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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 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 crush_v and_o trample_v on_o in_o many_o business_n debate_n and_o contention_n that_o do_v happen_v continual_o from_o the_o perverse_a and_o obstinate_a party_n of_o the_o laity_n for_o laici_fw-la semper_fw-la sunt_fw-la infesti_fw-la clericis_fw-la be_v a_o true_a say_n in_o the_o common_a law_n the_o priest_n the_o son_n of_o levi_n say_v god_n shall_v come_v near_o or_o forth_o out_o of_o the_o city_n where_o they_o be_v place_v in_o every_o tribe_n and_o by_o their_o word_n shall_v all_o striâ—e_n and_o plague_n be_v try_v remember_v always_o that_o doubtful_a and_o weighty_a matter_n be_v reserve_v to_o the_o great_a council_n of_o priest_n and_o judge_n that_o sit_v in_o the_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n do_v choose_v for_o the_o ark_n to_o rest_v in_o as_o deut._n 17._o 8._o 9_o etc._n etc._n if_o there_o come_v a_o matter_n too_o hard_o for_o thou_o in_o judgement_n between_o blood_n and_o blood_n cause_n and_o cause_n plague_n and_o plague_n of_o matter_n in_o question_n 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that_o nature_n in_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o jury_n and_o that_o consist_v of_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o every_o tribe_n and_o they_o not_o only_o debate_v and_o conclude_v the_o high_a affair_n of_o that_o realm_n as_o war_n peace_n appeal_v from_o all_o inferior_a court_n punishment_n of_o whole_a city_n and_o tribe_n and_o such_o like_a but_o also_o rule_v and_o rectify_v all_o case_n omit_v or_o doubt_v in_o moses_n law_n and_o be_v obey_v throughout_o the_o land_n â—pon_n pain_n of_o lose_v good_n or_o life_n or_o be_v for_o ever_o exclude_v from_o the_o people_n of_o
the_o present_a practice_n and_o law_n confirm_v by_o the_o continual_a practice_n of_o many_o hundred_o year_n the_o law_n be_v thus_o make_v by_o the_o conqueror_n to_o separate_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n from_o the_o temporal_a there_o follow_v after_o in_o succeed_a time_n statute_n to_o direct_v and_o appoint_v what_o cause_n shall_v belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n jurisdiction_n as_o the_o statute_n call_v circumspect_a agatis_fw-la make_v 13._o edw._n 1._o and_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la 9_o edw._n 2._o which_o beside_o other_o coke_n do_v expound_v in_o the_o 2._o instit._n at_o large_a pag._n 489._o 599._o so_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o court_n be_v thus_o settle_v by_o ancient_a statute_n and_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o beside_o long_a use_n and_o custom_n the_o law_n be_v fundamental_a and_o necessary_a as_o well_o as_o any_o part_n of_o the_o common-law_n and_o can_v be_v whole_o take_v away_o without_o great_a injustice_n confusion_n and_o great_a disorder_n in_o the_o kingdom_n and_o church_n as_o it_o happen_v most_o pitiful_o in_o these_o troublesome_a time_n but_o parliament_n be_v oblige_v to_o maintain_v the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o the_o land_n as_o they_o have_v often_o profess_v solemn_o in_o many_o of_o their_o declaration_n protestation_n and_o remonstrance_n but_o in_o conclusion_n they_o have_v overthrow_v all_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o law_n though_o never_o so_o ancient_a and_o fundamental_a and_o now_o they_o will_v pretend_v to_o set_v up_o new_a law_n and_o order_n which_o they_o call_v presbyterian_a government_n by_o lay_v elder_n in_o every_o parish_n a_o fond_a and_o foolish_a project_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n such_o as_o they_o have_v hear_v to_o be_v at_o geneva_n and_o some_o other_o place_n beyond_o sea_n where_o there_o be_v no_o lord_n knight_n esquire_n or_o gentleman_n as_o with_o we_o in_o england_n but_o their_o new_a state_n be_v popular_a without_o degree_n of_o honour_n and_o distinction_n of_o gentry_n they_o do_v as_o their_o neighbour_n at_o strasborough_n and_o the_o swisser_n of_o who_o bodin_n say_v lib._n 6._o c._n 4._o argentinenses_n caesa_fw-la &_o prostrata_fw-la nobilitate_fw-la cum_fw-la imperium_fw-la popular_fw-la invasissent_fw-la legem_fw-la communibus_fw-la suffragiis_fw-la tulerant_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la summos_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la magistratus_fw-la adipisceretur_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o cerdonibus_fw-la aut_fw-la coriariis_fw-la aut_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la sordidis_fw-la opificibus_fw-la stirpem_fw-la traxisset_fw-la idenim_fw-la veteribus_fw-la grace_n usit_fw-la atum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la quae_fw-la popularia_fw-la imperia_fw-la stabilire_fw-la ac_fw-la tueri_fw-la vellent_fw-la cives_fw-la omnes_fw-la quantum_fw-la quidem_fw-la fieri_fw-la posset_n opibus_fw-la honoribus_fw-la imperiis_fw-la ac_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la conditione_n exaequarent_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la prudentia_fw-la justitia_fw-la fortitudine_fw-la aut_fw-la ulla_fw-la virtute_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praeluceret_fw-la ac_fw-la emineret_fw-la hunc_fw-la ostracismo_fw-la exterminabant_fw-la aut_fw-la ne_fw-la virtutitam_fw-la aperte_fw-la bellum_fw-la indicere_fw-la viderentur_fw-la accusationibus_fw-la &_o calumniis_fw-la opprimebant_fw-la atque_fw-la id_fw-la unum_fw-la efficere_fw-la conabantur_fw-la ut_fw-la singuli_fw-la cives_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la svi_fw-la simile_n essent_fw-la quam_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnium_fw-la they_o either_o banish_v or_o put_v to_o death_n all_o their_o nobility_n and_o so_o make_v themselves_o a_o popular_a state_n and_o further_o make_v a_o law_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v bear_v any_o public_a office_n among_o they_o but_o such_o as_o will_v derive_v their_o descent_n and_o pedigree_n from_o some_o base_a trade_n a_o cobbler_n or_o carrior_n or_o such_o like_a among_o such_o people_n presbyterian_a government_n may_v be_v better_o allow_v then_o in_o a_o kingdom_n flourish_v with_o all_o degree_n of_o honour_n duke_n marquess_n earl_n baron_n knight_n etc._n etc._n but_o where_o only_a tradesman_n be_v chapman_n pedlar_n and_o artificer_n as_o they_o be_v at_o geneva_n there_o any_o government_n in_o the_o church_n may_v better_o be_v tolerate_v then_o in_o a_o monarchy_n the_o glossary_a show_v to_o that_o purpose_n that_o tradesman_n be_v base_a fellow_n in_o heraldry_n 110._o and_o among_o base_a fellow_n any_o base_a government_n may_v serve_v the_o turn_n burgenses_n &_o mercatores_fw-la sunt_fw-la sordidum_fw-la hominum_fw-la genus_fw-la as_o tully_n say_v burgenses_n dum_fw-la cauponandis_fw-la mercibus_fw-la &_o rei_fw-la mechanicae_fw-la navarent_fw-la generosae_fw-la turbae_fw-la militiam_fw-la omnino_fw-la admiranti_fw-la despectui_fw-la erant_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la nec_fw-la connubia_fw-la jungerent_fw-la nec_fw-la martis_n aleam_fw-la experirentur_fw-la and_o so_o also_o the_o civil_a law_n say_v patritii_fw-la cum_fw-la plebeis_fw-la conjugia_fw-la ne_fw-la contrahunto_fw-la and_o in_o our_o law_n it_o be_v repute_v a_o disparagement_n for_o a_o ward_n in_o chivalry_n which_o in_o old_a time_n be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v a_o gentleman_n to_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o daughter_n of_o one_o that_o dwell_v in_o a_o burrow_n as_o lambard_n show_v in_o his_o perambulation_n of_o kent_n pag._n 504._o so_o the_o old_a statute_n of_o merton_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1235._o cap._n 7._o de_fw-fr dominis_n qui_fw-la maritaverint_fw-la illos_fw-la quos_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o custodia_fw-la sua_fw-la villanis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la sicut_fw-la burgensibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la disparagentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n lord_n coke_n show_v what_o cause_n belong_v to_o the_o court_n christian_n viz._n probate_a of_o will_n and_o testament_n legacy_n reparation_n of_o church_n and_o churchyard_n tyth_n oblation_n mortuary_n and_o such_o like_a duty_n matrimonial_a cause_n degree_n of_o 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infinite_a number_n of_o bastard_n get_v and_o the_o justice_n of_o peace_n only_o take_v care_n for_o keep_v the_o bastard_n but_o there_o be_v no_o punishment_n or_o correction_n for_o the_o scandal_n to_o religion_n and_o the_o vulgar_a people_n go_v together_o like_a dog_n and_o bitch_n without_o licence_n or_o publication_n of_o bane_n in_o any_o parish_n the_o holy_a communion_n be_v cast_v aside_o and_o neglect_v in_o most_o parish_n most_o shameful_o the_o common-people_n in_o most_o parish_n will_v rather_o be_v without_o the_o sacrament_n then_o give_v one_o penny_n to_o buy_v bread_n and_o wine_n for_o it_o that_o they_o be_v become_v atheist_n in_o most_o place_n and_o many_o sectary_n profess_v public_o that_o they_o will_v not_o have_v church_n or_o stone-house_n nor_o minister_n or_o magistrate_n and_o yet_o the_o parliament_n pretend_v to_o reform_v all_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o all_o thing_n to_o advance_v the_o throne_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n with_o all_o his_o holy_a ordinance_n in_o full_a force_n and_o power_n as_o the_o language_n be_v of_o the_o presbyterian_a minister_n chap._n viii_o some_o observation_n out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o empire_n concern_v the_o separation_n of_o court_n and_o some_o also_o out_o of_o the_o ancient_a statute_n as_o selden_n have_v relate_v they_o lord_n cook_n defence_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v in_o parliament_n and_o of_o the_o convocation_n and_o high_a commission_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a court_n as_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a be_v separate_v in_o our_o kingdom_n so_o ancient_o there_o be_v some_o such_o division_n in_o the_o empire_n yet_o the_o emperor_n give_v great_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n according_a to_o that_o which_o justinian_n say_v of_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o the_o novel_a 123._o si_fw-la pro_fw-la criminal_a si_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la negotium_fw-la sit_fw-la 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