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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.
But the tree which thou knowest, that it is not a tree for meat, that thou mayest destroy and cut down: that thou mayest build a bulwark against the City that is making war with thee, until thou hast subdued it.
But the tree which thou knowest, that it is not a tree for meate, that thou mayest destroy and cut downe: that thou mayest build a bulworke against the City that is making warre with thee, untill thou hast subdued it.
Sect. 11. The spoils gotten by war, are to be divided into two parts, between the Soldiers and the Commonwealth that sent them forth. Numb. 31. 27. And divide the prey into two parts, between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle; and between all the congregation.
Sect. 11. The spoiles gotten by warre, are to be divided into two parts, between the Souldiers and the Commonwealth that sent them forth. Numb. 31. 27. And divide the prey into two parts, between them that tooke the warre upon them, who went out to battle; and between all the congregation.
Sect. 12. A tribute from both is to be levied to the Lord, and given to the treasury of the Church. A fiftieth part out of the Common-wealths part; and a five hundred part out of the part of the Soldiers. Numb. 31. 28, 29, 47. And levy a atribute for Jehovah, of the men of war that went out to war, one soul of five hundred: both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep.