{"id":"48.1","chapter":48,"number":1,"text":"A Lawful Oath, is a part of Religious Worship; wherein the Person swearing in Truth, Righteousness, and Judgment, solemnly calleth God to witness what he sweareth, and to judg him according to the Truth, or Falseness thereof. And we are to swear by no other Name, but by the Name of God only, when we are called before a lawful Magistrate, upon a lawful Matter, warranted by God’s holy Word; and an Oath is to be taken in the plain and common sence of the words, without Equivocation, or mental Reservation, in a solemn and reverent using of God’s Holy Name; and such an Oath, we believe all Christians, when lawfully called thereunto by the Magistrate, may take. But the foolish monastical Vows of Papists, and all idle and vain Swearing, is an abominable, and wicked prophaning of the holy Name of God.","segments":[{"text":"A Lawful Oath, is a part of Religious Worship;","proofs":["Exodus 20:7","Deuteronomy 6:13","10:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 20:7","osis":["Exod.20.7"]},{"printed":"Deuteronomy 6:13","osis":["Deut.6.13"]},{"printed":"10:20","osis":["Deut.10.20"]}],"note":null},{"text":"wherein the Person swearing in Truth, Righteousness, and Judgment,","proofs":["Jeremiah 4:2","Psalm 15:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 4:2","osis":["Jer.4.2"]},{"printed":"Psalm 15:4","osis":["Ps.15.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"solemnly calleth God to witness what he sweareth, and to judg him according to the Truth, or Falseness thereof.","proofs":["Zechariah 5:4","2 Chronicles 6:22–23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 5:4","osis":["Zech.5.4"]},{"printed":"2 Chronicles 6:22–23","osis":["2Chr.6.22-2Chr.6.23"]}],"note":null},{"text":"And we are to swear by no other Name, but by the Name of God only,","proofs":["Isaiah 65:16","Jeremiah 12:16","Matthew 5:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 65:16","osis":["Isa.65.16"]},{"printed":"Jeremiah 12:16","osis":["Jer.12.16"]},{"printed":"Matthew 5:34","osis":["Matt.5.34"]}],"note":null},{"text":"when we are called before a lawful Magistrate, upon a lawful Matter, warranted by God’s holy Word;","proofs":["Nehemiah 13:25","2 Kings 11:4, 17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 13:25","osis":["Neh.13.25"]},{"printed":"2 Kings 11:4, 17","osis":["2Kgs.11.4","2Kgs.11.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and an Oath is to be taken in the plain and common sence of the words, without Equivocation, or mental Reservation, in a solemn and reverent using of God’s Holy Name;","proofs":["Psalm 24:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 24:4","osis":["Ps.24.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and such an Oath, we believe all Christians, when lawfully called thereunto by the Magistrate, may take.","proofs":["Hebrews 6:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 6:16","osis":["Heb.6.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"But the foolish monastical Vows of Papists, and all idle and vain Swearing, is an abominable, and wicked prophaning of the holy Name of God.","proofs":["Jeremiah 23:10","Leviticus 19:12","Ephesians 4:28","Amos 8:14","James 5:12","1 Samuel 14:29","2 Kings 6:31","Isaiah 48:1","Zephaniah 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 23:10","osis":["Jer.23.10"]},{"printed":"Leviticus 19:12","osis":["Lev.19.12"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 4:28","osis":["Eph.4.28"]},{"printed":"Amos 8:14","osis":["Amos.8.14"]},{"printed":"James 5:12","osis":["Jas.5.12"]},{"printed":"1 Samuel 14:29","osis":["1Sam.14.29"]},{"printed":"2 Kings 6:31","osis":["2Kgs.6.31"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 48:1","osis":["Isa.48.1"]},{"printed":"Zephaniah 1:5","osis":["Zeph.1.5"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{},"diffs":[],"page":"73","leaf":97}