 | 1827 - 512 pages
...multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...yea be yea, and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. с Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 2 Cor. i. 23. (See letter li.) Isa. Ixv. 16. That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless... | |
 | Joseph Milner - Church history - 1827 - 534 pages
...beginning of the sixteenth century. t Usher de Christ. Ecc. success. & statu. HISTORY OF THE CHURCH: an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife-" Other scriptures are alleged by them to the same purport. Men who held these things should be acquitted... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1828 - 610 pages
...the custom of swearing judicially, without any mark of censure or disapprobation : " Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife." Upon the strength of these reasons, we explain our Saviour's words to relate, not to judicial oaths,... | |
 | Catechisms - 1828 - 160 pages
...promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself. For men verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...Prov. xiv. 5. They suborned false witnesses against Stephen. — Acts vi. 11. 13. Men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly, &c. confirmed it by an oath. — Heb. vi. 13. 16—18. Jer. xxii.... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1828 - 528 pages
...the custom of swearing judicially, without any mark of censure or disapprobation: " Men verily swear by the greater; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all si rife." Upon the strength of these reasons, we explain our Saviour's words to relate, not to judicial... | |
 | Bible - 1829 - 414 pages
...authority of St. Paul, who in one place in the Hebrews, speaks of oaths without censure (" Men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife,") and himself, in the Epistles to the Romans and Corinthians, makes use of the expressions " God is my... | |
 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1912 - 304 pages
...tueldje§ bie Gr^re ©otte§ unb baS SBo^l beS 9?adjften erforbert. 39) Hebr. 6,16. For men verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. BH Matt. 26, 63. 64. Jesus swearing. — Gen. 24, 3. Abraham's servant. 26. What is meant by using... | |
 | 1912 - 522 pages
...multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
