A summons for svvearers, and a law for the lips in reproving them: wherein the chiefe disswasives from swearing are proposed, the sleight objections for swearing answered, the strange judgments upon swearers, forswearers, cursers, that take Gods name in vain, related. Which may be a terror to the wicked for swearing, and a preservative for the godly from swearing. With sundry arguments to prove the verity of the Scriptures, and excellencie of the decalogue, against all prophane and atheisticall deniers thereof. By Walter Powell, preacher at Standish, neer Glocester.

Title

A summons for svvearers, and a law for the lips in reproving them: wherein the chiefe disswasives from swearing are proposed, the sleight objections for swearing answered, the strange judgments upon swearers, forswearers, cursers, that take Gods name in vain, related. Which may be a terror to the wicked for swearing, and a preservative for the godly from swearing. With sundry arguments to prove the verity of the Scriptures, and excellencie of the decalogue, against all prophane and atheisticall deniers thereof. By Walter Powell, preacher at Standish, neer Glocester.

Author

Powell, Walter, b. 1590 or 91.

Publication

London :: Printed by Matthew Simmons in Aldersgate-street [and are to be sold by Benjamin Allen, at the signe of the Crown in Popes-head Alley],

1645.

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Swearing

Christian life

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Contents

• title page
• An Exposition of the third COMMANDEMENT: Being the summe and substance into one Modell, newly, briefly, properly collected out of that which by many Authors hath more anciently, large∣ly, promiscuously been delivered.
• TO THE RIGHT Honorable the LORDS and Commons assembled in Parliament.
• approbation
• approbation
• TO THE HONO∣rable Sir WILLIAM LENTHALL, Speaker of the House of COMMONS.
• TO THE READER; Especially the Inhabitants of Hard∣wick, Standish, Saule, and Ranwicke, the Author desireth sorrow for this sin, freedome from this punishment, speedy and perfect obedience to this powerfull COMMANDEMENT.
• A SUMMONS FOR SWEARERS.
  • Gods Judgements upon Forswearers.
  • Questions touching swea∣ring and forswearing, With the Answers annexed.
  • A Prayer.
  • GREENHAM concerning Reproofe.
  • Sundry dehortations out of Scrip∣ture against swearing.
• An Abstract or Epitome of the Contents handled in this Tract.
• The names of such Authors that I have read, and whence I have selected much of the ensuing subject.
• The fearfull end of him, who drank a Health to the Devill.
• Errata.
• colophon