 | Henry Tuke - 1805 - 164 pages
...difciple and apostle James : " Above all things, my brethren, fwear not ; neither by heaven, neither by earth, neither by any other oath : but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation."* We come now to the arguments ufed in defence of war, the... | |
 | Benjamin Rush - 1806 - 388 pages
...James, are equally pointed againft fwearing, chap. v. 12. " But above all things my brethren, fwear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither...but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay ; left ye fall into condemnation." I know, thefe paflages are faid to be levelled only againft profane fwearing... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 1 1 ^f But above all tiiings, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither...any other oath ; but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. 1 3 ^f Is any among you afflicted ? let him pray. Is any... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...Swear not at all, neither by heaven, Sec. Ver. 35, 36. James v. 12. Above all things my brethren swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay, Sec. CLXXI I. Smearing to commit sin, or to encourage it. Instances,... | |
 | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1808 - 132 pages
...whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." Matt. v. 33 to 37. " But above all things my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither...any other oath : but let your yea, be yea ; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation." James v. 12. Friends in all places are exhorted carefully... | |
 | Thomas Chalkley - 1808 - 582 pages
...the holy apostle of Christ, our lawgiver and our king, says, "Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath." Christ says, "Swear not at all;" and James his disciple and apostle, says, " Swear not by any oath... | |
 | Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 644 pages
...creatures, or made' things; but mark, James goes further, and saith, fuiri aXXo. Ti.a o.-xox, l nor by any other oath ; but let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay, lest you fall into condemnation;' Ura Ji vpu> TO >zi, »ai, K) TO a, b' iia fit) iiiro... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...common ? The other place is that of St. James: chap. v. 12. But, above all things, my brethren, swear not ,• neither by heaven, neither by the earth,...any other oath : but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. Can anything be more express, or more commanding than this,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 432 pages
...Epistle similar to, and taken from this precept of our Saviour. " Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither...any other. oath ; but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay, lest ye fall into condemnation." Our remarks on the former will be applicable to the latter... | |
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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. 
