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Page xvi
... prevented his taking their lives . That such Rights are often morally wrong , Grotius himself repeatedly urges . The term Rights , like the term Natural Law , of which I have just spoken , may mean , either that which is secured to men ...
... prevented his taking their lives . That such Rights are often morally wrong , Grotius himself repeatedly urges . The term Rights , like the term Natural Law , of which I have just spoken , may mean , either that which is secured to men ...
Page xxiv
... prevented his hearing the laws . Even Pompey , who was so modest that he blushed when he had to speak in public , had the face to say , Am I who am in arms to think of the laws ? 4 In Christian writers many passages of a like sense ...
... prevented his hearing the laws . Even Pompey , who was so modest that he blushed when he had to speak in public , had the face to say , Am I who am in arms to think of the laws ? 4 In Christian writers many passages of a like sense ...
Page xxx
... prevented from taking effect , being counteracted by other causes . And further ; in conciliating friendships , which nations , as well as individuals , need , on many accounts , a great effect must be assigned to an opinion that we do ...
... prevented from taking effect , being counteracted by other causes . And further ; in conciliating friendships , which nations , as well as individuals , need , on many accounts , a great effect must be assigned to an opinion that we do ...
Page xxxviii
... prevented , by the unhappiness of their times , from understanding those laws . rightly ; being , in other respects , sufficiently intelligent in investigating the nature of right and equity : whence it comes to pass , that they , while ...
... prevented , by the unhappiness of their times , from understanding those laws . rightly ; being , in other respects , sufficiently intelligent in investigating the nature of right and equity : whence it comes to pass , that they , while ...
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... prevent the exercise of this Right , would do the occupier wrong . And this is much more easily understood now , when property has taken a shape by law or usage : as Cicero says . [ See the passage in the text . ] 6 Therefore it is not ...
... prevent the exercise of this Right , would do the occupier wrong . And this is much more easily understood now , when property has taken a shape by law or usage : as Cicero says . [ See the passage in the text . ] 6 Therefore it is not ...
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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].
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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?