II. ^ Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear

the Lord thy God, and serve him,, aiui iihait ^w^ar by his name,
d£xod.
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rat all by any other thing, is sinful, and to bo abliorred**.
Yet as, in matters of weight and moment, an oath
warranted bv the word ot" (iod under the New Tes-
p''"'"^j as well as under the Old *" ; so a lawful oath
[■■ng iinjiosed by lawful authority, in sucli matters, ought
■^l)e taken ^