Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath : that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled... The Philosophical and Theological Works of ... - Page 311by John Hutchinson - 1749Full view - About this book
| Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 pages
...business, a thing of little moment? What is the end of this oath ? Compare it with, For men verily srcear by the greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. JVherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,... | |
| Bible - 1737 - 468 pages
...multiplying, I will multiply thee. had patiently endured, he obtained the promile. Faith and Patience. 1 6 For men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all llrife. 17 Wherein God willing more abundantly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the immutability of... | |
| Robert Barclay - 1737 - 614 pages
...objed ; But the Jpoftle Paul ap* QbiecT;. proves Oaths, ufed among Men, when, he writes, Heb. Vt. 16. For Men verily fwear by the greater, and an Oath for Confirmation is to them an End of all Strife. But there are as many Contejls, Fallacies and Differences at this Time, as there were ever : Therefore... | |
| John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 428 pages
...promife to Abraham, becaufe he cculdfwear by none greater, hefwean by himfelf. For men verify fivear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife. Wherein God, -willing more abundantly to jhew unto the heirs of promife the immutahility of... | |
| James Moody - 1752 - 224 pages
...For, when God made " promife to Abraham, becaufc he could fwear " by ho greater, he fware by himfelf. For ** men verily fwear by the greater, and an oath " for confirmation is to them an end of all " ftrife : Wherein God willing more abundant" ly to fhew unto the heirs of promife the im" mutability... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...but let your 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... | |
| George Horne - 1769 - 174 pages
...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... | |
| Martin Madan - 1772 - 106 pages
...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. APPENDIX.... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...be 1 yea, and your nay, nay ; kit ye fall I into condemnation. m e Heb. vi. 1 6. For men veriljftl fwear by the greater: and an oath | for confirmation is to them an end of all itrife. 2 Cor. ¡.23. (See letter b.) If. Ixv. j 6. That he who blefleth himfelf in the earth, ihall... | |
| John Muirhead - Covenant theology - 1782 - 726 pages
...fvvare by himfelf, faying, Surely blelling I will blefs thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. For men verily fwear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is the end of all ftrife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to fliew unto the heirs o£ promife the... | |
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