When the Matter of an Oath is a Manifest Lie...
When the matter of an oath is a manifest lie, or an engagement to do some wicked thing, all is to be suffered, rather than take it. But where there is nothing false or bad, affirmed or promised, nor any blame chargeable, but that of going further than our Lord's yea and nay, it is plain from Christ's words, that the evil is only in that, and there, from whence the oath comes.

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