| 1815 - 294 pàgines
...your communication l-»e, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more t Iian these cometh of evil. Above all things, my brethren, swear not : neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither I iy any other oath : but let your yea be yea ; and ^our nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pàgines
...these cometh of evil." — St. James also, with great emphasis pressing his master's words, says, " Above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither...heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath : but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest you fall into condemnation." I shall just add, before... | |
| Jesse Kersey - 1818 - 158 pàgines
...adopted the counsel of his divine master, and to believe it right to give his testimony against swearing. "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into temptation." Taking this general view... | |
| 1818 - 396 pàgines
...profane swearing. This opinion the Friends think is fully confirmed by the language in James,, v. 12, *i But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...neither by the earth, neither by any other oath.'' This last clause is regarded by them as extending the prohibition to every species of swearing without... | |
| Edward Cooper - 1818 - 384 pàgines
...Put off also all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication, out of your mouth." " Above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither...heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath ; but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, be nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation." Lave in the spirit... | |
| George Tomline - 1818 - 608 pàgines
...Thirty-nine Articles. 567 soever is more than these cometh of evil (a)" And St. James in his Epistle says, " Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation (b)" The Jews, in the time... | |
| 1818 - 400 pàgines
...profane swearing. This opinion ill* Friends think is fully confirmed by the language in James, v. 12, "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neit/ier by any other cat/i.'' This last clause is regarded by them us extending the prohibition to.... | |
| Thomas Chalkley - 1818 - 462 pàgines
..." 2dlv. James, the holy apostle of Christ, our lawgiver and our king, says, ' Above all things, mv brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath,' James v. 12. Christ says, Swear not at all; and James, his disciple and apostle, says, Swear not by... | |
| Jesse Kersey - 1818 - 152 pàgines
...and to believe it right to give his testimony against swearing. "But above all things, my bfethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oathj but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into temptation." Taking this general... | |
| Richard Wiggins - 1821 - 156 pàgines
...yea, yea ; nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." The apostle James says, " But above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither...heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath ; but let your yea, be yea ; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation." The prophet Jeremiah... | |
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