 | Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 pages
...business, a 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 his counsel,... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pages
...I will nd multiplying, I will 15 And lo after he had PATIENTLY endured, he obtained the PROMISE. 16 For Men verily 'SWEAR by the greater : and an Oath for Confirmation is to them and END of all STRIFE. 17 Wherein GOD WILLING more abundamly to fliew unto the HEIRS of PROMISE the... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...For when Gop made PROMISE to ABRAHAM, becaufe he could SWEAK by NO GREATER, he SWARE by HIMSELF, 14 Saying, Surely BLESSING I will BLESS thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee. if And (o after he had PATIENTLT endured, he obtained the PROMISE. 16 For Men verily SWEAR by the greater... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1737 - 614 pages
...Paul 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 : Therefore... | |
 | 1737 - 468 pages
...thee. 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 pages
...promife 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... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1749 - 498 pages
...can be 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...Strife. Wherein God •willing more abundantly to Jhew unto the Heirs of the Promife, the immutability of his Counfel, interposed himfelf by an Oath... | |
 | James Moody - 1752 - 224 pages
...promife to 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... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, "Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 
