Jacob of Serugh on the saying "Do not swear at all" [Syriac]

Jacob of Sarugh, Homily 84 - Sur le serment (Non jurare omnino).

Written early 6th Century.  Small section translated in english below.

Source: Papoutsakis, M. (2018). Papoutsakis (2018), "Is he the Rider of the Quadriga?" Ephrem the Syrian on Julian’s Apotheosis. Adamantius 24, p. 401. [Corresponding to Homiliae 3:393:16-21]

Keep the commandment, oh discerning one, and do not swear at all: the freewill is altogether greater than oaths. It is a deeply confused person, someone who, in his actions, is purturbed, that swears: by contrast, a discerning person, not swearing, is reliable and serene. Give heed, discerning one, to the utterance that proclaims about oaths that one should not swear at all, for it is in a (plain) “Yes” and in a (plain) “No” that truth consists.

 
Source: Jacob of Sarugh 1907. Homiliae selectae Mar-Jacobi Sarugensis. Edited by Paulus Bedjan. Vol. 3. p. 375-395 Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz.

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