Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 22: Of lawful Oaths and Vows
Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth. Neither may any man bind himself by oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform. Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed by lawful authority.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.3
Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth. Neither may any man bind himself by oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform. Yet is it it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed by lawful authority.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.3
Whosoever taketh an Oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act; and therein to avouch nothing, but what hee is fully perswaded is the truth. Neither may any man bind himself by Oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he beleiveth so to be, and what hee is able, and resolved to performe. Yet is it a sin, to refuse an Oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed by lawful Authority.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 22.3
Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth. Neither may any man bind himself by oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform. Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed by lawful authority.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.3, 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 22.3, which this paragraph revises
Limits within which an oath may be taken and kept. No oath should be taken in regard to anything of which one has any reason to believe that he is not in possession of all the…
