'That you proposed it in a supererogatory spirit does not lessen your obligation, having once put yourself under that obligation. St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, says, " An oath for confirmation is an end of all strife" .

“你以过分的精神提出它并没有减轻你的义务，因为你曾经让自己承担过这项义务。圣保罗在他写给希伯来人的书信中说：“坚振誓言是一切纷争的终结”。