«There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787 It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut.»

«A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.»

«And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.»

«The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.»

«Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.»

«But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.»

«For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.»

«For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.»

«He was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many.»

«For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; / And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: / Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? / Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? / But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? / Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? / If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: / But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.»