Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.
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Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.
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Care, Henry, 1646-1688.
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London :: Printed for R. Janeway ...,
1682.
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Church of England. -- Thirty-nine Articles.
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"Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33984.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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The Presbyterians.
A Lawful Oaths is a part of Religi∣ous Worship, wherein upon just occa∣sion the Person swearing, solemnly calleth God to Witness what he asser∣teth or promiseth, and to judge him according to the Truth or Falshood of what he sweareth.
The name of God only is that by which Men ought to swear, and therein is to be used with all Holy Fear and Reverence. Therefore to swear vainly and rashly by that glori∣ous and dreadful Name; or by any o∣ther thing, is sinful and to be abhorred: Yet as in matters of weight and Mo∣ment, an Oath is Warranted by the Word of God under the New Testa∣ment, as well as under the Old; so that a Lawful Oath being imposed by Lawful
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Authority, in such matters ought to be taken.
Whosoever taketh an Oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an Act, and therein to avouch nothing, but what he is fully per∣swaded is Truth. Neither may any Man bind himself by Oath to any thing but what is good and Just, and what he believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform; yet it is a Sin to refuse an Oath, touching any thing that is Good and Just, being impos'd by lawful Anthority.
An Oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the Words, with∣out Equivocation and Mental Reserva∣tion. It cannot oblige to Sin: but in any thing not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to Mans hurt, nor is it to be violated, though made to Hereticks or Infidels.
No Man may vow to do any thing forbidden in the Word of God; or what would hinder any Duty therein Commanded, or which is not in his own Power, and for the performance whereof, he hath not promise of Abi∣lity
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from God, in which respects Po∣pish Monastical Vows of perpetual single Life, professed Poverty and Regular Obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are Superstitious and sinful Snares, in which no Christian may in∣tangle himself.