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Here is a case which in fact does not exist between these two men , for the rich
man is not a poor man , nor is the poor man a rich man ; yet the Supposition is
necessary to enforce and illustrate the precept , and the reafonableness of it is ...
Here is a case which in fact does not exist between these two men , for the rich
man is not a poor man , nor is the poor man a rich man ; yet the Supposition is
necessary to enforce and illustrate the precept , and the reafonableness of it is ...
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that can plead his own cause , and a finger to point out the aggreffor : All Men that
hear of it shudder with horror ; and , by applying the case to themselves ,
pronounce it cruelty with the common Voice of Humanity , and unanimously join
in ...
that can plead his own cause , and a finger to point out the aggreffor : All Men that
hear of it shudder with horror ; and , by applying the case to themselves ,
pronounce it cruelty with the common Voice of Humanity , and unanimously join
in ...
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And in this , I hope , there is no cruelty ; for cruelty in this case consists in the
unnecessary infliction and continuation of pain , and not in putting the creature to
instant death , which is the period of all pain . Self - preservation therefore (
whether ...
And in this , I hope , there is no cruelty ; for cruelty in this case consists in the
unnecessary infliction and continuation of pain , and not in putting the creature to
instant death , which is the period of all pain . Self - preservation therefore (
whether ...
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We may observe above in the case of a Beast going astray ; if it be the Beast of
thy brother , or neighbour , you are required to send it to him again ; but if it be the
beast of a stranger , then to take it to your own house and to keep it , till you hear
...
We may observe above in the case of a Beast going astray ; if it be the Beast of
thy brother , or neighbour , you are required to send it to him again ; but if it be the
beast of a stranger , then to take it to your own house and to keep it , till you hear
...
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His Mercy ought no more to be called in question in the one case , than in the
other ; nor to a considerate mind will it be questioned in either case . For , indeed
, it can hardly be avoided in public distress , but but that the Children must some ...
His Mercy ought no more to be called in question in the one case , than in the
other ; nor to a considerate mind will it be questioned in either case . For , indeed
, it can hardly be avoided in public distress , but but that the Children must some ...
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Page 248 - Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Page 88 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 117 - O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endureth for ever.
Page 98 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 165 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 168 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 87 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good. And GOD blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 184 - The lord then answered him, and said Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?
Page 315 - I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 310 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruely to Brute Animals |
| Author | Humphrey Primatt |
| Publisher | T. Cadell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 326 pages |
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