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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.
Possibly thou mayest meet with some particulars, which may not be fully cleared to thine apprehension, as in Chap. 20. Sect. 12. 18. 20. But in that case, have recourse to the word of God it self, whereunto the Author doth faithfully lead thee, and would have thee receive nothing from him, but what agrees therewith. And if any thing may possibly be thought to be omitted (as who can see all things *at once) let thine ingenuity make diligent search, and supply what the Author in his life time had not opportunity to perfect. And be persuaded this to do; Weigh the Laws here collected, I mean the Scriptures themselves, which yield right rules of judgement in all causes both Civill and Criminal; and judge equally and impartially, whether there be any laws in any State in the world, so just and equal as these be. Which were they duly attended unto; would undoubtedly preserve inviolable, the liberty of the Subject, against all tyrannical and usurping powers.
Possibly thou mayest meet with some particulars, which may not be fully cleared to thine apprehension, as in Chap. 20. Sect. 12. 18. 20. But in that case, have recourse to the word of God it selfe, whereunto the Author doth faithfully lead thee, and would have thee receive nothing from him, but what agrees therewith. And if any thing may possibly be thought to be omitted (as who can see all things *at once) let thine ingenuity make diligent search, and supply what the Author in his life time had not opportunity to perfect. And be perswaded this to doe; Weigh the Lawes here collected, I meane the Scriptures themselves, which yeeld right rules of judgement in all causes both Civill and Criminall; and judge equally and impartially, whether there be any lawes in any State in the world, so just and equall as these be. Which were they duely attended unto; would undoubtedly preserve inviolable, the liberty of the Subject, against all tyrannicall and usurping powers.
- *Uno intuitu.