 | Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 страници
...little moment? What is the end of this oath ? Compare it with, For men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantlyto shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | Martin Madan - 1772 - 106 страници
...my Father's Houfe: And David fware unto Saul. Heb. vi. 15. For Men, verily fwear by tbe greater, and an Oath for Confirmation, is to them an End of all Strife. 3 Jer. iv. 2. And thou /halt fwear the Lord liveth, in Truth, in Judgment, and in Righuoufnefs. APPENDIX.... | |
 | John Tracy Atkyns, Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1781 - 736 страници
...lawfulnefs of oaths, and p. 189. where the very text fpeaks plainly of an oath among all nations and men, "An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife," Hebr. the 6th and 16th. " The neceffity of religion to the fupport of human *' fociety in... | |
 | James Fisher - 1792 - 560 страници
...for confirmation of the truth formerly doubtful; and for terminating ftrife and contradiction among men; An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife, Heb. vi. i6< Q; 22. What are the neceffary qualifications of a lawful oath .' A. That we fwear—in... | |
 | 1806 - 504 страници
...wilt bless thee, and multiplying i will multiply thci • • For uien verily swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing to shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - 1802 - 420 страници
...upon the lawfulnefs of oaths fays, where the very text fpeaks plainly of aq oath among all nations fmd men, " An oath for .confirmation is to them an end ?' of all ftrife. The neceffity of religion to the fupport f of human fociety, in nothing appears more evidently... | |
 | 1873 - 984 страници
...direct manner for the comfort of all believers : " For men," he says, " verily swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 страници
...fweareth in the Earth, fliall fwear by the God of Truth. For Men verily fwear by the greater ; and an Oath for Confirmation is to them an End of all Strife. d The Lord fware, and will not repent: And becaufe he could fware by no greater, he fwarc by himfelf.... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 страници
...not only upon the word, but equally upon the oath, of God. " 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 the promise the immutability of his... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 336 страници
...men (by the testimony of that word which is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart), "an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all "strife." Hel). vi. 1(5. Oaths in the mouths of mortals, are serious tilings. They should be spoken with the... | |
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Dr. Tillotson, in his sermon upon the lawfulness of oaths, taking a text which applies to all nations and all men, ' an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife, 
