A Free Discourse Against Customary Swearing

Robert Boyle — EEBO-TCP A28981, keyed from the 1695 edition.

Written in Boyle’s twenties and published in the year of his death by John Williams. It answers, one at a time, the thirteen things men say in excuse of the oaths they swear without meaning them, and ends in six directions for breaking the habit. A Dissuasive from Cursing is printed with it.

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Contents (26)

1. The Dedication
2. The Publisher to the Reader
3. A Discourse Against Customary Swearing
4. Section 1. The Pleas for Customary Swearing Answered
5. Plea 1
6. Plea 2
7. Plea 3
8. Plea 4
9. Plea 5
10. Plea 6
11. Plea 7
12. Plea 8
13. Plea 9
14. Plea 10
15. Plea 11
16. Plea 12
17. Plea 13
18. A Digression
19. Section 2. Directions Against Customary Swearing
20. Direction 1
21. Direction 2
22. Direction 3
23. Direction 4
24. Direction 5
25. Direction 6
26. A Dissuasive from Cursing