The lavvfvlnes and vnlavvfvlnes of an oath or covenant set downe in short propositions agreeable to the law of God and man and may serve to rectifie the conscience of any reasonable man : very fitting for every man to take into serious consideration in these undutifull times : whether he hath sworne or not sworne to any late or new oath or covenant made by any subordinate authority whatsoever. Certain irrefragable propositions worthy of serious consideration. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A45291 of text R7549 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing H388). 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. 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A45291) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 53817) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 239:E67, no 20 or 239:E67, no 21) The lavvfvlnes and vnlavvfvlnes of an oath or covenant set downe in short propositions agreeable to the law of God and man and may serve to rectifie the conscience of any reasonable man : very fitting for every man to take into serious consideration in these undutifull times : whether he hath sworne or not sworne to any late or new oath or covenant made by any subordinate authority whatsoever. Certain irrefragable propositions worthy of serious consideration. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. [6], 7 p. by Leonard Lichfield, Printed at Oxford : 1643. Epistle dedicatory signed Jos: Exon. Attributed to Joseph Hall. cf. BLC. Originally published in 1633 with title: Certaine catholicke propositions. This ed. is a reissue, with new t.p., of the sheets of the 1639 ed., which has title: Certaine irrefragable propositions ... Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Oaths -- England. A45291 R7549 (Wing H388). civilwar no The lavvfulnes and vnlavvfulnes of an oath or covenant set downe in short propositions agreeable to the law of God and man, and may serve to Hall, Joseph 1643 426 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. 2005-11 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2005-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-12 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2005-12 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE LAVVFVLNES AND VNLAVVFVLNES OF AN OATH OR COVENANT Set downe in short Propositions agreeable to the Law of God and man , and may serve to rectifie the conscience of any reasonable man : very fitting for every man to take into serious consideration in these undutifull times , whether he hath sworne or not sworne to any late or new Oath or Covenant made by any subordinate Authority whatsoever . Printed at Oxford by Leonard Lichfield . 1643. To MY DREAD SOVERAIGN , THE KINGS MOST Excellent MAIESTIE . May it please your Matie , 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 Maties most humble , and faithfull Subject , and ancientest Chaplain , JOS : EXON.