God Against Slavery: And the Freedom and Duty of the Pulpit to Rebuke It, as a Sin Against God |
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Ahab applied book of Kings brought CHAPTER Christ Christian Christian patriotism church command conscience Constitution contract crime cruelty curse death declared despotism divine earth EPISTLE TO PHILEMON evil extension of slavery fire forever freedom God's word golden calves gospel guilt heart heathen heaven Hebrew human idolatry iniquity injustice Israel Jeremiah Jeroboam Jubilee Judah Judea judgment justice king labor land Leviticus liberty light of God's Lord Erskine man-stealing man's mankind master men's ment moral Nabal nation Nebat never Omri Onesimus oppression Pashur Paul perversion political preaching principles proclaim prophets pulpit race regard religion righteousness ruin saith the Lord sanction sell sins slaves soul speak statutes stealing stolen system of slavery Testament testimony thee thing thou shalt tion treason truth United States army UNRIGHTEOUS LAW unto usurpation utter vote whole wicked wickedness worship wrath
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Page 144 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 153 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Page 159 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 51 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. And they shall look unto the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness : nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation.
Page 31 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 198 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Page 29 - Which say to the seers, See not; And to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, Speak unto us smooth things, Prophesy deceits...
Page 97 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 228 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 175 - And hides his sweets, as in the golden age, Within the hollow oak. I listen long To his domestic hum, and think I hear The sound of that advancing multitude Which soon shall fill these deserts. From the ground Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers.