 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying 1 will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Heb. »i. 13 — Jí>. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them... | |
 | John Milton - Theology, Doctrinal - 1825 - 472 pages
...of an oath. Exod. xx. 7. ' thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain.' Heb. vi. 1 6. ' men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all strife.' An oath involving a promise is to be observed, even contrary to our interest,... | |
 | John Milton - Dogma - 1825 - 794 pages
...solemnity of an oath. Exod. xx. 7. thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain. Heb. vi. 16. men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all strife. An oath involving a promise is to be observed, even contrary to our interest,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 1 5 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 1 6 For men verily swear by the... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1825 - 810 pages
...For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the... | |
 | Elijah Bailey - God - 1826 - 364 pages
...character saith, " when God made promise to Abraham, beeause he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." — "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath; saying, surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplyjng, I will multiply thee. And so after He had patiently endured He obtained the promise." The " Hypostaces" or, Persons of the Godhead are Three, " while their essence — will — love, grace,... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...the last means to which mankind can have recourse, to ascertain each other's veracity. In this view " men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation, is an end of all strife." They of necessity must give greater credit to it than to a bare affirmation,... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...the last means to which mankind can have recourse, to ascertain each other's veracity. In this view " men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation, is an end of all strife." They of necessity must give greater credit to it than to a bare affirmation,... | |
 | Noah Levings - Theology, Doctrinal - 1827 - 248 pages
...promises." — " For, when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swear by himself, saying — surely blessing I will bless...thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." " And so when he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise." He then observes, that " an oath among men... | |
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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. 
