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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
31. That perjury is lawful for our safety, or in obedience to man.
32. That Popes, Councils or Bishops can dissolve the obligations of our Vows to God, or Oaths of fidelity to Princes, though the matter be lawful and good, and otherwise God dissolve them not.
33. That all Oaths and Vows are to be interpreted as not binding us longer than it is for our commodity or safety.
34. That we may take Oaths imposed in words whose common sense is false or sinful though not otherwise expounded by the imposer, because in charity we must suppose always that our Rulers mean nothing against Gods word, or their own, or the peoples good.
35. That it is unlawful to break any Vow or Oath which was unlawfully imposed on us by man, or unlawfully taken by our selves, though the matter of it be good or lawful.