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... whilft it lafts , fuffers Evil ; and the Sufferance of evil , unmeritedly , unprovokedly , where no offence has been given , and no good end can poffibly be answered by it , but merely to ex- hibit power or gratify malice , is Cruelty ...
... whilft it lafts , fuffers Evil ; and the Sufferance of evil , unmeritedly , unprovokedly , where no offence has been given , and no good end can poffibly be answered by it , but merely to ex- hibit power or gratify malice , is Cruelty ...
Page 53
... whilft he lives he has a right to happiness . And death , though it is to him the period of his present happiness of existence , ( and fo far is a negative E 3 evil ; ) evil ; ) yet it is likewife the period to [ 53 ] to men, therefore ...
... whilft he lives he has a right to happiness . And death , though it is to him the period of his present happiness of existence , ( and fo far is a negative E 3 evil ; ) evil ; ) yet it is likewife the period to [ 53 ] to men, therefore ...
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... whilft the poor animal is thus kindly delivered from his pain by precipitated death , the Creature that devours him has his degree of happiness therein , and will him- felf one day meet with the fame kind treatment from fome other beast ...
... whilft the poor animal is thus kindly delivered from his pain by precipitated death , the Creature that devours him has his degree of happiness therein , and will him- felf one day meet with the fame kind treatment from fome other beast ...
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... . The creatures , which we defpife , wore them , be- fore we had them , and could call them their own ; whilft we are glad to be their heirs , and to wear L 3 them them at fecond hand , when they have left them [ 149 ]
... . The creatures , which we defpife , wore them , be- fore we had them , and could call them their own ; whilft we are glad to be their heirs , and to wear L 3 them them at fecond hand , when they have left them [ 149 ]
Page 154
... - mon fenfe or common humanity can ever be supposed to be guilty of it . But to muzzle him whilft treading out the corn , or laboring for the food of Man , is not un- ufual ufual even with thofe who would be efteemed Merciful . [ 154 ]
... - mon fenfe or common humanity can ever be supposed to be guilty of it . But to muzzle him whilft treading out the corn , or laboring for the food of Man , is not un- ufual ufual even with thofe who would be efteemed Merciful . [ 154 ]
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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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abuſe againſt animals Apoſtle appointed Balaam Beaft Beaſt becauſe BIRDS bleffed Breath Brutes cafe CATTLE cauſe Chrift Chriftian commandment compaffion Crea Creation cruel cruelty defign divine Duft DUTY OF MERCY Earth facred faid fake fame feems felves fenfe fervant fervice fhall fhew fhould fion firſt fome FOWL ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fword goeth Goodneſs happineſs hath heart himſelf holy Horſe houfe human Ifrael inftance injuſtice innocent itſelf juſtice labor lefs leſs ligion likewife LIVING CREATURE Lord mafter ment mifery Moab moft moſt muft muſt muzzle nature neceffary nefs neral obferved ourſelves paffion pain pleaſed pleaſure precept preſent purpoſe queſtion reaſon refreſhment Reft reſpect righteous Sabbath Day ſay ſhall ſhape ſuppoſe tenderneſs thee thefe themſelves ther theſe thine thoſe Thou shalt tice tion treadeth ture unto uſe whilft whofe whoſe wicked wife Wiſdom
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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...