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i_o demand_v then_o why_o shall_v the_o court_n be_v divide_v which_o be_v do_v first_o among_o we_o by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o why_o shall_v not_o there_o be_v judge_n partly_o spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o temporal_a in_o all_o court_n save_v for_o the_o danger_n of_o innovation_n as_o it_o be_v ancient_o among_o 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 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 wise_a and_o choice_a that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o whole_a state_n and_o 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 sanhedrim_n of_o the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o our_o parliament_n and_o be_v 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 commonwealth_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 ordain_v among_o his_o own_o choose_a people_n without_o any_o imputation_n of_o judaism_n now_o among_o they_o some_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v not_o only_o judge_n and_o elder_n in_o their_o own_o city_n which_o be_v allow_v they_o to_o the_o number_n of_o 48._o in_o the_o whole_a but_o sit_v with_o the_o elder_n of_o other_o city_n and_o be_v judge_n and_o officer_n over_o israel_n 29._o yea_o many_o thing_n by_o god_n law_n be_v whole_o and_o chief_o reserve_v to_o the_o knowledge_n and_o sentence_n of_o 21._o the_o priest_n as_o leprosy_n jealousy_n inquisition_n for_o murder_n false_a witness_n and_o such_o like_a which_o now_o among_o we_o for_o most_o part_n belong_v to_o the_o commonlaw_n in_o which_o case_n the_o people_n and_o elder_n be_v to_o consult_v the_o priest_n and_o take_v direction_n from_o they_o and_o so_o bertram_n in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr politia_fw-la judaica_n cap._n 9_o do_v make_v it_o manifest_a prorsus_fw-la est_fw-la extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la judices_fw-la municipales_fw-la cujusque_fw-la civitatis_fw-la ut_fw-la vocantur_fw-la seniores_fw-la suisse_fw-la chiliarchos_fw-la centuriones_fw-la quinquagenarios_fw-la and_o decuriones_fw-la tot_fw-la quot_fw-la esse_fw-la poterant_fw-la in_fw-la quâque_fw-la civitate_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la levitae_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_fw-la praefectos_fw-la assumerentur_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la aliquot_fw-la erant_fw-la levitae_fw-la sin_n minùs_fw-la ex_fw-la proxima_fw-la urbe_fw-la levitis_fw-la assignata_fw-la advocabantur_fw-la and_o again_o in_o his_o cap._n 10._o david_n in_fw-la civili_fw-la politia_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la destinâsse_fw-la iudices_fw-la et_fw-la praefectos_fw-la sexies_fw-la mille_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la iudices_fw-la et_fw-la praefecti_fw-la assumpti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la ut_fw-la primùm_fw-la essent_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la assessores_fw-la essent_fw-la judicum_fw-la ordinariorum_fw-la et_fw-la municipalium_fw-la qui_fw-la seniores_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la qui_fw-la et_fw-la aliquando_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la ut_fw-la vulgò_fw-la lequuntur_fw-la judicarent_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la levioribus_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 senioribus_fw-la deinde_fw-la ut_fw-la essent_fw-la etiam_fw-la quidam_fw-la alij_fw-la qui_fw-la judicatas_fw-la res_fw-la exequerentur_fw-la vel_fw-la 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 et_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la pecuniarijs_fw-la cognoscerent_fw-la et_fw-la judicarent_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la rem_fw-la judicatam_fw-la exequerentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ex_fw-la eâdem_fw-la familiâ_fw-la adhibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la regendam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la politiam_fw-la civilem_fw-la gubernandam_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la esset_fw-la utriusque_fw-la politiae_fw-la confusio_fw-la et_fw-la permixtio_fw-la and_o cap._n 11._o ad_fw-la utrumque_fw-la judicium_fw-la tam_fw-la civil_a quà m_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la adhibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_fw-la praefectos_fw-la eodem_fw-la videlicet_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la eos_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la muneris_fw-la designaverat_fw-la david_n etc._n etc._n thus_o and_o much_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n bertram_n do_v often_o throughout_o his_o book_n deliver_v his_o judgement_n that_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v judge_n in_o the_o civil_a court_n of_o justice_n and_o not_o only_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a to_o this_o sigonius_n agree_v lib._n 6_o de_fw-la repub_n heb._n cap._n 7._o speak_v of_o the_o sanhedrim_n inivere_n hoc_fw-la concilium_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la populi_fw-la ac_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la senioribus_fw-la populi_fw-la et_fw-la pontifex_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la and_o scribis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la legis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la perspicere_fw-la liquet_fw-la ex_fw-la evangelijs_fw-la ubi_fw-la agitur_fw-la de_fw-la judicio_fw-la christi_fw-la voco_fw-la autem_fw-la principes_fw-la populi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la principes_fw-la tribuum_fw-la qui_fw-la regi_fw-la assidebant_fw-la