 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 568 pages
...fall, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. James v. 12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not,...but let your yea, be yea ; and your nay, nay ; lest you fall into condemnation. See the 3d commandment in Ex. xx. 7. (3) Heb. vi. 1 6. For men verily swear... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 558 pages
...then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. James v. 12. Bui above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation. See the 3d commandment in Ex. xx. 7. • Heb. vi. 16. For men verily swear by the greater : and an... | |
 | Thomas Harrison Walker - 1839 - 372 pages
...prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which en-dure. Ye have...that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." These instances shew us that " no strange thing hath happened unto us;" and that the most pious and... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 568 pages
...unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne," and James 5:12 also commands, "Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation." In government, one is required to swear, or to solemnly promise, but he may use "I solemnly affirm"... | |
 | Paul V. Harrison, Robert E. Picirilli - Religion - 1992 - 384 pages
...hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh....that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. The "therefore" of 5:7 (cf. 4:17) ties this material to what has just been said. In light of the difficulties... | |
 | David Lawton - Religion - 1993 - 260 pages
...blasphemy, and thus evades, sometimes by glossing it out of existence, the apparent prohibition of James 5: 12: 'But above all things, my brethren, swear not,...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.' As John Downame hastens to explain in 'A Treatise on Swearing' (1609) Christ 'onely forbiddeth rash,... | |
 | Rulon T. Burton - Religion - 1994 - 1218 pages
...received Aug. 6, 1833 in consequence of the persecution of the Saints in Missouri) D&C 98: 1-3 James Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in...that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. (To his brethren in the Church) James 5: 10- 11 Peter For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - Drama - 1994 - 292 pages
...be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.' The Epistle of James says: 'But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.' But it is not only the Gospel's explicit admonition against taking an oath. Even if there were no such... | |
 | Lorenzo Valla, Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies - History - 1994 - 120 pages
...these cometh of evil. (Matthew 5:33-37) And James, the Lord's disciple, recalling His words, says: "Above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither...and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation" (James 5:12). Oh, what great force your oath has, which is forbidden by God Himself! And then you say... | |
 | Frank L. Riley - Religion - 1996 - 442 pages
...15:10. "O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever." — PSALMS 107:1. "Behold we count them happy which endure. Ye have...that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." — JAMES 5:11. "O Beloved One, come and stroke my head in mercy! * * * * * "Remove not Thy shadow... | |
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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 con demnation. 
