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sabbath_n day_n benjamin_n tudelensis_n in_o his_o itinerary_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o same_o custom_n be_v not_o observe_v among_o all_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o read_v the_o section_n of_o the_o law_n for_o in_o mitsraim_n which_o he_o there_o take_v not_o for_o 220._o egypt_n itself_o as_o it_o be_v common_o take_v but_o for_o grand_a cairo_n where_o there_o be_v near_o two_o thousand_o jew_n there_o be_v two_o synagogue_n the_o one_o of_o syrian_a the_o other_o of_o babylonian_a jew_n the_o latter_a read_v over_o every_o week_n a_o entire_a section_n of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o jew_n in_o spain_n in_o his_o time_n do_v and_o so_o finish_v the_o law_n in_o a_o year_n space_n the_o syrian_a jew_n or_o those_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o judea_n divide_v every_o section_n into_o three_o part_n and_o read_v not_o the_o law_n through_o but_o in_o three_o year_n time_n these_o synagogue_n be_v very_o much_o multiply_v both_o in_o jerusalem_n and_o elsewhere_o about_o the_o time_n of_o our_o 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the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o which_o be_v their_o divinity-school_n whither_o they_o use_v to_o repair_v after_o dinner_n upon_o sabbath_n day_n and_o where_o the_o question_n about_o their_o law_n be_v discuss_v but_o though_o i_o can_v say_v these_o be_v always_o distinguish_v yet_o in_o some_o place_n they_o be_v such_o seem_v the_o school_n of_o tyrannus_n to_o be_v where_o paul_n 9_o teach_v have_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o synagogue_n and_o so_o sometime_o the_o proseuchae_n be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o synagogue_n as_o grotius_n himself_o elsewhere_o acknowlede_v viz_o 13_o either_o where_o there_o be_v not_o a_o competent_a number_n of_o jew_n for_o ten_o student_n in_o the_o law_n be_v require_v to_o make_v a_o synagogue_n or_o else_o where_o the_o magistrate_n will_v not_o permit_v the_o use_n of_o they_o in_o which_o case_n the_o poor_a jew_n be_v fain_o to_o content_v themselves_o with_o a_o place_n remote_a from_o the_o city_n either_o by_o some_o river_n as_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mention_v act_v 16._o 13_o or_o by_o some_o grove_n or_o wood_n whence_o that_o of_o juvenal_n nunc_fw-la sacri_fw-la fontis_fw-la nemus_fw-la &_o delubra_fw-la locantur_fw-la judaeis_n quorum_fw-la cophinus_fw-la foenumque_fw-la suppellex_fw-la which_o fountain_n as_o vossius_fw-la obseru_v be_v extra_fw-la portam_fw-la capenam_fw-la 25._o in_o luco_fw-la quem_fw-la medium_n irrigabat_fw-la and_o from_o hence_o scaliger_n gather_v judaeos_fw-la in_o nemoribus_fw-la proseuchas_fw-es collocâsse_fw-mi thus_o it_o appear_v now_o what_o privilege_n the_o jew_n general_o enjoy_v in_o their_o dispersion_n for_o their_o synagogue_n and_o public_a place_n to_o meet_v pray_v and_o discourse_n in_o we_o now_o come_v to_o inquire_v after_o what_o manner_n the_o government_n 6._o of_o the_o synagogue_n be_v model_v wherein_o we_o must_v first_o inquire_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o peculiar_a government_n belong_v to_o the_o synagogue_n distinct_a from_o the_o civil_a consistory_n which_o be_v in_o use_n among_o they_o this_o be_v often_o leave_v untouched_a by_o learned_a man_n in_o their_o discourse_n of_o synagogue_n some_o indeed_o 70._o make_v the_o least_o consistory_n or_o sanhedrin_n in_o use_n among_o the_o jew_n viz._n the_o triumvirate_n to_o be_v the_o ruler_n of_o the_o synagogue_n and_o part_n of_o the_o ten_o who_o be_v to_o be_v where_o ever_o there_o be_v a_o synagogue_n but_o although_o i_o can_v see_v sufficient_a evidence_n for_o a_o great_a ecclesiastical_a sanhedrin_n found_v by_o moses_n answer_v to_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n of_o lxxi_o yet_o i_o conceive_v it_o probable_a that_o when_o synagogue_n be_v so_o multiply_v both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o there_o be_v a_o distinct_a bench_n of_o officer_n who_o do_v particular_o belong_v to_o the_o synagogue_n to_o superintend_v the_o affair_n of_o that_o which_o i_o shall_v now_o endeavour_v to_o make_v out_o by_o these_o follow_a reason_n first_o 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man_n towards_o a_o person_n that_o have_v offend_v he_o viz._n that_o when_o neither_o private_a admonition_n nor_o before_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n will_v serve_v to_o reclaim_v the_o offendor_n then_o to_o call_v a_o select_a company_n together_o which_o be_v the_o natural_a importance_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o before_o they_o all_o to_o lay_v open_a the_o cause_n of_o the_o breach_n and_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o to_o refer_v it_o to_o their_o arbitration_n to_o compose_v and_o end_v it_o which_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n i_o humble_o conceive_v to_o have_v the_o least_o force_n in_o it_o and_o in_o every_o part_n of_o it_o to_o be_v most_o genuine_a and_o natural_a and_o full_o agreeable_a to_o the_o receive_a practice_n among_o the_o jew_n which_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n musar_n cite_v by_o drusius_n full_o acquaint_v 43._o we_o with_o who_o word_n i_o shall_v transcribe_v as_o be_v a_o plain_a paraphrase_n on_o these_o of_o our_o saviour_n qui_fw-la arguit_fw-la socium_fw-la suum_fw-la debet_fw-la primum_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la placide_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la solum_fw-la verbis_fw-la mollibus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la pudefaciat_fw-la eum_fw-la si_fw-mi resipiscit_fw-la bene_fw-la est_fw-la sin_n debet_fw-la eum_fw-la acritèr_fw-la arguere_fw-la &_o pudefacere_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la si_fw-mi non_fw-la resipiscit_fw-la debet_fw-la adhibere_fw-la socios_fw-la ipsumque_fw-la coram_fw-la illis_fw-la pudore_fw-la afficere_fw-la si_fw-la nec_fw-la modo_fw-la quicquam_fw-la proficit_fw-la debet_fw-la eum_fw-la pudefacere_fw-la coram_fw-la multis_fw-la ejusque_fw-la delictum_fw-la publicare_fw-la nam_fw-la certe_fw-la detegendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la that_o which_o this_o author_n call_v pudefacere_fw-la eum_fw-la coram_fw-la multis_fw-la be_v that_o which_o our_o saviour_n mean_v when_o he_o bid_v he_o tell_v the_o church_n or_o the_o congregation_n as_o our_o old_a translation_n render_v it_o this_o the_o jew_n call_v reprove_v of_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o a_o multitude_n as_o the_o vulg._n latin_a though_o false_o render_v that_o place_n lâ—viticus_n 19_o 17._o publicè_fw-la argue_n eum_fw-la and_o to_o this_o the_o apostle_n may_v allude_v when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o corinth_n 2._o 6._o censure_n of_o many_o and_o the_o reproof_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o all_o 1_o tim._n 5._o 20._o which_o be_v to_o be_v in_o matter_n of_o public_a scandal_n upon_o religion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o jew_n call_v they_o but_o in_o case_n the_o offendor_n shall_v still_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d slight_v this_o overture_n of_o reconciliation_n before_o the_o company_n select_v for_o hear_v the_o case_n then_o say_v our_o saviour_n look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o obstinate_a refractory_a creature_n and_o have_v no_o more_o to_o do_v with_o he_o then_o with_o 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