 | Joseph John Gurney - Society of Friends - 1825 - 334 pages
...epistle to the Hebrews, which has sometimes been adduced in support of the practice of swearing : " For, when God made promise to Abraham, because he...himself, saying, Surely, blessing I will bless thee, &c. For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...with the Sacrifice of himself, and made an High Priest for ever, after the Order of Melchisedec. 13 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... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1825 - 810 pages
...with the Sacrifice of himself, and made an High Priest for ever, after the Order of Melchisedec. 13 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... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1825 - 860 pages
...İEos ..... wiAotfE xnf Xsyuw "H (/.rjv EuXoywv EuXoyjjtfu ffe, xai crX>]^uvuv rXtgduvu ffE. God .... sware by himself, saying, Surely, blessing, I will...bless thee ; and multiplying, I will multiply thee. Heb. x. 30. Ku£io£ xfivsi TOV Xaov aurov. The Lord shall judge his people. Heb. x. 37, 38. (and see... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...those who, by reason of use, have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Chap. vi. 13 "When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, 4ie sware by Himself, saying, Surely, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.... | |
 | Elijah Bailey - God - 1826 - 364 pages
...epistle to the Hebrews, speaking of the same character saith, " when God made promise to Abraham, beeause he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,...bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." — "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Future punishment - 1826 - 420 pages
...body know I had -.u ch a faith, or that I believed such contradictory absurdities. The apostle says, " When God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself — wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heir? of promise the immutability of his counsel,"... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 600 pages
...he hath taken this course also, he hath sworn to their truth. Heb. vi. 13. ' When God made promises to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself.' He confirms his promise by an oath. ' O, faelices nos, quorum .causa Deus jurat; 6 infaelices, si nee... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 546 pages
...by him. Of this we are fully assured by an argument in the epistle to the Hebrews, Ch. vi. 13, 14, " For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could...bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee." For certain, therefore, this was the oath of God Almighty, the one living and true God, and the Creator... | |
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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. 
