...multiply thee, and so after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise." For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife ; wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...

...because he could swear by no greater, he " sware by himself; for men verily sware by the great*' er : and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end " of all strife. Wherein God willing more abundantly " to shew unto the heirs of promise theimmiitability of " his counsel...

...because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself: for men verily swear by lhe greater: nnd an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...

...multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,...

...sufficiently accounts for the fact of thcir universal occurrence. (Heb. vi. 16.) " for men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." Fallen as man is, numberless are the instances which show demonstratively that man was made for religion....

...the custom of swearing judicially without any mark of censure or disapprobation : ' Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife." But though a nation has an undoubted right to require the security of an oath upon occasions of real importance,...

...custom of swearing judicially, without any mark of censure or disapprobation : '' Men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath, for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife." Upon the strength of these reasons, we explain our Saviour's words to relate, not to judicial oaths,...

...; and the nations shall blc.s themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.- For men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Deut. 6. 13. Is. 65. 16. Jer. 4. i.'. Heb. 6. 16. || Jer. 12. 16. 2 Chron. 15. 12, 14, 15. tx. 22....

...accordingly, when Mraham had waited patiently, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by one who is greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all gain-saying. 17 In which matter God, being more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise...

...Prov. xiv. 5. They suborned false witnesses against Stephen. — Acts vi. 11. 13. Men verily swear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation, is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly, &c. confirmed it by an oath. — Heb. vi. 13. 16—18. Jer. xxii....