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Swearing by the Creatures.","proofs":["James 5:12"]},{"text":"5. Vain or frequent Swearing,","proofs":["James 5:12"]},{"text":"when men Swear in a light matter, and upon every trivial occasion; or without urgent necessity, a just and weighty cause that only can warrant an Oath. 6. Breaking those Oaths made by the Creatures as not binding and valid. For although Christ prohibit Swearing by the Creatures, yet he ever enjoyns performances agreable to such Oaths, because of the Creatures relation to God, whom he will make instruments of vengeance to fulfill his Will, and execute his pleasure against false and vain Swearers.","proofs":["James 5:12"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"76","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/76","segments":[{"text":"To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by faith, that is, in me.","proofs":["James 5:20"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"85","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/85","segments":[{"text":"And","proofs":["James 5:14"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"91","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/91","segments":[{"text":"It must be servent and importunate, not cold and formal,","proofs":["James 5:16"]}]},{"document":"flavel1692","id":"92","url":"/api/v1/documents/flavel1692/entries/92","segments":[{"text":"&c. 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Niggard pinching, and with-holding from them their convenient Food; or things needful for them when they are sick, as also keeping back from them their due wages, Behold the Hire of the Labourers which have Reaped down your Fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth.","proofs":["James 5:4"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"75","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/75","segments":[{"text":"Go to, now ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you: ye have heaped treasure together for the last dayes.","proofs":["James 5:1, 3"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"98","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/98","segments":[{"text":"4. With fervencie, The effectual fervent Prayer of a righteous man availeth much.","proofs":["James 5:16"]}]},{"document":"henry1703","id":"42","url":"/api/v1/documents/henry1703/entries/42","segments":[{"text":"Yes. 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