 | 1850 - 550 pàgines
...affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned contentment with his condition in the converted slave, was that, for so short a time, it was not worth while for any man to change his state ; he that was free, was already the Lord's bondsman; and he that was bound,... | |
 | James Martineau - 1852 - 492 pàgines
...affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned contentment with his condition in the converted slave was, that, for so short a time, it was not worth while for any man to change his state ; he that was free was already the Lord's bondsman ; and he that was bound,... | |
 | Miss Sara Sophia HENNELL - 1857 - 212 pàgines
...affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned contentment in his condition in the converted slave, was that, for so short a time, it was not worth while for * Prospective Keriew, pp. 395-7. t Eclipse of Faith, pp. 419-420. It has encouraged coarse superstitions,... | |
 | Francis William Newman - 1858 - 222 pàgines
...affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned contentment with his condition in the converted slave, was, that for so short a time it was not worth while for any man to change his state." I agree to this; but it does not alter my fact : on the contrary, it... | |
 | James Martineau - 1891 - 596 pàgines
...affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned contentment with his condition in the converted slave was, that, for so short a time, it was not worth while for any man to change his state ; he that was free was already the Lord's bondsman ; and he that was bound,... | |
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... exhibited but faint traces in the earliest age of the Church is due, not merely to the small comparative numbers of the disciples, but no less to their expectation of an immediate close to this world's affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned... 