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...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. There is perhaps no article...

...Justice to ourselves, as well as to others, frequently requires this. Our blessed Saviour himself said, " Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths." And before the Jewish sanhedrim, when he was adjured by the chief priest in these words, " I adjure...

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...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...

...law-giver, has repeated and even extended the prohibition : — " Ye have heard that it hath been said of them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform to the Lord thy God thy oaths; but I say unto you, swear hot at all, neither by Heaven, for it is God's...

...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...