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sigonius_n de_fw-fr repub._n hebraeorum_n l._n 7._o c._n 3._o bertram_z cunaeus_n heb._n schikardus_n and_o 273._o divers_a commentator_n on_o this_o text_n the_o history_n of_o the_o change_n of_o their_o state_n into_o a_o kingdom_n and_o of_o their_o judge_n into_o king_n add_v to_o this_o prophecy_n and_o precept_n will_v leave_v no_o place_n for_o any_o scruple_n we_o read_v in_o the_o 1_o sam._n 8._o that_o the_o people_n grow_v weary_a of_o samuel_n government_n who_o judge_v they_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o ill_a government_n of_o his_o son_n who_o take_v bribe_n and_o pervert_v judgement_n thereupon_o all_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n gather_v themselves_o together_o and_o come_v to_o samuel_n unto_o ramah_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o behold_v thou_o be_v old_a and_o thy_o son_n walk_v not_o in_o thy_o way_n now_o make_v we_o a_o king_n to_o judge_n we_o like_o all_o the_o nation_n but_o the_o thing_n displease_v samuel_n when_o they_o say_v give_v we_o a_o king_n to_o judge_v we_o and_o samuel_n pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o samuel_n harken_v unto_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o people_z in_o all_o that_o they_o say_v unto_o thou_o for_o they_o have_v not_o reject_v thou_o but_o they_o have_v reject_v i_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o reign_v over_o they_o according_a to_o all_o the_o work_n that_o they_o have_v do_v since_o the_o day_n that_o i_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n even_o unto_o this_o day_n wherewith_o they_o have_v forsake_v i_o and_o serve_v other_o god_n so_o do_v they_o also_o unto_o thou_o now_o therefore_o hearken_v to_o their_o voice_n howbeit_o yet_o protest_v solemn_o unto_o they_o and_o show_v they_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o king_n that_o shall_v reign_v over_o they_o and_o samuel_n tell_v all_o the_o word_n
contain_v not_o the_o exorbitance_n and_o oppression_n that_o their_o king_n will_v exercise_v over_o they_o mention_v in_o the_o 1_o sam._n 8._o 11._o to_o 19_o as_o josephus_n mistake_v but_o as_o petrus_n cunaeus_n and_o 612._o other_o more_o right_o observe_v the_o law_n of_o god_n concern_v king_n prescribe_v by_o he_o deut._n 17._o 14._o to_o the_o end_n and_o such_o law_n which_o command_v king_n to_o use_v justice_n and_o equity_n to_o govern_v the_o commonwealth_n well_o for_o the_o people_n benefit_n to_o abstain_v from_o fornication_n and_o lust_n to_o retain_v modesty_n in_o a_o great_a fortune_n etc._n etc._n hence_o samuel_n enjoin_v both_o saul_n and_o the_o people_n to_o fear_v the_o lord_n and_o serve_v he_o and_o obey_v his_o voice_n and_o follow_v he_o and_o not_o rebel_v against_o his_o commandment_n etc._n etc._n 1_o sam._n 12._o 14_o 15._o 20._o to_o 25._o hence_o king_n throughout_o david_n do_v always_o meditate_v in_o the_o law_n of_o god_n day_n and_o night_n account_v it_o more_o dear_a unto_o he_o then_o thousand_o of_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o withal_o pronounce_v from_o god_n own_o mouth_n 3._o the_o god_n of_o israel_n say_v the_o rock_n of_o israel_n speak_v to_o i_o he_o that_o rule_v over_o man_n must_v be_v just_a rule_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n hence_o the_o 8._o qu._n of_o sheeba_n use_v this_o speech_n to_o king_n solomon_n because_o the_o lord_n love_v israel_n for_o ever_o therefore_o make_v be_v thou_o king_n what_o to_o domineer_v at_o his_o pleasure_n no_o very_o but_o to_o do_v judgement_n and_o justice_n upon_o this_o ground_n 31._o king_n josiah_n make_v a_o covenant_n before_o the_o lord_n to_o walk_v after_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o his_o testimony_n and_o his_o statute_n with_o all_o his_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o his_o soul_n and_o king_n end_n asa_n with_o other_o prince_n and_o governor_n do_v the_o like_a as_o the_o premise_n evidence_n from_o all_o which_o 9_o and_o infinite_a other_o scripture_n oblige_v king_n to_o reign_v in_o righteousness_n to_o do_v justice_n and_o judgement_n to_o all_o and_o 1._o reprehend_v they_o exceed_o for_o their_o injustice_n tyranny_n oppression_n idolatry_n and_o other_o sin_n it_o be_v irrefragable_a that_o their_o king_n be_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o oblige_v to_o keep_v both_o god_n and_o the_o kingdom_n law_n as_o the_o subject_n and_o have_v no_o arbitrary_a power_n to_o do_v what_o they_o please_v all_o that_o be_v or_o can_v be_v colourable_o object_v to_o the_o contrary_a to_o prove_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n absolute_a monarch_n exempt_a from_o law_n and_o paramount_n their_o sanhedrin_n or_o people_n collective_o consider_v be_v first_o that_o passage_n of_o psal_n 51._o 4._o where_o king_n david_n confess_v his_o sin_n of_o adultery_n and_o murder_n to_o god_n use_v this_o expression_n against_o thou_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v and_o do_v this_o evil_a in_o thy_o sight_n of_o which_o rusticam_fw-la hierom_n render_v this_o reason_n quod_fw-la rex_fw-la erat_fw-la &_o alium_fw-la non_fw-la timebat_fw-la alium_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la super_fw-la se_fw-la which_o ambrose_n thus_o second_v rex_fw-la erat_fw-la nullis_fw-la ipse_fw-la legibus_fw-la tenebatur_fw-la quia_fw-la liberi_fw-la sunt_fw-la reges_fw-la a_o vinculis_fw-la delictorum_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ullis_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la vocantur_fw-la legibus_fw-la tuti_fw-la imperii_fw-la potestate_fw-la 50._o homini_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la peccavit_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la tenebatur_fw-la obnoxius_fw-la 50._o arnobius_n &_o cassidor_n add_v de_fw-fr populo_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la erraverit_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la peccat_fw-la &_o regis_fw-la quando_fw-la rex_fw-la delinquit_fw-la 77._o soli_fw-la deo_fw-la reus_fw-la est_fw-la merito_fw-la ergo_fw-la rex_fw-la deo_fw-la tantum_n se_fw-la dicit_fw-la peccasse_fw-la quia_fw-la solus_fw-la erat_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la potuisset_fw-la admissa_fw-la discutere_fw-la the_o like_a we_o find_v in_o isiodor_n epist_n 383._o which_o some_o jewish_a rabbin_n back_o with_o this_o say_n of_o barnachmon_n titulo_fw-la de_fw-la judicibus_fw-la nulla_fw-la creatura_fw-la judicat_fw-la regem_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la benedictus_n therefore_o the_o jewish_a king_n be_v above_o all_o law_n and_o not_o subject_a to_o the_o censure_n of_o their_o congregation_n state_n or_o sanhedrin_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v first_o answ_n that_o no_o doubt_n david_n by_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n be_v sin_n against_o the_o second_o table_n do_v sin_n not_o only_o against_o god_n but_o 11_o against_o vriah_n and_o his_o wife_n too_o their_o child_n and_o kindred_n yea_o 18._o against_o his_o own_o soul_n and_o body_n though_o he_o be_v a_o king_n that_o of_o justus_n eccardus_n de_fw-fr lege_fw-la regius_fw-la be_v a_o itrefragable_a truth_n grant_v by_o 583._o all_o lawyer_n and_o divine_n whatsoever_o that_o the_o absolute_a emperor_n monarch_n king_n that_o be_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o nature_n of_o nation_n and_o can_v just_o do_v any_o thing_n against_o they_o to_o the_o hurt_n of_o piety_n chastity_n fame_n life_n or_o what_o be_v contrary_a to_o good_a manner_n second_o no_o doubt_v every_o king_n be_v bind_v in_o conscience_n by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n to_o give_v satisfaction_n and_o recompense_n to_o his_o subject_n against_o who_o he_o sin_v in_o this_o nature_n as_o david_n himself_o determine_v in_o this_o his_o own_o case_n 2_o sam._n 12._o 5_o 6_o 7._o three_o for_o this_o very_a sin_n against_o vriah_n god_n threaten_v that_o the_o sword_n shall_v never_o depart_v from_o david_n house_n that_o he_o will_v raise_v up_o evil_a against_o he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o house_n that_o he_o will_v take_v his_o wife_n before_o his_o eye_n and_o give_v they_o unto_o his_o neighbour_n who_o shall_v lie_v with_o they_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o sun_n before_o all_o israel_n 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