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A42895
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Plato's demon, or, The state-physician unmaskt being a discourse in answer to a book call'd Plato redivivus / by Thomas Goddard, Esq.
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Goddard, Thomas.
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1684
(1684)
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Wing G917; ESTC R22474
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omnibus_fw-la jus_o dicere_fw-la ipsi_fw-la non_fw-la potuissent_fw-la etsi_fw-la in_o gravioribus_fw-la causis_fw-la ut_fw-la è_fw-la samuele_n apparet_fw-la supremum_fw-la sibi_fw-la judicium_fw-la recipiebant_fw-la nil_fw-la prius_fw-la vel_fw-la antiquus_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la judices_fw-la bonos_fw-es &_o peritos_fw-la ubique_fw-la locorum_fw-la constituerent_fw-la q._n 3._o p._n 89._o of_o these_o judge_n the_o great_a court_n be_v call_v sanhedrim_n gedola_n the_o supreme_a senate_n the_o lesser_a sanhedrim_n ketanna_n the_o lesser_a and_o inferior_a court_n the_o lesser_a be_v again_o subdivide_v and_o out_o of_o these_o be_v judge_n distribute_v into_o most_o of_o the_o city_n for_o the_o ease_n of_o the_o people_n from_o they_o appeal_n may_v be_v make_v to_o the_o court_n or_o sanhedrim_n gedola_n which_o always_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o who_o have_v many_o privilege_n above_o the_o other_o possible_o not_o much_o unlike_o our_o house_n of_o lord_n 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