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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 charge_v only_o of_o the_o body_n of_o their_o subject_n but_o of_o their_o soul_n also_o for_o say_v this_o great_a learned_a doctor_n we_o must_v not_o make_v prince_n swineheard_n and_o herdsman_n for_o keeper_n of_o cattle_n who_o have_v care_n only_o of_o the_o belly_n flesh_n
he_o that_o be_v the_o great_a among_o you_o let_v he_o be_v your_o servant_n so_o christ_n forbid_v to_o be_v careful_a for_o to_o morrow_n 10._o to_o be_v careful_a for_o our_o life_n for_o raiment_n for_o meat_n and_o for_o drink_v and_o yet_o in_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o holy_a write_v the_o moderate_a and_o honest_a care_n of_o such_o thing_n be_v not_o forbid_v but_o only_o the_o inordinate_a and_o distrustful_a desire_n and_o can_v thereof_o nay_o nay_o the_o scripture_n will_v the_o sluggarde_n it_o learn_v of_o the_o pismire_n who_o have_v no_o guide_n governor_n nor_o ruler_n prepare_v her_o meat_n in_o the_o summer_n and_o gathether_v her_o food_n in_o harvest_n and_o the_o apostle_n give_v commandment_n that_o if_o any_o will_v not_o work_v the_o same_o must_v no_o eat_v three_o because_o both_o old_a and_o late_a writer_n of_o be_v account_n do_v expound_v this_o text_n of_o s._n matthew_n against_o in_o ordinate_a and_o ambitious_a desire_n of_o rule_v s._n chrysostome_n thâ—_n 549._o golden_a mouth_a doctor_n for_o his_o great_a learning_n and_o eloquence_n so_o surname_v have_v these_o word_n it_o a_o gentium_fw-la â—â—n_fw-la esse_fw-la ostendit_fw-la prima_fw-la quaeque_fw-la appetere_fw-la tyrannica_fw-la enim_fw-la haec_fw-la passiâ—â—â—_n &_o nonnunquam_fw-la eximios_fw-la etiam_fw-la viros_fw-la perturbat_fw-la quapropter_fw-la â—â—_o vehementiore_fw-la castigatione_n indigent_a acrius_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipse_fw-la insurge_n comparatione_fw-la gentium_fw-la agrotantem_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la animum_fw-la retinem_fw-la it_o a_o horum_fw-la quidèm_fw-la invidian_n illorum_fw-la verò_fw-la arrogantiam_fw-la succidit_fw-la qua_fw-la magna_fw-la voce_fw-la dicens_fw-la nolite_fw-la tanquam_fw-la contempti_fw-la commoveri_fw-la â—â—_o qui_fw-fr primatum_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la sibijpsis_fw-la dedecori_fw-la sunt_fw-la ignorantes_fw-la hoc_fw-la pacto_fw-la in_o infirma_fw-la detrudere_fw-la thus_o he_o show_v it_o to_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o 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to_o the_o contrary_a sense_n and_o meaning_n four_o because_o the_o original_a word_n catacurieuèin_o do_v plain_o insinuate_v so_o much_o unto_o us._n aretius_n a_o very_a learned_a writer_n &_o a_o great_a patron_n of_o pure_a religion_n have_v these_o word_n catacurieuèin_n est_fw-la dominari_fw-la cum_fw-la aliena_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la mat_n catexousiazein_o in_fw-la potestate_fw-la violentèr_fw-la tenere_fw-la the_o one_o greek_a word_n be_v to_o bear_v rule_n tyrannical_o so_o be_v the_o other_o greek_a word_n to_o have_v violent_a power_n over_o man_n erasmus_n musculus_fw-la and_o many_o other_o learned_a writer_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n musculus_fw-la have_v these_o express_a word_n non_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la matth._n putandum_fw-la quod_fw-la omninò_fw-la prohibeat_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la vocetur_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n pater_fw-la aut_fw-la magister_fw-la aut_fw-la dominus_fw-la ut_fw-la illicitum_fw-la sit_fw-la liberis_fw-la cum_fw-la undè_fw-la 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vetatur_fw-la deinde_fw-la ita_fw-la vocari_fw-la rabbi_n volebant_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la prorsus_fw-la penderet_fw-la populus_fw-la domini_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la in_o re_fw-la placitis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la repugnaret_fw-la at_o hoc_fw-la pacto_fw-la vocari_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o magistrum_fw-la nemini_fw-la mortalium_fw-la competit_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la unus_fw-la verus_fw-la pater_fw-la tantùm_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o unus_fw-la veruâ—_fw-la magister_fw-la christus_fw-la a_o cvius_fw-la debemus_fw-la pendere_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o alterius_fw-la cuiuspiam_fw-la tur_fw-la be_v verba_fw-la magistri_fw-la sequitur_fw-la hec_fw-la satis_fw-la indicat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la prohibuerit_fw-la suos_fw-la vocari_fw-la rabbi_n &_o magistros_fw-la viz._n ut_fw-la dixi_fw-la contradrim_fw-la itus_fw-la ambitum_fw-la dominandique_fw-la libidinem_fw-la ista_fw-la sunt_fw-la aicta_fw-la alioqui_fw-la dixisset_fw-la nemo_fw-la 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mark_n which_o they_o aim_v at_o chap._n xii_o