Punishment by Death: Its Authority and Expediency

abolished abrogation alty Antediluvian avenging Belgium benevolence blood be shed brother brother's keeper Cain capital punishment command committed common conscience crime of murder death for murder decalogue Divine government Divine law Divine Providence dreadful enactment eternal evil execution experience false favour fear of death God's gospel Grotius guilty hath Hebrew highest human government human mind imprisonment innocent ishment Jehovah Jewish jurisprudence kill knout Lamech love thy neighbour magistracy magistratus mankind ment mercy moral murderer by death nature necessity Noachic Noah offender opponent ordinance passage passion penalty of death persons principles prison promulgated protection prove punishment by death put to death race reason reformation regard repeal repentance retribution RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE sacredness sanction sentence Septuagint sheddeth man's blood solemn soul spirit statistical argument statute suppose sword terror things Thou shalt tion truth Tuscany vengeance villain vindictive whole Whoso sheddeth man's wisdom