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it_o and_o obey_v it_o above_o other_o psal_n 147.20_o and_o he_o say_v to_o all_o that_o no_o man_n may_v exempt_v himself_o whether_o learned_a or_o unlearned_a base_a or_o noble_a male_a or_o female_a all_o aught_o to_o attend_v to_o it_o and_o remember_v it_o with_o the_o statute_n and_o judgement_n this_o he_o speak_v the_o rather_o to_o commend_v this_o care_n to_o they_o see_v the_o law_n be_v for_o their_o profit_n and_o good_a and_o contain_v in_o it_o all_o direction_n for_o public_a affair_n to_o teach_v man_n to_o carry_v themselves_o in_o all_o condition_n doctrine_n 1_o the_o people_n of_o god_n must_v remember_v the_o whole_a law_n the_o minister_n to_o teach_v it_o and_o deliver_v it_o to_o the_o people_n and_o they_o to_o receive_v learn_v and_o know_v it_o vide_fw-la cap._n 2.6_o doctr._fw-la 2_o the_o people_n of_o god_n must_v remember_v this_o whole_o and_o only_o doctr._fw-la 3_o the_o people_n of_o god_n must_v read_v know_v and_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o law_n this_o extent_n and_o all_o these_o degree_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o word_n remember_v it_o be_v the_o character_n of_o the_o bless_a man_n psal_n 1.2_o it_o be_v david_n prayer_n and_o practice_n psal_n 119._o and_o christ_n require_v it_o joh._n 5.39_o and_o saint_n paul_n col._n 3.16_o reason_n 1_o because_o some_o be_v such_o as_o must_v teach_v other_o and_o aught_o to_o do_v it_o deut._n 7.7_o no_o man_n can_v teach_v another_o what_o he_o know_v not_o himself_o reason_n 2_o because_o they_o can_v without_o it_o preserve_v themselves_o from_o sin_n ignorance_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o sin_n which_o make_v the_o hebrew_n call_v all_o sin_n ignorances_n for_o not_o know_v sin_n they_o can_v no_o more_o avoid_v it_o than_o the_o bird_n that_o see_v not_o the_o snare_n but_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o word_n will_v secure_v and_o preserve_v they_o prov._n 7.1.2.2.4.5_o reason_n 3_o because_o whatsoever_o be_v do_v in_o obedience_n of_o god_n can_v be_v good_a if_o it_o want_v 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prophet_n not_o that_o eliah_n who_o be_v take_v up_o in_o a_o fiery_a chariot_n but_o john_n baptist_n who_o be_v here_o call_v eliah_n for_o the_o similitude_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o manner_n his_o grace_n gift_n and_o office_n if_o we_o admit_v a_o heavenly_a interpreter_n to_o tell_v we_o the_o meaning_n luc._n 1.17_o or_o christ_n matth._n 17.10.11.12_o who_o tell_v his_o disciple_n that_o elias_n be_v come_v and_o we_o read_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n verse_n 13._o that_o the_o disciple_n understand_v that_o he_o speak_v unto_o they_o of_o john_n the_o baptist_n yet_o christ_n reveal_v it_o at_o another_o time_n more_o plain_o matth._n 11.13.14_o all_o the_o prophet_n prophesy_v till_o john_n and_o this_o be_v elias_n which_o
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receive_v if_o the_o fact_n be_v only_o know_v to_o the_o judge_n he_o may_v be_v a_o witness_n of_o it_o but_o a_o judge_n he_o can_v be_v and_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o a_o judge_n be_v bind_v to_o give_v sentence_n secundum_fw-la allegata_fw-la &_o probata_fw-la the_o canon_n speak_v affirmative_o gratian._n caus_n 2._o qu._n 1._o et_fw-la 7._o plerunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o also_o to_o omit_v other_o it_o be_v determine_v by_o the_o learned_a henr._n bocerus_n de_fw-fr jurisdict_n cap._n 6._o sect_n 34._o and_o by_o joh._n weems_n exercit._fw-la vol._n 2._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 17._o and_o there_o be_v reason_n it_o shall_v be_v so_o among_o man_n but_o god_n be_v infinite_o present_a a_o eyewitness_n of_o every_o fact_n and_o infinite_o wise_a free_a from_o all_o possibility_n of_o error_n and_o infinite_o holy_a out_o of_o all_o suspicion_n of_o be_v corrupt_v may_v be_v and_o be_v both_o witness_n and_o judge_v see_v for_o further_a light_n gene._n 31.50_o jud._n 11.10.1_o sam._n 12.5_o job_n 16.19_o jerem._n 29.23_o joh._n 8.16_o 17_o 18._o see_v also_o joh._n buxtorf_n in_o comment_n masoret_n cap._n 14._o in_o litera_fw-la ד_n we_o have_v see_v thus_o what_o the_o judgement_n be_v 2._o against_o who_o it_o be_v against_o 1._o sorcerer_n 2._o adulterer_n 3._o false_a swearer_n 4._o oppressor_n of_o hireling_n 5._o oppressor_n of_o widow_n and_o fatherless_a 6._o oppressor_n of_o stranger_n 7._o such_o as_o fear_v not_o god_n first_o against_o the_o sorcerer_n the_o lxx_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sorcerer_n or_o poisoner_n but_o of_o pharmaci_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v rhodigin_n antiqu._n lect._n lib._n 6._o cap_n 12._o lib._n 9_o c._n 23._o the_o hebr._n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o be_v he_o that_o exercise_v delusion_n and_o juggle_a sleight_n so_o that_o a_o thing_n be_v make_v to_o appear_v otherwise_o unto_o one_o eye_n than_o indeed_o it_o be_v exodus_fw-la 7.11_o 12._o upon_o which_o two_o verse_n the_o reader_n may_v satisfy_v himself_o in_o the_o second_o disputation_n and_o the_o nine_o follow_v of_o ben._n pererius_n in_o cap._n 7._o exod._n to_o who_o and_o to_o delrio_n and_o wierus_n i_o refer_v he_o for_o curiosity_n of_o this_o argument_n the_o word_n be_v here_o translate_v a_o sorcerer_n but_o usual_o a_o witch_n as_o exodus_fw-la 22.18.2_o chron._n 33.6_o deut._n 18.10_o in_o which_o one_o text_n be_v reckon_v up_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o divination_n that_o be_v forbid_v all_o which_o be_v full_o explicate_v by_o m._n gataker_n in_o his_o tr._n of_o lot_n and_o all_o which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v here_o under_o this_o one_o head_n concern_v which_o and_o the_o several_a case_n about_o they_o beside_o the_o popish_a casuist_n cajetan_n peccat_fw-la summ._n in_o verbo_fw-la divinatio_fw-la silvester_n in_o eod_n tit._n tollet_fw-la instructio_fw-la sacerd._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 14_o 15._o guil._n cantarell_n var._n quaest_n lib_n 2._o num_fw-la 474._o bizozerus_n sum._n case_n pt_v 2._o cap._n 4._o memb._n 5._o 6._o fumi_fw-la armil_n aurea_fw-la verbo_fw-la divinatio_fw-la reginald_n praxis_fw-la fori_fw-la poenit_fw-la lib_n 17._o cap._n 16_o 17._o martin_n bresser_n de_fw-fr conscience_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 21._o and_o we_o m_n perkins_n of_o witchcraft_n joh._n alsted_n theol._n case_n cap._n 13._o sect_n 11._o andr._n rivet_n praelect_v in_o exodus_fw-la 20._o pag._n 30._o gasper_n brockmond_n system_fw-la theol._n tom._n 2._o arti_fw-la 18._o cap._n 18._o case_n 11_o 12_o 13._o ad_fw-la 20._o see_v also_o many_o thing_n to_o the_o purpose_n of_o this_o place_n in_o gabr._n pennot_v propugnac_n humh_o libert_n lib._n 10._o joh_n wolphius_n in_o addit_fw-la ad_fw-la pet._n mart._n 2._o in_o reg._n 21._o pag._n 404._o and_o in_o weems_n degen_n son_n the_o magician_n second_o and_o against_o the_o adulterer_n the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o into_o the_o feminine_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adulteress_n it_o be_v the_o mascul_n in_o the_o hebr._n under_o this_o head_n also_o may_v be_v refer_v all_o the_o sin_n usual_o treat_v of_o by_o divine_n and_o casuist_n under_o the_o 7_o commandment_n a_o sin_n sentence_v and_o severe_o punish_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n even_o the_o very_a heathen_a for_o the_o athenian_n lacedaemonian_n roman_n see_v plutarch_n in_o parall_a passim_fw-la for_o other_o nation_n alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n genial_a dier_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 1._o and_o rhodigin_n lect_v antiqu._n lib._n 21._o c._n 45.47_o for_o the_o old_a french_a it_o be_v a_o notable_a story_n which_o be_v relate_v by_o joh._n tritenhemius_fw-la de_fw-la orig._n francorum_n pag._n 304_o in_o the_o first_o tome_n of_o the_o opus_fw-la historicum_fw-la at_o basil_n collect_v by_o simon_n schardius_n as_o be_v think_v and_o conjecture_v by_o the_o printer_n of_o basan_n the_o king_n and_o high_a priest_n of_o the_o sicambri_n who_o be_v ancestor_n to_o the_o french_a that_o as_o his_o law_n be_v severe_a against_o adultery_n and_o other_o like_o crime_n so_o he_o also_o be_v so_o strict_a in_o the_o execution_n of_o they_o that_o he_o cause_v a_o sword_n and_o a_o halter_n to_o be_v carry_v before_o he_o whithersoever_o he_o go_v and_o find_v a_o accusation_n to_o be_v true_a against_o his_o own_o son_n sedanus_fw-la that_o he_o have_v commit_v adultery_n he_o judge_v he_o to_o death_n and_o when_o his_o noble_n entreat_v he_o to_o reverse_v his_o sentence_n he_o say_v strive_v not_o against_o justice_n you_o may_v soon_o restrain_v the_o wind_n from_o blow_v in_o the_o air_n then_o turn_v basanus_n mind_n aside_o from_o the_o law_n and_o turn_v to_o his_o son_n he_o say_v i_o kill_v thou_o not_o my_o son_n but_o the_o law_n which_o thou_o have_v break_v and_o therewithal_o in_o zeal_n to_o justice_n he_o slay_v he_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n this_o be_v about_o 280_o