Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 22
Of lawfull Oathes and Vowes
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7. No man may Vow, to do any thing forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded; or which is not in his own power, and, for the performance whereof, he hath no promise of ability from God.a In which respects, Popish Monastical Vows, of perpetual single life, professed Poverty, and Regular Obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher Perfection, that they are superstitious and sinful snares, in which, no Christian may intangle himself.b
Proofs
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Commentary
- David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 22.6, 22.7
Related texts
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 22.7
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 23.5
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 23.5
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 23.6
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