Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural Institution: In a Correspondence Between the Rev. Richard Fuller of Beaufort, S. C., and the Rev. Francis Wayland, of Providence, R. I.L. Colby, 1845 - 254 pages |
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... individual ; now it is done by the individual and the society . Before the formation of this compact , the individual was responsible only for his own wrong ; now he is responsible both for his own , and also , since he is a member of ...
... individual ; now it is done by the individual and the society . Before the formation of this compact , the individual was responsible only for his own wrong ; now he is responsible both for his own , and also , since he is a member of ...
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... individual , or those who preceded him , may have surrendered their individual right over it to the soci- ety . In this case it may happen that the individual cannot act as he might have acted if the law had not been made . In this case ...
... individual , or those who preceded him , may have surrendered their individual right over it to the soci- ety . In this case it may happen that the individual cannot act as he might have acted if the law had not been made . In this case ...
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... individual , now , the whole society becomes the wrong - doer , and for that wrong both the individual and the society are held responsible in the sight of God . I have thus endeavored as clearly as possible to illustrate my views upon ...
... individual , now , the whole society becomes the wrong - doer , and for that wrong both the individual and the society are held responsible in the sight of God . I have thus endeavored as clearly as possible to illustrate my views upon ...
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... individual prowess , or by the combined authority of society . I proceed now to consider the second meaning of the assertion - slavery is or is not a moral evil . We now mean by this assertion , that whoever holds a fellow - man in ...
... individual prowess , or by the combined authority of society . I proceed now to consider the second meaning of the assertion - slavery is or is not a moral evil . We now mean by this assertion , that whoever holds a fellow - man in ...
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... individual . There remains yet to be considered his duty as a member of society . If the laws are wrong , he , as a member of society , is bound to exert his full con- stitutional power to effect their abolition . If the moral sentiment ...
... individual . There remains yet to be considered his duty as a member of society . If the laws are wrong , he , as a member of society , is bound to exert his full con- stitutional power to effect their abolition . If the moral sentiment ...
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Page 79 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
Page 175 - 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.
Page 55 - The pharisees also came unto Him, tempting Him, and saying unto Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Page 6 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Page 187 - Art thou called being a servant ? care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 80 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 175 - 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.
Page 122 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 79 - 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 190 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether it be to the king, as supreme; "or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.