 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...the cuftom of fwearing judicially without any mark of cenfure or diiapprobation ; 'Men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all ftrif«." But though a nation has an uadoubted right to require the fecurity of an oath upon occafions... | |
 | 1798 - 408 pages
...becaufe he could fwear by no greater, he fvvare by himfelf. (Gen. xxii. 16. 17.) For men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife (or contradiction,) wherein God, willing more abundantly to (hew unto the heirs of promife the immutability... | |
 | 1799 - 404 pages
...fince he could fwear by no greater, he fware by himfelf : for indeed men fwear by a greater Being ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction. Therefore God, being willing to fhew more abundantly to the heirs of promife the immutability... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1797 - 582 pages
...the honour of God, and the edification of our neighbour, as Appears from Heb. vi. 16. Men fwear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife." Other Scriptures are alleged by them to the fame purport. Men who held thefe things fhould be acquitted... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pages
...surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying J will multiply tbet For uien verily swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing to shew to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed... | |
 | Leonard MacNally - 1802 - 420 pages
...lawfulnefs of oaths fays, where the very text fpeaks plainly of aq oath among all nations fmd men, " An oath for .confirmation is to them an end ?' of all ftrife. The neceffity of religion to the fupport f of human fociety, in nothing appears more evidently " than... | |
 | 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...all ftrife: " wherein God willing more abundantly to mew to " the heirs of promife the immutability of his coun" fel, interpofed himfelf by an oath, that... | |
 | John Skinner (bp. of Aberdeen.) - 1803 - 568 pages
...• See Dr. Randolph's excellent Sermon on the charaScr of Abraham. t Gal. iii 8. " men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath for " confirmation is...ftrife : *' •wherein God willing more abundantly to (hew to " the heirs of promife the immutability of his coun«* fel, interpofed himfelf by an oath,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...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... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
