Seven irregragable propositions concerning oaths Dedicated to King Charles I. By the right reverend Dr. Jos. Hall, then Lord Bishop of Exon. And printed in the year 1639. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. 1700 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2006-06 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A45317 Wing H414A ESTC R215869 99827628 99827628 32051

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Seven Irrefragable Propoſitions concerning OATHS. Dedicated to King CHARLES I. By the Right Reverend Dr. Joſ. Hall, then Lord Biſhop of Exon. And Printed in the Year 1639.

I. NO Man may ſwear, or induce another Man to ſwear unlawfully.

II. It is no lawful Oath that is not attended with Truth, Juſtice, and Judgment, Jer. 4. 2. the firſt whereof requires, that the thing ſworn be true▪ The ſecond, that it be juſt: The third, that it be not undue, and unmeet to be ſworn and undertaken.

III. A Promiſſory Oath, which is to the certain Prejudice of another Man's Right, cannot be attended with Juſtice.

IV. No Prejudice of another Man's Right can be ſo dangerous and ſinful, as that Prejudice which is done to the right of publick and Soveraign Authority.

V. The right of Soveraign Authority is highly prejudiced, when private Subjects incroach upon it; and ſhall, upon ſuſpicion of the diſavowed intentions, or actions of their Princes, combine, and bind themſelves to Enact, Eſtabliſh, or altar any Matters concerning Religion, without (and therefore much more if againſt) the Authority of their Lawful Soveraign.

VI. A Man is bound in Conſcience to reverſe and diſclaim that which he was induced unlawfully to ingage himſelf by Oath to perform.

VII. No Oath is, or can be of Force, that is made againſt a Lawful Oath formerly taken; ſo as he that hath ſworn Allegiance to his Soveraign, and thereby bound himſelf to maintain the Right, Power, and Authority of his ſaid Soveraign, cannot by any ſecond Oath, be tyed to do ought that may tend to the Infringement thereof: and if he have ſo tyed himſelf, the Obligation is, ipſo facto, void and fruſtrate.

Queſtions concerning the Validity of the late Act for the Oath of Abjuration.

1. WHether an Act of Parliament may not be void, and of none Effect in whole or in part?

2. Whither there be not two Originally diſtinct Authorities in this Kingdom or Nation; a Civil Authority for ordering of Civil Matters, and a Sacred for Matters of Religion, and merely Spiritual?

3. Whither by the Fundamental Principles of the true Engliſh Government, whatever Acts are made contrary to, inconſiſtent with, or derogatory from the Laws of God, or the Authority of Chriſt committed to the Miniſters of his Kingdom be not ſo far void?

4. Whither an Act of Parliament requiring the Subjects under great Penalties to Swear ſuch M • tters, as they are not competent Judges of, be not to involve them in a Sin, and contrary to, or inconſiſtent with the Principles of Chriſtianity?

5. Whither this be not ſuch Matter of Religion, as ought to have been conſider'd in a free National Synod, before it was paſt in an Act of Parliament?

6. Whither, for theſe Reaſons, the Injury to the Subject, the Inconſiſtence with the Principles of Chriſtianity, and the Irregular and Illegal Proceedings in it, the late Act concerning the Oath of Abjuration be not a void Act of Parliament, and the Oath not to be taken by any Members of Parliament or other Subjects?

7. Whether there be not a heavy Load of Guilt, of Perjury, and divers other Sins upon the Nation already, and this likely to fill up the Meaſure, and bring down the Judgments of God upon it?

8. Whether to prevent the Judgments of God there ought not to be a Solemn Faſt appointed, and a Publick Confeſſion be made by ſome Act of the State of the Publick National Sins, which have been committed, within 20 or 30 Years laſt paſt, and all things done, which are requiſite to a Sincere National Penitence, and giving Glory to the Majeſty of the Great God of Heaven?

FINIS.