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peter_n and_o by_o s._n paul_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o also_o his_o appeal_n do_v immediate_o respect_v heathen_a governor_n and_o therefore_o if_o these_o place_n will_v prove_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o prince_n power_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a they_o must_v fix_v it_o in_o pagan_a prince_n as_o well_o as_o in_o christian_a 26._o diu._n right_a of_o ch._n gou._n ch_n 26._o and_o this_o be_v the_o principal_a thing_n object_v against_o the_o argument_n from_o s._n paul_n appeal_n by_o mr._n rutherford_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o will_v own_v the_o great_a turk_n to_o be_v supreme_a governor_n of_o the_o church_n 2._o and_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a sad_a and_o heavy_a calamity_n to_o the_o church_n when_o those_o sovereign_a power_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o true_a religion_n will_v intermeddle_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n without_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o due_a respect_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o religion_n such_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n under_o the_o roman_a power_n
reg._n ubi_fw-la sup_n and_o this_o absurd_a assertion_n have_v put_v those_o christian_a writer_n who_o close_o with_o it_o upon_o unreasonable_a shift_n for_o the_o defence_n thereof_o and_o for_o the_o reconcile_n this_o with_o the_o dignity_n of_o a_o king_n many_o of_o they_o make_v this_o their_o last_o refuge_n that_o this_o scourge_v among_o the_o jew_n sup_n grot._n de_fw-fr jur._n bel._n &_o pac_n ubi_fw-la sup_n be_v without_o any_o note_n of_o infamy_n or_o disgrace_n and_o be_v voluntary_o to_o be_v submit_v to_o by_o their_o king_n as_o a_o act_n of_o penance_n and_o not_o of_o force_n but_o this_o answer_n stand_v chargeable_a with_o a_o twofold_a miscarriage_n 1._o with_o a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o design_n of_o they_o who_o urge_v it_o and_o a_o give_v up_o their_o cause_n for_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o it_o of_o disgrace_n it_o can_v be_v inflict_v as_o a_o censure_n and_o the_o public_a punishment_n of_o a_o fault_n and_o if_o it_o be_v undertake_v only_o of_o voluntary_a choice_n and_o not_o of_o force_n then_o be_v it_o not_o the_o result_n of_o the_o sentence_n of_o a_o superior_a synedrial_a authority_n 2._o this_o will_v also_o conclude_v that_o many_o considerable_a offender_n who_o be_v to_o be_v punish_v with_o scourge_v as_o by_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n according_a to_o the_o case_n mention_v by_o maimonides_n 156._o maimon_n n._n 134_o 135_o 156._o he_o that_o curse_v his_o neighbour_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n he_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o perjury_n and_o he_o that_o commit_v whoredom_n and_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o unfree_a woman_n who_o play_v the_o whore_n be_v betroth_v leu._n 19.20_o be_v free_a from_o all_o penalty_n and_o disgrace_n though_o the_o divine_a law_n deut._n 25.3_o peculiarly_a mention_n this_o punishment_n as_o infamous_a wherefore_o these_o tradition_n be_v so_o absurd_a that_o petitus_fw-la just_o affirm_v 2._o petit._n diatribe_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la pr._n c._n 2._o istam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d animo_fw-la tantum_fw-la conceperunt_fw-la nulli_fw-la principes_fw-la eo_fw-la jure_fw-la regnarunt_fw-la that_o no_o king_n of_o judah_n with_o this_o manacle_v authority_n ever_o reign_v any_o where_o else_o but_o in_o the_o fancy_n and_o pen_n of_o these_o jewish_a writer_n and_o their_o follower_n 10._o now_o a_o position_n so_o strange_a in_o itself_o and_o which_o put_v man_n of_o learning_n upon_o such_o difficult_a service_n and_o hard_a shift_n to_o bear_v it_o up_o have_v need_n bring_v with_o it_o very_o clear_a evidence_n if_o it_o expect_v to_o be_v entertain_v but_o in_o this_o case_n 2._o seld._n de_fw-fr syn._n l._n 3._o c._n 9_o n._n 2._o mr_n selden_n who_o be_v forward_o enough_o to_o embrace_v the_o notion_n of_o the_o rabbin_n after_o he_o have_v represent_v what_o be_v usual_o say_v be_v so_o far_o in_o doubt_n of_o the_o truth_n that_o he_o say_v hac_fw-la in_o re_fw-la nihil_fw-la omnino_fw-la definimus_fw-la sup_n schick_n ubi_fw-la sup_n and_o schickard_n who_o large_o assert_v this_o synedrial_a power_n confess_v that_o he_o can_v not_o meet_v with_o any_o one_o instance_n of_o its_o have_v ever_o be_v reduce_v to_o practice_n and_o those_o who_o have_v venture_v either_o at_o instance_n or_o argument_n have_v great_o miscarry_v therein_o 11._o two_o instance_n by_o some_o have_v be_v produce_v only_o to_o show_v that_o king_n have_v be_v cite_v before_o the_o jewish_a sanhedrim_n the_o one_o of_o herod_n the_o king_n 1â—_n an._n 31._o n._n 1â—_n mention_v by_o baronius_n but_o it_o be_v strange_a to_o see_v how_o pitiful_o he_o mistake_v the_o case_n or_o else_o impose_v upon_o his_o reader_n for_o it_o be_v plain_a from_o josephus_n whence_o he_o have_v this_o story_n that_o herod_n be_v then_o no_o king_n of_o judea_n nor_o be_v he_o cite_v by_o the_o sanhedrim_n but_o by_o hyrcanus_n 17._o ant._n jud._n l._n 14._o c._n 17._o who_o be_v then_o king_n by_o the_o roman_a authority_n and_o it_o be_v much_o that_o the_o cardinal_n shall_v not_o consider_v that_o if_o herod_n after_o he_o be_v king_n of_o judea_n by_o the_o roman_a right_a be_v under_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o stand_a jewish_a synedrial_n authority_n the_o consequence_n must_v be_v that_o the_o jew_n than_o be_v governor_n over_o the_o roman_n and_o their_o power_n but_o be_v in_o no_o subjection_n to_o they_o which_o beside_o the_o credit_n of_o history_n herein_o concern_v he_o who_o acknowledge_v christ_n crucify_v can_v admit_v 12._o another_o instance_n be_v mention_v of_o jannaeus_n the_o king_n who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v cite_v by_o the_o sanhedrim_n upon_o account_n of_o a_o servant_n of_o his_o be_v charge_v with_o murder_n this_o instance_n in_o his_o second_o thought_n 153._o schick_n append_v in_o carpzov_n p._n 152_o 153._o schickard_n prefer_v to_o the_o former_a now_o if_o this_o have_v be_v true_a concern_v jannaeus_n it_o will_v be_v of_o no_o great_a moment_n since_o he_o live_v under_o the_o lapse_v state_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o have_v the_o name_n but_o not_o the_o authority_n and_o dignity_n of_o a_o king_n but_o this_o story_n be_v manifest_o fictitious_a be_v style_v by_o salmasius_n nugae_fw-la &_o fabulae_fw-la rabbinicae_fw-la be_v not_o at_o all_o mention_v by_o josephus_n 49._o defence_n reg._n c._n 2._o p._n 49._o or_o any_o good_a historian_n and_o also_o bring_v in_o the_o angel_n gabriel_n to_o bear_v a_o part_n in_o it_o by_o come_v then_o into_o the_o senate_n and_o destroy_v all_o the_o assessor_n thereof_o and_o this_o story_n be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o gemara_n where_o the_o whole_a section_n be_v evident_o vain_a and_o frivolous_a 1_o gemar_fw-la in_o sanhed_n c._n 2._o sect._n 1_o as_o among_o other_o thing_n may_v appear_v from_o the_o way_n of_o its_o argue_v in_o this_o matter_n which_o i_o shall_v present_o take_v notice_n of_o beside_o this_o i_o shall_v add_v that_o so_o much_o as_o have_v any_o truth_n in_o this_o relation_n be_v very_o probable_o a_o kind_n of_o fabulous_a representation_n of_o the_o former_a instance_n of_o herod_n under_o different_a name_n and_o circumstance_n for_o both_o of_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v cite_v upon_o occasion_n of_o some_o person_n be_v put_v to_o death_n both_o the_o story_n say_v that_o upon_o their_o appearance_n the_o whole_a court_n whether_o proper_o the_o sanhedrim_n or_o hyrcanus_n his_o judge_n call_v by_o josephus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v not_o a_o word_n against_o they_o save_v only_o one_o bold_a man_n and_o that_o thereupon_o all_o the_o rest_n beside_o this_o man_n be_v after_o put_v to_o death_n and_o this_o man_n be_v call_v sameas_n or_o shammai_n in_o the_o one_o story_n and_o simeon_n in_o the_o other_o which_o i_o conceive_v to_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n in_o a_o different_a dialect_n 16.20_o grot._n in_o mat._n 16.17_o drus_n praet_fw-la in_o joh._n 21.15_o hor._n hebr._n in_o joh._n 11.1_o &_o in_o luk._n 16.20_o even_o as_o johannes_n johanan_n and_o jonah_n in_o likelihood_n be_v the_o vulgar_a latin_a express_v ionas_n by_o johannes_n joh._n 21.15_o and_o so_o be_v lazarus_n and_o eleazar_n and_o many_o other_o whence_o the_o ethiopic_a version_n instead_o of_o lazarus_n constant_o use_v eleazar_n luk._n 16._o and_o joh._n 11._o and_o that_o they_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n have_v be_v clear_o evince_v to_o which_o i_o add_v submit_v these_o conjecture_n to_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o that_o the_o name_n of_o jannaeus_n or_o jannas_n may_v possible_o be_v make_v use_n of_o in_o this_o talmudical_a relation_n from_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o chaldee_n for_o one_o injurious_a and_o oppressive_a 13._o how_o extreme_a vain_o they_o argue_v in_o this_o particular_a will_v appear_v from_o that_o note_a instance_n of_o the_o talmud_n 2._o sanh_o c._n 2._o sect._n 2._o the_o mishneh_n have_v declare_v that_o the_o king_n neither_o judge_v nor_o be_v judge_v which_o it_o manifest_o express_v concern_v the_o king_n of_o the_o line_n of_o david_n nor_o do_v it_o intend_v to_o deny_v they_o the_o authority_n of_o judge_v because_o the_o same_o treatise_n affirm_v 3_o c._n 7._o sect._n 3_o capital_a punishment_n by_o the_o sword_n to_o be_v inflict_v by_o the_o king_n but_o that_o they_o do_v not_o usual_o in_o person_n sit_v in_o any_o court_n or_o consistory_n sup_n gemara_fw-la ubi_fw-la sup_n but_o the_o gemara_n here_o be_v a_o comment_n which_o contradict_v the_o text_n tell_v we_o that_o this_o sentence_n the_o king_n do_v not_o judge_v nor_o be_v judge_v do_v not_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n for_o they_o do_v both_o judge_n and_o be_v judge_v and_o the_o proof_n it_o produce_v that_o they_o be_v judge_v be_v from_o jer._n 21.12_o
the_o prophet_n to_o death_n if_o the_o limit_n of_o his_o royal_a power_n can_v not_o extend_v itself_o to_o the_o case_n of_o a_o prophet_n jer._n 26.18_o 19_o see_v also_o jer._n 26.21_o 22_o 23._o 7._o 5.22_o gr._n de_fw-fr j._n b._n &_o p._n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 20._o &_o in_o jer._n 26._o in_o jer._n 28._o &_o in_o mat._n 5.22_o yet_o the_o learned_a grotius_n and_o other_o writer_n think_v they_o have_v find_v some_o evidence_n for_o the_o exemption_n of_o a_o prophet_n from_o the_o royal_a power_n in_o the_o word_n of_o zedekiah_n to_o the_o prince_n concern_v jeremy_n jer._n 38.5_o he_o be_v in_o your_o hand_n for_o the_o king_n be_v not_o he_o that_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n against_o you_o but_o herein_o he_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o brutus_n 12._o j._n brut._n vind._n qu._n 3._o p._n 96_o 97._o barclai_n adv_fw-la antimonarch_n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o who_o great_a mistake_n be_v sufficient_o detect_v by_o barclay_n and_o these_o word_n have_v no_o other_o sense_n than_o that_o zedekiah_n in_o his_o present_a strait_n must_v yield_v to_o this_o their_o desire_n as_o david_n be_v sometime_o necessitate_v unto_o a_o compliance_n with_o the_o child_n of_o zerviah_n who_o he_o say_v be_v too_o strong_a for_o he_o but_o we_o may_v wonder_v that_o so_o judicious_a a_o man_n shall_v in_o this_o matter_n overlook_v many_o plain_a expression_n in_o that_o very_a chapter_n which_o beyond_o all_o contradiction_n evince_v the_o supreme_a authority_n of_o king_n zedekiah_n in_o determine_v this_o very_a case_n of_o jeremy_n v._o 4._o the_o prince_n say_v to_o the_o king_n we_o be_v seech_v thou_o let_v this_o man_n be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o when_o zedekiah_n have_v yield_v he_o into_o their_o hand_n and_o they_o have_v cast_v he_o into_o the_o dungeon_n ebedmelech_n make_v his_o suit_n to_o the_o king_n for_o jeremy_n and_o the_o king_n order_v his_o be_v take_v thence_o v._o 8_o 9_o 10._o and_o the_o king_n swear_v to_o jeremy_n v._o 16._o i_o will_v not_o put_v thou_o to_o death_n nor_o will_v i_o give_v thou_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o these_o man_n that_o seek_v thy_o life_n 1._o bertr_n de_fw-fr rep._n jud._n c._n 11._o seld._n de_fw-fr syn._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o n._n 4._o etc._n etc._n 9_o n._n 1._o and_o yet_o this_o one_o mistake_a expression_n above_o mention_v against_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o whole_a chapter_n be_v make_v use_n of_o also_o by_o bertram_n selden_n and_o many_o english_a writer_n in_o our_o late_a sad_a time_n for_o the_o abridge_n of_o the_o royal_a power_n 8._o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v also_o urge_v luk._n 13.33_o it_o can_v be_v that_o a_o prophet_n perish_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n the_o sense_n of_o which_o word_n be_v that_o jerusalem_n be_v so_o far_o degenerate_v that_o he_o who_o come_v from_o god_n and_o in_o his_o name_n shall_v no_o where_n meet_v with_o so_o much_o opposition_n enmity_n and_o violence_n as_o in_o that_o place_n where_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o ready_a acceptance_n but_o that_o our_o saviour_n shall_v design_n 15._o drus_n praet_fw-la ad_fw-la luc._n 13.33_o grot._n de_fw-fr imp._n c._n 11._o n._n 15._o as_o many_o writer_n will_v infer_v that_o no_o prophet_n can_v be_v condemn_v to_o die_v by_o any_o but_o the_o jewish_a sanhedrim_n will_v also_o have_v be_v contrary_a to_o the_o history_n of_o john_n be_v behead_v by_o herod_n and_o to_o what_o jesus_n have_v frequent_o foretell_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v crucify_v which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o death_n never_o inflict_v by_o the_o jewish_a law_n but_o by_o the_o roman_a 9_o priest_n seld._n de_fw-fr syn._n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o n._n 1._o of_o the_o high_a priest_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n claim_v as_o peculiar_a to_o the_o sanhedrim_n be_v by_o some_o restrain_v to_o capital_a cause_n only_o yet_o the_o judgement_n concern_v any_o of_o the_o priesthood_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o blemish_n 31._o middoth_n c._n 5._o sect._n 3_o joma_n in_o hor._n heb._n in_o mat._n chorogr_n c._n 31._o which_o render_v they_o unfit_a for_o their_o office_n be_v also_o claim_v to_o the_o great_a sanhedrim_n but_o have_v this_o case_n true_o be_v as_o be_v pretend_v exempt_a from_o the_o regal_a power_n the_o sentence_n of_o saul_n against_o ahimelech_n and_o his_o son_n 1_o sam._n 22_o 13-18_a must_v have_v be_v account_v null_n and_o insignificant_a be_v pronounce_v by_o one_o who_o have_v no_o authority_n over_o he_o whereas_o at_o that_o time_n ahimelech_n free_o acknowledge_v his_o subjection_n to_o saul_n as_o i_o above_o observe_v nor_o can_v this_o synedrial_a power_n consist_v with_o salomon_n undertake_v to_o depose_v abiathar_n or_o his_o declare_v it_o as_o a_o favour_n that_o he_o do_v not_o put_v he_o to_o death_n 1_o kin._n 2.26_o 27._o 10._o and_o as_o to_o the_o admit_v the_o priest_n to_o minister_v in_o their_o office_n this_o seem_v ancient_o to_o have_v belong_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n authority_n from_o 1_o sam._n 2.36_o but_o upon_o account_n of_o moral_a defilement_n and_o some_o other_o extraordinary_a case_n there_o be_v instance_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v reject_v from_o their_o ministration_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o secular_a governor_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v order_v by_o josiah_n concern_v they_o who_o have_v be_v priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n 2_o kin._n 23.9_o and_o by_o nehemiah_n concern_v they_o who_o can_v not_o make_v out_o their_o genealogy_n and_o right_a of_o succession_n neh._n 7.65_o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o all_o these_o three_o case_n have_v be_v misrepresent_v and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o bad_a description_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n which_o place_v all_o these_o thing_n without_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o royal_a authority_n 11._o but_o there_o be_v also_o several_a other_o constitution_n and_o determination_n of_o authority_n which_o by_o these_o writer_n be_v appropriate_v to_o the_o synedrial_a power_n as_o the_o make_n of_o arbitrary_a war_n the_o establish_n and_o order_v inferior_a judicature_n and_o the_o constitute_a law_n war._n of_o make_v war._n and_o to_o debar_v the_o king_n of_o all_o power_n in_o these_o matter_n and_o reserve_v they_o as_o peculiar_a to_o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v in_o effect_n to_o affirm_v that_o neither_o the_o royal_a crown_n and_o sceptre_n nor_o the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n do_v belong_v unto_o the_o king_n 12._o 17._o sanh_o c._n 1._o sect._n 5._o coch._n ibid._n n._n 23._o buxt_n lex_fw-la ch._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seld._n de_fw-fr syn._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o n._n 1_o 2._o schick_n de_fw-fr jur_fw-fr reg._n h._n b._n c._n 5._o theor._n 17._o that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arbitrary_a war_n or_o war_n of_o choice_n whereby_o they_o understand_v all_o war_n beside_o what_o god_n command_v they_o against_o the_o seven_o nation_n of_o canaan_n may_v never_o be_v undertake_v by_o the_o king_n but_o only_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n be_v general_o assert_v by_o these_o jewish_a writer_n and_o their_o follower_n insomuch_o that_o schickard_n produce_v maimonides_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n say_v rex_fw-la arma_fw-la finitimis_fw-la illaturus_fw-la necessariò_fw-la prius_fw-la deliberabat_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la senatu_fw-la citra_fw-la cujus_fw-la consensum_fw-la mile_n non_fw-la exibat_fw-la yet_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o plain_a than_o that_o the_o war_n against_o the_o ammonite_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o jabesh-gilead_n be_v particular_o resolve_v upon_o by_o saul_n upon_o his_o present_a hear_n of_o the_o case_n 1_o sam._n 11.5_o 6_o 7_o 12._o to_o which_o josephus_n agree_v 6._o ant._n jud._n l._n 6._o c._n 5_o 6._o and_o the_o war_n against_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n in_o david_n time_n whereby_o they_o be_v destroy_v be_v by_o the_o determination_n of_o david_n 2_o sam._n 10.6_o 7._o ch_z 11.1_o and_o lest_o any_o shall_v surmise_v that_o this_o great_a court_n be_v in_o such_o case_n present_a with_o the_o king_n as_o the_o soul_n be_v with_o the_o body_n from_o which_o though_o no_o man_n can_v see_v it_o all_o strength_n and_o life_n be_v derive_v i_o shall_v add_v that_o famous_a instance_n of_o jehosaphat_n when_o he_o be_v with_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n he_o upon_o a_o sudden_a resolve_v on_o and_o undertake_v in_o league_n with_o ahab_n a_o voluntary_a war_n against_o syria_n 1_o kin._n 22.3_o 4._o and_o for_o his_o proceed_n therein_o desire_v no_o instruction_n from_o any_o council_n in_o judea_n nor_o from_o any_o other_o man_n under_o heaven_n but_o only_o concern_v the_o event_n he_o inquire_v of_o a_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o israel_n v._o 5._o 13._o he_o who_o will_v have_v any_o further_a instance_n in_o this_o