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An abstract of laws and government wherein as in a mirror may be seen…An abstract of laws and government wherein as in a mirrour may be seen…
An abstract of laws and government wherein as in a mirror may be seen the wisdom & perfection of the government of Christs kingdom accommodable to any state or form of government in the world that is not antichristian or tyrannical / collected and digested ... by John Cotton ... ; and now published after his death by William Aspinall.An abstract of laws and government wherein as in a mirrour may be seen the wisdome & perfection of the government of Christs kingdome accomodable to any state or form of government in the world that is not antichristian or tyrannicall / collected and digested ... by John Cotton ... ; and now published after his death by William Aspinall.
London: printed by M.S. for Livewel Chapman, 1655
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.
Sect. 16. Murder (which is a wilful man-slaughter, not in a mans necessary and just defence, nor casually committed, but out of hatred or cruelty) to be punished with death. Exod. 21. 12, 13, 14. He that smiteth a man, so that he dye, shall csurely be put to death.
Sect. 16. Murther (which is a wilfull man-slaughter, not in a mans necessary and just defence, nor casually committed, but out of hatred or cruelty) to be punished with death. Exod. 21. 12, 13, 14. He that smiteth a man, so that he dye, shall csurely be put to death.
- cHeb. In dying shall dye.
But if a man lye not in wait, and God deliver him into his hand, then will I appoint thee a place, whether he shall fly. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile: thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may dye. Numb. 35. from v 16. to 24. And if he smite him with an instrument of Iron (so that he dye) he is a murderer: the murderer dshall surely be put to death. And if he smite ehim with throwing a stone (wherewith he may dye) and he dye, he is a murderer: the murderer fshall surely be put to death. Or if he smite him with a hand weapon of wood, (wherewith he may dye) and he dye, he is a murderer: the murderer