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A02518) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 3802) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1069:26) Certaine irrefragable propositions worthy of serious consideration. By I.H. B. of Exon Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. [6], 7, [1] p. Printed by M[iles] F[lesher] for Nath: Butter, London : MDCXXXIX. [1639] Dedication signed: Jos: Exon, i.e. Joseph Hall. Concerns oaths and covenants. Printer's name from STC. Reproduction of the original in Harvard University. Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Church of England -- Government -- Early works to 1800. Oaths -- Early works to 1800. 2005-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-03 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-04 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2005-04 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Certaine IRREFRAGABLE PROPOSITIONS WORTHY OF Serious Consideration . By J. H. B. of Exon. LONDON , Printed by M.F. for NATH : BUTTER . MDCXXXIX . TO MY DREAD SOVERAIGN , THE KINGS MOST Excellent MAIESTIE . May it please your Ma tie , AS one , whose heart ( amongst many thousands ) bleeds with the sad thoughts of the wofull Divisions of our deare Fellow-Subjects ; and unfainedly pitties the mis-guidance of those poore well-meaning soules amongst them , whose credulity hath heedlesly betray'd them into a zealous errour ; I have let fall these few Propositions ; which I have presumed to set downe , not as in the way of a Challenger ; for , most ( if not all ) of them are such , as be not capable of Contradiction , but rather of a faithfull Remembrancer to my dear Brethren , of those Points which they cannot but know , and yeeld : as well supposing , that nothing but meer want of consideration can be guilty of this perillous distraction , in them , who professe to love their King , and the Truth . Now the good God of heaven open the eyes and hearts of us all , that we may both see , and be sensible of the invaluable blessing of our peace , and the happy freedome of his Gospel , which we doe comfortably enjoy under Your MAIESTIES sweet and religious Government , to the wonder , and envie of all other Nations ; and compose the hearts of all your Native Subjects to meet Your MAIESTIES most gracious indulgence , with all humble thankefulnesse . And the same God forbid that any of us should be weary of our happiness : and be drawne to doe any act that may ( before all the world ) poure shame upon our holy profession ; whose chiefe glory it hath alwayes hitherto beene to render us still loyall and obedient , and in this very regard , to triumph over the false religion of our opposites . Such shall be ever the prayers of Your Ma ties most humble , and faithfull Subject , and ancientest Chaplain , JOS : EXON . Seaven irrefragable Propositions concerning Oaths and Covenants . 1. NO man may sweare , or induce another man to swear unlawfully . 2. IT is no lawfull Oath that is not attended with Truth , Justice , and Judgement , Jer. 4.2 . the first vvhereof requires that the thing svvorn be true : the second , that it be just : the third , that it be not undue , and unmeet meet to be svvorn and undertaken . 3. A Promissory Oath vvhich is to the certaine prejudice of another mans right , cannot be attended vvith Justice . 4. NO prejudice of another mans right can be so dangerous and sinfull , as that prejudice vvhich is done to the right of publique and Soveraign Authority . 5. THe right of Soveraign Authority is highly prejudiced , vvhen private subjects incroach upon it ; and shall , upon suspicion of the disavowed vovved intentions , or actions of their Princes , combine , and binde themselves to enact , establish , or alter any matters concerning Religion , vvithout ( and therefore much more if against ) the authority of their Lawfull Soveraign . 6. A Man is bound in Conscience to reverse and disclaime that vvhich he vvas induced unlawfully to ingage himselfe by Oath to performe . 7. NO oath is , or can be of force , that is made against a lawfull oath formerly taken ; so as he that hath svvorne Allegeance to his Soveraign , and thereby bound himselfe to maintain the right , povver , and authority of his said Soveraign , cannot by any second oath , be tyed to doe ought that may tend to the infringement thereof : and if he have so tyed himselfe , the Obligation is , ipso facto , void and frustrate . COROLLARIE . IF therefore any sworne Subject shall by pretences and persvvasions , be dravvne to binde himselfe by Oath or Covenant , to determine , establish , or alter any act concerning matter of Religion , vvithout , or against the allowance of Soveraign Authority , the act is unlavvfull and unjust , and the party so ingaged is bound in conscience to reverse and renounce his said act : Othervvise ( besides the horrible scandall vvhich hee shall dravv upon Religion ) he doth manifestly incur the sinne of the breach of the third and fift Commandements . Two , as undoubted Propositions , concerning Church-government . 1. NO man living , no History , can shevv any vvel-allovved and setled nationall Church in the vvhole Christian World , that hath beene governed othervvise then by Bishops , in a meet & moderate imparity , ever since the times of Christ and his Apostles , untill this present Age. 2. NO man living , no record of History can shevv any Lay-Presbyter that ever vvas in the whole Christian Church , untill this present Age. COROLLARIE . IF men would as easily learne as Christian wisdome can teach them , to distinguish betwixt callings and persons , betwixt the substance of callings , and the not-necessary appendances of them , betwixt the rules of Government , and the errors of Execution , these ill-raised quarrels vvould dye alone . Da pacem Domine , F.E.