A Body of Divinity Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion Are Explain
A Body of Divinity Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion Are Explain
Thomas Ridgley
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Yet in this case, some punishment short of death ought to be inflicted, to reform the wicked person, and deter him from going on in the breach of this commandment, from less to greater sins. By the law of God, a simple theft was punished with restitution of twice, and in some cases four times, as much as the damage which was sustained amounted c Prov. Iii. 28. D Matt. Vi. 3, 4. E 2 Cor. Ix. 7. f Acts x. 35. G Matt. X. 42. P 1 Cor. Vi. 9, 10. 400 THE SINS FORBIDDEN IN to. 1 In other cases, howev...er, the theft was punished with death, whon it had In it some circumstances which aggravated it in an uncommon degree. If an house, which ought to be reckoned a man's castle, be broken open, and that in the night- time, when he is in no condition to defend himself or his worldly substance, in this case the law is not unjust which punishes the thief with death ; and this is sup- posed in that law which says that he who kills one who 'breaks up' his neighbour's house by night, shall have 'no blood shed for him.
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