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An abstract or the laws of New England as they are now establishedAn abstract or the lawes of New England as they are novv established
London: printed for F. Coules and W. Ley, 1641
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.
4 To oversee the Forts and Munition of the Country, 1and to take order for the protection of the Country from foreign invasion, or intestine sedition, as need shall require, with consent of the people to enterprise wars.
4 To oversee the Forts and Munition of the Countrey, 1and to take order for the protection of the Countrey from forraine invasion, or intestine sedition, as need shall require, with consent of the people to enterprise wars.
- 12 Cor. 19.11.32 23.45. 6. Ex. 17.9. Prov. 24.6
And because these great affairs of the State cannot be attended, nor administered, if they be after changed; therefore the Counsellors are to be chosen for life, 1unless they give just cause of removal, which if they do, than they to be removed by the General Court.
And because these great affaires of the State cannot be attended, nor administred, if they be after changed; therefore the Counsellors are to be chosen for life, 1unlesse they give just cause of removall, which if they do, than they to be removed by the Generall Court.