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1748 | Abstract of the Holy Bible, By Way of Question and Answer

Q. What other Vices doth He forbid? A.…All Manner of Cruelty, even towards Brute Beasts. (Christopher Brown, An Abstract of the Holy Bible [1748], "Deuteronomy")

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1748 | Christopher Brown, "Deuteronomy," in Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ, Or, An Abstract of the Holy Bible, By Way of Question and Answer (York, 1748).

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