and they are usually rather wider at this end than at the other ; there are generally one or more small holes in the bottom to drain off moisture : these coffins were never buried deeply in the ground ; very frequently they were placed close to the surface, so that the lid was visible, and when within a church formed part of the paving ; sometimes, in churches, they were placed entirely above the ground."— Parker, Concue Glossary of AnJtitechtre, s. v.
Coffin, Charles, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was bom at Newbuiyport, Mass., Aug. 15, 1775, and graduated with distinction at Harvard in 1793. Hav- ing completed his theological studies, and taught for some time in Phillips Academy, he was licensed in 1799. He now visited the Southern states for his health, and, after spending some time in Virginia, was appointed vice-president of Greenville College, Tenn., hi 1803. Returning to New England in 1804, he was ordained as an evangelist, and removed with his fam- ily to Greenville in 1805, In connection with his col- lege duties, he had charge of the Harmony Church, and supplied for many years the churches in Hawkins County, at Rogersville, and at Jonesborough. In 1810 he was elected president of Greenville College, and served till 1827, when he was called to the presi- dency of the East Tennessee University, Knoxville. He resigned in 1883, and returned to Greenville, where he died June 8, 1858.— Sprague, Atmals, iv, 246.
Cogan, Thomas, M.D., an English Unitarian writer, was bom at Rowell, Northamptonshire, in 1786. He officiated for some time as a Presbjrterian minister at Amsterdam, but finally studied medicine, and prac- tised in London. He died in 1818. He published (1) A Treatise on the Passions (Bath, 1802, 8vo; and 2d part, Bath, 1807-10) :— (2) Theological DisguisiHons on Natural ReUgion and Jetnsh Morals (Lond. 1812, 8vo) : — (3) Characteristic Excettendes of Christianity (Lond. 1813, 8v6) :— (4) Letters to WHberforce, on the Doctrine ofUertdiUiry Depravity (Lond. 1815, 8vo):— (5) Etlvi' col Questions (Lond. 1817, 8vo). — Darling, Cydopcedia Bibliographicc^ i, 714.
Cogitation (Chald. fl'^r'n, rayon\ thought, Dan. vii, 28), an earnest action of the mind/elsewhere trans- lated sunply ^Hhought.'*
Cogswell, William, D.D., a Congregational min- ister, was bom in Atkinson, N. H., June 5, 1787, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1811. He was ordained pastor in Dedham April 20, 1815, and resigned in 1829 to accept the situation of general agent of the Ameri- can Education Society, of which, in 1832, he was cho- sen secretary and director. In April, 1841, he resigned, and was elected professor of history and national edu- cation in Dartmouth. In January, 1844, he went to Gilmanton as president of the theological seminary. He died April, 1850. Dr. Cogswell published A Cate- chism on the Doctrines and D^ies qfReUgion (1818) : — Asngtant to Family Religion (1826) i—Theohgical Class- hook (1831) '.—Harbinger of the MUUxmium (1833) :— Liters to Young Men preparing for the Ministry (1887) ; and several occasional sermons. He was editor of the Amer, Quart, Register, of the N. H. Repository, of the 1st vol. of the New England Hist, and Genealog, Register, and some other works. — Sprague, Annals, ii, 605.
Cohabitation. The delicacy of this subject did not prevent its being a subject of Mosaic legislation. See Childbirth. The following are some of the most important Scriptural notices respecting it. See Mar- riage; Concubine.
1. Every concubitus, even conjugal and legitimate, subjected both parties to a state of ceremonial impuri- ty untU evening (Lev. xv, 18; Joseph. Apion. ii, 24; comp. Strabo, xvi, 745), a regulation which certainly served not merely to restrain polygamy, but was also useful in a sanitary point of view. A similar statute originaUy prevailed among the Babylonians (Herod, i, 198 ; see Wesseling, in loc.). See Umcleanness.
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2. Whoever corrapted a maiden, either by deceit or force, was compelled to many her, and pay her father a fine (properly 50 shekels, Dent, xxii, 28 sq.) ; the latter must still be paid even when the father ref^ised to permit the marriage (Exod. xzii, 17 ; comp. Philo, 0pp. ii, 811 ; Mishna, Chetub, ill). If the man nsed violence he forfeited the right of divorcing the woman ever after (the Egyptian law was still more severe on this point, Diod. Sic. i, 78). See Tbespass.
8. In the case of seduction or rape occurring to a betrothed female in an inhabited spot, she must cry for help, or be considered as assenting to the debauch- ment, and thus subjected to the same punishment of stoning as the male party ; but if she was in a lonely field, where her screams for assistance could be of no avail, she was presumed to have been forced, and the ravisher alone was stoned (Deut. xxii, 23 sq. ; comp. Joseph. AfU. iv, 8, 23; Philo, ii, 812); yet even in these cases the later interpreters of the law understood a repudiation by a bill of divorce as allowable (comp. Matt, i, 19 ; see Paulus, ComiiMnt. 1, 128). A priest's daughter thus playing the courtesan was (stoned and) burnt (Lev. xxi, 9). (See generally Michaelis, Mot, lUcht, ii, 816 sq. ; iv, 298 sq. ; v, 808 sq.) See Fob-
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Cohort ip6hon\ a military term nsed by the Bo- mans to denote a company generally composed of 600 foot soldiers ; a legion consisted of ten cohorts, every cohort being composed of three maniples, and every maniple of 200 men ; a legion, consequently, contain^ in all 6000 men. Others allow but 500 men to a co- hort, which would make 5000 in a legion. It is prob- able thai cohorts among the Romans, as companies among the modems, often varied as to their number. See Armt. Besides the regular legionaiy cohorts, there were certain others separate and distinct from any legion, as the Cohortet Urbanee and PnUoria. Such appears to have been the ** Italian band" mentioned in Acts X, 1, which was in attendance on the Roman governor, who at that time was residing at Ctesarea. Of the same description also was the "Augustan band" or cohort (Acts xxvi, 1), which most probably derived its name from Sebaste, Ihe capital of Samaria. The commanding oMcer of an ordinary cohort was called Tributtut Q^rtis if it was composed of Roman citi- zens, or Prmfectut CohofHs if composed of aaxiliary troops. See Band.