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Page 249
... Oath , but ufe themfelves fo to speak , as they may be believed without an oath . That the difcourfe of that philofopher is vain , by which no paffion of man is healed : for , as there is no benefit of medicine , if it expel not ...
... Oath , but ufe themfelves fo to speak , as they may be believed without an oath . That the difcourfe of that philofopher is vain , by which no paffion of man is healed : for , as there is no benefit of medicine , if it expel not ...
Page 363
... Oath , and thofe Reafons and Testimonies given by us against the Ufe and Impofition of it . T The Ground or Reafon of Swearing . HIS , we think , all will agree to have been the ... oath is not among good but A TREATISE OF OATHS . 363.
... Oath , and thofe Reafons and Testimonies given by us against the Ufe and Impofition of it . T The Ground or Reafon of Swearing . HIS , we think , all will agree to have been the ... oath is not among good but A TREATISE OF OATHS . 363.
Page 364
... oath belongs not to ' virtue . ' C Albertus Magnus faith , ' Swearing is by indulgence . ' Ludulphus faith , An oath was permitted of infir- mity . ' Burgenfis cites Jerom , faying , ' Our Saviour teacheth , that an oath sprung from the ...
... oath belongs not to ' virtue . ' C Albertus Magnus faith , ' Swearing is by indulgence . ' Ludulphus faith , An oath was permitted of infir- mity . ' Burgenfis cites Jerom , faying , ' Our Saviour teacheth , that an oath sprung from the ...
Page 365
... oaths , fo the decreasing and extirpation of those evils , fhould be the decreasing and abolishing of oaths ; otherwise there would be no truth in the rule of con- tráries , nor reason in that maxim , ceffante ratione legis , ceffat lex ...
... oaths , fo the decreasing and extirpation of those evils , fhould be the decreasing and abolishing of oaths ; otherwise there would be no truth in the rule of con- tráries , nor reason in that maxim , ceffante ratione legis , ceffat lex ...
Page 366
... oaths ; fo that to live that life which needs no oath , man is both required and impowered : and as it is only his fault and condemnation , if he doth not ; fo certainly there can be no obligation upon him , who liveth that life of ...
... oaths ; fo that to live that life which needs no oath , man is both required and impowered : and as it is only his fault and condemnation , if he doth not ; fo certainly there can be no obligation upon him , who liveth that life of ...
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Page 177 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.