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be_v call_v aaron_n god_n but_o aaron_n be_v not_o call_v moses_n his_o god_n but_o his_o mouth_n which_o thing_n though_o it_o be_v so_o evident_a as_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o undertake_n of_o a_o idle_a and_o un-necessary_a discourse_n to_o prove_v it_o yet_o because_o many_o book_n be_v of_o late_o fill_v with_o this_o conceit_n that_o moses_n be_v a_o priest_n which_o thing_n be_v take_v as_o a_o especial_a ground_n to_o build_v up_o the_o pope_n temporal_a monarchy_n let_v we_o in_o a_o few_o word_n refute_v this_o fancy_n franciscus_n bozius_n who_o undertake_v to_o prove_v this_o take_v a_o foundation_n so_o ruiâ—…ous_a and_o fallacious_a that_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o his_o whole_a building_n be_v answerable_a for_o he_o conclude_v that_o moses_n be_v a_o priest_n proper_o so_o call_v because_o psal._n 99_o it_o be_v write_v moses_n and_o aaron_n among_o his_o priest_n and_o samuel_n among_o such_o as_o call_v upon_o his_o name_n the_o answer_n be_v easy_a and_o vulgar_o know_v for_o cohanim_fw-la which_o word_n be_v there_o use_v signify_v both_o priest_n and_o civil_a 6._o governor_n it_o be_v use_v for_o civil_a governor_n which_o stand_v in_o some_o honourable_a place_n 2._o sam._n 8._o 18_o where_o the_o sonnâ—…s_n of_o david_n mighty_a be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o can_v be_v translate_v priest_n as_o the_o latin_a vulgar_a have_v it_o though_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o be_v take_v for_o a_o priest_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o david_n son_n be_v not_o priest_n but_o chief_a ruler_n about_o the_o king_n as_o it_o be_v expound_v 1._o chron._n 18._o 17._o then_o we_o answer_v that_o no_o proof_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o prove_v moses_n a_o priest_n because_o the_o word_n be_v ambiguous_a apply_v both_o to_o priest_n and_o to_o civil_a governor_n and_o therefore_o the_o word_n be_v fit_o apply_v to_o moses_n and_o aaron_n comprise_v both_o their_o office_n in_o one_o short_a word_n but_o that_o moses_n be_v no_o priâ—…st_n we_o prove_v thus_o if_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n it_o must_v be_v either_o before_o that_o aaron_n and_o his_o successor_n be_v assume_v to_o that_o office_n or_o after_o before_o the_o law_n assume_v aaron_n and_o his_o son_n to_o be_v priest_n moses_n can_v not_o be_v priest_n because_o the_o priesthood_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o birthright_n but_o moses_n be_v not_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o amram_n but_o aaron_n be_v the_o elder_a for_o we_o read_v num._n 33._o aaron_n be_v one_o hundred_o twenty_o 39_o three_o year_n old_a when_o he_o die_v but_o moses_n out_o live_v aaron_n be_v but_o one_o hundred_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o die_v deut._n 34._o 7._o theresore_n aaron_n be_v questionless_a the_o elder_a brother_n if_o any_o object_n that_o the_o birthright_n be_v sometime_o take_v from_o the_o elder_a by_o a_o especial_a appointment_n of_o god_n as_o appear_v in_o sem_fw-mi and_o jacob_n i_o answer_v this_o can_v help_v in_o this_o point_n for_o aaron_n be_v so_o far_o from_o lose_v this_o privilege_n of_o his_o birthright_n by_o any_o appointment_n of_o god_n that_o he_o have_v the_o priesthood_n famous_o confirm_v to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o posterity_n so_o that_o neither_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n nor_o by_o any_o precept_n of_o god_n can_v aaron_n be_v say_v to_o loof_o any_o privilege_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o priesthood_n then_o before_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o leviticall_a priesthood_n moses_n can_v not_o be_v priest_n after_o the_o institution_n thereof_o the_o priesthood_n be_v so_o appropriate_v to_o aaron_n house_n that_o none_o can_v be_v priest_n but_o aaron_n and_o his_o son_n only_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o moses_n can_v be_v a_o priest_n at_o all_o either_o before_o the_o consecration_n of_o aaron_n or_o after_o 22_o another_o reason_n may_v be_v draw_v from_o those_o place_n which_o declare_v that_o josua_n be_v appoint_v by_o god_n to_o succeed_v moses_n 18._o 14._o and_o to_o govern_v as_o he_o do_v in_o all_o which_o place_n it_o appear_v that_o 17._o josua_n succeed_v moses_n in_o his_o place_n and_o function_n and_o be_v that_o in_o israel_n in_o his_o time_n which_o moses_n be_v before_o he_o but_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o josua_n be_v no_o priest_n therefore_o as_o certain_a that_o moses_n be_v no_o priest_n for_o josua_n be_v the_o full_a and_o entire_a successor_n of_o moses_n the_o same_o appear_v by_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o moses_n his_o government_n who_o command_v as_o a_o prince_n be_v obey_v as_o a_o prince_n both_o by_o the_o priest_n and_o people_n by_o which_o command_n in_o matter_n temporal_a and_o ecclesiastical_a if_o they_o suppose_v that_o a_o priesthood_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o same_o reason_n all_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n may_v as_o well_o be_v conclude_v to_o have_v be_v priest_n for_o they_o command_v in_o all_o such_o thing_n as_o moses_n do_v some_o object_n that_o moses_n sacrifice_v exod._n 24._o but_o this_o objection_n be_v frivolous_a for_o the_o word_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v against_o it_o it_o be_v express_o say_v that_o 5._o moses_n send_v young_a man_n to_o sacrifice_v these_o be_v the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o 12_o tribe_n for_o this_o be_v before_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o leviticall_a priesthood_n if_o any_o object_n that_o moses_n do_v something_o which_o may_v seem_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o priest_n i_o answer_v so_o do_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n some_o thing_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o priest_n for_o josias_n when_o all_o the_o people_n be_v gather_v together_o read_v in_o their_o ear_n all_o the_o word_n of_o 2._o the_o book_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o thing_n may_v seem_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o priest_n office_n so_o true_a be_v that_o principle_n of_o our_o common_a law_n found_v upon_o the_o profound_a principle_n of_o divinity_n and_o 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stand_v in_o these_o thing_n he_o be_v to_o establish_v all_o ecclesiastical_a law_n for_o which_o no_o power_n be_v sufficient_a without_o he_o neither_o be_v it_o reason_n that_o they_o shall_v establish_v law_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o power_n to_o defend_v and_o maintain_v the_o majesty_n of_o those_o law_n so_o make_v he_o be_v to_o punish_v all_o transgressor_n of_o those_o law_n he_o be_v to_o appoint_v ecclesiastical_a minister_n their_o place_n to_o be_v judge_n in_o matter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o if_o they_o offend_v to_o punish_v they_o he_o may_v place_v and_o displace_v according_a to_o their_o merit_n so_o solomon_n displace_v abiathar_n &_o make_v zadock_n high_a priest_n in_o his_o room_n but_o because_o of_o late_a suborn_v mat._n tortus_fw-la speak_v of_o this_o example_n say_v that_o solomon_n do_v displace_v the_o high_a priest_n as_o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n not_o as_o he_o be_v a_o king_n let_v we_o by_o the_o way_n open_v the_o vanity_n of_o this_o shift_n the_o fault_n that_o abiathar_n have_v commit_v be_v worthy_a of_o death_n as_o solomon_n say_v thou_o be_v worthy_a of_o death_n but_o yet_o he_o show_v he_o 26._o mercy_n because_o he_o have_v bear_v the_o ark_n of_o the_o lord_n before_o his_o father_n david_n and_o have_v suffer_v in_o all_o thing_n wherein_o david_n be_v afflict_v so_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o solomon_n do_v to_o abiathar_n he_o do_v as_o judge_v of_o life_n and_o death_n to_o be_v a_o judge_n of_o life_n &_o death_n be_v not_o the_o osfice_n of_o a_o prophet_n but_o of_o the_o king_n therefore_o solomon_n do_v it_o not_o as_o a_o prophet_n but_o as_o a_o king_n again_o the_o prophet_n office_n be_v extraordinary_a but_o this_o thing_n be_v so_o far_o from_o a_o
theodoret_n rehearse_v a_o dialogue_n between_o constans_n the_o emperor_n and_o liberius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o afterward_o for_o fear_n and_o through_o weakness_n and_o irksomeness_n of_o his_o exile_n be_v draw_v to_o subscribe_v to_o arianism_n as_o witness_v hierom_n ruffinus_n platina_n cate-log_n and_o other_o in_o that_o dialogue_n these_o word_n be_v worth_a the_o note_n constans_n willing_a liberius_n to_o forsake_v the_o communion_n 27_o with_o athanasius_n and_o to_o condemn_v he_o liberius_n his_o answer_n liberio_n be_v ecclesiastica_fw-la iudicia_fw-la cum_fw-la summa_fw-la iusliciae_fw-la obseruatione_n fieri_fw-la debent_fw-la 16._o quare_fw-la situae_fw-la pietati_fw-la place_n iudicium_fw-la cogi_fw-la impera_fw-la ubi_fw-la si_fw-la damnandus_fw-la athanasius_n videatur_fw-la sententiam_fw-la illum_fw-la ordine_fw-la modoque_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la feratur_fw-la nam_fw-la fieri_fw-la nequit_fw-la ut_fw-la condemnetur_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la 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ecclesiastical_a this_o be_v a_o thing_n not_o of_o coactive_a jurisdiction_n but_o of_o knowledge_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n three_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n renounce_v all_o right_a and_o authority_n of_o judicature_n upon_o athanasius_n therefore_o in_o those_o day_n he_o have_v no_o jurisdiction_n over_o other_o bishop_n 6._o this_o mix_a jurisdiction_n which_o now_o be_v practise_v by_o bishop_n 46._o begin_v in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n so_o nicephorus_n witness_v constantinus_n clericos_fw-la omnes_fw-la constitutione_n lata_fw-la immunes_fw-la liberosque_fw-la esse_fw-la permisit_fw-la iudiciumque_fw-la &_o iurisdictionem_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la episcopis_fw-la si_fw-la civilium_fw-la iudicum_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la declinare_fw-la vellent_fw-la mandavit_fw-la &_o quoth_v episcopi_fw-la iudicassent_fw-la id_fw-la robur_fw-la &_o autoritatem_fw-la sententiae_fw-la omnem_fw-la habere_fw-la debere_fw-la decrevit_fw-la that_o be_v constantine_n by_o a_o edict_n grant_v the_o privilege_n of_o immunity_n to_o all_o clerk_n and_o grant_v to_o bishop_n judgement_n and_o jurisdiction_n over_o clerk_n in_o case_n they_o will_v decline_v from_o the_o court_n of_o civil_a judge_n and_o he_o decree_v that_o whatsoever_o the_o bishop_n judge_v that_o shall_v stand_v in_o all_o strength_n and_o authority_n of_o a_o decree_n sozomen_n declare_v by_o what_o occasion_n it_o grow_v first_o for_o some_o begin_v then_o to_o appeal_v from_o civil_a judgement_n to_o ecclesiastical_a and_o some_o bishop_n receive_v the_o appellation_n which_o thing_n be_v approve_v by_o constantine_n give_v great_a authority_n to_o this_o kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n episcopi_fw-la say_v 9_o he_o in_o causis_fw-la civilibus_fw-la sententias_fw-la pronuntiarunt_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la iudicibus_fw-la civilibus_fw-la ad_fw-la eorum_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la appellassent_fw-la quam_fw-la rem_fw-la propter_fw-la venerationem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la adeò_fw-la approbavit_fw-la 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