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Chapter 22. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows — 4

Westminster Confession of Faith

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 not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to a man’s own hurt. Nor is it to be violated, although made to heretics, or infidels.

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Citation: Westminster Confession of Faith 22.4, Wikisource 1946 Carruthers transcription.

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