...multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise. For L Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...

...multiplying I will 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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel,...

...and greatly multiply you." And so after patient waiting Abraham obtained what was promised. For men swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all dispute. In this case God being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise...

...priests of the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and ask, and 1 [Hebr. vi. 16. "An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife."] they shall shew thee ths sentence of judgment, and thou shalt do according to that thing, which they...

...rule, 'to swear under the compulsion of necessity. This is taught by the Apostle when he says, "For men verily swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." The angel also, whom John saw in the Apocalypse, who stood "upon the sea and upon the earth and lifted...

...multiplying I will 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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel,...

...multiplying I will 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. " For when God made promise to Abraham." The person to whom the promise was made was Abraham. Now on...

...assurance and strong consolation, and his argument is that God has taken an oath in this matter. 'For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.' God therefore 'confirmed it by an oath'. In other words, in referring to the practice of men taking...

...multiplying I will 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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...

...spelled out the spiritual implications of the multiplication of laws and oaths. One of his texts was 'An Oath for Confirmation is to them an End of all Strife'. In England, he argued, the reverse was the case. Oaths merely perpetuated strife. The State seemed...