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Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the…Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the…
Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And whereas again it's objected, that this way of putting to death, is against charity and love of mens souls, because many 1are put to death without any seeming repentance, which is presently to send them to Hell.
And whereas againe it's objected, that this way of putting to death, is against charity and love of mens souls, because many 1are put to death without any seeming repentance, which is presently to send them to Hell.
- 1Object. 3.
The answer is, that all Magistrates, they are to take care for the 1salvation of the malefactors souls, as much as in them lieth; but if they do perish in their sins, this ariseth not from justice done, which is rather to bring them in mind of their sins, and to humble them but it cometh from the frowardness, & obstinacy in their own hearts. And in that, we see a Magistracy confirmed in the Gospel, we need not require an express command in the New Testament for the putting of some malefactors to death.
The answer is, that all Magistrates, they are to take care for the 1salvation of the melefactors soules, as much as in them lyeth; but if they doe perish in their sins, this ariseth not from justice done, which is rather to bring them in mind of their sins, and to humble them but it cometh from the frowardnesse, & obstinacy in their owne hearts. And in that, we see a Magistracy confirmed in the Gospel, we need not require an expresse command in the New Testament for the putting of some malefactors to death.