Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 22: Of lawful Oaths and Vows
An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation or mental reservation. It cannot oblige to sin; but in any thing not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to a man’s own hurt: nor is it to be violated, although made to hereticks or infidels.
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.4
An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation or mental reservation. It cannot oblige to sin; but in any thing not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to a man’s own hurt: nor is it to be violated, although made to hereticks or infidels.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.4
An Oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation, or mental reservation. It cannot oblige to sin: but, in any thing not sinfull, being taken, it bindes to performance, although to a mans own hurt. Nor is it to be violated, although made to Hereticks, or Infidels.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 22.4
An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation or mental reservation. It cannot oblige to sin; but in any thing not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to a man’s own hurt: nor is it to be violated, although made to hereticks or infidels.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.4, 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 22.4, which this paragraph revises
The obligation of an oath cannot be escaped by attaching to the words used a meaning that would not naturally have been given them by the party interested. Paley tells of Temures,…
