John Trapp on Proverbs 28:17

Verſ. 17. A man that doth violence unto the bloud] The Hebrew word Adam, here rendred Man, Baxt[illegible: 1 letter]rf. hath one letter in the Original leſs than the reſt: to ſhew, that a bloud-ſhedder is not worthy to be called a man.

Shall flee to the pit, let no man ſtay him] i. e. Let him dye without mercy, let no man mediate for him, leſt he pay down, as Ahab did, life for life, People for People, 1 King. 20.42. leſt he draw upon the Land guilt of bloud, Numb. 35.33, 34. and hinder the Man-ſlayer from repentance to ſalvation never to bee repented of. To blame then are the Papiſts that open Sanctuaries to ſuch; and if a Cardinal put his red hat upon the head of a murderer going to execution, he is delivered from death. See Deut. 19.13. with the note there.