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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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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. Exod. 21.15. He who striketh his Father or Mother, shall be surely put to Death. Then how many Deaths is he worthy of, that destroys his Father or Mother. Such a Monster was Nero, who caused his Mother Agrippina to be slain.
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. Exod. 21.15. He who striketh his Father or Mother, shall be surely put to Death. Then how many Deaths is he worthy of, that destroyes his Father or Mother. Such a Monster was Nero, who caused his Mother Agrippina to be slain.
5. To shed the Blood of any Righteous Person aggravates the Sin. First, Hereby Justice is perverted. Such a Person being innocent, is unworthy of Death. Secondly, A Saint being [Greek or Hebrew], a Public Blessing; he lies in the Breach to turn away Wrath: So that to destroy him, is to go to pull down the Pillars of a Nation. Thirdly, He is precious to God, Isa. 15.43, 44. He is a Member of Christ's Body; therefore what Injury is offered to him, is done to God himself, Acts 9.4.
5. To shed the Blood of any Righteous Person aggravates the Sin. First, Hereby Justice is perverted. Such a Person being innocent, is unworthy of Death. Secondly, A Saint being , a Publick Blessing; he lies in the Breach to turn away Wrath: So that to destroy him, is to go to pull down the Pillars of a Nation. Thirdly, He is precious to God, Isa. 15.43, 44. He is a Member of Christ's Body; therefore what Injury is offered to him, is done to God himself,