Amongst the Hebrews a promise madeby a male at the age of thirteen, and by a female at the age of twelve, was valid.
A vow is not any kind of promise, but a promise madeto God; and to be unfaithful to God is most grievous.
Nothing but what is virtuous can be the subject of a promise made to God, as stated above (A.
Now a vow is a promise made to God: wherefore, the solemnization of a vow consists in something spiritual pertaining to God; i.
So it is here, there is a promise made indeed, but to whom?
Now to Abraham and his Seed was the promise made; his Seed shall endure for ever, and His throne as the days of Heaven, etc.
My Lords, I believe there be none so unwise here that will make merchandise with a Frenchman, or any other unknown stranger, except he know and understand first the condition or promise made by the Frenchman or stranger.
Promise made at the arrest of Wishart, that he should not be delivered to the Governor or the Cardinal.
To this they answered proudly that they would keep and defend that town, according to promise made to the Queen Regent.
A promise made to the Blessed Virgin or the saints is not a vow; it must be made directly to God Himself.
It differs from a promissory oath in this, that an oath makes God a witness of a promise made to a third party, while in a vow there is no third party, the promise being made directly to God.
A promise made to God to avoid mortal sin is not a vow, in the strict sense of the word; or rather such a promise is outside the ordinary province of the vow, which naturally embraces works of supererogation and counsel.
Fain would I keep my promise made, If thou, O King, approve and aid.
Once to a hawk a promise made, Gave to the bird his flesh and bone, And by his truth made heaven his own.
The time is come: with heedless eye He sees the hour of action fly,— Unmindful, now his hopes succeed, Of promise made in stress of need.
The law forbidding lies prevails here over the law that one keep a promise made.
Balbus has claims on the help of Titus on account of a promise made in the past; but Titus knows very well that Balbus is not competent, honest, etc.
Example: The person who refuses to tell a lie when he thinks he ought to lie on account of a promise made.
He who says the rosary out of devotion and then remembers that he has an obligation of saying it because of a promise made or of a penance received, can regard the rosary said as a fulfillment of his obligation.
If there be no promise made to the seed of the faithful more than to others, they have no right more than others to baptism or salvation.
It is a promise made to God, that we are now speaking of; whether the name of a vow belong to a promise made only to man, is a question de nomine, which we need not stop at.
But if there be a promise made to them as the seed of believers, then are they as such within that promise, that is, performers of its conditions by their parents, and have right to the benefit.
At the end of the eighteenth century Lord Mansfield came very near establishing it in our law by his doctrine that no promise made as a business transaction could be nudum pactum.
On the Continent the second theory, the theory of the inherent moral force of a promise made as such, came to prevail.
There is no exercise that would be acceptable to God, that should not come within the range of a promise made in such a service.
A vow is essentially a promise made to God, but to none other; and the fulfilment of the vow is required, at least in virtue of the making of it.
Where in all the world is there a man so foolish as to regard a promise made to him, or a testament given to him, as a good work which by his acceptance of it he renders to the testator?
A testament, as every one knows, is a promise made by one about to die, in which he designates his bequest and appoints his heirs.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "promise made" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
