Miscellaneous Essays and LettersCollins, printer, 1883 - 384 pages |
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Page 240 - you swear not at all; neither by heaven for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king; neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou can not make one hair white or
Page 281 - It is impossible but that offences will come, but woe unto him through whom they come ! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones,
Page 2 - And the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery, in the very act. ' Now Moses, in the law, commanded us, that such should be stoned ; but what sayest thou ?
Page 17 - Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets: I have not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and-earth pass,
Page 12 - day he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the Lord made Heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed"? Ex. xxxi.
Page 5 - to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it.
Page 241 - 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.
Page 5 - and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 12 - is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the Lord made Heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed"? Ex. xxxi.
Page 2 - So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said unto them ; he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.