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The Christian CommonwealthThe Christian Commonvvealth
The Christian Commonwealth: or, The civil policy of the rising kingdom of Jesus Christ. Written before the interruption of the government, by Mr. John Eliot, teacher of the Church of Christ at Roxbury in New-England. And now published (after his consent given) by a server of the season.The Christian Commonvvealth: or, The civil policy of the rising kingdom of Jesus Christ. Written before the interruption of the government, by Mr. John Eliot, teacher of the Church of Christ at Roxbury in New-England. And now published (after his consent given) by a server of the season.
London: printed for Livewell Chapman, 1659
THE CHRISTIAN COMMONWEALTH: OR, The Civil Polity of the Rising King… › Chapter 4
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Such Cases as are difficult, weighty, and worthy such attendance, and cannot attain an acceptable issue in the Court where they firstly appertain, may ascend from Court to Court, either by ⟨p. 16⟩Appeal, or by Transmission to the Court of eleven. And whatsoever Cause of weight cannot receive issue there, may yet ascend either by Appeal or Transmission to the highest Councila, where by Gods appointment it must receive final determinationb.
- aExod. 18. 22. Great matters they shall bring to thee. 26. Hard matters they brought to Moses. Deut. 17. 8, 9. If there arise a matter too hard for thee, &c. thou shalt come to the Priests, Levites and Judges that shall be in those days.
- bAnd thou shalt do according to the sentence, &c. Deut. 17. 10.
In lesser Commonwealths, where there be no Rulers or Courts of the Superior order, Cases ascend to the highest Council from the Court of eleven: but where there be Rulers and Courts of the Superior order, there the Cause must ascend from the Court of eleven in the single Platform, to the Court of one Myriad, or the lowest Court in the Superior order; and so proceed until it come to the Supreme Council.
In lesser Commonwealths, where there be no Rulers or Courts of the Superiour order, Cases ascend to the highest Council from the Court of eleven: but where there be Rulers and Courts of the Superiour order, there the Cause must ascend from the Court of eleven in the single Platform, to the Court of one Myriade, or the lowest Court in the Superiour order; and so proceed until it come to the Supreme Council.