Thematic Bible: Attributed to God
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the oath which he made to our father Abraham, to grant us this favour,
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For when God gave his promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, "surely I will heap blessings upon thee, and will give thee a numerous posterity."
and who were they, who, he sware, should not enter into his rest, but those that did not believe? so we see that they could not enter in,
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for the law appointed frail mortals to be high priests, but the oracle pronounc'd with an oath, which was since the law, established the son, who is crown'd with immortal perfections.
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wherefore God was willing to give the heirs of promise a stronger proof of the immutability of his counsel, by the intervention of an oath:
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Whereas 'tis we who have believed that shall enter into rest, as he said, "wherefore I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest." which is different from that rest, at the beginning of the world, when the work of creation was finished.
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so I swear in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."
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and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and all that is therein, the earth and all that is therein, the sea and all that is therein, "that the time should be no longer defer'd."
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by him that said to him, "the Lord has swore, and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."
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