Punishment by Death
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ISBN13: 9780217038683
Paperback|9780217038683
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. ARGUMENT FROM SCRIPTURE CONTINUED.?CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE HUMAN RACE, WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS PROMULGATED. The circumstances in which Noah was placed, on taking possession of the earth after the deluge, were in some respects very similar, in others very dissimilar, to those of Adam, when just Invested with the sovereignty of the creation. A formal grant was made to him as to Adam. His prerogatives were settled, and his possession confirmed, in the earth redeemed from the deluge, in a form of benediction like that which attended the first proclamation of Adam's Paradisaical empire. But there was this mighty difference: ?when the earth was given to Adam, there had been no sin; all was simplicity and peace, guilelessness and innocence, fearlessness and security. There had been no evil passions among men, no ferocity among animals, no knowledge of death, no fear of cruelty or violence. The earth brought forth abundantly, and men and animals were sweetly nourished by its fruits and vegetables. Now, there was a dieadful change. There had been sin, and death as its consequence. The ground had been cursed for man's sake, and was to yield stintedly, and with much labour, what at first it yielded freely, submissively, and abun- dantly, of itself. There had been murder and violence on the part of man against his brother man, and savage- ness and ferocity in the animal creation. All these differences were to be remembered and provided for, in the terms of the new grant made to Noah and his sons, and the new covenant with him and his posterity. Accordingly he was graciously assured against the dread which he might have felt lest such a handful of helpless beings should be destroyed from the earth by the increase and ferocity of the animals, that the deepest fear of man s...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217038683 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217038689 |
| Weight | 0.43 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 124 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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