The loyal non-conformist, or, An account what he dare swear, and what not. Wild, Robert, 1609-1679. 1670 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B06584 12055929 Wing W2142 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[151] ESTC R21445 99884351 ocm99884351 182820 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Loyalty oaths -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. 2008-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-04 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The Loyal Non-Conformist , OR ; An Account what hedareswear , and what not . I Fear an Oath , before I swear , to take it ; And well I may , for 't is the Oath of God : I fear Oath , when I have sworn , to break it ; And well I may , for Vengeance hath a Rod. And yet I may swear , and must too ; 't is due Both to my Heav'nly and my Earthly King : If I assent , it must be full and true ; And if I promise I must do the thing . I am no Quaker , not at all to swear : Nor Papist , to swear East , and mean the West : But am a Protestant , and shall declare What I cannot , and what I can protest . I never will endeavour Alteration Of Monarchy , or of that Royal Name : Which God hath chosen to command this Nation ; But will maintain his Person , Crown and Fame , What He commands , if Conscience say not nay , ( For Conscience is a greater King than He ) For Conscience sake , not Fear , I will obey ; And if not active , passive I will be . I'II pray , That all his Subjects may agree , And never more be crumbled into Parts : I will endeavour that His Majesty May not be King of Clubs , but King of Hearts . The Royal Oak I swear I will defend ; But for the Ivy which doth hug it so , I swear that is a Thief , and not a Friend ; And about Steeples fitter for to grow . The Civil Government I will obey , But for Church Policie I swear I doubt it : And if my Bible want th' Apocrypha , I swear my Book may be compleat without it . I dare not swear Church-Government is Right As it should be : but this I dare to swear , If they should put me to 't , the Bishops might Do better and be better than they are . Nor will I swear for all that they arc worth ; That Bishopricks will stand , and Doomsday see . And yet I 'll swear the Gospel holdeth forth ; Christ with his Mysteries till then will be . That Peter was a Prelate , they aver ; But I 'll not swear 't when all is said and done : But I dare swear , and hope I shall not err , He preach'd a hundred Sermons to their one . Peter a Fisher was , and he caught men ; And they have Nets , and in them catch men too : Yet I 'll not swear they are alike ; for them He caught he sav'd ; these catch , and them undo . I dare not swear that Courts Ecclesiastick Do in their Laws make just and gentle Votes : But I 'll be sworn that Burton , Pryn and Bastwick , Were once Ear-witnesses of harsher Notes . Archdeacons , Deans and Chapters are brave men By Canon , not by Scripture ; but to this , If I be call'd I 'll swear and swear agen , That no such Chapter in my Bible is . I 'll not condemn those Prechyterians who Refused Bishopricks and might have had ' cm : But Mistress Calamy , I 'll swear , does do As well as if she were a Spiritual Madam . For Holy Vestments I 'll not take an Oath , Which Linnen most Canonical may be : Some are for Lawn , some Holland , some Scotch-cloath , And Hemp for some is fitter than all three . Paul had a Cloak , and Books , and Parchments too ; But that he wore a Surplise I 'll not swear : Nor that his Parchments did his Orders show , Or in his books there was a Common-Prayer . I own Assistance to the King by Oath ; And if he please to put the Bishops down , ( As who knows what may be ) I should be loath To see Tom Beckets Mitre push the Crown . And yet Church-Government I do allow , And am contented Bishops be the men : And that I speak in earnest , here I vow Where we have One I wish we might have Ten. In fine , the Civil Power I 'll obey ; And seek the Peace and Wellfare of the Nation : If this won't do , I know not what to say ; But farewell London , farewell Corporation ; LONDON , Printed Anno Domini , MDC LXX .