James 5:12
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- #BC60 What is forbidden in the third commandment? The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning and abusing of any thing whereby God makes himself known.
- #HC99 What is required in the third commandment? We are not to blaspheme or to abuse the Name of God by cursing, perjury, or unnecessary oaths, nor to share in such horrible sins by being silent bystanders. In short, we must use the holy Name of God...
- #HC102 May we also swear by saints or other creatures? No. A lawful oath is a calling upon God, who alone knows the heart, to bear witness to the truth, and to punish me if I swear falsely. No creature is worthy of such honour.
- #AOC114 What doth God decree in the third Commandment? That not only by cursing or forswearing, but also by rash swearing we should not use his Name despitefully, or unreverently, neither should by silence nor connivance be Partakers of these horrible Sin...
- #AOC117 Is it lawful to swear by Saints, or other Creatures? No, for a lawful Oath is an Invocation of God, whereby we desire that he, as the only searcher of Hearts, bear Witness unto the Truth, and will punish the Swearer if he wittingly swear falsely: but th...