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good_a because_o the_o wise_a man_n be_v present_a and_o lead_v the_o way_n but_o single_a and_o apart_o they_o have_v little_a judgement_n concern_v a_o king_n then_o and_o concern_v war_n as_o i_o have_v say_v decree_n be_v make_v sometime_o the_o people_n be_v author_n all_o other_o thing_n the_o senator_n of_o sanhedrin_n dispatch_v by_o themselves_o the_o weighty_a affair_n be_v not_o too_o heavy_a for_o they_o because_o they_o be_v choose_v for_o their_o worth_n and_o great_a ability_n by_o the_o divine_a moses_n right_o name_v elder_n not_o only_o for_o their_o age_n but_o for_o their_o wiâ—dom_n and_o experience_n chap._n xiii_o of_o two_o other_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n beside_o the_o sanhedrin_n the_o senate_n of_o 23._o in_o every_o town_n the_o college_n of_o 3._o the_o measure_n of_o city_n the_o 5._o man_n for_o expiation_n of_o slaughter_n the_o 7._o man_n and_o 3._o man_n for_o order_v the_o calendar_n the_o time_n dispose_v by_o rabbi_n hillel_n the_o authority_n of_o sanhedrin_n lessen_v of_o the_o great_a senate_n we_o have_v say_v what_o come_v to_o mind_n the_o other_o council_n will_v not_o detain_v we_o long_o the_o most_o learned_a 1._o learned_a â—n_fw-fr halaâ—â—a_fw-fr sanhedrin_n c._n 1._o maimonides_n relate_v that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n itself_o be_v two_o council_n more_o they_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o gemara_n the_o in_o misna_n &_o in_o gemara_n talmud_n in_o either_o of_o they_o sit_v three_o and_o twenty_o judge_n and_o as_o the_o great_a council_n be_v hold_v in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v call_v gazith_n so_o one_o of_o these_o at_o the_o courtgate_n the_o other_o be_v keep_v at_o the_o gate_n open_v to_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o dignity_n of_o they_o also_o be_v not_o the_o same_o for_o the_o judge_n at_o the_o mount-gate_n take_v it_o for_o a_o preferment_n to_o be_v ascribe_v into_o the_o senate_n at_o the_o ourt-gate_n and_o again_o it_o be_v a_o new_a degree_n of_o honour_n to_o ascend_v hence_o into_o the_o sanedrin_n the_o distinction_n be_v exact_o make_v by_o rabbi_n ben_n maimon_n far_o beside_o these_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n there_o be_v constitute_v in_o every_o town_n of_o palestin_n a_o senate_n for_o jurisdiction_n and_o the_o care_n of_o public_a affair_n it_o consist_v of_o 23._o man_n who_o sit_v in_o judgement_n upon_o the_o life_n and_o fortune_n of_o the_o people_n and_o decide_v all_o cause_n except_o a_o few_o reserve_v as_o be_v aforesaid_a to_o the_o great_a council_n ben_fw-mi maimou_v also_o describe_v a_o certain_a college_n of_o three_o man_n and_o say_v it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o city_n which_o have_v not_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o inhabitant_n but_o i_o be_o of_o aristotle_n mind_n that_o this_o be_v not_o a_o city_n for_o as_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ship_n which_o be_v of_o one_o handful_n or_o of_o two_o furlong_n so_o be_v it_o not_o a_o city_n which_o want_v a_o just_a measure_n if_o it_o be_v too_o little_a it_o 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confuse_a for_o not_o long_o after_o cease_v the_o solennity_n of_o impose_v hand_n without_o which_o those_o seven_o man_n and_o three_o man_n be_v not_o appoint_v overseer_n and_o corrector_n of_o the_o calendar_n as_o maimonides_n observe_v but_o no_o more_o of_o this_o lest_o the_o reader_n think_v we_o prepare_v a_o accurate_a and_o perfect_a work_n whereas_o we_o only_o thrust_v out_o our_o sudden_a and_o tumultuary_a meditation_n and_o we_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v note_v whatsoever_o we_o have_v say_v of_o council_n have_v relation_n to_o the_o time_n before_o judaea_n have_v receive_v the_o roman_a conqueror_n for_o he_o change_v and_o repeal_v many_o thing_n not_o for_o his_o lust_n or_o pleasure_n nor_o out_o of_o any_o cruel_a design_n but_o that_o he_o may_v secure_v his_o dominion_n gabinius_n chief_o the_o proconsul_n of_o syria_n see_v the_o principal_a pillar_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v the_o sanhedrin_n think_v it_o good_a policy_n to_o take_v away_o the_o authority_n thereof_o in_o many_o town_n wherefore_o at_o gadar_n amath_n hiericho_n and_o sephor_n he_o settle_v four_o synedry_n and_o a_o five_o at_o jerusalem_n now_o but_o a_o part_n of_o what_o she_o be_v all_o of_o equal_a power_n and_o the_o council_n place_v by_o gabinius_n in_o the_o other_o city_n as_o they_o be_v not_o inferior_a to_o that_o in_o jerusalem_n for_o power_n so_o be_v they_o far_o beyond_o it_o in_o continuance_n these_o be_v mean_v if_o i_o mistake_v not_o by_o cal._n by_o in_o l._n 17._o c._n de_fw-fr jud._n &_o cal._n justinian_n when_o he_o require_v a_o canon_n from_o the_o primate_fw-la who_o rule_v the_o synedry_n of_o either_o palestin_n but_o we_o make_v no_o excursion_n into_o these_o time_n the_o ancient_a commonwealth_n and_o primitive_a institution_n be_v under_o our_o consideration_n to_o inquire_v into_o the_o rest_n and_o set_v down_o thing_n that_o be_v often_o change_v be_v unhappy_o to_o place_v our_o study_n where_o no_o certain_a truth_n can_v be_v deliver_v chap._n fourteen_o the_o creation_n of_o a_o king_n a_o bad_a one_o first_o choose_v why_o what_o quality_n the_o prophet_n have_v respect_n unto_o the_o book_n of_o the_o kingdom_n lay_v up_o the_o power_n of_o the_o hebrew_n king_n their_o honour_n above_o priest_n and_o prophet_n king_n and_o priest_n at_o first_o the_o same_o the_o anoint_v of_o king_n make_v they_o sacred_a the_o holy_a ointment_n hide_v by_o josia_n and_o lose_v with_o other_o thing_n rabbi_n ben_n maimon_n misnae_fw-la maimon_n in_o part_n post_fw-la misnae_fw-la say_v the_o israelite_n receive_v three_o command_n from_o god_n to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o palestin_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v to_o make_v themselves_o a_o king_n another_o to_o blot_v out_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o amalekite_n the_o three_o concern_v the_o build_n of_o a_o temple_n the_o performance_n whereof_o say_v he_o be_v at_o several_a time_n and_o long_o distant_a but_o in_o the_o same_o order_n wherein_o they_o be_v 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their_o mind_n whithersoever_o they_o turn_v themselves_o their_o night_n go_v along_o too_o and_o overshadow_v they_o nor_o shall_v it_o be_v dispel_v before_o they_o have_v thorough_o smart_v for_o their_o ingratitude_n and_o their_o obstinacy_n and_o the_o hardness_n of_o their_o heart_n finis_fw-la imprimatur_fw-la edm._n calamy_n the_o table_n alphabetical_a a._n r._n abraham_n 155_o acheians_n 85_o agrarian_n law_n 13_o 17_o 40_o agriculture_n 20_o 24_o agrippa_n offence_n 50_o alcimus_n highpriest_n 147_o his_o impiety_n 148_o alexander_n m._n his_o favour_n to_o the_o jew_n 27_o alteration_n whence_o 18_o ambition_n 141_o anoint_v of_o king_n 127_o antigonn_n king_n 149_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n 146_o apion_n cymbalum_fw-la mundi_fw-la 3_o apollonius_n scotus_n praise_v 70_o aristobulus_n king_n 149_o aristotle_n be_v opinion_n of_o the_o jew_n 29_o 30_o arist_n cite_v 5_o 8_o 31_o 119_o arm_n of_o nature_n 15_o artificer_n none_o among_o the_o jew_n 32_o avarice_n the_o hurt_n of_o it_o 17_o author_n 1_o 70_o 74_o 112_o 114_o b._n babylon_n enlarge_v by_o nebuch_n 139_o babylonian_a jew_n 62._o have_v not_o the_o sceptre_n 69_o balaam_n prophecy_n expound_v 154_o beginning_n of_o the_o heb._n com._n 59_o benefit_n of_o the_o jubily_n 14_o berosus_n annal_n 139_o bible_n some_o part_v not_o to_o be_v read_v by_o youth_n 159._o forbid_v the_o jew_n by_o trajan_n 167_o not_o corrupt_v by_o the_o jew_n 168_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a 55_o c._n cabala_n 105_o capital_a offender_n 110_o casaubon_n exercit_fw-la 73._o his_o praise_n 74._o his_o error_n 85_o calendar_n correct_v 112_o captiutty_n 137_o change_n of_o law_n 58_o city-life_n 21_o city_n of_o refuge_n 58_o city_n what_o 110_o colony_n 12_o command_n three_o to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o palestin_n 115_o ommon-wealth_n found_v by_o moses_n 2._o when_o full_o of_o enemy_n 18._o the_o best_a 31._o affix_v to_o palestin_n 61_o consecration_n of_o city_n 44_o council_n of_o the_o jew_n 98_o 108_o country_n breed_v gollant_a man_n 21_o court_n of_o the_o temple_n 125_o d._n davids_n sceptre_n 91._o everlasting_a throne_n 153_o day_n of_o expiation_n 16_o defection_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n 136_o deformity_n 104_o desolation_n of_o jerusalem_n 56_o 93_o dominion_n secure_v by_o change_n 113_o e._n egyptians_n their_o idle_a life_n 35_o elder_n 107_o elisab_n son_n 142_o ephod_n 124_o ephorus_n his_o error_n 29_o equality_n 12_o eusebius_n confute_v 74_o 82_o ezekiel_n obscure_a prophecy_n 156_o ezra_n 157_o f._n father_n error_n 72._o unskilful_a in_o the_o hebrew_n text_n 168_o field_n lay_v to_o field_n 20_o fire_n on_o the_o altaer_fw-mi 129_o fortification_n 53_o g._n gabinius_n abate_v the_o power_n of_o sanhedrin_n 113_o gardon_n and_o wood_n in_o babylon_n 140_o god_n the_o ruler_n of_o the_o heb._n com._n 6._o why_o angry_a at_o the_o desire_n of_o a_o king_n 117_o gospel_n common_a to_o all_o nation_n 161_o grecian_n lawgiver_n their_o ignorance_n of_o the_o jew_n 29_o h._n hasmonean_n 79_o hebrew_n why_o hate_v by_o the_o egyptian_n 34_o hecateus_n praise_v 10_o herod_n king_n 149._o his_o cruelty_n 150_o herodotus_n error_n 137_o high_a priest_n 104_o hillel_n 101_o 111._o hircanus_n 150_o holy_a of_o holies_n 50_o holy_a ointment_n hide_v and_o lose_v with_o other_o thing_n 128_o homer_n have_v not_o the_o name_n of_o law_n 3_o house_n in_o city_n redeem_v 47_o husbandman_n of_o egypt_n lazy_a 38_o husbandry_n praise_v 22_o i._n jacobs_n prophecy_n 64_o jarchi_n 153_o jeroboam_n 83._o his_o policy_n 130._o turbulent_a 134._o idolatry_n punish_v 138_o idumaean_n 150_o jerusalem_n sarstity_n 48._o privilege_n 54._o the_o head_n city_n 55_o her_o fall_n 56_o jew_n have_v no_o commerce_n with_o other_o nation_n 28._o spread_v abroad_o 88_o know_v not_o their_o messiah_n 161._o cast_v off_o 162_o not_o without_o hope_n 163._o their_o dignity_n 164._o their_o baseness_n 165._o our_o relation_n to_o they_o 167._o our_o debt_n to_o they_o 168_o imperial_a dignity_n 64_o impiety_n never_o quiet_a 147_o imposition_n of_o hand_n 100_o josephus_n against_o apion_n praise_v 3._o jos_n cite_v 27_o 50_o 87_o 151._o his_o error_n 120_o joshua_n captain_n general_n 96_o jubily_n the_o benefit_n of_o it_o 14._o the_o 49_o year_n 41._o not_o keep_v after_o the_o captivity_n 41_o judas_n maccabaeus_n 147_o prince_n and_o priest_n 149_o juda_n be_v sceptre_n 77_o judge_n of_o palestin_n and_o babylon_n 68_o juvenal_n cite_v 36_o k._n keeper_n of_o the_o law_n 7_o king_n 97_o king_n create_v 116._o quality_n of_o a_o king_n 118._o rule_n for_o he_o 120._o precedent_n of_o religion_n 122._o dignity_n 123_o king_n and_o priest_n 126._o anoint_v 127_o kingdom_n of_o the_o levite_n 149_o of_o the_o messiah_n 155_o l._n laelius_n his_o wisdom_n 19_o law_n of_o jubily_n 23_o law_n none_o write_v before_o moses_n 4._o impartial_a 8._o stolo_n be_v law_n 18_o lawgiver_n their_o honour_n 2_o the_o grecian_a 3_o levi_n and_o benjamin_n call_v jew_n 85_o 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