 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]...  De Quincey's Writings - 第 42 頁Thomas De Quincey 著 - 1853完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 336 頁
...inference which really JMS been drawn from this romance of the Essenes adopted as true history. 8. " Whatsoever they say 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 頁
...fragments. This accounts for the fact that people standing outside, like Josephus or Philo Judaeus, got only casual glimpses of the truth, and such as...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...the inference ; and it is an inference which really has been drawn from this romance of the Essencs adopted as true history. ' Whatsoever they say is...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 472 頁
...from this romance of the Essenes adopted as true history. 8. " Whatsoever they say is firmer tlian an oath; but swearing is avoided by them; and they esteem it worse than peijury." We presume that nobody can fail to recognise in this great scrupulosity the memorable command... | |
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