 | William Paley - 1810 - 436 pages
...prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have...Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.f ." " Call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 388 pages
...prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure- Ye have...that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy -f-." " Call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1812 - 420 pages
...prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have...that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy " Finally, this discourse applies, with peculiar propriety, to the Family and Friends of the late Deacon... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 pages
...have spoken in " the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering. " affliction, and of patience. Behold we count them " happy which endure. Ye have...Lord : that the " Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy."....Ho\v suitable, how animating, how blessed are such discoveries as these ! But promises are... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...your communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. James v. 12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not ;...and your nay , nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. e Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...them of old timett, Tliou shall not forswear thyself; but I say unto you, Swear not at all." James v. 12, "But above all things, my brethren, swear not,...and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation." Thirdly, Swear not by heaven, for it is the throne of God ; nor by earth, for it is his footstool.... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1814 - 184 pages
...let your communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these coineth of evil. But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. Ex 20. 7. Mat. 5. 34—37. Jam. 5. 12. || Hos. 4. 2. Mat. 2.3. 16 — 22. Ps. 59. 12. and 109. 17,... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1815 - 606 pages
...were unquestionably real characters, we must conclude the same of Job. " Behold," says St. James, " we count them happy which endure: ye have heard of...that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy (y)." It is scarcely to be believed, that the Apostle would refer to an imaginary character as an example... | |
 | John Hoyland - 1816 - 486 pages
...deliver but their own' souls by their righteousness. And again: «'Behold!" says the apostle James, " we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of...that the' Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." Job was an inhabitant of the land of Uz, and was prbbably descended from Uz, the eldest son of Nahor,... | |
 | Jesse Kersey - 1818 - 158 pages
...adopted the counsel of his divine master, and to believe it right to give his testimony against swearing. "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into temptation." Taking this general view of the antichristian practice of swearing, the society of friends... | |
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But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath : but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into con demnation. 
