...n hands, as if we were more merciful than God, and pardon those dreadful offenders whom the Lord, in mercy to posterity, has delivered to us to destroy." The Recorder proceeds to quote the example of Saul , who was reproved by the people for not utterly exterminating the wicked Amalekite, including the women and children. This the Recorder regards as a case in point, illustrating the dreadful iniquit...