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

¶The counsel of Josephus.

¶The councell of Iosephus.

The counsel of Josephus is this that he,¹ which blasphemeth god & unreverently use his name, should be stoned unto death, and than ham ged up by the space of one day, and so taken down, and buried without all manner of honour.

THe councel of Iosephus is this that he,¹ which blasphemeth god & vnreuerently vse his name, shulde be stoned vnto deathe, and than hā ged vp by the space of one daye, and so taken downe, and buryed wtoute all manner of honour.

1. 1Lib▪ iiiii. Antiq. Cap. vi.

Divers other most noble Princes made divers other most holy laws, for the eschewing of customable swearing & Perjury. Would god that these their most godly acts might ether be renewed among christen men, or else some other devised for the abolishing and putting away of the most wicked and detestable custom of swearing, every Prince as he shall think most convenient for the state of his Realm. ⟨image 100⟩Laws are made, and penalties appointed for divers mean things, which only concern worldly matges•, why than do not Christen Princes also make laws, acts and decrees for y glory of god, y his name may be had in honour & reverence as most worthy of all it is? Worldly matters may not so be esteemed, that things pertaining unto the glory of God and the salvation of Christen mens souls shall be neglected.