An invective against the most wicked [and] detestable vice of swearing, newly co[m]piledAn inuectyue agenst the moost wicked [and] detestable vyce of swearing, newly co[m]piled

He said not, I am the custom but y• trueth Now hath Christ said to us in his holy Gospel, thou shalt not swear at all. Why than do they not follow y• truth & doctrine of Christ,¹ than the wicked & ungodly custom? But many are so addict to customs & old usages now a days, y• although they see y• scripture manifestly condemn their crooked customs & wicked usages, yet will they by no means give place to the truth. If a man object and lay the scripture against them, and would so reform ⟨p. lxii⟩them charitably, than are they ready straightways to accuse him of heresy,² and to bring him unto a fagot of so little authority is the most holy word of God recounted with these belly Gods and wicked worldlings now a days, & so hard a thing is it to speak against a custom, be it never so wicked and ungodly.

He sayde not, I am the custome but y• trueth Now hath Christ sayd to vs in hys holy Gospell, thou shalte not sweare at all. Why than do they not follow y• truthe & doctrine of Christ,¹ thā the wycked & vngodly custome? But many are so addicte to customes & old vsages now a dayes, y• although they se y• scripture manifestly condemne theyr croked customes & wycked vsages, yet wyl they by no meanes gyue place to the truthe. If a man obiecte and laye the scriptuagaynst them, and wolde so reforme ⟨p. lxii⟩them charitably, than are they redy streyghtwayes to accuse hym of heresy,² and to bryng hym vnto a fagot of so lytle authorite is the moost holy worde of God recounted wt these bely Gods and wycked worldlynges nowe a dayes, & so harde a thynge is it to speake agaynst a custome, be it neuer so wycked and vngodly.