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Decorative woodcut headpiece featuring a repeating pattern of stylized floral and arabesque motifs within a rectangular border.
A
GUIDE
TO GRAND-JURY MEN.
original: "Grand-Ivry"; a group of citizens tasked with investigating crimes and determining if there is enough evidence to proceed to a trial.
The First Book.
CHAPTER 1.
God's hand is first to be considered in all troubles, whatever the means may be, and whoever the instruments are; for he rules over all.
original: "crosses"; a common Early Modern metaphor for burdens, trials, or afflictions, referencing the cross carried by Christ.
God's hand in all afflictions and troubles.
Man is under the authority of his Maker, who sees all his ways and his wandering by-paths.
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