 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 páginas
...heirs, how safe your state, how secure your inheritance; " it is reserved for you."....l Pet. i. 4. God willing more abundantly to SHEW unto the heirs...promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath.. ..Heb. v. 17. O the love of God ! O the horrid blasphemy of men ! They who say an heir... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 páginas
...deceived. Provision is made in the covenant of grace, for this full comfort of the assured believer. • " God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel," it is said, " confirmed it by an oath : That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for... | |
 | John Skinner (bp. of Aberdeen.) - 1803 - 568 páginas
...• See Dr. Randolph's excellent Sermon on the charaScr of Abraham. t Gal. iii 8. " men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath for " confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife : *' •wherein God willing more abundantly to (hew to " the heirs of promife the immutability... | |
 | 1803 - 556 páginas
...promife to Abraham, becaufc he could (wear by-no greater, he fvvare by himfeif. For men verily fwear by the greater : and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all itnfe : wherein God, willing more abundantly to ihew unto the heirs of promue the immutability of his... | |
 | John Skinner (Bp. of Aberdeen) - 1803 - 564 páginas
...See Dr. Randolph's excellent Sermon on the character of Abraham. f Gal. iii. 8. u men verily fwear by the greater ; and an oath for " confirmation is to them an end of all ftrife: " wherein God willing more abundantly to mew to " the heirs of promife the immutability of... | |
 | 1804 - 476 páginas
...multiplying, I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater ; and an oath...promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed •*'/ by an oath : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it ivas impossible for God to lie, we... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 páginas
...scriptures might have hope." It is founded not only open the word, but equally upon the oath, of God. "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 the promise the immutability of his... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 páginas
...Dent. 6. i3. H« e He that fweareth in the Earth, fhall fwear by the God of Truth. For Men verily fwear by the greater ; and an Oath for Confirmation is to them an End of all Strife. d The Lord fware, and will not repent : And becaufe he could fware by no greater, he fwarc by himfelf.... | |
 | 1804 - 438 páginas
...had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. lo For men verily swear by Christ a priest after the the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 1 7 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his... | |
 | William Paley - 1806 - 502 páginas
...Hebrews speaks of 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." Upon the strength of these reasons, we explain our Saviour's words to relate, not to judicial oaths,... | |
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That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us... 
