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... labour from them on fast days , which was a violation of the laws of Moses . From the whole tenour of the prophe- cy , it distinctly appears that the freeing of the op- pressed , and the breaking of the yoke , alludes to the bonds of ...
... labour from them on fast days , which was a violation of the laws of Moses . From the whole tenour of the prophe- cy , it distinctly appears that the freeing of the op- pressed , and the breaking of the yoke , alludes to the bonds of ...
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... labours of their servants , and render their services and situations more comfortable . They would cease from usurious exactions , and remit the debts that either were contracted through fraud , or which the poor debtor was unable to ...
... labours of their servants , and render their services and situations more comfortable . They would cease from usurious exactions , and remit the debts that either were contracted through fraud , or which the poor debtor was unable to ...
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... labour , un- til they are exchanged for mutual convenience , a temporary loss of liberty only is the result of cap- ture in war . But it is far otherwise with savage and barbarous nations , who have neither jails nor forts , nor ...
... labour , un- til they are exchanged for mutual convenience , a temporary loss of liberty only is the result of cap- ture in war . But it is far otherwise with savage and barbarous nations , who have neither jails nor forts , nor ...
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... as those laws which in- flict imprisonment and hard labour , frequently for life , on persons guilty of great crimes , and thus bring us back to the bloody code of England , or leave us at the mercy of villains . All men 42 SLAVERY .
... as those laws which in- flict imprisonment and hard labour , frequently for life , on persons guilty of great crimes , and thus bring us back to the bloody code of England , or leave us at the mercy of villains . All men 42 SLAVERY .
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... labour , and the young not yet arrived at an age to maintain themselves . A con- sideration of the probable , nay inevitable , conse- quences of such a procedure will enable us to test it by the great principle adopted by moral writers ...
... labour , and the young not yet arrived at an age to maintain themselves . A con- sideration of the probable , nay inevitable , conse- quences of such a procedure will enable us to test it by the great principle adopted by moral writers ...
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Page 30 - Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Page 290 - 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 your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 19 - 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...
Page 30 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ...
Page 17 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Page 147 - Assembly and the authority thereof, that the conferring of baptisme doth not alter the condition of the person as to his bondage or freedom...
Page 289 - ... all those laws which are now in force, admitting the right of slavery, are therefore, before God, utterly null and void, being an audacious usurpation of the divine prerogative, a daring infringement on the law of nature, a base overthrow of the very foundations of the social compact, a complete extinction of all the relations, endearments, and obligations of mankind, and a presumptuous transgression of all the holy commandments ; and that therefore they ought instantly to be abrogated.
Page 16 - How is the faithful city become an harlot ! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water : thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves : every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards : they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Page 232 - Slatees endeavoured to secure her in that situation by fastening her hands together under the ass's neck, and her feet under the belly, with long slips of bark; but the ass was so very unruly that no sort of treatment could induce him to proceed with his load, and as Nealee made no exertion to prevent herself from falling, she was quickly thrown off and had one of her legs much bruised.
Page 16 - THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.