Letters Addressed to Caleb Strong: Showing that Retaliation, Capital Punishments, and War, are Prohibited by the Gospel |
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... divine origin , its authority must be considered as supreme , by every Christian ; and that it forbids all resistance , retaliation , revenge , and war , cannot well be denied . If there be a future state of eternal rewards and ...
... divine origin , its authority must be considered as supreme , by every Christian ; and that it forbids all resistance , retaliation , revenge , and war , cannot well be denied . If there be a future state of eternal rewards and ...
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... divine approbation , and be crowned with success . When it is the cause of truth and of God that is pursued , let no man sit down to count upon diffi- culties , before he do his duty . Luther encountered the corruptions of Rome ...
... divine approbation , and be crowned with success . When it is the cause of truth and of God that is pursued , let no man sit down to count upon diffi- culties , before he do his duty . Luther encountered the corruptions of Rome ...
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... divine displeasure , for rushing with eagerness into wars , set on foot to gratify pride and ambition ; if war in itself adds incalculably to the number and weight of human calamities ; and if a due abhorrence of war , and the ...
... divine displeasure , for rushing with eagerness into wars , set on foot to gratify pride and ambition ; if war in itself adds incalculably to the number and weight of human calamities ; and if a due abhorrence of war , and the ...
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... Divine Authority . THE most popular , as well as the most forcible argu- ment , in favour of war , is , that it is sometimes necessary . This necessity is urged , if I mistake not , from two principles ; 1. The law of God , as revealed ...
... Divine Authority . THE most popular , as well as the most forcible argu- ment , in favour of war , is , that it is sometimes necessary . This necessity is urged , if I mistake not , from two principles ; 1. The law of God , as revealed ...
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... Divine Authority to use it , whenever the crime occurs , under pain of becoming acces- sory to the crime . Now , Sir , the light of day is not more obvious , than that the Hebrew legislature were clothed with no such discretionary power ...
... Divine Authority to use it , whenever the crime occurs , under pain of becoming acces- sory to the crime . Now , Sir , the light of day is not more obvious , than that the Hebrew legislature were clothed with no such discretionary power ...
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