THE Resurrection of Loyalty and Obedience, out of the Grave of REBELLION: By the sacred Force of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, which have lain as dead, and out of mind, for divers years; and here raised up out of the dust, and discovered in their great inviolable Force and Power unto the PEOPLE.  
For the Humbling of those that are Guilty of the Breach of them; The quelling of Rebellious Principles, and excitement unto the Duties of Obedience and Subjection, according to the Tenor of the said OATHS.  
I counsel thee to keep the King's Commandment, and that in regard of the Oath of God.  Eccles. 8.2. 
And all the Congregation made a Covenant with the King in the House of God, and he said unto them. Behold, the King's Son shall Reign, etc.  2. Chron. 23 3. 
For the transgression of a land, many are the Princes thereof, but by a man of understanding and knowledge, the state thereof shall be prolonged.  Proverb. 28.2. 
LONDON, Printed by T. Mabb, for William Shears in Bedford street near Coven-Garden, at the Blue Bible, 1660.   

To His Eccellencie the Lord General Monck, General of all the Forces of England, Scotland and Ireland: The reviver of the dying hopes of these distressed Nations, and of the afflicted Churches therein.  
May it please your Excellency,  
IF the Lord were as forgetful of our Obligations as we are, or if he did remember our sins no better than we do remember duties: or if our unsensibleness of our iniquities were the cure of our maladies; or if there were any security to our souls in our security, in our transgressions; I might expect with some justice to be censured, as troublesome and impertinent, in going about to revive these Oaths, that have lain so long for dead in these Nations; and have been for so many years buried in the grave of Oblivion; or to amaze or disquiet the Nation with the noise and the clamour of them: but when I have considered how dangerous it is for people to sleep by the Devil's Opium, and how much better it is, that a people should be troubled, than that they should be destroyed; and that they should be disturbed out of their most pleasant slumbers and dreams, than that they should enjoy their quiet with the dreadful flames of God's wrath and indignation, menaced against a perjured People about their ears, ready to seize upon them, both to their temporal and eternal destruction. I cannot but conclude it to be much safer for them, and much more tolerable unto them, to be awaked to Repentance, by the voice of these Oaths, and by the discovery of the Obligation, that thereby lies upon this Nation; and of the grievous sins that have been committed, and are still too much justified against them, than that they should be awaked by the surprisal of that dreadful judgement of God, which hangs over them for such high transgressions. The law of Oaths, is one of the most awful, and most inviolable precepts that God hath given to the world, and may seem to have as much of the fire of Mount Sinah in it, as any commandment of either Table. The second Commandment hath indeed a dreadful stream and flood of flaming wrath running down upon the transgressors of it, from generation to generation; but it is allayed as it were, with a flood of mercy, unto those that love the Lord, and show their love in obedience thereunto.  
The fifth Commandment, which is the Command of obedience unto those powers, that God hath set over us in the world, which is the importance of these Oaths, is the first Commandment, with promise, and sweetened with the assurance of God's blessing, upon those that shall perform their duties thereunto. But the third Commandment is fortified with a wall of fire; wherein God threatneth not to hold them guiltless, that taketh his name in vain. The offence whereof, is most grievously committed in the dreadful and heinous sins of perjury, which is the mark of that flying roll and curse, that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth, to consume those that offend therein, Zech. 5.2, 3, 4. in so much (that as Wonarinus observeth, out of the Book of the Jews, concerning the regative Precept) they were wont to terrify those that were to take an Oath with these expressions, Scito totum orbem horruisse in illâ horâ in quâ Deus dixit non assumes nomen Dei in vanum, etc. Know thou that the whole world trembled at the hour wherein God said, Thou shalt not take the Name of God in vain: and all the sins which are written in the law, God punisheth according to the merit: But for this sin of perjury, he punisheth posterity; the punishments of others sins are sometimes suspended, but this is speedily punished. Perjury consumeth and destroyeth even those things which fire cannot consume: Since therefore there is so much danger in the sins committed against these Oaths; exposing not only to the judgement of the second Commandment, as they are the most horrid sort of sins against that, and to the forfeiture of the blessing of the fifth Commandment, as they are sins of disobedience against that Commandment; it can be no way safe for the people of this land, to be suffered to sleep in such grievous sins: I hope therefore, there needs no further Apology to secure me from the just displeasure of any, for that I have endeavoured to rouse up the people of this Land, by the publishing of these Oaths, to a deep sense of the great and heinous sins that they lie under, by the violation of these Oaths, and to a return unto those duties that they require of them: What I have done in the Explication of them, and in the Observations upon them, is in order to the discovering of the meaning and force of them; wherein I intent not to impose upon the judgement of any, but desire they may be received according to the evidence wherewith they are offered; which I hope will appear to be sufficient, to engage unto Repentance for these evil practices, that have been acted in these Nations, and are yet still on foot against these sacred Obligations, and to better performances to the future; and to excite your Excellency, whom God hath raised up to be an instrument of his glory, and of mercy unto these Nations; to give your countenance to this my loyal and religious endeavour, and your assistance to the desired effect thereof: Which will be a means not only to increase your Honour amongst men; but to bring more and more blessings from God, upon you and your Posterity; by the gracious work that you shall do by delivering this Nation from so great a Sin, and from so great a Wrath that hangs over them for it: which is the earnest desire of him, who desires to approve himself,  
An Humble and Faithful Servant to your Excellency, and a sincere Honourer of your Worthy Proceed. T. W.   

The Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance; which heretofore was taken by every Member of Parliament, and all other Persons, before they were admitted to any Office of Truth.  

The Oath of Supremacy.  
I A. B. do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the King's Highness is the only supreme Governor of this Realm, & of all other his Highness Dominions and Countries, as well in all spiritual and Ecclesiastical things (or causes) as temporal: and that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State or Potentate hath or aught to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, Pre-eminence or authority eclesiastical or spiritual within this realm: and therefore I do utterly remounce and forsake all foreign jurisdiction, powers, superiorities & authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith & true Allegiance to the King's Highness, his heirs and lawful successors, and (to my power) shall assist and defend all jurisdiction, privilege, pre-eminence, and authority granted or belonging to the King's Highness, his heirs & successors, and united and annexed to the imperial Crown of the Realm. So help me God, etc.   

The Oath of Allegiance, etc.  
I A. B. Do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare, in my Conscience, before God and the World, That Our Sovereign Lord King Charles, is Lawful and Rightful King of this Realm, and all other his Majesty's Dominions and Countries; and that the Pope neither of himself, nor by any Authority of the Church or See of Rome; or by any other means (with any other) hath power or authority to Depose the King, or to dispose any of his Majesty's Kingdoms or Dominions, or to Authorize any Foreign Prince to invade or annoy him or his Countries, or to discharge any of his Subjects of their Allegiance and Obedience to his Majesty; or to give licence or leave to any of them to bear Arms raise tumults, or to offer any violence or hurt to his Majesty's Royal Person, State, Government, or to any of his Majesty's Subjects within his Majesty's Dominions; Also I do swear from my heart, that notwithstanding any Declaration or sentence of Excommunication or deprivation, made or granted, or to be made or granted by the Pope or his successors, or by any authority derived, or pretended to be derived from him, or his seed, against the said King, his heirs or successors, or any absolution of the said subjects from their obedience: I will bear faith and true Allegiance to his Majesty, and his Heirs and Successors; and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power, against all Conspiracies and Attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against his or their Persons, their Crown and Dignity, by reason or colour of any such sentence, or declaration, or otherwise; and will do my best endeavour to disclose and make known unto his Majesty, his Heirs, and Successors, all Treasons, and Traitorous Conspiracies, which I shall know or hear of to be against him or any of them; and I do further swear, that I do from my heart, abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and Heretical, this damnable doctrine and position, that Princes, which be Excommunicated and deprived by the Pope, may be Deposed or Murdered of their subjects, or any other whatsoever; and I do believe, and in my conscience am resolved, that neither the Pope, nor any other person whatsoever, hath power to Absolve me of this Oath, or any part thereof, which I acknowledge by good and full Authority, to be lawfully ministered unto me; and do renounce all pardons, and dispensations to the contrary; And these things I do plainly and sincerely acklnowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken; and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation or montall evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever; And I do make this recognition and acknowledgement, hearty, willingly, and truly upon the true faith of a Christian; So help me God, etc.    

Some brief Observations concerning the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance.  
Discovering the great obligation that lieth upon the Consciences of the People of this Land, binding to the performance of them, and the great and horrid Impieties that have been committed in their violation.  
Observation I.  
THat of all Obligations, that it is possible for the Creatures to lay upon themselves, there is none more sacred, none more inviolable, none of more dreadful consequence in the violation, none of greater importance to Religion towards God, or to the good and peace of humane society; than an Oath. It being an appeal to the great God of Heaven and Earth, as a Witness and a Judge of the Truth of our Assertions, and the fidelity of our Promises; together with an Obligation of ourselves, to the forfeiture of his Mercy and Favour, and to the Curse and Judgement of God upon our souls, in case we deal fraudulently and unfaithfully with him.  
Obser. II. That a public Oath that is made by the public Authority of a Nation, to bind the people of the Land, is of so great force and power, that it doth not only bind those that made it, and have taken it, but also all the people of the Nation, and not only those that are then in being, when the said Oaths were made and taken, but also all their succeeding Posterity, that are within the design, and the purpose of the said Oaths; as doth eminently appear by the force and power that was in the Oath, which was made and taken by Joshuah and the Princes of Israel, in the 9 chap. of Joshuah, which bond not only Joshuah and the Princes, who made and took the said Oath; but also all the people of the land, and all their succeeding posterity: as is manifest by comparing that passage in the 9 of Joshuah with the 21. chap. of the 2. book of Samuel, from the 1. verse, to the end of the 14 where the breach of the Oath of Joshuah and the Princes by Saul in slaying of the Gibeonites was punished in the time of David with three years' Famine upon the land and people of Israel.  
Obser. III. That though there be many infirmities and miscarriages committed in the making and taking of these public Oaths, and although the things that they oblige unto, prove to be against the Interest of the people; and although the breach or violation thereof, hath the countenance of fair and specious intents and ends, seemingly conducing unto the public good of the people; yet neither all nor any of those pretensions doth either make void the Obligation of those Oaths, nor deliver the people from the great guilt of the sin which is committed in the violation thereof; nor secure them from the dreadful Judgement of God? As appears clearly by the severe proceeding of Almighty God, in the judgement that he sent upon the people of Israel, for the breach of that Oath that was made unto the Gibeonites, notwithstanding that it was obtained by a palpable lie and falsehood, assumed rashly without consulting with God: Proved to be against a direction that God himself gave unto the people, for the destruction of those very Gibeonites, amongst the rest of the Nations that inhabited the land of Canaan, and expressly prohibiting them to make any Covenant with them, or to show them favour, as appears, Deut. 7. v. 1, 2. and was manifestly against the consent and interest of the people, and was broken by Saul, in his zeal to the house of Israel and Judah, as appears, 2 Sam. 21. viz. which yet was punished with so great a judgement, as three years' Famine upon the children of Israel, and could not be expiated without the destruction of divers of the posterity of Saul  
Obser. iv That the custom of Oaths made unto Princes by the people, is no act of unlawful Tyranny or Oppression, but hath its foundation and warrant in the word of God, as in the 2 Kings 11. v. 4.17. Where Athaliah had usurped the Kingdom, was deposed and slain, and the people were engaged in an Oath and Covenant unto Joshuah the lawful Successor in the Kingdom, by the means of Jehoiada the Priest: and in the 8. of Ecclesiastes v. 2. Obedience unto the King is required of the people, in regard of the Oath of God; and in the 17. of Ezekiel v. 13, 14, 15, 16. as also in the 18, 19, 20. verses of the same Chapter, you find God severely threatening the breach of that Oath of Fidelity that was taken by Zedekiah unto the King of Babylon, notwithstanding he was an enemy to the truth of God, and a great oppressor of the people.  
Obser. V That the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance must needs be allowed to have in them all that sacred force and binding power that hath been before mentioned, to bind the people of these Nations, and all their succeeding posterity, either to the just and faithful performance of them, or to the undergoing of the dreadful Judgement of God's wrath and eternal indignation, which is invoked upon the breach of them, if it be not prevented by timely repentance, and that upon these several Considerations.  
1. Because these oaths were made & taken by the public authority of these Nations, who in that and other public acts did represent the whole people of the land.  
2. Because they are not avoidable by those infirmities that have been formerly noted in the oath of Joshua, and the Princes of Israel, which as they cannot be imputed unto these Oaths, so neither if they were imputable unto them, would they be invalidated thereby.  
3. Because these oaths appears now clearly enough by the sad consequences of them violations not to stand opposite to the interest of the People, but to conduce exceedingly thereunto, and if it were otherwise; the validity of an Oath doth not depend upon the compliance with politic interest, as hath been before showed, but stands firm and binding with a non obstante there against, so that no pretence of the mistake or change of interest can be pleaded in bar to the obligation of these Oaths.  
4. Because the force of these Oaths cannot die of age, no more than the Oath made unto the Gibeonites did, in all that time, which interceded between Joshua and Saul, but are still in as great and full force and power for the binding of conscience, as if they had been made and taken but yesterday or this very hour.  
5. Because no specious pretences of the good of the people to be obtained by the breach of them, nor fair intention of those that violate them, can either justify them or discharge from their obligation, as is manifest in the case before propounded,  
So that by all that hath been said, these Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance do remain at this day in their full force and vigour, to bind the people of this land, and their posterity unto the King and his Heirs and Successors, to all intents and purposes, for which they were first made, and that under the penalty of eternal destruction, if they shall wilfully continue in the breach thereof.  
Obser. VI Observe that no succeeding Oath, or Covenant, Protestation, or Engagement whatsoever, that doth either contradict or limit a precedent lawful Oath, can either be lawfully taken, or being taken, is of any force at all, either to make void, or diminish, or circumscribe the force of the foregoing lawful Oath: For Oaths are not like Wills and Testaments, which being but the free declarations of the present wills of them, that make them are controulable by any succedent declarations, or Testaments, so that the last Will doth prevail against all that have gone before it; but Oaths and promises and obligations, whereby we bind ourselves to others, whether God or man, put such limits and bounds upon our wills, that we have no power to contradict or limit them by any succedent Oaths, or obligations whatsoever. But the first lawful Oath stands firm and inviolable against all that shall betaken afterwards, in the whole, and in every part, and the full extent of the tenor thereof: otherwise an Oath were not an end of all strife, as it is declared to be, Heb. 6.16. nor were there indeed any valid security in a promissory Oath, since a succeeding Oath to the contrary, or setting limits, conditions or exceptions to the former might renew the strife, and destroy or diminish the security thereof; so that no Engagement, Covenant, Protestation or Oath of Abjuration, contrary to the Oaths of Supremacy or Allegiance can be taken, without an horrid sin against God, exposing the soul unto his eternal wrath. Or can it be at all of any force against them, though they should be never so oft taken: neither can that limitation in the Covenant, wherein they oblige themselves to the preservation of the King, in the maintenance of the true protestant Religion, the privileges of Parliament, and the Liberty of the Subject, limit or abate the force of those absolute obligations, whereby all Subjects are obliged to the King and his lawful Heirs and Successors, which are upon them by the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance; but as such limitations look very unhandsomely; so they have not at all any force of abatement in them, but aught to be abhorred, disclaimed & rejected by all honest Subjects and Christians, as an evil gap opened to rebellion and sedition to those that have a mind to make such an evil use thereof, under pretence that the King doth (that which indeed he ought not to do) either depart in any thing from the true Religion, or violate the Privileges of parliament, or the Liberties of the Subject.  
Obser. VII. That those  Oaths, as they have a binding influence upon all; so especially, do they bind those, who have personally and solemnly taken them, and are enjoined thereunto, by the laws of the Land, and must have a peculiar influence obligatory upon them in the execution of those Offices or places, and in the performance of those Acts and Operations, which they do by law enter upon, with the solemn taking of those Oaths, so that whatever they shall do therein contrary thereunto, are not only grievous and perjured sins, but are to be looked upon in religious reason, as utterly void, and of none effect, as those wherein they exceeded their limits, and broke the bounds of that power and authority which was committed unto them, which were circumscribed unto their operations as the sphere of their activity, by those Oaths which they took at their entrance thereupon; for it is neither religious nor reasonable, that any man or society of men should have power to act against the lawful Oaths that they have taken; and than if we remember that the lawful Members of the long Parliament, did as they were enjoined by the law of the Nation, take the Oath of Supremacy or Allegiance, every one of them personally, at or before their admittance into the House; and that in order to their entrance upon their power, to act as members of the Parlia. of England; it will be easy to conclude; first, how sinful, and then how altogether invalid and forceless all those acts that they have done, or shall do, must needs be, which are or shall be any way contrary, or in the least derogatory to the aforesaid Oaths; and how great work there is for Humiliation, both to God and his substitute; for many and sad things that have been done by some of them, as highly and diametrically contrary to those Oaths, as it is possible for actions to be contrived. The cry is so loud, I need not instance; but now to come a little closer to the view of these Oaths, and to discover what they import and oblige unto.  
Obser. VIII. That in the first clause of the Oath of Supremacy, the King is utterly and conscientiously declared and acknowledged upon Oath, to be the only supreme Governor of this Realm, and of all other his Majesty's Dominions and Countries, as well in Spiritual and Ecclesiastical things or causes as Temporal: Mark the supreme Governor, therefore he hath none above him, not but that he and his great Counsel together may have power to do more than he can do alone; but that none can act above him in opposition unto him. Secondly, The only supreme Governor; therefore, there is none equal unto him: This admits of no rival in the Throne, this excludes not others from Government, as his subordinate Instruments; nor doth it exclude others from being necessary assistants unto him in some acts of Government: as the making of new Laws, & the abrogation of those that have been already made; but it doth exclude all others from the supremacy, from being enabled to act above him, or contrary unto him, or without him, or his allowance in those or any other acts of Government; and this supremacy of Government in him is solemnly acknowledged in this Oath (which is both a law and an Oath of the Nation) to extend unto this Realm, and to all other his Majesty's Dominions and Countries, & to all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical things & causes, as well as temporal; that is to say, as far as God hath committed either of them, unto humane & secular powers; and as to the charge and oversight of religious matters, to see that they be rightly ordered and managed by those that are the proper instruments of Religious Ordinances; and that the true Faith be embraced, and Religious Duties purely practised by the people in his Dominions and to afford his protection, defence & encouragement thereunto, and to take order that the offices of the Church be rightly established, and furnished according to the rule of God, and that wholesome laws be provided to those ends, and decency and order be observed in Church-discipline, and religious performances.  
Obser. IX. That wherein the said Oath there is a religious disclaimer & renouncing of all spiritual or ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Pre-eminence, or Authority within this Realm; it doth reasonably suppose that there is none within the Realm that hath any such pre-eminence above the King in those matters, who is before declared to be the only supreme.  
Obser. X. That where the people of the Land do promise from henceforth, That is for ever to bear faith and true allegiance to the King's Highness, his heirs and lawful successors; it binds to obedience, subjection and fidelity, not only to the King in present being, but unto his heirs and lawful successors, and doth bind us to them and every of them, in opposition to all violent usurpers & unlawful intruders into the Government of this Nation, that can plead no just establishment from the known and fundamental Laws of this Nation, as are all such that do either by fraud or violence intrude themselves into the power of Govenrment.  
XI. Whereas this only bindeth the people of the Land to their power (that is the utmost of their power) to assist & defend all jurisdictions, privilege, pre-eminence and authority granted or belonging to the King's Highness, his heirs and Successors, and united and annexed to the imperial Crown of this Realm; it doth highly engage all Officers, Parliament-members, Generals, Commanders, Soaldiers, and all the members of this Kingdom in their several capacities, readily & diligently to afford their dutiful help and assistance to defend the King in being from all hurt and violence, and to maintain his state, government and dignity against all opposers whatsoever, foreign or intestine, in like manner to defend the person, life, liberty of his Heirs, and lawful Successors, and to maintain and assert the said royal privileges and preeminences unto them, and every of them, and in case they be fallen into any damage, or suffer any wrong or disparagement in any of them; it is then the duty unto which all people are engaged by the sacred force of this Oath, to use the utmost of their power, according to their several abilities, to restore, recover and right them against all force and violence under which they suffer, which doth painly show what is required of all people, and especially of those that have power in their hands at this time, for the deliverance and restoring of our afflicted and oppressed Sovereign, and how highly they are obliged thereunto; and then more especially, when God doth by his signal and wonderful providences admonish them of, and lead them on unto their duties.   

Observations concerning the Oath of Allegiance.  
1. OBserve, That the Nation by this Oath, doth declare, before God and the world; the power of kingly Government, is that which is established by Law in this Nation; and over that and all other the King's Dominions, and that therefore the introducing of another form of Government, is contrary to the Law and Constitution of this Nation, which the people are bound to maintain.  
2. That this Regal and Kingly office is seated personally in the King for the time being, who according to the Law of this Nation is said never to die, but is presently upon his death revived, as to this kingly right and office in him also, who is the next heir to the Crown.  
3. That by the express words also of this Oath, the Nation and the People thereof, doth not only declare; That the said King for the time being is lawful and rightful King of this Realm, and all other his Majesty's dominions and Countries, and therefore not a King of courtesy, or durante bene placito: during pleasure; no nor yet quamdiu se bene gesserit, as long as he shall carry himself well in his office, and be free from exception from the multitude, or from any others, who will take upon them to be his Judges: for then indeed he were not like to be permanent; since there is ●●●hing more easy than for a people to be persuaded that they are not well governed, as judicious Mr. Hooker hath long ago told us: and as long as there is pride and ambition, and inordinate affections in men's hearts, there will be discontented spirits amongst a people, that will be ready to raise seditious clamours and accusations against the Ruler: Besides that a Government of a people is attended with so many difficulties, that there must needs be failings, and some real miscarriages: In so much, that a people that will bear with no infirmities, nor miscarriages in Governors, must upon the matter resolve to endure none at all, and there is no miscarriage equal unto that. But the King is by this Oath acknowledged and declared to have a lawful right of Government in him, and then whatsoever force is used to divest him of his power, or to disable or bar him from the possession or exercise thereof, is true violence, and the exercise of might against right, and such as flies in the face of God, who is the God of Justice and Righteousness, and the great asserter and maintainer of the right of Kings, as that which is under him, the safeguard and security of all other inferior rights and proprieties, so that no success of violent and illegal practices or enterprises, can be justly pleaded in bar against this Ruler, we will justify that frantic axiom or resolution of the Son of belial, in Wisdom c. 2. v. 11. Let our strength be the Law of righteousness; for that which is feeble, is found to be nothing worth, and this right of Kings is established by the word of Christ himself, who is the King of Kings, Math. 22.21. and is declared to be very consistent with the right of God. Give therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are Gods; where the right of Caesar is asserted by Christ himself, though he was an Heathen, and an enemy to the Gospel. And however that of Ezekiell 1.27. (as the verses are numbered in our Bibles) is interpreted of the right of Christ. Yet it may seem to be applied in some sort by the wonderful operations of Divine providence in this Nation, at this time, unto our present affairs & concernments, and to the business we have in hand; I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; until he come whose right it is: and I will give it him; I am sure it stareth or at least supposeth that there is a right of Government, and of the Kingly office, and this is of so strong and adamantine a temper; that no Steel nor sword can cut it or destroy it?  
4. It is declared by this Oath, that the Pope, neither of himself, nor by any authority of the Church or See of Rome, or by any other means, with any other, hath any Power or authority to depose the King, or to dispose of any of his Majesty's kingdoms or dominions, or to authorize any foreign Prince to invade or annoy him or his Countries, or to discharge any of his subjects of their allegiance and obedience to his Majesty, or to give licence or leave to any of them to bear arms, raise rumults, or to offer any violence or hurt to his Majesty's Royal Person, State, or Government, or to any of his Majesty's subjects within his Majesty's Dominions.  
Where it is observed, that the intent of the Oath, is to secure the King of the inviolable right and safety of his Government of the obedience and allegiance of his people against attempts of deposition by his subjects against Rebellion and taking up Arms by his subjects against him, as also against foreign invasions; and the said Oath declares, that the Subjects cannot be authorised unto these undutiful and disloyal practices against the King, neither by the Pope nor any other with him (and therefore it is supposed and employed) not by any other without him, which infers thus much, that none, neither the Pope, nor See of Rome, nor any other, hath any Power to depose the King, to dispose of his Dominions, or to discharge the Subjects of their obedience or allegiance to his Majesty, or to give licence or leave to any of them whosoever they are, either single or together to do that which it is supposed â fortiori, without such licence, they have no Power of themselves to do: viz. to bear Arms, raise Tumules, or to offer any violence or hurt to his Majesty's Royal Person, State or Government, etc. Whereby this Oath, and therein the Conscience of the Nation, doth upon so dreadful an Obligation disclaim and disavow all Power, to depose the Kings of this Nation in any whatsoever. As also all taking up Arms, Rebellion and Disobedience against him; as wicked and abominable, and contrary to the allegiance of Subjects, which is asserted in this Oath: nor is it imaginable that the intent of those that made this Oath, For the security of the King and his Government did mean, that themselves or any others in their capacity should take upon them the wicked pretence of any such power, which they do here so much abominate in the Pope and others.  
Obser. V That the Subjects of this Kingdom in this Oath, do swear from their heart, not to admit of any Absolution of themselves from their obedience to the King, but (as the very words of the Oath import) notwithstanding any absolution of the said subjects from their Obedience (who ever they he that should take upon them to give it them, much less is it to be supposed, that they can Absolve themselves) to bear Faith and true Allegiance to his Majesty, and not only to him in being, but to his Heirs and Successors; and the world knows who it is that the Law and Custom of this Nation states to be the Heir and Successor of the King, even the eldest Son of the Predecessor.  
Obser. VI That this National Oath, doth bind the people of this Nation, in the very express words thereof, to defend Him and Them (that is, the King and his Heirs and Successors, immediately before mentioned) to the uttermost of their power (words of a very severe and exact importance, admitting of no negligence, coldness, or excuses) against all Conspiracies and Attempt whatsoever, (mark and tremble to think how this hath been violated) which shall be made against His or Their Persons, their Crown and Dignity; by reason or colour of any such sentence or declaration (as is before mentioned of the Pope or See of Rome) or otherwise, which doth expressly oblige the subjects to appear for the defence of the King, of his Person and Government, against all attempts, against them by any whatsoever, or upon any pretences soever.  
Ob. VII. That the people of this Nation are highly obliged in the importance of this Oath with their best endeavour to disclose, and make known unto his Majesty (in being) & to his Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and Traitorous conspiracies, that they shall know or hear of, to be against the King, or any of his Heirs and Successors: Where the conspiracies which are against the King and his Successors have the stile of Treasons and Traitorous conspiracies, for the Epithet or Title or Traitorous is not to be understood as a mark of distinction, but of aggravation; & all such the people of this land are bound by thy Oath to reveal unto the King & his Successors, with their best endeavour whensoever they hear of them, or have any knowledge of them, to the intent, without all doubt, that they may be prevented; and the contrivers and actors brought to condign punishment: and therefore all concealing of such things, and much more all centriving, and acting of them, or complying with them, or abetting of them, is gross perjury against this Oath, as well as treason against the King, and his Heirs and successors.  
Obser. VIII. That in this Oath the people do with this sacred obligation profess, an hearty abhorring, detesting, and abjuration of that doctrine and position, as impious, heretical and damnable; that princes which be excommunicated and deprived by the Pope, may be deposed and murdered by their Subjects, or any other whatsoever; which doth undoubtedly disclaim and abjure all deposing and murdering of Kings by their Subjects or others, as a practice, as impious, heretical, and damnable as any such Doctrine, whether they be excommunicated and deprived by the Pope, or no: Unless any shall be so mad and wicked as to think that their Kings may be murdered or deposed by them or others, because they are not excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, as if Princes stood in need of the Pope's deprivation or excommunication to secure them from deposition, or being murdered by their Subjects; & than it is obvious enough to any man's consideration, how sad and desperate, how impious, heretical, damnable and perjurious against the faith and Oath of the Kingdom: The mistake and miscarriage of some hath been of late (who would have been therein also examples unto others) and those too I think, that took this very Oath, who instead of abjuring the deposing and murdering of the King, have abjured the King himself, & thereby (with a monster of wickedness) have sworn down the awful & lawful Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, their own Covenant binding them to the King's posterity; the Protestation binding to maintain and defend, according to the duty of Allegiance, together with the Laws of God and man, and all that not only justice and righteousness, but even mercy, compassion, and gratitude, and thankfulness, which bindeth the people of this land unto his Majesty.  
And withal it may be full easily discovered, in the view of this Oath, how wickedly forward some instruments and factours of the Jesuits amongst us, that thought not sit to stay for a sentence of excommunication or deprivation from the Pope, but have acted these horrid things without it, that they have done, to the reproach of the Christian profession, and the shame and scandal of the protestant Religion, and of this Nation; I am sorry that it is become so necessary as it is, to deal so plainly with them in this matter; but it is of great concernment unto them, and us in order to their salvation, that they should be admonished of their miscarriage, that we may not own their guilt by our silence, when the world doth somuch cry out against them, and that they may, if it be possibly, repent, and be saved, which I do earnestly beg of the Lord for them.  
IX. Observe, that this national Oath, doth absolutely disclaim all power in the Pope, or in any other to absolve the people from this Oath, or any part thereof, and doth renounce all pardons, and dispensations to the contrary, as also all equivocation or mental reservation whatsoever, and all this upon the engagement of the true faith of a Christian.  
Lastly observe, that in that dreadful expression in the close of both these Oaths, So help me God, which is uttered with the hand upon the Gospel, and sealed, as it were, with kissing that holy Book, our Interest in God's help and Salvation by the Gospel is, as it were pawned and engaged for out fidelity therein. By all this then that hath been said, it is clear and evident how highly the people of this Nation are engaged, to perform all the duties of these Oaths unto the present King: How wicked those actions have been, that have been managed against his Father and himself? What a sad guilt of perjury there is upon this Nation? And how necessary it is, there should be a public Humiliation for this, as well as for other grievous sins in this Nation.  
FINIS.