 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pàgines
...Prov. xiv. 5. They suborned false witnesses against Stephen. — Acts vi. 11. 13. Men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly, &c. confirmed it by an oath. — Heb. vi. 13. 16—18.... | |
 | 1824 - 314 pàgines
...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 170 Christian Repository. the heirs of promise... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pàgines
...Prov. xiv. 5. They suborned false witnesses against Stephen. — Acts vi. 11. 13. Men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly, &c. confirmed it by an oath. — Heb. vi. 13. 16—18.... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 516 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Boothroyd - 1824 - 626 pàgines
...Christ, manifest in ministering to the saints. 3 f 2 promise. For men indeed swear by one that is 16 greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all gainsaying. In which view 17 God, being more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of promise the... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1825 - 130 pàgines
...is more than these cometh of evil.— Jam. v. 12. Exod. xx. 7. b Heb. vi. 15. For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. — Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pàgines
...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 untu the heirs of promise the immutability of... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pàgines
...thee. 1 5 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 1 6 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... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 502 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pàgines
...swear, the Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment and in righteousness." And Heb. vi. 16. "Men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." From these texts it is evident, that an oath, properly made, is lawful and a duty. The same... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
