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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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3. To take away the Life of any Public Person enhanceth the Murder, and makes it greater. As 1. To Kill a Judge upon the Bench, because he represents the King's Person. 2. To murder a Person, whose Office is Sacred, and comes on the King of Heaven's Embassy: The murdering of him may be the murdering of many. Herod added this Sin above all, that he shut up John Baptist in Prison, Luke 3.20. Then much more to behead John in Prison. 3. To stain ones Hands with Royal Blood. David's Heart smote him, because he did but cut off the Lap of King Saul's Garment, 1 Sam. 24.5. How would David's Heart have smote him, if he had cut off Sauls Head?
3. To take away the Life of any Publick Person inhanceth the Murder, and makes it greater. As 1. To Kill a Judge upon the Bench, because he represents the King's Person. 2. To murder a Person, whose Office is Sacred, and comes on the King of Heaven's Ambassage: The murdering of him may be the murdering of many. Herod added this Sin above all, that he shut up Iohn Baptist in Prison, Luke 3.20. Then much more to behead Iohn in Prison. 3. To stain ones Hands with Royal Blood. David's Heart smote him, because he did but cut off the Lap of King Saul's Garment, 1 Sam. 24.5. How would David's Heart have smote him, if he had cut off Sauls Head?
4. To shed the Blood of a near Relation aggravates the Murder, and dies it of a deeper Crimson. For a Son to kill his Father is horrid. Parricides are Monsters in Nature. Qui occidit patrem plurima committit peccata in uno. Cicero. He who takes away his Fathers Life, committeth many Sins in one. He is not only guilty of Murder, but of Disobedience, Ingratitude, Ostracism, and Diabolical Cruelty.