...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...

...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 " it by an oath; that...

...not only by the Word, but by the Oath of God ! So the facred Writer to the Hebrews reprefents it : God, 'willing more abundantly to Jhew unto the Heirs of' Promife the Immutahility of his Counjel, confirmed it by an Oath : That by two immutable Things, in which it was imfoffible for God...

...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....

...faving manner. Therefore doth he cooBrm it unto us with fuch weighty contlderations, as Heb. vi. 17, 18. God willing more abundantly to jhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability of his counfel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in whith it was...

...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...

...lawfulnefs of oaths, and p. 189. where the very text fpeaks plainly of an oath among all nations and men, "An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife," Hebr. the 6th and i6th. " The neceffity of religion to thefupport of human *' fociety in nothing appears...

...thee. 15 And fo, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promife. 1 6 For men verily fwear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife. 1 7 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability of his...

...8. Becaufe he can fwear by no greater than himfelf, he faith, " As I live, &V." For men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of ftrife : wherein God, willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promile the immutability qf...

...confirmation, of the truth formerly doubtful; and for terminating ftrife and contradiction among men; An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife, Heb. vi. 16^ Q; 22. What are- the neceflary qualifications of a lawful oath .' A. That we fwear—...