William Paley, Anglican minister, examines the “right” to traffick in enslaved people. Traffickers fomented wars and mutual depredation in order to create situations where it is easy to pick people off. Here the wickedness starts.
Today, slavery apologists speak of bringing culture to unenlighted people. But the slavers created their own evidence.
How can you reassess your rights which may intrude upon those of others?
William Secker was a Puritan minister in the Church of England. Here he comments on James 1:27. He insists that the flames of piety must be accompanied with an intense charity towards others.
Do we not often hear today that we must not let the cares of the world, especially the cares of others, to quench the flames of piety towards God?
How can you practice undefiled religion?
Robert MacCulloch, Church of Scotland, on Isaiah 1:17. Those who would resemble the Father of the fatherless must “appear in behalf of” the fatherless.
Some might have zero desire to resemble the Christian god. Fine, just don’t claim you had to go elsewhere for compassion. Others wear Godliness on their sleeve, but invent exhaustive rituals as proof of their likeness, while kids rot. Not fine at all. Not like the God of bible.
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Greg Johnson