 | William Paley - 1825 - 822 דפים
...before it be meddled with 145 XVI. OATHS. Hebrews vi. 1C. For men verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife - - 154 XVII. PROFANE 3WEAKING. Exodus xx. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,... | |
 | 1858 - 726 דפים
...thing is, The Oath of God. Men swear by God ; hence Paul saith, " Men verily swear by the .greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife " (Heb. vi. 16). Angels swear by God ; hence we read of the angel swearing by Him that liveth for ever and ever, that... | |
 | 1826 - 870 דפים
...God, and the edification of our neigh, boars, as appears from Heb. vi. 16, Men swear by a greater, and 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... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 דפים
...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... | |
 | 1827 - 524 דפים
...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,... | |
 | 1827 - 392 דפים
...duration with the unchangeable system of Christianity — "ЛГея verily swear by the Greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife."* To these divine precepts we may add the illustration of the purest examples on record. The most pious... | |
 | 1828 - 160 דפים
...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 דפים
...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 - 1828 - 610 דפים
...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,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1829 - 520 דפים
...totally forbidden it :) " Men verily swear by the greater ;" by one greater than themselves ; " and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.'' (Heb. vi. 16.) 11. But the great lesson which our blessed Lord inculcates here, and which he illustrates by this example,... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
