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... consent of nations institutes . We may learn this from the old Formula of the Romans ; I decide that those things may be sought by a pure and pious war . The same old Romans , as Varro remarked , undertook war tardily , and without ...
... consent of nations institutes . We may learn this from the old Formula of the Romans ; I decide that those things may be sought by a pure and pious war . The same old Romans , as Varro remarked , undertook war tardily , and without ...
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... consent . The former cause of agreement points to the Law of Nature ; the latter , to the Law of Nations : though the difference of these two is not to be collected from the testimonies themselves , ( for writers everywhere confound the ...
... consent . The former cause of agreement points to the Law of Nature ; the latter , to the Law of Nations : though the difference of these two is not to be collected from the testimonies themselves , ( for writers everywhere confound the ...
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... consent ; and as to the Law of Nations , there is no other way of proving it . 47 The opinions of poets and orators have not so much weight ; and these we often use , not so much in order to claim assent to what they say , as that we ...
... consent ; and as to the Law of Nations , there is no other way of proving it . 47 The opinions of poets and orators have not so much weight ; and these we often use , not so much in order to claim assent to what they say , as that we ...
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... consent , but what one nation has received by imitation of ano- ther , or by accident . Also what truly belongs to Jus Gentium they often treat promiscuously and indiscriminately with points which belong to the Roman Law ; as appears in ...
... consent , but what one nation has received by imitation of ano- ther , or by accident . Also what truly belongs to Jus Gentium they often treat promiscuously and indiscriminately with points which belong to the Roman Law ; as appears in ...
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... consent of all nations is evidence of the truth . And Porphyry , Andronicus of Rhodes , Plutarch , Aristotle , agree that the more savage nations are of less weight in such an estimate . [ See the quotations . ] XIII . Thus much of ...
... consent of all nations is evidence of the truth . And Porphyry , Andronicus of Rhodes , Plutarch , Aristotle , agree that the more savage nations are of less weight in such an estimate . [ See the quotations . ] XIII . Thus much of ...
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Page 216 - The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Page 239 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 321 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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Page 31 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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Page 164 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us...
Page 24 - Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Page 472 - Greek and English Testament, in parallel columns on the same page. Edited by J. SCHOLEFIELD, MA late Regius Professor of Greek in the University. New Edition, with the marginal references as arranged and revised by DR SCRIvENER, js.
Page 23 - 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?