Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 22: Of lawful Oaths and Vows
A Lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein upon just occasion, the person swearing, solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth.
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.1
A Lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein upon just occasion, the person swearing, solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.1
A Lawful Oath is a part of Religious Worship, wherein upon just occasion, the person swearing, solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth, or promiseth; and to Judge him according to the truth, or falshood of what he sweareth.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 22.1
A Lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein upon just occasion, the person swearing, solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.1, which this paragraph revises
Is the name of GOD, that only by which men ought to swear? Yes. Is an Oath warranted by the word of GOD, under the New Testament, as well, as under the Old, in matters of weight,…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.1, which this paragraph revises
The New Testament prohibition of swearing is to be understood of the unnecessary and frivolous use of oaths. In all the ordinary affairs of life the precept of Jesus and of the…
