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Margaret Fell and Cjeorge Fox (at
the {averal‘l Afsizcs held at LAN.

(2 A 5' TE R the 14th and 16th days of the Fir& Moneth‘ '
"562' And the 29th of :11: 6th Moncth 1664.)For than";3

. Obedience to Chrifts Command who faith, Samar not

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Lancafier Caflle the 14?}: dd} of tbefirfl Month 460:“ the 9th 13,2,
[your in the Morning 1662. L . . F 5

order was given to the Goaler'by the Judge to .fet a

Stool and a Cufhion for her to fit upon ; and {he had
four of her Daughters with her at the Bar, and the Jud ge' faid, '
let not Mrs. Fell: Daughters l’tand at the Bar, but let them Come
up hither, they {hall not find at the Bar 5 to they plucked
them up and fet them near where the Jud e fate: Then after
a while the Mittimm was read and the In ge {p0ke to her, and
the flood upto the-Bar, and he began to ipeak to her as £013
lowe'th..‘_'_ '_ " " - V .,

Judge; He fetid, Mrr. PC“ you areeommitte’d 6] the Tuflicu :5
Peace for refuflng to take the Oath of Obedience, mi 1. am emanating
orfmté} the K ing to tender it to an] that flea/l refuf e it. ' . 5

M. F. Iwas {cut for from my own houfe and family, but for
. what caufe or tranfgreflion I’d'o n0t know. ‘ ‘ . '
’ Judge. '1 am informed by the yet/lice: often! 54th ‘Cpfltxtyg‘b/qt
you keep multitude: of people it your bauf e in a pret‘egtee of mgr/kiwi»; .
(god, and i t ml] be 1m werflttp bit» in part, ext man not to dtfiwe
t at. _

M. F. l have the Kings word from his own mouth that he
would not hinder me of my Religion, God forb‘i'd (laid had)“
I fhould hinder you of your Religion,‘ you ipay‘ keep it in~ ' our
own houfe: And I appeal to all the Country", whether of:
people that met at my houfebe n0t a acea le , a quiet, and
a godly honeli pe0ple? And whether t ere hath been any full;
Emilia: of offence-given ‘by the meeting that Waskept Win}!

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tags, Iii” "attendee tingtfi term .5 outbiflkjf tbertée-mfigbtiug
mr quarreflivg «tang/'19»; time-Jan (up the penned hen/g no.1?”
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bu I ttfljoutbat you are a breaker of tin: Law 6] keeping afmgldwfuL
watt}: 5, an again,- you. break the Law if: «that jottmflmt take the
Out!) 0% Allah/ice. '

. ‘ All, RI defire that I may have liberty to 2111er to thofe’twy.
things that are Charged againlttne, and firlt for that which is
looked upon to be mtater of fa&,which is' concerning our meet
in gs 3 there are {everal of my Neighbours that are of the fame
faith,principle, and fpirit, and judgement that] am of; and
thefe are they that meet at my houfe, andI cann0t that my
door againlt them. ',

Judge, _ 'Mn, Ton 6:31;: at the wrong tndjar tbefirfltzk theDfltE

M, :F. l‘ fuppofe that the firl’t occafion oftendring to me. the
Oath was b'e‘caul’e of meeting, but as forthat, if. I hayebegun at
thegwrong end,1lhall begin at the other : .And firfi then as to
the Oath, the fubltance of which is Allegiance to the-King, and
this lfhall fay as for my Allegiance, Ilove, own, andhonour
thefiKing,and delire his peace and welfare; and that we may.
live a. peaceable, aquiet , and godly life under his 'Govern-
ment actording to the Scriptures, and thigh myAllegiance to
the King,‘_ and as for the Oath it felfChrilt Jefns the Kin oE
Kings bath commanded me not to {wear at all, neither by eat.
Yen,honby earth, nor by any other Oath, . .

Judge. H: cafltdfor t6: Statute book, and the G med-fur] to 1::
infant, fhnonuftbt inflict: that committed bar, [431, M3. Fell
. you'kpow that befon the 04th mu tendred talent, in ofattl .tbit if

you wouldput tnfd‘tlrtt] to have no more meeting: at your bouft we:
gnu/a" not tender the 04th to)”, _ ’

M; F» I {hall nOt deny that. _ .

fudge I f 7‘“ wtfljet put in ftcxrtt] t5“ you at” by! no «more
flitting)“, I #30 not tender at to you. _

' M. F. Spoke to the Judge, and the Court; and thereft oft-
thc, people 'you all profefs here to be Chriltians, and. likewifc.
you prof; itheSefiptnres; [0 in anfwer to‘thofc things the:
telaid againlt me. - . t

_ Eirfl(jobn)4.Chrilt Jefns hath-left upon Record in the§ctip-
tm’CS that God is a fpitit, and that his worfhipjs in, the {pint 8e
truth-8t that he isfeeking of {nth wofhippers to worflup him,
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{hip God in obedienceto his Dgétrine and Command;

2.l Mor.5,The fame Chrilt Jefus hathcommanded‘in plain
wor s, that I fliould not {wear at all, and'for obedience.to
. (Zhr'ifis Doéttine and command am I here arraigned this: day ;

and [0 you being Chrifiians,.and :peofeffing the fame thing in
words, judge ofthofe things according to thaeof God in your
Confciencesfindfl appeal to all the Country, whether; ever a-
ny prejudice br-hurt t ofe meetings did. . ’

So after {he-had prken of the worlhip ofG'od in fpirit and.
obedience to Chril‘ts Doéicrine and Command,&c.

. Judge. . Ton Are not here for oéedieme to Cbri/f: momma-1:, be.
for keeping of ~ unlawful. meeting, and. you think.- tbam'f 703.1. not,
figbt‘, or quarrel, or bred/Q the peace, that you-break no £417,614: t‘ere .
13.4 Low again/I unlawful fleeting. . .

M, F. What szhave I broken for worihippingGod in my
own houfe? ‘ ' .

Judge; What Lev.

M, F.l what-Law have I broken for worlhipping God in my
own houle? ‘

Judge, Tloe Common. Law, _

M. P. Ithought you had proceeded by a Statute, Then the.
sheriff whifpered to him, and mentioned the Statute of the

5th OfEliz, . « .

Judge. 1 ooaldteflyou ofa Low, but it :8 too penal-for you, foh'e,
might cofls you your 1i fe.‘ ‘ -

M. F. I muli offer and tender. my. life andall for my telli-
mony if it be required of me : Then the latter part of the Sta-
tute was read to the Jury for the .Oath of obedience, and the-
Judgeiiuformed' the Jury and the Prifoner concerning the pe-
nalty of the Statute upon refufal, for it would be to §the forfci-,
ture of all her Elizate Real and Perfonal, and 1m prifonmcnt du.‘ ,
ring life.~ '

.M'. F. I am a Widdow andmy Eliate is a Dowry, and IhaveQ.
fiveChildren unpreferred, and, if theKings pleafurebe to take.
my Elhte from me upon the aceOunt of my Confcience,and not :.
for any evil or wrong done -, let him do as he pleafes, and fur.
the’r Idefire that lmayfpeak tothe Jury of the occafion of my

being here. .
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“— Jud ge. ‘ The 7377 the bearfimtbing,6ut we to tender)“ the 04:11,, 3 ’
mJIon'rnfefxfe it or take it. - ' . _ -. t ' . i
M. F. You will let mehave the liberty that Other Prifoners
have, and then (he turned to the Jury and faideriends I am
here this day upon the account 'of my Confcience, and act for,
any evil» or wrong. done to any man, but-for obeying .Chrifts
Doctrine ‘and command, who hath {aid in ' the Scripture, that
< God is a fpirit, and that his worfhip is in the fpirit and truth,
and for keeping meetings in the unity of this fpirit, and for ”o-
beying Chrilts command and Doctrine, who hath faid {wear
. no: at all ., am. I here- arraigned this day : Now you profefs
your {elves to be Chrifiians, and you own the Scriptures to be
true; and for the obedience of. the plain words ofScripture, and.
for the tel‘timony of my Confcience am I here -, So I nowap-.
peal to the witne s of God in all your Conlciences to judge, of
- me according to that. . ~ '
Secondly, You are to coufider this Statute What it was. made
for, and-for whom. it was made for Papflls; andthe Qath‘was
Allegiance to the King. Now let your Confciences fudgegwhe—
: ther we be the people it was made for, who ,cannut {wear an
Oath at all, only for Confcience fake,becaufe Chrifl command:
. notto {wear at all. .. _ - ,J ‘. -_
. Judge. Then the iudge fanned to 6: angry, and [4151/]?! Mt mt“;
_' flare up» the account afher. Confcimée,ad {all}!!! M (”Anna/7-
z°ng Tongue, you damn/1: ubgle Court after)“, and flitfléfllbtd
making on, and be I”! effing, willful Mk; the eat}: or W ? . .1 .‘
M, F. It is upon the account of my Confciencgfm IfL'could
have {worn Ihad not been here. . - . .' . —_ .

' “Secondly, if I- won not have meetingslin my be ‘11“
norm have the Oath tender!!! to me, ‘andfoxlx defies jury
to take natice that its only for thofe two clung: that I am there
arraigned ., which are only Upon the account of my Confli-
eace, andnot for any evil done .agasnltany man: Then'the
We Wasan'gt‘y £941), and hid them tender-int the {Dubai

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' M .‘ I have’faid already that I own Allegiance and obedi-

. ence to the King at his juft and lawful commands, and Mo alfn -
a . - owe

"owe Allegianceand obediencgzg the King ofKings'Chriflz-IeJ '
fus,:who hat-h. commanded me not to {w eat at 21“. i .. i
‘ Judge.That o": no aof 1117339171 you take the owl: or will you hot Mk: it?

M. F; I lay I owe Allegiance and obedience unto Chrift Je—
fus,who commands me not to fwear.

Judge. I fa). :4an you that: no omfmr, will you take it or will you
not take it ? - ‘

M. F. If you fhould'ask me never fo often, I mull anfwer to
you the reafon‘why Icannot take it, is becaufe Chril‘t' Jefus hath
commanded me not to {wear at all, I owe my Allegiance and
obedience unto him.

Then one ofthe Jultices that committed her,faid, Mrs..Fod
you may with a good Co 1fcience, (if you cannor take the‘ '
Oath) put in fecurity that you may have no more meetings at
yourboufe. ' - , .

M. F“. Wilt thou make that good, tllatl may witha fafe
Confciencemake an engagement to forbear n1eetiugs,._ for fear
of lofing my Liberty and Eftate-1 wilt nor thou and you all here
jud ge ol’me'that it was for faving my Eliate and Liberty that I
did it,and do I mm in this deny my tefiimonyg and would not
this defile my Confcience.

Judge. That a no anfmr, m'lljou ”he the 04th .3 we may? not
- [find time.

M.‘F. ”ever took an Oath in m life,Ihave {pent my days
thus far, and 1 never took an Oat ,1 own Allegiance to the
King as he is King'of'England, but Chril’t Jefus is King of my
C00fcienc¢~-Then the Clerk held out the Book and bid her
gull off her Glove and lay her hand on the book.

M. 17., [never laid my hand on the book to {wear in all my
life and I never waS'at this Aflize before,I was bred and born
in this County Ja'nd'have led my life in it, and I was never at an
Aflize before this time, and I blefs the Lord that Iam here this
day upon this account, to bear teflimony to the truth.--Then
they asked her if {he would have the Oath read, {he anfwcrcd,
Ido not care if I never hear an oath read, for the Land mourns
becaufe of Oaths. . ' 1

‘ Judge, , Then the Judge cryed take Iver an], the» t by took her ct—
‘ml'y «when! aired her if/bo you’d 3512: [Emmy that [he would
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M. E, Nay, I can give no fuch fecurit-y,1have {poken e1
' -nougb for that. . ~ j . ' .
,Then George Fox was called before Judge Tmfdm, being a
‘ Prifoner the Goaler brought himin- '

‘ JUdgC. Wbat do yon came into the Court with your Hat'on,and
then the Goal" wold: mf.

6. F. Peace be amongt‘t you all, (and laid) the Hat was not
the honour that came down from God. ‘

_ Judge. Will jog: take the 04th of Allegiance George Fox.

G. P. Inever took Oath in my life.

Judge. Willyoufmar or no ? ,

G. F. Chrill commands we muff not {wear at all, and the A4
poftle ; and whether multl obey. God or man judge thee, quu:

- it to thee. "

Judge. 1 will not difpuu with tbn‘George Fox,cmru}l :1:
04th to him, andfo the 04d) ma real, and when It war-ran? I'm bin:
the book fan! the), and/o a wax thatfload '17} bit» beldupt e bmkand
Ind 14, your band on the book.

6'. F. ’Give me the book "in m r land,which fet them alla
gazing,and as in a hope he would ve {worng then when he
got the book in his hand, he held up the book and faid, this
book commands me mm to fwear ifit be a Bible I will rove it 3‘
and he law it' was a Bible, and he held it up, and en they
pluckt it forth of his hand again,.and cryed will you fwearmill
you take the Oath of Allegiance yea or nay. '

G. Y. My Allegiance lies not in'Oa'ths,but in truth and faith-
fufnel’s, for l honour all men, much more the King -, but Chrift
faith I mull not (wear, the great‘Prophet, the Saviour of the
world, and the Judge of the world, and tbouefay¢fi1.mufi
fwcngwhethcr multlobey Chril‘t or thee; for itis in tender-
ncls of Confciezcetthat Ido not {wear,.infobedience to the
command of Chril‘. and the Apoltle, and for his fake I Inger,
and in obedience to his commands do Lfiand this day; and we
have the word of a King for tender 'Confciences, halides his
Soceches and Declarations at Breda; and doll thou ownthe

Judge. Tex, loan: the King. _ .1. .
6‘. P. Then why doll nOtthou ownlns Specchcs .and ' De'cla-S
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rations-concerning tender Confciences,;to the which he reply—
ed nothing but George {aid it 15 in obedience to Chril’t the $3.
flow of the world, the Jud e of the world, before who'fe
judgment feat all men mufi be rought, thatI do not fwear and
am a man of a tender Confcience, and then the Judge {too up,

Judge. 1 will not be afraidoftbee, that! [yeah/blond :19} mice

' drown: mine with: Count, I 7123/} Cal/for three or four erers to

drama th} voice, thou haflgaod Laugh _ .
G. F. I ama Prifoner here this day for the Lord Jefus, that:

made heaven and earth, and for his fake do we fuffer, and for
him do I {land this day, and, if my voice were five times 1011-
der, yet fhould I found it out and lift it up for Chril‘ts fake, for
whofe caufe li‘tand this day before your Judgment—feat, in o-
bedience to'Chril‘ts commands, who commands not to fwear,
before whofe Judgment-feat you mull allbebrought, and give.
an account. _ ’

Judge. Sirrab will you take the 04th. . - ‘

G. F. I am none of thy'Sirrah, lam no Sirrah, I am a Chri—'
flian, art thoua Judge and {its there to give names to Prifo;
ners, thou ought mm to give names to Prifoners.

Judge, 1 am a 'C/ariflian too.

63F. Thendo Chriliian works. ‘ . .

Judge. Sirrab than thinkefl to frighten me with thy vorle, and
looked afide I amfaying [5 again,

G. F- Iipeak in love to thee that dOth not become a Judge,
thou oughtefi to infiruéi a Prilhner of the Law and Scriptures
if he be ignorant and out of the way.

Judge. .' George Fox, I [peak in [we to thee.

G. F. Love gives no names. - ' .

Iud g6. W {It than (wear, wilt than take the oath yet or 1147.

C‘ F. As I faid before, whether mul‘t I oh: God or man
judge ye, Chrili commands not to fwear, and If t ou,.or ye, or (
any Minifier, or Priefl here will prove that ever Chnfl or his ‘
Apof’tles after they had forbidden fwearnng, commanded 'men
fhould {wear I will fwear, and feveral Prieiis being there, yet

not one did ahpear.
Judge. -Gcorge Fox 171117014 [war or no. -, - x
G. F. It is in obedience to C hrilis commands 1 do not {vi/ear,
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fwea‘re'rs, how they 51?: {wea't one say then washer, and .1? i

’ eonidfw'ehr any Oath 'at all upon anyoccafion, I'fhould'rake . '

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th'a't,‘hut it‘ifi nor den ring-Oaths upon fame occafi'on, butafi
Oaths accoed’mgto C riltsDo‘étrin‘e. - I _ . ' ‘ . .2 iv; . ,
, Judge. 1am afar-but to‘tb’e Kuzgsdfitfibgngfebt may}; to .
dt‘fpme, baffle for “me to pm hi; hm} mexecut’iar, wilt tbm five-4r?
tender the 04th ofallegfance to him." - __ ‘ y . . -

A G. P. Ift‘honlove the Kifig,why dofi'thou'break his word,
andhotothfs Dedarations and’Specche‘s to tender Confet— '
e'r'lees’Frorn 7Bé‘cdk for I ‘am a mahofla .reudertoufcience, for'i'n

manage efihmic’ommnast am 99‘: to Mr. ...
fudge. Thefiha‘h‘will'fir flew, this 32m Guitar. ' . . , ,.

56.}. It is for Chrifls fake'l 'cani‘tot {Wear} in oh‘edicnée' to

his commands I'fufi'er, and {othe LOrd forgive you all. '
And {0 the mighty power ofthe Lord God was over 3H.

. The a pearance of M. F. The iecond time beingthermth
dfiyoffiliifosemenfioued "moneth 1 661.. -. r. . ,‘

1153.1 3711‘s.?!” you {land here ‘indified‘hy the statue-,chie
you will not take 'the’Oath of Allegiance, ’a‘hdI am here to fit-
form you what the Law provides For on in fhch a cafe; biz,
.f‘irfttif‘you coniefs to the indi’étment t e judgment‘of- a pm.
‘r'uun'ire ts'topafs upon’you,'8econdly, if you plead you have
libertyto Travervfe. gThirdly, ilfryou Rand muteand fay no.
thiuga‘taHJud meht win he pa ed again& you, fO‘fee what
‘yo‘uwm chufe o ‘thofe three ways. _ . ' .

M. F Iam altogethetgignoraut of thefe‘thin'gs, {on had
never the like occalion, fo 1 defire to be informed byj’dlcc,
which ofthcm is the MR for me, for I do h‘otknow, and fo' ‘ fc-
veralébo‘u' the Court crycd, Travetfe, traverfe.

_ , udge. ?f’]im will 6: «offer! 5.] in: VI“ In four Traverfeyand [a
903 ”a; 450:}. instill the (1:.th ,flfices tq arfwtr’yo’ur Mdflwem. '
,f - “Elba! rather according to dig: om pmpofal havea .

the nexr Affizg and

fmdfi, that'l‘rniight 1m: hbcrty’unt'i
t‘ien to‘pufina Trayerfe. '
Judge. Tear I never/e :3 a Procefr, . ; ' .
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Judge. Touflm/I law: it, ‘ y _ _ ‘ _ A
M. T hatis all I defirer—Thenza Clerk of the Crown of.

fice fion up and whi ered‘ to‘the Judge and-{aid it was con-
trary to Law, and fai I muff put in my-Traverfe now. ‘ '

Judge. I would d0 you all thcfawurl'ca», but puma/l enter 7910‘
Traverfe new, _ _ _ ~ . ‘ ‘ , ‘

:‘M.;F.' I acknowledge thy’ favour and mercy, for thou ,hgfi
{hewn more mercy then my Neighbours hath'done,‘ and fifée .
what thou hail done for. me, and what my Neighbours have
doneagainfl: me; and I know very well how to make a di-
flzinétion, for they'who have done this againfl: me they have no
reafonforit. - ' j 7 V ‘ ~.

Judge. 1 lmw done you w wrong, [foundyqn be". . .

. M. F. I had not been here but-by my Neighbours, .

~ludge. I’Vbatfajjm, any”: willing to merfc._

M. F. If I may no: be permittedto have that which I defire
(that is) longer time, I mull be willing toTraverfe till the hext
Alfizes,andthatt1pon this acc'ount, thatlhave {omethin‘g'td
inform thee of,-which I did' not {peak on the laft time when}
was broughtbefore thee : The jui‘tices which committed me .
they told me they had exprefs order from above, but they did
not thew me the order, neither indeed did lask them for it
but I heard fince that they have given ir outin the Country the]:
they had an order”- from the Couhfel, anagram theyflhad, an
order from the hing-é The Sher' {aid there was exprefs or-

- den-,3- :md alfo Infifie’F/«m‘mg fai there Washn order from the
King and the Counfel, {o the Country is incenfe‘d‘t'hliigl‘am
fome great enemy to the King, {'0 Idelire that I may 113v; 51115
order read, thatI may know what myoffepce is [mtlmay
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j udgc, LI wilfully” what that order :2, ‘ivahwe “Pf‘ff order
from the Kate ”pm- allSutun: and Law my “”3141, ‘ 3mm! '43
filly/lion, healer/n”; flay-741841 again/5‘ rapt/h if“: if 62" 3 _

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, p Milli"; Vii *tllat’. didét giyét‘he ,‘Iufl’ic'es of‘liafltxpfiflgi‘to

fete-h me fro ‘hfiyowin'houl'e', to tender nie‘the (93th“ " ’ ‘
judge, Mm m are all I» love, if t; a] had 5,4 order believe they
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M. F. I had rather havehad more time, that I might. Imp. .
informed. the King concerning theft. things.

Iudge. Tau may inform the King in halfa year: time, [a now let
u: have )0!" friend called up. '

Then after {he was gone-downs the Judge'called her back
again and faid, if you will put in Bali you may go home, and
have your liberty till the next; Affizes, but, you mull. n0t have
fuch frequent meetings.,

M. F. "I will rather lie where I am, for asJ told you before;
Imult keep my Confci‘ence clear for that I fufier. ,

The 1 6th day of the fame moneth G. F. Was brought before
the Judge the fecond time, where he was a little ofiended at
his Hat, being the hall morning before hewas to depart away,
a-nd_a0t mauy'people. _ '

Judge , The judge be mud a Paper to him which mu, whether L:
1701314 I ubmit, fland mute, or Traw:rfi,_andfo have judgment pa]? 3 In
gpbtbej} and man} ”’0! crank/o wry fofil} and m b4fl:,tbm 6.1:. x

6.11m (:11 that lac [41:1, _

G. F. Defired it might befl‘raverfed and Tryed. A .

‘ judge. Take him awn], the» I #17! have no more with him, take
bin am]. _

G, F. Well live in- the fear of God and do Julticc.

‘_ ‘ Judge. Wb}, ham 1 not do»: you Tuflice. .

G. P. That which thou halt done hath been againfl the com-
mand of Chrill. '

i This with much more was {poken which could not be

Carried. ,
~ And then G. F. was called up. .
The 29th day of the 6th moneth in the year i 664..
A: e Alfius holden at Lanna, M. F. Brought 'to the
Banting ndiétment read to the Judge, come will you take the,

V M. E. There is a Claufe in the Indi&tnent, that the Church-
yard“: informed of [omething which, famed), that1 wit;
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mould be the ground or firli’occafion of this Indiéiment, I de~'
fire to know what that Information was, and what the tranll
greflion was by which I come under this Law. .
. . Judge; . .Miflrefr, we are not to defpme that , you are here {Mafia},
‘ and 703 are hereto anfmr, and to plead to your indifimenr,.

M. F. I am firft to feek out the ground and the caufe wheres.
fore I am indiéted, you have no law againl’t me except I be .a.
trangreffour, the law is made for the lawlefs and trangreffourso, ,
and except I be a tranfgreffour ye have. no law againl‘t me, nei-
ther ought you to have indified'me, foi‘being that the" Church-
Wardens did inform,.my quefiion is, what matter of faé’t they
did inform of, for I was fent for from my own houfe, from a4
monglt” my Children and: Family, wheanas about my out-
ward occafions, whenl was in no meetinlg, neither was it a

meeting day, therefore I’defire to know w at this. firfi. foune
datiOn or matter of Pa& was, for there is no law a ainft the .in-
mean and righteous, and if I be a tranfgrefl‘our it me know-
thriim ‘ II I» L’ ed f
g c. Tan 4 we ,1 6 am 13-02, a of Iran re ourr, hut
Miflrefi do you go {a Church? [g I '

M, F, I do go to Church, Judge, what Church, Ill, 1:, To
the Church of Chril't. ‘

Judge. But do you goto Church amongfl other people, 1: know
what I mean. '

IMF. What doli thou calla Church the houfeor the peo;
ple, the houfe ye all know is Wood and Stone, but if thou call
the people a C urch, to that I {hall anfwer, as for the Church
of England that now is, I was gathered unto theLords‘ truth,un-
to which I now [hand a 'witnefs before this Church was a .
Church,I was feparated from the general worfhi of the Nae
tion, when there was another fet up then that w i‘ch'is now
and was‘perfecu ted by that power that then was, and fuffere
much hardihip, and would you have us now to deny our faith
and our principles which wehave fuffered for f 0 many yea rs ,
and would you now have us to turn from that which we have
born witnefs offo many years, and turn to yo ur Chunth con:
trary to our Confciencc " I ‘ ‘

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hum}, nvlmtfdy 7N9 {Bro at}: amigo 3a indifi‘mrt“ P". . ‘ a
“ MsF. I lay 'thi "tothe Oath, asil have {aid in thispl‘aee be-l
fore now, Chriil; Ie‘ihs hath'eomrn'ande‘d me not to fweara'tall;
and that is the only eaufe and'no’ other -, the righteous; fudge _ '
of heaven and earthknoweth, before Whofe throne and father:
ye mui’t all appear one day and his eyes fees as all and beholds
us all at this preient, and he hears and feesal'l our words and
actions ; and therefore every one ought to be ferious, farthe-
place'of judgment is weighty, and this No teltilie untoyom
here, where the Lords eye beholds us all, that for the matter or?
fubfiance of the Oath, and the end for which it was intended 5
I do own one part and denies the other, that is tolay, 1 do
Own truth and faithfulnefs and obediente to the King, and air ,
his 'juftarrd lawful demands and commands "a I do al {ideny , an
plOtting, . ‘contrivings againitthe King, and all PopifliSu'pi-e;
macy and Confpiracy, and I can no more tranfgref's a'gainfl:
King Charla: in thefe thinds, then 1 can difobey Chrilt'Jefus his
commands, and by the fixme power and vertue of the fame.
word, which hath commanded me not to {wear at all,t~l1‘e-{amc
doth bind me in my Confcience,that I can neither plat not. con;
triveagainfl: the h ing, nor do him nor no man upon- the earth
any wrong 3 and I do not deny this Oath only becaufe it is!
the (lid) ofAllegi-ante, but I deny it becaufe it is an Oath, be.
caufe Chrifl Jefus hath {aid I [hell not {wear at all, neitherby'
heaven , nor by earth nor’any Other Oath, ' and‘if I mightgain -
‘he whole world for , caring an Oath i could ndt. and what",
ever I have to lofe this day tor not {wearing ofan Oath, Iam
willin to 0811' it up, -
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.114. B. What mould-[(3331 am clear andinnocenrof the
Wtonging any man 'updn "the , earth as my little Child" that
Randsb‘y me here',‘ and if any here have any. thing to lay-tomy
Char "1c: them come down and teflifie it here beforewye all, '
andi lb: dear and innocent you have no law avainfi me:
Then ColonelK ‘rb; and. e Sheriffwhinafered to theJud‘g‘efind’,
I looked it p and f poke to' olon'elKirbyfiihd {aid letus‘haye'no
ylfifpcripg.‘lwill not have {0. man Judges one ofd‘de‘fidc,
and another Ofaniother, here is one fudge thatis to be fudge, --
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audthe judg‘e-{aiyd'n'o no I w‘ill'noc heartbeat; and then i call-

‘ ed to Colonel K 1767, and laid if thou have any thing to lay to

my charge, or to fpeakagainlt me come come down here and
tef’tifie againlt meland I {aid the judge reprefents the Kings'

perform and his power, and! oWn that. _
. . Judge. 334171413 notice/be detb not take I5: 011311.? , ‘
~ . Al. F. ‘ This matter is Wei‘gh’ty tome, whatfoever itis to you

‘u'pOn many accounts, and -?I would havethe jury to take no- a

rice of it, and to confider-ferioufly what they are oing to do 3
for 'l Rand here before you upon the account of t e lofs of my
Libertya'nd‘my Eltate. ' ' ’ " "

y _ S'econd'l -,- -I itand here in obeying Chrifits commands,' and 'fo
keeping my Confcience clear,’which if I obey thislaw and King
Charles commands I defile my Conftienqe and tranfgre’lfeth a-
gainfl ChrifiJefus-,r who is the kingof‘ my Confcience, and the
1:3qu and-contgrmretfie in this'matter, that’you all are here to
judge bfat‘hiis day; is betvtzi‘x't7 Chrift )efus and King Charla;
rand -I am hisfervaht-a‘nd’Witn‘éfs‘this-day,and this is hié caufe,
and whatIOever' l'ful’ier it is for’him,‘andfo let him plead my
came when he pleafeth. - '

' And the Judge {aid to the jury are ye all agreed have ye
fouhd Waddt‘he'yifaid for the King. ’ , : ~ - ' .
MAB. .Then‘fpolée'to the Judge,» and {tidy} have counfel to
plead‘to my indifimeh‘t,and' he {aid he would-clear'them after-
ward‘in arrel‘t of judgment -,7 fo the Court broke up that time',
andaftet Dinne‘rfihe‘nthey came again they intended to have

madam theffirmand they had faucd’ 6.1:. 'out and was call- .

i138 Of'tr'w, and; fiepp‘ed up to the Bar and defied the Mgc
that'he would gsve‘ustim‘e till the next morningto‘bringin

our Realt of Judgment, and the Judge ,faidat‘ 'the firlt we .-

Ihould and I Was lieppingdoWn to o my way, and the Judge

called me had” . in, and {aid Mil tells Fall on Wrote to mt.

magnetizing-your .' iffonsthat'they are‘b‘ad an rain'srin , «are
not'fit forttucopmouean,‘ and 1! anrwmd, 'the’ “she? with
knowa‘ndhath been told of it fevetal times ; and ’now it ‘is
raining il‘you will fend to fee atthis prefent, you may fee Whe-
ther they be fit for peoyle to lie in or no ; and Colonel K M;
Modi'up and {poke to t 16 Judge to excufe the Sheriff, and the

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badn’efs of the room, 7and I {poke to hun- and {aidif you were
to lie in it yourfelves you would think“ hard, but your minds
is only in cruelty to commit others, as Walliamltirb; here hath

.done, who hath committed ten of our friends, and put thém in— V

to a cold room where there was nothing but bare boards to lie

-- on, where they have laid feveral nights, fomc'of them old ~an--

.cient mm above threefcore years of Age,.and. known to be hog
Deli menxin their Country where they live, and when William
Kirby was asked why they might n0t have liberty to {hift for
Lthemfelves for beds, he anfwered and {aid they were to com-

' mit them to prifon, but wt to provide Prifons for them ;- and
[we asked him who {hould do it then, and he laid the King:

.And thent-he Judge fpoke tothim and {aid they .ihould not. o
[0, they {hould let them have Prifons fit for men, with feveral

.more fuch like words, and then at that time we were retur-

ned, to our Chambers again, the nexr day we were called about
the loth hour, and l flood 11 p to theBar, and {aid I had Coun—
'felthere and named them that the Judge might aflign them
.to fpeak, andl faidl had two or three words to [peak before
them, andI {aid I did fee all forts of Prifoners that did appear
before the Judge received mercy, what the Law would afl'ord
them -, but we defired only to receive Juflice and Law,and the
'Judge {aid what are we hear for elfe, lo I liepped down and
the Lawyers {poke and {hewed the Judge feverall errours, and

- defeéts, and places of contradifiion, and confulion in the in-

difiment; at which the Judge feemed to give car to form: of
them, others he feemed to wave, but he made a paufeand a
flop, and feemed difl'atisficd. and'then called G. F. and {0 then
when he came to plead, and bringing that by which his in-
dictment was guite quenched ,and then theyput the Oath to
G. F. Again the Judge {poke to the Lawyers, and {aid he would

c )nfider 0fthofe particular: they had {poken to, and he Would ,

tpcak to his Brother Trifdnz before be paired Judgment upon
me', but if]. do pals Judgment IOU may havea Writ of Er-
rour and the Lawyers anfwere him again, will oupafs an
erroneous Judgment my Lord, fo after they halcahed the

,Grand Jury,and tendered G. F. the Oath again,th¢y returg ,
..ned usto our Chambers, and when they had drawn another

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vindiétmentofifi F. and foun it, they» called us again in the af-
ternoon, anu’ i- . F. pleaded to, his indiétm‘ent :and ;e_ntred his
' Trayerfe, wheti he had dOne the Judge [poke to me. and faid,
if fuch a word had been in , which was nor in mine,-but it Was in
G. F:.(and yet it was neither of thofe words, by which his in-
. difiment was quafhed-J but if that had been in mine he laid he
would not have paffed fentence, but being that it was not there
he pafl'ed fent’ence ofPremunire, then I ftood up and told him
a that he had [aid to my Counfel , that I might have a Writ of
Errour to reverfe it, he {aid 1 lhould have what the Law would
afford me, {olfaid the Lord forgive thee for what thou hafl:
"done, and this Law was made for Pospifh Recufants ,but ye
‘pafs fentence but on few of them. ‘
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George Fox' being .called before the Judge, ‘was put amongi‘t
I the Fellons and Murtherers, and there flood amongll
them above two hours , the people, and the 'Juflices, and
Judge gazing upon me 5 and there they tryed many things be-
fore the Judge, and they called me to the Bar, and then the
Judge caufe me to be brought, and he then tasted the Jury
to be called, and then he askt the Jufiices' whether theyhad
tendered me the Oath at the Seflions, and they {aid they had,
and the Judge caufed'the'book to be given 'to the Juflices for
them to (wear, they tendered 'me the Oath according to the
indié’cment, and fame of them would have refufed, and the
Judge {aid he would doit to take away occafion, that there
might be no occafion, and when the Jufiices'and Jury was
(worn, the Jud e askt me whetherl had n0t reful'ed to take
the Oath the la Affize, and l fa’id I never took an Oath in . y
life, and Chrifi the Saviour’an‘dJud e, of the wOrld faithfwgr
noc at all -, and the Judge askt me w ether or no Ihad not’ re-
fufed to take the Oath the Jail Aflizes, and'I anfwered, the
wordS'that lfaid to them was,ThaCt if they couldprov'e either

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thatme'nflto’uld {wearfigfimdfwcart ’ _ . .- . mad“!

The Judge {aid Items not at that time to difpute-whether

it was lawful-to fwear,but to enquire whether or no I did refiife.

totake the Oath.

' Georg. Thofe things as conicernining’plot‘tihgiand the Popes .

den '. * . ,

The Judge. Said, Ifaid well in that, ‘ ,

George. I laid to them again as before, that if they [could
prove that after Chrifl: and the, ‘ Apoflle forbad {wearing that
againthey commanded to {wear I would (wear, but C hrifl and
the Apofile commanded n0t to fwear, thereforeI fhould fhew
forth Chriitianity, forI am a Chriltian.

The Jud e askt me again, whether I had denyed the Oath,
what did I ay? ‘
* George. What would thou have me to fay, Ihave told thee:
before what I have faid. . , . ,

111: judge askt me if I would have thoi'e men to {wear that
Ihad taken the Oath. ’ ‘ ' j ' " .

Goo. Would thou have thofe men to {wear that I have refu'fed

forreign powers, 62c. 'Containcd,.i_n’. that; Calif In utterly

‘ tatalte the Oath, at which the Court burl} out into laughter,

i asked them if this Court was a Play-houfe, where is Gravit ,’
ahd’sohrieq','i’ot that did 'not become them,and {o the indieh
ment being read, I told the Judge 1 had fornething to {peak to
it,& Iaskt him whether all the Oath was not to be put into the
indi&ment, and he {aid yes, why then faid'I here is (pretend.
ed to be derived and his Heirs and Succeffours) left out, and
task; him whether the Oath was to be put to .theKings sub.
jéfls and he-faid, yes. . 3
I anfweted, why am m I t in as a Subjefl, but the word

(Suhjefi) left out of the ind' meat which. is in the Oath,and {0

makes it not the fameOathJury take notice of it,but theJudgc

{aid I‘mufl fpezkto the Iury,at which words the Judge read

the Oath, and found it was-251 had faid, fo he Rood up andrfaid

[re Cotild ‘put the Oath to me, or ang‘gan in the Court, and {0

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they began to he difiurbed in {elves alfothe Iufliees, .

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And there began to he a mum-tiring againlt the Clerks,jand
the Judge he got up and began to cover the errour, fo Iask‘r
whether the hilt eleventh day ofJammry the Sefiions was it: t
at Lancaflcr, which they call Munday, and whether " or no t ie
Seflions was not on that they call Tuefday the twelfth of 174'-
zmy,all people take your Almanacks, and fee whether an
Oath was tendred, G , P. the I Ithofiamy, whether the Sc -
lions was not upon the 12th and the Clerks and people look:
their Almanacks, and {aw it was the tathand the Judge askt
whether the 1 1 th was nor the firfi of the Se-fiions,’ and the tan-
fwered there was but one day, and it was the nth an the
Judge {aid then it was. a great m-iltake; and then all. the In:
ltices was firuck, and fame of them could have found in their
hearts to have gone off and {aid they had done it on. nick,
and {aid what Clerk did it, and a great {tir was amon em,
and then I {poke to the Jury how that they could not rin m
.m guilty according to that indiament, and the Judge .-,ai
mull not {peak to the Jury,but he would {peak to them an
{aid they might bring me in guilty I denying the Carl: , then I
{aid what {hould you do with a form then, and do not go ac-
cording ro it, then you may throw the form away, and then I
told the jury that it la u on their Confciences as they would
anfwer the Lord God he ore his Judgment—feat, before whom
all mul‘t be brought,and fo the Judgef oke to me, and {aid he
would hear me afterwards any rea ons that I could alled ‘e
Wherefore he lhould not give Jud ment agtainli: me, and f0 e
{poke to the Jury, and I bid him 0 me In ice and do Jufhic
and fo the Jur brought in for the King guilt . ’ .
And I told em then that the Jul'tices hadyforfwom them?
{elves and the Jury b0th, and fo they had {mall canfe to laugh
as they did a little before, and to fay I was mad, and before I
had brought forth my reafons I {tood a little while, and the
Judge {aid he cannot difpute, but then the people {aid he is 500
cunning for them all, after] had brought forth my " us,
how contrary to their own indiazment they had done and
'fworn, and brought mein guilty 5 Oh the envy and rage, and
malice thatwas among them againlt me and lightnefs, but the
.Lord chnfonnded it all, that abundance of-it was flaw, and {o I
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. toldthemiwasuo LaWyer,’and’ the Judge-faid-he would hear

me what I could alledge before he did give Judgment, and {o I
cryed all people might fee how they had forfworn - themfelvess
and gone contrary to their own indic‘tmene,and fo their envy
and malice was wonderfully Ropt, and fo prefentl y M. PM
was called, who had a great 'deal of goodjfervice amongfl them,
and fo the Court broke up near the _fecond hour, many more
words‘was fpoken Concerning the truth. ' r ' , v
And fo in the afternoon we were brought up; to havefene
'tence paffed upon us, and f0 M. Fell defired that Judgment and
fentence might be deferred till'the next morning and we deli-.-
're_d nothin but law, and jul‘tice’aohis hands;i for' thieves/had
mertyyan ldefired the Judge'tofend fame tofee my rprifon
being {0 bad they would put no creature they had in it,- it was
[0 windy and rainy and I told; him that Colonel Kirby who was
fien on the Bench {aid I {hould be lockt up,.and.no fielh alive
‘ ould come at me, and molt of the Gentry! of the Countrycbe-z
ing gathered'together expeéting’ to hear e {ent‘ence,but they
were emit that time, lb! was had away to my ’prifon,and‘ {one

' Jullices with Colonel K irb} went up to fee it, and when they

came up in it— they durll Fcar'eelyvgo'in it, itwas fobad, rainy,
andwindy, and the badnefs of theifloor, and Others that . came
uglfaid it was a lakes houfe, I being removed ouz of the pril'em’
w 'ich Was in formerly, and lo Col. K ‘1er .faid Hhould be. re»
moved from that plate ere long,thatl {hould be {cut unto fome
{ecu‘rer place, for'he fpake to the Ind ge in the Court, laying,
he knew that the )uflices would joys with him, but theJudge
faidafter I have pal} {entence I Will leave him to the Iaylor,and
how I Was not a fit man to be converll with, none .{bould con-
verfe with me, and all the noife amongll the people Was that .1
would be Tranfported and fo the [Kit day towards the I 1th
bounty: was called forth again to hear the fentence and jud g1
meat, but M. Fell was called firll before me to the Bar, and
there (as fame Counfellours pleaded, and found many errours
in her indictment, and, lo the was taken by, after the judged!“
acknowledged them, and then the Judge askt what they could

193’ to mine,,and I was willing to let/no man leadOfor me, but .,
“1 {peak to it my fell: and though M. ”I ha form: that pleada
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cd‘forher, yet {he {poke as’-_muc‘hdie'r felt‘ as {he would, and ,
thoughthey had: the molt e‘nvyéagainfl me, yet the molt gtofs
'errours was found inmine, and;beforeI came to- the Bar I was

moved to pray, that the Lord would confound their wickeda

nefs,and envy,and fet his truth over all, and exalt his feed ;‘ '
the thundering voice anfwered I have glorified thee, and will
lorifie thee again, and I was f0 filled'full of glory, that. my ,
fiead and ears was filled full of ir -, and that when the Trumpets ,
founded 85 the judges came up again,they all appeared as dead
men under me, and f0 when I was toanfwer to the errours of
the. indiétment, feeing that all the Oathas he laid himfelf was
to be in, I told him there was many words of the Oath left out,
which was ( retended to be derived, and-his Heirs and Succef-
fours) andI id them look the Oath and look 'the indictment,
and they might fee it, and they did, and found it according to
my words -, and I askt them whether the laft Ailizes holden at
Lance/fer was in the 15th year of the King, which was the 10th
day of Mtrc/J, and they laid na it was the 16th year, then
faid I look your indiétment, and Fee whether or no it is not the
15th year, and then they were all of a fret b0th Judge and Ju-
Rites, for it was the 15thin the indifiment ; then the Judge bid'.
them-look whether M. Fed: was {0 or no, and it was not {0:
Itold them I hadfomething elfe to {peaktconcernihg theiim
diétment, but they {aid nay, [had fpokenenough, fathom-
dié‘lment was thrownout, {OI told them that theyhad {mall
cauie to laugh asthey had donealittle before, for they might
fee how the Juflices and the Jury was , forftyorn men, and o I
bid him do me juflice, and be laid! {hould have law, and the
Judge {aid l was clear from all the former,and he fiarted up in a
rage and faid,but he would profl'er t’he Oath to me again; I told
him they had example enough for {wearers and falfe fwearers,
bath Jultices and Jury cfierday before their faces,for l law be»
fore mine e es bath ufiites and Jury had forfworn _ . -
{elves ,who card the.indi&ment,and fo heasktmew V .I
would take the, 03th,] bid him do me iuflice for my falfe im- '
prifonment all this while -, for what had 1 been pcifoner all this
while for, for I ought to be at liberty, then he laid I was at h"—
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me; aboutgand tryed all people take- notice this is a -fnar'e,*and
all was mighty quiet, and all people was {truck and afioniiht,
and hecaufed the Grand-jury to be called, for he had called
them before when l was there, when he law they would be"
overthrown, and the Jury would fain have been difmil’e, but
he told them he could net difmifs them, for he had hulinefs for
them, and they might be ready when he called them, and I felt
his intent , that if lwas freed- he would come on again, fo I
look: him in the face, and he was judged in himfelf', for he law
that I {aw him, To be caufed the Oath to be read to me again,
and caufed the Jury to be called; and then when the Oath was
read he askt me whetherl would take the Oath. or no, and. the
Jury {handing by, I told him l never took Oath in my life,
and he bid them give me the book, and I bid themgive it'me in
my hand and I opened it, and be bid me fwear, and I told him _
the book bid {wear nor at all, again he bid me fwear, and I
told him the book {aid llhould not linear, and held it open to
9mm, and laid by the hook I would prove that men mould not
wear. *

And if they would prove after Chill and the Apol’tle had
fiorbidden fweuing,that afterwards they commanded to (wear,
then i would fwear,for l was a man of a tender Confcience, and
if they had any fenfe of a tendetConfcience they would confide;-
th's, and the judge ask: me whetherl would take the Oath,
and bid them give me the book again, I told them ye ' ive me
the book to fwear, and the book faithI {hould not wear a:
all -, and {0 you may prifon the book, the Judge {aid he
would im ifon Gm that, I anfwered na , on may grifon the
book, w 'ch faith wear not at all, a the Sheri and the
Judge [aid the Angel {wore in the Revelations, I anfwered, I

' bring forth my firlt begetten Son into the world faith God, let
all theAn els In heaven worflup him, who faith {wear n'Ot at
al ,. Judge {aid often he would not difpttte, and fo then
1 , 7' chto the jar how that it wasfm- Chrilb fake,that

'ch 1 did ,and re none of them to act contrary'to
that of God in their Conl'ciences, for bd'ore his Judgme'fltofcat
they mull all be brought, and for all thofe things contained in ,)
the Oath, as picts and _ perfecnang aboutjneligion, and the

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Popes power, are. I denyed them in my heart, and I am a Chria’
Man, and {ball {new forth Chriliianity'this day,_audit is for
Chrilts fake that Iftand. for it isLatijh {habitats Coldalm", and
they all gazed, and there was a great calm, and they took me
away,but there was many more words both to the fury and
to them. . - ‘ j
Then in the afternoon we was called'again, where f ltood‘a-_
mong the thieves a pretty while with my Hat on, at the lafi the
Goaler took it oh“, and whenI was called to the Bar the Jury
brought in guilty for the King, and the Judge askt me what [
coul fay for m felf, I bid them read the in ié‘tment, I would
not anfwer to t at I did n0t heart and as they read, the Judge
bid them take heed it was nor falfe again, and they read it To
amazedly, that when they fpoke to me I did fca rcely under-
{tand what they faid, and the Judge askt me what I would
plead, I told them I defired to have a COpy of that. indiétment,
and to hm fome time to anfwer to it, for the [alt [had but
lately, and never heard itread but once, and thenin the Court, ,
and fo the Jud e askt me what time[ would have,andl {aid
till the nextA zes, andthe Judge {aid Hhould, then he askt
again what I would plead,I told him I was not guilt at all of
den ing Swearing, Swearing obltinately and w' fly, and.
e things contained in the Oath as Iefuitital lots, and for—
reign powers,&c, I Utterly den red them,and he aid l {aid well.
in that; and the judge faid‘ e King was fworn, the Parlia«
meat was fwom, and the Jufiices and he was fworn, and the
law was upheld by Oaths -, I told them they had fufficient “ex-
perience of mens fwearin , had not the * ‘ufiices and Juryfor—
{worn themfelves, and ha they not read he book of Martyrs,
how many of the Martyrs {offered becaufe the ' could .nOt
fwear, butt: in the ten perfctutit'ms, and in Baum alys and the
Judge faid Iwguld the Laws were otheruéifg, they“ * {hid oh:
yea is- ca - an our na na .allealon 5 an i we tranfgrd , 5 our
ea andna’y letus fufl‘eyr asihey do t at do break an , , ' d
oto den fwear'iug is no: anew thing in obedience to: ‘ s
comma {and f Paid this we had (cut to the King wlfo faid it ,
wasreafonzble,and it) after feveral more words 1 was had a-
myeo; my (3th being (as I was before) to anfwer tgditéhte
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indiament, and fo the ttnth and power oftbe Lord God was
lorious over all, and many {pints was erolt grievonfly in

I t eir envy and malice. . _ 7 .
There was many things fpoken both to Judge, Jury, and

People, which were toolarge to mention. ;
And {0 the Judge told Margret Fe” her Sentence, and I - lie
upon a new indiéttnent. - - ‘ ’

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,Smetbigg in .Attfver to BiflooyLancelot Andrews Sermon concer-

g wing wearmg, bein are of let} Sermon: upon the Third Comm“-

tmttr, the place thatfie (red?! upon is it: Jer. the 415 the ward: are
rhefe : And thou 'fl'ialt {wear the Lord liveth in Truth;
in Judgment, and Righteonfnefs. ' .

ANd further, to prove the lawfulnefs of fwearing, he brings
Deut.6.13. [[4,45,23.—~P[a/.6 . and lafi vet. and how
Abubm (ware, Ge». 2 1,24. and [fat fware, 603.26. 3 I. and
34m!) fwarc, 3 I. 33. and Abraham {ervant fware,Gen.2r24.
and 6:21.243. 8e Numb 30,3. Which faith he, an Oath iStO' thc
lifting up of a bnrthen as to the entrinf of a Bond.
. ,‘Firfl, He faith an Oath is to be nfe in folemn matters, and
he brings there Scriptures following out of the Old Tefiament
to prove it, Pfal. 14.4.8. Numb.3o.3. PfalJ 19.106.Pfal.1 5.15.
Chang-36,9, Ezebx7, I 2, Pfalj 10.4. Rid/.8935. Kills: 1.32,
16. (40.5.1. I Cbron,1§.l§.th.24-.3~ $47.29. '
' Secondly, For the nature of an Oath he quotes :19. Pfel.
9 wind- Numb. t o. and I?! ver. , 5 .
Third! r, He {peaks 0 the manner of an Oath, and'prOdu'
'eeth for onfirrnation thefe Scriptures following, Dear. 1.2. 8.
Nube‘,5,18 Daa.!z.7. 3:21.105. King: "8,3 1° £xod,22.8.---
77(53qu Navel-.5, 19, Prouzg. 24, fulg.l7.z. Lev. 5.1. Sat».
13’”, fig: _1.22,16, 60135.3 3. King! 1.14530483:
‘ fifgfhs for all the above mentioned Srnptures winch‘he
McInOted in the time of the Law, and before the 14' £116
Ange sfwearin inthe Rm'aim, do no: rove that. . fins
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did (wear; and alfo the Angel fwore, But CM]! is mm the fir/i
bégatten whom God hath brought forth into the world, and faith, Let
all t‘b: An :1: worflaip him 3 Am! that inn] beloved Son bear 7: him
faith Go : And'Chril’c faith how that in the old time men was
to perform their Oaths to the Lord, thefe were their true oaths
which they were to perform and they were n0t to fwear falfly,
but to perform their Oath to the Lord ., -fo here Chrift in his
Doétrine lets them fee the falfe oaths and the true oaths in the
old time, and that was the true oath to fwear by theLord, and
to fwear the Lord liver}; : And every tongue fhould fwear, and
Alvrabammnd Ifaack, and iacaé, and Jofepb, and the Prophets
fwar’e,~but Chr-iit is the end of the Prophets, and doth fulfil ti?
Law/,8: reigns over the houfe of iacobfic fo/epb,& before Ah
6m was,I am faith Cbri/I3 And fo though they fware before the
law and under the law, and the Angel in the «ambition: (wage,
&the Angel that {ware {ware by the Lord as the oath was in the
time of the Law , and before the law, and this was the oath that
Chriit minds them on in his Doctrine here,that they weref to
perform to the Lord, yet now mark his Dofirine, which he
'mfelf lays down and commands. But 1ft] I0!” 70“ WW [war
not at all, (97. Matthew 5 . 2,4... In the Hebrew _ language
it is '13 W—ED: 193W!!! 8‘? But let your Communi-
cation be yea 7:4, m1], my , what/own 18 more tlmxtbefe comet]:
of mil; 'in the Hebrew its r s m; z: puma-paw
iNW'l V773 n‘mnnm’ 'NDN . :1 And further proof,fee
how 7mm: lived in the fame Doétrine and praétice, and held it
forth to the I z tribes which was the gewsmho bad the oath of
God,and was to {wear in the timeo the law ; fee his eneral
Epiftle in the 5thChap. and alfo fpea¥ing~in the {econ C in
ter of fuch as drove them before the Judgmenpfeat, but in t c
5 th Chapter this ishis command above all things, My brain?»
[wear an at all , neither by brawn nor by the cart 5,, In [11c Greek Its
nee drawn ‘5 atJ’eroi I“: A“; 'émtie'ie (”'72 6" semanmin 3* W,
This on maycall creatures-or made things 2 But mark 74m:
goes her, and faith (14'?! EMor'nvi ZPXOV'fl'IOl' by an other
oath, but let your yea, be 7M, and your my ,be nay, if? you
f4?“ Cultivation, rim '5 6W“? MAM-‘49 7% ”£31m”? {a6 xefm
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Mark the danger now, and; whether we have. not ground, e4»

nough in the fear of the Lord God to ohey Chrifts commands
and the Apoiiles Doctrines, Lefl mfg]! mto candemfifiion and a nil,

we have fet fome wordsdown in the Greektongue,,that thofe

' it moPt concerns may fee the original, but the Spirit'is ours,

and the commands of Chrifi, and the Apoftles doctrine to he.-

oheyed in what tongue foever it be writtenin, but we would
(fiery the thing with any, whether the Apoflle firm: who

WrOte to Jews and nor, to Gentiles,did;not write in the Hebrew '

tongue and not in Greek, and if [0, then his words to t em
in, this particular are WFJWBJVN ’HR. ’73'1‘53‘3’1‘

C3213" ’W'i mnx n53: 3.5a ans: x- 1 :3 mu): 8"):
”SW: 1 an {a rm’m ID tithe Pricks, Boints. and.
Accents,- and- t‘he.piain any: naked' interpretation of thc He: ‘

bigw-Word we have left for them it moi} concerns to
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" Secondly, As fora“ the Scriptures he brings againit rail).

fWearing, and falfe fwearing, it would rejoyce ourhearts to

have the Priei’rs do that, and the Magiitrates punifh it for a C0317-

ple of Railing Prieits come the ocher day and {ware before. our
faces lightly and vainly,and jufiifyed it when they had done;
it would become Magiitrates and themhetter if they did not
fufl'eran oath to be heard in the Towns, or Markets, or Ale-
houfes, or Streets” you that have power, net to {ufier thofc
. things, for you would4have workfinough (0.? ch91“. {4141.
,thing's,and-fuch perfons, and act to falllupomthe innocent.
which in' obedience to Chrifls commands and the Apomes do«
firine cannot {wear for Confcience fake: For imprifoning
fuch emboldens people tojfwcar, and ,wouidit nothe hetter
for peopie, and would ye not ibewfo'rthjnpre éllrlfiiflntty: to
Ree to yea and to my in all their.demws “£10115; according
t6. hr'ifis comr‘mnds and the A patties doctrine. ,

Third! 7, There was Bond in the old time by oath, but Chrii}
hejoofa' om the Bonds and brings to peace andiiberty, and
m‘Mfrfl, hi’idrffifith, [war not at all. : Andfo._th0ughiWK-b%;3
ohtwardBond's, it is for Chriih-Jefus fake, and the; w ' .
God is not bound, r .- r fl,

fourthly, And though Mofu {ware in thetime of CM law

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and Abraham: fervants-fware, yet Chrilt the Sonfaith, f/iv'mr

not at all,and we are to hear him in all things the great Prophet.
Pifthly, And as for the ceremonies of the oaths, Chrilt is the

‘vfubl’tance of all ceremonies, that faith, f mar not at all. ,
Sixthly, And though David fware, he that David call ed

lord faith, [war not at all, and he is upon his Throne.

Seventhly, And where he faith, thou 111311 {wear by the
Lord, and fwear the Lord liveth , they were not to {wear
.by them that were no Gods, nor creatures, nor by the earth,
nor by heaven, or by the hand, or by 7cm] 410», now what are

the oaths that all Chriftendom fwears, bOth Papifis and From-

ltants? whether it be the oath that'was amongft the Jews, and
whether or no they praétife the oath that they do now, and

whether or no is that ceremony now ufed, ifnot, when did

God alter it ., where about in Scripture, and in what place of.
Scripture -15 it that he fets this way and ceremony offwearing in

'Chriflendom, bOth amonglt Papifts and Protel’tants,which is to

{wear by the book, and by the Evangelilts? is this beyond the
Jews fwearing, by the City, or by Head, or b the Temple
which Chrilt forbid, and n0t only thofe oaths, ut- the oath of
«God, which the Jews was to {wear by, Anfwer thefe things. ‘
Eightly, And as for Zedekz'abr oath' to Neéucbadxezar , and
30pm: oath to Pharaoh, this was in the time that oaths, were to
be Performed amonglt the Jews and Patriarchs,and wh’atis‘ this
-to Chrilts doctrine which forbids oaths, which oaths was before
'Chrilt came. ' '
9thly,And as for the oath of Supremacy & the otherfit is to ac-
knowledge the King ofEng. and Allegiance to himmhich things
hath'been manifefi and praétifed by us, but not by Inch is
“aware Allegiance to the Kings father, ”and {wore the'on'eIWay
and the Other Way, and halt not thou and many of you" taken
the oath againfi: him, and fuch as have {wombne while * lb:
him, and another while againft him -,how are theyi’n Allegiant’t' ,
to him diet Sweats One way'and another Way?and 'c'aniiofvthere
be in truth and fai'thl'ulnel‘s.-‘SAllegi'ante'j to" the Ki "Wihout
fwearin ? for now how fhould we’ll'an‘d in ‘A’llegianc b’ ’Ch‘gh:
ifwc d' not obey his commands the King of Kings '1- D
{:31an for he commamdsus not to fwear, but 'keep to Y3
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and nay, and-one ofhis great( Embafl'adoursto Nations that

t i went with his Mefl'age to the twelve ‘ tribes faith , above all

thing: my Brethren [wear not a: all, le/lyau fall into condcmm 1m.
Tenthly, There were two Rates of oaths, the one was that
geoglewas to perform to the Lord and (wear, and the other
was that God {ware by himfelf concerning his Son Chrifi lefus,
which when he came who fulfilledGods oath, heended the o-
ther oath and faith, [wear not mail, and calls the firl‘t oath the
old.times hefulfilled, the truth, and let them fee how in the
time of the, law falfe oaths were forbidden in-the old time, and
heathenifl): oaths were forbidden in the time of the law, for
they. were nOt to‘fwear by Baal,but they were to erform their
oat s to the Lord, which Chrili faith unto them, mar not at 4:9,
and fo he ended that oath , fo there is.no Oaths before the fall
and there is no oaths in the refiauration again by Chrift Jefus
but yea ahdnay, according to his doarine , but amongf’c Mofe:
and the Prophets, and in theold time before Mofe: and the
Prophetsmen did fwear, as Abraham and I f 44: k,&c. But he the

great Prophet is come that is to be heard in all things, and he -

the oath ofGod Chrifl: Jefus {lands and re mains.

Eleventhly, The Apoliles f peaking to the Hebrews, {wear-
ing by a greater which was an end of controverfie and firife a-
mongfi them, he brought this as a fimilitude, am that the He-
brews ihould,{wear,‘for if he had, he had contradiéied farm:
which mate to the twelvetribes his doctrine to them, which
were Hebrews, but he brought it as a fimilitude, that the oath
uhich men {wear by the greater, ended firife, but God

. mt findin a greater then himfelf, he fware concerning his Son
ril ,

which is C who ends thelirife, who deftroys the Devil
am! his Works, the Author of firife , for the oath in the time of
thejaw ended the lirife, but wefee oaths now adays begins it,
apdtwhy,the matter is becaufe in Chrifl jefus men do not live,

‘ who is the peaceand Gods Oaths.

TWelfihly,, Where as the Biihop faith, that they hold in Di-
vinity. that I0 {wear of and by it (elf, confidered,‘ is an aetfoyé
hidden nolefs then to kill etc. - 3 -

An]. in the time of the law the killed and fwore,but Chrifl
faithafmar rut 4! fl, and alfo he aith, law 01min , and heavy

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do thefe agree to kill and. to [am enemie:,and love one anorher;
And .1 f one [trike the: on the one check, turn the other to him.

And this paralleling the Magiltrates executing jultice upon
Malefaé’tors -, A: bet/mt fbeddetb mam Hood, by man-[19411198 blood
In [bed again : Is nor a paralleling with Chrifis doétrine, who
faith, [war not at afl,for that may be done by witneffes without
oath,as thou mailt read the Scriptures in the old time,
when oaths were denyed in the primitive timeamong the pri-
mitive ChriltianS, who were in Chrifls dofirine, thou maifl:
read hOW they did things by witnefl'es , as the Apollle
1' peaks in the mouth of two or three wimel'fesfic. Which place
he ini‘tances of what was done in the time of the law,;which
was afiatute of judgment among the Jews, Wbafower lei/Inf:
“”7 perfo», the-murderer [hall 6: put to deaf/2 lay-the mouth of wit?
mlfup'cBut no oaths are mentioned here, Nut/z. 35.~ 30. With
Heb. IO. 28 read that throughout, [and alfo Dem. 19. 15. C?‘
1 K ing.2.I._1 o. &c And many more Scriptures might be alledgg
ed which you that have readScriptures are not ignorant of.

Now for the iptaétice amonglt the Saints,‘_fee.M4r. 1 8.16;
Chril‘t who bids them keep to yea and nay" in that placeslays
down a praétife to be ufed amongfithem in matter. of fault and ‘
tranfgreffion how it Ihould be ended by. two or three witneffes, ‘
read the words that in the mouth of two or three witneflds
every word {hall be el’tablilhed, and what doll: thou think
that he would order them to (wear, who had. once forbiddeit
it?and read the 8.Chap. of 701m and I7.ver.And we do not find
that the witneffes againfiChril‘tthat he (hould {peak blafphemy, .
Mat,26.'65. That they did fwear, and alfo you may fee. in Aft:
6,11,12. 13. How they that were hired againfl; Supine», no
mention is made of their fwearing, moreover iyou may fee in-
2._ Cor. I 3. 1 .The Speech of the Apofile amonglt the.Saints,_' how
he. tells them ofof his coming unto them in the mouth of. two
or three witnelfes ., he doth n'0t tell that he is comingto.them
with oaths in their mouths, Mark, the. A pofile was- anfil’der
and, had care of the Churches.--And a ain, the Apofll'e It ' t
writes, to T ima Biihop, an Oterfeer of t e Churches, faith. 6,
againfl; an Elder receive not an accufation, but- before two or
three WiF.9‘“¢5-'N9W.h¢ doth not fay before two or three naen 4

t ‘at..

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""thati'wears,i’ot'ifhe had he “inlaid have contradifiedChrifls
doéhinc ana- 74mm, 1 1;»), ‘5, 19.48: 2 Tim.2..Sait~h the Apoflle
to Tim. the Biihop, The things that than [24% heard of 1m dmxgfl
man; wimvflh, the 1m: comm: to faithful men who [hall 5c 46/: to
nab other: affi. Now he reteived this by witneffes, not. by
oath,and he was to commit it and not by oaths, and werenot
theft the things that the Whole - Church came to be ordered
by? And this was amongft the Chrii‘tians in the primitive
times when oaths were ended, and many more things might
“ he alledged which were two tedious for you to read.
Thirteenthly, And whereas he brings that objeétion of the
Anahaptii‘ts, which is thatit {tandeth nm with Chriffianprofe-f-
fion,hut was tollerated as an imperfet‘t thing under the law. "i
AnflWhich ohjefiion of theirs we do nor-.own,as we do not
own the Biiho p for {wearing -, for it was the way ofthe Lord,
and the way ot'the Lord was perfet‘i, and the Lommandment
for {wearing was good in it (elf, until! the time of Chriit who is
perfeét that ends the law, and people muft livein him Chrii’c
je‘fns and waikin him that faith, [wear not at all,that ends the
oath,and is the oath of God ., dofi thou nOt read of a people in
the Galatians and Ram»: that was turned back into the law,
from the law of the Spirit, and the Apofiie told them he that
1broke one point was ilty of all, and he brought them to the
‘law ofiove whidhfoi led the law; - . ~ ’ _-
“ Fourteenthly, And as for all the Scriptures the Bifhop
‘brings to prove that the Chrifiians {ware in the primitive time
they are ‘nothin to the purpofe , though the Biflsop
fay that Chrifi a mits of fome {wearing , which bOth his

'own' words and- the Apoii-ies cont-radias 3» (Chi-it‘s

wotdsereJmn m' a: a'l,And the Apofiios are those all things,
"area-dint! fo he goes on and let! them fee what was in the
law, committing Adultery was Forbid under the 1mm in the
timbehtii} looking upon a Woman and luflingafter/her was
_ ththn‘fittjhzngdulterye-find hefets forth‘int‘he ftfiitje‘of-ehe
$th? fotad eye, and'a fonth foratOOth, and flies“! m
, ‘thfli'in giftitfic offs": law thoudlhait not his“, {Ed whatever
, "ti Mbe in anger ofiu gment, t I y unto you
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{hall be in danger of judgment, andfo he t’ells‘bodifwearing
and killing to be in the old. time, and {aid except the Righter
oufnefs exceed: the Righteoufnefs of the Scribes and Pharifees
you {hall- in‘ no wife enter into the kingdom ofheah/en: ,_ :

Fifteenthly, And as to that o~ftheApoflle fpeakingin the
1. T btf . 2. Godwas his witnefs that he did notmakc. Cove’touf-
nefshisCloak. , . ‘ ' . " ': , ;.'

. Anfm.,. It were well if the, Prielis. could fay to now, him this
doth not prove that he fwore, and there are. many men that
takes man to be his. witnefs, and that is n0t an oath, furelyt
is it ? Thou underliands that ? And-if thiswere an oath, why
do you call friends into .prifon ?'- . . . ' . .. ‘

Sixteenthly, Andthat of'the Galatignn Cha ten. 2. There .
is nothing in that‘pla'ce like unto an Oath-whic 1 he brings; 4

Seventeenthly, ,And: asfor- the 2. (‘or.4.23. Verfeg there are .
no: {0 many Ve.rles in that Chapter.--“And av for the _ Epla‘tfi‘au,
eh 4th and. 1.5 th which hebrings for Chril’tians to fwear, which", ,
he fays we are boundat all times to f peak truthto our Neigh-
bours._ ' . ' .- '

A nfzr. He dorh not fay we are to fwear truth at allaimes,’ ,
but to {peak it at all times. ‘ - '
Eighteenthly, And that which he brings in At}: 2 3.3. How
the A-poltle reproved the ’High Prieli, thatcaufed him tobt'
{mitten contrary to law. . ': ’
- Anfm. Hereltthpal‘tle Was preaching ’ the Gofpel :and
Chi-ills. doctrine-to (116111;..[0 the Prielis that had the Law amt.-
outward things.-, this was netbing to the urpofe, thatthe Ar.
polile {hould {wear, or that Chriliians [hould fwear.--And in \
the 1 4th Verfe which he quotes. Anfw. .Thofe' were the badi
peotfilce that bound themfclVeswith a. Curfe, that they would;
nei r eat nondrink till they had killed Pass! that reached the .
Gofpel, this is:notbio at all that Chril‘tiansflzonlffwear.
_ Nineteenthly, We ay there were Heathens oaths anndejewg
oaths which were to {wear by the Lord, which Chrifi callssche
oldlimegywhith-they' were to. perform, which oath Chrilt
ends ,‘and faith, fmr nop'araall, for in the time of the alawi
tbclews were to’deny .allfalfe oath», and heatheniih oaths, ,
andtheywere not to {wear by Baal, but the true oath which
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Chrilt ends: And did not the Chriltiaus' fufl‘e‘rin'the Primi-
tive times, becaufe they could not {wear by the Prof perityhof
Calm ., and was nor that oath thenimpofed upon them P .‘And
by the .good fortune of the Emperour,was nor that an0ther
oath? "And diant many Chriltians then {offer becaufe they
could n0t fwear, read the ten perfecutions which-was along
time before the Pope get up , and then did not the Pope when
hehad got up over the Churches, give forth borh Oath and
Curfe,with Bell Book and Candle ? And was nor the ceremo-
ny of his oath to lay three fingers a top of the book to fignifie
the Trinity .? And two fingers under the book to {ignifie Dam. ,
nation of body and foul if they {ware falfly.--And was no:
there a great number of people that would not fwear, and fur:-
fered great perfecution, as read the Book of Martyrs but to
Bonner: days, and its little above-an hundred years finCe-thc
“Proteltants g0t up -, And they gave forth the Oath of Allegi-
ance, and the Oath of Supremacy, the one was to deny the
Popes Supremacy, and the other to acknowledge the Kings of
England; 50 we need, not to tell you of their form, and-thew
ou the ceremony of the oath, it faithkifs the Book, and the
0k faith kifs-the Son -, which faith, f mar not a: 41/, and f0
cannor Allegiance be to the King in truth and faithfulnefs, as
was {aid before without an Oath, yeatand more then many
that fwears. .

' So you may fee to deny {wearing is no new thing, for it was
the prac‘tife of the Chriflians in former times to deny it,b0th in
Heathens and the times of Popery before Proreltants, and [0 it
is in obedience to the command of Chrill’ that we do not fwear
in our loves to hims& if we fay he is (Lord 8: Mal‘ter and done:
the thing thathe commands, that is but deceit and hypocrifie.-
And fo raih and bad {wearing that was forbidden in the time
of the Law. it was nor that which ChrilI-came to fulfill,hut true
Oaths, and the true Types, Figures,and Shadows,and hefaith,

[wear an: at 41'. » ' .
. Twentietbly, And as for A&: the 1 3th there is nothing? {po-
ken Offweari ,there as all peoplemay read. -' '
anhly ~23 whereas the Apoltle often {peaksfind taking
to wit a Record upon his own foul by is rejoycuég1 :3

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Chrift Jefus,whatis all this to {wearing and taking an oath,‘
or where did ever the A poltle take a folemn oath-,“or command

the Brethren and Churches to do the fame P for often he {peaks

of the witnefs out of the mouth of two or three witnefl'es {hall
every word be efiablilhed,«And the Bilhop often brings the
I Cor. I S. 3 I. Bfonr rejojcing which I hwe in Chriff Jefm, 'I die
daily; This place cannotbe brought fora proof that the Apo-
ftle {ware}; If fo, when thou faift by thy meat thou art refreflt-
ed, and by the fire thou art warmed, and people tells thee thou
‘mul‘t go by fuch a lane to fuch a Town, they all {we-at then, do
they not a

22thly, As for the Particle N5 the Bitho'p {aysits never
:1de but in an oath only. '

Anfw. And what is Nti,is it not (truly) as alfo the Primitive
word raywhich fignifies [M {and is nor that word mi in the a-
forementioncd; 5th of Matthew and th of farms, where
fwearing is denyedh-for isnot to) in (greek you in Englilh;

and .is not N94 in Greek trulyin Englilhs and if eVe’ry‘ man that

rays)": and truly fwearah, then the Bilhop proves his A561”-
tion..————And is nor there a difi'er-ence between (a and V3103
7—- So in Meeknefs and Love read this over in that from which
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‘Chrifi Jefus who is the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords: the
Beginning and Ending, Firfi and Laft him by whom God
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