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title: 'Covenants Involving Moral Wrong Are Not Obligatory upon Man: A Sermon'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1842-11-17
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'United States'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 28'
- 'Galatians 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1842-covenants-involving-moral-wrong-are-not-obligatory-upon-man-a-sermon
---

# Covenants Involving Moral Wrong Are Not Obligatory upon Man: A Sermon

1842 sermon arguing that covenants requiring moral wrongs—especially the Fugitive Slave Clause—are void before God; the Constitution cannot legitimize slavery.

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