Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 24

Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

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1. 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;^a and to judge him according to the Truth, or Falseness thereof.^b

Proofs

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aExodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 10:20; Jeremiah 4:2
b2 Chronicles 6:22–23

Related texts

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 23.1

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