The Fugitive Slave Bill: Or, God's Laws Paramount to the Laws of Men. A Sermon, Preached on Sunday, October 20, 1850 |
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acle acquiesced allegiance American Slavery atheistical authority avoid doing violence Bill commanded burning fiery furnace Cæsar catcher chattel civil government civil law claims crime of man-stealing cruelties of slavery Daniel dare to thrust disciples of Christ disobey and repudiate disobeyed the law divine enormous penalties escaped felonious fidelity free citizens fugitive from southern guilt hand hath hearts Hide the outcasts honor idolatry involved king in favor law of Darius legislation liketh him best live forever Lord mand mandate ment moral government moral precepts Nebuchadnezzar obey the law oppressor passive disobedience perpetuate the crime placed the citizens pray prerogatives professed owner proposition recapture of fugitive reckoned among sentient release repeal repudiate this Bill servant shalt not deliver shalt not oppress slave law slave power solemn Son of God Southern bondage spoiler supremacy take counsel terrible things Thou shalt tion trust truth unrighteous unto thee victim vileness worship wrath
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Page 2 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 21 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 8 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 18 - Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 9 - Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God whom thou servest continually able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king: O King, live for ever. My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions...
Page 7 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 15 - 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 18 - But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.