Two dissertations: the first on the supposed suicide of Samson

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W. Innys and J. Richardson, 1754 - 172 sider

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Side 6 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Side 27 - And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Side 55 - Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Side 53 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, I perish.
Side 86 - And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle.
Side 32 - Evil is not to be done, that good may come of it." Much better it were for such patients that are so troubled, to endure a little misery in this life, than to hazard their souls' health forever, and as Delrio counselleth, 2 " much better die, than be so cured.
Side 42 - ... human justice, which is a copy of the divine. The whole man is punished or rewarded. The soul is punished with disgrace and infamy, the body with pains : the soul is rewarded with esteem and honour, the body with external marks of dignity. Thus the divine justice will render to every " one according to the things done in the body, whether good or evil.
Side 25 - ... out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Side 24 - Samuel, and of the prophets ; who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made...
Side 37 - State cannot give such a right to the physician; for it has not itself the right to put an innocent person to death. No matter how desirable it might seem to be at times to save the life of the mother, common sense teaches, and all nations accept the maxim, that 'evil is never to be done that good may come of it' ; or, which is the same thing, that 'a good end cannot justify a bad means.

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