The Friend of Peace: To which is Prefixed A Solemn Review of the Custom of War; Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion, and Proposing a Remedy |
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... rulers of any one nation to do much in carrying on a war with another , without the aid of subjects , or the common people . 2. A war between two nations is generally produced by the influence of a small number of ambitious and un ...
... rulers of any one nation to do much in carrying on a war with another , without the aid of subjects , or the common people . 2. A war between two nations is generally produced by the influence of a small number of ambitious and un ...
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... ruler of a christian people ? To sacrifice human beings to false notions of national honor or to the ambition or avarice of rulers , it no better than to offer them to Moloch , or any other heathen deity . As soon as the eyes of people ...
... ruler of a christian people ? To sacrifice human beings to false notions of national honor or to the ambition or avarice of rulers , it no better than to offer them to Moloch , or any other heathen deity . As soon as the eyes of people ...
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... ruler , in relation to himself . And that petulance , rashness , and disregard to the lives of others , which would render a private citizen the object of just and general abhorrence , are regarded by many , as hon- orable traits in the ...
... ruler , in relation to himself . And that petulance , rashness , and disregard to the lives of others , which would render a private citizen the object of just and general abhorrence , are regarded by many , as hon- orable traits in the ...
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... rulers , we have the pleasure of being able to produce one example , which is undeniably applicable . When William Penn took the government of Pennsyl- vania , he distinctly avowed to the Indians his forbearing and pacific principles ...
... rulers , we have the pleasure of being able to produce one example , which is undeniably applicable . When William Penn took the government of Pennsyl- vania , he distinctly avowed to the Indians his forbearing and pacific principles ...
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... ruler may give fifty or a hundred ception to this account - that Great Britain has been engag- ed in war the greater part of the time for a century , and that probably the moral and religious character of the na- tion has been improved ...
... ruler may give fifty or a hundred ception to this account - that Great Britain has been engag- ed in war the greater part of the time for a century , and that probably the moral and religious character of the na- tion has been improved ...
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Page 202 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 202 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace...
Page 203 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 193 - But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Page 67 - Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 217 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 104 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps...
Page 217 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 217 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Page 53 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands; and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen ; yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.