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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.
2. We are here forbidden to swear any thing that is false by the Name of God; For this is to make God like the Devil, Joh. 8. 44. Zach. 5. 4.
3. To swear in common talk, Matth. 5. 37.
4. To swear by strange Gods, or by that which is no God, Jer. 12. 16. and 5. 7.
5. Blasphemy, that is, a reproach of, and against God; and a contempt of his Majesty, Levit. 24. 15. 16.