Daniel Defoe - A General History of the Pyrates - from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time

But to Theft you have added a greater Sin, which is Murder . How many you may have killed of those that resisted you in the committing your former Pyracies , I know not: But this we all know, That besides the Wounded, you kill’d no less than eighteen Persons out of those that were sent by lawful Authority to suppress you, and put a Stop to those Rapines that you daily acted.

And however you may fancy that that was killing Men fairly in open Fight , yet this know, that the Power of the Sword not being committed into your Hands by any lawful Authority, you were not impowered to use any Force , or fight any one; and therefore those Persons that fell in that Action, in doing their Duty to their King and Country, were murdered , and their Blood now cries out for Vengeance and Justice against you: For it is the Voice of Nature , confirmed by the Law of God, That whosoever sheddeth Man’s Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed . Gen. 9. 6.

And consider that Death is not the only Punishment due to Murderers ; for they are threatened to have their Part in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone, which is the second Death , Rev. 21. 8. See Chap. 22. 15. Words which carry that Terror with them, that considering your Circumstances and your Guilt, surely the Sound of them must make you tremble; For who can dwell with everlasting Burnings?

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