...causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced, committeth adultery. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not perjure thyself, but shall perform unto the Lord thine 34 oaths : But I say unto you, Swear...

...us apply these reVOL. V. Л'ечо Seriei. marks. Immediately after forbidding divorce, Christ says, "Again ye have heard, that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shall not forswear thyself, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I 'Jay unto you, swear...

...thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them...thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all ; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne : 35 Nor by the...

...her to eommit adultery ; and whosoever shall marry her that is divoreed, eommitteth adultery. 33 1 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them...thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. e,})* the oeeasion of thy sinning. 3 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for...

...of the laws of England as they stood, most aptly replied, by quoting the words of our Saviour, ' Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth; but I say unto you that ye resist not evil, but that whosoever...

...which the name of God is not expressly invoked, " Ye have heard, that it has been said by [or rather vKeep th at all," Matt. v. 83, 31. Our Saviour does not intend to forbid swearing upon solemn and momentous,...

...of Christ, and in no instance ought to be submitted to by those who profess to be Christians. " Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt Doi form unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, swear not at all. Neither by heaven, for it...

...What authority but that which gave the law could, in reference to the spiritual import of it, say: "Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time,— but 1 saj unto you." Yet this was the common form in which Jesus expressed hirnsell when he was shewing...

...is founded unquestionably upon the wickedness of the practice : " You have heard," saith Christ, " that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself: but I say unto you, swear not at all : neither by heaven, for it is God's throne ; neither by the earth,...

...it be any other love than that described by an apostle, which worketh no ill to Us neighbour ? " Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shall love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies." The distinction...