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â—hâ—m_fw-la levit._fw-la 24._o 11._o 12._o and_o of_o he_o that_o gather_v stick_n put_v inward_a till_o the_o lord_n shall_v declare_v what_o shall_v be_v do_v to_o he_o but_o for_o answer_n in_o none_o of_o these_o place_n or_o example_n be_v there_o any_o thing_n speak_v of_o consult_v by_o urim_n for_o the_o first_o place_n only_o urge_v by_o master_n goodwin_n to_o say_v nothing_o that_o these_o verse_n be_v quite_o another_o thing_n from_o that_o command_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o chapter_n about_o put_v to_o death_n for_o serve_v other_o god_n and_o worship_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n there_o be_v in_o that_o case_n not_o a_o word_n tend_v that_o way_n which_o yet_o be_v the_o point_n in_o question_n of_o go_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o inquire_v of_o he_o and_o upon_o this_o judgement_n put_v to_o death_n beside_o this_o command_n be_v of_o thing_n of_o another_o nature_n as_o â—erse_v 8_o show_n here_o be_v no_o direction_n in_o this_o place_n to_o inquire_v by_o urim_n 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concern_v the_o magistrate_n coercive_a power_n against_o heretic_n false_a prophet_n blasphemer_n be_v by_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n whole_o take_v away_o for_o whereas_o musoulus_n his_o express_a judgement_n be_v though_o against_o the_o magistrate_n cut_v off_o by_o death_n a_o simple_a heretic_n for_o put_v to_o death_n blasphemous_a heretic_n his_o proof_n be_v the_o law_n of_o god_n do_v not_o suffer_v a_o blasphemer_n to_o live_v which_o law_n be_v give_v by_o moses_n as_o well_o as_o those_o in_o the_o 13._o and_o 17._o chapter_n of_o deut._n and_o i_o find_v no_o law_n speak_v of_o or_o example_n record_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n for_o put_v blasphemer_n to_o death_n but_o what_o have_v immediate_a reference_n to_o that_o law_n in_o levit_n 24._o 16._o or_o be_v found_v on_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n common_a to_o all_o nation_n now_o for_o that_o abrogation_n of_o the_o mosaical_a law_n in_o musâ—ulus_n common_a place_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la speak_v of_o by_o minus_n celsus_n senensis_n it_o be_v not_o of_o the_o abrogation_n of_o the_o judicial_a law_n only_o but_o of_o the_o moral_a also_o which_o be_v equal_o plead_v by_o musculus_fw-la in_o that_o chapter_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o musculus_fw-la be_v no_o antinomian_n so_o that_o however_o he_o differ_v in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o expression_n from_o other_o great_a divine_n about_o the_o manner_n how_o the_o moral_a law_n in_o the_o ten_o commandment_n bind_v we_o christian_n viz._n not_o as_o deliver_v by_o moses_n legal_o to_o the_o israelite_n but_o as_o agree_v with_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n justice_n and_o equity_n command_v good_a just_a and_o holy_a thing_n so_o far_o tie_v all_o man_n to_o observance_n 142._o musculus_fw-la explain_v his_o own_o meaning_n that_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o decalogue_n do_v not_o belong_v simple_o to_o the_o israelite_n alone_o but_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o some_o respect_n as_o give_v by_o moses_n upon_o mount_n sinai_n 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the_o meaning_n be_v this_o 17._o although_o in_o all_o other_o cause_v two_o witness_n atlea_v be_v require_v by_o the_o law_n yet_o in_o the_o business_n of_o religion_n one_o witness_n be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o question_n of_o the_o party_n by_o which_o god_n show_v be_v will_v have_v the_o preservation_n of_o doctrine_n commend_v to_o the_o magistrate_n for_o this_o be_v a_o appendix_n of_o that_o law_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o deut._n 17._o 2._o so_o junius_n diodate_v also_o on_o the_o place_n write_v thus_o in_o case_n of_o a_o secret_a seducement_n from_o god_n true_a service_n he_o that_o have_v be_v solicit_v though_o he_o be_v alone_o aught_o to_o detect_v the_o seducer_n deut._n 13._o 6._o 8._o and_o the_o judge_n ought_v to_o proceed_v therein_o as_o upon_o a_o advice_n and_o denunciation_n not_o as_o upon_o a_o formal_a accusation_n which_o have_v require_v two_o witness_n and_o if_o the_o calumny_n be_v make_v to_o appear_v unto_o they_o they_o be_v to_o 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the_o jewish_a magistrate_n will_v not_o suffer_v such_o whilst_o stay_v among_o they_o to_o blaspheme_v god_n to_o worship_v strange_a god_n or_o to_o offer_v their_o child_n to_o molech_n as_o appear_v in_o levit_fw-la 20._o 2._o and_o in_o page_n 49._o 50._o of_o this_o treatise_n four_o the_o magistrate_n exercise_v their_o coercive_a power_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n as_o free_o after_o urim_n and_o thummim_n be_v lose_v and_o that_o judgement_n cease_v as_o they_o do_v before_o which_o clear_o show_v the_o inquire_v by_o urim_n under_o the_o old_a law_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o law_n concern_v punish_v idolater_n and_o false_a prophet_n be_v in_o force_n it_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o most_o of_o the_o learned_a writer_n both_o robbins_n and_o other_o that_o the_o oraculous_a consultation_n with_o the_o breastplate_n continue_v no_o long_o then_o to_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n vrim_fw-he and_o thummim_n be_v lose_v at_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n 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smite_v some_o for_o marry_v wife_n of_o ashdod_n of_o ammon_n and_o of_o moah_n yea_o the_o want_n of_o a_o priest_n stand_v up_o with_o vrim_fw-he and_o thummim_n by_o who_o the_o magistrate_n may_v inquire_v be_v so_o far_o from_o hinder_v magistrate_n in_o punish_v about_o matter_n of_o religion_n that_o the_o quite_o contrary_a be_v express_v both_o in_o ezra_n and_o nehemiah_n ezra_n 2._o 63._o nehem._n 7._o 65._o some_o priest_n be_v put_v from_o the_o priesthood_n and_o forbid_a by_o the_o governor_n to_o eat_v of_o the_o most_o holy_a thing_n till_o their_o stand_v up_o a_o priest_n with_o urim_n and_o with_o thummim_n that_o be_v for_o want_v of_o annet_fw-la urim_n and_o thummim_v by_o which_o god_n may_v be_v consult_v with_o and_o his_o mind_n know_v herein_o zerubbabel_n the_o tirshatha_n be_v common_o say_v to_o be_v
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