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9 What,then Remains to Be Argued? Is It That Slavery Is Not Divine; That God Did Not Establish It; That Our Doctors of Divinity Are

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9 What,then remains to be argued? Is it that slavery is not divine; that God did not establish it; that our doctors of divinity are mistaken?There is blasphemy in the thought . That which is inhuman cannot be divine!Who can reason on such a proposition? They that can, may ; I cannot. The time for such argument is passed.

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The passage suggests that arguing against slavery's divinity is unnecessary as it's inherently inhuman and therefore cannot be divine. The author rejects the notion of debating the legitimacy of slavery, asserting that it's beyond reason to consider it divine.