Bible Dictionary: Oaths: Expressions Used As by the Fear of Isaac

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Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
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Nature of Covenanting.
... The expressions, to pass into, to enter into, employed in the ... but shalt perform unto
the Lord thine oaths: but I ... Jews were each different from that used in the ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter i nature of covenanting.htm

A Treatise of the Fear of God;
... the fear, that is, by the God of his father Isaac. ... speak of it with reverence and
godly fear, but I ... God, either by their blasphemous cursing and oaths, or by ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a treatise of the fear.htm

Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... transactions of highest moment this hath been used to bind ... For so it is, oaths as
they commonly pass are ... his displeasure by the most violent expressions thereof ...
/.../sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/against rash and vain swearing.htm

The Object of Theology
... Titus 1:1.) The Greek word here used for godliness ... for he had then deserved the most
severe expressions of that ... by any necessity to offer our oaths of allegiance ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/oration i the object of.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... by Brugsch, by P. Lenormant, and by Isaac Taylor ... Had he been ill-used, the Phoenicians
living on Egyptian ... where the authority of the Pharaoh and the fear of his ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

Exposition of the Moral Law.
... I call God for a record upon my soul." [204] Such expressions intimate, that we ... The
name of God is vulgarised and vilified when used in oaths, which, though ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 exposition of the.htm

On the Great Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria.
... same time one of our native oaths in confirmation ... mingled, and consequently, perhaps,
somewhat of novelty in expressions. ... In name, etc., ie, They used the name ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxi on the great.htm

Covenant Duties.
... It is obeyed when there are used, the words of ... that homage which evaporates in hacknied
expressions of loyalty ... out to them, reflecting that the oaths sworn and ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter iv covenant duties.htm

Robert Nelson, his Friends, and Church Principles.
... John's, Oxford, but was deprived for declining the oaths. ... in which his friend Kettlewell
had used it ... dissents to some particular petitions or expressions in the ...
/.../the english church in the eighteenth century/chapter ii robert nelson his.htm

Life and Works of Rufinus with Jerome's Apology Against Rufinus.
... intended on this single article of the resurrection, through fear lest by ... when the
very same thing is in question, expressions of a contrary kind are used. ...
/.../various/life and works of rufinus with jeromes apology against rufinus /

Subtopics

Oaths

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Any Particular Act

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Sacred Duties

Oaths used for Confirming Covenants

Oaths used for Deciding Controversies in Courts of Law

Oaths used for Pledging Allegiance to Sovereigns

Oaths: Antiquity of

Oaths: Custom of Swearing by the Life of the King

Oaths: Expressions Used as As the Lord Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as As Thy Soul Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as Before God I Lie Not