 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 páginas
..." blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will " multiply thee — For men verily swear by a greater, " and an oath for confirmation is to them an end " of all strife. Wherein God, willing to show to the " heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, " confirmed... | |
 | 1819 - 488 páginas
...multiplying, I will 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 show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | 1820 - 230 páginas
...multiplying, I will 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 the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
 | Sinclare Kelburn - 1821 - 392 páginas
...upon. The apostle has reasoned thus upon the subject: " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself: for men verily swear by lhe greater: nnd an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more... | |
 | William Romaine - 1821 - 320 páginas
...upon. The Apostle has reasoned thus upon the subject. " When God made promise to " Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he " sware by himself; for men verily sware by the great*' er : and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end " of all strife. Wherein... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 páginas
...of truth. Jer. v. 2. And though they say, The Lord liveth ; surely they swear falsely. Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Ueut. xxLx. 10. 12. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes,... | |
 | 1849 - 700 páginas
...remarkable, and sufficiently accounts for the fact of thcir universal occurrence. (Heb. vi. 16.) " for men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." Fallen as man is, numberless are the instances which show demonstratively that man was made for religion.... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 618 páginas
...will multiply thee. So after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For • H«b. ii. 1C. men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all strife. Wherefore God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 páginas
...and in righteousness ; and the nations shall blc.s themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.- For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Deut. 6. 13. Is. 65. 16. Jer. 4. i.'. Heb. 6. 16. || Jer. 12. 16. 2 Chron. 15. 12, 14, 15. tx. 22.... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 páginas
...Hebrews speaks of 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 oaths,... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
