A39662:1743
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.
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 ▪ Gen. 9.6. Whoso sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Or in a just and necessary War, Judges 5.23. Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel of the Lord) curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; becau•e they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Or by pure Accident, Deut. 19.5. As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour that he dye, he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live. Or in self defence, Exod. 22.2. If a thief be found ⟨p. 140⟩breaking up, and be smitten that he dye, there shall no blood be shed for him.
A. No, it is not, if the Life of a Person be taken away in the course of Justice ▪ Gen. 9.6. Whoso sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Or in a just and necessary War, Iudges 5.23. Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel of the Lord) curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; becau•e they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Or by pure Accident,