III. « Exod. XX. 7. [Sic letter b.]

Jer. iv. 2. And thou shalt swear. The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness.; and the nations shall bless then-selves in him, and in him shall they glory.
h Gen. xxiv. 2. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Pat, I pray thee, thy band under my thigh : Ver. 3. At:d I will make thee sv/ear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that tl:ou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanitcs, among whom I dwell. Ver. 5. And the servant said unto him, Peradven- ture the woman will not be willing
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Tlie Confessmn of Fakk Chap. XXII.
Yet it is a sin to refuse an- oath touching any thing^ that is good and just, being imposed by lawful autho-. rity '.