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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70779	A treatise of oaths containing several weighty reasons why the people call'd Qvakers refuse to swear : and those confirmed by numerous testimonies out of Gentiles, Jews and Christians, both fathers, doctors and martyrs : presented to the King and great council of England, assembled in Parliament.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.; Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689.; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1675 (1675)	Wing P1388; ESTC R17219	94,426	174

A TREATISE OF OATHS Containing Several Weighty Reasons why the People call'd QVAKERS refuse to SWEAR And those Confirmed by Numerous Testimonies out of Gentiles Jews and CHRISTIANS both Fathers Doctors and Martyrs Presented to the King and Great Council of England Assembled in PARLIAMENT Mat. 5.34 But I say unto you Swear not at all Jam. 5.22 Above all things my Brethren Swear not Jer. 32.10 Because of Oaths the Land Mourneth Theognis He ought to Swear neither this thing nor any thing Maimonides It is a great Good for a Man not to Swear at all Chrysostom It is not lawful to Swear neither in a just nor unjust Cause Printed Anno 1675. TO THE King and Great Council OF ENGLAND Assembled in PARLIAMENT The Case of the People call'd QUAKERS relating to OATHS further Represented and Recommended to their Consideration in order to a Speedy and Effectual REDRESS THe common Benefit of the Free People of England being undoubtedly both the first and greatest Reason for the Ancient Just Necessary Constitution of Parliaments and being also inform'd that it is your Resolution to employ this Session to the Redress of Publick Grievances And since We cannot but repute our selves a Member of this Great Body you represent by Birth and English Descent and are not only involved in the Common Calamities of the Kingdom but in Particular very cruelly Treated in our Persons and Estates because we cannot for pure Conscience take any Oath at all though we have again and again tender'd our solemn Yea or Nay and are most willing to sustain the same Penalty in Case of Lying that is usually inflicted for Perjury To the End we may not be interpreted to decline the Custom out of meer Humour or Evasion though our frequent heavy Sufferings by Fines and tedious Imprisonments sometimes to Death it self should sufficiently Vindicate us against any such Incharitable Censure WE do with all due Respect present you with our Reasons for that Tenderness and many Testimonies and Pr●sidents in their Defence and we entreat you to express that Care of a Member of your own Civil Body which Nature and Christianity excite to We mean That it would please you to consider how deeply we have already suffered in Person and Estate the Inconveniencies we have daily to encounter and those Injurious not only to our selves but others we commerce with in that both they and we because of our Tenderness in this Matter are constantly at the Mercy of such as will Swear any thing to advantage themselves where they are sure that a Contrary Evidence shall be by Law esteem'd however True Invalid under which Difficulty several of us at this Hour fruitlesly labour That being sensible of our Calamity you may please to endeavour as for others so for this Grievance both a Speedy and Effectual Redress otherwise besides ordinary Cases wherein many of us extraordinarily suffer we may perhaps prove in this of Oaths the Greatest if not the Only Sufferers of the Kingdom a Cruelty we hope you do not design against us God Almighty we beseech him with all Sincerity of Heart incline you to Justice Mercy and Truth Amen London the 25th of the 3d Moneth 1675. Subscribed on the behalf of the rest of our Friends by Alexander Parker George Whitehead Stephen Crisp William Mead Gerrard Roberts William Welsh Samuel Newton Thomas Heart John Osgood James Claypool Thomas Rudyard Richard Richardson William Penn. A Catalogue of the Authors Testimonies and Presidents cited in Favour of this Treatise AESchylus p. 31. Albertus Magnus p. 10 115. Albingenses p. 100 121. W.C. Albrid p. 12. Alexander de Ales p. 115. Alexander ab Alexandro p. 18. Alexid p. 34. Alphonsus de Avendano p. 134. Ambrosius p. 10 68 135. Ambrosius Ansbertus p. 112. Anabaptists p. 100 101. Antiochus Palest p. 109. Anthelmus Cantuar p. 120. Tho. Aquinas p. 115 132. Aristophanes p. 102. Aristoteles p. 18. Athanasius p. 50 54. Augustinus p. 10 95 132 133. M. Aurelius Antoninus p. 36. Ausonius p. 36. B Bagool pag. 100. Baptista Folengius p. 115. Baro●ius p. 100 121. Basil Magnus p. 10 60 100. Basilides p. 41. J. Bechet p. 124. Beda p. 110 141. Counc Berghamsted p. 111. Bernard p. 100 113 115 137 144. Beza p. 102 141. Bible folio printed 1578. p. 144. Bible 4 to printed 1559. 143. Biblioth vet patr p. 116. Blandina p. 41 45. Blastaris p. 62 111. Brugensis p. 10 115. Otho Brunfelfius p. 114. Beat Bruno p. 46. Wal. Brute p. 123. J. Burrel p. 126. C Cajetan p. 133 135. Caesarius p. 67. Joac Camerar p. 143. Gui. Carmelite p. 100. Cassiodorus p. 46 108. Castro p. 100 141. Caten 65. Graec. Patr. p. 108. Cathari p. 100. Hug. Cardinal p. 115. Pet. Charron p. 144 Geff. Chaucer p. 122. Cheril p. 33. Chromatius 10 104. Chrysostom p. 10 11 17 50.70 100 112 120 141. Cicero p. 18 33. Clemens Alexandr p. 15 43 47. Clemens Roman p. 58 101 142. J. Clements p. 124. Clineas p. 31 62. Qu. Curtius p. 29. Cyprian p. 51. Cyril p. 107. D J. Damascen pag. 107. Diodorus Siculus p. 28. Diogenes Laert. p. 33. Druthmarus p. 114 141. E Archiep. Ebur Egbert p. 111. J. Edward p. 124. Epictetus p. 34. Epiphanius p. 50 67. Erasmus p. 128. Esseni p. 37. Eusebius p. 40 41 99. Evagrius Scholast p. 104 107. F Jacob Faber p. 138. Festus ad Lapidem p. 18. J. Fox Martyrol pag. 121 122 123.124 125 128. G Bp. Gauden p. 10 14 30 154. Gentian Hervet p. 48. Gennadius p. 99 Gloss Ordin p. 107 115. Hug. Grotius p. 31 34 37 150. H J.M. Hadingtonian p. 143. Haimo p. 112. Hercules p. 29. Hesiod p. 29. R. Herbert p. 124. Hierocles p. 31. Hilary p. 50 57 Hilary Syracus p. 100. Huetius p. 50. Humiliati p. 100. J. Huss p. 126. I James on the Fathers pag. 78. Jansenius p. 100 114. Jerom p. 11 92 127 136 141 143. Jews Antiquities p. 154. Josephus p. 37 136. Justin Martyr p. 41. Irenaeus p. 97. Isidorus Pelusiot p. 104. Isodor Hispalens p. 109. Isocrates p. 32. K Hist ref Kirk Scotland p. 127. L Lactantius p. 43. Laertius Hermip p. 30. Libanius p. 36. Lindenbrogius p. 18. Lodovicus Pius p. 148. Lollards pag. 127. Lotharius p. 148. Ludulphus p. 10 115 Luitprandus p. 158. N. Lyra p. 106 115. Lysander p. 32. M Maimonides pag. 37. Menander p. 33. Maldonat p. 101. 144. Manichees p. 100. Marlorat p. 144. Fra. de Mendoca p. 136. Archiep. Mentz p. 111. S. Morland p. 128. N Grave of Nassou p. 160 161. G. Nazianzen pag. 42. 64 Nicodemus's Gospel p. 59 Nilus p. 107. G. Nyssen●s p. 63.141 O Oecumenius pag. 119. Olympiodorus p. 108. Prince of Orange p. 162. Origen p. 30 49 100 101. Orthodoxographa p. 59. P Paschatius Ratbertus p. 113. Patrini pag. 100. Pelagians p. 100 101 Persians p. 28. Philo Judaeus p. 36 38 138 146. Plato p. 32. Plinius p. 18. Plowman's Complaint p. 121. Plutarch p. 29 32 35. Polybius