XXXIX. Of a Christian Man's Oath.
As we confess that vain and rash
Swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his
Apostle, so we judge, that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a
man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity,
so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching in justice, judgment, and
truth.