The new earth, or, The true Magna Charta of the past ages, and of the ages or world to come: called The Jews commonweal. Written by an unworthy witness of the truth of the great God, John Brayne.

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Title: The new earth, or, The true Magna Charta of the past ages, and of the ages or world to come: called The Jews commonweal. Written by an unworthy witness of the truth of the great God, John Brayne.
Author: Brayne, John.
Publication: London, :: Printed for Richard Moon, at the seven stars in Paul's Church-yard, neer the great North-door.,; 1653.
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Judgement.

Gal. 5.21. Shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

They shall surely dye, 2 Sam. 1. from verse 6. to the 16.

Exod. 21.14. Take him from the altar and put him to death.

1. Note. The executioner is to be the avenger of bloods; who was to do it when he met with him, being his near kins∣man.

2. The avenger of blood pursued him, and slew him where he met with him. This would not be so convenient, families being disperst in another nature among us then them.

Question is, If any other might be an executioner in this case, and whether the revenge of blood be to be delayed at all.

3. Numb. 35.24 27. If a man were slain by one not his enemy, nor sought his hurt, the Congregation were to judge between the slayer and revenger, and deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger: yet if the slayer come out of the borders of the City, and the avenger meet with him, and slay him, he shall not be guilty of blood.

Note. This answered to our Jury; and in no case was the Jury made use of, but this, as I know of; which was the whole congregation.

1. Here was matter of life and death.

2. The law was diverse in this case, according as it did ap∣pear, whether the murder were wilful or not: they were to judge with the Judge; and the congregation, not the Judge, deliver him, as in Numb. 25.25.

3. What warrant this is to their proceedings in other cases, I know not, from the law of God: for the law of God having expresly set down in it the judgement of God, there needs no Jury, the fact being proved by the witnesses that they might judge, or else not, Deut. 25.1, 2.