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A true testimony concerning oaths & swearing, &c. : As also, an answer to the subject matter contained in twelve arguments or reasons (laid down in a sermon preached at Carlisle, Aug. 17. 1664. by Allan Smalwood, D.D. as he stiles himself) to prove, that our Saviour did not forbid all swearing. Wherein is fully cleared, the command of Christ and his Apostle James, Swear not at all, Matth. 5.34. & Jam. 5.12. from the corrupt glosses, limited sence and meanings of the said A.S. in his said sermon; and in his reply to F.H. his book, called, Oaths no Gospel ordinance, &c. And also, the unsatisfactoriness and unsoundness of the aforesaid arguments, fully discovered; and the command of Christ, Swear not at all, manifested, to be an universal prohibition of all oaths and swearing whatsoever, to his disciples