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Originally Posted by Contra_Mundum  WCF 21:5 "...are all parts of the ordinary religious worship of God (Mat_28:19; Act_2:42; 1Co_11:23-29): besides religious oaths (Deu_6:13 with Neh_10:29), vows Isa_19:21 with Eccl 5;4, 5),..."
WCF 22:1 A lawful oath is part of religious worship (Deu_10:20), wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth, or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth (Exo_20:7; Lev_19:12; 2Ch_6:22, 2Ch_6:23; 2Co_1:23).
As far as I'm concerned, this is sufficient biblical and confessional justification. The confession of one's faith is a public attestation to truth, which one says in God's presence. | And yet the divines never thought to include "confession of faith" in the Directory for Public Worship. This would indicate that they did not consider their statements concerning lawful oaths and vows as providing sufficient biblical and confession justification for the practice.
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