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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. 4. For as much as all civill affairs are to be administered and ordered, so as may best conduce to the upholding and setting forward of the worship of God in Church-fellowship: It is therefore to be ordered, that wheresoever the Lands of any mans inheritance may fall, yet no man shall set his dwelling house above the distance of half a mile (or a mile at furthest) from the meeting house of the Congregation, where the Church doth usually assemble for the worship of God. Acts 1. 12. Then returned they to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath days journey.
Sect. 4. For as much as all civill affairs are to be administred and ordered, so as may best conduce to the upholding and setting forward of the worship of God in Church-fellowship: It is therefore to be ordered, that wheresoever the Lands of any mans inheritance may fall, yet no man shall set his dwelling house above the distance of halfe a mile (or a mile at furthest) from the meeting house of the Congregation, where the Church doth usually assemble for the worship of God. Acts 1. 12. Then returned they to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath dayes journey.
Sect. 5. Inheritances are to descend naturally to the next of his Kin, according to the law of nature, delivered by God, Numb. 27. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The daughters of Zelophedad spake right: yThou shalt surely give them a possession of inheritance among their Fathers brethren, and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their fathers to pass unto them. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying; If a man dye, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he have no daughter; then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he have no brethren; then ye shall give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren. And if his father have no brethren; then ye shall give his inheritance