 | James Foote - 1849 - 674 pages
...of Moses, t which these judges, unprincipled as they were, did not choose altogether to despise: " At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death." It was surely a very decisive proof of the innocence, nay, of the excellence, of Jesus, that men so... | |
 | 1850 - 830 pages
...unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At1* and thy thoughts'* which are to us-ward : ft they cannot be 7 The hands/ of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands... | |
 | Samuel Noble - New Jerusalem Church - 1851 - 554 pages
...Moses, " At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall he that is worthy be put to death ; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death."* Does any one suppose that this was merely a regulation of Jewish municipal law, and no more ? Doubtless,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1851 - 440 pages
...out of the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established;" and "at the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death." CHAPTEK XI. THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THE JUDGE. THUS, then, the books being opened, the laws read, the... | |
 | William Dalton - 1852 - 362 pages
...life of another in a malicious way. 3. Q. May a magistrate lawfully condemn a murderer to die? A. Yes; "At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...of one witness he shall not be put to death." Deut. xvii. 6. See also Gen. ix. 6. 4. Q. Who was the first murderer'? A. Cain; who "rose up against Abel... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 718 pages
...thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 Robert" Robert Shittler( 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of... | |
 | 1853 - 764 pages
...even that man or that woman, and 'shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 'At the mouth of two1 act 7 to death. - The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - Explorers - 1853 - 454 pages
...at all events the law of God remaineth for ever ; and the canon of God saith, ' At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death...death — but at the mouth of one witness he shall not he put to death.' If then, hy the statute law, hy the civil law, and hy God's word, it he required... | |
 | 1854 - 684 pages
...testify to cause him to die" (Numb. xxxv. 30.) ThU rule applied to all cases of capital punishment. " At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...of one witness he shall not be put to death" (Deut. xvii. G.) The reason of this law is obvious, viz., to guard against the punishment of the innocent,... | |
 | John Stow - 1854 - 850 pages
...them by your chaste conversation ! " — 1 Peter iii. 1, 2. By the Mosaic Law it was provided that " n tk mouth of one Witness he shall not be put to death." — Deut. xvii. 6. Andonth* same principle the... | |
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At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 
