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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. 6. If a man steal a beast, and it be found in his hand, he shall make restitution two for one. If it be killed and sold, restitution is to be made, of five oxen for one, and of four sheep for one. Exod. 22. 1. 4. If a man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If the theft ybe certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.
Sect. 6. If a man steale a beast, and it be found in his hand, he shall make restitution two for one. If it be killed and sold, restitution is to be made, of five oxen for one, and of foure sheep for one. Exod. 22. 1. 4. If a man steale an oxe or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for an oxe, and foure sheep for a sheep. If the theft ybe certainly found in his hand alive, whether oxe, or asse, or sheep, he shall restore double.
- yHeb. in finding be found.
If the thief be not able to make restitution, then he is to be sold by the Magistrate for a servant, till by his labour he may make due restitution. Exod. 22. 3. If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him: zhe should make full restitution, if he have nothing, then shall he be sold for his theft.
If the thiefe be not able to make restitution, then he is to be sold by the Magistrate for a servant, till by his labour he may make due restitution.