THEIR ORIGIN, NATURE,

AND

HISTORY.

BY JAMES ENDELL TYLER, B. D.,

RECTOR OF ST. GILES IN THE FIELDS,

AND

LATE FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE.

As by the rare and reverent use of Oaths their diguity is upheld and their
obligations kept fast; so by the frequent and negligent application of them, by
the prostituting them to every purpose, their respect will be quite lost, their
strength will be loosed, they will prove unserviceable to public use.

ISAAC BARROW.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

MDCCCXXXIV.

655.

TO

CHARLES JAMES,

LORD BISHOP OF LONDON,

WITH FEELINGS OF SINCERE GRATITUDE AND REVERENCE,

THESE PAGES ARE INSCRIBED,

BY HIS FAITHFUL AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.