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There is not a drop of blood thus spilt upon the earth, but swells like an Ocean; and nothing can dry it up, till it be revenged. The most excellent of Gods creatures on earth, the beauty, the extract, the ^*abstract, or abridgement of the world, the glory of the workman, the confluence of all honour that mortality can afford, and (what is above all the rest) the Image of the almighty God, with pain borne, with expense nurtured, must fall in a moment: and by whom? one son of Adam by another: the proverb is exiled, homo homini Deus, man is a God to man: nay, it is rare, saith the Philosopher, to find a man to man: for want of using reason how many are beasts; and for not using it well, how many Devils? Hear the Law, ye lawless brood of Cain, that slay a man in your anger: Blood for blood. You think to scape with a Pardon, but there is no pardon of Earth can ease the bleeding conscience. Let none kill Cain, that so every day kills himself. As in that great plague on Egypt, ^xall the waters in their Rivers, Streams, Ponds, Pools, Vessels were changed into blood, so shall it be in the conscience of the Murderer: his eyes shall behold no other colour but red, as if the air were of a sanguine dye: his visions in the night shall be all blood; ⟨p. 60⟩his dreams sprinkling blood on his face; all his thoughts shall flow with blood: If any David scapes the wounds of mans sword to his body, or Gods to his soul, let him thank the blood of the crucified JESUS, whose wounds must intercede for his, and procure a pardon. This is that Blood, which doth [Greek or Hebrew], ^yspeak better things, and stint the ceaseless cry of the blood of Abel: but all this to none, but those that bleed in soul for those sins.

There is not a drop of blood thus spilt vpon the earth, but swels like an Ocean; and nothing can drie it vp, till it be reuenged. The most excellent of Gods creatures on earth, the beautie, the extract, the ^*abstract, or abridgement of the world, the glory of the workeman, the confluence of all honour that mortallitie can afford, and (what is aboue all the rest) the Image of the almightie God, with paine borne, with expence nurtured, must fall in a moment: and by whom? one sonne of Adam by another: the prouerbe is exiled, homo homini Deus, man is a God to man: nay, it is rare, saith the Philosopher, to finde a man to man: for want of vsing reason how many are beasts; and for not vsing it well, how many Deuils? Heare the Law, ye lawlesse broode of Cain, that slay a man in your anger: Blood for blood. You thinke to scape with a Pardon, but there is no pardon of Earth can ease the bleeding conscience. Let none kill Cain, that so euery day kils himselfe. As in that great plague on Egipt,