 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths ; " but I say unto you, Swear not at all ; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne ; nor by the earth,...or black. But let your communication be, Yea,* yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 8. Ye have heard thai it hath been said,... | |
 | Robert Barclay - Society of Friends - 1843 - 142 pages
...thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, Swear not at all ; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne ; nor by the earth,...white or black. But let your communication be yea, yea ; nay, nay ; for whatsoever is more than these, cometh of evil. Mat. 5. 33 to 37. But above all things,... | |
 | James Backhouse - Australia - 1843 - 768 pages
...thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, swear not at all ; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne : nor by the earth,...or black : but let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."J The words of Jesus, on this occasion,... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 526 pages
...thine oaths. But I say unto you, swear not at all, neither (or as it may be rendered " not even ") by heaven, for it is God's throne ; nor by the earth,...canst not make one hair white or black. But let your commu1838.] On Judicial Oaths. 91 nication be yea, yea ; nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than this... | |
 | John Cunningham - Covenant theology - 1843 - 408 pages
...creature, and consequently not by the name of such ought any one to swear. " Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth...thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black."36 The expression, the Lord liveth, is a form of the oath. " Though they say, The Lord liveth... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...languish. Zee. 5. 3. Every one that sweareth shall be cut off. Mat. 5. 34. Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth;...or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Jam. 5. 12. Above all things, my brethren,... | |
 | Samuel R. Fisher - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1844 - 364 pages
...nartte of God by rash, swearing. Math. v. 34-36 — Bat I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : Nor by the earth:...thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. James v. 12 — But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King : neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make...these cometh of evil. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but 1 say unto you, That •ye resist not evil ;... | |
 | George Delgarno Hill - Kandh (Indic people) - 1845 - 370 pages
...the common and profane use of the other. And so our Lord himself enjoins: "Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth;...one hair white or black: But let your communication" (your ordinary discourse that is) "be yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh... | |
 | William Law - Christian life - 1845 - 292 pages
...fully taught by our blessed Lord in the case of oaths ; " But I say unto you, swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne ; nor by the earth,...thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black." — Matt. v. 37. That is, because the whiteness or blackness of thy hair is not thine, but... | |
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Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King : neither shalt thou swear by thy head ; because... 
