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Thou hast obstructed his means of getting subsistence ; and thou wilt hardly take
upon thyself the pains and trouble of procuring it for him , ( which yet by the rule
of justice thou art bound to do ) . Thou haft marred his little temporary happiness ...
Thou hast obstructed his means of getting subsistence ; and thou wilt hardly take
upon thyself the pains and trouble of procuring it for him , ( which yet by the rule
of justice thou art bound to do ) . Thou haft marred his little temporary happiness ...
Page 142
Yet ungrateful Man , with all his Reafon unreasonable , deaf to the voice of
Justice , and obdurate to the feelings of Compassion , abuses his Power and
Dominion over these poor creatures ; because , for his sake , they are
defenceless ...
Yet ungrateful Man , with all his Reafon unreasonable , deaf to the voice of
Justice , and obdurate to the feelings of Compassion , abuses his Power and
Dominion over these poor creatures ; because , for his sake , they are
defenceless ...
Page 146
... That notwithstanding we are the adopted Sons of God by Grace , we are not to
forget that by Nature we are of the Dust of the Ground , as well as the Brutes ; _
That the Virtues of Justice , Mercy , and Humility , are still as effential to a
Christian ...
... That notwithstanding we are the adopted Sons of God by Grace , we are not to
forget that by Nature we are of the Dust of the Ground , as well as the Brutes ; _
That the Virtues of Justice , Mercy , and Humility , are still as effential to a
Christian ...
Page 175
... so doth the Apostle evince the reasonableness and juftice of the Maintenance
of the Ministry from his Commandment of justice and mercy to the laboring Man
and Beast of the Field ; For the Scripture faith , Thou shalt not not muzzle the OX ...
... so doth the Apostle evince the reasonableness and juftice of the Maintenance
of the Ministry from his Commandment of justice and mercy to the laboring Man
and Beast of the Field ; For the Scripture faith , Thou shalt not not muzzle the OX ...
Page 246
Are Justice , Mercy , and Humility , the criterions of righteousness ? Then ,
Injustice , Unmercifulness , and Pride , which frequently go together , and point to
each other , and are all comprehended in the idea of Cruelty to Brutes , must be
sure ...
Are Justice , Mercy , and Humility , the criterions of righteousness ? Then ,
Injustice , Unmercifulness , and Pride , which frequently go together , and point to
each other , and are all comprehended in the idea of Cruelty to Brutes , must be
sure ...
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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...
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| 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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