item: #1 of 7 id: A26335 author: Adams, John, 1662-1720. title: An essay concerning self-murther wherein is endeavour'd to prove that it is unlawful according to natural principles : with some considerations upon what is pretended from the said principles, by the author of a treatise intituled, Biathanatos, and others / by J. Adams ... date: 1700 words: 69628 flesch: 58 summary: Not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for a Pattern to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Insolence broke that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was the Death of so many 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . If it be said that the Common People have not this Notion of Honour , that something is due to them 〈◊〉 truely I think nothing at all , much less Life it self , nay Honour too ; for if a Man does an unjust thing to satisfie the Multitude , and to preserve his Credit among them , he Sacrifices true Honour to an empty Name ; and yet the Multitude it self , to do it Justice , is seldom so bad a Judge of Praise and Disgrace , as to reckon a Man's Honour , in such Circumstances as we have been speaking of , vindicated by killing of himself ; for by Honour here must be meant either his Innocence or his Courage . keywords: account; act; actions; body; case; chap; courage; death; end; evil; following; god; good; honour; humane; law; laws; liberty; life; man; men; mind; murther; nature; pain; people; person; power; preservation; propriety; publick; punishment; purpose; reason; right; self; shou'd; soul; state; thing; time; use; virtue; way; world; wou'd cache: A26335.xml plain text: A26335.txt item: #2 of 7 id: A36292 author: Donne, John, 1572-1631. title: Biathanatos a declaration of that paradoxe or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed / written by Iohn Donne ... date: 1644 words: 65282 flesch: 78 summary: [ That there is a second bi●…th into Sinne in this world , and Job cursed his entrance into that . He sayes , because in the case of simony , many difficulties g●…ow , because not onely by cleare and common judgements , temporall reward may be taken for spirituall offices , by way of gift , stipend , wages , almes , sustenation , or fulfilling the law or custome of that place , but also by some . keywords: act; augustine; authors; bee; body; canon; cap; case; charity; christ; church; conscience; death; desire; distinction; doe; doth; dye; dying; escape; evill; examples; fact; farre; generall; god; gods; good; hath; hee; himselfe; homicide; killing; l. 1; law; lawes; lawfull; life; man; martyrdome; martyrs; men; naturall; nature; opinion; owne; paul; place; purpose; reason; religion; rule; saint; saith; sayes; scripture; second; sect; seeme; selves; sinne; state; text; thing; thou; time; use; way; wee; wish; words; yea cache: A36292.xml plain text: A36292.txt item: #3 of 7 id: A54679 author: Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. title: Self-homicide-murther, or, Some antidotes and arguments gleaned out of the treasuries of our modern casuists and divines against that horrid and reigning sin of self-murther by T.P., Esq. ... date: 1674 words: 9558 flesch: 37 summary: Out of these general descriptions of the Law of Nature , I may spin out this Definition ; The Law of Nature is the universal Law of the World , concerning some common necessities to which we are inclin'd by Nature , invited by Consent , prompted by Reason , and bound upon us by the command of God : and the first part of this Definition is strengthened , and made evidently true , by the aptnesses of the Heathen to Justice , and disposition to Laws , concreated with their understandings , which are stil'd by the Schools , Species congenitae & concreatae ; and by Minsinger and Civil Law , they are nam'd , Praecepta seu formulae honestatis praeceptae , signatures or draughts of moral honesty stamp'd upon the hearts of men in their first creation by God Himself , which super-induce and imprint upon their Consciences such Fears and Opinions , that pass upon mankind the obligation and reverence of Laws . Now , self-preservation is of universal extent and latitude , and so wound up with the Law of Nature , that it is made by Vlpian to be the Law itself ; for thus he defines it , Jus naturale est , ( says he ) quod natura omnia animalia docuit ; a natural right that Nature hath taught every creature : and this is evident in the youngest creatures , in whom , though there be but slender principles of Life , and faint evidences of a Being , yet if you attempt to destroy them by drowning , or any other engine of ruine , with what strugling and reluctancy will they endeavour to decline their early and angry fate , is notoriously obvious ; and if it hold good in these creatures that are guided only by such a glimmering principle of sense , then should it be much more eminently manifest in man , in whom God hath planted reason , to check and controul the unruly and disordered passions of the soul , and especially to repress those two imperious and insolent Tribunes of it , the irascible and concup●scible appetite . keywords: conscience; death; god; good; hath; law; laws; life; man; men; nature; persons; power; reason; self; sin; tcp; text cache: A54679.xml plain text: A54679.txt item: #4 of 7 id: A54825 author: E. P. (Ezra Pierce) title: A discourse of self-murder lately written, and now published as a disswasive from so horrid and inglorious a thing. By E.P., in a letter to his intimate friend R.F. Licens'd, November 24. 1691. date: 1692 words: 17453 flesch: 63 summary: And though 't is not our part to judge , yet we may have the liberty to fear his future disposal ; for he is gone without a Psalm of mercy , and had no 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , to refresh him in his last Agony . Besides , 't is well known , this man is not so discerning as to detect what that mans apprehensions of things are : 'T is a kind of Sagacity we must confess we all fall short of . keywords: account; author; case; fear; good; kind; law; life; man; manner; men; mind; murder; nature; needs; power; present; reason; self; tcp; text; thing; thought; time; violence; world cache: A54825.xml plain text: A54825.txt item: #5 of 7 id: A87069 author: Hannam, Richard, d. 1656. title: The speech and confession of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield, being the 17. of this instant June immediately before his great and fatall leap from off the ladder together with a true and perfect description of his life and death; his several rambles, figaries, exploits, and designs, performed in most parts of Europe; especially upon the king of Scots, the queen of Sweden, the kings of France, Spain, and Denmark, the high and mighty States of Holland, the great Turk, and the pope of Rome. This is licensed and entred, according to speciall order and command. date: 1656 words: 1495 flesch: 59 summary: The speech and confession of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield, being the 17. of this instant June immediately before his great and fatall leap from off the ladder together with a true and perfect description of his life and death; his several rambles, figaries, exploits, and designs, performed in most parts of Europe; especially upon the king of Scots, the queen of Sweden, the kings of France, Spain, and Denmark, the high and mighty States of Holland, the great Turk, and the pope of Rome. The speech and confession of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield, being the 17. of this instant June immediately before his great and fatall leap from off the ladder together with a true and perfect description of his life and death; his several rambles, figaries, exploits, and designs, performed in most parts of Europe; especially upon the king of Scots, the queen of Sweden, the kings of France, Spain, and Denmark, the high and mighty States of Holland, the great Turk, and the pope of Rome. keywords: hannam; richard; text cache: A87069.xml plain text: A87069.txt item: #6 of 7 id: A90011 author: Embroyan-fancy of anti-Jack Presbyter. title: A nevv poem on the dreadful death of the Earl of Essex who cut his own throat in the Tower. By the Embroyan-fancy of anti-Jack Presbyter. date: 1683 words: 1455 flesch: 74 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90011) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 153461) keywords: eebo; english; jack; tcp; text cache: A90011.xml plain text: A90011.txt item: #7 of 7 id: A92715 author: E. S. title: The vvitty rogue arraigned, condemned, & executed. Or, The history of that incomparable thief Richard Hainam. Relating the several robberies, mad pranks, and handsome jests by him performed, as it was taken from his own mouth, not long before his death. Likewise the manner of robbing the King of Denmark, the King of France, the Duke of Normandy, the merchant at Rotterdam, cum multis aliis. Also, with his confession, concerning his robbing of the King of Scots. Together with his speech at the place of execution. / Published by E.S. for information & satisfaction of the people. date: 1656 words: 12445 flesch: 60 summary: Sir , sayes Hainam , I am loath to trouble you till you have done your businesse , lest you in minding my businesse , you should commit an error in telling your money , which would put you to a double labour to tell it over again ; but so it fell out , the Gentl●man did mistake and so was fain to tell it over again , which Hainam eyed very diligently ; insomuch that he took an exact account ( by his telling ) how much there was ; and also it fell out , that there was a parcell of about 14 thirteenpence halfpennies which he put in a paper by themselves , and noted on the paper how many there was , which Hainam observed , and when the Gentleman had done , he put the rest of the money in the bag , and also the paper of odd monies , which Hainam well noted ; and afterwards the Gentleman took a piece of paper and writ upon it the value of it , which was 70 and odde pounds , and he being going forth of Town , left a direction upon the bag who he would have it payed to ; which he easily observed by leaning on his elbow ; and also observed where he laid the money . The Speech and Confession of Mr. Richard Hainam , on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield , immediately before his fatal Leap from off the Ladder . keywords: chap; come; day; end; gentleman; hainam; house; man; master; merchant; money; place; room; taking; time cache: A92715.xml plain text: A92715.txt