Punishment by Death: Its Authority and ExpediencyJ. Wiley, 1849 - 332 páginas |
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Punishment by Death: its authority and expediency. (Argument in reply to J ... George Barrell CHEEVER Visualização completa - 1855 |
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abolished abolition abrogation annexed Antediluvian ARGUMENT FROM SCRIPTURE avenging beast benevolence blood be shed brother brother's keeper Cain capital punishment Christian dispensation committed common conscience consentaneousness crime of murder death for murder decalogue declaration deluge divine authority Divine Law Divine Providence dreadful enactment eternity evil execution experience God's gospel Grotius guilty hand hath Hebrews highest human government human mind imprisonment innocent ishment Jehovah Jewish Jewish law justice kill Lamech legislation lence magistracy magistratus mankind ment mercy moral Mosaic murderer by death nature necessity Noah offender ordinance passage passion penal infliction penalty of death person precepts prison promulgated punishment by death put to death race reason reformation regard repentance retribution RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE revenge sanction sentence Septuagint sheddeth man's blood solemn Sophocles soul spirit statistical argument statute sword things thou shalt tion translation truth vengeance whole Whoso sheddeth man's wisdom
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