A certaine sound, or, An alarm sounded to the persecuting episcopalians in and about the cities of London & Westminster those bloody cities in many whoredoms, and to the rest of that sect throughout the nations who prophanely, bloodily, or maliciously now have, or heretofore have had any hand in persecuting the innocent servants and prophets of the most high, for the exercise of their pure conscience to the Lord God their creator.
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             A certaine sound, or, An alarm sounded to the persecuting episcopalians in and about the cities of London & Westminster those bloody cities in many whoredoms, and to the rest of that sect throughout the nations who prophanely, bloodily, or maliciously now have, or heretofore have had any hand in persecuting the innocent servants and prophets of the most high, for the exercise of their pure conscience to the Lord God their creator.
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           A
           Certaine
           Sound
           ;
           OR
           ,
           An
           Alarm
           sounded
           ,
           TO
           THE
           
             Persecuting
             Episcopalians
          
           ,
           in
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           Cities
           of
           London
           &
           Westminster
           ,
           those
           Bloody
           Cities
           ,
           in
           many
           Whoredoms
           ;
           And
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           Sect
           throughout
           the
           Nations
           ,
           who
           prophanely
           ,
           bloodily
           ,
           or
           maliciously
           ,
           now
           have
           ,
           or
           heretofore
           have
           had
           any
           hand
           in
           persecuting
           the
           Innocent
           Servants
           ,
           and
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           pure
           Conscience
           to
           the
           Lord
           God
           their
           Creator
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1665.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           certain
           Sound
           ;
           or
           ,
           an
           Alarm
           sounded
           ,
           to
           the
           Persecuting
           Episcopalians
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           TO
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           living
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           I
           affirm
           ;
           that
           there
           is
           an
           immortal
           Lilly
           sprang
           up
           ,
           as
           also
           an
           eternal
           River
           flowing
           freely
           (
           without
           money
           or
           outward
           price
           )
           through
           the
           Nations
           ;
           the
           Root
           of
           the
           one
           being
           as
           far
           out
           of
           your
           reach
           to
           destroy
           (
           though
           you
           do
           dig
           as
           deep
           as
           Hell
           )
           as
           the
           immense
           Fountain
           and
           everlasting
           Current
           of
           the
           other
           is
           out
           of
           your
           vultrous
           sight
           ,
           which
           way
           to
           withhold
           from
           the
           heart
           and
           conscience
           of
           the
           truly
           thirsty
           :
           For
           our
           Testimony
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           from
           that
           eternal
           Fountain
           ,
           is
           powerful
           and
           clear
           ,
           and
           shall
           have
           its
           full
           and
           infallible
           effect
           ,
           though
           now
           resisted
           by
           the
           whole
           seed
           of
           evil-doers
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           perishing
           strength
           ;
           and
           the
           numberless
           and
           most
           immerciful
           Cruelties
           which
           you
           inflict
           upon
           the
           innocent
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           depressing
           the
           everlasting
           Gospel
           which
           we
           preach
           ,
           Us
           ,
           or
           our
           faithful
           Testimony
           therein
           and
           against
           your
           false
           ways
           and
           abominations
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           ,
           &
           shall
           add
           life
           &
           growth
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           our
           for-ever
           blessed
           and
           most
           precious
           Cause
           ,
           and
           cause
           your selves
           indellibly
           to
           be
           recorded
           to
           Posterity
           as
           you
           are
           ,
           when
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           holy
           Witnesses
           to
           ,
           &
           Martyrs
           for
           ,
           the
           Truth
           of
           our
           God
           shall
           remain
           as
           a
           sweet-smelling
           savour
           ,
           living
           for
           ever
           ,
           though
           their
           Bodies
           die
           by
           your
           hands
           .
           And
           some
           of
           our
           very
           little
           ones
           [
           now
           living
           ]
           shall
           rejoyce
           in
           their
           souls
           before
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           off-spring
           of
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           or
           that
           their
           parents
           in
           any
           measure
           stood
           faithful
           to
           God
           in
           this
           your
           day
           of
           heavy
           Persecution
           .
           And
           that
           I
           am
           in
           the
           eternal
           sight
           of
           this
           ,
           if
           my
           God
           think
           me
           worthy
           ,
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           seal
           with
           my
           Blood
           ,
           though
           my
           Sepulcher
           ,
           for
           declaring
           this
           Truth
           ,
           should
           be
           on
           the
           Bridge
           and
           four
           Gates
           of
           your
           City
           .
        
         
         
           And
           ,
           as
           though
           that
           accursed
           womb
           of
           your
           bloody
           Cities
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Newgate
             ▪
          
           that
           now
           dismal
           Pest-house
           ,
           were
           not
           big
           enough
           to
           devour
           the
           Sheep
           of
           Jesus
           your
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           as
           Prisoners
           for
           the
           Truth
           ,
           at
           least
           Forty
           of
           his
           innocent
           Lambs
           called
           Quakers
           have
           laid
           down
           their
           Lives
           (
           through
           ,
           as
           is
           most
           like
           ,
           the
           Pestilential
           infection
           of
           that
           place
           )
           since
           the
           Lord
           's
           just
           hand
           of
           Vengeance
           hath
           brought
           it
           upon
           these
           your
           Cities
           of
           many
           Whoredoms
           ,
           as
           the
           beginning
           of
           their
           sorrows
           :
           Beside
           ,
           about
           Sixty
           of
           the
           same
           Royal
           Seed
           and
           Fold
           ,
           have
           been
           Prisoners
           till
           death
           in
           that
           one
           Goal
           since
           your
           Act
           against
           Conscience
           was
           made
           ,
           also
           sealing
           their
           Testimony
           with
           their
           Blood
           ,
           as
           became
           the
           Martyrs
           of
           the
           Most
           High.
           And
           yet
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           this
           innocent
           Blood
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           innumerable
           Imprisonments
           ,
           Blows
           ,
           and
           Bruises
           ,
           unjust
           Fining
           ,
           Praemuniring
           ,
           Confiscating
           of
           Estates
           ,
           making
           Widows
           and
           Fatherless
           ,
           ruining
           Families
           ,
           frequent
           shedding
           our
           Blood
           in
           your
           Streets
           and
           Canels
           ,
           at
           our
           holy
           Meetings
           ,
           &c.
           were
           not
           enough
           even
           to
           implore
           as
           it
           were
           Gods
           further
           Vengeance
           upon
           your
           heads
           ,
           †
           you
           drag
           and
           drive
           from
           that
           your
           Goale
           of
           Newgate
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           *
           to
           the
           Water-side
           ,
           and
           there
           force
           into
           a
           Barge
           ,
           Boat
           ,
           or
           Boats
           ,
           Fifty
           four
           of
           the
           Servants
           of
           your
           Creator
           ,
           from
           thence
           hurry
           towards
           an
           old
           sorry
           rotten
           Ship
           ,
           which
           was
           ordered
           to
           receive
           &
           transport
           them
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           like
           Slaves
           and
           Vagabonds
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           offence
           given
           to
           you
           ,
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           but
           only
           serving
           the
           living
           God
           according
           to
           his
           most
           holy
           way
           :
           to
           which
           bad
           Vessel
           side
           these
           freeborn
           Innocents
           being
           come
           ,
           and
           not
           having
           freedom
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           at
           the
           command
           of
           your
           Goalors
           and
           their
           
           Accomplices
           ,
           voluntarily
           or
           actively
           to
           go
           in
           to
           the
           †
           Ship
           themselves
           ,
           thereby
           to
           acknowledge
           a
           crime
           ,
           or
           that
           criminal
           ,
           which
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           his
           Christ
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           allows
           (
           to
           wit
           )
           their
           meeting
           often
           together
           to
           wait
           ,
           &
           call
           upon
           his
           most
           holy
           Name
           in
           Spirit
           and
           Truth
           ,
           without
           restriction
           of
           time
           ,
           place
           or
           number
           ;
           for
           obeying
           this
           Royal
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           conferr'd
           on
           the
           Universe
           in
           the
           Messias
           ,
           our
           Immanuel
           ,
           the
           absolute
           Supream
           and
           alone
           Head
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           disobeying
           your
           Edict
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           they
           are
           sentenced
           to
           Banishment
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           because
           of
           this
           ,
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           voluntarily
           go
           into
           the
           Ship
           ,
           and
           consent
           to
           their
           own
           unnatural
           ,
           aswel
           as
           unlawful
           ,
           Banishment
           and
           Slavery
           .
           The
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           superactive
           baser
           sort
           (
           of
           whom
           Paul
           complained
           )
           that
           were
           imployed
           by
           you
           to
           drive
           and
           hale
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           like
           Sheep
           to
           your
           slaughter
           (
           who
           resisted
           them
           not
           )
           without
           tenderness
           or
           contrition
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           scorn
           ,
           cryed
           ,
           
             Throw
             out
             the
             Tackle
             ,
             throw
             out
             the
             Tackle
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             hale
             up
             the
             Kings
             Goods
             :
          
           which
           accordingly
           they
           did
           ,
           fastening
           it
           about
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           so
           slung
           up
           into
           the
           Ship
           the
           Lambs
           of
           the
           living
           God
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           Cattel
           and
           other
           Lading
           :
           who
           indeed
           ,
           as
           found
           faithful
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           derision
           of
           the
           Ishmaels
           of
           this
           age
           )
           are
           the
           good
           and
           peculiar
           Treasure
           of
           the
           KING
           of
           Kings
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           earthly
           Kings
           and
           Rulers
           have
           ,
           and
           again
           will
           be
           rebuked
           in
           the
           day
           of
           further
           Revelation
           of
           his
           most
           terrible
           Indignation
           ,
           which
           hastens
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           inhumanely
           ,
           and
           utterly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           forced
           on
           Shipboard
           ;
           their
           Lodging
           (
           such
           as
           it
           was
           )
           was
           appointed
           under
           a
           base
           low
           Deck
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           ramm'd
           together
           like
           other
           Stowage
           ;
           and
           this
           very
           bad
           Ship
           being
           bulgy
           ,
           leaky
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           the
           Water
           came
           in
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           ran
           frequently
           under
           them
           where
           they
           lay
           :
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           and
           the
           suffocatious
           heat
           that
           might
           arise
           through
           their
           being
           so
           cramb'd
           together
           (
           it's
           like
           )
           the
           Pestilence
           encreased
           among
           them
           ,
           whereof
           at
           least
           
             Twenty
             seven
          
           of
           the
           
           Bodies
           of
           these
           [
           so
           misused
           ]
           
             fifty
             four
          
           are
           dead
           .
           And
           notwithstanding
           the
           Ship
           is
           yet
           unsailed
           ,
           riding
           at
           anchor
           in
           the
           River
           of
           Thames
           ,
           Gods
           just
           judgment
           having
           overtaken
           her
           Master
           ,
           who
           was
           about
           three
           moneths-since
           clapt
           up
           in
           prison
           for
           debt
           ,
           the
           Mate
           having
           left
           him
           and
           the
           Ship
           ,
           several
           of
           the
           Mariners
           being
           dead
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           others
           of
           them
           come
           away
           ,
           whether
           convinced
           of
           the
           unlawfulness
           of
           their
           undertaking
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           determine
           ,
           having
           not
           spoken
           with
           the
           men
           face
           to
           face
           ;
           but
           of
           this
           I
           am
           certainly
           enformed
           ,
           That
           the
           more
           ruffinlier
           sort
           ,
           who
           stayed
           behind
           ,
           did
           ,
           or
           threatned
           to
           fire
           Guns
           after
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           left
           the
           Ship
           and
           came
           on
           Shore
           :
           this
           being
           put
           altogether
           ,
           Viz.
           what
           has
           befallen
           the
           Ship-Master
           ,
           his
           Mate
           leaving
           him
           ,
           the
           death
           of
           several
           of
           the
           Mariners
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           forsaking
           the
           rest
           ,
           the
           Ship
           as
           yet
           unable
           to
           sail
           ,
           having
           been
           clear'd
           at
           the
           Custom-house
           about
           a
           Quarter
           of
           a
           year
           since
           ;
           Who
           sees
           not
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           against
           these
           accursed
           undertakings
           ?
           Yet
           so
           blind
           ,
           or
           rather
           wilfully
           wicked
           you
           are
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           heard
           that
           any
           one
           ,
           in
           considerable
           authority
           ,
           hath
           so
           much
           as
           endeavoured
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           these
           ,
           yet
           living
           Innocents
           ,
           might
           be
           released
           from
           their
           ,
           so
           unjust
           ,
           cruel
           Bondage
           and
           Banishment
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           some
           in
           their
           stiffneckedness
           blasphemously
           say
           ,
           
             Cannot
             your
             God
             defend
             you
             from
             the
             Plague
             ,
             in
             Prison
             ,
             out
             of
             Prison
             ,
             at
             Sea
             or
             Land
             ?
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           To
           such
           I
           plainly
           answer
           ,
           as
           a
           living
           man
           yet
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ;
           
             My
             God
             can
             preserve
             me
             if
             he
             please
             ,
             and
             I
             do
             believe
             in
             my
             heart
             will
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             for
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             any
             further
             service
             for
             me
             to
             do
             among
             ye
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             his
             eternal
             will
             be
             done
             in
             Earth
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           And
           I
           am
           as
           fully
           assured
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           had
           stood
           with
           his
           most
           holy
           will
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           his
           uncomprehensible
           wisdom
           he
           had
           seen
           it
           meet
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           those
           Innocents
           further
           or
           otherwise
           more
           eminently
           serviceable
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           his
           Truth
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           He
           could
           and
           would
           have
           delivered
           them
           out
           of
           your
           hands
           ,
           or
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           under
           this
           your
           most
           vile
           usage
           ,
           preserved
           them
           from
           your
           drinking
           their
           innocent
           bloud
           ;
           but
           then
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           doings
           ,
           how
           should
           the
           measure
           of
           your
           iniquities
           
           be
           filled
           up
           ?
           However
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           at
           any
           time
           preached
           or
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           our
           outward
           bodies
           were
           immortal
           ,
           but
           liable
           ,
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           our
           immortal
           Testimony
           ,
           even
           to
           suffer
           by
           your
           Spirit
           and
           Generation
           much
           outward
           misery
           ,
           unnatural
           cruelties
           ,
           death
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ;
           as
           was
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           his
           holy
           Disciples
           and
           Followers
           by
           those
           Jews
           and
           Monarchs
           of
           Old
           ,
           in
           whose
           dayes
           they
           appeared
           on
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           as
           obnoxious
           and
           odious
           to
           their
           then
           Hierarchy
           &
           Monarchy
           as
           the
           right
           true
           Christian
           man
           ,
           called
           Quaker
           ,
           is
           now
           to
           yours
           ;
           and
           all
           your
           Jewish
           usage
           of
           us
           his
           now
           Disciples
           and
           Servants
           ,
           we
           as
           really
           feel
           ,
           as
           he
           and
           his
           did
           theirs
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           were
           I
           sure
           to
           dye
           many
           deaths
           by
           your
           hands
           ,
           whilst
           I
           continue
           in
           Gods
           fear
           ,
           I
           cannot
           fear
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           are
           so
           very
           wicked
           and
           unjust
           :
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             
               If
               you
               could
               the
               Soul
               destroy
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               th'
               Body
               kill
               ;
            
             
               You
               were
               indeed
               then
               much
               to
               be
               fear'd
               for
               doing
               ill
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           that
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           infinite
           wise
           God
           that
           in
           this
           common
           calamity
           ,
           which
           is
           come
           upon
           the
           Nation
           because
           of
           your
           unparalleld
           abominations
           (
           and
           that
           no
           flesh
           may
           arise
           to
           glory
           in
           his
           sight
           )
           some
           of
           our
           bodies
           who
           have
           not
           sin'd
           with
           you
           ,
           fall
           with
           ,
           or
           rather
           by
           you
           ,
           do
           not
           therefore
           rejoyce
           as
           the
           former
           Jews
           (
           uncircumcised
           in
           heart
           and
           ears
           )
           did
           ,
           over
           Jesus
           the
           just
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           then
           holy
           People
           that
           believed
           in
           his
           testimony
           ;
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             as
             one
             smitten
             or
             forsaken
             .
             He
             that
             hath
             saven
             others
             let
             him
             now
             save
             himself
             .
          
           And
           that
           his
           good
           Apostle
           was
           
             a
             perverter
             of
             their
             Laws
             ;
             a
             sower
             of
             Sedititon
             ;
             a
             turner
             of
             the
             world
             upside
             down
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           I
           say
           ,
           do
           not
           hereby
           stiffen
           your
           necks
           ,
           nor
           strengthen
           your
           ungodly
           hands
           against
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           because
           the
           outward
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Godly
           and
           Prophane
           dye
           alike
           :
           for
           when
           they
           (
           the
           former
           Jews
           )
           thus
           drank
           innocent
           blood
           ,
           and
           magnified
           themselves
           against
           the
           innocent
           and
           righteous
           ,
           then
           loe
           their
           destruction
           was
           nigh
           ;
           and
           behold
           yours
           slumbers
           not
           ,
           and
           the
           dregs
           of
           the
           Cup
           ,
           without
           mixture
           of
           pitty
           ,
           you
           shall
           as
           surely
           drink
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           as
           you
           now
           Torment
           ,
           Banish
           ,
           and
           drink
           the
           Bloud
           of
           
           us
           his
           People
           and
           Servants
           .
           And
           alas
           ,
           poor
           animals
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           can
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           do
           against
           our
           Rock
           ,
           or
           us
           in
           him
           ;
           You
           do
           but
           in
           your
           most
           impetuous
           wills
           fight
           with
           the
           wind
           ,
           and
           in
           very
           great
           confusion
           beat
           the
           air
           of
           your
           own
           imaginations
           ;
           for
           we
           know
           right
           well
           you
           are
           limited
           by
           him
           whose
           Seed
           you
           would
           limit
           .
           And
           I
           sensibly
           declare
           unto
           you
           ,
           by
           the
           authority
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           living
           God
           ,
           the
           Root
           of
           that
           Lilly
           or
           Vine
           from
           which
           we
           sprang
           up
           ,
           into
           which
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           his
           Eternal
           Love
           we
           are
           ingrafted
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           ,
           through
           infinite
           mercy
           ,
           we
           grow
           and
           prosper
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           cannot
           be
           prevailed
           against
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           end
           you
           will
           as
           surely
           feel
           and
           find
           it
           so
           ,
           as
           ever
           you
           were
           born
           .
           For
           the
           Mountain
           of
           the
           House
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           is
           ,
           must
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           established
           upon
           the
           Top
           of
           all
           unholy
           Mountains
           whatsoever
           .
           And
           have
           you
           not
           heard
           ,
           and
           every
           since
           we
           were
           a
           People
           ,
           we
           have
           carried
           our
           Lives
           in
           our
           hands
           ?
           And
           is
           it
           not
           manifestly
           seen
           and
           known
           to
           all
           men
           now
           living
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           wilfully
           blind
           ,
           that
           through
           the
           God
           of
           our
           Life
           that
           strengthens
           us
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           valued
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           outward
           Estates
           ,
           Preferments
           ,
           even
           Lives
           and
           all
           ,
           to
           the
           death
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           our
           
             Faithful
             Testimony
          
           for
           Gods
           immortal
           and
           most
           glorious
           Truth
           ,
           before
           you
           ,
           that
           now
           are
           ,
           were
           in
           outward
           Power
           ?
           And
           have
           we
           not
           in
           this
           your
           day
           of
           
             thrice
             woful
             and
             heavy
             Persecution
          
           ,
           again
           and
           again
           confirmed
           and
           sealed
           this
           our
           Testimony
           with
           our
           blood
           ,
           and
           the
           purely
           offering
           up
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           near
           and
           dear
           unto
           us
           as
           men
           ?
           And
           is
           there
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           considerate
           considerable
           Gamaliel
           among
           you
           ,
           to
           consider
           these
           things
           ?
           However
           ,
           let
           not
           the
           prophane
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           think
           in
           their
           dark
           sensuality
           ,
           who
           were
           never
           known
           of
           themselves
           ,
           to
           conquer
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           themselves
           with
           Drink
           ,
           Whordoms
           ,
           Violences
           ,
           Oathes
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Bestialities
           ,
           to
           overcome
           us
           who
           believe
           and
           walk
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           who
           have
           taken
           up
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           for
           our
           Armour
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           sensibly
           feel
           the
           power
           of
           God
           leading
           to
           ,
           and
           surrounding
           us
           in
           his
           salvation
           .
           Nay
           ,
           nay
           ,
           be
           it
           known
           unto
           you
           all
           ,
           that
           do
           but
           so
           much
           as
           think
           or
           wish
           ill
           to
           Israel
           this
           day
           ,
           there
           are
           among
           us
           who
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Lamb
           are
           more
           than
           
           Conquerors
           over
           whatsoever
           it's
           possible
           for
           you
           to
           say
           ,
           do
           ,
           or
           think
           to
           do
           against
           us
           for
           Truth
           :
           and
           unto
           such
           a
           strange
           thing
           cannot
           befal
           ,
           neither
           any
           evil
           tidings
           from
           you
           affright
           them
           ,
           because
           we
           fear
           not
           as
           you
           fear
           ,
           neither
           hope
           as
           you
           hope
           ;
           for
           while
           we
           live
           ,
           we
           love
           to
           serve
           our
           Creator
           ,
           chusing
           gladly
           to
           obey
           the
           motions
           and
           commands
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           written
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           rather
           than
           so
           much
           as
           taste
           of
           the
           pleasures
           ,
           or
           rather
           bondage
           ,
           of
           your
           not
           to
           be
           paralleled
           wickednesses
           ,
           w
           ch
           shal
           last
           you
           but
           for
           a
           season
           (
           mark
           that
           )
           so
           that
           when
           he
           who
           gave
           us
           breath
           (
           creating
           us
           and
           you
           to
           serve
           and
           obey
           him
           )
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           for
           our
           souls
           ,
           standing
           in
           his
           fear
           (
           out
           of
           your
           false
           fear
           ,
           vain
           hope
           and
           glory
           )
           we
           are
           ready
           with
           joy
           and
           gladness
           to
           answer
           to
           his
           command
           ,
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             ,
             enter
             into
             eternal
             rest
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             Lambs
             of
             the
             fold
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           with
           the
           Swearer
           ,
           Lyer
           ,
           Whoremonger
           ,
           Superstitious
           ,
           Idolater
           ,
           and
           ungodly
           prophane
           Persecutor
           of
           Gods
           Innocent
           Flock
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           ;
           for
           they
           shall
           then
           dread
           (
           though
           they
           now
           make
           merry
           over
           the
           Lords
           Witness
           and
           Witnesses
           )
           that
           most
           dreadful
           and
           irrevocable
           malediction
           ,
           
             Go
             ye
             cursed
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           when
           such
           come
           to
           dye
           ,
           the
           Light
           of
           Christ
           Jesus
           (
           with
           which
           every
           man
           is
           enlightned
           that
           comes
           into
           the
           World
           )
           shall
           arise
           in
           the
           Conscience
           to
           the
           utter
           condemnation
           of
           all
           those
           who
           in
           their
           life-time
           have
           despised
           or
           disobeyed
           it
           .
           Then
           shall
           the
           betrayers
           of
           the
           Just
           ,
           and
           hard-hearted
           imprisoners
           of
           the
           innocent
           to
           death
           ,
           for
           obeying
           it
           ,
           know
           what
           it
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Iudas
           or
           a
           Pharaoh
           :
           Then
           shall
           the
           worldly-wise
           and
           rich
           ,
           with
           the
           false
           divining
           Hireling
           ,
           their
           frontier
           and
           leader
           ,
           who
           serpent-like
           ,
           to
           save
           self
           ,
           have
           bowed
           to
           ,
           and
           even
           twisted
           about
           every
           green
           and
           dry
           tree
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           deceit
           hath
           stood
           up
           ,
           feel
           the
           Parable
           of
           Dives
           ,
           and
           know
           that
           Lazarus
           the
           poor
           ,
           poor
           in
           Spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           faithfulness
           ,
           is
           the
           Seed
           that
           doth
           and
           must
           inherit
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           you
           be
           men
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           deemed
           in
           any
           measure
           rational
           to
           posterity
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           do
           ,
           &
           have
           done
           against
           us
           ,
           positively
           declare
           what
           's
           the
           evil
           these
           People
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           as
           a
           people
           ,
           have
           done
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           have
           ought
           against
           them
           but
           for
           their
           worshipping
           the
           living
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           in
           Spirit
           ,
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Righteousness
           :
           nay
           farther
           ,
           if
           
           they
           have
           left
           undone
           any
           thing
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           ;
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           ,
           make
           it
           appear
           :
           for
           our
           souls
           delight
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           higher
           ,
           or
           highest
           power
           :
           and
           in
           my
           heart
           I
           intend
           most
           willingly
           ,
           and
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           actively
           to
           be
           obedient
           to
           every
           Ordinance
           of
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           or
           shall
           be
           made
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           by
           plain
           Scripture
           ,
           command
           of
           Jesus
           our
           Lord
           ,
           or
           pure
           example
           from
           his
           holy
           Apostles
           ,
           detect
           our
           principle
           and
           practice
           if
           you
           can
           ;
           and
           without
           supposition
           or
           false
           allegation
           ,
           orderly
           set
           forth
           to
           the
           world
           what
           detriment
           we
           have
           brought
           upon
           the
           
             good
             People
          
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           since
           it
           pleased
           the
           Lord
           first
           to
           raise
           us
           up
           therein
           ;
           and
           also
           what
           the
           evil
           is
           that
           we
           have
           done
           you
           ,
           who
           have
           thus
           spilt
           and
           drank
           our
           blood
           without
           Mercy
           .
           Have
           we
           done
           ought
           against
           you
           ,
           except
           reprove
           you
           for
           your
           rending
           and
           damming
           ,
           Superstition
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           prophane
           and
           unmanly
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           antichristian
           Persecution
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           superabounding
           evils
           and
           uncleanesses
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           wallow
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           repent
           ,
           amend
           your
           lives
           and
           be
           saved
           ?
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           produce
           your
           charge
           against
           us
           under
           your
           hands
           ,
           plainly
           and
           directly
           setting
           forth
           and
           declaring
           matter
           of
           Fact
           only
           ,
           without
           allegation
           ,
           dubious
           supposition
           ,
           or
           any
           manner
           of
           clandestine
           trick
           or
           intreague
           of
           State-Policy
           ,
           dissonant
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           forreign
           to
           the
           matter
           ;
           that
           it
           may
           be
           transmitted
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           so
           far
           as
           your
           spirit
           hath
           traduced
           ,
           or
           made
           odious
           ,
           us
           ,
           or
           our
           Principle
           ;
           that
           all
           reasonable
           and
           unprejudiced
           people
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           may
           judge
           whether
           it
           bear
           in
           it
           cause
           enough
           thus
           to
           kill
           us
           in
           your
           Coals
           and
           Holes
           ,
           force
           and
           banish
           us
           out
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           where
           of
           we
           are
           as
           free-born
           as
           your selves
           .
           And
           when
           you
           have
           thus
           manifestly
           ,
           plainly
           and
           publickly
           emitted
           your
           charge
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           then
           lay
           by
           your
           Swords
           ,
           Clubs
           ,
           Goals
           ,
           and
           ungodly
           Laws
           ,
           and
           bring
           forth
           your
           Priests
           also
           ,
           (
           with
           whom
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           whom
           you
           thus
           engage
           Soul
           and
           Body
           )
           and
           let
           them
           publickly
           ,
           thorowly
           ,
           and
           equally
           dispute
           your
           and
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           can
           
             vive
             voce
          
           ,
           face
           to
           face
           say
           ,
           or
           rather
           prove
           against
           us
           ,
           or
           our
           Principle
           in
           Religion
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Truth
           serve
           and
           
           fear
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           you
           called
           Quakers
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           if
           they
           (
           your
           Priests
           )
           be
           spiritual
           men
           ,
           or
           but
           so
           much
           as
           spiritually
           minded
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           on
           their
           parts
           :
           And
           this
           would
           be
           a
           good
           way
           to
           try
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           for
           you
           and
           them
           to
           try
           and
           hear
           Truth
           ,
           and
           be
           tryed
           by
           it
           (
           and
           true
           Religion
           is
           a
           Spiritual
           ,
           not
           a
           State
           matter
           )
           and
           whoso
           is
           found
           in
           the
           Error
           ,
           let
           the
           smooth
           stone
           of
           David
           be
           slang
           into
           their
           hearts
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           holy
           man
           to
           convince
           ,
           and
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Lord
           run
           through
           and
           through
           them
           ,
           as
           his
           most
           holy
           Spirit
           shall
           give
           utterance
           .
           And
           if
           to
           that
           they
           will
           not
           submit
           ,
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           Harvest
           ;
           for
           further
           ,
           or
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           no
           Man
           ,
           or
           Power
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           hath
           Commission
           from
           Christ
           Jesus
           to
           act
           .
        
         
           So
           consider
           well
           what
           Church
           you
           are
           of
           ,
           and
           whose
           Servants
           and
           Ministers
           you
           are
           ,
           that
           instigate
           the
           Rulers
           (
           who
           are
           too
           apt
           of
           themselves
           )
           to
           imprison
           and
           hew
           down
           the
           Innocent
           with
           carnal
           swords
           ,
           promp
           and
           help
           Parliaments
           to
           make
           Laws
           against
           us
           ,
           move
           the
           inferiour
           Magistrates
           to
           execute
           them
           ,
           and
           cause
           dissolute
           Souldiers
           to
           tear
           us
           out
           of
           our
           holy
           Meetings
           ,
           from
           thence
           drag
           and
           drive
           us
           into
           your
           Goals
           and
           Dungeons
           ,
           there
           to
           be
           kept
           till
           Banishment
           or
           Death
           ;
           whereby
           (
           in
           the
           Curse
           )
           you
           rend
           assunder
           the
           endeared
           Husband
           from
           the
           tender
           and
           faithfull
           Wife
           ,
           (
           whom
           God
           hath
           joyned
           together
           )
           dislocating
           the
           blessed
           Child
           from
           the
           righteous
           Parent
           ,
           the
           faithful
           Servant
           from
           his
           honest
           Master
           ,
           and
           calling
           the
           Master
           from
           the
           Servant
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           this
           be
           Christian
           or
           Apostolical
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           Antichristian
           and
           Diabolical
           .
           Most
           certain
           I
           am
           ,
           Precept
           from
           Christ
           ,
           Example
           from
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           seeming
           vestage
           in
           any
           of
           their
           Writings
           for
           such
           doings
           you
           cannot
           pretend
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           generous
           English
           Spirit
           abhors
           such
           Salvagism
           as
           Hell.
           Then
           in
           this
           matter
           who
           are
           you
           like
           ,
           or
           to
           whom
           may
           I
           compare
           you
           but
           your selves
           ?
           Except
           in
           that
           of
           your
           Oaths
           of
           Alleageance
           and
           Supreamacy
           ,
           you
           run
           parallel
           with
           the
           
             Roman
             Episcopalians
          
           in
           the
           late
           
             Marian
             Persecution
          
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Sacrament
             of
             their
             Altar
          
           ;
           the
           one
           they
           used
           as
           a
           
             Roman
             Gin
          
           against
           the
           then
           Martyrs
           ,
           the
           other
           you
           impose
           as
           an
           
             Antichristian
             Snare
          
           upon
           Us
           ,
           the
           now
           
           obeyers
           of
           the
           true
           Christ
           ,
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             Swear
             not
             at
             all
             ▪
             &c.
             
          
           For
           often-times
           when
           neither
           your selves
           ,
           your
           late
           made
           cruel
           Edicts
           ,
           nor
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           (
           who
           for
           the
           most
           part
           have
           been
           for
           you
           ,
           against
           us
           )
           can
           raise
           seeming
           plausible
           matter
           enough
           against
           the
           truly
           Innocent
           ,
           to
           ensnare
           and
           incasserate
           their
           persons
           ,
           Then
           I
           have
           often
           seen
           and
           observed
           your
           last
           subterfuge
           to
           be
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             O
             but
             will
             you
             take
             the
             Oath
             of
             Alleageance
             !
          
           and
           sometimes
           it
           's
           ,
           
             Will
             you
             take
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Alleagiance
             and
             Supremacy
             ?
          
           †
           whenas
           for
           pure
           Conscience-sake
           we
           who
           profess
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           are
           
             Christians
             indeed
          
           ,
           as
           wel
           as
           
             in
             words
          
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           may
           not
           ,
           dare
           not
           swear
           ,
           by
           Heaven
           ,
           Earth
           ,
           Evangelists
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Oath
           whatsoever
           ,
           because
           the
           promised
           Messiah
           ,
           and
           performed
           Oath
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           whom
           Oaths
           under
           the
           Law
           were
           a
           Type
           ,
           hath
           commanded
           us
           in
           express
           words
           ,
           
             But
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             Swear
             not
             at
             all
             ;
             but
             let
             your
             yea
             ,
             be
             yea
             ,
             and
             your
             nay
             ,
             nay
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           his
           Apostle
           Iames
           saith
           ,
           
             Above
             all
             things
             ,
             my
             Brethren
             ,
             swear
             not
          
           *
           :
           So
           that
           being
           absolutely
           commanded
           by
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           precautioned
           ,
           or
           rather
           confirmed
           by
           his
           good
           Apostle
           ,
           whose
           indispensable
           Commands
           and
           Doctrine
           should
           be
           Catholick
           ;
           however
           ,
           to
           us
           that
           are
           not
           our
           own
           ,
           but
           bought
           and
           re-redeemed
           
           with
           a
           price
           ,
           even
           the
           Blood
           of
           our
           immaculate
           Lord
           ,
           it
           sufficeth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           dare
           not
           ,
           may
           not
           turn
           his
           immortal
           Law
           behind
           our
           backs
           ,
           nor
           tread
           his
           most
           precious
           Blood
           under
           our
           feet
           .
           And
           I
           do
           believe
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           most
           of
           you
           cannot
           but
           know
           before-hand
           ,
           even
           before
           you
           offer
           us
           an
           Oath
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           our
           avowed
           Principle
           
             not
             to
             swear
             at
             all
          
           ;
           and
           we
           dare
           not
           assume
           that
           unholy
           liberty
           ,
           or
           accursed
           dispensation
           ,
           to
           break
           that
           most
           sacred
           ,
           most
           royal
           ,
           and
           indispensible
           Law
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ;
           as
           many
           of
           you
           lately
           did
           for
           your
           ungodly
           ends
           ,
           when
           against
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           against
           your
           earthly
           King
           ,
           you
           sware
           ,
           
             To
             be
             true
             and
             faithful
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             then
             established
             ,
             without
             King
             or
             House
             of
             Lords
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           with
           us
           it
           is
           nothing
           so
           ;
           for
           the
           truly
           Faithful
           most
           gladly
           suffer
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Death
           ,
           rather
           than
           against
           their
           Conscience
           break
           one
           iota
           of
           their
           KING
           of
           Kings
           Command
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           wilfully
           breaks
           one
           ,
           is
           guilty
           of
           all
           :
           even
           so
           he
           that
           is
           not
           faithful
           in
           a
           little
           ,
           shall
           never
           be
           made
           a
           Ruler
           in
           much
           .
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           say
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           do
           against
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           also
           against
           your
           own
           souls
           and
           consciences
           )
           as
           Christ
           said
           to
           the
           old
           
             Iews
             ,
             You
             know
             not
             what
             you
             do
             :
          
           but
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           ,
           You
           know
           not
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           wisely
           consider
           not
           what
           will
           follow
           for
           these
           your
           most
           unreasonable
           outrages
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           most
           of
           our
           present
           Adversaries
           are
           men
           of
           Oaths
           ,
           much
           addicted
           to
           Swearing
           and
           Cursing
           ;
           for
           ,
           and
           under
           which
           the
           
             good
             People
          
           of
           the
           Land
           do
           bitterly
           mourn
           ,
           and
           they
           themselves
           shall
           howl
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           present
           they
           trample
           under
           their
           feet
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           of
           nought
           ,
           the
           Name
           of
           our
           God
           ,
           imploring
           him
           often
           to
           damn
           and
           sink
           them
           ;
           insulting
           over
           his
           Innocent
           Seed
           ,
           plowing
           broad
           ,
           deep
           and
           most
           inhumane
           furrows
           on
           the
           backs
           of
           his
           righteous
           People
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           Law
           and
           good
           Reason
           :
           Not
           less
           than
           five
           or
           six
           thousand
           of
           us
           ,
           called
           Quakers
           ,
           imprisoned
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           since
           you
           called
           
             Episcopal
             Protestants
          
           came
           into
           outward
           power
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           you
           killed
           us
           all
           your
           day
           long
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           outward
           ruine
           the
           Families
           of
           the
           Faithful
           in
           the
           
           Land
           ,
           making
           many
           Widows
           ,
           oppressing
           their
           Fatherless
           ,
           even
           as
           it
           were
           chopping
           them
           and
           theirs
           in
           pieces
           ,
           as
           flesh
           for
           your
           Cauldron
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Edict
           of
           your
           own
           hearts
           lust
           ;
           yet
           
             in
             all
             this
             you
             are
             no
             Conquerours
          
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           far
           worse
           ,
           
             for
             all
             this
             you
             shall
             come
             to
             Iudgment
             :
          
           For
           the
           Mower
           saith
           ,
           
             All
             flesh
             is
             grass
          
           ;
           And
           ,
           
             accursed
             is
             the
             man
             that
             trusteth
             in
             man
             ,
             or
             maketh
             flesh
             his
             arm
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           if
           what
           's
           already
           done
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           hearts
           to
           do
           ,
           be
           not
           enough
           to
           fill
           the
           measure
           up
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           on
           thy
           holy
           People
           ,
           for
           their
           pure
           Conscience
           ,
           do
           impose
           .
           On
           me
           lay
           on
           thy
           pondrous
           weight
           ,
           give
           me
           but
           strength
           to
           bear
           ;
           permit
           them
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           my
           blood
           to
           drink
           ,
           and
           flesh
           to
           tear
           .
           Yet
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           I
           'm
           not
           i
           th'
           hast
           ,
           but
           on
           thy
           holy
           leisure
           cry
           ,
           How
           long
           ,
           how
           long
           !
           O
           Lord
           my
           God
           ,
           most
           holy
           ,
           just
           ,
           and
           high
           .
           For
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           I
           know
           deliverance
           to
           thy
           Seed
           ,
           nor
           evil
           to
           the
           City
           can
           be
           done
           ,
           Good
           or
           Vengeance
           wrought
           thereon
           ,
           but
           by
           thy
           holy
           self
           alone
           .
           Therefore
           freely
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ,
           the
           manner
           ,
           way
           ,
           and
           final
           disquisition
           of
           these
           things
           I
           leave
           to
           thee
           ,
           my
           God
           ,
           who
           art
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           transmuter
           and
           establisher
           of
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           Vita
           ,
           Veritate
           omniaque
           .
        
         
           
             E.
             B.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A28148-e90
           
             †
             When
             as
             the
             Blood
             of
             one
             innocent
             man
             is
             fully
             able
             to
             overthrow
             a
             Nation
             ,
             much
             more
             a
             hundred
             ,
             two
             prophane
             superstitious
             and
             hypocritical
             Cities
             .
          
           
             *
             Besides
             at
             three
             other
             times
             very
             lately
             before
             you
             dragg'd
             out
             of
             that
             Goal
             ,
             and
             in
             like
             manner
             forced
             on
             shipboard
             ,
             eighteen
             innocent
             true
             men
             ,
             called
             Quakers
             ;
             whereof
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             through
             your
             most
             savage
             usage
             ,
             immediately
             as
             you
             had
             forced
             him
             on
             Ship-board
             fell
             down
             upon
             the
             deck
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             dyed
             .
          
           
             †
             In
             which
             one
             among
             your selves
             (
             in
             no
             mean
             authority
             )
             said
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             sail
             to
             Gravesend
             in
             ,
             to
             have
             her
             .
          
           
             †
             For
             the
             denyal
             of
             both
             ,
             or
             either
             ,
             great
             are
             the
             numbers
             of
             us
             that
             have
             been
             imprisoned
             ,
             even
             several
             to
             Death
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             have
             not
             known
             any
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             that
             hath
             suffered
             either
             Imprisonment
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             loss
             of
             Preferment
             [
             among
             you
             ]
             for
             refusing
             the
             latter
             ,
             whenas
             they
             do
             acknowldge
             a
             forreign
             Head
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             but
             a
             man
             :
             and
             it
             is
             as
             well
             known
             that
             we
             Christians
             do
             ,
             nor
             ever
             did
             acknowledge
             any
             other
             Head
             of
             our
             Church
             but
             CHRIST
             alone
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             I
             were
             of
             an
             aggravating
             spirit
             ,
             I
             might
             say
             ,
             Why
             Us
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Papists
             ?
             But
             it
             's
             not
             my
             principle
             to
             irritate
             or
             stir
             up
             any
             against
             another
             to
             ease
             my self
             ;
             but
             I
             feel
             who
             you
             favour
             and
             who
             you
             hate
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             could
             not
             be
             meant
             prophane
             swearing
             ,
             for
             under
             the
             Law
             that
             was
             forbidden
             ,
             viz.
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               take
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               in
               vain
            
             ;
             but
             Iudicial
             swearing
             was
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             allowed
             .