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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
An invective against the most wicked [and] detestable vice of swearing, newly co[m]piled by Theodore BasilAn inuectyue agenst the moost wicked [and] detestable vyce of swearing, newly co[m]piled by Theodore Basille
London: printed by J. Mayler and J. Gough, 1543
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶A Table wherein thou shalt find all the principal things contained in this book.
¶A Table wherin thou shalt fynde all the principall thynges contayned in thys boke.
The Invective speaketh. Folio. i The Preface unto the book. fol. eodem The Invective. Folio. viii Vice greatly increased. follow. x Say not but that ye are warned. fol. xii A comparison between God & man. fol. xiiii Idolatry and swearing are the most grievous since. Fol. xvi What it is to take the name of God in vain. folio. eodem Men of occupation. Folio. xviii O extreme abomination. fol• eodem What truth and faith ought to reign among Christen men. fol. eod•m Dicers and Carders. Folio. xix Men of law. fol. eodem Priests and beneficed men. Folio. xx Reruyng men. folio. xxi An admonition for Gentle men. Fol. xxiii Parishioners. fol. eodem Children. Folio. xxiiii The world and Gods word judgeth diversly of swearers. folio. xxvi Swearers are like thieves condemned to be ham ged ⟨image 103⟩Folio. xxxii Examples of swearing punished in our time. Folio eodem Our damnation is great. Folio. xxxiiii What salt signifieth. folio. xixv Swea••rs are enemies to God's word. Folio xxxvi Of Perjury. Folio. xi Who so sweareth by God, that is the truth & righteousness, and taketh him to witness to maintain his lying deceit and unrighteousness, he is a perjure, ill, light, and such one, y• little regardeth God's truth and his commandments. Folio. xii A comparison between the father & the son. Folio folio. xiiii Perjury thirsteth innocent blood. Folio. xiv True men are sometime hanged. fol. eodem An admonition for uesmongers. Fol. xivi An admonition for Judges. folio. xlvii Why GOD hath given men two ears. […] Howe Judges shall behave them selves, […] any matter is brought before them. Fol. xlviii What men Questmongs ought to be. Folio xlix magistrates. fol. eodem Bishops and Priests. Folio. l Married fold. fol eodem Subjects. Folio. ii