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good_a because_o the_o wise_a man_n be_v present_a and_o lead_v the_o way_n but_o single_a and_o apart_o they_o have_v little_a judgement_n concern_v a_o king_n then_o and_o concern_v war_n as_o i_o have_v say_v decree_n be_v make_v sometime_o the_o people_n be_v author_n all_o other_o thing_n the_o senator_n of_o sanhedrin_n dispatch_v by_o themselves_o the_o weighty_a affair_n be_v not_o too_o heavy_a for_o they_o because_o they_o be_v choose_v for_o their_o worth_n and_o great_a ability_n by_o the_o divine_a moses_n right_o name_v elder_n not_o only_o for_o their_o age_n but_o for_o their_o wiâ—dom_n and_o experience_n chap._n xiii_o of_o two_o other_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n beside_o the_o sanhedrin_n the_o senate_n of_o 23._o in_o every_o town_n the_o college_n of_o 3._o the_o measure_n of_o city_n the_o 5._o man_n for_o expiation_n of_o slaughter_n the_o 7._o man_n and_o 3._o man_n for_o order_v the_o calendar_n the_o time_n dispose_v by_o rabbi_n hillel_n the_o authority_n of_o sanhedrin_n lessen_v of_o the_o great_a senate_n we_o have_v say_v what_o come_v to_o mind_n the_o other_o council_n will_v not_o detain_v we_o long_o the_o most_o learned_a 1._o learned_a â—n_fw-fr halaâ—â—a_fw-fr sanhedrin_n c._n 1._o maimonides_n relate_v that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n itself_o be_v two_o council_n more_o they_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o gemara_n the_o in_o misna_n &_o in_o gemara_n talmud_n in_o either_o of_o they_o sit_v three_o and_o twenty_o judge_n and_o as_o the_o great_a council_n be_v hold_v in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v call_v gazith_n so_o one_o of_o these_o at_o the_o courtgate_n the_o other_o be_v keep_v at_o the_o gate_n open_v to_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o dignity_n of_o they_o also_o be_v not_o the_o same_o for_o the_o judge_n at_o the_o mount-gate_n take_v it_o for_o a_o preferment_n to_o be_v ascribe_v into_o the_o senate_n at_o the_o ourt-gate_n and_o again_o it_o be_v a_o new_a degree_n of_o honour_n to_o ascend_v hence_o into_o the_o sanedrin_n the_o distinction_n be_v exact_o make_v by_o rabbi_n ben_n maimon_n far_o beside_o these_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n there_o be_v constitute_v in_o every_o town_n of_o palestin_n a_o senate_n for_o jurisdiction_n and_o the_o care_n of_o public_a affair_n it_o consist_v of_o 23._o man_n who_o sit_v in_o judgement_n upon_o the_o life_n and_o fortune_n of_o the_o people_n and_o decide_v all_o cause_n except_o a_o few_o reserve_v as_o be_v aforesaid_a to_o the_o great_a council_n ben_fw-mi maimou_v also_o describe_v a_o certain_a college_n of_o three_o man_n and_o say_v it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o city_n which_o have_v not_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o inhabitant_n but_o i_o be_o of_o aristotle_n mind_n that_o this_o be_v not_o a_o city_n for_o as_o it_o be_v not_o a_o ship_n which_o be_v of_o one_o handful_n or_o of_o two_o furlong_n so_o be_v it_o not_o a_o city_n which_o want_v a_o just_a measure_n if_o it_o be_v too_o little_a it_o can_v as_o a_o city_n shall_v subsist_v by_o itself_o and_o too_o much_o greatness_n turn_v it_o from_o a_o city_n to_o a_o nation_n but_o we_o must_v not_o call_v a_o rabbi_n to_o so_o strict_a account_n it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o those_o three_o to_o judge_v of_o trespass_n of_o money_n and_o good_n movable_a the_o capital_a offender_n be_v bring_v as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o another_o bench._n 5._o â—hedrin_fw-mi c._n 5._o ben_n maimon_n 5._o maimon_n in_o halucho_n sanhedrin_n c._n 5._o add_v something_n be_v of_o such_o a_o kind_n that_o they_o belong_v neither_o to_o the_o seventy_o elder_n nor_o to_o the_o college_n of_o twenty_o three_o nor_o to_o the_o three_o man_n but_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o a_o peculiar_a senate_n in_o which_o number_n he_o reckon_v manslaughter_n commit_v by_o a_o uncertain_a hand_n in_o the_o border_n of_o any_o town_n five_o man_n say_v he_o must_v expiate_v this_o by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o a_o heifer_n the_o same_o author_n have_v more_o of_o this_o nature_n which_o i_o willing_o praetermit_v for_o we_o do_v not_o repeat_v dictate_v that_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o the_o order_n of_o time_n be_v commend_v to_o certain_a judge_n for_o cap._n for_o in_o eadem_fw-la halacha_n eod_n cap._n concern_v the_o leap-year_n seven_o concern_v the_o month_n three_o man_n determine_v but_o hillel_n the_o babylonian_a afterward_o acquit_v all_o his_o countryman_n of_o this_o care_n the_o prime_a man_n of_o his_o age_n of_o who_o we_o have_v this_o honourable_a testimony_n from_o rabbi_n abraham_n juchasin_n abraham_n in_o libro_fw-la juchasin_n zacuth_n rabbi_n hillel_n precedent_n of_o the_o great_a council_n compose_v the_o intercalation_n for_o all_o israel_n till_o the_o time_n of_o messiah_n and_o that_o be_v do_v by_o he_o before_o the_o lawful_a act_n of_o imposition_n of_o hand_n be_v abrogate_a have_v not_o this_o same_o hillel_n mature_o prevent_v so_o great_a a_o evil_a certain_o the_o time_n will_v have_v be_v much_o confuse_a for_o not_o long_o after_o cease_v the_o solennity_n of_o impose_v hand_n without_o which_o those_o seven_o man_n and_o three_o man_n be_v not_o appoint_v overseer_n and_o corrector_n of_o the_o calendar_n as_o maimonides_n observe_v but_o no_o more_o of_o this_o lest_o the_o reader_n think_v we_o prepare_v a_o accurate_a and_o perfect_a work_n whereas_o we_o only_o thrust_v out_o our_o sudden_a and_o tumultuary_a meditation_n and_o we_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v note_v whatsoever_o we_o have_v say_v of_o council_n have_v relation_n to_o the_o time_n before_o judaea_n have_v receive_v the_o roman_a conqueror_n for_o he_o change_v and_o repeal_v many_o thing_n not_o for_o his_o lust_n or_o pleasure_n nor_o out_o of_o any_o cruel_a design_n but_o that_o he_o may_v secure_v his_o dominion_n gabinius_n chief_o the_o proconsul_n of_o syria_n see_v the_o principal_a pillar_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v the_o sanhedrin_n think_v it_o good_a policy_n to_o take_v away_o the_o authority_n thereof_o in_o many_o town_n wherefore_o at_o gadar_n amath_n hiericho_n and_o sephor_n he_o settle_v four_o synedry_n and_o a_o five_o at_o jerusalem_n now_o but_o a_o part_n of_o what_o she_o be_v all_o of_o equal_a power_n and_o the_o council_n place_v by_o gabinius_n in_o the_o other_o city_n as_o they_o be_v not_o inferior_a to_o that_o in_o jerusalem_n for_o power_n so_o be_v they_o far_o beyond_o it_o in_o continuance_n these_o be_v mean_v if_o i_o mistake_v not_o by_o cal._n by_o in_o l._n 17._o c._n de_fw-fr jud._n &_o cal._n justinian_n when_o he_o require_v a_o canon_n from_o the_o primate_fw-la who_o rule_v the_o synedry_n of_o either_o palestin_n but_o we_o make_v no_o excursion_n into_o these_o time_n the_o ancient_a commonwealth_n and_o primitive_a institution_n be_v under_o our_o consideration_n to_o inquire_v into_o the_o rest_n and_o set_v down_o thing_n that_o be_v often_o change_v be_v unhappy_o to_o place_v our_o study_n where_o no_o certain_a truth_n can_v be_v deliver_v chap._n fourteen_o the_o creation_n of_o a_o king_n a_o bad_a one_o first_o choose_v why_o what_o quality_n the_o prophet_n have_v respect_n unto_o the_o book_n of_o the_o kingdom_n lay_v up_o the_o power_n of_o the_o hebrew_n king_n their_o honour_n above_o priest_n and_o prophet_n king_n and_o priest_n at_o first_o the_o same_o the_o anoint_v of_o king_n make_v they_o sacred_a the_o holy_a ointment_n hide_v by_o josia_n and_o lose_v with_o other_o thing_n rabbi_n ben_n maimon_n misnae_fw-la maimon_n in_o part_n post_fw-la misnae_fw-la say_v the_o israelite_n receive_v three_o command_n from_o god_n to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o palestin_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v to_o make_v themselves_o a_o king_n another_o to_o blot_v out_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o amalekite_n the_o three_o concern_v the_o build_n of_o a_o temple_n the_o performance_n whereof_o say_v he_o be_v at_o several_a time_n and_o long_o distant_a but_o in_o the_o same_o order_n wherein_o they_o be_v command_v for_o a_o king_n be_v create_v before_o the_o war_n with_o amalek_n and_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v not_o begin_v until_o that_o most_o odious_a nation_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o end_n and_o quite_o destroy_v the_o testimony_n illustrious_a which_o be_v relate_v by_o the_o same_o author_n need_v not_o be_v transcribe_v hither_o in_o the_o 17_o of_o deuteronomy_n the_o most_o high_a god_n say_v the_o israelite_n will_v desire_v a_o king_n add_v the_o true_a reason_n of_o it_o because_o all_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n live_v under_o the_o royal_a government_n for_o such_o be_v the_o nature_n and_o disposition_n of_o man_n inhabit_v that_o part_n of_o the_o world_n few_o prefer_v liberty_n before_o subjection_n unto_o just_a lord_n and_o claudius_n civilis_n in_o tacitus_n true_o say_v to_o his_o batavian_o that_o syria_n and_o asia_n serve_v and_o
favour_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n who_o protection_n he_o need_v he_o forswear_v the_o mosaic_a law_n and_o instead_o of_o they_o admit_v the_o religion_n and_o rite_n of_o the_o grecian_n and_o more_o that_o he_o may_v not_o bear_v in_o his_o body_n the_o mark_n of_o circumcision_n he_o renew_v his_o foreskin_n by_o physical_a art_n and_o persuade_v all_o his_o people_n to_o do_v the_o like_a afterward_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n the_o highpriest_n be_v his_o minister_n impious_o pervert_v all_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o now_o nothing_o of_o the_o sound_n and_o the_o ancient_a custom_n remain_v when_o mathias_n the_o hasmâ—naean_a the_o great_a restorer_n of_o the_o state_n have_v take_v up_o arm_n render_v to_o the_o jew_n their_o law_n and_o receive_v the_o commonwealth_n under_o his_o rule_n with_o the_o title_n of_o prince_n be_v decease_v to_o he_o succeed_v judas_n in_o the_o principality_n the_o same_o that_o be_v call_v maccabaeus_n yet_o be_v there_o great_a power_n and_o authority_n in_o the_o highpriest_n wherefore_o antiochus_n eupator_n after_o that_o time_n cunning_o have_v get_v entrance_n into_o jerusalem_n when_o he_o disinherit_v onias_n upon_o who_o he_o see_v the_o people_n and_o the_o state_n affair_n depend_v much_o place_v alcimus_n in_o his_o room_n but_o he_o be_v get_v into_o the_o holy_a chair_n be_v more_o deprave_v than_o his_o predecessor_n for_o he_o go_v over_o to_o king_n demetrius_n the_o son_n of_o seleucus_n with_o crimination_n against_o judas_n who_o principality_n he_o can_v not_o away_o with_o impiety_n can_v be_v never_o quiet_a nor_o content_a with_o a_o single_a transgression_n wherefore_o he_o bring_v against_o his_o own_o country_n the_o king_n lieutenant_n bacohides_n with_o a_o army_n and_o after_o his_o return_n to_o the_o king_n without_o effect_v the_o work_n he_o increase_v the_o company_n leave_v by_o bacchides_n by_o the_o concourse_n of_o wicked_a man_n from_o every_o place_n be_v gather_v unto_o alcimus_n murderer_n sacrilegious_a person_n adulterer_n who_o their_o guilty_a conscience_n will_v not_o suffer_v to_o rest_v at_o home_n and_o he_o engage_v they_o all_o to_o do_v he_o service_n by_o fair_a word_n and_o bountiful_a pay_n at_o the_o last_o this_o gallant_a priest_n to_o add_v more_o unto_o his_o glorious_a impiety_n prepare_v to_o throw_v down_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n raise_v by_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o hasidaean_o but_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o design_n death_n cut_v he_o off_o and_o in_o his_o place_n the_o people_n constitute_v in_o the_o most_o sacred_a office_n their_o prince_n judas_n the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o jew_n that_o join_v the_o mitre_n and_o the_o crown_n together_o and_o be_v both_o prince_n and_o priest_n the_o same_o be_v do_v after_o he_o by_o jonathan_n simon_n and_o jannes_n until_o aristobulus_n the_o name_n of_o prince_n be_v lay_v aside_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o title_n of_o king_n and_o so_o in_o the_o end_n long_o after_o the_o death_n of_o zedekiah_n king_n again_o rule_v over_o judaea_n but_o they_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n the_o last_o of_o who_o be_v antigonus_n antigonus_n be_v expel_v and_o slay_v herod_n hold_v the_o sceptre_n which_o he_o have_v before_o receive_v from_o the_o roman_n a_o man_n not_o indeed_o descend_v of_o the_o royal_a family_n no_o nor_o of_o the_o sacerdotal_a but_o one_o of_o idumaea_n a_o insititious_a jew_n or_o proselyte_n for_o the_o idumaean_n be_v not_o true_o jew_n but_o only_o account_v and_o call_v so_o since_o the_o time_n that_o hircanus_n force_v they_o to_o submit_v to_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o true_a god_n when_o before_o they_o worship_v i_o know_v not_o what_o good_a gosan_n who_o rite_n be_v keep_v by_o the_o costobari_n a_o noble_a family_n in_o that_o country_n famous_a be_v that_o prophecy_n of_o sameas_n who_o have_v long_o since_o foretell_v that_o herod_n shall_v be_v give_v the_o jew_n for_o a_o king_n but_o to_o be_v a_o plague_n unto_o they_o even_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v this_o idumaean_a present_o put_v to_o death_n aristobulus_n the_o highpriest_n be_v very_o young_a and_o after_o he_o hircanus_n allure_v out_o of_o parthia_n and_o after_o he_o whatsoever_o remain_v of_o the_o hasmonaean_a blood_n he_o extinguish_v and_o leave_v not_o any_o branch_n of_o the_o old_a stock_n nor_o do_v the_o seventy_o elder_n the_o assessor_n of_o the_o great_a council_n sannedrin_n speed_v better_o thus_o all_o be_v remove_v out_o of_o the_o way_n who_o may_v create_v he_o either_o fear_n or_o danger_n herod_n grow_v up_o to_o his_o height_n and_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o power_n give_v he_o boldness_n to_o break_v forth_o into_o great_a licence_n for_o he_o alter_v the_o old_a custom_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o bring_v in_o new_a and_o do_v many_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n whereof_o let_v we_o hear_v josephus_n speak_v thus_o the_o ancient_a discipline_n untainted_a 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