Punishment by Death: Its Authority and ExpediencyJ. Wiley, 1849 - 332 pages |
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... reason for this statute , certainly it would have been stated . The statute would have run thus : Who- so sheddeth man's blood , by man shall his blood be shed , be- cause at present there are no prisons to confine him in . And it would ...
... reason for this statute , certainly it would have been stated . The statute would have run thus : Who- so sheddeth man's blood , by man shall his blood be shed , be- cause at present there are no prisons to confine him in . And it would ...
Page 122
... reason for this statute , how happens it that at an after period , when there was no more deficiency in pris- ons than in thieves and murderers , there being abundance of both , this very same statute is re - promulgated , with the ad ...
... reason for this statute , how happens it that at an after period , when there was no more deficiency in pris- ons than in thieves and murderers , there being abundance of both , this very same statute is re - promulgated , with the ad ...
Page 123
... reason to admire their wis dom , when a superficial observer would set them down as capricious or unintelligible . Their thorough exam- ination requires much research and discriminating ob- servation ; and it has come to be a common ...
... reason to admire their wis dom , when a superficial observer would set them down as capricious or unintelligible . Their thorough exam- ination requires much research and discriminating ob- servation ; and it has come to be a common ...
Page 125
... reason for this statute , certainly it would have been stated . The statute would have run thus : Who- so sheddeth man's blood , by man shall his blood be shed , be- cause at present there are no prisons to confine him in . And it would ...
... reason for this statute , certainly it would have been stated . The statute would have run thus : Who- so sheddeth man's blood , by man shall his blood be shed , be- cause at present there are no prisons to confine him in . And it would ...
Page 125
... reason for this statute , how happens it that at an after period , when there was no more deficiency in pris- ons than in thieves and murderers , there being abundance of both , this very same statute is re - promulgated , with the ad ...
... reason for this statute , how happens it that at an after period , when there was no more deficiency in pris- ons than in thieves and murderers , there being abundance of both , this very same statute is re - promulgated , with the ad ...
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Expressions et termes fréquents
abolished abolition abrogation annexed Antediluvian ARGUMENT FROM SCRIPTURE avenging beast benevolence blood be shed brother brother's keeper Cain capital punishment Christian dispensation committed common conscience consentaneousness crime of murder death for murder decalogue declaration deluge divine authority Divine Law Divine Providence dreadful enactment eternity evil execution experience God's gospel Grotius guilty hand hath Hebrews highest human government human mind imprisonment innocent ishment Jehovah Jewish Jewish law justice kill Lamech legislation lence magistracy magistratus mankind ment mercy moral Mosaic murderer by death nature necessity Noah offender ordinance passage passion penal infliction penalty of death person precepts prison promulgated punishment by death put to death race reason reformation regard repentance retribution RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE revenge sanction sentence Septuagint sheddeth man's blood solemn Sophocles soul spirit statistical argument statute sword things thou shalt tion translation truth vengeance whole Whoso sheddeth man's wisdom
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Page 309 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 124 - 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 125 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 233 - 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.
Page 128 - 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 122 - 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 169 - ... slightest circumstance into a blaze of discovery. 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. It labors under its guilty possession, and knows not what to do with it. The human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant. It finds itself preyed on by a torment which it dares not acknowledge to God or man. A vulture is devouring it, and it can ask no sympathy or assistance,...
Page 129 - 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 230 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 136 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God. 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.