Reliquiae Hearnianae

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ness of the abjuration oath, it is incredible what numbers of all kinds run in to swear; abundance pretending, that as 'tis a forced oath, they may do it, especially since the imposers have no right to advance such an oath, and they think therefore that all the crime will fall upon them. But this reason...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ness of the abjuration oath, it is incredible what numbers of all kinds run in to swear; abundance pretending, that as 'tis a forced oath, they may do it, especially since the imposers have no right to advance such an oath, and they think therefore that all the crime will fall upon them. But this reason will bring off any wickedness; and as the writer of these matters can by no means commend it, so the best of men abhor and abominate such evasions, which any profligate wretch may pretend on any other occasion.1 1 la addition to the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, the following was, by a late act of parliament, to be taken by all persons, as well men as women, above the age of eighteen: I, A. B. do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify, and declare, in my conscience before God and the world, that our '' soveraign lord king George is lawful and rightful king of this realm, and all other his majestie's dominions and countries thereunto belonging: and I do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I do believe in my conscience, that the person pretended to be the prince of Wales, during the life of the late king James, and since his decease, pretending to be, and taking upon him - self the stile and t1tle of king of England, by the name of James the third, or of Scotland, by the name of James the eighth, or the stile or title of king of Great Britain, hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm, or any the dominions thereto belonging. And I do renounce, refuse, and abj ure any allegiance or obedience to him: and I do swear that I will bear faith and true allegiance to his majesty king ' George, and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traiterous conspiracies, which I shall know to be against ' him, or...