A39662:1742
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
A. Murder with respect to others, may be either with relation to their Bodies; Numb. 35.30. Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death, &c. Or to their Souls, which is the most heinous murder in the World; Ezek. 3.18. When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt sure•y dye, and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life; the same wicked man shall dye in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
A. Murther with respect to others, may be either with relation to their Bodies; Numb. 35.30. Whoso killeth any person, the murtherer shall be put to death, &c. Or to their Souls, which is the most heinous murder in the World; Ezek. 3.18. When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt sure•y dye, and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life; the same wicked man shall dye in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Q. 7. Is all destruction of another's Life, murder in the account of God?
Q. 7. Is all destruction of anothers Life, murder in the account of God?
A. No, it is not, if the Life of a Person be taken away in the course of Justice ▪