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... wrong , he is no slave . The mere fact of being a ser- vant or even a bondman does not make him a slave ; —an apprentice is not only a servant , but in fact he is a bondman - he is bound to a master , but his bondage is for his own ...
... wrong , he is no slave . The mere fact of being a ser- vant or even a bondman does not make him a slave ; —an apprentice is not only a servant , but in fact he is a bondman - he is bound to a master , but his bondage is for his own ...
Page 88
... wrong . Would this be a bad law ? It strikes me that so far from its being oppressive , it would be the dic- tate of a sound policy as a protection to the said alien . Such I conceive to have been the character of the Mosaic law . If ...
... wrong . Would this be a bad law ? It strikes me that so far from its being oppressive , it would be the dic- tate of a sound policy as a protection to the said alien . Such I conceive to have been the character of the Mosaic law . If ...
Page 99
... wrong , for he only designed to shew that with what measure men meted , God would measure to them again , and therefore they ought to treat one another as brethren . Matthew xxi . 33-36 . Mark xii . 2-5 . Luke xx . 9-12 . " There was a ...
... wrong , for he only designed to shew that with what measure men meted , God would measure to them again , and therefore they ought to treat one another as brethren . Matthew xxi . 33-36 . Mark xii . 2-5 . Luke xx . 9-12 . " There was a ...
Page 131
... wrong , shall receive for the wrong which he hath done : and there is no respect of persons . Masters , give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a master in heaven . " The servants addressed were ...
... wrong , shall receive for the wrong which he hath done : and there is no respect of persons . Masters , give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a master in heaven . " The servants addressed were ...
Page 139
... this is thankworthy , if a man for conscience toward God endure grief , suffering wrong- fully . For what glory is it , if when ye be buffeted for your faults , ye shall take it patiently ? but if , when ye do well BY THE BIBLE . 139.
... this is thankworthy , if a man for conscience toward God endure grief , suffering wrong- fully . For what glory is it , if when ye be buffeted for your faults , ye shall take it patiently ? but if , when ye do well BY THE BIBLE . 139.
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Page 104 - Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 187 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 96 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 101 - The kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Page 113 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, "We will not have this man to reign over us.
Page 103 - So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. "Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.' And the servant said, 'Lord, it is done as thou hast .commanded and yet there is room.
Page 99 - Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country...
Page 105 - My lord delayeth his coming ; and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken ; '• the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. *' And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Page 102 - And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment; and he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
Page 119 - And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : the same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation.