 | Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 pagina’s
...thing of little moment? What is the end of this oath ? Compare it with, For men verily srcear by the greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. JVherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1737 - 614 pagina’s
...ap* QbiecT;. proves Oaths, ufed among Men, when, he writes, Heb. Vt. 16. For Men verily fwear by the greater, and an Oath for Confirmation is to them an End of all Strife. But there are as many Contejls, Fallacies and Differences at this Time, as there were ever... | |
 | 1737 - 468 pagina’s
...had patiently endured, he obtained the promile. Faith and Patience. 1 6 For men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all llrife. 17 Wherein God willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability of... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 428 pagina’s
...to Abraham, becaufe he cculdfwear by none greater, hefwean by himfelf. For men verify fivear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife. Wherein God, -willing more abundantly to jhew unto the heirs of promife the immutahility of his counfel,... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1749 - 498 pagina’s
...given to Mani as 'tis beautifully exprefled by St. Paul, Heb. vi. 1 6. For Men verily fwear by the greater : and an Oath for Confirmation is to them an end of all Strife. Wherein God •willing more abundantly to Jhew unto the Heirs of the Promife, the immutability... | |
 | James Moody - 1752 - 224 pagina’s
...Abraham, becaufc he could fwear " by ho greater, he fware by himfelf. For ** men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath " for confirmation is to them an end of all " ftrife : Wherein God willing more abundant" ly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the im" mutability of his... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...furely bleff- 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... | |
 | Martin Madan - 1772 - 106 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1780 - 878 pagina’s
...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... | |
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 
