...running of a septenary of sabbatical years ; « And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven years, and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.' The number seven, because used in Scripture to complete all the sacred divisions of time, was regarded...

...in thy land, shall all the increase Ihereof be meat. 8 And thou sha It number seven sabbaths ofyears t dwelleth with you shall d Et. 5.1. i Deal. 18. Il), 11. / Jub Э2. 4, «. ¡ 1 Pel. 8. unlo ihee forty and nine years. 9 Then shall ihou cause the trumpet of 'the jubilee to sound, on the...

...years of jubilee : so, I apprehend, they are limited in respect to other servants, by the same law. ' And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.' Levit. xxv. 10. According to this law, none could be enslaved longer...

...rest every fiftieth year ; when it was neither to be tilled nor sown, which was the year of JUBILEE. " And thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years ; and the space of seven Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet...

...same right, by the divine law, as all other men. 64. With regard to the Jubilee, the law says, — ' Thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee...of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt t'hou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month ;...

...expression forever, in this connection, means nothing more than to the year ofjubilee. So says the law — "Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabilan/s thereof," Some may suppose that this language is applicable to Israelites alone,...

...the XXVth chapter of Leviticus to justify American slavery, how is this? Does not that chapter say: " Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto till the inhabitants thereof /" If you did really get a license to sin, out of that chapter, remember...

...seventh month ; in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10. LI. imto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto...

...from generation to generation ? Certainly not. The law of the Jubilee was express and universal.* " Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land TO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF." The clause, " and they shall be your bondmen forever," must be interpreted...

...general remission was proclaimed, throughout the entire land, was expressed in the following terms : "And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto...of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in...