 | Alexander Bethune - 1845 - 468 trang
...the present state of society — nay, farther, we are told in scripture, that " The land shall not be cleansed from blood, but by the blood of him who shed it ;" which proves that hangmen are indispensable also, yet there are thousands on thousands of individuals... | |
 | 1846 - 590 trang
...that sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed ; for in the image of God made he man " — " The land cannot be cleansed from blood but by the blood of him that shed it." For this purpose the magistrate is "God's minister, an avenger, to execute wrath upon... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1863 - 654 trang
...that sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed ; for in the image of God made he man." — "The land cannot be cleansed from blood but by the blood of him that shed it." . For this purpose the magistrate is " God's minister, an avenger, to execute wrath... | |
 | Troy (N.Y.). Citizens - 1865 - 404 trang
...something inherently criminal in murder that cannot be expiated save by the blood of the murderer. "The land cannot be cleansed from blood, but by the blood of him that shed it." So may God have ordained that our land shall not be cleansed from the blood of this... | |
 | William Tait - 1883 - 352 trang
...earnestness, What then will be accepted, what will satisfy ? Nothing but your life, is the answer : " The land cannot be cleansed from blood but by the blood of him that shed it." And if man answers thus, will God answer otherwise 1 Will He accept " the blood of bulls... | |
 | Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1904 - 342 trang
...assembled in parliament, are doubtless the legal representatives of the nation, but so also are the king and the peers. It has always been complained...lieutenantgeneral in an army full of factions. He hoped, and Vol. 28— 19 with good reason, that the reputation he had gained by his great military exploits would acquire... | |
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The land cannot be cleansed from blood, but by the blood of him who shed it. 