 | 1819 - 488 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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of... | |
 | 1820 - 230 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... | |
 | William Romaine - 1821 - 320 pages
...because he could swear by no greater, he " sware by himself; for men verily sware by the great*' er : 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 theimmiitability of... | |
 | Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 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... | |
 | 1849 - 700 pages
...sufficiently accounts for the fact of thcir universal occurrence. (Heb. vi. 16.) " for men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." Fallen as man is, numberless are the instances which show demonstratively that man was made... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 pages
...; and the nations shall blc.s themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.- For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Deut. 6. 13. Is. 65. 16. Jer. 4. i.'. Heb. 6. 16. || Jer. 12. 16. 2 Chron. 15. 12, 14, 15.... | |
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...the custom of swearing judicially without any mark of censure or disapprobation : ' Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife." But though a nation has an undoubted right to require the security of an oath upon occasions... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...custom of swearing judicially, without any mark of censure or disapprobation : '' Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, 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... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 438 pages
...accordingly, when Mraham had waited patiently, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by one who is greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all gain-saying. 17 In which matter God, being more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 472 pages
...the custom of swearing judicially, without any mark of censure or disapprobation : " Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, 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... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
