B21048:53
A discourse about civil government in a new plantation whose design is religion written…
A discourse about civil government in a new plantation whose design is religion written many years since by that reverend and worthy minister of the Gospel John Cotton ; and now published by some undertakers of a new plantation for general direction and information.
printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663
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.
Argum. 5 The fifth Argument may be taken from the Nature and Power of Church-Order, which when it is managed according to Christ's appointment; affordeth best security to a Christian State, for the faithful discharge of any Trust that shall be committed to those that are under it. Whence I thus argue: That Form of Government wherein the power of choosing from among themselves, men to be entrusted with ⟨p. 22⟩managing all public Affairs of Importance, is committed to them who are furnished with the best helps for securing to a Christian State the faithful discharge of such a Trust, is the best Form of Government in a Christian Common-wealth, and which men that are free to choose (as in new Plantations they are) ought to establish. The Form of Government described in the true stating of the Question is such. The efore the Form of Government described in the true stating of the Question, is the best Form of Government in a Christian Common-wealth, and which men that are free to choose (as in new Plantations they are) ought to establish. The Proposition is undeniable.
Argum. 5 The fifth Argument may be taken from the Nature and Power of Church-Order, which when it is managed according to Christ's appointment; affordeth best security to a Christian State, for the faithful discharge of any Trust that shall be committed to those that are under it. Whence I thus argue: That Form of Government wherein the power of chusing from among themselves, men to be intrusted with ⟨p. 22⟩managing all publick Affairs of Importance, is committed to them who are furnished with the best helps for securing to a Christian State the faithfull discharge of such a Trust, is the best Form of Government in a Christian Common-wealth, and which men that are free to chuse (as in new Plantations they are) ought to establish. The Form of Government described in the true stating of the Question is such. The efore the Form of Government described in the true stating of the Question, is the best Form of Government in a Christian Common-wealth, and which men that are free to chuse (as in new Plantations they are) ought to establish. The Proposition is undeniable.