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         Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
      
       
         
           1681
        
      
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             The priviledge of our saints in the business of perjury useful for grandjuries / by the author of Hudibras.
             Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
          
           1 sheet (2 p.).
           
             Printed for Benj. Tooke,
             London :
             1681.
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
             Broadside.
             Attributed to Samuel Butler. cf. NUC.
             In verse; extracts from Hudibras.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           The
           Priviledge
           of
           our
           SAINTS
           In
           the
           business
           of
           PERJURY
           .
           Useful
           for
           GRAND-JURIES
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           HUDIBRAS
           .
        
         
           
             THat
             Saints
             may
             claim
             a
             Dispensation
          
           
             To
             Swear
             and
             Forswear
             on
             occasion
             ,
          
           
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             it
             will
             appear
          
           
             With
             pregnant
             light
             ,
             the
             point
             is
             clear
             :
          
           
             Oaths
             are
             but
             words
             ,
             and
             words
             but
             wind
             ,
          
           
             Too
             feeble
             Implements
             to
             bind
             .
          
           
             And
             Saints
             whom
             Oaths
             or
             Vows
             oblige
             ,
          
           
             Know
             little
             of
             their
             Priviledge
             :
          
           
             Further
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             than
             carrying
             on
          
           
             Some
             self-advantage
             of
             their
             own
             :
          
           
             For
             if
             the
             Devil
             ,
             to
             serve
             his
             turn
             ,
          
           
             Can
             tell
             Truth
             ,
             why
             the
             Saints
             should
             scorn
          
           
             When
             it
             serves
             theirs
             ,
             to
             Swear
             and
             Lye
             ,
          
           
             I
             think
             there
             's
             little
             reason
             why
             :
          
           
             Else
             h'
             has
             a
             greater
             pow'r
             than
             they
             ,
          
           
             Which
             't
             were
             Impiety
             to
             say
             .
          
           
             W'
             are
             not
             commanded
             to
             forbear
          
           
             Indefinitely
             ,
             at
             all
             to
             Swear
             ,
          
           
             But
             to
             Swear
             idly
             and
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           
             Without
             Self-interest
             or
             Gain
             .
          
           
             For
             breaking
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             and
             Lying
             ,
          
           
             Is
             but
             a
             kind
             of
             Self-denying
             ;
          
           
             A
             Saint-like
             vertue
             ,
             and
             from
             hence
             .
          
           
             Some
             have
             broke
             Oaths
             by
             Providence
             :
          
           
             Some
             ,
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           
             Perjur'd
             themselves
             ,
             and
             broke
             their
             word
             ;
          
           
             And
             this
             the
             constant
             rule
             and
             practice
          
           
             Of
             all
             our
             late
             Apostles
             Acts
             is
             .
          
           
             Was
             not
             the
             Cause
             at
             first
             begun
          
           
             With
             Perjury
             ,
             and
             carried
             on
             ?
          
           
             Was
             there
             an
             Oath
             the
             Godly
             took
             ,
          
           
             But
             in
             due
             time
             and
             place
             they
             broke
             ?
          
           
             Did
             not
             our
             Worthies
             of
             the
             House
             ,
          
           
             Before
             they
             broke
             the
             Peace
             ,
             break
             Vows
             ?
          
           
             For
             having
             freed
             us
             first
             from
             both
          
           
             Th'
             Allegiance
             and
             Supremacy
             Oath
             ,
          
           
             Did
             they
             not
             next
             compel
             the
             Nation
          
           
             To
             take
             and
             break
             the
             Protestation
             ?
          
           
             To
             take
             th'
             Engagement
             and
             disclaim
             it
             ,
          
           
             Enforc'd
             by
             those
             who
             first
             did
             frame
             it
             ?
          
           
             Did
             they
             not
             Swear
             at
             first
             to
             Fight
          
           
             For
             the
             Kings
             Safety
             and
             his
             Right
             ?
          
           
             And
             after
             march'd
             to
             find
             him
             out
             ,
          
           
             And
             charg'd
             him
             home
             with
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             ;
          
           
             And
             yet
             still
             had
             the
             confidence
          
           
             To
             swear
             it
             was
             in
             his
             Defence
             .
          
           
             Did
             they
             not
             Swear
             to
             Live
             and
             Die
          
           
             With
             Essex
             ,
             and
             straight
             laid
             him
             by
             ?
          
           
             Did
             they
             not
             Swear
             to
             maintain
             Law
             ,
          
           
             In
             which
             that
             Swearing
             made
             a
             Flaw
             ?
          
           
             For
             Protestant
             Religion
             Vow
             ,
          
           
             Which
             did
             that
             vowing
             disallow
             ?
          
           
             For
             Priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           
             In
             which
             that
             Swearing
             made
             a
             Rent
             ?
          
           
             And
             since
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             three
             not
             one
          
           
             Was
             left
             in
             being
             ,
             't
             is
             well
             known
             .
          
           
             Did
             they
             not
             Swear
             in
             express
             words
             ,
          
           
             To
             prop
             and
             back
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ?
          
           
             And
             after
             turn'd
             out
             the
             whole
             Houseful
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Peers
             as
             dangerous
             and
             unuseful
             ?
          
           
             This
             tells
             us
             plainly
             what
             they
             thought
             ,
          
           
             That
             Oaths
             and
             Swearing
             go
             for
             nought
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             by
             them
             th'were
             only
             meant
          
           
             To
             serve
             for
             an
             expedient
             .
          
           
             Oaths
             were
             not
             purpos'd
             more
             than
             Law
             ,
          
           
             To
             keep
             the
             Good
             and
             Just
             in
             awe
             ,
          
           
             But
             to
             confine
             the
             bad
             and
             sinful
             ,
          
           
             Like
             moral
             Cattel
             in
             a
             Pinfold
             .
          
           
             A
             Saint's
             of
             th'
             heavenly
             Realm
             a
             Peer
             ;
          
           
             And
             as
             no
             Peer
             is
             bound
             to
             Swear
             ,
          
           
             But
             on
             the
             Gospel
             of
             his
             Honor
             ,
          
           
             Of
             which
             he
             may
             dispose
             as
             owner
             ;
          
           
             It
             follows
             though
             the
             thing
             be
             forgery
             ,
          
           
             And
             false
             ,
             they
             affirm
             it
             is
             no
             Perjury
             ,
          
           
             But
             a
             meer
             ceremony
             ,
             and
             a
             breach
          
           
             Of
             nothing
             ,
             but
             a
             form
             of
             speech
             ,
          
           
           
           
             And
             goes
             for
             no
             more
             when
             't
             is
             took
             ,
          
           
             Than
             meer
             saluting
             of
             the
             Book
             .
          
           
             Suppose
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             of
             force
             ,
          
           
             They
             're
             but
             Commissions
             of
             course
             ,
          
           
             And
             Saints
             have
             freedom
             to
             digress
             ,
          
           
             And
             vary
             from
             'em
             as
             they
             please
             ,
          
           
             Or
             mis-interpret
             them
             by
             privat
          
           
             Instructions
             to
             all
             Aims
             they
             drive
             at
             ;
          
           
             Then
             why
             should
             we
             ourselves
             abridge
             ,
          
           
             And
             curtail
             our
             own
             Priviledge
             ?
          
           
             'T
             is
             the
             temptation
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           
             That
             makes
             all
             humane
             actons
             evil
             :
          
           
             For
             Saints
             may
             do
             the
             same
             things
             by
          
           
             The
             Spirit
             in
             sincerity
             ,
          
           
             Which
             other
             men
             are
             tempted
             to
             ,
          
           
             And
             at
             the
             Devils
             instance
             do
             ;
          
           
             And
             yet
             the
             action
             be
             contrary
             ,
          
           
             Just
             as
             the
             Saints
             and
             Wicked
             vary
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             on
             Land
             there
             is
             no
             Beast
             ,
          
           
             But
             in
             some
             Fish
             at
             Sea
             's
             exprest
             ,
          
           
             So
             in
             the
             Wicked
             there
             's
             no
             Vice
             ,
          
           
             Of
             which
             the
             Saints
             have
             not
             a
             spice
             ;
          
           
             And
             yet
             that
             thing
             that
             's
             pious
             in
          
           
             The
             one
             ,
             in
             th'
             other
             is
             a
             sin
             .
          
           
             Is
             't
             not
             ridiculous
             and
             non-sense
          
           
             A
             Saint
             should
             be
             a
             slave
             to
             Conscience
             ?
          
           
             That
             ought
             to
             be
             above
             such
             Fancies
          
           
             As
             far
             ,
             as
             above
             Ordinances
             .
          
           
             The
             Rabbins
             write
             ,
             when
             any
             Jew
          
           
             Did
             make
             to
             God
             or
             Man
             a
             Vow
             ,
          
           
             Which
             afterwards
             he
             found
             untoward
             ,
          
           
             And
             stubborn
             to
             be
             kept
             ,
             or
             too
             hard
             ,
          
           
             Any
             three
             other
             Jews
             o'
             th'
             Nation
          
           
             Might
             free
             him
             from
             the
             Obligation
             ;
          
           
             And
             have
             not
             two
             SS
             —
             power
             to
             use
          
           
             A
             greater
             priviledge
             than
             three
             Jews
             ?
          
           
             The
             Court
             of
             Conscience
             which
             in
             man
             ,
          
           
             Should
             be
             supreme
             and
             sovereign
             ;
          
           
             Is
             't
             fit
             should
             be
             subordinate
          
           
             To
             every
             petty
             Court
             i'
             th'
             State
             ,
          
           
             And
             have
             no
             power
             at
             all
             ,
             nor
             shift
          
           
             To
             help
             it self
             at
             a
             dead
             lift
             ?
          
           
             Why
             should
             not
             Conscience
             have
             Vacation
             ,
          
           
             As
             well
             as
             other
             Courts
             o'
             th'
             Nation
             ?
          
           
             Have
             equal
             power
             to
             Adjourn
             ,
          
           
             Appoint
             Appearance
             and
             Return
             ?
          
           
             Do
             not
             your
             Juries
             give
             their
             Verdict
          
           
             As
             if
             they
             felt
             the
             Cause
             not
             heard
             it
             ?
          
           
             And
             as
             they
             please
             make
             matter
             of
             Fact
          
           
             Run
             all
             on
             one
             side
             as
             they
             're
             packt
             .
          
           
             When
             each
             man
             Swears
             to
             do
             his
             best
          
           
             To
             Damn
             and
             Perjure
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
          
           
             And
             bids
             the
             Devil
             take
             the
             hinmost
             ,
          
           
             Which
             at
             this
             Race
             is
             like
             to
             win
             most
             .
          
           
             Nature
             has
             made
             man's
             breast
             no
             windores
          
           
             To
             publish
             what
             he
             does
             within
             doors
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             what
             dark
             Secrets
             there
             inhabit
             ,
          
           
             Unless
             his
             own
             rash
             Folly
             blab
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             Oaths
             can
             do
             a
             man
             no
             good
             ,
          
           
             In
             his
             own
             business
             ,
             why
             they
             shou'd
          
           
             In
             other
             matters
             do
             him
             hurt
             ,
          
           
             I
             think
             there
             's
             little
             reason
             for
             't
             :
          
           
             He
             that
             imposes
             an
             Oath
             makes
             it
             ,
          
           
             Not
             he
             that
             for
             convenience
             takes
             it
             :
          
           
             Then
             how
             can
             any
             man
             be
             said
          
           
             To
             break
             an
             Oath
             he
             never
             made
             ?
          
           
             These
             reasons
             may
             perhaps
             look
             odly
          
           
             To
             th'
             Wicked
             ,
             though
             they
             evince
             the
             Godly
          
           
             For
             if
             we
             should
             defend
             the
             Cause
          
           
             By
             the
             strict
             Rule
             of
             Gospel-Laws
             ,
          
           
             And
             only
             do
             what
             they
             call
             just
             ,
          
           
             The
             Cause
             would
             quickly
             fall
             to
             dust
             .
          
           
             This
             we
             among
             our selves
             may
             speak
             ,
          
           
             But
             to
             the
             wicked
             or
             the
             weak
          
           
             We
             must
             be
             cautious
             to
             declare
          
           
             Perfection
             Truths
             ,
             such
             as
             these
             are
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Benj.
             Tooke
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
  

