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... original import , comprehends all who are concerned in bringing any of the human race into slavery , or in de- taining them in it . Stealers of men are all those who bring off slaves or freemen , and keep , sell , or buy them . To steal ...
... original import , comprehends all who are concerned in bringing any of the human race into slavery , or in de- taining them in it . Stealers of men are all those who bring off slaves or freemen , and keep , sell , or buy them . To steal ...
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... original parent . God hath made of one blood all nations , and hath determined the bounds of their habitations : also as having immortal souls capable of saving grace , capable of being members of Christ and temples of the Holy Ghost ...
... original parent . God hath made of one blood all nations , and hath determined the bounds of their habitations : also as having immortal souls capable of saving grace , capable of being members of Christ and temples of the Holy Ghost ...
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... original owner , who could never forfeit his right ? If a law should pass to sell an innocent man's head , and I should purchase it , have I in consequence of this law and this purchase , a better claim to the man's head than he has ...
... original owner , who could never forfeit his right ? If a law should pass to sell an innocent man's head , and I should purchase it , have I in consequence of this law and this purchase , a better claim to the man's head than he has ...
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... original Hebrew states not that the domestics whom Abraham bought with his money , or who were de- scended from them , were involuntary servants ; for the word includes no such idea , as modern slavery . Our laws , opinions , practice ...
... original Hebrew states not that the domestics whom Abraham bought with his money , or who were de- scended from them , were involuntary servants ; for the word includes no such idea , as modern slavery . Our laws , opinions , practice ...
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... original grant made to Adam in Paradise ; and to Noah and his sons after the deluge . But human life , with all the concomitants which are necessary to a fulfilment of its objects , was excepted . Therefore , no title , by any lapse of ...
... original grant made to Adam in Paradise ; and to Noah and his sons after the deluge . But human life , with all the concomitants which are necessary to a fulfilment of its objects , was excepted . Therefore , no title , by any lapse of ...
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Page 46 - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Page 21 - We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Page 22 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 73 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 17 - 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 48 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 82 - There is a law above all the enactments of human codes— the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was...
Page 195 - There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.
Page 62 - This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
Page 13 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness ; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself.