dominus_fw-la ut_fw-la filios_fw-la israel_n secundò_fw-la circumcideret_fw-la frat_fw-la autem_fw-la circumcisio_fw-la signum_fw-la faederis_fw-la dei_fw-la omninò_fw-la ad_fw-la religionem_fw-la pertinens_fw-la sequitur_fw-la in_fw-la persona_fw-la samuelis_fw-la cohaesere_fw-la quidèm_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la &_o sacerdotium_fw-la veram_fw-la moderandae_fw-la religionis_fw-la curam_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la ille_fw-la quoque_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la magistratus_fw-la quo_fw-la tum_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o israele_n superior_a ut_fw-la magistratus_fw-la indicabat_fw-la israelem_fw-la ac_fw-la disponebat_fw-la publica_fw-la omne_fw-la tam_fw-la sacrae_fw-la quam_fw-la prophana_fw-la ut_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la sacrificabat_fw-la pro_fw-la populo_fw-la orabat_fw-la illumque_fw-la docebat_fw-la moses_n the_o first_o catholic_n magistrate_n in_o israel_n bear_v the_o person_n not_o of_o a_o priest_n which_o be_v impose_v upon_o aaron_n but_o of_o a_o high_a power_n like_o unto_o a_o king_n appoint_a order_n for_o all_o manner_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o prescribe_v to_o aaron_n himself_o and_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o levit_n both_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v and_o what_o they_o shall_v avoid_v and_o leave_v undo_v wherein_o we_o see_v evident_o that_o the_o care_n of_o order_v religion_n do_v more_o pertain_v to_o the_o high_a magistrate_n then_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o priest_n after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n the_o care_n of_o religion_n together_o with_o the_o magistracy_n be_v devolue_v not_o to_o eleazar_n the_o priest_n but_o to_o josuah_n the_o son_n of_o nun_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n but_o of_o ephraim_n to_o he_o god_n give_v commandment_n that_o he_o shoâ—â—â—_n circumcise_v the_o second_o time_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n but_o circumcision_n doubtless_o be_v the_o sign_n of_o god_n covenant_n which_o pertain_v whole_o to_o religion_n in_o the_o person_n of_o samuel_n there_o do_v cohere_v both_o the_o magistracy_n &_o the_o priesthood_n but_o he_o receive_v the_o charge_n of_o moderate_a religion_n not_o as_o he_o be_v a_o priest_n but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n great_a then_o who_o there_o be_v none_o at_o that_o time_n in_o israel_n as_o a_o magistrate_n he_o do_v judge_v israel_n and_o order_v all_o public_a affair_n as_o well_o sacred_a as_o profane_v ecclesiastical_a as_o civil_a but_o as_o a_o priest_n he_o offer_v sacrifice_n pray_v for_o the_o people_n and_o teach_v they_o out_o of_o these_o word_n of_o this_o great_a learned_a writer_n i_o note_v these_o golden_a lesson_n for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o well_o affect_a reader_n first_o that_o moses_n be_v a_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v authority_n like_a unto_o a_o king_n second_o that_o his_o power_n be_v great_a than_o be_v the_o authority_n of_o aaron_n the_o high_a priest_n three_o that_o moses_n order_v all_o matter_n in_o religion_n and_o not_o aaron_n who_o be_v the_o high_a priest_n four_o that_o he_o appoint_v to_o aaron_n and_o to_o the_o whole_a order_n of_o the_o levite_n both_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v and_o what_o they_o shall_v leave_v undo_v five_o that_o the_o charge_n &_o care_n of_o religion_n do_v appertain_v more_o near_o to_o the_o magistrate_n then_o to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o priest_n six_o that_o the_o magistrate_n have_v the_o charge_n and_o care_n of_o order_v religion_n inseparable_o annex_v to_o his_o civil_a office_n in_o that_o he_o be_v a_o magistrate_n seven_o that_o a_o bishop_n may_v have_v authority_n to_o deal_v in_o civil_a cause_n as_o samuel_n do_v eight_o that_o samuel_n dispose_v all_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n not_o as_o he_o be_v priest_n but_o as_o he_o be_v 2._o the_o civil_a magistrate_n all_o which_o observation_n this_o learned_a writer_n prove_v by_o the_o example_n of_o many_o king_n of_o david_n solomon_n asa_n josaphat_n ezechias_n and_o other_o and_o of_o king_n david_n he_o add_v this_o most_o golden_a and_o memorable_a sentence_n david_n quoniam_fw-la sciebat_fw-la hanc_fw-la primam_fw-la curam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la ut_fw-la religio_fw-la deiritè_fw-fr disponatur_fw-la hortatus_fw-la choose_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la offiâ—ij_fw-la david_n because_o he_o know_v this_o chief_a care_n to_o pertain_v to_o magistrate_n to_o see_v religion_n right_o order_v he_o exhort_v they_o to_o that_o office_n say_v now_o o_o king_n understand_v be_v learned_a you_o that_o judge_v the_o earth_n whosoever_o read_v this_o learned_a writer_n serious_o throughout_o his_o whole_a discourse_n can_v no_o long_o stand_v doubtful_a of_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o question_n 9_o zanchius_n a_o most_o learned_a writer_n and_o a_o man_n of_o singular_a judgement_n in_o that_o book_n which_o he_o leave_v for_o a_o testimony_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o christian_a belief_n unto_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o the_o more_o to_o be_v regard_v have_v 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rebuke_v the_o magistrate_n and_o how_o the_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o reform_v govern_v and_o punish_v the_o minister_n some_o part_n of_o his_o golden_a discourse_n i_o will_v brief_o set_v down_o refer_v the_o reader_n for_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o place_n quote_v in_o the_o margin_n nihil_fw-la est_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la mundo_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la verbâ—_n dei_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la extendat_fw-la quocirca_fw-la longè_fw-la falluntur_fw-la qui_fw-la clamitare_fw-la solent_fw-la quid_fw-la conscionator_n cum_fw-la rep_n quid_fw-la cum_fw-la armis_fw-la quid_fw-la cum_fw-la pharmacopolis_fw-la quid_fw-la cum_fw-la cocis_fw-la at_o dicat_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o which_o the_o word_n of_o god_n do_v not_o extend_v itself_o wherefore_o they_o be_v far_o deceive_v that_o be_v wont_a to_o exclaim_v and_o say_v what_o have_v the_o preacher_n to_o do_v with_o the_o commonweal_n what_o have_v he_o to_o do_v with_o war_n what_o with_o the_o apothecary_n what_o with_o cook_n but_o let_v these_o good_a fellow_n tell_v we_o why_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n word_n when_o he_o perceive_v god_n law_n to_o be_v transgress_v in_o these_o thing_n may_v not_o rebuke_v the_o same_o out_o of_o god_n word_n why_o he_o may_v not_o admonish_v the_o malefactor_n why_o he_o may_v not_o exhort_v they_o to_o desist_v from_o sin_n it_o be_v his_o part_n doubtless_o to_o reprove_v sinner_n not_o with_o the_o sword_n not_o with_o pecuniary_a mulct_n not_o with_o imprisonment_n not_o with_o the_o sword_n not_o with_o exile_n but_o with_o the_o force_n &_o power_n of_o god_n word_n then_o this_o learned_a man_n proceed_v and_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n must_v see_v and_o provide_v that_o the_o bishop_n pastor_n &_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n do_v teach_v god_n word_n pure_o rebuke_v sinner_n fatherly_a and_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n reverent_o after_o this_o he_o tell_v his_o reader_n that_o king_n have_v not_o 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in_o every_o man_n heart_n in_o his_o nativity_n and_o so_o can_v be_v alter_v the_o judicial_a part_n be_v proper_o and_o peculiarlie_o appoint_v of_o god_n for_o conservation_n of_o justice_n among_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n the_o land_n of_o canaan_n the_o land_n of_o jewrie_n the_o whole_a order_n of_o which_o government_n cease_v long_o fithence_o viz._n ever_o since_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n be_v expel_v out_o of_o judaea_n &_o begin_v to_o dwell_v among_o the_o gentile_n live_v without_o governor_n without_o a_o king_n without_o a_o priest_n and_o without_o a_o law_n the_o ceremonial_a part_n be_v ordain_v to_o prefigure_v christ_n future_a priesthood_n and_o therefore_o be_v it_o whole_o abrogate_a 12._o by_o christ_n most_o bless_v and_o sacred_a advent_n for_o christ_n be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n in_o who_o be_v fulfil_v as_o well_o the_o figure_n as_o the_o promise_v contain_v in_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n all_o which_o saint_n paul_n 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do_v not_o dissolve_v the_o bond_n of_o holy_a wedlock_n for_o albeit_o sundry_a late_a writer_n otherwise_o of_o great_a learning_n and_o rare_a gift_n do_v constant_o teach_v which_o some_o of_o our_o man_n have_v also_o put_v in_o practice_n that_o when_o the_o husband_n be_v divorce_v from_o his_o wife_n be_v a_o adulteress_n than_o he_o may_v lawful_o marry_v a_o other_o yet_o saint_n austen_n ground_v his_o opinion_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n &_o of_o s._n paul_n conclude_v constant_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v marry_v another_o wife_n during_o the_o life_n of_o his_o former_a wife_n divorce_v for_o adultery_n do_v himself_o commit_v adultery_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a which_o i_o leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n prove_v evident_o that_o the_o judicial_a law_n of_o moses_n be_v not_o of_o source_n these_o be_v s._n austin_n word_n haec_fw-la verba_fw-la apostoli_fw-la totâ—es_fw-la repetita_fw-la toties_fw-la inculcata_fw-la vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la viva_fw-la sunt_fw-la sana_fw-la sunt_fw-la plana_fw-la sunt_fw-la nulltus_fw-la viri_fw-la posterioris_fw-la mulier_fw-la 6._o uxor_fw-la esse_fw-la incipit_fw-la nisi_fw-la prioris_fw-la esse_fw-la desiverit_fw-la esse_fw-la autem_fw-la desinet_fw-la prioris_fw-la simoriatur_fw-la vir_fw-la eius_fw-la non_fw-la sifornicetur_fw-la these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n so_o often_o repeat_v so_o often_o inculcate_v be_v true_a be_v quick_a be_v sound_n be_v plain_a a_o woman_n begin_v not_o to_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o any_o late_a husband_n unless_o she_o first_o cease_v to_o be_v the_o wife_n of_o the_o former_a but_o she_o cease_v to_o be_v the_o former_a husband_n wife_n if_o her_o husband_n die_v not_o if_o he_o commit_v adultery_n hemingius_n a_o great_a learned_a man_n and_o a_o zealous_a professor_n of_o the_o gospel_n have_v these_o word_n est_fw-la &_o lex_fw-la judicialis_fw-la quae_fw-la 156._o cessante_fw-la republica_fw-la mosis_fw-la expiraâ—nt_fw-la it_o a_o ut_fw-la non_fw-la necessario_fw-la ullum_fw-la hominem_fw-la obliget_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la nisi_fw-la quaetenus_fw-la portio_fw-la cius_fw-la aliqua_fw-la aut_fw-la part_n est_fw-la legis_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la lex_fw-la contraincoestas_fw-la nuptias_fw-la lev._n 18._o aut_fw-la a_o magistratu_fw-la propomtur_fw-la politico_fw-la fine_fw-la there_o be_v also_o the_o judicial_a law_n which_o expire_v with_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o moses_n so_o that_o it_o do_v not_o bind_v any_o man_n of_o necessity_n but_o so_o far_o only_a as_o some_o portion_n of_o it_o partain_v to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n as_o the_o law_n against_o incestuous_a marriage_n or_o so_o much_o of_o it_o as_o the_o ciâ—â—le_a magistrate_n shall_v admit_v for_o policy_n saint_n cyrill_n have_v these_o word_n sacundum_fw-la legem_fw-la adulter_fw-la cum_fw-la 22._o adultera_fw-la moriebatur_fw-la nec_fw-la poterant_fw-la dicere_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la petimus_fw-la &_o venial_a deprecamur_fw-la sequitur_fw-la apud_fw-la christianos_n vero_fw-la siadulterium_fw-la fuerit_fw-la admissum_fw-la none_a praeceptum_fw-la ut_fw-la adulter_fw-la vel_fw-la adultera_fw-la corporal_a 〈◊〉_d puniantur_fw-la in_o the_o law_n both_o the_o adulterer_n and_o the_o adulteress_n be_v punish_v by_o death_n and_o they_o can_v not_o say_v we_o be_v penitent_a &_o desire_v pardon_n for_o our_o sin_n but_o among_o christian_n there_o be_v no_o commandment_n to_o punish_v they_o with_o death_n m_o musculus_fw-la that_o most_o zealous_a christian_a and_o great_a learned_a doctor_n have_v these_o express_a word_n quaerunt_fw-la a_o tota_fw-la sit_fw-la abrogata_fw-la respondemus_fw-la si_fw-la totus_fw-la moses_n cessit_fw-la christ_n utique_fw-la tota_fw-la illius_fw-la lex_fw-la cessit_fw-la legi_fw-la christi_fw-la sequitur_fw-la in_fw-la lege_fw-la sunt_fw-la mandata_fw-la promissa_fw-la &_o figurae_fw-la perveritatem_fw-la christi_fw-la cessarunt_fw-la promissa_fw-la &_o figurae_fw-la mandata_fw-la legis_fw-la sunt_fw-la moralia_fw-la iudicialia_fw-la coeremontalia_fw-la caeremoâ—ialia_n cessasse_o ex_fw-la eo_fw-la patet_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la legis_fw-la cuiannexae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la caeremoniae_fw-la per_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la christi_fw-la secundum_fw-la or_o dinem_fw-la melchisedech_n est_fw-la abrogatum_fw-la &_o iam_fw-la olim_fw-la re_fw-la ipsa_fw-la cessavit_fw-la judicialta_n quoque_fw-la cessasse_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la declaratur_fw-la quod_fw-la tota_fw-la israelis_n oeconomia_fw-la qualem_fw-la terrae_fw-la promissae_fw-la inhabitatio_fw-la requirebat_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la cessavit_fw-la quo_fw-la exdulsi_fw-la inter_fw-la gentes_fw-la sine_fw-la rege_fw-la sine_fw-la ducibus_fw-la sive_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la lege_fw-la habitare_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la they_o demand_v if_o the_o whole_a law_n be_v abrogate_a we_o answer_v if_o whole_a moses_n give_v place_n to_o christ_n then_o have_v his_o whole_a law_n give_v place_n to_o 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