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'' | <head>EVIDENCE Oaths — Form of administering.</head> | ||
<p><note>Equal to the <gap/></note> Nothing can exceed <add>equal</add> the anxiety expressed for the<lb/> | |||
exacting the observance of this formulary, but<lb/> | |||
<add>performed</add> the negligence <add>neglect</add> of those circumstances on which<lb/> | |||
<sic>it's</sic> efficacy depends</p> | |||
<p>Considering that efficacy in as far as it rests<lb/> | |||
upon the purely spiritual sanction, one<lb/> | |||
might to assert, that it is in exact proportion<lb/> | |||
with the degree of solemnity with<lb/> | |||
which the ceremony is performed.</p> | |||
<p><note>Scotland is not at such a distance, nor the intercourse with that country so rare, but that those to whom it belongs might <add>take</add> benefit <add>instruction</add> from the examples which it furnishes on this subject <add>hand.</add></note> The impression upon the imagination <add>in the affair of the imagination</add> will be<lb/> | |||
proportioned to the force that acts upon it</p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p>That the influence of an oath is <add>depends</add> almost<lb/> | |||
solely <add>entirely at present</add> owing to the two temporal Sanctions.<lb/> | |||
That it might receive great strength from the<lb/> | |||
spiritual if properly applied —<lb/> | |||
That the efficacy of the custom of cross-examining<lb/> | |||
in open court is worth all<lb/> | |||
the rest put together.</p> | |||
<p>That the influence of the sacerdotal character<lb/> | |||
could in no instance be more securely nor<lb/> | |||
worthily <sic>employd</sic> than on this occasion</p> | |||
<p>That the inaptness of the ceremonial<lb/> | |||
as at present <sic>administerd</sic> consists in <del>two</del> <add>3</add><lb/> | |||
particulars 1.<hi rend='superscript'>st</hi> The feebleness <add>insipidity</add> of the words<lb/> | |||
themselves 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi>. of the elocution of those who<lb/> | |||
utter them. 3. the confirming the <sic>pronounciation</sic><lb/> | |||
of it to the officer, the witness being but a<lb/> | |||
bare auditor, & giving nothing but a vague<lb/> | |||
and general assent by signs.</p> | |||
<p>The 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> particular has two causes — 1<hi rend='superscript'>st</hi><lb/> | |||
The low rank education, sentiments &c of<lb/> | |||
the officer. 2. the precipitance with which<lb/> | |||
the ceremony, as being a mere ceremony,<lb/> | |||
is thought proper to be dispatched.</p> | |||
EVIDENCE Oaths — Form of administering.
Equal to the Nothing can exceed equal the anxiety expressed for the
exacting the observance of this formulary, but
performed the negligence neglect of those circumstances on which
it's efficacy depends
Considering that efficacy in as far as it rests
upon the purely spiritual sanction, one
might to assert, that it is in exact proportion
with the degree of solemnity with
which the ceremony is performed.
Scotland is not at such a distance, nor the intercourse with that country so rare, but that those to whom it belongs might take benefit instruction from the examples which it furnishes on this subject hand. The impression upon the imagination in the affair of the imagination will be
proportioned to the force that acts upon it
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That the influence of an oath is depends almost
solely entirely at present owing to the two temporal Sanctions.
That it might receive great strength from the
spiritual if properly applied —
That the efficacy of the custom of cross-examining
in open court is worth all
the rest put together.
That the influence of the sacerdotal character
could in no instance be more securely nor
worthily employd than on this occasion
That the inaptness of the ceremonial
as at present administerd consists in two 3
particulars 1.st The feebleness insipidity of the words
themselves 2d. of the elocution of those who
utter them. 3. the confirming the pronounciation
of it to the officer, the witness being but a
bare auditor, & giving nothing but a vague
and general assent by signs.
The 2d particular has two causes — 1st
The low rank education, sentiments &c of
the officer. 2. the precipitance with which
the ceremony, as being a mere ceremony,
is thought proper to be dispatched.
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evidence oaths - form of administering |
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