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... reason , a man can have no natural right to abuse and torment a beast , merely be- cause a beast has not the mental powers of a man . For fuch as the man is , he is but as GOD made him ; and the very fame is true of the beaft .. Neither ...
... reason , a man can have no natural right to abuse and torment a beast , merely be- cause a beast has not the mental powers of a man . For fuch as the man is , he is but as GOD made him ; and the very fame is true of the beaft .. Neither ...
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... susceptible of pain , as in the form of a Man . And if , in brutal shape , We had been en- dued with the fame degree of reason * Gen. ii . 7 . Gen. i . 30. in the margin . C and and reflection which we now en → joy ; and [ 17 ]
... susceptible of pain , as in the form of a Man . And if , in brutal shape , We had been en- dued with the fame degree of reason * Gen. ii . 7 . Gen. i . 30. in the margin . C and and reflection which we now en → joy ; and [ 17 ]
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... least , not contrary to reason , in all cafes to which this general precept can extend , and in which the duty enjoined by it can and ought to be performed . Therefore though it it be true that a man is not a horse [ 20 ]
... least , not contrary to reason , in all cafes to which this general precept can extend , and in which the duty enjoined by it can and ought to be performed . Therefore though it it be true that a man is not a horse [ 20 ]
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... reason , if we were to affirm from the above principle , that the cruelty of Men to Brutes is more heinous ( in point of injuf- tice ) than the cruelty of Men unto Men . I will call the former brutal cruelty , and the latter hu- man ...
... reason , if we were to affirm from the above principle , that the cruelty of Men to Brutes is more heinous ( in point of injuf- tice ) than the cruelty of Men unto Men . I will call the former brutal cruelty , and the latter hu- man ...
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... reason , and art as low , if not lower than the brute whom you opprefs . You confefs , that a * 1 Cor . iv . 7 . + Mal . ii . 10 . brute brute is an animal without reafon ; and Reason says [ 47 ]
... reason , and art as low , if not lower than the brute whom you opprefs . You confefs , that a * 1 Cor . iv . 7 . + Mal . ii . 10 . brute brute is an animal without reafon ; and Reason says [ 47 ]
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A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruely to Brute Animals Humphrey Primatt No preview available - 2013 |
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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...