M. No, not in the Evil part: But do you think that the conjunction of some Ill things in a Vow or Covenant, doth disoblige a man from all that's good in it? If so, mark what will follow.
1. Man is so ignorant, and imperfect, and faulty, that he doth nothing that's good without a mixture of some evil, how can sinless perfection come from sinful Imperfection? And so we should be bound by no Vow, or Oath, or Contract at all.
2. If Knaves once learn this Lesson, they will be sure to foist in some ill clause into their Vows to GOD, and their Covenants with Man; that so they may be bound by none.
3. The Oath of Allegiance or Fidelity to the King, and the King's own Oath at his Coronation, in the time of Popery, had ill clauses in it for the Papal interest; doth it follow that neither of them did bind?
4. If an Irish Tory should, on the high-way, meet an English Lord, and take his Purse, pretend that he is against the King, and should force him at once to take an Oath to be true to the King, and to give him his Estate, and conceal his theft: The latter is evil, and yet even that Oath bindeth to be true to the King.
5. If the Clergy in their Ordination, in time of Popery, had divers sinful clauses and promises, doth it follow that their Ordination was null, and obliged them to no Ministerial Duty?
6. If the Clergy in former ages, or in France or Spain, be sworn to the King and the Pope, doth it follow that this binds them not to the King, because it binds them not to the Pope?
7. If men were Married in time of Popery, with unlawful Words and Clauses, or lately in England by Justices in new terms, was such marriage null?
8. If a Papist make to you a Testament, or Deed of Sale of his Estate, and put in some unlawful clauses appealing to Angels, or wishing you to pray for the Souls in Purgatory; I do not think you would take that Will or Deed for a nullity.
9. If in Popery or here, some Clauses at Baptism prove bad, it doth not nullify the Baptismal Vow.
⟨p. 202⟩10. If the King's Soldiers at once swear to fight for the King, and to destroy or plunder some innocent men; or the Papist Soldier should swear to be true to the King, and to pull down the Protestant Ministry and Bishops; the former Part binds them, though the latter doth not.
M. No, not in the Evil part: But do you think that the conjunction of some Ill things in a Vow or Covenant, doth disoblige a man from all that's good in it? If so, mark what will follow.
1. Man is so ignorant, and imperfect, and faulty, that he doth nothing that's good without a mixture of some evil, how can sinless perfection come from sinful Imperfection? And so we should be bound by no Vow, or Oath, or Contract at all.
2. If Knaves once learn this Lesson, they will be sure to foist in some ill clause into their Vows to GOD, and their Covenants with Man; that so they may be bound by none.
3. The Oath of Allegiance or Fedelity to the King, and the King's own Oath at his Coronation, in the time of Popery, had ill clauses in it for the Papal interest; doth it follow that neither of them did bind?
4. If an Irish Tory should, on the high-way, meet an English Lord, and take his Purse, pretend that he is against the King, and should force him at once to take an Oath to be true to the King, and to give him his Estate, and conceal his theft: The latter is evil, and yet even that Oath bindeth to be true to the King.
5. If the Clergy in their Ordination, in time of Popery, had divers sinful clauses and promises, doth it follow that their Ordination was null, and obliged them to no Ministerial Duty?
6. If the Clergy in former ages, or in France or Spain, be sworn to the King and the Pope, doth it follow that this binds them not to the King, because it binds them not to the Pope?
7. If men were Married in time of Popery, with unlawful Words and Clauses, or lately in England by Justices in new terms, was such marriage null?
8. If a Papist make to you a Testament, or Deed of Sale of his Estate, and put in some unlawful clauses appealing to Angels, or wishing you to pray for the Souls in Purgatory; I do not think you would take that Will or Deed for a nullity.
9. If in Popery or here, some Clauses at Baptism prove bad, it doth not nullifie the Baptismal Vow.
⟨p. 202⟩10. If the King's Souldiers at once swear to fight for the King, and to destroy or plunder some innocent men; or the Papist Souldier should swear to be true to the King, and to pull down the Protestant Ministry and Bishops; the former Part binds them, though the latter doth not.
