Paragraph 24.3

Whosoever taketh 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 knoweth to be the Truth; for that by rash, false, and vain Oaths, the Lord is provoked, and for them this Land mourns.^a

1. a. Leviticus 19:12; Jeremiah 23:10

   Leviticus 19:12

   ^19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

   ^19:12 You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

   Jeremiah 23:10

   ^23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

   ^23:10 For the land is full of adulterers-because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up-their course is evil and their power is misused.

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