| Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 pages
...imposed by lawful authority, in such matters ought to be taken/ III. Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform.8 Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being imposed... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...ought to be takenf. III. Whofoever taketh an oath ought duly to confider the weightinefs of fo folemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully purfuaded is the truth5. Neither may any man bind himfelf by oath to any thing but what is good and... | |
| 1808 - 168 pages
...matters, ought to be taken. III. Whosoever taketh an oath warranted by the word of God, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to aTouth nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth : neither may any man bind himself by oath... | |
| Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...by lawful authority, in such matters, ought to be taken f. III. Whosoever taketh an oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth B. Neither may any man bind himself by oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believeth... | |
| 1813 - 580 pages
...laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come beIII. Whosoever taketh an oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform11. Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being i«n posed... | |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...by lawful authority, in such matters, ought to be taken. f III. Whosoever taketh an oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what be believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform.b Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath... | |
| 1827 - 600 pages
...matters of weight and moment an oath is lawful by the word of God, neither may a man bind himself by an oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and is able and resolved to perform." But how is it possible in this case, for the juror to know whether... | |
| 1829 - 152 pages
...matters, ought to be taken. III. Whosoever taketh an oath warranted by the word of God, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...perform. Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being lawfully imposed by authority. IV. An oath is to be taken in... | |
| Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1833 - 132 pages
...matters, ought to be taken. III. Whosoever taketh an oath warranted by the word of God, ought duly. to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...perform. Yet it is a sin to refuse an oath touching any thing that is good and just, being lawfully imposed by authority. IV. An oath is to be taken in... | |
| David Stuart - 1835 - 152 pages
...Ixv. 16. « 1 Kings viii. 31 ; Neh. xiii. 25 ; E«ra x. 5. III. Whosoever taketh an oath, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and...avouch nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth.1 Neither may any man bind himself by oath to any thing but what is good and just, and what he... | |
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