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Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the…Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the…
Two sermons preached at Northampton at two several assizes there The one in the time of the shrievalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrievalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.
London: printed by George Miller, 1635
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So. The Antecedent is false; before Nimrod, fathers and heads of families were Kings, Priests, and sovereign Princes of their families. For after the flood men lived five or six hundred years. Then it was an easy matter for a man to see fifty, yea a hundred thousand persons of his posterity, over whom he exercised paternal power, and by consequence, sovereign power; then when there was no other form of a Realm upon the earth; to which children, their servants being added, one family alone made a great Common-wealth. Likewise in Abraham's time, when mans life was much shortened: he was called by the Hittites, a mighty Prince, Gen. 23.6. and he took out of his family 318. Soldiers to the war, Gen. 14.14.
So. The Antecedent is false; before Nimrod, fathers and heads of families were Kings, Priests, and soveraigne Princes of their families. For after the floud men lived five or six hundred yeares. Then it was an easie matter for a man to see fifty, yea a hundred thousand persons of his posterity, over whom he exercised paternall power, and by consequence, soveraigne power; then when there was no other forme of a Realme upon the earth; to which children, their servants being added, one family alone made a great Common-wealth. Likewise in Abrahams time, when mans life was much shortened: he was called by the Hethites, a mighty Prince, Gen. 23.6. and he tooke out of his family 318. Souldiers to the warre, Gen. 14.14.
Again, how could mankind be maintained, and the world stand for 1656. years, without Sovereignty and Authority of the Magistrate?
Againe, how could mankind be maintained, and the world stand for 1656. yeares, without Soveraignty and Authority of the Magistrate?