{"id":"23.5","chapter":23,"number":5,"text":"A Vow which is not to be made to any Creature, but to God alone, is to be made and performed with all Religious care, and faithfulness: But Popish Monastical Vows, of perpetual single life, professed poverty, and regular obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are superstitious, and sinful snares, in which no Christian may intangle himself.","segments":[{"text":"A Vow which is not to be made to any Creature, but to God alone, is to be made and performed with all Religious care, and faithfulness: But Popish Monastical Vows,","proofs":["Psalm 76:11","Genesis 28:20–22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 76:11","osis":["Ps.76.11"]},{"printed":"Genesis 28:20–22","osis":["Gen.28.20-Gen.28.22"]}],"note":null},{"text":"of perpetual single life, professed","proofs":["1 Corinthians 7:2, 9"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 7:2, 9","osis":["1Cor.7.2","1Cor.7.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"poverty, and regular obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are superstitious,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 4:28","osis":["Eph.4.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and sinful snares, in which no Christian may intangle himself.","proofs":["Matthew 19:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 19:11","osis":["Matt.19.11"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689":["23.5"],"savoy1658":["23.5","23.6"],"wcf1646":["22.5","22.6","22.7"]},"diffs":[{"source":"savoy1658","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"to","position":3},{"text":"and performed with all","position":null},{"text":"But","position":null}]},{"source":"wcf1646","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"which","position":1},{"text":"performed with all Religious care,","position":null},{"text":"faithfulness: But","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}