[2141 porations) and fuch increafe ofPoverty, (though we have mure liberty at Sea and Land for tytie, than almost any Nation neer us) as char the like bath not been known in our forefathers (Lies And that if this fhould be the Voice of Chrift, as a reproof of our pertidioufiìe, and perjuries, faying(excopt ye repent, yefhall allliijivif, pe tfh) it would leave the impenitent without all juit excofe. XIII. It is agreed by us all, that God will not hold him guililefs who taketh his name in vain ; efpecially by perjury or falfé Vows or Covenants; And that for Oaths (broken) the Land may mourn : And that he is the grand enemy of Church or Kingdomes, who would by fûch fin bring them under the judgments of God : And, as Ácfa4, bring in an accurfed thing. XIVéNóne can deny that it It-better to cherifh honefty andconfeience, efpecially about Oaths and Covenants which fecure Converfe and the lives of Princes, than to teach men to ftretc:y Confctence in filch matters ; and to make every feared C./n- hence capable of the holy Mantfry, preferment andhonest;-; and a fear offach fia, to be the way to filence and ruine. XV. we agree that when Jefuites and other .Papifts havecontracted the fhame ofequivocation and perfidioufhefs, Proteftants fhould not partake with them, and take the flume on their religion, XVI. It is agreed that when the -Scots Cove- nant is fo greatly decreed, and the violatiotz of the Oaths of Allegiance and other Oaths and Covenants was found neceffiry ro the killing of the King, and other lare confuiiuns and iniquities, we fhould not after fetch warning either
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