate
,
Child
of
darkness
,
a
Stranger
to
the
Life
,
in
the
Sorcery
and
Witchcraft
,
Dragon
,
Diviner
,
The
Author
of
that
book
,
partly
through
Ignorance
,
but
principally
through
Envy
:
Ay
but
might
the
Parishioner
have
said
,
He
told
me
that
I
must
not
be
covetous
,
yet
of
all
my
acquaintance
I
know
none
more
Covetous
than
He
:
He
told
me
I
must
not
be
drunk
,
yet
have
I
seen
him
so
often
:
He
told
me
I
must
live
chastly
,
yet
He
himself
was
incontinent
,
The
whole
Book
shews
him
big
with
envie
,
was
as
hold
,
and
no
less
blind
than
himself
,
His
envie
and
evil
nature
My
greedy
Adversary
This
Priest
like
a
saucy
and
unthankful
Son
,
And
when
the
merciless
Priest
comes
,
This
Mans
malevolent
Tongue
For
wherein
thou
judgest
another
,
thou
condemnest
thy self
,
for
thou
that
judgest
dost
the
same
things
.
did
express
themselves
by
Sen.
Ep.
a
Curse
i.
e.
against
solemn
Oaths
taken
with
due
circumstances
,
from
about
the
year
of
Christ
till
about
the
year
'T
is
certain
,
that
the
best
Quaker
of
them
all
,
had
he
n●…t
read
,
studied
,
conversed
,
would
have
been
as
ignorant
as
—