Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 22: Of lawful Oaths and Vows
It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for obtaining of what we want; whereby we more strictly bind ourselves to necessary duties, or to other things, so far and so long as they may fitly conduce thereunto.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.6
It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for the obtaining of what we want; whereby we more strictly bind our selves ourselves to necessary duties, or to other things, so far and so long as they may fitly conduce thereunto.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.6
It is not to be made to any Creature but to God alone: and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of Faith, and conscience of Duty, in way of Thankfulnes for mercy received, or for the obtaining of what we want; whereby we more strictly bind our selves to necessary duties; or, to other things, so far, and so long, as they may fitly conduce thereunto.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 22.6
It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for obtaining of what we want; whereby we more strictly bind ourselves to necessary duties, or to other things, so far and so long as they may fitly conduce thereunto.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 22.6, 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 22.6, 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…
