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... Argument from the Declaration of Independence 102 CHAPTER III .................. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE SCRIPTURES ........... 86 138 SECT . I. - The Argument from the Old Testament .......... 138 SECT . II . - The Argument from the New ...
... Argument from the Declaration of Independence 102 CHAPTER III .................. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE SCRIPTURES ........... 86 138 SECT . I. - The Argument from the Old Testament .......... 138 SECT . II . - The Argument from the New ...
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... argument would be valid , no doubt , if there were nothing in the world beside liberty to be restrained ; but the evil passions of men , from which proceed so many frightful tyrannies and wrongs , are not to be identified with their ...
... argument would be valid , no doubt , if there were nothing in the world beside liberty to be restrained ; but the evil passions of men , from which proceed so many frightful tyrannies and wrongs , are not to be identified with their ...
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... argument ; but if it should actually exist , it would be at war with the law of nature itself . For this requires , as we have seen , that men should unite together , and frame such laws as the general good de- mands . Not only the law ...
... argument ; but if it should actually exist , it would be at war with the law of nature itself . For this requires , as we have seen , that men should unite together , and frame such laws as the general good de- mands . Not only the law ...
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... arguments and posi- tions of the advocates of immediate abolition ; and , in the second , point out the reasons and grounds on which the institution ... ARGUMENTS OF ABOLITIONISTS . 43- CHAPTER II THE ARGUMENTS AND POSITIONS OF ABOLITIONISTS.
... arguments and posi- tions of the advocates of immediate abolition ; and , in the second , point out the reasons and grounds on which the institution ... ARGUMENTS OF ABOLITIONISTS . 43- CHAPTER II THE ARGUMENTS AND POSITIONS OF ABOLITIONISTS.
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... arguments on a question of such magnitude should be subjected to a severe analysis and searching scrutiny , in order that , under the sanction of so imposing a name , no error may be propagated and no mischief done . Hence we shall hold ...
... arguments on a question of such magnitude should be subjected to a severe analysis and searching scrutiny , in order that , under the sanction of so imposing a name , no error may be propagated and no mischief done . Hence we shall hold ...
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Page 148 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Page 71 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over...
Page 172 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Page 149 - And if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Page 172 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Page 193 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord ? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
Page 174 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 148 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 149 - If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Page 202 - I have sent again ; thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels ; whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel. But without thy mind would I do nothing ; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.