An Inquiry Into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity: And an Examination of the Philosophical Reasoning by which it is Defended, with Observations on Some of the Causes of War and on Some of Its EffectsW. Wood, 1861 - 124 páginas |
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... Arguments that the precepts are figurative only 41 Precepts and declarations of the apostles 46 Objections to the advocate of peace from passages of the Christian Scriptures 48 Prophecies of the Old Testament respecting an era of peace ...
... Arguments that the precepts are figurative only 41 Precepts and declarations of the apostles 46 Objections to the advocate of peace from passages of the Christian Scriptures 48 Prophecies of the Old Testament respecting an era of peace ...
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... Argument in favour of war from the excess of male births -from the lawfulness of coercion on the part of the civil magistrate Right of self - defence - Mode of maintaining the right from the instincts of nature Attack of an assassin ...
... Argument in favour of war from the excess of male births -from the lawfulness of coercion on the part of the civil magistrate Right of self - defence - Mode of maintaining the right from the instincts of nature Attack of an assassin ...
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... arguments which maintain the indefensibility and impolicy of war , and to examine the reasoning which is advanced in its favour . The author has not found , either in those works which treat exclu- sively of war , or in those which ...
... arguments which maintain the indefensibility and impolicy of war , and to examine the reasoning which is advanced in its favour . The author has not found , either in those works which treat exclu- sively of war , or in those which ...
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... argument against this anxious endeavour to attain an equipoise of power , to find that no equipoise can be maintained . When ne- gotiation has followed negotiation , and treaty has been piled upon treaty , and war has succeeded to war ...
... argument against this anxious endeavour to attain an equipoise of power , to find that no equipoise can be maintained . When ne- gotiation has followed negotiation , and treaty has been piled upon treaty , and war has succeeded to war ...
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... argument is made by appetite to excuse , and not by reason to support , an ill custom . " * People do not often become soldiers in order to serve their country , but to serve themselves . An income is commonly the motive to the great ...
... argument is made by appetite to excuse , and not by reason to support , an ill custom . " * People do not often become soldiers in order to serve their country , but to serve themselves . An income is commonly the motive to the great ...
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Página 40 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 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 91 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Página 28 - Then shall the strong man be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark ; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
Página 46 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Página 52 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 54 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Página 39 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Página 39 - Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Página 64 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Página 23 - And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.