An Essay on Liberty and SlaveryJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1856 - 379 Seiten |
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... ment of the truth - loving and impartial reader , we beg leave to offer one or two preliminary re- marks . We have deemed it wise and proper to notice only the more decent , respectable , and celebrated among the Abolitionists of the ...
... ment of the truth - loving and impartial reader , we beg leave to offer one or two preliminary re- marks . We have deemed it wise and proper to notice only the more decent , respectable , and celebrated among the Abolitionists of the ...
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... ment . No man has , or ever had , the right to wield the awful attribute of retributive justice ; that is , to inflict so much pain for so much guilt or moral turpitude . This is the prerogative of God alone . To his eye , all secrets ...
... ment . No man has , or ever had , the right to wield the awful attribute of retributive justice ; that is , to inflict so much pain for so much guilt or moral turpitude . This is the prerogative of God alone . To his eye , all secrets ...
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... ment or expiation , for that must be left to the just determination of the supreme Being , but as a precaution against future offences of the same kind . " The exercise of retributive justice belongs exclusively to the infallible Ruler ...
... ment or expiation , for that must be left to the just determination of the supreme Being , but as a precaution against future offences of the same kind . " The exercise of retributive justice belongs exclusively to the infallible Ruler ...
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Albert Taylor Bledsoe. there would be no real liberty , no real enjoy- ment of natural rights . Mr. Locke , as we have seen , defines the state of nature to be one of " perfect freedom . " Why then should we leave it ? " If man , in the ...
Albert Taylor Bledsoe. there would be no real liberty , no real enjoy- ment of natural rights . Mr. Locke , as we have seen , defines the state of nature to be one of " perfect freedom . " Why then should we leave it ? " If man , in the ...
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... of nature , enjoin the institution of civil govern- ment . God himself has thus laid the founda- tions of civil society deep in the nature of man . с It is an ordinance of heaven , which no human NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY . 33.
... of nature , enjoin the institution of civil govern- ment . God himself has thus laid the founda- tions of civil society deep in the nature of man . с It is an ordinance of heaven , which no human NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY . 33.
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Seite 148 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Seite 71 - 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: but over...
Seite 172 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Seite 149 - And if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Seite 172 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Seite 193 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord ? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
Seite 174 - 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...
Seite 148 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Seite 149 - If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Seite 202 - I have sent again ; thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels ; whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel. But without thy mind would I do nothing ; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.