 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pàgines
...I will nd multiplying, I will 15 And lo 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 and END of all STRIFE. 17 Wherein GOD WILLING more abundamly to fliew unto the HEIRS of PROMISE the... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pàgines
...For when Gop made PROMISE to ABRAHAM, becaufe he could SWEAK by NO GREATER, he SWARE by HIMSELF, 14 Saying, Surely BLESSING I will BLESS thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee. if And (o after he had PATIENTLT endured, he obtained the PROMISE. 16 For Men verily SWEAR by the greater... | |
 | 1737 - 468 pàgines
...thee. had patiently endured, he obtained the promile. Faith and Patience. 1 6 For men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all llrife. 17 Wherein God willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability of... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 428 pàgines
...promife to Abraham, becaufe he cculdfwear by none greater, hefwean by himfelf. For men verify fivear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife. Wherein God, -willing more abundantly to jhew unto the heirs of promife the immutahility of... | |
 | James Moody - 1752 - 224 pàgines
...promife to Abraham, becaufc he could fwear " by ho greater, he fware by himfelf. For ** men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath " for confirmation is to them an end of all " ftrife : Wherein God willing more abundant" ly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the im" mutability... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pàgines
...Yea, be yea, and your Kay, nay ; left ye fall into condemnation. e Heb. vi.j 6. For mert verily fwear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrite. 2 Cor. i. í j. (Sec letter *.) lía. Ixv. 1 6. That he who blefleth himfeJfin the earth, (hall... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pàgines
...thee. 15 And fo, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promife. 1 6 For men verily fwear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife. 1 7 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1791 - 212 pàgines
...8. Becaufe he can fwear by no greater than himfelf, he faith, " As I live, &V." For men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of ftrife : wherein God, willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promile the immutability qf... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 
