Paragraph 22.5
Chapter 22: Of lawful Oaths and Vows
A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.5
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.5
A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.5
A Vow is of the like nature with a Promissory Oath, and ought to be made with the like Religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 22.5
A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.5, 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,…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.5, which this paragraph revises
Much of what was said regarding the oath applies to the vow. Its use is moral and subjective,—for some result in the individual life, and must not be regarded as extending…
John Macpherson’s text