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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.
CHAP. IX. Of the trial of Causes, whether civill or criminal, and the execution of sentence.
CHAP. IX. Of the tryall of Causes, whether civill or criminall, and the execution of sentence.
SECT. 1. IN the trial of all causes, no judgment shall pass, but either upon confession of the party, or upon the testimony of two witnesses. Deut. 19. 4. One witness shall not rise up against a man, for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut. 17. 6. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death: he shall not dye at the mouth of one witness.
SECT. 1. IN the tryall of all causes, no judgment shall passe, but either upon confession of the party, or upon the testimony of two witnesses. Deut. 19. 4. One witnesse shall not rise up against a man, for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut. 17. 6. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death: he shall not dye at the mouth of one witnesse.