 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 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... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Paley - 1806 - 502 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... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 432 pages
...the Hebrews speaks of it as a known custom to terminate disputes in this manner. " Men. verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." - He manifestly speaks of this practice in terms of approbation, that he would treat with... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1809 - 492 pages
...the honour of God, and the edification of our neighbour, 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... | |
 | Edward Williams - 1809 - 604 pages
...And after he had patiently endured, he ' obtained the promife. For men verily fwear by the greater j and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all flrife. Wherein GOD willing more abundantly to mew unto the heirs of promile the immutability of his... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...yea be yea ; and your ,uay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. c Heb. vi. 1C. 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 b.] Isa. Ixv. 16. That he who blcsseth himself in the earth, shall... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...the cuftom of fwearing judicially without any mark of cenfure or difapprobation : ' Men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all flrife." But though a nation has an undoubted right to require the fecurity of an oath upon occafions... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
