 | Edward Williams - Grace (Theology) - 1809 - 604 pages
...the promife of none effeft. Is " the law againft the promifes of GOD ? GOD fbr" bid. Men verily fwear by the greater, and an ** oath for confirmation is to them an end of all " ftrife. Wherein GOD willing more abundantly " to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 566 pages
...chap. vi. 13. When God made firomise to Abraham, seeing he could swear by no one greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I -will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. That this was the promise which God made to Abraham, when he had offered up Isaac, is evident from... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...the 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... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 594 pages
...promise to Abraham, (<*><) since he could swear by (isifHf) no one greater, he sware by himself, l 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, ' and multiplying I will multiply thee. ' (See Ess. vi. sect. 2. No. 3, 4.) 1 2 This I desire, that ye may not lie sluggards, but imitators... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 586 pages
...ESS. v. Sect. 6. is Kat B 1 5 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 1 6 For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation it to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 574 pages
...chap. vi. 13. When God madt promise to Abraham, seeing he could swear by no one greater., he sivare by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I mill multi/ily thee. That this was the promise which God made to Abraham, when he had offered up Isaac,... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - Bible - 1812 - 672 pages
...saying surely bleating I will bless t/ice, and multiplying I mill multifily thce; and to, aftrr lie had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. for...greater} and an oath for confirmation is to them an enSoJ-alC strife. . Observations. $9. Where the promise of God is absolutely engaged, it will break... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - Bible - 1812 - 672 pages
...VERSES is— is. For when God made firomise to Abraham, becaute he could awear by no greater, hf swear by himself, saying surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiftty Ikee; and sc, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the flromise. for men -verily smear... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently waited, he obtained the 16 promise. For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradic17 tion. Wherefore God being willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - Congregational churches - 1813 - 340 pages
...but absolute. (l For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater He swore by Himself, saying, SURELY blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. — For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of _ all strife.... | |
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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. 
