B11281:285
A catechism or brief instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian…A catechisme or briefe instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian…
A catechism or brief instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian religion With a short treatise premised concerning the profity and necessity of catechizing.A catechisme or briefe instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian religion With a short treatise premised concerning the profity and necessitie of catechizing.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Fetherstone, 1617London: printed by Edvvard Griffin for Henry Fetherstone, 1617
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.
Q. Is it lawful to swear by Saints, or other creatures?
Q. Is it lawfull to sweare by Saints, or other creatures?
A. Nol: for a lawful oath is an invocating of God, as the only searcher of the heartm, to witness the truth, and punish the swearer if wittingly he swear falsely: now this honour agreeth to no creaturen.
A. Nol: for a lawfull oath is an inuocating of God, as the only searcher of the heartm, to witnesse the truth, and punish the swearer if wittingly hée sweare falsly: now this honour agréeth to no creaturen.
- lDeut: 6. 13.
- mJer: 17. 10.Ier: 17. 10.
- nJam: 5. 12.Iam: 5. 12.