The Apology of an Officer, for Withdrawing from the Profession of Arms: Contained in a Letter Addressed to the King : and a Series of Letters to a Friend on the Causes and Evils of War, Its Unlawfulness, &c |
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Page iii
... obedience to the precepts taught by Christ . It may be added , that the former is , and ever has been preferred . It is the character generally adopted by the great ; and it recommends to their notice persons in the inferior ranks of ...
... obedience to the precepts taught by Christ . It may be added , that the former is , and ever has been preferred . It is the character generally adopted by the great ; and it recommends to their notice persons in the inferior ranks of ...
Page x
... obedience to Christ shall take place of the pliant and selfish policy of the world ; when men , either from greater intensity of suffering occasioned by war , or from bet- ter understanding the spirit of the religion of Christ , or from ...
... obedience to Christ shall take place of the pliant and selfish policy of the world ; when men , either from greater intensity of suffering occasioned by war , or from bet- ter understanding the spirit of the religion of Christ , or from ...
Page xi
... obedience to them . If , in the present state of society , this is considered impracticable , it affords no mean presumption that a want of moral principle has placed mo- dern nations in a similar dilemma to that in which Christi- anity ...
... obedience to them . If , in the present state of society , this is considered impracticable , it affords no mean presumption that a want of moral principle has placed mo- dern nations in a similar dilemma to that in which Christi- anity ...
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... obedience , ought not for a moment to be put in competition with those of our Maker . And it is , Sire , not only our bounden duty , but also our highest interest , to render unconditional and absolute obedience to God alone . During ...
... obedience , ought not for a moment to be put in competition with those of our Maker . And it is , Sire , not only our bounden duty , but also our highest interest , to render unconditional and absolute obedience to God alone . During ...
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... become established . Indeed there is scarcely a chapter in the New Testament that does not virtually condemn war , -scarcely a com- mand , or a precept , to which a professed warrior can pay unconditional obedience . I therefore , Sire , 8.
... become established . Indeed there is scarcely a chapter in the New Testament that does not virtually condemn war , -scarcely a com- mand , or a precept , to which a professed warrior can pay unconditional obedience . I therefore , Sire , 8.
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Page 14 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 90 - Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness" sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 122 - The law and the prophets were until John ; since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Page 143 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page 164 - And he -shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall -beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall -sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 9 - ... The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 148 - And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them...
Page 139 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, And the flame consumeth the chaff, So their root shall be as rottenness, And their blossom shall go up as dust: Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 90 - Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Page 98 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man. The natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.