An Inquiry Into the Scriptural Views of SlaveryPerkins & Purves, 1846 - 384 pages |
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... Christianity will be only to make the evil there eternal . There have been more published defences of slavery from the Bible at the North , than there have been at the South . A Christian man can look with some respect on a defence of ...
... Christianity will be only to make the evil there eternal . There have been more published defences of slavery from the Bible at the North , than there have been at the South . A Christian man can look with some respect on a defence of ...
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... Christianity . As an abstract matter , there might indeed be some interest attached to the inquiry whe- ther slavery , as ... Christian religion ; and it cannot be denied also that for us there may be some interest , and for others great ...
... Christianity . As an abstract matter , there might indeed be some interest attached to the inquiry whe- ther slavery , as ... Christian religion ; and it cannot be denied also that for us there may be some interest , and for others great ...
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... Christian congregations under the instruction . of men abundantly able to explain the doctrines of the Christian system . It could hardly be hoped that a state of society could be found , in which slavery could be better developed , and ...
... Christian congregations under the instruction . of men abundantly able to explain the doctrines of the Christian system . It could hardly be hoped that a state of society could be found , in which slavery could be better developed , and ...
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... Christian spirit . In noticing the argu- ments of the advocates of slavery , and of those who have in any manner used the language of apology for it , I have not designedly given any representation of their views which would diminish ...
... Christian spirit . In noticing the argu- ments of the advocates of slavery , and of those who have in any manner used the language of apology for it , I have not designedly given any representation of their views which would diminish ...
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... Christian religion . In fact there is scarcely any one subject to which there is more frequent allusion in the Scriptures , in some way or other , than to slavery ; and it cannot be that a subject should so early attract the attention ...
... Christian religion . In fact there is scarcely any one subject to which there is more frequent allusion in the Scriptures , in some way or other , than to slavery ; and it cannot be that a subject should so early attract the attention ...
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Page 228 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 267 - 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 These things teach and exhort.
Page 267 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 148 - 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...
Page 324 - 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.
Page 278 - 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 329 - Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Page 89 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 353 - 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 127 - He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh, for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people : he hath broken my covenant.