Punishment by Death: Its Authority and Expediency |
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... believe there is not a commentator in the world by whom this change has been proposed , as by some legislators of the present time , with the purpose of evading or altering the obvious scope and meaning of the pas- sage . It is utterly ...
... believe there is not a commentator in the world by whom this change has been proposed , as by some legislators of the present time , with the purpose of evading or altering the obvious scope and meaning of the pas- sage . It is utterly ...
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... believe that this enactment possesses the same rank with reference to all penal enactments , that the commandments in the decalogue possess , with reference to all moral duties . It stands at the head of the science of social and ...
... believe that this enactment possesses the same rank with reference to all penal enactments , that the commandments in the decalogue possess , with reference to all moral duties . It stands at the head of the science of social and ...
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... , directly sup- pose the existence of the penalty of death , and as directly sanction it . We believe they contain a manifest reference to the old and well known Noachic ordinance , which had come 5 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT . 49.
... , directly sup- pose the existence of the penalty of death , and as directly sanction it . We believe they contain a manifest reference to the old and well known Noachic ordinance , which had come 5 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT . 49.
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... believe that it was one design of God by the Noachic ordinance solemnly to confer this authority , and place it be- yond dispute . Besides this , it was his purpose to set up a barrier , which had not before existed , against the ...
... believe that it was one design of God by the Noachic ordinance solemnly to confer this authority , and place it be- yond dispute . Besides this , it was his purpose to set up a barrier , which had not before existed , against the ...
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... believe that Cain , as a specimen of hu- manity , was any worse than his descend- ants , and on the contrary are assured by divine authority that the spirit of murder dwells in the heart of every man that lov- eth 7 * CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ...
... believe that Cain , as a specimen of hu- manity , was any worse than his descend- ants , and on the contrary are assured by divine authority that the spirit of murder dwells in the heart of every man that lov- eth 7 * CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ...
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abrogation annexed Antediluvian argue Argument from Scripture atonement beast Belli ac Pacis benevolence blood be shed brother brother's keeper Cain capital punishment Christian dispensation civil committed conscience consentaneousness considered crime of murder death for murder decalogue declaration deluge derer divine authority Divine government Divine Providence dread earth enactment Eternity evil execution experience false fear feeling God's Grotius guilty hand hath highest human government human society imprisonment ishment Jehovah Jewish judgment justice kill Lamech legislation Magistratus mankind ment mercy mind nature ness Noachic ordinance Noah Numbers offender passage passion penal infliction penalty of death promulgated providence punishment of death race reason reformation regard repentance retribution retributive Justice revenge sanction Scholia sentence sheddeth man's blood sion solemn Sophocles soul spirit statute sword tence things thy brother's tion truth unto vaults of death vengeance violence Whoso sheddeth man's wisdom YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 17 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 51 - Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God : and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid .of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 41 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Page 15 - Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 42 - Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Page 28 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 91 - Meantime the guilty soul cannot keep its own secret. It is false to itself; or rather it feels an irresistible impulse of conscience to be true to itself.
Page 120 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 92 - He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstances to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must...
Page 80 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my brother's keeper ? And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.