{"id":"23.2","chapter":23,"number":2,"text":"The name of God onely is that by which men ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence: Therefore to swear vainly, or rashly, by that glorious or dreadful name, or to swear at all by any other thing, is sinful, and to be abhorred; yet as in matters of weight and moment an Oath is warranted by the Word of God under the New Testament, as well as under the Old; so a lawful Oath, being imposed by lawful authority in such matters, ought to be taken.","segments":[{"text":"The name of God onely is that by which men ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence: Therefore to swear vainly, or rashly, by that glorious or dreadful name, or to swear at all by any other thing, is sinful, and to be abhorred; yet as in matters of weight and moment an Oath is warranted by the Word of God under the New Testament, as well as under the Old; so a lawful Oath, being imposed by lawful authority in such matters, ought to be taken.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["23.2"],"lbcf1689":["23.2"],"savoy1658-modernized":["23.2"],"wcf1646":["22.2"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"or","position":4},{"text":"s","position":12},{"text":"under the New Testament, as well as under the Old;","position":null}]},{"source":"wcf1646","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"or","position":4}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"or","position":4},{"text":"s","position":12},{"text":"under the New Testament, as well as under the Old;","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}