 | William Paley - 1824 - 472 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,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...— Matt. xxvi. 60. Prov. xiv. 5. They 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.... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...— Matt. xxvi. 60. Prov. xiv. 5. They 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.... | |
 | 1824 - 314 pages
...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 shew unto 170 Christian Repository. the heirs of promise the... | |
 | 1832 - 590 pages
...in blessing I will bless 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 the end of all strife. Wherein God willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability... | |
 | Benjamin Boothroyd - 1824 - 626 pages
...Christ, manifest in ministering to the saints. 3 f 2 promise. For men indeed swear by one that is 16 greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all gainsaying. In which view 17 God, being more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of promise the... | |
 | 1824 - 462 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 all strife. to them an end of 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 502 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,... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 490 pages
...to spare you, I came not as yet to Co" rinth." Both these expression? contain the nature of oaths. The epistle to the Hebrews speaks of the custom of...without any mark of censure or disapprobation : " Men " vcrilv swear by the greater ; and " an oath, for confirmation, is " to them an end of all strife."... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1825 - 584 pages
...Tenthly, They object, But the apostle Paul approves oaths used among men, when he writes, Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. But there are as many contests, fallacies, and differences at this time as there ever were; therefore the... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
