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...their goods. AH »wear- But considering these clear words of our Saviour, bidden-" Matt- v- 33, 34 : Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them...but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, SWEAR NOT AT ALL, neither by heaven, &c. But let your communication be yea, yea ; nay,...

...already in his heart r. ° Actsxxvi. 18. p Matt. v. 17. q Ibid.,ver. 20 — 22. r Matt. v. 27, 28. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths ' : But I say unto you, swear...

...actual uncleanuess. Vrr. 33. 7'Aou «»o/( not formtar tkyittf, lie.— Levit. xix. 18 ; Deut.xxili.lil. lee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multit ehalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven...

...which we give to this objection cannot be understood, without first stating the whole passage : " Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shaltnot forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, Swear not...

...mount, where just the same prohibition occurs, only expressed more at large, in the following words : Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself) but sJialt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, Swear...

...wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery, &c." Again he says, " Ye have heard, that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, &c. (Exod. xx, 7) but I say unto you, Swear not at all:" Matt. v, 33, 34....

...oaths. The clear and unequivocal precepts of our Lord,'we believe, are binding upon ,christians. "Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But 1 say unto you, SWEAR...

...especially, because of the express commands of Jesus Christ himself, and of one of his apostles. " Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time," said the Lord Jesus, in his Sermon on the mount, " Thou shalt not forswear thyself; but shall perform...

...It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. S3. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of Swearing old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt per- prohibited, form unto the Lord thine...