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commonwealth_n that_o be_v that_o priestly_a kingdom_n whereunto_o the_o religion_n and_o ceremony_n be_v not_o a_o accession_n or_o prop_n but_o the_o very_a soul_n and_o spirit_n beside_o the_o custody_n of_o ceremony_n and_o sacred_a rite_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o every_o city_n but_o one_o wherein_o be_v the_o sanctuary_n the_o peculiar_a seat_n and_o habitation_n of_o the_o deity_n that_o city_n first_o be_v shiloh_n afterward_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o palâ—stin_n if_o any_o schismatical_a jew_n build_v a_o temple_n or_o altar_n in_o other_o land_n they_o offend_v against_o the_o right_n and_o inviolable_a law_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n there_o be_v extant_a among_o the_o monument_n of_o history_n the_o epistle_n of_o onias_n to_o ptolemy_n and_o cleopatra_n wherein_o he_o accuse_v his_o countruman_n because_o they_o have_v build_v sanctuary_n in_o the_o phenician_a city_n and_o elsewhere_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n be_v himself_o guilty_a of_o no_o less_o fault_n have_v build_v a_o temple_n at_o heliopolis_n pretend_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n to_o countenance_v his_o ambition_n enterprise_n this_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o violation_n of_o the_o ceremony_n it_o be_v among_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a jew_n which_o rabbi_n moses_n egyptius_n deliver_v thus_o ult_n l._n 8._o in_o hal._n biath_n c._n ult_n if_o one_o have_v transgress_v the_o law_n and_o build_v a_o other_o house_n beside_o the_o sanctuary_n at_o jerusalem_n it_o be_v not_o indeed_o to_o be_v account_v a_o temple_n of_o i_o doll_n but_o yet_o the_o priest_n that_o have_v serve_v there_o can_v never_o sacrifice_v at_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o god_n which_o be_v at_o jerusalem_n yea_o the_o vessel_n which_o he_o have_v use_v no_o man_n shall_v apply_v to_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o true_a sanctuary_n but_o they_o must_v be_v â—id_v chap._n ix_o criminal_a cause_n judge_v only_o in_o palestin_n not_o by_o the_o babylonian_a