The Testimony of God Against SlaveryAmerican anti-slavery society, 1839 - 126 páginas |
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... POOR INNOCENTS - Yet thou sayest , Because I am inno- cent , surely his anger shall turn from me ; behold , I will plead with thee , because thou sayest , I have not sinned . JER . ii . 23-35 . THIRD EDITION . NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY ...
... POOR INNOCENTS - Yet thou sayest , Because I am inno- cent , surely his anger shall turn from me ; behold , I will plead with thee , because thou sayest , I have not sinned . JER . ii . 23-35 . THIRD EDITION . NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY ...
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... poor of his right , and against keeping back the hire which is due to those who reap down our fields ? Why has he , in so many instances , enjoined it upon man to show pity towards those of his species who are in distress , and to ...
... poor of his right , and against keeping back the hire which is due to those who reap down our fields ? Why has he , in so many instances , enjoined it upon man to show pity towards those of his species who are in distress , and to ...
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... poor slaves are forced to endure in this Christian land , thousands who are his people , who love him , but who are not permitted to read his word , nor to worship him ac- cording to the dictates of their own consciences ? 2. I have ...
... poor slaves are forced to endure in this Christian land , thousands who are his people , who love him , but who are not permitted to read his word , nor to worship him ac- cording to the dictates of their own consciences ? 2. I have ...
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... poor , the widow , and the fatherless . God often reminds his people not to oppress strangers , be- cause they had been strangers ; and he says to them , " Ye know the heart of a stranger . " Did he at the same time authorize them to ...
... poor , the widow , and the fatherless . God often reminds his people not to oppress strangers , be- cause they had been strangers ; and he says to them , " Ye know the heart of a stranger . " Did he at the same time authorize them to ...
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... poor debtors into slavery ? Our hearts are so calculating and avaricious now , that we cannot receive such a law in its simple and obvious mean- ing . We can hardly conceive of society organized on such a principle , as that no debt ...
... poor debtors into slavery ? Our hearts are so calculating and avaricious now , that we cannot receive such a law in its simple and obvious mean- ing . We can hardly conceive of society organized on such a principle , as that no debt ...
Términos y frases comunes
afflicted American slavery Apostle Apostle Paul Bible blessed blood bondage bondmen bought brethren Canaanites captives cause children of Israel Christ Christian enslavers command condemn cried crime death deliver Deut duty Egypt evil fatherless fear forever go free gospel hand hast hath heart heathen Heaven Hebrew hired hold human species Israelites Jews jubilee judgment justice kind labor land land of Israel law of Moses liberty LORD thy love thy neighbor man-stealing master mercy ministers Mosaic law mulatto Nat Turner nation needy neighbor as thyself obey oppressed oppressor Padan-Aram passage person Pharaoh poor slaves pray precepts profess punished redeem relation rendered righteousness saith the LORD sanction Scriptures sell servants servitude sins slave-holder sold souls spoiled standing law stranger suffer surely things Thou shalt thy brother tion truth unto thee wicked widow word wrong xxii yoke
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Página 38 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Página 31 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 . The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Página 14 - 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...
Página 33 - 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.
Página 18 - At his day thou shalt 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.
Página 10 - 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...
Página 64 - Raca,' shall be in danger of the council ; but whosoever shall say ; ' Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Página 44 - He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Página 32 - But unto the wicked God saith, "What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? "Seeing thou hatest instruction, and easiest my words behind thee.
Página 35 - Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : Which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners : The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind : The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : The Lord loveth the righteous : The Lord preserveth the strangers ; He relieveth the fatherless and widow : But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.