Question 59

And be sincere in our profession?

Yes. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,^b

And be careful to credit and maintain it?

Yes. Thou hast kept my word and hast not denied my name,^c

And in praise?

Yes. Let them praise thy great name,^e

And in Christian conversation?

Yes. I will declare thy name unto my brethren,^f

But should we do it with the profoundest humility?

Yes. Behold I have taken upon me to speak unto God, who am but dust and ashes,^g

And when great seriousness and deliberation?

Yes. Be not rash with thy mouth,^h

And in his works?

Yes. Let them declare his works with rejoicing,^j

And in his worship?

Yes. For God is greatly to be feared in the assemblies of his saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him,^k

But should we be cautious in swearing?

Yes. We should fear an oath,^m

And conscientious?

Yes. Thou shalt swear in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness,ⁿ

Doth an oath bind the soul?

Yes. If a man swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond,^o

Should we therefore look upon ourselves as bound by it?

Yes. David spared Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, because of the oath of the Lord,^p

And that though it is to our detriment?

Yes. The good man sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not,^q