 | Robert Barclay - 1825 - 584 pages
...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;... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...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 untu the heirs of promise the immutability of... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 426 pages
...the apostle saith, " Because he can swear by no greater, he swaie by himself. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of strife. Wherein God willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...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 ead of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...honour of God, and the edification of our neigh, boars, as appears from Heb. vi. 16, Men swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.' Other Scriptures are alleged by them to the same purport. Men who held these things should... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...yea be yea, and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. с Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 2 Cor. i. 23. (See letter li.) Isa. Ixv. 16. That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall... | |
 | 1827 - 392 pages
...confidence in what he says ; I feel the entire force of the words of inspiration ; " Men verily swear by the Greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife."— {Heb. vi. 16.] We arrive at these conclusions respecting the nature of an oath ; and I... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...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 the heirs of promise the immutability of... | |
 | 1828 - 160 pages
...promise to Abraham, 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... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...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.... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
