City Court

Whosoever is not chosen of God, is a usurper.
 
1. THE King shall appoint Judges in all the cities, three to a city, and more if the business of judgment require it:  all of them Elders of the people; Priests of God; who shall sit upon the judgmentseat of the city, and judge all the causes which shall come before them; even all such as the King shall apoint unto them to judge.            
63 words,
258 letters.
 
2. They shall sit in judgment, on the judgmentseat in the Synagogue of their city, every Sabbath day, to do justice unto all men; and shall render speedy judgment upon all who have violated the Laws.
35 words, 
157 letters.
 
3. The Deacons shall execute their judgment upon all who obey not, and shall bring before them the peacebreakers, and all who do violence.
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110 letters.
 
4. The Chief Deacon of the City shall be Steward of the King’s substance, which he committeth to the Judges, and shall render a just account.  He shall also be the principal  Minister of the Court.
35 words,
153 letters.
Total—4 sec., 156 words, 678 letters.