Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	aaron_n	moses_n	priest_n	79	3	5.9082	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61451	An apology for the ancient right and power of the bishops to sit and vote in parliaments ... with an answer to the reasons maintained by Dr. Burgesse and many others against the votes of bishops : a determination at Cambridge of the learned and reverend Dr. Davenant, B. of Salisbury, Englished : the speech in Parliament made by Dr. Williams, L. Archbishop of York, in defence of the bishops : two speeches spoken in the House of Lords by the Lord Viscount Newarke, 1641.	Stephens, Jeremiah, 1591-1665.; Davenant, John, ca. 1572-1641.; Williams, John, 1582-1650.; Newark, David Leslie, Baron, d. 1682.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5446; ESTC R18087	87,157	146

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intellig_v it_o singulos_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gerentes_fw-la quibus_fw-la singulis_fw-la bini_fw-la erant_fw-la additi_fw-la adsessores_fw-la periti_fw-la juris_fw-la quos_fw-la josephus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocat_fw-la septem_fw-la ergo_fw-la municipes_fw-la loci_fw-la erant_fw-la judices_fw-la praeterea_fw-la adsessores_fw-la quatuordecim_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la maxim_n sumebantur_fw-la his_o supernumer_n arii_fw-la accessisse_fw-la videntur_fw-la unus_fw-la &_o alter_fw-la so_o grotius_n in_o mat._n 5._o 21._o and_o so_o also_o the_o english_a translation_n do_v render_v the_o place_n in_o every_o city_n or_o township_n let_v there_o be_v seven_o governor_n such_o as_o be_v approve_v in_o virtue_n and_o famous_a for_o their_o justice_n and_o let_v each_o of_o these_o magistrate_n have_v two_o minister_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi._n in_o this_o court_n of_o judgement_n all_o manner_n of_o 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be_v old_a and_o neat_a his_o death_n he_o appoint_v solomon_n to_o be_v king_n after_o he_o and_o cause_v a_o parliament_n of_o all_o israel_n to_o be_v assemble_v wherein_o he_o gather_v together_o all_o the_o prince_n of_o israel_n with_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n 1_o chr_n 24_o 1._o 2._o in_o this_o great_a parliament_n the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v not_o omit_v not_o in_o any_o court_n of_o justice_n in_o that_o kingdom_n for_o as_o it_o be_v p._n 4._o there_o be_v six_o thousand_o of_o they_o appoint_a officer_n and_o judge_n throughout_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n that_o now_o many_o of_o our_o common_a people_n do_v much_o dislike_n not_o well_o endure_v a_o few_o justice_n of_o peace_n to_o be_v of_o the_o clergy_n whereas_o we_o have_v the_o example_n of_o david_n guide_v and_o direct_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o the_o text_n say_v 1_o chron._n 28_o 12_o 13_o 19_o so_o dispose_v and_o order_v the_o levite_n that_o he_o appoint_v 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or_o at_o least_o not_o very_o commendable_a whereas_o we_o see_v by_o this_o very_a law_n and_o direction_n of_o king_n david_n that_o the_o levite_n may_v attend_v business_n belong_v to_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n and_o instruction_n of_o the_o people_n as_o also_o of_o the_o public_a service_n and_o affair_n of_o king_n and_o state_n so_o the_o divine_n in_o their_o late_a annotation_n on_o the_o bible_n do_v acknowledge_v that_o the_o levite_n do_v study_v the_o judicial_a and_o politic_a law_n and_o have_v power_n to_o see_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o injunction_n of_o the_o king_n to_o be_v observe_v and_o to_o order_v divine_a and_o humane_a affair_n 1_o chron._n 26._o 29_o 30._o 2_o chron._n 19_o 8_o 11._o so_o the_o learned_a grotius_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la erat_fw-la van_fw-mi praeptrix_fw-la divini_fw-la omnis_fw-la humanique_fw-la juris_fw-la ita_fw-la apud_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la penes_fw-la eosdem_fw-la erat_fw-la juris_fw-la utriusque_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la upon_o mal._n 2._o 4._o and_o so_o other_o commentary_n do_v affirm_v as_o lavater_n in_o cap._n 23._o per_fw-la

first_o among_o we_o by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o why_o shall_v there_o not_o be_v judge_n partly_o spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o temporal_a in_o all_o court_n as_o it_o be_v ancient_o among_o our_o ancestor_n the_o saxon_n or_o at_o least_o why_o shall_v not_o the_o supreme_a court_n of_o justice_n which_o be_v to_o give_v law_n to_o all_o other_o inferior_a court_n be_v well_o temper_v and_o mingle_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a the_o most_o learned_a wise_a and_o choice_a that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n why_o not_o priest_n and_o levite_n admit_v into_o the_o number_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o sanedrim_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o our_o parliament_n and_o be_v first_o institute_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o i_o take_v it_o there_o can_v be_v no_o just_a exception_n but_o that_o our_o christian_a kingdom_n may_v most_o safe_o follow_v the_o general_a rule_n of_o policy_n and_o government_n which_o god_n 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extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la judices_fw-la manicipale_v cujusque_fw-la civi●atis_fw-la ut_fw-la vocantur_fw-la seniores_fw-la fuisse_fw-la chiliarchos_fw-la centuriones_n quinquag●narios_fw-la &_o decuriones_fw-la tot_fw-la quot_fw-la esse_fw-la po●erant_fw-la in_o quaque_fw-la civitate_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la levitae_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_o praefectos_fw-la assumerentur_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la aliquot_fw-la erant_fw-la levitae_fw-la sin_v minus_fw-la ex_fw-la proxima_fw-la urbe_fw-la levitis_fw-la assignata_fw-la advocab●_n ntur_fw-la and_o again_o in_o his_o cap._n 10._o david_n in_o civili_fw-la politia_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la destinasse_n judices_fw-la &_o prafectis_fw-la sexies_fw-la mille_fw-la exit_fw-la leviti●_n judices_fw-la &_o praefecti_fw-la assumpti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la essent_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la adsessores_fw-la essent_fw-la judicum_fw-la ordinariorum_fw-la &_o municipalium_fw-la qui_fw-la seniores_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o aliquando_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la ut_fw-la vulgo_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la judicar●nt_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la levi●ribus_fw-la quales_fw-la erant_fw-la pecuniariae_fw-la vel_fw-la soli_fw-la vel_fw-la assumpto_fw-la uno_fw-la aliquo_fw-la ex_fw-la loci_fw-la vel_fw-la vrbis_fw-la se●ioribus_fw-la deinde_fw-la ut_fw-la essent_fw-la etiam_fw-la quidam_fw-la alii_fw-la qui_fw-la judicatas_fw-la res_fw-la exequerentur_fw-la well_fw-mi certe_fw-la quod_fw-la verisimilius_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la assessores_fw-la erant_fw-la judicum_fw-la ordinariorum_fw-la qui_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la pecuiariis_fw-la cognoscerent_fw-la &_o judicarent_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la rem_fw-la judicatam_fw-la exequerentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n exit_fw-la eadem_fw-la familia_fw-la adhibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la regendam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la civilem_fw-la politiam_fw-la gubernandam_fw-la ita_fw-la 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