 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 lehte
...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... | |
 | George Horne - 1769 - 174 lehte
...SECT.IL " ing I will blefs thee, and multiplying *« I will multiply thee For men " verily fwear by a greater, and an oath " for confirmation is to them an end of " all ftrife. Wherein God, willing to " fhew to the heirs of promife the im" mutability of his counfel, confirmed " it by an oath; that... | |
 | John Leland - 1769 - 470 lehte
...not only by the Word, but by the Oath of God ! So the facred Writer to the Hebrews reprefents it : God, 'willing more abundantly to Jhew unto the Heirs of' Promife the Immutahility of his Counjel, confirmed it by an Oath : That by two immutable Things, in which it was imfoffible for God... | |
 | Martin Madan - 1772 - 106 lehte
...Name out of my Father's Houfe: And David fware unto Saul. Heb. vi. 15. For Men, verily fwear by tbe greater, and an Oath for Confirmation, is to them an End of all Strife. 3 Jer. iv. 2. And thou /halt fwear the Lord liveth, in Truth, in Judgment, and in Righuoufnefs.... | |
 | John Owen - 1772 - 498 lehte
...faving manner. Therefore doth he cooBrm it unto us with fuch weighty contlderations, as Heb. vi. 17, 18. God willing more abundantly to jhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability of his counfel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in whith it was... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1780 - 878 lehte
...fwears to another, he thereby comes under the ftrongeft obligation to perform what he fwears: and hence, An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife, Heb. vi. 1 6. It is their ne flus ultra: further they cannot go. Having pledged their faith to one... | |
 | John Tracy Atkyns, Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1781 - 736 lehte
...lawfulnefs of oaths, and p. 189. where the very text fpeaks plainly of an oath among all nations and men, "An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife," Hebr. the 6th and i6th. " The neceffity of religion to thefupport of human *' fociety in nothing appears... | |
 | 1788 - 598 lehte
...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 of his... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1791 - 212 lehte
...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... | |
 | James Fisher - 1792 - 560 lehte
...confirmation, of the truth formerly doubtful; and for terminating ftrife and contradiction among men; An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife, Heb. vi. 16^ Q; 22. What are- the neceflary qualifications of a lawful oath .' A. That we fwear—... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
