...yea ; and your ,uay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. c Heb. vi. 1C. For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 2 Cor. i. 23. [See letter b.] Isa. Ixv. 16. That he who blcsseth himself in the earth, shall bless...

...capable of being believed, and we are obliged to believe others upon their oath : " For men swear hy the greater; -and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife," according to our text ; for we may not think that any man is so forgetful of God, that he would undertake...

...cuftom of fwearing judicially without any mark of cenfure or difapprobation : ' Men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all flrife." But though a nation has an undoubted right to require the fecurity of an oath upon occafions...

...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,...

...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 immutahility of his counsel,...

...the beginning of the sixteenth century. f Usher de Christ. Ecc. success. & sUtu. VQL. III. GO CHAP, an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all...alleged by them to the same purport. Men who held these thing? should be acquitted of the charge of universally denying the lawfulness of oaths. But it seems...

...coming in of a multitude of nations to be his children by faith. §6. "For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." The light of nature witnesseth that the ultimate, supreme, and most satisfactory way of confirming...

...coming in of a multitude of nations to be his children by faith. §6. '-For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." The light of nature witnesseth that the ultimate, si* preme, and most satisfactory way of confirming...

...their hands. Hence it came to signify supplications for peace. GILL, in loc. No. 1366. — vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.] The manner in which an oath was taken amongst the Jews, and to which the apostle, writing to such,...

...yea ; 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 of all strife. 2 Cor. i. 23. [See letter b.] Isa. Ixv. 16. That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless...