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... person wounds a kidnapper , he is ignominiously executed , and almost without form : for the trial of negroes is the highest bur- lesque upon the administration of justice , that despotism ever devised . 66 For ' tis establish'd by your ...
... person wounds a kidnapper , he is ignominiously executed , and almost without form : for the trial of negroes is the highest bur- lesque upon the administration of justice , that despotism ever devised . 66 For ' tis establish'd by your ...
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... persons of men . The gospel censures these sinners with celestial autho- rity . Paul characterises the Romans who were slave - hold- ers , as inventors of evil things without natural affection , implacable , and unmerciful . Among the ...
... persons of men . The gospel censures these sinners with celestial autho- rity . Paul characterises the Romans who were slave - hold- ers , as inventors of evil things without natural affection , implacable , and unmerciful . Among the ...
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... persons of men with beasts , sheep , and horses , as the stock of a farm , or with bales of goods , as the cargo of a ship , is a most detestable and antichristian practice .-- Scott . Shall Protestants renounce that merchandise of Rome ...
... persons of men with beasts , sheep , and horses , as the stock of a farm , or with bales of goods , as the cargo of a ship , is a most detestable and antichristian practice .-- Scott . Shall Protestants renounce that merchandise of Rome ...
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... person was detained by him contrary to the law of God , no alternative existed , death was his imme- diate portion . The principles of moral right and wrong are invariable . They are not circumscribed by geographical boundaries , or ...
... person was detained by him contrary to the law of God , no alternative existed , death was his imme- diate portion . The principles of moral right and wrong are invariable . They are not circumscribed by geographical boundaries , or ...
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... person pretend to be a disciple of the crucified Jesus , who hinders his worship and contravenes his commands ; in whom all evangelical charity is extinct ; and who will neither enter the kingdom of heaven , nor permit those to approach ...
... person pretend to be a disciple of the crucified Jesus , who hinders his worship and contravenes his commands ; in whom all evangelical charity is extinct ; and who will neither enter the kingdom of heaven , nor permit those to approach ...
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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.