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... practice is a continual violation of the spirit and letter of the moral law , a flagrant departure from the steps of the Redeemer and his primitive servants , and an open disgrace to republicanism and Christianity . INTRODUCTORY . THE ...
... practice is a continual violation of the spirit and letter of the moral law , a flagrant departure from the steps of the Redeemer and his primitive servants , and an open disgrace to republicanism and Christianity . INTRODUCTORY . THE ...
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... practices , is a most lamentable and irrefragable testimony of the vitiated propensities of the soul . But although , it is ... practice ; the heart is filled with the keenest compassion for that obduracy which rejects truth , for that ...
... practices , is a most lamentable and irrefragable testimony of the vitiated propensities of the soul . But although , it is ... practice ; the heart is filled with the keenest compassion for that obduracy which rejects truth , for that ...
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... practice is totally irreconcilable with the principles of justice and humanity ; " and the bills of rights promulge , that the immunities of man , which are indispensable to the possession of life , the acquisition of property , and the ...
... practice is totally irreconcilable with the principles of justice and humanity ; " and the bills of rights promulge , that the immunities of man , which are indispensable to the possession of life , the acquisition of property , and the ...
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... kidnapped men to sell them for slaves ; and this practice seems inseparable from the other iniquities and oppressions of slavery ; nor can a slave - dealer keep free " from this criminality , if the receiver be as PICTURE OF SLAVERY . 19.
... kidnapped men to sell them for slaves ; and this practice seems inseparable from the other iniquities and oppressions of slavery ; nor can a slave - dealer keep free " from this criminality , if the receiver be as PICTURE OF SLAVERY . 19.
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... practice .-- Scott . Shall Protestants renounce that merchandise of Rome , which consists of odours , and ointments , and chariots , and purple , and silk , and scarlet , and continue that more scan- dalous traffic in slaves and souls ...
... practice .-- Scott . Shall Protestants renounce that merchandise of Rome , which consists of odours , and ointments , and chariots , and purple , and silk , and scarlet , and continue that more scan- dalous traffic in slaves and souls ...
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Page 46 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Page 21 - We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Page 22 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 73 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 17 - 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 48 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 82 - There is a law above all the enactments of human codes— the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was...
Page 195 - There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.
Page 62 - This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
Page 13 - 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, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself.