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episcopal_a inheritance_n or_o a_o reply_n to_o the_o humble_a examination_n of_o a_o print_a abstract_n of_o the_o answer_n to_o nine_o reason_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o against_o the_o vote_n of_o bishop_n in_o parliament_n also_o a_o determination_n of_o the_o late_a learned_a and_o reverend_a bishop_n of_o sarum_n english_v deut._n 32._o 7._o remember_v the_o day_n of_o old_a consider_v the_o year_n of_o many_o generation_n of_o generation_n and_o generation_n ask_v thy_o father_n and_o he_o will_v show_v thou_o thy_o elder_n and_o they_o will_v tell_v thou_o oxford_n print_v by_o leonard_n lichfield_n anno_fw-la 1641._o to_o the_o reader_n in_o the_o examiner_n answer_v there_o be_v littlemateriall_a if_o once_o the_o principal_a doubt_n be_v clear_v whether_o bishop_n have_v ancient_o vote_n in_o parliament_n and_o be_v baron_n or_o that_o which_o be_v equal_a or_o superior_a unto_o baron_n be_v account_v thane_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_n before_o the_o 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aldermannorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la and_o seniorum_fw-la constitui_fw-la so_o in_o 402._o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n ego_fw-la adelstanus_fw-la rex_fw-la consilio_fw-la wlfelmi_n archiepiscopi_fw-la mei_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la mando_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meisomnibus_fw-la likewise_o in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n edmund_n edmundus_n rex_fw-la congregavit_fw-la magnam_fw-la synodum_fw-la dei_fw-la ordinis_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la apud_fw-la london_n civitatem_fw-la in_fw-la sancto_fw-la 423._o paschae_fw-la solenni_fw-la cui_fw-la interfuit_fw-la odo_n and_o wulstanus_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la and_o alij_fw-la plures_fw-la episcopi_fw-la the_o same_o appear_v by_o the_o subscription_n to_o the_o law_n by_o the_o bishop_n and_o principal_a clergy_n of_o their_o several_a time_n which_o be_v so_o frequent_o to_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o first_o tome_n of_o our_o english_a counsel_n that_o i_o will_v forbear_v 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doctrinam_fw-la susceperatpraestare_fw-la say_v bede_n these_o be_v the_o first_o law_n of_o our_o first_o christian_a king_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v reverence_v for_o their_o antiquity_n piety_n and_o christian_a justice_n in_o render_v to_o every_o man_n his_o own_o due_a though_o now_o some_o man_n talk_v not_o only_o of_o take_v away_o superfluity_n but_o of_o cut_v up_o both_o root_n and_o branch_n o_o tempora_fw-la o_o mores_fw-la and_o afterwards_o about_o the_o time_n of_o king_n wither_a there_o be_v law_n make_v quomododamna_n and_o injuriae_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la illa_fw-la 206._o ta_o sunt_fw-la compensanda_fw-la as_o often_o elsewhere_o in_o the_o counsel_n many_o law_n do_v ordain_v what_o satisfaction_n
be_v the_o same_o in_o degree_n and_o substance_n as_o baron_n be_v now_o whereof_o the_o learned_a glossary_a make_v three_o sort_n hodiernos_fw-la itaque_fw-la nostros_fw-la barones_fw-la è_fw-la triplici_fw-la fonte_fw-la triplices_fw-la faciamus_fw-la 1._o feodales_n seu_fw-la praescriptitio_n qui_fw-la à _fw-la priscis_fw-la feodalibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la orundi_fw-la suam_fw-la hodiè_fw-la praescriptione_fw-la tuentur_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la 2._o evocatos_fw-la seu_fw-la rescriptitio_n qui_fw-la brevi_fw-la regio_fw-la evocantur_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la 3._o diplomaticos_fw-la qui_fw-la regio_fw-la diplomate_fw-la hoc_fw-la fastigium_fw-la ascendunt_fw-la feodalium_fw-la origineminter_fw-la eos_fw-la collocavero_fw-la quibus_fw-la willielmus_fw-la senior_fw-la angliam_fw-la totam_fw-la dispertitus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr se_fw-la tenendam_fw-la quorumque_fw-la nomina_fw-la in_fw-la domesdei_fw-la paginis_fw-la recognovit_fw-la rescriptitios_n ab_fw-la aevo_fw-la regum_fw-la iohannis_fw-la et_fw-la henrici_fw-la tertij_fw-la caput_fw-la extalisse_fw-la censeo_fw-la diplomaticos_fw-la initium_fw-la sumpsisse_fw-la perhibent_fw-la sub_fw-la richardo_n secundo_fw-la qui_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la sui_fw-la 8._o 1._o christi_fw-la 1387._o johannem_fw-la beauchampe_n de_fw-fr holte_n in_fw-la baronem_fw-la de_fw-fr kiderminster_n suo_fw-la erexit_fw-la diplomate_v now_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v reckon_v both_o as_o feudal_a baron_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o estate_n and_o barony_n annex_v to_o their_o bishopric_n and_o also_o they_o be_v evocati_fw-la summon_v as_o baron_n and_o principal_a person_n by_o the_o king_n write_v unto_o parliament_n but_o so_o be_v not_o all_o the_o feudal_a baron_n quorum_fw-la ingens_fw-la erat_fw-la multitudo_fw-la quae_fw-la plus_fw-la minus_fw-la 30000._o millia_fw-la nullo_fw-la lecto_fw-la convocari_fw-la poterat_fw-la say_v the_o learned_a antiquary_n page_n 79._o and_o as_o not_o all_o the_o feudal_a baron_n so_o not_o all_o the_o abbot_n and_o prior_n but_o a_o convenient_a number_n sometime_o more_o and_o sometime_o less_o as_o in_o 49._o henr._n 3._o there_o be_v call_v to_o parliament_n one_o hundred_o and_o two_o beside_o five_o dean_n anno_fw-la 1._o ed._n 2._o there_o be_v 56._o abbot_n anno_fw-la 4._o ed._n 3._o about_o 33._o and_o at_o other_o time_n more_o or_o less_o yet_o not_o so_o few_o as_o the_o examiner_n relate_v out_o of_o sr_n ed._n cook_n page_n 33._o who_o though_o he_o wereagreatmaster_n of_o law_n yet_o in_o matter_n of_o antiquity_n must_v yieldtothe_v author_n of_o the_o glossary_a who_o you_o may_v consult_v page_n 4._o vii_o the_o examiner_n may_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v observe_v this_o distinction_n and_o difference_n of_o baron_n it_o be_v extant_a so_o long_o since_o before_o he_o have_v take_v the_o boldness_n to_o talk_v so_o poor_o of_o the_o barony_n of_o bishop_n to_o who_o william_n the_o conqueror_n do_v not_o add_v much_o to_o endear_v they_o for_o he_o restrain_v they_o in_o many_o thing_n use_v the_o power_n of_o a_o conqueror_n and_o take_v away_o much_o from_o they_o for_o before_o his_o time_n they_o have_v part_n in_o fine_n and_o mulct_n and_o power_n of_o coin_v money_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n de_fw-la monetariis_fw-la pag._n 399._o and_o many_o other_o place_n but_o these_o be_v soon_o after_o reserve_v to_o the_o crown_n as_o principal_a prerogative_n and_o till_o the_o council_n of_o clarendon_n under_o hen._n 2._o the_o clergy_n and_o bishop_n enjoy_v many_o more_o freedom_n and_o privilege_n which_o then_o be_v abate_v and_o much_o diminish_v about_o which_o contention_n thomas_n becket_n oppose_v the_o king_n which_o the_o learned_a glossary_a show_v page_n 82_o episcopi_fw-la autem_fw-la barones_fw-la dici_fw-la videntur_fw-la propter_fw-la nominis_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la non_fw-la quòd_fw-la vassalagium_fw-la pendebant_fw-la aut_fw-la seculare_fw-la servitium_fw-la hoc_fw-la 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same_o right_n that_o other_o have_v yet_o since_o the_o conquest_n they_o may_v be_v reckon_v also_o among_o the_o feudal_a baron_n ãâ¦ã_z ejus_fw-la in_o respect_n de_fw-fr leur_fw-fr possession_n s._n l'_fw-mi ancient_a barones_fw-la annex_v a_o leur_fw-fr dignites_fw-la whereas_o therefore_o the_o examiner_n say_v pag._n 45._o albeit_o the_o bishop_n be_v usual_o say_v to_o hold_v of_o the_o king_n per_fw-la baroniam_fw-la yet_o this_o happy_o may_v be_v mean_v rather_o of_o the_o honour_n affix_v to_o their_o plaee_n which_o work_v it_o up_o into_o a_o dignity_n then_o of_o the_o land_n pertain_v to_o they_o this_o be_v but_o gross_a ignorance_n for_o like_o feudal_a baron_n suas_fw-la sortiuntur_fw-la baronias_fw-la solâ_fw-la fundorum_fw-la in_fw-la vestitur_fw-la â._n in_o like_a manner_n i_o take_v it_o as_o the_o earl_n of_o arondell_n both_o former_o and_o of_o late_a be_v possess_v of_o the_o castle_n of_o arondell_n honour_n and_o seignory_n without_o other_o consideration_n or_o creation_n to_o be_v a_o earl_n become_v earl_n of_o arondell_n and_o the_o name_n state_n and_o honour_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o arondell_n peaceable_o enjoy_v as_o cambden_n relate_v out_o of_o the_o parliament_n roll_n in_o 309_o sussex_n viii_o further_o the_o examiner_n say_v that_o the_o bishop_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v the_o same_o legislative_a power_n as_o the_o temporal_a baron_n because_o these_o be_v for_o their_o son_n and_o heir_n and_o the_o other_o for_o their_o successor_n only_o this_o objection_n be_v frivolous_a because_o the_o bishop_n be_v as_o careful_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o public_a wherein_o stand_v the_o safety_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o successor_n as_o any_o temporal_a lord_n can_v be_v and_o perhaps_o the_o more_o because_o temporal_a lord_n do_v often_o fall_v into_o great_a wantand_fw-mi poverty_n sell_v sometime_o thevery_a head_n of_o their_o barony_n and_o so_o may_v become_v very_o obnoxious_a and_o also_o ambitious_a to_o recover_v and_o raise_v themselves_o to_o high_a honour_n title_n or_o office_n whereas_o the_o bishop_n move_v not_o much_o high_a though_o they_o may_v get_v a_o better_a bishopric_n which_o be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o temptation_n asto_fw-la make_v they_o forget_v themselves_o or_o the_o trust_n reposedin_fw-mi they_o but_o rather_o lay_v a_o great_a obligation_n on_o they_o ix._o last_o whereas_o the_o examiner_n say_v the_o bishop_n 45._o be_v barones_fw-la eleemosynarij_fw-la and_o will_v thence_o infer_v that_o they_o be_v but_o as_o arbitrary_a almsman_n like_o the_o poor_a knight_n of_o windsor_n which_o may_v be_v abate_v or_o take_v away_o at_o pleasure_n this_o be_v but_o a_o spiteful_a inference_n upon_o the_o bare_a word_n eleemosyna_fw-la without_o the_o truesense_n of_o it_o for_o as_o the_o learned_a glossary_a show_v barones_fw-la eleemosynarij_fw-la apud_fw-la stanfordum_fw-la and_o in_fw-la jure_fw-la nostro_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la abbates_fw-la and_o priores_fw-la qui_fw-la praedia_fw-la suae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la tenent_fw-la per_fw-la baroniam_fw-la baronias_fw-la enim_fw-la suas_fw-la ex_fw-la eleemosyna_fw-la regum_fw-la perhibentur_fw-la accepisse_fw-la licèt_fw-la ipsa_fw-la praedia_fw-la aliorum_fw-la saepe_fw-la munificentiâ_fw-la consecuti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la and_o sometime_o not_o only_o by_o the_o gift_n of_o other_o noble_a person_n but_o also_o themselves_o do_v buy_v and_o purchase_v many_o manor_n and_o land_n confer_v they_o on_o their_o successor_n and_o be_v so_o buy_v they_o can_v in_o justice_n be_v take_v away_o as_o if_o all_o have_v be_v give_v by_o the_o king_n and_o other_o as_o mere_a alm_n x._o further_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v that_o the_o king_n and_o benefactor_n who_o give_v land_n didlay_v heavy_a burden_n curse_n and_o imprecation_n upon_o any_o that_o shall_v everattemptto_n alilenate_n they_o and_o touch_v the_o nature_n of_o 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the_o price_n of_o his_o land_n as_o other_o zealous_a christian_n then_o do_v to_o pious_a use_n why_o 4._o have_v satan_n fill_v thy_o heart_n to_o lie_v unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o keep_v back_o part_n of_o the_o price_n of_o the_o land_n while_o it_o remain_v be_v it_o not_o thy_o own_o and_o after_o it_o be_v sell_v be_v it_o not_o in_o thy_o own_o power_n but_o after_o he_o have_v give_v it_o than_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o own_o power_n to_o resume_v or_o detain_v a_o part_n this_o text_n deserve_v well_o to_o be_v consider_v on_o before_o man_n proceed_v to_o arbitrary_a resumption_n of_o thing_n consecrate_v to_o pious_a use_n xi_o butconcern_v the_o legislative_a power_n and_o votesof_n bishop_n in_o make_v law_n to_o regulate_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o preserve_v peace_n and_o justice_n 402._o among_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n there_o be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v a_o ancient_a law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n that_o worthy_a king_n in_o his_o law_n have_v one_o chapter_n 11._o de_fw-la officio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la officium_fw-la ejus_fw-la episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinet_fw-la omnem_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la promovere_fw-la dei_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ac_fw-la seculi_fw-la imprimis_fw-la debet_fw-la paeem_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la dei_fw-la instruere_fw-la quid_fw-la ei_fw-la jure_fw-la sit_fw-la agendum_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la secularibus_fw-la iudicare_fw-la debeant_fw-la debet_fw-la enim_fw-la sedulò_fw-la pacem_fw-la et_fw-la concordiam_fw-la operari_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la iudicibus_fw-la qui_fw-la rectum_fw-la velle_fw-la diligunt_fw-la and_o incompellationum_fw-la adlegationem_fw-la docere_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la alij_fw-la perperà magat_fw-la in_fw-la jurejurando_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o ordalio_n nec_fw-la pati_fw-la debet_fw-la aliquam_fw-la circumventionem_fw-la injusta_fw-la mensurae_fw-la vel_fw-la injusti_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sed_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la et_fw-la testimonium_fw-la eius_fw-la omne_fw-la legis_fw-la scitum_fw-la et_fw-la burgi_n mensura_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la institutum_fw-la valde_fw-la rectum_fw-la ne_fw-fr quis_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la seducat_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la decidat_fw-la in_fw-la peccatum_fw-la et_fw-la semper_fw-la debet_fw-la christianus_fw-la providere_fw-la contra_fw-la omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o ideo_fw-la debet_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la de_fw-la pluribus_fw-la intromittere_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la grex_fw-la agate_n quem_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la manum_fw-la custodire_fw-la suscepit_fw-la ne_fw-la diabolus_fw-la eum_fw-la laniet_fw-la nec_fw-la malum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la superseminet_fw-la nunquam_fw-la erit_fw-la populo_fw-la bene_fw-la consultum_fw-la nec_fw-la dignè_fw-la deo_fw-la conservabitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la impium_fw-la et_fw-la magis_fw-la falsum_fw-la diligitur_fw-la ideo_fw-la debent_fw-la omnes_fw-la amici_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la iniquum_fw-la est_fw-la evervare_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la elevare_fw-la non_fw-la patiut_fw-la propter_fw-la falsum_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quaestum_fw-la se_fw-la forisfaciant_fw-la homines_fw-la erga_fw-la verè_fw-la sapientem_fw-la deum_fw-la cui_fw-la displicet_fw-la omnis_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la christianis_fw-la autem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la rectum_fw-la diligant_fw-la and_o iniqua_fw-la condemnent_fw-la and_o saltem_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la evecti_fw-la iustum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la et_fw-la prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_fw-la iudicijs_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illius_fw-la culp_fw-la â_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la pertinet_fw-la in_fw-la suà _fw-la diocesi_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la sedulo_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la juvent_fw-la nec_fw-la patiantur_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la christianus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alij_fw-la noceat_fw-la non_fw-la potens_fw-la impotenti_fw-la non_fw-la summus_fw-la infimo_fw-la non_fw-la praelatus_fw-la subditis_fw-la non_fw-la dominus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la vel_fw-la seruis_fw-la aut_fw-la liberis_fw-la molestus_fw-la existat_fw-la et_fw-la secundùm_fw-la episcopi_fw-la dictionem_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la suam_fw-la mensuram_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la servi_fw-la testamentales_fw-la operentur_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la sciram_fw-la cui_fw-la praeest_fw-la et_fw-la rectum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la mensurabilis_fw-la virga_fw-la longior_fw-la quà m_fw-la alia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la episcopi_fw-la mensuram_fw-la omnes_fw-la institutae_fw-la sint_fw-la et_fw-la exequatae_fw-la per_fw-la suam_fw-la diocesim_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la constet_fw-la secundùm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la eius_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la intersit_fw-la discernat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la domini_fw-la necesse_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la compatiatur_fw-la et_fw-la condescendat_fw-la seruis_fw-la suis_fw-la sicut_fw-la indulgentiùs_fw-la poterit_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la empti_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la chari_fw-la servus_fw-la et_fw-la liber_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la codem_fw-la praetio_fw-la redemit_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la sumus_fw-la dei_fw-la necessariò_fw-la servi_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la judicabit_fw-la nobis_fw-la siout_fw-la antejudicavimus_fw-la eis_fw-la quibus_fw-la judicium_fw-la super_fw-la habuimus_fw-la in_fw-la terris_fw-la it_o be_v manifest_a hereby_o that_o by_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n what_o trust_v charge_n and_o care_n be_v repose_v in_o the_o bishop_n not_o only_o to_o direct_v matter_n ecclesiastical_a but_o also_o to_o assist_v rule_n and_o guide_v temporal_a affair_n to_o preserve_v peace_n justice_n upright_o deal_v just_a and_o true_a administration_n of_o several_a office_n and_o duty_n whereby_o religion_n be_v much_o advance_v and_o adorn_v when_o man_n be_v honest_a and_o upright_a in_o their_o action_n contract_n bargain_n andcivill_a deal_n amongthemselve_n so_o that_o they_o may_v not_o clash_v or_o oppose_v religion_n or_o such_o act_n as_o have_v special_a relation_n to_o religion_n for_o all_o public_a statute_n act_n and_o constitution_n for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v in_o some_o degree_n more_o or_o less_o trench_n upon_o religion_n and_o the_o furtherance_n or_o hindrance_n thereof_o so_o that_o they_o can_v hardly_o bedu_o and_o right_o enact_v and_o frame_v without_o the_o advice_n counsel_n and_o assistance_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o clergy_n xii_o and_o though_o some_o canon_n may_v seem_v to_o forbid_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n to_o intermeddle_v with_o secular_a affair_n yet_o that_o be_v not_o absolute_o forbid_v but_o in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n as_o in_o the_o famous_a council_n of_o cloveshoe_n under_o cuthbert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n an._n 747._o canon_n 1._o negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la plus_fw-la quà m_fw-la dei_fw-la servitijs_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la sit_fw-la subditus_fw-la existit_fw-la to_o attend_v secular_a affair_n more_o than_o spiritual_a and_o to_o be_v whole_o employ_v and_o conversant_a in_o temporal_a matter_n without_o due_a regard_n to_o the_o better_a part_n but_o it_o will_v not_o hinder_v sacred_a study_n nor_o the_o diligent_a preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o some_o man_n at_o convenient_a time_n have_v a_o charge_n and_o oversight_n of_o temporal_a affair_n and_o the_o carriage_n of_o public_a business_n and_o concerning_o this_o see_v more_o in_o bishop_n davenant_n determination_n at_o cambridge_n quaest._n 11._o civilis_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la jure_fw-la conceditur_fw-la personis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la xiii_o thus_o much_o may_v serve_v for_o reply_n to_o the_o examiner_n especial_o upon_o the_o five_o reason_n which_o i_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n material_a in_o the_o whole_a discourse_n for_o the_o rest_n will_v appear_v to_o be_v needless_a if_o this_o be_v clear_v but_o if_o he_o will_v look_v back_o to_o former_a time_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o our_o kingdom_n and_o government_n follow_v the_o ancient_a manner_n of_o god_n own_o people_n of_o israel_n who_o ceremony_n and_o ritual_n though_o they_o now_o be_v abolish_v yetthe_v general_a rule_n of_o justice_n equity_n government_n and_o order_n do_v still_o remain_v and_o as_o god_n make_v the_o priesthood_n then_o honourable_a in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o commit_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o government_n unto_o they_o so_o doubtlessenow_v underthe_a gospel_n the_o priesthood_n ought_v to_o be_v honourable_a and_o to_o have_v a_o principal_a part_n in_o the_o rule_v and_o govern_v of_o the_o state_n and_o commonwealth_n to_o be_v a_o priest_n in_o israel_n be_v to_o be_v a_o chief_a man_n levit._n 21._o 4._o and_o therefore_o in_o all_o their_o court_n of_o justice_n the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v chief_a man_n in_o authority_n for_o decide_v of_o all_o cause_n both_o in_o the_o great_a court_n of_o sanhedrim_n at_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v a_o continuation_n of_o the_o 70._o elder_n appoint_v by_o god_n himself_o numb._n 11._o and_o be_v answerable_a in_o authority_n to_o our_o parliament_n and_o also_o in_o the_o lesser_a sanhedrim_n forth_o government_n of_o city_n in_o every_o tribe_n there_o be_v always_o two_o allot_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n for_o assistance_n as_o josephus_n show_v lib._n 4._o cap._n 8._o antiquit_fw-la oppidatim_fw-la praesint_fw-la septem_fw-la viri_fw-la probatae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la etiustitiae_fw-la cultores_fw-la singulis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la attribuantur_fw-la duo_fw-la ministri_fw-la