 | John Skinner (Bp. of Aberdeen) - 1803 - 564 pages
...See Dr. Randolph's excellent Sermon on the character of Abraham. f Gal. iii. 8. u men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath for " confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife: " wherein God willing more abundantly to mew to " the heirs of promife the immutability of... | |
 | 1803 - 556 pages
...promife to Abraham, becaufc he could (wear by-no greater, he fvvare by himfeif. For men verily fwear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all itnfe : wherein God, willing more abundantly to ihew unto the heirs of promue the immutability of his... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...scriptures might have hope." It is founded not only open 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... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...multiplying, I will 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,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 328 pages
...Dent. 6. i3. H« e He that fweareth in the Earth, fhall 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.... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. lo For men verily swear by Christ a priest after the the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 1 7 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his... | |
 | William Paley - 1806 - 492 pages
...that to spare you, I came not as yet to Corinth" Both these expressions contain the nature of oaths. The epistle to the Hebrews speaks of the custom of...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,... | |
 | 1806 - 584 pages
...furely blejjing I luill blefs thee, and multiplying I "will multiply thee. — 1 6. For men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath for confirmation) is to them an end of all contradiflion.— 1 7- For "which caufe, God -willing more abundantly tojhew to the leirs of promife,... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 354 pages
...men (!>y 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." Heb. vi. Ifi. Oaths in the mouths of mortals, are serious things. They should be spokca with the greatest... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 434 pages
...their hands, Hence it came to signify supplications for peace. GILL, in /sc» No. 1366. — vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.'] The manner in which an oath was taken amongst the Jews, and to which the apostle, writing to such,... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
