Samuel Cooper: Revolutionary War Sermon
Revived Thoughts
The Lawless and Despotic Power of Nebuchadnezzar
The form of government originally established in the Hebrew nation by a charter from heaven was that of a free republic over which God himself in peculiar favor to that people was pleased to preside. It consisted of three parts, a chief magistrate who was called a judge or leader such as Joshua and others, a council of 70 chosen men and the general assemblies of the people. Their council or Sanhedrum remained but with temporary suspension through all their vicissitudes they experienced until after the commencement of the Christian era. They were frequently held by divine appointment and considered as the foundation of civil power which they exerted by their own decrees Or distributed into various channels as they judged most conductive to their own security
