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should be so weak, not to say malicious, let them know, that I think the Expression carries with it a due reverence of the Name of God; and that the Occasion is awful and solemn; and if I had said, So help me, God, it had been the same thing: The meaning is, to convince Men that how slight however they pass over the Marriage Covenant, it is a solemn Appeal to God for the Truth of the Intention; and a solemn binding themselves in his Name and Presence, to a strict Performance of the Conditions; and that he that breaks them breaks a most sacred Oath, and is as much Perjured as if he had been so in the ordinary Form.
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ERRATA.
PAg.353. line 13. for or at read and at. line 17. for the read that. line 21, for is needful read is not needful. P. 354. lin. 15. for as I read I. P. 355. lin. 29. for and some read and perhaps in some. P. 366. lin. 7. for Criminal read Crime. P. 368. lin. 25. for righteous read unrighteous.
