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8 results for “Of Lawful Oaths and Vows”
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
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Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation, or mental reservation. It cannot oblige to sin: but in anything …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
… to refuse an oath touching anything that is good and just, being imposed by lawful authority.
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
… whereof he hath no promise of ability from God. In which respects, Popish monastical vows of perpetual single life, professed poverty, and regular obedience, are so far from being …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
… 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.
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, …