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strange_a to_o many_o i_o desire_v not_o to_o be_v mistake_v as_o if_o i_o persuade_v any_o innovation_n or_o change_n of_o settle_a law_n and_o court_n of_o justice_n which_o will_v be_v a_o thing_n of_o dangerous_a consequence_n that_o no_o wise_a man_n will_v advise_v but_o leave_v all_o to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o superior_n to_o who_o it_o proper_o belong_v only_o i_o will_v add_v a_o few_o line_n touch_v the_o ancient_a form_n and_o manner_n of_o government_n in_o the_o empire_n after_o that_o the_o emperor_n become_v christian_n from_o who_o it_o be_v likely_a the_o example_n be_v take_v both_o among_o we_o and_o in_o other_o kingdom_n touch_v the_o division_n of_o the_o court_n temporal_a from_o the_o spiritual_a though_o william_n the_o conqueror_n begin_v the_o separation_n with_o we_o in_o england_n yet_o there_o be_v the_o like_a do_v long_o before_o even_o by_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o first_o christian_a emperor_n who_o first_o give_v leave_v to_o the_o christian_a 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and_o suffer_v they_o to_o assemble_v and_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o time_n do_v require_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o first_o tome_n of_o the_o counsel_n before_o the_o great_a nicene_n council_n be_v assemble_v by_o constantine_n who_o be_v the_o first_o christian_a emperor_n do_v great_o labour_v to_o settle_v and_o advance_v the_o dignity_n of_o episcopal_a government_n and_o because_o he_o know_v well_o that_o superiority_n in_o the_o church_n without_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n be_v to_o little_a purpose_n therefore_o the_o good_a emperor_n in_o his_o christian_a zeal_n enact_v etsi_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la pontificis_fw-la sen_fw-la episcopi_fw-la munus_fw-la est_fw-la doctrina_fw-la verbi_fw-la populum_fw-la moderari_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la dicto_fw-la audientes_fw-la sunt_fw-la nec_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la persuasione_n ad_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la perduci_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o efficio_fw-la retineri_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o superioritas_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la atsâ—abdue_v imperio_fw-la &_o jurisdictione_n non_fw-la satis_fw-la habet_fw-la nervorum_fw-la &_o authoritatis_fw-la denique_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la mater_fw-la &_o â—ultrix_fw-la est_fw-la justitiae_fw-la ideo_fw-la epâ—scopis_fw-la peculiaris_fw-la quaedam_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la civili_fw-la dignior_fw-la in_fw-la personas_fw-la &_o causas_fw-la legibus_fw-la imper_n est_fw-la attributa_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-it jus_o dicant_fw-la clericis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o lest_o the_o emperor_n in_o his_o constitution_n in_o these_o word_n ut_fw-la jus_o dicant_fw-la clericis_fw-la shall_v seem_v to_o keep_v short_a and_o restrain_v the_o bishop_n in_o their_o audience_n or_o consistory_n to_o clergy_n man_n only_o there_o follow_v a_o praeterea_fw-la in_o the_o same_o title_n in_o the_o code_n de_fw-fr episcop_n audient_fw-la not_o long_o after_o this_o praeterea_fw-la say_v the_o emperor_n there_o juâ—_n dicant_fw-la laicis_fw-la and_o as_o before_o the_o age_n of_o constantine_n for_o want_v of_o power_n in_o the_o church_n and_o the_o assistance_n of_o a_o christian_a magistrate_n the_o bishop_n can_v not_o restrain_v nor_o suppress_v the_o many_o heresy_n and_o schism_n that_o do_v
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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 chief_n father_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v not_o only_a 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 forty_o eight_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 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 oâ—_n the_o priest_n as_o leprosy_n jealousy_n inquisition_n for_o murder_n falsewitnesse_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 common-law_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_n 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 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 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 &_o permixtio_fw-la et_fw-la cap_n 11._o ad_fw-la utrumque_fw-la judicium_fw-la tam_fw-la civil_a quam_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la adhibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_o 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 desig_n naverat_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 repub._n hebraeâ—rum_n cap._n 7._o speak_v of_o the_o sanedrim_n iniuêre_fw-la hoc_fw-la concisium_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la populi_fw-la ac_fw-la septuâ—aginta_fw-la senioribus_fw-la populi_fw-la &_o pontifex_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la &_o scribis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la legis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la spicere_fw-la liqueat_fw-la ex_fw-la evangeliis_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 princâ—pes_fw-la tribuum_fw-la qui_fw-la regâ—_n assidebant_fw-la quare_fw-la joseph_n ab_fw-la arimath_n senator_n sive_fw-la decurio_fw-la nobilis_fw-la idem_fw-la concilii_fw-la particeps_fw-la fuit_fw-la siquidem_fw-la scriptum_fw-la â—st_fw-la ipsum_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la assensum_fw-la damnationi_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la praebuisse_fw-la principes_fw-la autem_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la dico_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la vicenis_fw-la quaternis_fw-la sacer_fw-la dotum_fw-la classibus_fw-la seu_fw-la vicibus_fw-la singuli_fw-la singulis_fw-la praeerant_fw-la scribas_fw-la vero_fw-la ipsos_fw-la legis_fw-la doctores_fw-la quos_fw-la prophetas_fw-la josephus_n vocavit_fw-la it_o be_v manifest_a hereby_o and_o by_o the_o reason_n allege_v already_o in_o cap._n 2._o that_o be_v a_o gross_a error_n of_o doctor_n burgess_n who_o affirm_v that_o in_o numb_a 11._o there_o be_v no_o foot-step_n appear_v that_o the_o priest_n be_v any_o of_o the_o 70._o elder_n appoint_v by_o moses_n 19_o now_o see_v david_n appoint_v no_o less_o than_o six_o thousand_o levite_n for_o the_o outward_a business_n it_o can_v not_o be_v but_o that_o many_o of_o they_o be_v employ_v in_o their_o secular_a and_o civil_a affair_n whereas_o now_o there_o be_v not_o one_o hundred_o of_o the_o clergy_n employ_v throughout_o our_o whole_a kingdom_n there_o be_v not_o above_o two_o or_o three_o justice_n of_o peace_n in_o a_o whole_a shire_n but_o their_o presence_n and_o assistance_n at_o public_a meeting_n of_o justice_n as_o at_o the_o assize_n and_o quarter-session_n and_o other_o occasion_n be_v very_o necessary_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n who_o will_v otherwise_o be_v 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