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, &cCharles Fox, 1833 - 272 páginas |
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... ministers , to establish better ties of social union ; and for this purpose seriously to examine the records of the Go- spel of Peace , and to ascertain from thence the lawfulness or unlawfulness of war . Should the following pages tend ...
... ministers , to establish better ties of social union ; and for this purpose seriously to examine the records of the Go- spel of Peace , and to ascertain from thence the lawfulness or unlawfulness of war . Should the following pages tend ...
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... ministers of the Gospel of Peace , as well as by pagan writers , is , I believe , generally entertained by those who think at all when they enter the naval or military profession . Those , Sire , who live much in the world are im ...
... ministers of the Gospel of Peace , as well as by pagan writers , is , I believe , generally entertained by those who think at all when they enter the naval or military profession . Those , Sire , who live much in the world are im ...
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... ministers , as his ambassadors , to labour to accomplish . " Forgetting those things which are behind , " the past ages of gross darkness , they are to " reach forth to those things which are before , " the establishment of the reign of ...
... ministers , as his ambassadors , to labour to accomplish . " Forgetting those things which are behind , " the past ages of gross darkness , they are to " reach forth to those things which are before , " the establishment of the reign of ...
Página 37
... ministers of Christ , with few exceptions , have remained as silent and inert in all parts of Europe , as if the es- tablishment of " peace on earth " formed no part of their duty . If they continue thus silent , may they not expect ...
... ministers of Christ , with few exceptions , have remained as silent and inert in all parts of Europe , as if the es- tablishment of " peace on earth " formed no part of their duty . If they continue thus silent , may they not expect ...
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... ministers of the Church of England are precluded from such a union . It is greatly to be * The author having been blamed by some of his clerical friends , for being too severe upon the clergy in the foregoing remarks , begs to submit to ...
... ministers of the Church of England are precluded from such a union . It is greatly to be * The author having been blamed by some of his clerical friends , for being too severe upon the clergy in the foregoing remarks , begs to submit to ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.