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... hold all war to be unlawful to Christians ; but he , more temperately , thought that the remedy was to bring it about that war itself should be subject to rules of humanity and decency . And he adds , that he conceived himself in some ...
... hold all war to be unlawful to Christians ; but he , more temperately , thought that the remedy was to bring it about that war itself should be subject to rules of humanity and decency . And he adds , that he conceived himself in some ...
Page xxiii
... hold that no such thing existed , except as a mere name . Every one can quote the saying of Euphemius in Thucydides ; -that for a king or a city which has an empire to maintain , nothing is unjust which is useful : and to the same ...
... hold that no such thing existed , except as a mere name . Every one can quote the saying of Euphemius in Thucydides ; -that for a king or a city which has an empire to maintain , nothing is unjust which is useful : and to the same ...
Page xxiv
... hold this opinion will undoubt- edly meet our purpose , [ of establishing the Rights of War , ] with the expressions in Terence : You that attempt to fix by certain Rules Things so uncertain , may with like success Contrive a way of ...
... hold this opinion will undoubt- edly meet our purpose , [ of establishing the Rights of War , ] with the expressions in Terence : You that attempt to fix by certain Rules Things so uncertain , may with like success Contrive a way of ...
Page xxix
... hold rule among themselves , except him who has the right to do so , yet in their dealings with strangers have no care of rights , or the vio- lation of rights . 24 A little while ago we quoted Pompey for his expression on the other ...
... hold rule among themselves , except him who has the right to do so , yet in their dealings with strangers have no care of rights , or the vio- lation of rights . 24 A little while ago we quoted Pompey for his expression on the other ...
Page xxxvi
... New Covenant , there is no longer any use for the old one . We hold the contrary ; both for the reasons which we have now alleged ; and because the nature of the New Covenant is such , that with relation to the xxxvi PRELIMINARY REMARKS .
... New Covenant , there is no longer any use for the old one . We hold the contrary ; both for the reasons which we have now alleged ; and because the nature of the New Covenant is such , that with relation to the xxxvi PRELIMINARY REMARKS .
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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?