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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25667	The anti-Quaker, or, A compendious answer to a tedious pamphlet entituled, A treatise of oaths subscribed by a jury of 12 Quakers, whose names are prefixed to it, together with the fore-man of that jury ... William Penn : alledging several reasons why they ... refuse to swear, which are refuted, and the vanity of them demonstrated both by Scripture, reason, and authority of ancient and modern writers / by Misorcus, a professed adversary of vain swearing in common discourse and communication.	Misorcus.	1676 (1676)	Wing A3506; ESTC R165	32,510	58

and an help to Truth and to proof appointed by God and oftentimes very necessary we must restrain this command of Christ to wit Swear not at all to voluntary Oaths not required by them who have Authority vain frivolous and vicious Oaths seeing those things which are set down here have relation onely to such Be not righteous overmuch perverse Separatist for why shouldst thou destroy thy self i.e. as Tremelius upon the Text By thy pride and arrogancy run headlong into destruction Col 1.18 Eph. 4.15 by undergoing the penalties of the Laws here and endangering the salvation of thy soul hereafter Separation from the Church his mystical Body is a dividing from Christ the Head In the last place and for a close of all I do earnestly desire the Heads and Abettors of the Quaking party to afford me so much Charity as to believe that I had no other design in undertaking the Refutation of their Treatise put into my hands by a most religious knowing person but onely their Conviction and Conversion For when I had read what is the sixth of eleven things which they desire to be considered viz. Pag. 155 156 157. That their Refusal to Swear in all cases is a matter of Faith and whatsoever is not of Faith is Sin I pitied their mistake as to the former part of their Position and conceived it my duty with others of the Clergy to undeceive them poor mistaken souls by demonstrating that as it is usual with God to send men as the Apostle speaks strong delusions to believe a lye 2 Thes 10.11 because they received not the love of the Truth that they might be saved so They believe that to be true which is apparently false and that it is a sin to do what they though falsly believe ought not to be done i. e. To Swear by the Name of God although it may be for God's glory in the vindication of the Truth or to promote a Neighbours good My next design was which is every mans duty to prevent the Contagion which might spread amongst the poor people from their * 2 Tim. 2.17 Their word will eat as doth a Canker Gangreen-Opinion for whilst they profess Conscience for their disobedience alledg Scripture though misconstrued for their Conscience and colour all with an appearance of outward Sanctity in their lives not usually tainted with debauchery and drunnkeness it may be justly feared that the Populacy if not fortified by pregnant demonstrations of Truth against their spreading errours and Opinions will cry up their Piety they appearing for a great part of them morally Just and civilly Innocent as were some of the refined Heathens and by degrees joyn with them in their Confederacy against the Laws of the Kingdoms and the Churche's Constitutions there being sown in the hearts of the people the seeds of Rebellion Faction and Sedition which are oft-times sad effects of Conventicles or private Meetings called by alearned Greek Father from the sad experience he found of them Denns of Thieves or Robbers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Epiphan for that the meeting-Meeting-Masters steal the hearts of Subjects from their King and Governors of Wives from their Husbands and of these from their Wives of Children from their Parents of Servants from their Masters for there can be no true love or affection where there is a difference of Opinion and Practice whilst two or three of a Family go to Conventicles and the rest to open Churches to joyn with Gods Saints and Servants in the publick Service of God as it is enjoyned by the fourth Commandment He likewise terms them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Receptacles of evil Spirits such as filled and possessed the hearts of Judas and Simon Magus and may possess the hearts of many of the Leaders and Teachers in them For a Coronis or superpondium of all hath been writ in the defence of the Legality of a Judicial and in some cases of a private Oath I desire the Treatist once more to consider what he hath said Pag. 27. of his Treatise Take away lying and there remains no more ground for Swearing He should have said there will be no ground for Perjury For suppose a man never told a Lye yet if an Oath should be required of him by the Magistrate to vindicate his own or anothers suspected Honesty and Truth he would have a good ground for his Swearing in this Case he being commanded to do it so that the Treatist's Proposal is vain as it is likewise of a thing that is impossible 1 Cor. 11 19. For as there must be Heresies i. e. they cannot be hindred so there will be as long as the world lasts lying or false-speaking with dissimulation amongst men Ergo by the Quakers own concession there will be a necessity of Swearing Thus I may retort and say the Anti-Jurist is as the Giant Goliah was wounded with his own weapon 1 Sam. 17.51 refuted by his own Argument But I shall not out of my tender pity and regard to his Soul and to the deluded Souls of his Disciples leave him gasping and bleeding under his wound but as I formerly praised him and them for their pretended awful reverence to Gods holy Name so as it becomes a merciful Soul-Physician as the good Samaritan did to the wounded Traveller Luke 10. I shall pour the oyl of my prayers into his wound beseeching God the Father of mercyes so to open his and the eye of their understandings as he did the eyes of Balaam and the door of their hearts as he did open Lydia's that they may laying aside all prejudice attend to those saving Truths which have been delivered in this Anti-Treatise Num. 21.31 Act. 16.14 and being convinced of their errors submit with a due and humble obedience according to the will of God to the wholsom Laws of the Realm and to the Churches laudable constitutions that so they and we may meet now together in love unity and concord and hereafter in the great Congregation of Heaven above into which none shall be admitted but only those who are the true and lively members of Christ their Head who are animated quickned and guided by his good Spirit the spirit of love and unity which rests not in the breast of a perverse malicious Schismatick and the spirit of Truth where with the soul of a proud obstinate Heretick who maintains and propagates opinions repugnant to the word of God is not enlightned From that Venom of Schism and this Pest of Heresie Lord preserve and defend thy Church And so sanctifie the Hearts and govern the Tongues of all profane Swearers that being aw'd by a trembling fear of those dreadful Judgments which have in all ages fallen upon such miscreants they may with thankful lips and by the holiness of their lives advance thy glory and publish thy praises O let thy mercy be glorified in their Conversion and not thy Justice magnified in their Confusion This I humbly beg in the behalf of them and all Dissenters from the Orthodox Professors of thy Truth and sound Religion for thy mercies sake and alone merits of thy beloved Son our Lord and only Saviour Christ Jesus Amen FINIS