| Moses Maimonides, James Townley - 1827 - 464 pages
...law which bordered very near upon that of the Jews : (Exod. chap. 21 :) " And he that stealeth a man, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put- to death." What Charles the Great and the synods, in different parts of Germany, France, and Italy, had enacted,... | |
| Enoch Lewis - 1828 - 390 pages
...the ancients and moderns, has been extremely prolific, was, among the Hebrews, severely proscribed. He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Exod. xxi. 16. And again, if a man be found stealing any of his brethren, of the children of Israel,... | |
| 1829 - 1012 pages
...death. with you from heaven. 16 IT And he that stealetb a man, and 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 IT And he that curseth his father 01 his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 If And if men... | |
| Benjamin Godwin - 1830 - 254 pages
...planters have for slavery.—But are they willing to abide by the regulations of the Mosaic institutes ? " He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death *." The sabbath breaker listened to death : if this law were put in force, what wouWbe come of our... | |
| Zachary Macaulay - 1831 - 592 pages
...of Great Britain did not imitate the Jewish law, by which it was laid down, that " he that stealelh a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." By »hat principle, he would ask, of right — he would not put it even upon ihe principle of humanity... | |
| 1830 - 862 pages
...of Great Britain did not imitate the Jewish law, by which it waa laid down, that " he that stealelh a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." By what principle, he would ask, of right— he would not put it even upon the principle of humanity... | |
| 1830 - 614 pages
...;" a law which bordered very near upon that of the Jews, (Exod. xxi.) " And he that stealelh a man, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." What Charles the Great and the synods, in different parts of Germany, France, and Italy, had enacted,... | |
| 1831 - 616 pages
...Testament, instead of sanctioning, denounces West India slavery, and dooms its abettors to death. " He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death," Exod. xxi. 16. But West India slaves have been stolen, and the thieves have sold them, which thieves,... | |
| Zachary Macaulay - 1831 - 592 pages
...the Legislature of Great Britain did not imitate the Jewish law, by which it was laid down, that " he that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." By what principle, he would ask, of right — he would not put it even upon the principle of humanity... | |
| Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...Testament, instead of sanctioning, denounces West India slavery, and dooms its abettors to death. " He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be...found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death," Exod. xxi. 16. But West India slaves have been stolen, and the thieves have sold them, which thieves,... | |
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