 | William Paley - 1828 - 610 страници
...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,... | |
 | 1828 - 160 страници
...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,... | |
 | John Peers - 1828 - 636 страници
...by no greater, he sware by himself. For men verily swear by the greater: * Gen. xxii. 16—18. 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,... | |
 | William Paley - 1828 - 532 страници
...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." IV. Oaths are nugatory, that is, carry with them no proper force of obligation, unless we believe that... | |
 | William Paley - 1828 - 816 страници
...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,... | |
 | 1829 - 414 страници
...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... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 страници
...will hless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 16 For men verily swear hy the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. í 17 Wherein God, willing more ahundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutahility of his... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 616 страници
...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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1830 - 364 страници
...founded 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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 616 страници
...swear by no greater than himself, he saith, As I live, 8tc. 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,... | |
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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, 
