The Testimony of God Against Slavery: A Collection of Passages from the Bible : which Show the Sin of Holding and Treating the Human Species as Property : with Notes : to which is Added the Testimony of the Civilized World Against Slavery |
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... give the people straw to make brick , as heretofore ; let them go and gather straw for themselves . And the tale of the bricks , which they did make heretofore , ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish aught thereof ; for they be ...
... give the people straw to make brick , as heretofore ; let them go and gather straw for themselves . And the tale of the bricks , which they did make heretofore , ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish aught thereof ; for they be ...
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... brother , and thou givest him nought ; and he cry unto the LORD against thee , and it be sin unto thee . Deut . xv , 9 . 19. Thou shalt surely give him , and thine heart ` shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him AGAINST SLAVERY . 21.
... brother , and thou givest him nought ; and he cry unto the LORD against thee , and it be sin unto thee . Deut . xv , 9 . 19. Thou shalt surely give him , and thine heart ` shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him AGAINST SLAVERY . 21.
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... give unto him . Deut . xv , 14 . 23. It shall not seem hard unto thee , when thou sendest him away free from thee ; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee , in serving thee six years ; and the LORD thy God shall bless ...
... give unto him . Deut . xv , 14 . 23. It shall not seem hard unto thee , when thou sendest him away free from thee ; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee , in serving thee six years ; and the LORD thy God shall bless ...
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... give him his hire , neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor , and setteth his heart upon it ; lest he cry against thee unto the LORD , and it be sin unto thee . Deut . xxiv , 14 . 27. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment ...
... give him his hire , neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor , and setteth his heart upon it ; lest he cry against thee unto the LORD , and it be sin unto thee . Deut . xxiv , 14 . 27. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment ...
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... give to modern slavery . It is said by the writers , that the Jews had slaves lawfully in several different ways . One is by captivity , as where they spared the lives of the Canaanites who were doomed to death , and these they might ...
... give to modern slavery . It is said by the writers , that the Jews had slaves lawfully in several different ways . One is by captivity , as where they spared the lives of the Canaanites who were doomed to death , and these they might ...
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Page 169 - In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 21 - For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Page 56 - For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; The poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, And shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence : And precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Page 170 - The printing presses shall be free to every person, who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature, or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 138 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Page 69 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, — the most unremitting despotism on the one part and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 12 - And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage...
Page 109 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again ; not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Page 22 - 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 46 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.