The Oath

Let us now have regard to the oath. The catechism defines the oath thus: a calling upon God, as the only One who knows the heart, that He will bear witness to the truth, and punish me if I swear falsely. One who actually takes an oath, directs his thoughts to God, brings God to his remembrance, causes himself to be aware of God, of His presence, and of the fact that God knows, that being Holy God, He marks transgression and awards a man according to his works, (I speak now not of the ungodly,...