 | 1817 - 842 էջ
...of tender mercy. 12 But above ail things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by thé earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea...merry ? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among- "yon'î let him call for thé elders of thé church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with... | |
 | Jesse Kersey - 1818 - 158 էջ
...adopted the counsel of his divine master, and to believe it right to give his testimony against swearing. "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into temptation." Taking this general view of the antichristian practice of swearing, the society of friends... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 էջ
...Thirty-nine Articles. 567 soever is more than these cometh of evil (a)" And St. James in his Epistle says, " Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation (b)" The Jews, in the time of our Saviour, were very much addicted to the use of oaths of various sorts... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 384 էջ
...Put off also all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication, out of your mouth." " Above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither...any other oath ; but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, be nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation." Lave in the spirit of these injunctions. Let not blessing... | |
 | 1818 - 396 էջ
...profane swearing. This opinion the Friends think is fully confirmed by the language in James,, v. 12, *i But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...neither by the earth, neither by any other oath.'' This last clause is regarded by them as extending the prohibition to every species of swearing without... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 568 էջ
...clofe of our text, wherewith I conclude ; But alove all things, my brethren, fwear not, neither ly heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other. oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay, left ye fall into condemnation, or, *left ye fall under damnation. From the which »^ ^ x^.... | |
 | 1818 - 400 էջ
...and profane swearing. This opinion ill* Friends think is fully confirmed by the language in James, v. 12, "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neit/ier by any other cat/i.'' This last clause is regarded by them us extending the prohibition to.... | |
 | Thomas Chalkley - 1818 - 462 էջ
..." 2dlv. James, the holy apostle of Christ, our lawgiver and our king, says, ' Above all things, mv brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath,' James v. 12. Christ says, Swear not at all; and James, his disciple and apostle, says, Swear not by... | |
 | Jesse Kersey - 1818 - 152 էջ
...and to believe it right to give his testimony against swearing. "But above all things, my bfethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oathj but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into temptation." Taking this general... | |
 | 1819 - 488 էջ
...by him that sitteth thereon'. Above all things, my brethren, swear not ; neither by heaven, fieither by the earth, neither by any other oath. But let your...and your nay nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation*. SECT. 4. Lawful vows or promissory oaths bind the soul, and cannot be retracted. This is the thing... | |
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But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. 
