 They are eminent for fidelity, and are the ministers of peace; whatsoever they say also is firmer than an oath; but swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury; for they say, that he who cannot be believed without [swearing by]...  The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey - Side 111af Thomas De Quincey - 1890Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 336 sider
...have been forestalled. Such would have been the inference, and it is an inference which really JMS been drawn from this romance of the Essenes adopted...is firmer than an oath ; but swearing is avoided by tJiem ; and they esteem it worse than perjury." We presume that nobody can fail to recognise in this... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1864 - 356 sider
...an inference which really has been drawn from this romance of the Essenes adopted as true history. ' Whatsoever they say is firmer than an oath ; but swearing...than perjury.' "We presume that nobody can fail to recognize in this great scrupulosity the memorable command of Christ, delivered in such unexampled... | |
 | Evan Powell Meredith - 1864 - 634 sider
...practised by the monkish Essence. Josephns, (de Bel. Jud. lib. ii. c. 8.) in describing them, says, — " Whatsoever they say is firmer than an oath ; but swearing...avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury ; for they say, he who cannot be believed without swearing by God, is already condemned." Whatever... | |
 | John Edgar Johnson - 1870 - 166 sider
...order." " They are eminent for fidelity, and are the ministers of peace ; whatsoever they say also is firmer than an oath ; but swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury.1 They also take great pains in studying the writings of the ancients ; and they inquire after... | |
 | Thomas Lumisden Strange - 1875 - 284 sider
...God " (James i. 19, 20). (13.) ESSENES. — " Whatsoever they say also is firmer than an oath ; hut swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury ; for they say, that he who cannot be believed without swearing by God, is already condemned." CHRISTIANS.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1877 - 670 sider
...an inference which really has been drawn from this romance of the Essencs adopted as true history. ' Whatsoever they say is firmer than an oath ; but swearing...than perjury.' We presume that nobody can fail to recognize in this great scrupulosity the memorable command of Christ, delivered in such unexampled... | |
 | John Woolley (rector of Athelhampton.) - 1877 - 254 sider
...does, and yet oaths were nsed by them. " Whatsoever they say," he says, " is firmer than an oath ; bnt swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury." " Bnt now, if any one has a mind to come over to their sect . . . before he is allowed to touch their... | |
 | William Denton - 1877 - 272 sider
...Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." Of the Essencs Josephus says, " Swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury ; for they say that he who cannot be believed without swearing by God is already condemned." Jesus... | |
 | Herbert Junius Hardwicke - 1884 - 308 sider
...says grace before and after meals They do nothing but according to the injunctions of their curator Swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it worse than perjury They take great pains in studying the writings of the ancients and they enquire after such roots and... | |
 | Richard M. Mitchell - 1893 - 496 sider
...bestowed their food upon them. They were eminent for fidelity and were the ministers of peace, and whatsoever they say is firmer than an oath, but swearing is avoided by them. They had prayers before sunrise and after the fifth hour they assembled together and after clothing... | |
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