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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. 2. Whatsoever lands (belonging to any town) shall be given by the town, or by such Officers therein as they shall appoint, unto any person; the same shall belong and remain to such person and his heirs and assigns, as his proper right for ever.
Sect. 2. Whatsoever lands (belonging to any town) shall be given by the town, or by such Officers therein as they shall appoint, unto any person; the same shall belong and remain to such person and his heires and assignes, as his proper right for ever.
Sect. 3. In dividing of lands to the several persons in each town, regard is to be had partly to the number of persons in a family (to the more the greater allotment to be assigned, to the fewer, less) Numb. 26. 53, 54. Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few, thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given, according to those that were numbered of him. And partly to the number of beasts, by which a man is fit to occupy the land assigned to him, and to subdue it, Numb. 35. 3. And the Cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs thereof shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for their beasts. So eminent respect in this case may be given to men of eminent qualities or descent, in assigning to them more large and honourable accommodations in regard of their greater disbursements to public changes. Deut. 3. 15. And I gave ⟨p. 11⟩Gilead unto Machir. Josh. 15. 13. And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the t