Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath : that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled... The Philosophical and Theological Works of ... - Page 311by John Hutchinson - 1749Full view - About this book
| John Skinner (Bp. of Aberdeen) - 1803 - 564 pages
...hirafelf. For *? men • 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 to them an end of all ftrife: " wherein God willing more abundantly to mew to " the heirs of promife the immutability of... | |
| 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...all strife, Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by anoath: That by... | |
| Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 pages
...45. 24, 23, v«. * 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 by himfelf.... | |
| 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 of his counsel,... | |
| 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 of his... | |
| 1806 - 584 pages
...limfelf, 14. Saying, 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 oaths,... | |
| Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 352 pages
...men (!>y the testimony of that word which is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart), " an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all " strife." Heb. vi. Ifi. Oaths in the mouths of mortals, are serious things. They should be spokca with the greatest... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1807 - 434 pages
...their hands, Hence it came to signify supplications for peace. GILL, in /sc» No. 1366. — vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.'] The manner in which an oath was taken amongst the Jews, and to which the apostle, writing to such,... | |
| Edward Williams - 1809 - 604 pages
...it fhould make the promife of none effeft. Is " the law againft the promifes of GOD ? GOD fbr" bid. Men verily fwear by the greater, and an ** oath for confirmation is to them an end of all " ftrife. Wherein GOD willing more abundantly " to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability... | |
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