        item: #1 of 22
          id: A36485
      author: Downes, Theophilus, d. 1726.
       title: A discourse concerning the signification of allegiance, as it is to be understood in the new oath of allegiance
        date: 1689.0
       words: 18470
      flesch: 57
     summary: ] Such is the nature of that Allegiance in general , which is universally due from all the Subjects ; and this is next to be considered , as it is stil'd Legal Ligeanc 〈…〉 ; and this doth not import , as the Word seems to intimate , an Allegiance bounded and circumscribed by Law ; but it is therefore so called , because the Law requires it of every Subject upon Oath , and has prescribed the Form and manner of it . So that by True and Faithful Obedience in this Definition , must be understood all those positive Duties of Fidelity and Obedience which every Subject owes his Sovereign by virtue of his Allegiance : And what those are , may be clearly understood from the known Laws of the Land , which do plainly intimate and inform us to what Duties true Allegiance does bind us .
    keywords: allegiance; assistance; duties; duty; fidelity; king; law; laws; ligeance; lord; men; nature; oath; obligation; power; sense; sovereign; subjects; vassal; words
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        item: #2 of 22
          id: A44847
      author: Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665.
       title: Supplementum sublatum Iohn Tombes, his Supplement, or Second book about swearing disproved and made void and his abusing the Scripture plainly manifested : against which the truth of Christ's words is vindicated and maintained / in a few words briefly returned to him from Richard Hubberthorne and Samuel Fisher.
        date: 1661.0
       words: 3481
      flesch: 61
     summary: No , not necessarily ; for whether with or without an accusative case , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 soundeth out no more then some strong asseveration of a thing , as with verily , truly , indeed , or such like ; and differs little more from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek ( with is yea in English ) then the English yea , and yea verily do differ from each other ; witness the Latine adverb nae , with ae dipthong , derived ( as is to be seen in the Latine Dictionaries ) of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Greek , with eta or long e , which is englished no otherwise then by truly , verily , in very deed , or such like ; and the very Accidence it self makes it a particle of affirming only , and not of swearing . 2 Tim. 4. 1. are alike charges , and that the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 used 1 Tim. 6. 13. is only to command , or enjoyn , and doth not include an oath , or swearing ; and that the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 used 2 Tim. 4. 1. signifies no more then I witness before God ; so that as it was told thee before , it is most evident , that Paul at that distance wherein he was from them when he wrote to the Thessalonians and Timothy , either did not charge them to take an Oath , or if he did , they did not take it , nor swear to him ; unless we shall suppose they swore to some other that stood present as Paul's proxy , by word of mouth to exact it of them ; which absurdity is more fit to be exploded then supposed .
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        item: #3 of 22
          id: A45911
      author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
       title: I A. B. do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance to his majesty King William. So help me God
        date: 1689.0
       words: 993
      flesch: 64
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A45911) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30260)
    keywords: eebo; tcp; text
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        item: #4 of 22
          id: A46595
      author: James II, King of England, 1633-1701.
       title: His Majesties royal letter to his Privy Council of Scotland, concerning his indulgence
        date: 1687.0
       words: 1301
      flesch: 65
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: tcp; text; trusty
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        item: #5 of 22
          id: A53687
      author: City of London (England).
       title: The oath of every free-man of the city of London
        date: 1653.0
       words: 1316
      flesch: 67
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). You shall sweare, that ye shall be true and faithfull to the Common-wealth of England; and in--first three lines of text.
    keywords: city; london; tcp; text
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        item: #6 of 22
          id: A62764
      author: Committee for the Militia of London.
       title: To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty the humble and dutifull remonstrance and addresse of the apprentices and other young men of the several regiments of Your Majesties auxiliares in your city of London.
        date: 1661.0
       words: 1349
      flesch: 57
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com).
    keywords: eebo; majesties; tcp; text
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        item: #7 of 22
          id: A62874
      author: Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.
       title: A serious consideration of the oath of the Kings supremacy wherein these six propositions are asserted. 1. That some swearing is lawful. 2. That some promissory oaths are lawful. 3. That a promissory oath of allegiance and due obedience to a king is lawful. 4. That the King in his realm, is the onely supreme governour over all persons. 5. That the king is the governour of the realm, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things, or causes, as temporal. 6. That the jurisdictions, priviledges, preeminences, and authorities in that oath, may be assisted and defended. By John Tombes B.D.
        date: 1660.0
       words: 10829
      flesch: 73
     summary: These are express examples of swearing Allegiance to Kings , which is consonant to what our Lord Christ teacheth , that we should render to Caesar the things that are Caesars , as to God the things that are Gods , Matth. Brethren , let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God , that is , his Christian calling doth not bind him to leave the state and condition of life in which he was , nor diminish his Authority which he had when he was called to be a Christian , as not consisting with Christianity ; so is it true concerning Kings and other Magistrates , they have greater obligation to God , and the Lord Christ , no less Authority and power as Kings by their Christianity : but they may abide in their Office , and exercise the lawful Authority they had before .
    keywords: god; gods; hath; king; law; lord; oath; persons; power; religion; swearing; things; use
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        item: #8 of 22
          id: A73992
      author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
       title: By the King. A proclamation against the disorderly transporting His Maiesties subiects to the plantations within the parts of America
        date: 1637.0
       words: 1355
      flesch: 61
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A73992) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150858)
    keywords: eebo; english; plantations; tcp; text
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        item: #9 of 22
          id: A83469
      author: England and Wales. Parliament.
       title: Resolves of Parliament, touching the Lord Generals taking and subscribing the engagement.
        date: None
       words: 763
      flesch: 65
     summary: I A. B. being nominated a Member of the Councel of State by this present Parliament , Do testifie , That I do adhere to this present Parliament , in the Maintenance and Defence of the publique Liberty and Freedom of this Nation , as it is now Declared by this Parliament , by whose Authority I am constituted a Member of the said Councel , and in the Maintenance and Defence of their Resolutions concerning the setling the Government of this Nation for future , in the way of a Republique , without a King or House of Peers : And I do promise in the sight of God , That through his Grace , I will be faithful in performance of the Trust committed to me as aforesaid , and therein faithfully pursue the Instructions given to the said Councel by this present Parliament . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83469 of text R211341 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[16]).
    keywords: engagement; parliament; text
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        item: #10 of 22
          id: A86669
      author: Fox, George, d. 1661.
       title: Something against swearing and concerning the oath of allegiance and supremacy
        date: 1660.0
       words: 1326
      flesch: 65
     summary: The rate of 20 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A86669) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163861)
    keywords: king; oath; text
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        item: #11 of 22
          id: A86729
      author: Hall, Edmund, 1619 or 20-1687, attributed name.
       title: Digitus testium, or A dreadful alarm to the vvhole kingdom, especially the Lord Major, the aldermen, and the Common-Councel of the City of London. Or a short discourse of the excellency of Englands lawes and religion. Together, with the antiquity of both, and the famous Kings that England hath had to defend both the religion and the laws against the heathen Romish emperours, and against the Romish power, under Popes. With the several plots the Popes of Rome have used against the Kings of England, to throwe them down, and how of late he hath prevailed against the magistracy and ministery of England, his new designes, and manner of progress: together, with a serious view of the new oath or ingagement, with 22. queries upon the same. And also objections made against the non-subscribers thereof answered. Let the ingenuous reader take so much pains, as to read that incomparable peece of vindication of a treatise of monarchy by way of discovery of three main points thereof.
        date: None
       words: 17974
      flesch: 50
     summary: God himself who is the Almighty Monark of all Spirits , hath pleased to reveal himself to Man in a Trinity of persons , and governs the universe by himself , Angels and Men Celestical Bodies , by Sun , Moon , and Stars : the little World Man by understanding , will and affections ; and the Kingdom of England , by King , Lords , and Commons . Lucious the Son of Coilus , who was King of England , was the first Christian King , Jesus Christ smiling upon this Nation above all others , in blessing it with a righteous King , which was a miracle in the World : at that time Constantine the 8.
    keywords: army; authority; commons; covenant; engagement; england; god; government; hath; house; king; kingdom; law; laws; lords; parliament; party; pope; power; protestants; religion; world
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        item: #12 of 22
          id: A87860
      author: England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
       title: To his very loving friends, the high sherife, and iustices of peace of the county of Surrey.
        date: 1642.0
       words: 957
      flesch: 64
     summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A87860 of text R209763 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.3[40]). Now the House of Commons having discovered many dangerous designes plotted against the Parliament ; and especially that of the fourth of this instant Ianuary , which had it taken effect would have strucken not onely at the Priviledges , but the very beeing of Parliaments , as will more appeare by the Declaration herewith sent unto you , which the House desires you to publish throughout all parts of the Countie , Have thought fit once again to recommend the taking of this Protestation ; And have therefore commanded me in their Name to desire you the High Sheriffe , and the Justices of the Peace of that County , to meet together in one place assoon as possibly you may , and there to take the Protestation your selves ; and then dispersing your selves into your severall Divisions , that you will call together the Minister , the Constables , Churchwardens , and Overseers of the poore of every Parish , and tender unto them the Protestation to be taken in your presence ; And to desire of them , that they will very speedily call together the Inhabitants of their severall Parishes , both Housholders and others being of Eighteen yeares of age , or upwards , into one or more places , according to the largenesse of their Parishes , and to tender unto them the same Protestation to be taken in their presence , and to take the names of those that doe take , and doe refuse to take the same Protestation , and to return them unto your selves at such time as you shall appoint , which the House desires may be so speedily , as that you likewise may return such Certificate , as you receive from them , to the Knights and Burgesses serving for that County , if the same County be within sixty miles of London , before the twentieth day of February next ; And if the said County be above sixty miles distant from London , then before the twelfth of March next , wherein the House desires your greatest Care and Diligence , as a matter very much importing the good both of the King and Kingdome , which being all I have in command , I rest Your very loving friend WILLIAM LENTHALL , SPEAKER .
    keywords: county; peace; text
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        item: #13 of 22
          id: A96485
      author: Wild, Robert, 1609-1679.
       title: The loyal nonconformist; or, An account what he dare swear, and vvhat not.
        date: 1666.0
       words: 1531
      flesch: 72
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com).
    keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text
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        item: #14 of 22
          id: B05304
      author: Scotland. Privy Council.
       title: Act, appointing the oaths of allegiance taken for the benefit of the indemnity to be transmitted to the clerks of Privy Council. Edinburgh, January 12. 1692.
        date: 1692.0
       words: 1274
      flesch: 64
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05304) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 178920)
    keywords: council; privy; tcp; text
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        item: #15 of 22
          id: B05544
      author: Gibson, Alexander, Sir, d. 1693.
       title: A proclamation, appointing the magistrates of burghs of regality and barrony, and their clerks, to take the oath of alleadgeance, and signe the declaration. Edinbvrgh, the first day of August, 1678.
        date: 1678.0
       words: 1546
      flesch: 58
     summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05544) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179613) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2794:7) Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: burghs; declaration; oath; tcp; text
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        item: #16 of 22
          id: B05643
      author: Scotland. Privy Council
       title: A proclamation, for bringing in horses out of some vvestern shires. Edinburgh, the 25. of March, 1667.
        date: 1667.0
       words: 1446
      flesch: 63
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). Royal arms at head of text; initial letter.
    keywords: eebo; english; horses; tcp; text
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        item: #17 of 22
          id: B05691
      author: Scotland. Privy Council.
       title: A proclamation for taking the oath of allegiance. At Edinburgh, the second day of September, one thousand six hundred eighty nine years.
        date: 1689.0
       words: 1367
      flesch: 66
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). List of Council members present follows title; oath of allegiance follows text.
    keywords: allegiance; council; eebo; tcp; text
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        item: #18 of 22
          id: B05717
      author: Scotland. Privy Council.
       title: A proclamation, ordaining all persons in publick trust to sign the certificat and assurance
        date: 1690.0
       words: 1627
      flesch: 59
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05717) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 180028)
    keywords: betwixt; eebo; english; tcp; text
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        item: #19 of 22
          id: B05744
      author: Scotland. Privy Council.
       title: William by the grace of God, King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the faith ... forasmuch as the lords of our Privy Council, by their act of the day and date hereof have appointed their clerks to raise and give out letters ... against all sheriffs of shires, magistrats of burghs, and others, who ... are appointed to sease the saids horses and arms ...
        date: 1696.0
       words: 1687
      flesch: 54
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). [Edinburgh : 1696] Title from opening lines of text.
    keywords: arms; council; privy; tcp; text
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        item: #20 of 22
          id: B06075
      author: Scotland. Committee of the West.
       title: A proclamation Forasmuch as the lords of the Committy of our privy Council met in the west ... requiring and commanding all and sundry the heretors ... within the shyre of Air ... to appear personally before the said Lords ...
        date: 1678.0
       words: 1621
      flesch: 59
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179535)
    keywords: council; eebo; lords; tcp; text
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        item: #21 of 22
          id: B06076
      author: Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates.
       title: Act concerning the declaration to be signed by all persons in publick trust. At Edinburgh, the fifth day of Septembre, one thousand six hundred and sixty two.
        date: 1662.0
       words: 1590
      flesch: 57
     summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06076) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179537) Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: eebo; english; publick; tcp; text
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        item: #22 of 22
          id: B06584
      author: Wild, Robert, 1609-1679.
       title: The loyal non-conformist, or, An account what he dare swear, and what not.
        date: 1670.0
       words: 1532
      flesch: 73
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06584) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182820)
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