...v. 34, 37. 535. Does not this go to forbid all oaths in civil matters f The Apostle Paul says: Men swear by the greater; and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein Grod,witt" ing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed...

...multiply thee. And so after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swant by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." [i.] HAVING boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles...

...divine Apostle also both perceived and laid down, for in his Epistle to the Hebrews 1 he says, ( 41 that by two immutable things, in which it; was impossible for God to lie we might have • y strong consolation." * He shews that this incapacity is not weakness, but very power, for he...

...multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for...all strife. 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...

...multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for...all strife. 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...

...and constructive, to give you hope and a future. "Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel,...by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay...