Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the... The Works of the Rev. John Wesley - Page 357by John Wesley - 1811Full view - About this book
| 1807 - 570 lehte
...the earth , for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these,... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1807 - 436 lehte
...made his vow concerning a thing which is offered up in Jerusalem." No. 1173.— v. 36. Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair -white or black.] It was ordinary among the ancients to swear by the head, thus Virgil: Per eaput hoc juro,... | |
| Thomas Chalkley - 1808 - 582 lehte
...for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king." Verse 35. " Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black." Verse 36. "But let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than... | |
| Henry Alford - 1808 - 968 lehte
...his ° footstool : t PA xiTiu. i. neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the ' city of the great King1. 36 ed thee, w / or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these... | |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1808 - 132 lehte
...by the earth, for it is his footstool ; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black : but let your communication be, yea, yea, nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these cometh... | |
| John Newton - 1808 - 624 lehte
...Psal. cix, 17, 18. " by heaven, for it is God's throne : nor by the earth, " for it is his footstool. Neither shalt thou swear by " thy head, because thou canst not make one hair " thereof white or black*." " And whoso shall swear " by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 lehte
...by the earth ; for it is his footstool .neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the Great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea ,Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than this, cometh... | |
| John Watkins - 1809 - 454 lehte
...the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black : But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these,... | |
| William Newcome - 1809 - 512 lehte
...the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37But let your communication be, Yea, yea : Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these,... | |
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