Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 24

Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

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5. 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,^a of perpetual single Life, professed^b Poverty, and regular Obedience, are so far from being Degrees of higher Perfection, that they are superstitious,^c and sinful Snares, in which no Christian may intangle himself.^d

Proofs

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aPsalm 76:11; Genesis 28:20–22
b1 Corinthians 7:2, 9
cEphesians 4:28
dMatthew 19:11

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Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 23.5

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