Letters Addressed to Caleb Strong: Showing that Retaliation, Capital Punishments, and War, are Prohibited by the Gospel |
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... 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 in the scriptures : and , 2. The natural law of self - preservation ; which also is ...
... 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 in the scriptures : and , 2. The natural law of self - preservation ; which also is ...
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... favours such a construction . The fact seems to be this : The New Testament recog- nizes the precepts of the decalogue as forming a body of mo- ral , not of civil law ; fully acknowledging its high and per- petual obligation ; but ...
... favours such a construction . The fact seems to be this : The New Testament recog- nizes the precepts of the decalogue as forming a body of mo- ral , not of civil law ; fully acknowledging its high and per- petual obligation ; but ...
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... favour the practice , that they are scarcely willing to hear with patience and weigh with candour the immense body of evidence which goes to abo- lish this sanguinary practice . The declaration of God to Noah , above cited , is ...
... favour the practice , that they are scarcely willing to hear with patience and weigh with candour the immense body of evidence which goes to abo- lish this sanguinary practice . The declaration of God to Noah , above cited , is ...
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... that God does not require capi- tal punishment , then the grand argument in favour of war , that it is necessary because commanded by God , is answered . F For if war be not necessary , in this particular 53 LETTER XI. ...
... that God does not require capi- tal punishment , then the grand argument in favour of war , that it is necessary because commanded by God , is answered . F For if war be not necessary , in this particular 53 LETTER XI. ...
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... favour of an existing war , takes ground which , even in the martial reign and unenlightened age of David , would have classed him with the most depraved of men . The sacred desk , erected for dispensing the Gospel of peace , and the ...
... favour of an existing war , takes ground which , even in the martial reign and unenlightened age of David , would have classed him with the most depraved of men . The sacred desk , erected for dispensing the Gospel of peace , and the ...
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Page 94 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 117 - No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
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Page 101 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the...
Page 25 - their peace as a river, and their righteousness as the waves of the sea.