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whereupon_o to_o weigh_v herself_o must_v either_o have_v be_v leave_v at_o his_o death_n unto_o the_o care_n of_o some_o man_n who_o he_o know_v best_o able_a to_o lay_v her_o foundation_n or_o unto_o extreme_a hazard_n wherefore_o this_o ordination_n which_o be_v but_o accidental_a regard_v the_o present_a military_a condition_n of_o the_o people_n moses_n most_o prudent_o distinguish_v from_o the_o other_o in_o that_o he_o show_v they_o how_o they_o shall_v manage_v their_o commonwealth_n in_o this_o he_o bequeath_v they_o the_o man_n who_o he_o think_v the_o most_o likely_a to_o bring_v they_o to_o be_v a_o commonwealth_n of_o which_o judgement_n and_o undertake_n of_o moses_n joshua_n the_o next_o illustrious_a example_n most_o worthy_o acquit_v himself_o there_o be_v in_o these_o election_n another_o remarkable_a passage_n but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v so_o far_o from_o political_a that_o it_o be_v supernatural_a do_v not_o proper_o appertain_v unto_o this_o discourse_n and_o so_o i_o shall_v but_o point_v at_o it_o when_o the_o elder_n thus_o choose_v be_v set_v round_o about_o the_o tabernacle_n the_o lord_n come_v down_o in_o a_o cloud_n 25._o and_o take_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o moses_n and_o give_v it_o unto_o the_o seventy_o elder_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o when_o the_o spirit_n rest_v upon_o they_o they_o prophesy_v and_o do_v not_o cease_v so_o joshua_n be_v full_a of_o the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n for_o moses_n have_v lay_v his_o hand_n upon_o he_o and_o 9_o paul_n mind_v timothy_n stir_v up_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o thou_o 6._o by_o the_o lay_n on_o of_o my_o hand_n but_o the_o talmudist_n themselves_o do_v not_o pretend_v that_o their_o ordination_n be_v far_o accompany_v with_o supernatural_a endowment_n than_o the_o first_o institution_n and_o if_o divine_n be_v as_o ingenuous_a no_o less_o may_v be_v acknowledge_v of_o they_o moses_n be_v a_o prophet_n the_o like_a unto_o who_o have_v not_o be_v in_o israel_n and_o have_v there_o be_v a_o apostle_n like_o paul_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n every_o body_n can_v do_v miracle_n we_o see_v they_o can_v take_v heed_n how_o you_o deny_v sense_n for_o then_o bread_n may_v be_v flesh_n if_o we_o be_v not_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o a_o political_a institution_n without_o a_o miraculous_a test_n or_o recommendation_n either_o ordination_n be_v at_o first_o accompany_v with_o supernatural_a gift_n and_o from_o thenceforth_o as_o i_o conceive_v neither_o divine_v i_o think_v as_o such_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o much_o concern_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o the_o sanhedrin_n or_o of_o joshua_n who_o be_v magistrate_n as_o the_o people_n or_o the_o magistrate_n yet_o if_o these_o shall_v hence_o infer_v that_o their_o election_n ordination_n or_o designation_n of_o person_n confer_v supernatural_a gift_n divine_v will_v hardly_o allow_v of_o it_o &_o why_o be_v the_o people_n or_o the_o magistrate_n oblige_v to_o allow_v more_o unto_o that_o of_o a_o clergy_n to_o return_v such_o as_o i_o have_v show_v be_v the_o ordination_n of_o the_o senate_n or_o great_a sanhedrin_n that_o of_o the_o lesser_a sanhedrin_n or_o inferior_a conrt_n be_v of_o like_a nature_n for_o it_o follow_v i_o take_v the_o chief_a of_o your_o tribe_n wiseman_n and_o know_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o make_v they_o head_n over_o you_o captains_z of_o thousand_o and_o captain_n of_o hundred_o 15._o etc._n etc._n which_o be_v other_o magistrate_n than_o according_a unto_o our_o custom_n we_o shall_v ready_o expect_v to_o be_v intimate_v by_o such_o word_n for_o they_o be_v the_o judge_n of_o the_o inferior_a court_n those_o that_o sit_v in_o the_o gate_n of_o each_o city_n and_o other_o that_o appertain_v unto_o the_o village_n as_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n and_o i_o charge_v your_o judge_n at_o that_o time_n
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the_o 10._o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n &_o thou_o shall_v gather_v the_o whole_a assembly_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o they_o shall_v put_v their_o hand_n upon_o the_o levite_n this_o in_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o word_n may_v seem_v to_o imply_v the_o chirothesia_n or_o imposition_n of_o hand_n but_o take_v heed_n of_o that_o divine_n will_v not_o allow_v the_o chirothesia_n to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o people_n but_o in_o this_o proceed_n the_o whole_a people_n act_v in_o the_o ordination_n of_o the_o levite_n wherefore_o the_o levite_n also_o be_v ordain_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n consent_n vote_n or_o suffrage_n of_o the_o whole_a people_n employ_v in_o this_o action_n but_o for_o the_o ordination_n of_o priest_n and_o levite_n whatever_o it_o be_v it_o be_v not_o unto_o the_o present_a purpose_n divine_n derive_v not_o they_o from_o priest_n and_o levite_n but_o from_o duke_n generals_z and_o magistrate_n from_o that_o of_o joshua_n and_o of_o the_o 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otherwise_o with_o wallaeus_n and_o such_o as_o acknowledge_v popular_a government_n give_v the_o congregation_n or_o consent_v of_o the_o people_n for_o nothing_o and_o put_v the_o whole_a ordination_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n upon_o the_o wash_n and_o cleanse_v or_o other_o ceremony_n of_o their_o consecration_n as_o if_o to_o put_v the_o ordination_n of_o saul_n up_o on_o the_o ceremony_n of_o anoint_v by_o samuel_n though_o perform_v by_o the_o immediate_a command_n of_o god_n be_v not_o absolute_o contradictory_n to_o scripture_n and_o unto_o the_o know_a law_n of_o israel_n which_o speak_v of_o the_o people_n express_o say_v one_o from_o among_o principiis_fw-la thy_o brethren_n shall_v thou_o set_v king_n over_o thou_o upon_o which_o place_n say_v philo_n most_o wise_a moses_n never_o intend_v that_o the_o royal_a dignity_n shall_v be_v acquire_v by_o lot_n but_o choose_v rather_o that_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v elect_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n or_o suffrage_n of_o 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priest_n and_o levite_n lie_v in_o the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o consecration_n be_v every_o whit_n as_o sober_a and_o agreeable_a unto_o reason_n as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v hold_v the_o king_n of_o england_n to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o the_o unction_n of_o the_o bishop_n israel_n from_o the_o institution_n of_o moses_n to_o the_o monarchy_n be_v a_o democracy_n or_o popular_a government_n in_o popular_a government_n the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n and_o both_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v ordain_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n to_o bring_v these_o thing_n unto_o the_o city_n in_o the_o perambulation_n of_o the_o apostle_n which_o by_o the_o former_a chapter_n i_o have_v prove_v to_o have_v be_v popular_a government_n it_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o grotius_n unto_o the_o city_n of_o asia_n not_o only_o that_o they_o use_v the_o 10._o chirotonia_n but_o in_o the_o strict_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n that_o be_v to_o give_v their_o suffrage_n by_o the_o hold_v up_o of_o hand_n &_o that_o they_o have_v the_o liberty_n of_o their_o religion_n the_o choice_n of_o their_o magistrate_n both_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a in_o their_o ecclesiae_fw-la or_o congregation_n have_v be_v also_o undeniable_o evidence_v whence_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v city_n in_o asia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chirotonize_a or_o ordain_v them-elders_a that_o be_v magistrate_n and_o priest_n in_o every_o congregation_n with_o reverence_n be_v it_o speak_v long_o before_o christ_n be_v in_o the_o flesh_n or_o the_o apostle_n any_o of_o they_o be_v bear_v wherefore_o to_o sum_v up_o what_o in_o this_o chapter_n i_o conceive_v to_o be_v sufficient_o prove_v i_o may_v bold_o conclude_v that_o the_o chirotonia_n derive_v from_o popular_a constitution_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o way_n of_o ordination_n by_o the_o chirotonia_n chap._n iu._n the_o deduction_n of_o the_o chirothesia_n from_o monarchical_a or_o aristocratical_a government_n and_o of_o the_o second_o way_n of_o ordination_n from_o the_o chirothesia_n in_o which_o be_v contain_v the_o commonwealth_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o it_o stand_v after_o the_o captivity_n what_o please_v the_o prince_n say_v justinian_n have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o law_n see_v the_o people_n in_o his_o creation_n have_v devolve_v their_o whole_a power_n upon_o his_o person_n which_o be_v which_o the_o most_o but_o when_o popular_a government_n be_v change_v into_o monarchical_a either_o the_o whole_a power_n of_o the_o people_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o must_v of_o necessity_n accrue_v unto_o the_o king_n hence_o say_v samuel_n he_o will_v appoint_v he_o captain_n over_o thousand_o and_o captain_n over_o fifty_n in_o which_o word_n perhaps_o be_v intimate_v the_o judge_n of_o the_o inserior_fw-la court_n or_o jethonian_n prefecture_n so_o 12._o that_o hereby_o samuel_n tell_v the_o people_n they_o 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pretend_v unto_o government_n of_o any_o kind_n be_v not_o oblige_v unto_o some_o consideration_n of_o these_o rule_n in_o nature_n and_o universal_a experience_n yet_o i_o wonder_v how_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o constitute_v with_o which_o they_o make_v such_o a_o flourish_n do_v not_o lead_v they_o otherwise_o than_o they_o follow_v this_o as_o it_o be_v say_v of_o solon_n by_o aristotle_n be_v that_o which_o i_o have_v already_o show_v to_o be_v use_v both_o in_o the_o greek_a of_o the_o scripture_n for_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n by_o moses_n and_o in_o other_o author_n for_o that_o of_o the_o senate_n by_o romulus_n each_o of_o which_o be_v then_o elect_v by_o the_o people_n whence_o it_o may_v appear_v plain_o that_o this_o be_v no_o word_n as_o they_o pretend_v to_o exclude_v popular_a suffrage_n but_o rather_o to_o imply_v it_o and_o indeed_o that_o it_o be_v of_o no_o such_o nature_n as_o necessary_o to_o include_v power_n can_v not_o 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