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A39572	One antidote more, against that provoking sin of swearing, by reason of which this land now mourneth given forth from under the burden of the oppressed seed of God, by way of reply both to Henry Den's epistle about the lawfulness, antiquity, and universality of an oath, and his answers to the Quakers objections against it, recommended (by him) to all the prisons in this city and nation to such as chuse restraint, rather then the violation of their consciences : and also to Jeremiah Ives his printed plea for swearing, entitituled, The great case of conscience opened, &c. about the lawfulness or unlawfulness of swearing, which said reply to these two opposers of the truth, as it is in Jesus, is recommended not onely to all the prisons in this city and nation, and to all such real Christians, as chuse restraint rather then the violation of their consciences, but also, to all such nominal Christians out of prison, as, rather then restrain, chuse to purchase their earthly liberties by swearing, to the violation of the command of Christ, who saith, Mat. 5.33, swaer not at all. Jam. 5.12, above all things my brethren swear not / by Samuel Fisher ...	Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665.	1660 (1660)	Wing F1054; ESTC R5750	69,157	84

to the Elements of the world but when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law that we might receive the adoption of sons Gal. 4. 1 2 3 4 5. So that if Christ had sworn before he was offered yet to argue thus Christ while under the law a little before he dyed did swear therefore may we swear now under the Gospel is as poor a piece of proof as to say Christ under the law before he dyed was circumcised had two Turties offered for him eat the Passover just before he was betrayed and was subject to other Rudiments and Ceremonies of the law therefore we now must be circumcised in flesh offer sacrifice eat the Passover carnally and be sub●…ect to the other carnal Ordinances of the Law in these dayes of the Gospel But secondly Howbeit H. D sayes some of whom himself surely is one or else it were silly in him to cite other mens think-so's which are not his own in prosecution of his own Argument do think that Christs Verily Verily was an Oath Yet verily and of a truth 't is but their bare unwarrantable and groundless thought which bare thought also H.D. is so far from backing with any matter of evidence to prove it sound that he rather falls back from it sinking through this meer supposition viz. If Christs Verily be not an Oath at last into no other then this slender Position viz. Yet it s more then Yea and Nay In which he miserably mistakes himself too for though as to degree which varies not the nature of any thing it 's a more strong one yet as to its nature it s no more then a strong Asseveration which amounts no more to the nature of an Oath then Yea or Nay does Or if H.D. and others who impose it upon us to swear will needs have it so that Verily Verily is an Oath we are willing to any truth we testifie whether in an Assertory or Promisory way before either Magistrates or any other men to do it under that form of Verily Verily might that be taken but we have experience sufficient that so much as that and much more will in no wise satisfie H.D. who fights without an Adversary in quarrelling with the Quakers as un-free to say verily verily for they are free to that or those Magistrates whom the Quakers have to do with for how free soe're any of us are to assure them with Verily Verily that is to say Truly Truly which lyes in the Yea that we have no evil intents toward the now King and both truly and sincerely to acknowledge him before any other man to be the right Heir to these his Kingdoms and to profess testifie and declare in our Consciences before God and the World against the Pope That the Pope neither of himself nor by any Authority of the Church or Sea of Rome or by any other means hath any Power or Authority to depose the King or to dispose of any of his Kingdoms or Dominions or to authorise any Forraign Prince to invade or annoy him or his Countreys or to discharge any of his Subjects of their obedience to him or to give license or leave to any of them to bear arms raise ●…umult or to offer any violence or hurt to his Person State or Government or to any of his subjects within his Dominions and to declare from our hearts according to our often professed and published Principle 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 Sea against the said King his Heirs or Successors or any of the Popes Absolutions of the said Subjects from their obedience yet we will be faithful trusty and peaceable towards him and all men though for Conscience-sake we cannot take up Arms nor Carnal Weapons for our selves nor any man yet in what ways we are capable with good Conscience to God we wil seek to secure him against all Traiterous Conspiracies and Attempts made against him or any man by reason or colour of any such Popish Sentence or Declaration And to declare that we do from our hearts abhor detest and renounce as Impious and Heretical this damnable Doctrine and Position That Princes which be excommunicated or deprived by the Pope may be deprived or murdered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And to declare as in the sight of God who is Witness that we lye not and knows the truth of our hearts and in the presence of the living God which H. D. says at least is an Oath for an Oath is nothing else but a Religious Promise quoth he p. 3. our real intentions as much as is possible and in us lies to live peaceably with him and all men and to wrong injure defraud nor him nor any man c. and to submit our selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether King as Supream or those that are sent of him for the punishment of evil-doers and the praise of them that do well and to be subject in Civil things to all just Laws made by that of God in the Conscience and where unjust Laws are made to suffer patiently without Rebellion or violent resistance which is such a passive as is equivalent to other mens active obedience Yet all this though most substantial if accepted by H.D. shal in no wise be accepted by those Oath-Imposers with whom H.D. and I. Ives side aginst us unless there be a conforming to the Ceremonious Customs of the Nations which are vain so as to swear upon a Bible and kiss the Book and lay one Finger at least upon it and to be sworn by So help me God and the Holy Evangelist and his holy Gospel which though the Copy of it may is more spiritual then to have Carnal hands laid on it and a number of such superstitious superfluities which issued forth from the Womb of that dismal Darkness which dwelt here in the time of the Popes undue Power over this Nation which Romish reliques all true Protestants against his Peterdom may in these dayes of Light be asham'd of yea though they tell us it's Oath enough to assert deny or promise as in Gods presence and to say God is Witness that we lye not yet if our Testimony be given forth freely from our selves in any such form as this that is not then own'd for swearing by themselves who do so call it if the Book be not fingered Witness the case of one Friend call'd a Quaker who calling God to Witness See quoth the Magistrate he swears But when the said Friend replyed thus Wil ye take that for an Oath 't would not then be own'd as an Oath by the said Magistrate who so call'd it and if any Magistrate in this City or elsewhere upon the