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“You are bought with a price; be not made the bond-slaves of men.”
The State's Obligation to Recognize and Protect the Catholic Church 2007
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And since sin, by a certain right of its own, exercises dominion over those men who are under the law, therefore it comes to pass that they have been made bond-slaves to sin, and are bound and "fettered like a purchased menial."
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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Indeed, no word of compliment could be compared to this expression of praise and commendation, whereby, thanks be to God, you both have distinguished yourselves as the devoted servants of His divine Threshold and as the sincere, the self-sacrificing bond-slaves serving at the door of His mercifulness.
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Let catalogue and classification go hand in hand in bringing all related books together, and library assistants will not stunt their intellects by becoming bond-slaves to the nine digits, nor lose the power of thought and reflection by never growing out of their _a b c's_.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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Are you not taken captives by the glitter of Dress? sold bond-slaves to your bonnets and shoes?
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There were the bond-slaves who worked for the peasants, and the free
Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Fanny Barry
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The former had been the natural expression of bond-slaves, to whom life on earth was without hope; at last they were able to sing the triumphant note of freemen.
From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington
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Today the forces that aroused the superstitious fears of our ancestors are the hand-maids and the bond-slaves of our comfort.
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I am not speaking now of those poor bond-slaves who do the work of the world without a reward for their toilGod Almightys outcast, I call them.
Paras. 500599 1917
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But, even if freedom from all these hateful bonds could come, and could be complete, without Him, there still remains a serfdom more degrading, a bondage more inexorable than any of these, for men are everywhere the bond-slaves of sin.
Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord Bramwell Booth 1892
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