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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
There are some persons whose Oaths bind them not, as the Oaths of those that swear in their drink; and the Oaths of Frantic, furious men, Fools, and children bind them not.
There are some persons whose Oaths binde them not, as the Oaths of those that swear in their drink; and the Oaths of Frantick, furious men, Fools, and children binde them not.
The end of an Oath is to confirm ⟨p. 63⟩some necessary truth in question, as Heb. 6. 16. Rom. 1. 9. 2 Cor. 2. 23.
An Oath is either public, or private.
An Oath is either publick, or private.
A public Oath is, when a Magistrate without any peril to him that sweareth, doth upon just cause desire a Testimony under the reverence of an Oath.