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  Sixteen reasons drawn from the law of God, the law of England, and right reason, to shew why diverse true Christians (called Quakers) refuse to swear at all for the satisfaction of all the upright in heart, that the innocent may not be condemned with the wicked / by John Crook.
  Date of publication:
  1661
  

  Author(s):

  Crook, John, 1617-1699.
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  Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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  The great question concerning the lawfulnes or unlawfulnes of swearing under the gospel stated and considered of for the satisfaction of such as desire to scan the thing in the weight of God's spirit and to see the true and clear determination of it in his un-erring light / by Isaac Penington the younger.
  Date of publication:
  1661
  

  Author(s):

  Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.
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  Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
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  Of the lavvfnluess [sic] of the oath of allegiance to the king, and of the other oath to his supremacy. Written for the benefit of Quakers and others, who out of scruple of conscience, refuse the oath of allegiance, and supremacy. / By Theophilus Brabourn.
  Date of publication:
  1661
  

  Author(s):

  Brabourne, Theophilus, b. 1590.
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  Place of publication from Wing. Annotation on Thomason copy: "march. 18", "1660"; imprint date crossed out. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  The Spirit of Christ, and the spirit of the Apostles and the spirit of the martyrs is arisen, which beareth testimony against swearing and oaths, for which the martyrs suffered in the time of the ten persecutions and some since, which we also, the people of God called Quakers, do suffer for, as many thousands have done, for keeping the commands of Christ who saith, swear not at all and also, here you may see such martyrs as could not put off their hat or bonnet to the Pope, nor his legate, and as example of one martyr that could not give sureties, being innocent, so that you may see in this book following, to swear not at all, nor to take oaths, nor to deny putting off the hat or bonnet, nor to deny giving sureties being innocent is no new thing, which is proved out of the Scriptures and book of martyrs / published by Ellis Hooks.
  Date of publication:
  1661
  

  Author(s):

  Hookes, Ellis, d. 1681.
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  A compilation of arguments from various sources. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
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  Supplementum sublatum Iohn Tombes, his Supplement, or Second book about swearing disproved and made void and his abusing the Scripture plainly manifested : against which the truth of Christ's words is vindicated and maintained / in a few words briefly returned to him from Richard Hubberthorne and Samuel Fisher.
  Date of publication:
  1661
  

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  Hubberthorn, Richard, 1628-1662. ; Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665. ; Tombes, John, 1603?-1676. Supplement to the serious consideration of the oath of the Kings supremacy.
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