I. ^ Dcut. X. 20. Thou shalt feapi^

the Lord thy God; him shalt thoUii serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, .j and swear by his name.
t> Exod. XX. 7. Thou shalt not' take the name of the I^ord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Lev. xix. 12. And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 2 Cor. i. 23 Aloreover, I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 2 Chron. vi. 22, If a man sin against his neighbour, and an . oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house : Ver. 23. Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and. judge thy servants, by requiting the- wicked, by recompensing his way ■ upon his own head, and by justifying tiie figliteops, by giving him accord*, ing to his righteousness.