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god_n himself_o immediate_o 35._o appear_v unto_o moses_n in_o mount_n sinai_n and_o by_o his_o mouth_n and_o ministry_n alone_o not_o aaron_n deliver_v the_o first_o covenant_n and_o the_o moral_a ceremonial_a and_o judicial_a law_n unto_o his_o people_n israel_n the_o only_a rule_n of_o their_o worship_n obedience_n government_n sacred_a and_o civil_a 5_o that_o when_o 19_o moses_n aaron_n nadab_n abihu_n and_o seventy_o of_o the_o elder_n be_v afterward_o call_v up_o into_o mount_n sinai_n by_o god_n moses_n alone_o be_v call_v to_o come_v near_o to_o god_n and_o aaron_n leave_v behind_o that_o moses_n alone_o write_v all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n build_v a_o altar_n for_o the_o 12_o tribe_n of_o israel_n read_v the_o book_n of_o the_o covenant_n to_o they_o sprinkle_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n both_o on_o the_o altar_n book_n &_o all_o the_o people_n receive_v the_o table_n of_o stone_n and_o law_n write_v therein_o by_o god_n himself_o and_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n mercy-seat_n altar_n and_o all_o the_o furniture_n and_o utensil_n thereof_o the_o garment_n of_o aaron_n and_o the_o priest_n the_o manner_n and_o ceremony_n of_o their_o respective_a consecration_n and_o all_o the_o oblation_n sacrifice_n and_o part_n of_o god_n worship_n to_o be_v therein_o perform_v both_o by_o the_o priest_n and_o people_n from_o god_n hence_o it_o be_v special_o record_v both_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o new_a that_o these_o precept_n concern_v the_o sanctuary_n of_o god_n 44._o let_v they_o make_v i_o a_o sanctuary_n that_o i_o may_v dwell_v among_o they_o according_a to_o all_o that_o i_o show_v thou_o after_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o instrument_n thereof_o even_o so_o shall_v you_o make_v it_o and_o 40._o look_v that_o thou_o make_v they_o after_o the_o pattern_n which_o be_v show_v thou_o in_o the_o mount_n be_v give_v only_o to_o moses_n the_o chief_a temporal_a magistrate_n not_o to_o aaron_n nor_o the_o priest_n or_o levite_n who_o alone_o direct_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v make_v according_o and_o when_o all_o the_o work_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n with_o the_o curtain_n and_o the_o priest_n garment_n be_v finish_v by_o the_o workman_n 43._o moses_n not_o aaron_n survay_v and_o look_v upon_o all_o the_o work_n and_o behold_v they_o have_v do_v it_o as_o the_o lord_n command_v even_o so_o have_v they_o do_v it_o and_o moses_n not_o aaron_n bless_v they_o 6_o after_o all_o the_o work_n be_v thus_o finish_v 36._o moses_n not_o aaron_n be_v particular_o command_v to_o rear_v up_o the_o tabernacle_n with_o all_o its_o furniture_n and_o to_o anoint_v and_o consecrate_v they_o unto_o god_n 7_o which_o be_v most_o observable_a aaron_n and_o his_o son_n do_v not_o anoint_v moses_n to_o be_v the_o supreme_a civil_a magistrate_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a god_n by_o moses_n not_o only_o prescribe_v all_o the_o spiritual_a office_n duty_n qualification_n vestment_n etc._n 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according_a to_o all_o that_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o so_o do_v he_o so_o moses_n finish_v the_o work_n without_o aaron_n or_o his_o son_n assistance_n never_o do_v aaron_n nor_o his_o son_n consecrate_v or_o anoint_v any_o part_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n ark_n or_o utensil_n thereof_o their_o own_o garment_n ointment_n nor_o any_o one_o high_a priest_n or_o levite_n of_o their_o tribe_n but_o 29._o moses_n the_o supreme_a temporal_a magistrate_n only_o by_o god_n own_o special_a command_n who_o consecration_n alone_o for_o ever_o sanctify_v all_o their_o successor_n to_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o priest_n respective_a office_n which_o i_o desire_v all_o pope_n and_o romish_a prelate_n who_o now_o appropriate_a all_o consecration_n whatsoever_o of_o person_n or_o thing_n to_o themselves_o alone_o by_o a_o pretend_a divine_a right_n exclude_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n serious_o to_o consider_v and_o from_o thence_o 13_o argue_v a_o superiority_n over_o king_n emperor_n as_o well_o as_o priest_n and_o exact_v canonical_a obedience_n from_o they_o 8_o when_o 40._o aaron_n the_o
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waldensis_n thus_o conclude_v ecce_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la incipit_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la &_o currit_fw-la per_fw-la cunctos_fw-la executores_fw-la justitiae_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la inciperet_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la &_o sola_fw-la executio_fw-la potestatis_fw-la manaret_fw-la in_o principem_fw-la 52._o ecce_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la imperator_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la imperator_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la quamvis_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la christianus_n homo_fw-la tamen_fw-la nec_fw-la homo_fw-la nec_fw-la christianus_n homo_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la imperator_fw-la nec_fw-la christianus_n imperator_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la quamvis_fw-la per_fw-la pontificem_fw-la fidelis_fw-la sit_fw-la imperator_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la unde_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la et_fw-la nunquid_fw-la spiritus_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o pontifice_fw-la tertullianus_n intendi_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la profecto_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la potestas_fw-la illi_fw-la a_o sacerdotio_fw-la provenit_fw-la a_o cujus_fw-la dono_fw-la animam_fw-la non_fw-la accepit_fw-la potestatis_fw-la regiae_n primum_fw-la initium_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la rege_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la manat_fw-la in_o subditas_fw-la potestates_fw-la as_o well_o ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a as_o i_o shall_v here_o demonstrate_v against_o all_o papal_a or_o pontifical_a pretence_n to_o the_o contrary_n for_o method_n sake_n i_o shall_v digest_v the_o sum_n of_o my_o first_o book_n into_o these_o 5._o proposition_n 1._o that_o from_o adam_n creation_n till_o the_o law_n give_v by_o god_n to_o moses_n and_o by_o he_o unto_o the_o israelite_n his_o peculiar_a people_n the_o supreme_a 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vest_v the_o one_o in_o moses_n josuah_n david_n solomon_n and_o their_o royal_a successor_n the_o other_o in_o aaron_n his_o son_n and_o tribe_n of_o levi_n leave_v the_o sovereign_n ecclesiastical_a power_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o person_n cause_n still_o annex_v to_o the_o kingly_a or_o supreme_a magistratical_a office_n and_o reside_v in_o the_o king_n or_o chief_a civil_a officer_n as_o before_o transfer_v to_o priest_n only_o the_o ministerial_a priestly_a office_n not_o the_o sovereign_n spiritual_a jurisdiction_n the_o same_o in_o kind_n with_o a_o real_a part_n of_o and_o various_a dispensation_n only_o from_o the_o civil_a supremacy_n 3_o that_o the_o supreme_a government_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a after_o christ_n incarnation_n under_o the_o gospel_n be_v vest_v in_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o god_n and_o man_n only_o as_o he_o be_v the_o king_n not_o priest_n or_o prophet_n of_o the_o church_n his_o priestly_a and_o prophetical_a office_n be_v unite_v to_o his_o 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