Paragraph 23.3
Of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith
Whosoever takes an Oath, warranted by the Word of God, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so Solemn an Act, and therein to avouch nothing, but what he knows to be the Truth; for that by rash, false, and vain Oaths, the Lord is provoked, and for them this Land mourns.1
The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
22.3
Whosoever takes an Oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act; and therein to avouch nothing, but what hee is fully persuaded is the truth.1 Neither may any man bind himself by Oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believes so to be, and what hee is able, and resolved to perform.2 Yet is it a sin, to refuse an Oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed by lawful Authority.3