The loyal non-conformist, or, An account what he dare swear, and what not. Wild, Robert, 1609-1679. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06584 of text R21445 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2142). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B06584 12055929 Wing W2142 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[151] ESTC R21445 99884351 ocm99884351 182820 2264208669

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06584) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182820) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[152]) The loyal non-conformist, or, An account what he dare swear, and what not. Wild, Robert, 1609-1679. 1 sheet ([1] p.). [s.n.], London, : Printed anno Domini, MDCLXX. [1670] Attributed to Robert Wild. Verse: "I fear an oath, before I swear, to take it ..." Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Loyalty oaths -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The loyal non-conformist, or, An account what he dare swear, and what not. Wild, Robert, 1670 1 813 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Loyal Non-Conformist , OR ; An Account what hedareswear , and what not . I Fear an Oath , before I swear , to take it ; And well I may , for 't is the Oath of God : I fear Oath , when I have sworn , to break it ; And well I may , for Vengeance hath a Rod. And yet I may swear , and must too ; 't is due Both to my Heav'nly and my Earthly King : If I assent , it must be full and true ; And if I promise I must do the thing . I am no Quaker , not at all to swear : Nor Papist , to swear East , and mean the West : But am a Protestant , and shall declare What I cannot , and what I can protest . I never will endeavour Alteration Of Monarchy , or of that Royal Name : Which God hath chosen to command this Nation ; But will maintain his Person , Crown and Fame , What He commands , if Conscience say not nay , ( For Conscience is a greater King than He ) For Conscience sake , not Fear , I will obey ; And if not active , passive I will be . I'II pray , That all his Subjects may agree , And never more be crumbled into Parts : I will endeavour that His Majesty May not be King of Clubs , but King of Hearts . The Royal Oak I swear I will defend ; But for the Ivy which doth hug it so , I swear that is a Thief , and not a Friend ; And about Steeples fitter for to grow . The Civil Government I will obey , But for Church Policie I swear I doubt it : And if my Bible want th' Apocrypha , I swear my Book may be compleat without it . I dare not swear Church-Government is Right As it should be : but this I dare to swear , If they should put me to 't , the Bishops might Do better and be better than they are . Nor will I swear for all that they are worth ; That Bishopricks will stand , and Doomsday see . And yet I 'll swear the Gospel holdeth forth ; Christ with his Mysteries till then will be . That Peter was a Prelate , they aver ; But I 'll not swear 't when all is said and done : But I dare swear , and hope I shall not err , He preach'd a hundred Sermons to their one . Peter a Fisher was , and he caught men ; And they have Nets , and in them catch men too : Yet I 'll not swear they are alike ; for them He caught he sav'd ; these catch , and them undo . I dare not swear that Courts Ecclesiastick Do in their Laws make just and gentle Votes : But I 'll be sworn that Burton , Pryn and Bastwick , Were once Ear-witnesses of harsher Notes . Archdeacons , Deans and Chapters are brave men By Canon , not by Scripture ; but to this , If I be call'd I 'll swear and swear agen , That no such Chapter in my Bible is . I 'll not condemn those Prechyterians who Refused Bishopricks and might have had ' cm : But Mistress Calamy , I 'll swear , does do As well as if she were a Spiritual Madam . For Holy Vestments I 'll not take an Oath , Which Linnen most Canonical may be : Some are for Lawn , some Holland , some Scotch-cloath , And Hemp for some is fitter than all three . Paul had a Cloak , and Books , and Parchments too ; But that he wore a Surplise I 'll not swear : Nor that his Parchments did his Orders show , Or in his books there was a Common-Prayer . I own Assistance to the King by Oath ; And if he please to put the Bishops down , ( As who knows what may be ) I should be loath To see Tom Beckets Mitre push the Crown . And yet Church-Government I do allow , And am contented Bishops be the men : And that I speak in earnest , here I vow Where we have One I wish we might have Ten. In fine , the Civil Power I 'll obey ; And seek the Peace and Wellfare of the Nation : If this won't do , I know not what to say ; But farewell London , farewell Corporation ;

LONDON , Printed Anno Domini , MDC LXX .