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

And that we may be the more encouraged to forsake all vain & idle oaths,¹ let us remember, that God, which is the everlasting truth, hath promised, that he will glorify them, which honour him and have his name in reverence: Again, that they shall come unto dishonour & a shameful ⟨image 96⟩end, that despise him and blaspheme his most holy name. Now if we will that God glorify us,² that is to say, be our good Lord, defend preserve, keep & govern us, bliss us, lighten his gracious countenance upon us, send us all things necessary for our living in this present world, and after this life give us eternal glory: than is it convenient that we do not abuse y• name of god by our vain & unrighteous oaths, but always laud, praise, commend, magnify & bliss it, call upon it, fly unto it as unto an holy anchor in all our adversity, and never to have in our mouths,³ but with high reverence and great honour. If we do the contrary, that is to say, blaspheme his most holy name, than shall we undoubtedly come unto dishonour & a shameful end. In this world the plague and vengeance of God shall ⟨p. xcv⟩not go away from our houses, we shall be stricken with many grievous diseases in our bodies, our goods and cattle, yea and all that ever we have shall come to nought, our kind of living shall be despised with all good men, our death shall be painful, miserable and wretched, & after these so great and manifold plagues, we may be sure for our wicked swearing to be cast into hell fire, where the flames of it shall ne•er be quenched, where weeping and gnashing of teeth shall be,⁴ where the worm that shall gnaw our consciences shall never dye.⁵

And that we maye be the more encouraged to forsake all vayne & idle oothes,