A
CONTINUATION
Of
a
Former
Just
Appeal
,
From
Lower
COURTS
on
EARTH
,
To
the
Highest
COURT
in
HEAVEN
,
IN
THE
Case
of
F.
B.
About
his
not
Taking
,
The
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
Under
his
Circumstances
.
I
Have
been
four
times
already
at
the
Bar
in
open
Sessions
at
Old
Baily
,
concerning
this
Case
;
an
Account
whereof
has
been
given
,
as
to
the
Matter
of
Fact
,
so
far
as
I
was
suffered
to
speak
in
my
own
Defence
,
wherein
somewhat
also
has
been
further
presented
to
the
Reader
,
as
to
the
Matter
of
Right
.
The
Ingenuous
Peruser
of
these
Lines
is
desired
to
allow
me
a
Just
Liberty
of
free
using
of
this
Additional
Apologizing
for
my self
,
whereby
to
prevent
his
contracting
of
Guilt
,
if
he
should
rashly
Prejudge
me
or
unjustly
Condemn
me
,
before
he
hear
me
,
or
duly
weigh
what
I
have
to
say
.
Having
had
a
Promise
from
him
who
was
the
Mouth
of
those
at
the
Bench
,
at
the
General
Quarter-Sessions
,
that
we
should
have
a
fair
or
full
Hearing
of
our
Cause
at
the
next
Sessions
,
My self
,
with
others
,
who
were
Fellow-Prisoners
about
this
Oath
,
we
were
Summoned
to
appear
at
Sessions-Court
in
Old
Baily
,
vulgarly
on
the
17th
day
of
the
11th
Month
,
in
the
Year
1681
/
4.
Where
,
being
called
to
the
outer
Bar
,
I
then
heard
little
,
and
understood
less
,
of
what
was
spoken
or
done
,
only
our
Names
being
called
,
I
observed
some
Jury-men
sworn
;
whereupon
we
were
bid
to
withdraw
:
After
a
while
being
brought
to
the
outer
Bar
again
,
an
Indictment
was
read
against
us
,
which
one
of
the
Judges
discanted
upon
,
and
asked
,
Whether
we
would
yet
take
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
?
I
craved
leave
to
speak
,
though
it
was
with
some
difficulty
before
I
could
obtain
any
liberty
;
I
declared
,
that
I
was
promised
by
those
at
the
Bench
,
at
the
former
Sessions
,
that
I
should
have
a
fair
or
full
hearing
of
my
Cause
.
I
excepted
against
the
Indictment
,
as
no
True
Record
,
which
did
make
mention
of
my
Answering
downright
and
expresly
,
Not-Guilty
,
to
their
Question
,
of
Guilty
,
or
Not-Guilty
?
in
that
very
form
of
words
as
they
required
;
Whereas
,
I
mentioned
,
that
my
Answer
to
that
Question
was
,
and
I
was
still
of
the
same
Judgment
,
That
their
Question
was
a
Fallacy
of
many
Questions
,
which
did
Call
for
more
than
one
short
Answer
,
(
Of
this
more
afterwards
in
this
Paper
)
besides
the
several
Untruths
contained
in
the
Indictment
,
as
Obstinate
Refusing
,
and
that
with
Evil
Designs
,
and
for
Bad
Ends
,
and
such
like
,
or
in
words
to
that
effect
.
I
pleaded
,
That
the
Statute
of
the
3
Jac
.
4
,
was
not
to
be
extended
unto
me
,
it
being
Enacted
against
Popish
Recusants
,
of
which
Number
I
was
not
;
The
Title
,
the
Preamble
reciting
the
Occasion
of
that
Act
,
to
be
the
Powder
Plot
;
about
Eight
Sections
or
more
,
expresly
pointing
out
them
,
and
them
only
.
I
could
not
swear
,
that
the
Oath
was
Lawfully
ministred
to
me
,
because
there
was
no
Presentment
,
Indictment
,
Conviction
,
or
a
more
private
Tendring
of
this
Oath
,
before
it
was
Required
of
me
in
open
Sessions
.
That
Interpretation
of
the
Judges
,
That
whoever
took
this
Oath
,
was
bound
by
Vertue
thereof
,
to
go
to
Common
Prayer
,
to
Partake
of
the
Sacraments
,
as
by
Law
required
,
to
go
no
more
to
Conventicles
,
and
Obey
all
the
King's
Laws
,
made
it
Untakable
by
me
,
and
would
be
many
ways
sin
in
me
.
I
owned
Christ
to
be
my
one
and
only
Lord
over
my
Conscience
,
and
Law-giver
to
my
Soul
,
and
his
written
Word
,
Will
,
and
Law
,
to
be
the
one
and
the
only
Rule
of
my
Faith
,
Worship
,
and
Life
;
To
whom
,
and
to
whose
Word
,
I
Referred
my Self
and
my
Cause
to
be
Tryed
,
and
to
no
other
,
whom
or
whatsoever
.
This
is
in
short
the
Summ
of
what
I
could
be
suffered
to
speak
,
though
I
had
much
more
to
add
,
as
will
open
it self
in
the
following
Discourse
;
But
then
was
all
Rejected
,
the
Statute
was
not
Examined
upon
this
Case
,
neither
were
the
Reasons
and
Arguments
which
were
urged
,
either
duly
Considered
or
exactly
Weighed
:
One
of
the
Judges
replying
,
That
the
Judges
all
along
had
given
their
Opinions
,
That
the
3
Jac
.
4.
was
to
be
Extended
unto
Protestant
Diffenters
;
when
the
rest
had
given
in
their
Answers
,
and
the
Judge
had
informed
the
Jury
,
that
they
ought
to
find
us
Guilty
,
which
accordingly
they
did
,
we
were
dismissed
for
that
time
.
On
the
28th
day
of
the
same
Month
,
we
were
called
to
the
Sessions
,
to
receive
our
Sentence
.
Being
at
the
outer
Bar
,
the
Recorder
,
without
asking
,
Whether
we
would
yet
take
the
Oath
?
Or
whether
we
had
any
thing
more
to
offer
,
why
Sentence
should
not
be
given
against
us
?
after
he
had
gone
over
several
Expressions
in
the
Indictment
,
which
were
not
truly
nor
justly
chargeable
against
and
upon
me
,
and
having
odiously
aggravated
the
not
taking
of
the
Oath
,
with
Reflections
on
Scruples
of
Conscience
,
he
Read
the
Sentence
,
That
we
were
out
of
the
Protection
of
the
King
;
That
all
our
Goods
and
Chattels
were
forfeited
,
during
Life
;
That
we
were
to
Remain
in
Goal
,
during
our
Lives
,
or
the
King's
Pleasure
,
or
to
that
effect
.
Upon
this
I
would
have
spoken
,
but
in
an
uproar
,
Away
with
them
;
Put
them
from
the
Bar
;
We
will
not
hear
them
:
whilst
some
were
thrusting
me
away
,
I
spake
aloud
,
The
righteous
LORD
loveth
Righteousness
:
The
LORD
be
Judge
in
this
Case
:
Lifting
up
one
hand
,
and
having
my
Bible
in
the
other
hand
.
Upon
this
we
were
returned
to
Newgate
.
Concerning
this
whole
Proceeding
,
I
shall
take
the
liberty
to
affix
some
Animadversions
.
The
Statute
upon
which
I
have
been
proceeded
against
at
the
Bar
in
all
the
fore-mentioned
Appearings
in
open
Court
,
(
That
,
and
that
only
,
and
no
other
so
much
as
once
mentioned
in
my
hearing
)
is
the
3d
of
King
James
,
the
4th
Chap.
In
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
the
taker
of
it
is
to
Swear
,
That
this
Oath
is
lawfully
Ministred
to
him
;
which
,
if
I
understand
it
aright
,
has
this
meaning
,
Ministred
according
to
the
Law
of
the
Land
,
by
due
Order
and
Course
of
the
Law
,
and
according
as
that
particular
Statute
has
Prescribed
.
That
this
Oath
,
by
vertue
of
the
above-mentioned
Statute
,
has
not
been
in
this
sence
lawfuly
Ministred
to
me
,
besides
what
has
been
already
alledged
,
and
declared
by
me
,
I
have
both
General
Exceptions
,
and
Special
Pleas
,
taken
from
the
Statute
it self
,
whereby
to
discover
and
demonstrate
this
.
The
main
General
Exception
is
,
That
3
Jac
.
4.
was
particularly
,
expresly
,
limitedly
,
and
restrainedly
,
designed
and
declared
to
be
made
against
Popish
Recusants
,
and
not
against
Protestant
Dissenters
;
whereas
although
I
am
a
Protestant
Dissenter
,
yet
I
am
not
a
Popish
Recusant
:
Of
this
I
have
given
sufficient
Testimony
in
Preaching
,
in
Printing
,
and
in
Practising
.
It
is
now
about
Seventy
and
eight
Years
since
that
Statute
was
Enacted
;
(
and
in
so
long
a
succession
of
Years
,
there
are
great
Alterations
in
many
weighty
,
material
and
efficient
Causes
,
Forms
,
and
Ends
,
besides
other
Circumstances
relating
to
Oaths
,
in
an
Age
or
Ages
of
such
growing
Light
,
which
do
much
vary
and
difference
Cases
)
The
Cause
or
Occasion
of
making
that
Law
,
was
the
Popish
Powder-Plot
,
as
is
especially
expressed
in
the
Preamble
.
The
Title
of
the
Act
,
is
,
An
Act
for
Discovering
and
Repressing
Popish
Recusants
.
The
Preamble
doth
declare
this
Act
to
be
designed
and
intended
against
Popish
Recusants
.
The
whole
purport
of
it
all
along
,
is
mainly
,
if
not
only
,
to
Reinforce
the
Acts
then
in
being
against
Popish
Recusants
;
some
of
such
coming
to
Church
and
hearing
Divine
Service
,
(
as
that
Law
phraseth
it
)
to
save
the
Penalties
in
the
former
Acts
,
and
yet
continuing
Papists
still
in
their
hearts
:
Therefore
by
this
Act
they
were
further
required
to
take
the
Sacrament
(
in
both
kinds
,
the
Wine
as
well
as
the
Bread
)
once
a
year
,
under
several
Penalties
for
each
years
refusal
;
20
l.
for
the
first
years
refusal
;
40
l.
for
the
second
year
;
60
l.
for
every
years
refusal
afterwards
.
The
express
Words
of
this
Act
throughout
,
are
against
Popish
Recusants
,
and
those
who
Adhere
in
their
Hearts
to
the
Popish
Religion
,
by
infections
drawn
by
the
wicked
and
devilish
Counsel
of
Jesuits
,
Seminaries
,
&c.
who
are
ready
to
Entertain
and
Execute
their
Treasonable
Conspiracies
and
Practices
.
(
I
never
was
,
neither
am
I
the
man
infected
with
any
of
these
gross
and
dangerous
Errors
and
Corruptions
,
either
in
Principle
or
in
Practice
.
)
See
the
first
,
second
,
third
,
and
fourth
Sections
of
that
Statute
,
and
Sect
.
11
,
&
12.
One
of
those
Sections
doth
require
,
That
the
Church-Wardens
and
Constables
shall
Present
the
monthly
absence
of
all
Pepish
Recusants
.
This
Act
doth
not
bind
them
to
Present
any
,
but
such
None
but
such
therefore
can
be
legally
prosecuted
upon
this
Act
,
or
any
of
the
other
Acts
,
which
it
doth
refer
unto
,
(
as
those
of
23
Eliz
.
1.
and
29
Eliz
.
6.
and
1
Jac
.
4.
which
Confirms
all
the
former
Statutes
made
against
Popish
Recusants
in
Queen
Elizabeth's
time
)
it
is
therefore
a
perverting
of
these
Laws
,
at
least
of
this
,
3
Jac
.
4.
and
it
is
altogether
illegal
,
to
prosecute
Protestants
on
those
Laws
,
which
were
Enacted
only
and
wholly
against
Popish
Recusants
;
and
it
is
Reported
,
and
Printed
,
that
some
of
the
learned
and
faithful
Judges
,
have
been
heard
,
by
judicious
Lawyers
,
to
Declare
so
much
.
This
is
further
declared
to
be
the
true
Sence
and
Meaning
,
Intent
and
Design
of
these
Statutes
,
by
the
Judgment
and
Vote
of
the
House
of
Commons
(
where
are
usually
many
able
Lawyers
Members
of
that
House
)
on
this
very
Case
,
Die
Sabbathi
(
Note
in
the
way
,
That
the
Law
of
England
doth
own
and
acknowledge
no
other
day
of
the
Week
to
be
indeed
and
properly
the
weekly
Sabbath
day
,
but
only
the
seventh
,
which
is
the
last
day
in
every
Week
)
Sexto
Novemb
.
Anno
1680.
Resolved
,
Nemine
Contradicente
,
not
so
much
as
any
one
of
the
whole
House
then
met
contradicting
,
That
it
is
the
Opinion
of
this
House
,
That
the
Acts
of
Parliament
made
in
the
Reign
of
Queen
Elizabeth
and
King
James
,
against
Popish
Recusants
,
ought
not
to
be
Extended
against
Protestant
Dissenters
.
If
Judges
and
Justices
will
give
forth
their
Opinion
,
and
accordingly
Execute
quite
contrary
to
this
Declared
Judgment
of
that
whole
House
of
Commons
,
let
them
bear
with
me
,
if
I
rather
incline
to
their
Interpretation
of
these
Laws
,
than
to
the
Opinion
of
any
one
single
Judge
,
or
to
an
whole
Bench
of
Judges
and
Justices
at
a
Sessions
,
contrary
to
what
is
so
plain
and
express
to
the
very
Letter
of
the
Law
.
At
least
,
this
can
be
no
proper
matter
of
an
Oath
for
me
to
swear
to
,
that
it
is
lawfully
Ministred
to
me
,
whilst
I
have
the
concurrent
,
unanimous
Judgment
of
such
and
of
so
many
to
the
contrary
,
besides
the
plain
Grammatical
sense
in
self-evidencing
and
express
Words
and
Phrases
;
neither
shall
I
intangle
or
wound
my
Conscience
,
or
disturb
my
inward
Peace
,
with
such
Snares
and
Fetters
,
whatever
I
may
suffer
from
men
.
There
are
also
several
other
Sections
in
that
Statute
,
which
do
demonstrate
it
to
turn
its
Edge
against
Popish
Recusants
:
the
11th
Section
again
expresly
mentioneth
,
Superstition
,
and
Popish
Religion
,
and
Relief
of
Jesuits
,
Seminaries
,
Popish
Priests
.
The
17th
Section
doth
declare
against
Travellers
to
serve
foreign
Princes
,
perverted
in
their
Religion
and
Loyalty
by
Jesuits
,
and
Fugitives
,
&c.
This
is
Express
in
the
same
Section
,
in
the
Bond
,
or
Condition
of
that
Bond
,
Required
of
those
who
take
any
Military
Office
under
a
foreign
Prince
;
It
provides
against
being
Reconciled
to
the
Pope
,
or
See
of
Rome
,
&c.
(
This
is
no
Case
at
all
of
mine
,
I
neither
Travel
,
nor
seek
such
Office
,
nor
shall
ever
be
Reconciled
to
the
usurping
Pope
,
The
Anomous
One
,
or
to
Popish
Blasphemies
,
Herisies
,
Idolatries
,
or
Prophanesses
.
The
19th
Section
is
in
express
words
against
those
,
who
Reconcile
any
Subject
upon
,
or
beyond
the
Seas
,
to
the
Pope
,
&c.
The
like
may
be
found
in
Sect
.
20
,
21.
The
very
next
Act
,
3
Jac
.
5.
has
this
Title
,
An
Act
to
prevent
and
avoid
Dangers
which
may
grow
by
Popish
recusants
.
Which
is
a
further
proof
of
designing
those
Laws
only
against
such
,
that
,
if
one
Statute
did
not
so
reach
them
,
or
take
hold
of
them
,
yet
another
might
.
The
Particular
Exception
,
or
Special
Plea
,
is
,
That
there
are
many
Pre-required
Things
,
before
the
Tender
of
this
Oath
;
none
of
which
,
that
I
know
,
or
have
heard
of
,
have
been
observed
in
my
Case
.
The
Fourth
Section
of
3
Jac
.
4.
doth
Require
,
That
the
Church-Wardens
and
Constables
shall
Present
the
monthly
absence
of
all
Popish
Recusants
;
and
this
Act
doth
not
bind
them
to
Present
any
but
such
.
I
am
altogether
excluded
out
of
the
number
of
such
,
and
therefore
ought
not
to
be
prosecuted
upon
this
Act.
In
the
Second
,
Sixth
and
Seventh
Sections
,
there
must
first
be
Indictment
and
Conviction
,
in
case
of
such
Popish
Recusancy
.
No
such
method
was
taken
in
my
case
.
What
has
been
done
since
at
a
latter
Sessions
,
is
but
an
irregular
superstructure
founded
upon
a
great
error
in
the
very
foundation
of
the
Justices
imprisoning
of
me
for
not
taking
this
Oath
,
so
besides
the
Rules
of
their
own
Law
.
So
in
Sect
.
8
,
9
,
10.
(
Lawful
Conviction
)
13
,
15
,
16.
There
must
be
presentments
by
Church-Wardens
and
Constables
once
every
year
at
a
general
or
quarter
Sessions
,
Sect
.
4.
This
was
never
brought
into
Court
against
me
.
All
such
Presentments
are
to
be
Accepted
,
Entred
and
Recorded
in
the
said
Sessions
;
and
this
against
such
Recusants
,
Section
Fifth
:
What
is
this
to
me
?
If
it
be
objected
in
Sect
.
15.
which
is
that
Section
which
doth
immediately
follow
the
Oath
,
that
no
Indictment
or
Indictments
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
avoided
,
discharged
or
reversed
,
by
reason
of
any
default
in
form
,
or
lack
of
form
,
or
other
defect
whatsoever
(
other
than
by
direct
Traverse
to
the
point
of
not
coming
to
Church
,
or
not
receiving
the
Sacrament
)
whereof
such
person
or
persons
(
Popish
Recusants
still
)
hath
been
or
shall
be
indicted
,
but
the
same
Indictment
shall
stand
in
force
,
and
be
proceeded
upon
,
any
such
default
of
form
,
or
other
defect
whatsoever
notwithstanding
.
I
have
not
feed
any
Counselour
at
Law
upon
this
,
as
not
upon
other
points
,
in
my
Defence
,
neither
have
any
of
them
given
me
Advice
herein
without
a
Fee
:
That
little
time
which
I
have
spent
in
my
own
Case
,
since
I
have
been
so
handled
at
the
Bar
in
Sessions
,
gives
me
light
enough
whereby
to
see
,
that
if
Men
concerned
in
these
Penal
Statutes
,
did
but
exercise
their
own
Reason
in
studying
of
such
Laws
so
far
as
their
Case
is
concerned
in
them
,
they
might
,
were
a
fair
hearing
allowed
them
in
Court
,
convincingly
enough
plead
in
their
own
defence
.
My
Answer
secretly
suggested
to
me
,
is
,
that
this
Objection
doth
plainly
prove
,
that
an
Indictment
must
go
before
the
pressing
of
the
Oath
;
which
course
has
not
been
taken
in
the
proceed
against
me
:
All
the
Profecutions
in
this
Case
must
expresly
be
upon
Indictment
or
Indictments
,
Sect
.
16.
the
default
in
Form
,
or
lack
of
Form
,
&c.
doth
relate
to
a
preceding
Indictment
.
Further
,
This
Indictment
must
be
to
the
point
of
not
coming
to
Church
,
and
not
receiving
the
Sacrament
:
neither
has
this
method
been
taken
in
my
Case
.
In
all
my
Appearings
at
the
Sessions-Bar
,
this
Question
,
is
that
which
from
first
to
last
has
been
thrown
out
before
me
,
Will
you
take
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
or
not
?
Not
.
Have
you
,
will
you
come
to
Church
and
receive
the
Sacrament
?
There
has
been
no
direct
Traverse
to
those
particular
points
of
not
coming
to
Church
,
or
not
receiving
the
Sacrament
.
These
were
never
specified
or
expressed
in
my
Case
.
As
for
what
did
pass
at
the
last
Sessions
,
concerning
my
Answer
to
that
Question
,
Guilty
,
or
Not
Guilty
?
Any
intelligent
hearer
,
and
serious
considerer
of
what
I
returned
by
way
of
Reply
thereunto
at
the
Bar
,
or
who
has
read
the
Account
I
have
since
given
of
that
matter
,
may
discern
,
that
I
declared
their
Question
to
be
a
Fallacy
of
many
Questions
,
which
no
one
Answer
could
reach
the
several
Particulars
contained
therein
;
for
there
was
the
matter
of
fact
in
it
:
if
by
Guilty
,
they
meant
,
Whether
I
would
take
it
?
In
this
part
of
the
matter
of
fact
,
it
was
true
,
That
I
did
not
take
it
as
they
ministred
it
unto
me
:
But
that
as
they
represented
and
worded
it
in
the
Indictment
,
as
if
it
had
been
an
Obstinate
Refusal
,
and
with
,
and
for
such
and
such
bad
Designs
and
Ends
,
and
in
such
other
expressions
,
this
was
false
,
and
Guiltiness
was
not
upon
me
in
that
respect
.
If
further
the
Question
do
relate
to
the
matter
of
Right
,
here
as
to
this
,
The
Rule
which
the
imposers
do
mean
of
judging
this
matter
of
Right
is
the
Law
of
the
Land
which
they
would
have
me
submit
to
,
and
to
comply
with
;
even
as
to
this
,
I
still
apprehend
,
that
I
am
illegally
and
unrighteously
dealt
with
by
their
own
Laws
and
Rule
,
and
so
Guiltiness
not
chargeable
upon
me
.
As
for
that
which
I
Own
for
my
One
and
Only
Rule
of
Faith
,
Worship
,
and
Life
,
the
Holy
Scriptures
of
Truth
,
by
which
alone
Judges
themselves
must
shortly
be
Judged
,
and
I
ought
to
be
Judged
now
and
shall
be
hereafter
,
by
this
Rule
I
am
cleared
in
the
Court
of
God
,
and
of
Conscience
:
So
that
whatever
the
Clerks
,
at
the
direction
of
the
Judge
,
do
set
down
in
their
Books
of
Record
,
I
intend
no
such
matter
as
a
Traverse
,
whereby
to
refer
it
to
the
opinion
of
any
Juries
;
I
wholly
&
only
resign
up
my self
&
cause
to
be
tryed
and
determin'd
by
Christ
the
Holy
Just
Judge
,
and
by
his
Word
the
Right
unerring
Rule
.
So
that
a
Traverse
is
in
no
other
sence
to
be
extorted
from
me
,
as
granted
by
me
,
then
as
I
have
declared
,
expressed
and
explained
in
what
is
affirmed
and
in
what
is
denied
,
as
to
the
point
of
the
Indictment
.
Whatever
the
Forms
of
men
be
,
I
must
keep
to
the
Form
of
sound
words
in
the
Holy
Scriptures
of
Truth
.
If
those
at
the
Bench
do
ask
me
whether
I
be
guilty
or
not
guilty
,
in
not
taking
of
this
Oath
under
those
circumstances
,
as
it
has
been
tendred
unto
me
by
vertue
3
Jacob
4.
I
can
answer
,
I
am
not
Guilty
of
any
Crime
in
not
so
taking
it
,
because
it
was
not
lawfully
ministred
unto
me
according
to
that
Statute
,
which
Statute
is
not
to
be
extended
to
a
Protestant
Dissenter
,
being
only
enacted
against
Popish
Recusants
,
and
there
having
been
no
foregoing
Presentment
,
Indictment
,
Conviction
,
nor
more
private
tender
of
the
Oath
before
it
was
brought
into
open
Sessions
,
and
yet
that
Oath
requiring
me
to
Swear
that
it
hath
been
lawfully
ministered
unto
me
:
Thus
also
if
it
were
demanded
of
me
,
whether
I
were
guilty
or
not
guilty
,
in
not
taking
of
this
Oath
upon
the
Judges
and
Justices
declaring
it
to
be
Law
,
that
whoever
took
this
Oath
was
thereby
bound
to
go
to
Common-Prayer-Book-Service
,
to
partake
of
the
Sacrament
,
as
by
the
Law
in
that
respect
it
doth
require
,
to
go
no
more
to
Conventicle
Meetings
,
and
to
obey
all
the
Kings
Laws
,
or
Laws
of
the
Land
:
I
can
answer
,
I
am
not
guilty
of
any
Crime
,
in
not
so
taking
the
Oath
upon
such
an
interpretation
;
because
,
did
I
take
it
upon
those
Terms
,
it
would
be
sin
in
me
many
waies
.
Did
the
Questions
turn
expresly
punctually
upon
those
Points
of
the
Law
,
I
could
give
a
downright
express
Answer
.
I
observe
in
some
parts
of
their
Law
,
that
they
keep
strictly
to
such
an
Expression
in
some
Indictments
and
otherwaies
.
It
is
Necessary
to
keep
strictly
to
This
or
That
Point
in
Law
,
otherways
it
is
not
valid
;
And
my
Apprehensions
are
,
that
this
was
the
intent
of
the
Law-Makers
in
requiring
a
Positive
Answer
to
one
or
other
of
these
questions
,
Guilty
,
or
not
Guilty
?
Upon
a
supposition
,
that
the
Indictment
did
turn
upon
some
one
single
Point
and
Question
:
As
if
a
Murther
be
commited
,
and
a
person
be
Indicted
for
this
;
the
question
being
ask'd
,
Guilty
,
or
not
Guilty
:
If
he
were
not
the
Murtherer
,
he
may
Readily
answer
,
not
guilty
:
If
he
were
the
murtherer
,
he
may
,
being
willing
to
give
Glory
unto
God
by
confessing
,
Answer
,
Guilty
,
and
I
give
up
my
life
to
Justice
,
the
Just
Judge
of
all
having
passed
this
Sentence
in
his
Word
;
Whoso
sheddeth
mans
blood
,
by
man
shall
his
Blood
be
shed
;
and
if
a
land
be
defiled
with
Blood
,
it
cannot
be
cleansed
,
but
by
the
blood
of
him
who
shed
it
,
and
innocent
blood
Jehovah
Aelohim
will
not
pardon
,
as
to
this
,
the
life
of
the
Guilty
must
go
for
it
.
Thus
if
Goods
be
stoln
from
a
man
,
and
one
suspected
,
be
indicted
for
it
,
and
the
Question
be
put
to
him
,
Guilty
,
or
not
Guilty
?
If
he
be
innocent
,
he
may
Answer
not
guilty
;
If
he
were
the
Thief
,
he
may
Justifie
The
LORD
in
finding
out
and
discovering
of
his
sin
;
and
say
Guilty
,
and
I
am
ready
to
make
Restitution
,
according
to
the
Proportion
set
down
in
Christ's
Word
,
or
if
I
have
not
wherewith
to
make
full
satisfaction
,
let
me
be
sold
for
amends
.
These
Cases
are
clear
;
but
,
where
the
matter
is
of
such
various
mixed
matter
,
and
of
contrary
natures
and
kinds
,
one
answer
cannot
reach
them
all
.
Put
it
into
other
instances
,
and
a
Child
of
ten
years
of
age
may
discover
the
Fallacy
:
Ask
such
a
Child
,
are
Men
and
Beasts
reasonable
Creatures
,
or
are
they
not
?
Answer
one
way
or
other
:
The
Child
will
answer
,
Men
are
reasonable
Creatures
,
but
Beasts
are
not
reasonable
Creatures
.
Ask
him
,
are
Snow
and
Coal
,
white
or
Black
?
Answer
expresly
in
one
answer
,
are
they
the
one
or
the
other
?
The
young
Lad
will
Reply
,
the
Snow
is
White
,
but
the
Coal
is
Black
.
Any
other
answer
,
but
by
thus
distinguishing
,
would
be
in
part
true
,
and
in
part
false
.
I
would
refer
this
Matter
to
the
Judgment
and
Conscience
of
any
sober
,
judicious
Pagan
,
whether
in
this
matter
,
I
have
not
spoken
and
acted
,
according
to
the
common
reason
of
all
Mankind
.
Much
more
should
it
be
allowed
me
in
England
,
who
am
a
free
born
English-man
,
and
much
more
yet
in
a
Court
where
Christianity
is
owned
,
and
where
I
am
required
to
swear
upon
the
true
Faith
of
a
Christian
.
An
Oath
,
where
duly
administred
,
and
necessarily
required
,
and
where
it
is
otherways
lawful
in
the
whole
,
and
in
all
the
parts
of
it
,
is
yet
so
solemn
an
Invoking
of
,
and
Appeal
to
,
the
most
high
Jehovah
Aelohim
,
that
the
swearer
has
need
to
revolve
it
over
and
over
seven
times
(
Shabang
,
Shebang
,
Shebugnah
,
so
is
somewhat
of
the
Hebrew
significancy
)
in
his
heart
,
and
mind
,
with
the
most
serious
Meditations
throughly
to
consider
of
it
,
before
he
take
an
Oath
.
And
the
more
now
by
those
,
who
have
any
tender
sence
of
God's
honour
,
and
due
regard
to
their
own
inward
peace
.
How
common
is
Cursing
and
Swearing
,
Blaspheming
,
and
Self-damning
,
in
the
Mouths
of
who
knows
how
many
Thousands
in
London
every
day
?
The
very
Air
in
the
Street
is
corrupted
by
it
with
its
frequent
Belchings
from
the
bottomless
Pit
.
Yet
when
almost
is
there
any
Penalty
inflicted
upon
such
black-mouth's
Darers
of
the
Just
and
Jealous
God
,
to
his
very
face
?
and
even
in
Courts
of
Justice
,
as
they
would
be
named
and
called
,
a
Spiritual
Discerner
may
see
not
only
how
Customary
and
Formal
,
but
how
Irreverend
and
Prophane
,
how
Atheistical
and
Infidel
is
the
manner
with
divers
in
giving
and
taking
of
Oaths
with
a
slopped
New-Testament
in
their
Mouths
?
But
if
one
who
feareth
Jehovah
,
and
who
feareth
an
Oath
comes
before
some
Under-Officers
,
then
it
often
is
,
Tender
him
the
Oath
;
Will
you
swear
?
Bid
him
take
the
Oath
:
If
not
,
then
,
Clerk
,
make
his
Mittimus
;
Take
him
,
Jaylor
;
Away
with
him
;
A
Rebel
;
A
Seditious
Person
.
I
well
remember
,
in
my
own
Case
,
about
twenty
years
since
,
when
several
Justices
were
requiring
me
to
take
an
Oath
,
one
of
them
set
a
great
Bible
before
me
,
wherein
was
the
Common
Prayer
bound
up
with
it
,
who
would
have
had
me
swear
by
the
Contents
of
that
Book
;
I
suspected
the
Trap
,
and
opening
the
Book
,
found
the
Common
Prayer
there
,
and
so
escaped
the
Snare
.
I
leave
the
Reader
to
make
a
Comment
upon
it
.
I
am
further
credibly
informed
,
That
lately
,
an
Oath
to
answer
unto
what
Interrogations
should
be
asked
of
them
,
was
required
by
an
Officer
to
be
taken
by
one
or
two
Conventiclers
,
which
in
a
fright
they
did
take
:
whereupon
they
demanded
of
them
,
by
vertue
of
that
Oath
,
to
tell
them
the
Names
of
those
whom
they
remembred
to
have
been
at
that
Conventicle
;
thus
forcing
them
not
only
to
be
self-accusers
,
but
further
to
act
the
Devil's
part
so
far
in
being
accusers
of
their
Brethren
:
Whether
this
is
tending
and
running
it
were
fit
to
be
considered
,
and
the
more
for
that
the
Oath
,
ex
Officio
,
is
laid
aside
by
Law
.
Further
yet
;
The
Dissatisfaction
under
my
Circumstances
,
doth
still
continue
upon
this
account
,
that
it
was
in
the
open
Sessions
declared
as
Law
,
where
were
four
Judges
present
and
several
Justices
,
not
one
contradicting
,
whom
I
then
did
hear
,
or
since
have
heard
,
Whoever
took
this
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
he
was
by
vertue
thereof
bound
,
and
was
actually
under
an
obligation
to
go
to
Common
Prayer
,
and
to
partake
of
the
Sacrament
,
as
the
Law
required
,
and
was
no
more
to
go
to
such
Conventicles
for
Worship
,
as
the
Law
prohibited
,
and
was
to
obey
all
the
King's
Laws
,
or
Laws
of
the
Land
.
If
this
be
a
true
interpretation
,
and
right
declaration
of
the
comprehensive
meaning
of
this
Oath
,
and
if
Judges
at
the
Bench
must
be
understood
and
admitted
to
be
the
speaking
Law
at
the
Bench
in
such
Cases
,
so
that
I
shall
by
constructive
inferences
,
be
concluded
and
condemned
as
guilty
of
branded
Perjury
,
unless
I
actually
do
conform
to
,
and
comply
with
all
these
Terms
,
I
must
then
live
and
dye
under
the
Censure
and
Sentence
of
not
taking
this
Oath
,
if
I
continue
faithful
to
those
Scripture-Convictions
which
have
been
and
are
in
their
life
,
spirit
and
power
with
great
authority
and
pressing
weight
upon
me
.
As
for
going
to
the
Common-Prayer-Book-Service
,
and
partaking
of
the
Sacrament
,
I
have
for
these
last
full
Twenty
Years
and
more
,
been
a
Nonconformist
thereunto
;
and
for
this
I
have
suffered
Ten
Years
(
of
those
Twenty
)
Imprisonments
for
that
Nonconformity
;
neither
,
that
I
remember
,
have
I
had
one
hours
trouble
in
all
those
Ten
Years
,
for
my
suffering
in
that
Cause
.
And
whether
can
I
now
go
with
any
expectation
to
be
clearly
resolved
to
the
contrary
in
this
Point
,
after
so
long
and
so
deep
Researches
about
this
Matter
?
As
,
Whether
such
an
humanely-invented
,
instituted
,
stinted
,
imposed
Worship
,
exclusive
of
all
other
kind
of
Worship
,
though
never
so
Spiritual
,
and
Glorious
,
and
Heavenly
,
where
the
other
is
not
used
in
a
publick
Assembly
,
whether
it
be
according
to
the
Scriptural
Administrations
of
Grace
,
especially
now
towards
the
Latterday-Glory
?
Whether
it
be
suited
to
the
New-Creature-State-Principles-Rules-Ends-Frames-Gifts-Graces-Experiences-Priviledges-Cases
,
&c.
Whether
it
answer
to
the
growing
Believers
life
in
Christ
?
To
his
distinctness
of
Communion
with
the
Father
as
the
Father
,
with
the
Son
as
the
Son
,
with
the
Holy
Spirit
as
such
;
in
their
several
Offices
and
Works
,
as
they
each
severally
and
all
jointly
stand
related
to
such
a
Believer
,
and
all
this
in
the
ascending
degrees
thereof
?
Whether
it
be
fitted
to
the
Jehovah-Essence
in
his
peerless
Perfections
,
and
transcendent
Properties
?
In
summ
,
Whether
it
be
not
a
Form
of
Worship
,
not
only
not
commanded
of
Jehovah
Elehim
in
his
Word
,
but
also
forbidden
by
him
therein
;
so
that
it
hath
neither
Precept
to
require
Obedience
,
nor
Promise
to
encourage
Faith
,
but
prohibition
to
bid
fear
not
to
touch
with
it
,
what
good
firm
ground
can
the
actual
Conformer
to
it
,
resort
unto
,
especially
under
the
Obligation
of
a
Solemn
Oath
,
from
whence
to
expect
either
assistance
from
the
holy
spirit
,
or
mediation
by
,
through
and
for
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
or
acceptance
with
the
Father
,
or
a
blessing
from
the
One-Jehovah-Essence
in
these
three
susistences
?
But
enough
of
this
;
For
it
may
be
,
the
bare
Asking
of
such
Questions
will
be
adjudged
Criminal
by
some
.
If
the
taking
of
this
Oath
would
further
take
me
off
from
the
Exercise
of
my
Ministerial
Office
in
Public
Assemblies
peaceably
met
,
managed
,
and
dismissed
,
in
order
to
the
conversion
of
sinners
,
and
edification
of
believers
,
unless
I
use
the
set
humane
Forms
of
imposed
Worship
,
I
must
still
be
a
not
taker
of
it
,
and
must
expose
my self
,
if
I
had
liberty
,
to
the
Penalties
threatned
against
a
Protestant
Dissenter
.
I
magnifie
my
Office
,
though
altogether
unworthy
of
it
:
What
my
Call
thereunto
is
,
I
have
elsewhere
given
an
Historical
Narrative
thereof
.
If
besides
all
this
,
this
Oath
would
lay
a
bond
and
burden
upon
my
conscience
to
obey
all
the
King's
Laws
,
or
Laws
of
the
Land
,
especially
if
active
conforming
Obedience
be
that
which
is
required
and
expected
,
I
have
already
entred
my
Dissent
and
Exception
in
this
Paper
,
as
to
some
of
those
particular
Laws
;
although
there
be
divers
other
of
those
Laws
,
which
since
my
Imprisonment
at
Newgate
I
have
had
opportunity
to
inquire
more
narrowly
into
,
and
am
altogether
dissatisfied
about
.
Of
what
comprehensive
unlimited
latitude
,
the
Laws
mentioned
,
are
,
I
cannot
determine
,
whether
it
take
in
all
the
Laws
of
use
in
this
Land
,
Common-Law
,
Statute
Law
,
Civil-Law
,
Canon-Law
,
University-Law
,
Corporation-Law
,
or
what
Laws
else
,
so
far
as
I
may
be
construed
and
interpreted
to
be
concerned
in
them
.
That
Man's
Gullet
must
be
very
wide
,
who
can
swallow
all
this
big
Plum
,
at
one
go-down
,
without
being
choaked
with
the
Stone
.
If
this
be
undertaken
by
any
to
be
answered
thus
,
That
it
mattereth
nothing
what
the
four
Judges
and
the
other
Justices
at
the
Bench
did
openly
declare
to
be
Law
,
and
the
intendment
of
the
Law
in
this
Oath
,
as
if
the
Statute
and
Oath
meant
no
such
thing
:
let
such
,
if
they
will
,
debate
the
Case
with
those
who
have
so
at
the
Sessions
declared
their
Opinion
to
be
the
Matter
of
Right
.
For
although
Judges
do
sometimes
vary
in
their
Judgments
about
the
Sence
and
Obligation
of
some
particular
Law
,
and
Sir
Edward
Coke
himself
,
in
his
Books
of
Entries
and
Reports
,
does
several
times
at
the
close
of
some
weighty
Case
in
point
of
Law
,
send
the
Reader
off
,
to
a
further
research
,
without
satisfaction
or
resolution
,
with
a
Seek
further
,
Inquire
more
;
which
is
one
Reason
with
me
,
for
which
I
cannot
swear
to
Obey
all
those
Laws
,
which
are
so
crooked
,
so
uncertain
a
Rule
,
made
by
Fallible-lying-Man
:
yet
I
would
it
were
more
narrowly
and
thorowly
considered
in
the
present
Case
,
what
ground
there
may
be
in
their
Law
,
for
such
a
sense
as
was
declared
at
the
Bench
.
This
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
3
Jac
.
4.
is
expresly
,
7
Jac
.
c
.
6.
called
,
The
Oath
of
Obedience
to
the
King
;
which
,
if
I
apprehend
its
sence
,
is
according
to
the
Laws
;
and
how
far
,
and
no
farther
,
that
word
,
Obedience
,
doth
reach
,
let
it
be
researched
.
Besides
,
this
very
Statute
of
3
Jac
.
4.
in
the
very
Preamble
of
it
doth
expresly
declare
,
its
intent
not
to
be
satisfied
with
the
bare
taking
of
the
Oath
,
unless
also
the
Popish
Recusants
did
go
to
Common-Prayer
;
neither
was
that
enough
,
unless
they
did
also
partake
of
the
Sacrament
in
both
kinds
,
as
the
Law
required
and
appointed
;
which
in
that
day
was
the
Discriminating
Test
,
whereby
to
Discover
a
Papist
from
a
Protestant
,
the
Bread
,
or
a
Wafer
only
being
allowed
to
the
People
,
and
the
Wine
only
to
the
Priest
;
whereas
Protestants
by
Principle
and
Practice
too
,
when
they
do
partake
of
the
Lord's
Supper
,
do
partake
of
both
Bread
and
Wine
;
which
is
also
a
further
proof
,
that
that
Statute
is
not
to
be
extended
unto
Protestants
,
being
only
designed
to
unmask
a
Papist
,
and
present
him
to
open
view
.
If
a
Popish
Recusant
did
not
then
conform
,
he
was
to
be
Presented
,
Indicted
,
and
Convicted
,
and
the
Indictment
must
be
express
to
the
Point
of
not
Coming
to
Church
,
and
not
Partaking
of
the
Sacrament
.
The
Statute
of
7
Jac
.
6.
which
is
an
Act
intituled
,
An
Act
who
shall
take
the
Oath
of
Obedience
to
the
King
,
and
by
whom
it
shall
be
Ministred
,
and
within
what
time
;
in
the
last
Section
but
two
,
it
is
expresly
required
,
that
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
be
taken
according
to
the
Tenor
and
Effect
of
the
said
Oath
,
set
forth
in
the
Statute
of
3
Jac
.
4.
and
withal
,
that
there
be
a
Presentment
,
Indictment
,
and
Conviction
,
for
not
coming
to
Church
,
and
not
receiving
of
the
holy
Communion
and
Sacrament
.
As
for
an
Obligation
to
go
no
more
to
Conventicles
,
I
find
in
the
Book
of
Oaths
,
and
the
several
Forms
of
them
,
both
Ancient
and
Modern
,
Printed
Anno
1649.
That
in
several
Oaths
where
Allegiance
is
required
,
and
sworn
,
there
also
the
taker
of
them
is
to
swear
,
not
only
not
to
go
to
such
Conventicles
,
but
also
to
discover
them
.
This
and
the
rest
that
may
follow
,
should
have
been
well
weighed
,
before
such
a
Sentence
had
been
pronounced
.
Doth
our
Law
judge
any
man
before
it
hear
him
,
and
know
what
he
doth
?
John
7.51
.
So
did
Nicodemus
rightly
argue
:
before
it
hear
with
him
,
so
is
the
significancy
of
the
Phrase
:
Judges
on
the
Bench
should
hearken
unto
what
the
Prisoner
at
the
Bar
doth
plead
in
his
own
defence
,
listning
,
whether
he
offer
any
thing
,
that
might
be
indeed
for
his
just
vindication
,
Lev
.
19.15
.
whereas
if
prejudice
,
partiality
,
or
such
like
unmortified
corruption
,
do
sit
upon
the
case
to
take
all
advantages
against
the
Prisoner
,
and
to
invalidate
whatever
Apology
he
maketh
,
how
can
Justice
,
Justice
be
done
?
Let
me
here
discover
one
Passage
,
about
Twenty
three
Years
since
;
I
restored
what
I
took
not
away
,
even
Thirty
Pounds
,
which
I
payed
into
the
King's
Exchequer
,
upon
this
Occasion
:
My
Assistant
in
Gospel-work
at
Sherborn
in
Dorset-shire
,
where
I
then
laboured
,
had
an
Augmentation
out
of
the
King's
Revenues
,
though
I
never
received
one
Penny
of
it
,
for
I
never
took
one
Shilling
of
Maintenance
by
such
like
Augmentations
;
when
I
understood
the
Augmentation
ran
in
my
Name
,
I
repaid
it
all
to
a
Penny
:
And
the
Sentence
passed
upon
me
,
has
now
requited
that
my
tenderness
of
conscience
,
by
sentencing
all
my
Goods
to
the
King
.
I
write
not
this
with
the
least
murmuring
discontented
thought
,
but
with
Rejoicing
and
Triumphing
under
my
present
Sufferings
,
blessing
the
LORD
for
the
joint
mutual
Witness
of
the
Holy
Spirit
with
mine
,
that
it
has
been
a
true
Testimony
of
a
good
Conscience
,
that
has
carried
me
out
,
and
born
me
up
,
in
this
my
Service
and
Suffering
for
Christ
in
this
.
Had
it
been
by
Oath
to
be
bound
to
yield
Obedience
unto
all
Christ's
Holy
and
Just
Wills
and
Laws
,
revealed
in
the
Scriptures
of
Truth
,
That
would
have
carried
its
Letters
commendatory
along
with
it
in
one
of
the
most
eminent
Examples
:
Compare
Psal
.
119.
throughout
,
particularly
v.
106.
with
Acts
13.22
.
The
Obligation
upon
my
conscience
is
to
obey
God
rather
than
man
,
Acts
4.19
.
and
5.29
.
My
Lord
Christ
will
be
the
Author
of
my
eternal
salvation
,
if
I
obey
him
,
Heb
.
5.9
.
The
Father
will
give
me
his
holy
spirit
,
if
I
obey
him
,
Acts
5.32
.
All
and
every
of
the
Laws
of
Jehovah
Aelohim
,
are
holy
,
just
,
and
good
,
Rom
.
7.12
,
14
,
16.
Psal
.
119.
Psal
.
19
.
7-13
.
Christ
is
King
of
Kings
,
and
LORD
of
Lords
,
Rev.
17.14
.
and
19.16
.
I
shall
be
blessed
,
if
I
continue
doing
his
Commandments
,
Rev.
22.14
.
He
is
the
one
and
only
Law-giver
and
Statute-maker
,
who
is
able
to
save
or
to
destroy
,
Isa
.
33.22
.
Matth
.
23.8
,
9
,
10.
Jam
.
4.11
,
12.
Whereas
,
whoever
he
be
,
who
so
far
hoodwinks
and
enslaves
himself
as
to
swear
a
blind
universal
Obedience
to
any
meer
Man
or
Men
,
and
to
all
his
or
their
Laws
,
will
never
be
able
to
have
such
to
be
his
everlashing
Saviours
,
Psal
.
49
.
6-9
.
they
can
never
bestow
on
him
the
unspeakable
gift
of
the
holy
spirit
,
they
cannot
work
an
holy
change
upon
his
nature
,
they
cannot
justifie
him
,
they
cannot
sanctifie
him
in
body
,
soul
,
and
spirit
,
they
cannot
make
him
and
his
services
acceptable
to
Jehovah
Elohim
,
they
cannot
heal
his
wounded
counscience
,
or
comfort
his
sadned
,
overwhelmed
,
oppressed
heart
.
It
was
the
provoking
sin
of
those
of
the
ten
Tribes
in
Jereboam's
time
,
that
they
so
willingly
walked
after
those
commands
of
man
,
that
were
contrary
to
Christ's
commands
,
Hosea
5.11
.
And
Christ
doth
call
that
vain
worshipping
of
him
,
which
teacheth
Doctrins
the
Commandments
of
Men
,
Isa
.
29.13
.
comparing
Mark
7.7
,
13.
which
is
a
manifest
un
LORDing
both
of
Him
,
and
of
his
Word
,
of
his
,
and
of
its
due
Authority
,
whatever
I
may
suffer
from
Men
,
I
must
witness
a
Good
Confession
against
this
Invading
of
Christ's
Prerogative
Royal
,
who
is
Absolute
,
Sovereign
,
and
Supream
,
over
all
;
all
Power
and
Authority
,
both
in
Heaven
and
on
Earth
,
being
setled
on
him
by
Donation
from
his
Father
,
and
by
the
Anointing
by
his
Holy
Spirit
,
by
vertue
of
his
Mediatoral
Office
,
Matth
.
28.18
,
19
,
20.
John
5.22
,
23
,
27.
&
13.3
.
&
17.2
.
Whoever
shall
bring
a
Doctrin
quite
contrary
to
this
Right
of
my
only
LORD
and
Saviour
,
though
he
should
come
in
the
Form
,
as
of
an
Angel
of
Light
from
Heaven
,
or
as
of
a
Paul
,
he
is
not
to
be
entertained
by
me
,
but
to
be
declared
against
as
an
Anathema
,
I
dare
not
hold
Church-Communion
with
him
,
for
,
What
were
this
,
but
with
loud
Acclamation
,
to
set
up
a
Sovereign
Lord
God
,
the
Pope
?
Whereas
that
Royal
Proclamation
,
which
Christ's
Special
Embassadors
,
Heralds
,
and
Cryers
,
must
come
forth
with
now
towards
the
Latter-day-glory
,
is
openly
to
declare
,
That
the
Goodliest
of
all
meer
humane
flesh
,
is
but
as
withering
grass
,
and
a
fading
flower
,
a
blast
from
the
Spirit
being
upon
it
,
so
far
as
it
doth
extol
it self
against
him
,
or
above
him
,
or
equally
with
him
,
and
doth
stand
in
competition
with
him
,
and
is
in
direct
opposition
against
him
;
and
Christ
and
his
Word
are
alone
to
be
exalted
in
this
Day
,
he
and
it
living
and
abiding
for
ever
,
Isa
.
2.11
,
12
,
17.
&
14
.
9-17
.
&
40.6
,
7
,
8.
1
Pet
.
1.23
,
24
,
25.
Rev.
11.15
.
The
due
Order
of
the
Depending
Links
in
the
Golden
Chain
of
the
Two
Decalogical
Tables
,
containing
Jehovah
Aelohim's
holy
,
just
and
good
Laws
of
the
Ten
Words
,
this
should
not
be
either
Inverted
or
Perverted
:
The
first
Command
of
the
Second
Table
,
should
not
be
set
above
,
beyond
,
or
before
the
four
foregoing
Precepts
of
the
First
Table
:
Man
must
come
lower
,
and
not
exalt
or
extol
himself
equally
with
,
much
less
above
,
beyond
,
or
before
Jehovah
Aelohim
.
The
first
and
great
Commandment
is
,
Thou
shalt
love
the
LORD
thy
God
with
all
thy
heart
,
and
with
all
thy
soul
,
and
with
all
thy
mind
,
and
with
all
thy
strength
:
The
second
is
but
like
unto
it
,
Thou
shdlt
love
thy
Neighbour
as
thy self
,
Matth
.
22.36.40
.
Luke
10
.
25-28
.
In
short
,
He
who
will
spare
so
much
time
as
to
Read
over
a
little
forementioned
Treatise
,
called
,
The
Book
of
Oaths
,
which
doth
contain
little
,
or
nothing
else
,
but
several
Forms
of
Oaths
,
(
where
the
Expressions
often
are
,
To
swear
to
Obey
all
the
Laws
,
and
in
all
and
every
thing
and
things
;
and
sometimes
,
All
manner
of
Statutes
,
Laws
and
Ordinances
,
Made
or
to
be
Made
.
)
And
will
further
examine
the
Oaths
of
Canonical
Obediences
,
the
Oaths
of
Colledges
,
Halls
,
Universities
,
and
several
other
Corporations
,
with
what
other
Oaths
do
relate
to
Dignified
Officers
and
Degrees
,
if
he
read
considerately
,
with
an
observing
eye
,
to
the
Matter
in
hand
,
he
may
heap
Expressions
together
which
do
self-evidencingly
demonstrate
,
that
to
swear
Obedience
to
all
the
Laws
of
this
Land
,
at
least
unto
those
Laws
which
do
respect
their
Places
of
Trust
,
doth
run
into
a
Multitude
of
Oaths
.
Let
those
whose
carnal
compliances
do
put
them
on
upon
signing
of
a
cautionary
Bond
,
lay
this
more
to
heart
;
for
they
,
thereby
,
voluntarily
give
their
hand
,
(
See
1
Chron
.
29.24
.
in
the
Margin
)
to
Obey
all
the
King's
Laws
,
all
the
Laws
of
the
Church
,
which
was
a
Bond
framed
and
formed
in
times
of
gross
Popery
,
and
was
upon
a
Supposition
of
an
After-Actual
Conformity
to
all
the
Idolatrous
,
Superstitious
Laws
,
by
those
who
had
sworn
Blind
Allegiance
and
Obedience
to
the
Pope
their
Supream
Head
.
And
I
take
notice
of
a
further
Passage
,
in
the
Indictment
of
one
Thomas
De
Lawn
,
(
now
a
Prisoner
in
Newgate
)
at
the
last
Sessions
;
that
being
Accused
for
Writing
,
and
causing
to
be
Printed
,
somewhat
against
the
Book
of
Common-Prayer
,
his
Crime
from
thence
,
laid
to
his
charge
,
is
,
That
he
hath
,
in
so
doing
,
gone
contrary
to
his
due
Allegiance
,
and
against
the
Crown
and
Dignity
of
the
King
,
for
which
he
is
Fined
;
And
if
so
,
I
cannot
foresee
what
by
the
new
Grammer
of
the
Times
,
may
be
so
construed
against
me
,
if
I
did
take
this
Oath
.
In
summ
therefore
,
I
being
,
Neh
.
6.18
.
Bagnal
Shebugnah
,
Lord
of
an
Oath
,
having
Dominion
over
it
,
as
to
a
taking
,
or
not
taking
of
it
,
it
being
in
that
respect
subjected
to
me
,
which
no
man
can
force
upon
me
,
but
it
must
be
my
own
voluntary
Act
,
or
Refusal
,
I
cannot
therefore
,
as
so
Illegally
Ministred
,
and
so
Judicially
Interpreted
,
take
it
,
but
must
in
the
Supplies
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
patiently
,
quietly
,
cheerfully
,
thankfully
compose
my
whole
Man
,
to
a
ready
Taking
up
,
and
willing
Bearing
of
my
further
Cross
,
Glorying
therein
in
thus
following
of
my
Lord
and
Master
,
Men
having
been
resolved
upon
it
,
to
put
me
out
of
the
Protection
of
Man
,
and
Mans
Laws
,
and
to
bring
me
under
Confiscations
and
Imprisonments
;
Christ
has
secured
me
of
my
being
the
more
under
his
Special
Care
and
Custody
,
he
hath
promised
me
an
hundred
fold
more
now
,
and
Eternal
Life
in
the
Best
World
,
and
a
Liberty
of
Glory
with
Himself
,
with
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Spirit
;
The
whole
of
this
Case
,
issueth
into
this
Sweet
Meditation
,
Holy
Resolution
,
and
Free
Self-Resignation
,
Jehovah
my
Aelohim
himself
,
do
with
me
,
and
for
me
,
and
by
me
,
or
suffer
others
to
do
against
me
,
what
seemeth
Good
in
His
Eyes
.
Francis
Bampfield
.
From
Newgate-Prison
;
where
my
Imprisonment
,
with
other
former
Imprisonments
in
other
Goals
,
for
the
sake
of
Christ
and
his
Word
,
has
now
filled
up
Ten
compleat
Years
;
All
the
Glory
be
to
Him
!
vulgarly
20
d
.
of
11
m
.
1683
/
4.
FINIS
.