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it_o on_o he_o as_o if_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o moses_n have_v be_v diminish_v in_o he_o and_o impart_v to_o the_o 70._o which_o be_v untrue_o say_v by_o calvin_n for_o as_o solomon_n jarchis_n say_v moses_n in_o that_o hour_n waâ—_n like_o the_o lamp_n that_o be_v burn_v on_o the_o candlestick_n in_o the_o sanctuary_n from_o which_o all_o the_o other_o lamp_n be_v light_v yet_o the_o light_n thereof_o be_v not_o lessen_v any_o whit_n deus_fw-la ex_fw-la mosis_fw-la spiritu_fw-la tollens_fw-la quod_fw-la aliis_fw-la distribuit_fw-la ignominiae_fw-la notam_fw-la qua_fw-la dignus_fw-la er_fw-mi at_o â—_o fligit_fw-la minime_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la quin_fw-la diminutio_fw-la notetur_fw-la this_o be_v speak_v very_o harsh_o and_o untrue_o by_o calvin_n as_o learned_a author_n have_v show_v his_o error_n herein_o so_o upon_o deut._n 17._o 8._o 9_o 10._o where_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v appoint_v judge_n in_o great_a matter_n between_o blood_n and_o blood_n 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&_o levitis_fw-la constaret_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la e_fw-la tribu_fw-la juda_n sed_fw-la levi_n itaque_fw-la &_o in_fw-la bibliis_fw-la aliquando_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la josephum_fw-la appellatione_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la ipsum_fw-la synedrium_fw-la siâ—_n e_fw-la numero_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la aut_fw-la levitarum_fw-la non_fw-la reperirentur_fw-la qui_fw-la definitum_fw-la judicum_fw-la illorum_fw-la numerum_fw-la implement_n tum_fw-la demum_fw-la aliis_fw-la judaeis_n aditus_fw-la in_o synedrium_fw-la patuit_fw-la nulla_fw-la tribus_fw-la habit_n a_o ratione_fw-la hoc_fw-la maimonides_n declarat_fw-la etc._n etc._n bancroft_n in_o his_o survey_n cap._n 25._o do_v full_o show_v the_o error_n of_o calvin_n and_o beza_n in_o divide_v the_o court_n and_o do_v accurate_o conâ—ute_v they_o to_o who_o i_o refer_v and_o further_o of_o late_a the_o excellent_o learned_a grotius_n have_v also_o accurate_o clear_v the_o point_n quod_fw-la quidam_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la duos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la senatus_fw-la summos_fw-la judeorum_fw-la alterum_fw-la qui_fw-la civilibus_fw-la alterum_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la praeesset_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la quid_fw-la â—obis_fw-la videatur_fw-la alibi_fw-la erit_fw-la dicendi_fw-la locus_fw-la in_o mal._n 2._o which_o he_o do_v perform_v upon_o mal._n 5._o very_o exact_o cum_fw-la pingue_n haberent_fw-la otium_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la omnialegis_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o medicinae_fw-la aliarumque_fw-la artium_fw-la diligenter_fw-la ediscebant_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o egyptii_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la ideoque_fw-la primis_fw-la saeculis_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la ut_fw-la eruditioribus_fw-la senatus_fw-la 70._o virûm_fw-la legi_fw-la maxim_n solebat_fw-la grotius_n in_o deut._n 17._o and_o so_o in_o mal._n 5._o cum_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la opimo_fw-la fruentes_fw-la otio_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sapienentiae_fw-la partibus_fw-la prae_fw-la er_fw-mi caeteros_fw-la operam_fw-la darent_fw-la aequum_fw-la erat_fw-la ex_fw-la horum_fw-la numero_fw-la aliquam-multos_a allegi_fw-la in_o ordinem_fw-la illum_fw-la cui_fw-la jam_fw-la suprema_fw-la etiam_fw-la judicia_fw-la credita_fw-la fuisse_fw-la diximus_fw-la quanquam_fw-la neminem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la qui_fw-la originis_fw-la dignitate_fw-la eum_fw-la locum_fw-la sibi_fw-la posset_n vindicare_fw-la scripsit_fw-la maâ—monides_n etc._n etc._n florentibus_fw-la hebraeorum_n rebus_fw-la fieri_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la quin_fw-la in_o sacerdotum_fw-la class_n plurimi_fw-la râ—perirentur_fw-la digni_fw-la eo_fw-la loco_fw-la his_fw-la addebantur_fw-la alii_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o aliiâ—_n tribubus_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o sanctimonia_fw-la eminebant_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la moses_n deut._n 19_o 17._o de_fw-fr falsi_fw-la testimonii_fw-la cognition_n agens_fw-la &_o senatum_fw-la hunc_fw-la describens_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la nominat_fw-la alibi_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la exploranda_fw-la diligentia_fw-la judicum_fw-la inferiorum_fw-la in_o cognoscendo_fw-la homicida_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ejus_fw-la senatus_fw-la pars_fw-la praecipua_fw-la nominantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la deut._n 17._o 8_o 9_o non_fw-la distinguuntur_fw-la caâ—sarum_fw-la genera_fw-la neque_fw-la vero_fw-la causae_fw-la ullae_fw-la nominantur_fw-la quae_fw-la proprie_fw-la videri_fw-la possent_fw-la sacerdotales_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la controversi_fw-la incidisset_fw-la de_fw-la homicidio_fw-la de_fw-la light_fw-la de_fw-la vulnere_fw-la jubenâ—â—â—_n adire_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la etc._n etc._n neque_fw-la vero_fw-la alia_fw-la fuerant_fw-la judicia_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la alia_fw-la senatus_fw-la id_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la hebraeorum_n magistri_fw-la constant_a negant_fw-la and_o much_o more_o he_o add_v out_o of_o josephus_n and_o do_v also_o accurate_o expound_v the_o text_n 2._o chron._n 17._o concern_v jehosophat_v reformation_n and_o place_n of_o judge_n in_o jerusalem_n as_o also_o the_o text_n in_o the_o prophet_n jer._n 26._o where_o some_o priest_n do_v accuse_v the_o prophet_n and_o the_o prince_n do_v absolve_v and_o free_v he_o so_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr imperio_fw-la summarum_fw-la potestatum_fw-la cap._n 11._o sect._n 15._o he_o do_v accurate_o handle_v this_o question_n ubi_fw-la explicantur_fw-la judeorum_fw-la tum_fw-la minora_fw-la judicia_fw-la tum_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o ostenditur_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la eosdem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la sacris_fw-la &_o profanis_fw-la jus_o dicebant_fw-la quae_fw-la sint_fw-la negotia_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la regis_fw-la so_o bertram_n a_o learned_a lawyer_n de_fw-fr politia_fw-la judaica_n cap._n 9_o so_o sigonius_n de_fw-fr repub._n hebr_n aeorum_fw-la lib._n 6._o c._n 7._o so_o scuetetus_fw-la in_o his_o exercitation_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 54._o so_o schickardus_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regio_fw-la hebraeorum_n c._n 1._o pag._n 9_o 10._o so_o selden_n in_o his_o uxor_fw-la hebraica_n cap._n 15._o quod_fw-la vero_fw-la à _fw-la nonnullis_fw-la iisque_fw-la alioquin_fw-la doctissimis_fw-la obtenditur_fw-la presbyterium_fw-la fuisse_fw-la singular_a quoddam_fw-la forum_n apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la religione_fw-la &_o rebus_fw-la saeris_fw-la solùm_fw-la cog_v nosceret_fw-la qualé_fw-fr apud_fw-la nos_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la â—_o doctrina_fw-la talmudica_n atque_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la veritate_fw-la est_fw-la long_o alienissimum_fw-la pro_fw-la diversitate_fw-la jurisdictionum_fw-la amplitudinis_fw-la idem_fw-la ipsnm_fw-la ubique_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la republica_n seu_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la forum_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la sacris_fw-la ac_fw-la religione_fw-la judicabat_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la profanis_fw-la seu_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sacrae_fw-la and_o since_o this_o selden_n have_v more_o full_o prove_v it_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr synedriis_fw-la judaeorum_n to_o which_o i_o refer_v and_o further_o the_o learned_a dr._n hamond_n have_v most_o accurate_o prove_v and_o illustrate_v it_o in_o his_o annotation_n on_o the_o new_a testament_n as_o on_o luke_n 3._o and_o act_n 4._o and_o other_o place_n that_o there_o need_v no_o further_a proof_n selden_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr synedriis_fw-la pag._n 9_o term_n it_o duplex_fw-la seu_fw-la bifurcatum_fw-la in_o christianismo_fw-la regnum_fw-la seu_fw-la imperium_fw-la politicum_fw-la seu_fw-la magistraticum_fw-la ut_fw-la appellitari_fw-la amat_fw-la &_o ecclesiasticum_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la prorsus_fw-la sic_fw-la distinctum_fw-la quasi_fw-la binos_fw-la quis_fw-la fingeret_fw-la sole_n etc._n etc._n chap._n iii_o concern_v the_o union_n of_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o saxon_a king_n after_o they_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n the_o division_n of_o the_o court_n be_v bring_v in_o by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n as_o appear_v by_o his_o statute_n 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extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la judices_fw-la manicipale_v cujusque_fw-la civiâ—atis_fw-la ut_fw-la vocantur_fw-la seniores_fw-la fuisse_fw-la chiliarchos_fw-la centuriones_n quinquagâ—narios_fw-la &_o decuriones_fw-la tot_fw-la quot_fw-la esse_fw-la poâ—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 advocabâ—_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 levitiâ—_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 judicarâ—nt_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la leviâ—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 seâ—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 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