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[ 38] IS we confesse that vaine, & rashe swearing is forbed Christien men by our Lorde Iesu Christ, and his Apostle Iames: so we iudge that christien religiō doeth not prohibite, but that a mā maie sweare, when the magistrate requireth in a cause of faith, and charitie, so it bee doen (ac∣cording to the Prophetes teaching) in iustice, iud∣gemente, and trueth.