AN ABSTRACT Of some of the Printed LAWS OF New-England.  
Which are either contrary, or not agreeable to the Laws of England, which Laws will immediately come in Force, in Case the Bill in Parliament for the Restoring the CHARTERS of the Plantations doth pass, and are not Controllable by any Authority in England, as they pretend by their CHARTERS.  

☜ Page 1.  NO Law to be submitted to, but what is made in their General Court (the Parliament of England not Excepted.)  

p. 15. §. 9  Adultery made Capital.  

§. 12.  If any Man Conspire and Attempt any Invasion, Insurrection, or Public Rebellion against our Commonwealth, or shall endeavour to surprise any Town, Fort, or Forts therein, or shall Treacherously and Perfidiously Attempt the Alteration and Subversion of our Frame of Polity, or Government fundamentally, he shall be put to death.  

☜ §. 14.  If any Man have a Stubborn, or Rebellious Son of sufficient Years of Understanding (viz.) Sixteen Years of Age which will not obey the Voice of his Father, or the Voice of his other, and that when they had Chastened him, will not hearken unto them, then shall his Father and Mother, being his Natural Parents, lay hold on him, and bring him to the Magistrates Assembled in Court, and Testify unto them, that their Son is Stubborn, and Rebellious, and will not obey their Voice and Chastisement, but lives in sundry and notorious Crimes: Such a Son shall be put to Death.  

§. 15.  Ravishment left to be punished by Discretion of Judges.  

p. 34.  It is hereby Declared, That the General Court consisting of Magistrates and Deputies is the Chief Civil Power of this Commonwealth, which only hath Power to raise Money and Taxes upon the whole Country, and dispose of Lands, (viz.) to give and confirm Proprieties, appertaining to, and immediately derived from the Country, and may Act in all Affairs of this Commonwealth according to such Power, both in matters of Counsel, making of Laws, and matters of Judicature, by Impeaching and Sentencing any Person or Persons according to Law, and by Receiving and Hearing any Complaints, orderly presented against any Person or Court.  

p. 43, 55, 56. By which it appears, that that part of the Bill for Restoring Charters set forth in the preamble, (viz.) the Encouragement of the Established Religion, will not be Answered, but on the contrary, by Restoring the Charters of New-England these Penal and Prohibitary Laws in Ecclesiastical matters will be revived, and the Established Religion thereby discouraged, or wholly suppressed, whereas by the vacating and Dissolution of those Charters and Laws the Established Religion was promoted.  None to be admitted to the Freedom of their Commonwealth, unless of their Church and in full Communion, and Members of their Church.  

p. 45. §. 15.  Penalty of not coming to their Meetings Five Shillings.  

p. 48. §. 4.  None suffered to Vote in an Assembly, unless they come to their Worship.  
Whosoever, 
☞ p. 58.  shall be found observing any such day as Christmas, or the like; either by forbearing Labour, Feasting, or any other way upon any such Account as aforesaid, every such Person so Offending shall pay for every such Offence, Five Shillings as a Fine to the County.  

p. 60.  Doth hereby Order, and by the Authority of this Court be it Ordered and Enacted, That no Master or Commander of any Ship, Bark, Pinnace, Catch, or other Vessel shall henceforth bring into any Harbour, Creek or Cove within this Jurisdiction any known Quaker or Quakers, or any Blasphemous Heretics as aforesaid, upon the penalty of the Forfeiture of one hundred Pounds.  

P. 61.  Quakers Banished on pain of Death.  

☜ P. 63. P. 88 P. 89.  Several Laws to encourage the MANUFACTURE of LEATHER in that Country.  

P. 73.  Nor shall any Man be compelled to go out of this Jurisdiction upon any offensive Wars, which this Commonwealth, or any of our Friends or Confederates as shall voluntary undertake, but only upon such Vindictive and Defensive Wars in our own behalf, or the behalf of our Friends and Confederates, as shall be enterprised by the Council and Consent of a General Court, or by Authority derived from the same.  

P. 102. Memorandum. By this Law many Thousands not agreeing to the reasonableness of it, live together unmarried, and great numbers of Children unbaptised by reason of the like Restraints.  It is therefore Ordered by this Court and Authority thereof, That no Person whatsoever in this Jurisdiction shall join any Persons together in Marriage, but the Magistrate, or such other as the General Court, or Court of Assistants shall Authorize in such place where no Magistrate is near.  

☜ P. 106.  This Court taking into serious Consideration the great necessity of upholding the Staple Commodities of this Country for the supply and support of the Inhabitants thereof, and finding by experience, the bringing in of Malt, Wheat, Barley, Biscuit, Beef, Meal and Flower, (which are the Principal Commodities of this Country) from Foreign parts, to be exceeding prejudicial to the Subsistance of this Place and People here; Have therefore Ordered, That no Person whatsoever either Inhabitant or Stranger, shall directly or indirectly after the first of March next, import into this Jurisdiction from any part of Europe, any of the aforesaid Provisions, under the Penalty of Confiscation of the same (except it be for the Ships Provisions) that shall be so Imported, Landed, set to Sale, or otherwise disposed contrary to the intent of this Order.  

P. 117.  A Mint for Coins of all values, set up with all its appertenances. No notice being taken of the KING in the Stamp or allay.  

P. 119:  It is Ordered, And by this Court Declared, That no man shall be urged to take any Oath, or Subscribe to any Articles, Covenants, or Remonstrances of Public and Civil Nature, but such as the General Court hath considered, allowed and required. And no others to be taken, but such as are allowed by the General Court. The Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy not excepted.  

☜ P 137 Vide the Laws at large. ●  Whereas, The keeping of Sheep tends much to the benefit of the Country, and may in short time make good supply towards the Clothing of the Inhabitants if carefully preserved. And forasmuch as all places are not sit and convenient for that end etc.  

P. 141.  All Ships Prohibited to unload till they have acknowledged their Government, and greater Impositions upon Shipping of England than others of New-England.  

☞ Vide the Laws made to regulate the Navigation and Trade.  The Execution of the Acts for Trade and Navigation made impracticable—  
By which Laws, and their Power, and Practice of making others of like Nature. It appears, how necessary it is, that by Authority residing in England these Northern Colonies, which are endeavouring to improve, and have already set up the Principal Manufactures, and Staple Commodities of Old-England, aught to be restrained in the Point of Government, and remain Subject to, and immediately depending on the Crown.