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some_o of_o who_o word_n i_o will_v here_o recite_v
family_n and_o also_o make_v obnoxious_a to_o all_o law_n suit_n and_o imposition_n without_o any_o exemption_n or_o privilege_n so_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o monastical_a and_o in_o part_n a_o popish_a fancy_n to_o talk_v so_o much_o of_o apply_v their_o study_n and_o only_o preach_v the_o gospel_n for_o by_o many_o a_o writ_n and_o warrant_v from_o several_a court_n of_o justice_n and_o constable_n they_o shall_v be_v hinder_v and_o command_v to_o attend_v secular_a and_o litigious_a proceed_n and_o answer_v to_o all_o bill_n of_o complaint_n declaration_n and_o vexation_n that_o shall_v hinder_v their_o preach_n and_o study_n more_o than_o a_o voluntary_a employment_n at_o fit_a season_n in_o some_o public_a office_n xvii_o further_o it_o be_v but_o a_o popish_a opinion_n that_o regimen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la est_fw-la distinctum_fw-la à _fw-la politico_fw-la 5._o which_o bellarmine_n maintain_v take_v it_o for_o grant_v on_o both_o side_n only_o to_o advance_v the_o papacy_n above_o king_n and_o prince_n and_o to_o exempt_v the_o clergy_n from_o secular_a authority_n calvin_n affirm_v as_o much_o instit._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o 1._o but_o under_o correction_n i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o great_a error_n though_o now_o it_o be_v the_o common_a idol_n of_o every_o man_n fancy_n because_o that_o in_o our_o kingdom_n and_o so_o perhaps_o in_o most_o other_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n be_v divide_v the_o civil_a from_o the_o ecclesiastical_a which_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o think_v be_v the_o ancient_a manner_n nor_o to_o be_v the_o best_a course_n though_o thing_n be_v slight_v as_o now_o they_o be_v at_o this_o present_a it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o change_v for_o in_o a_o commonwealth_n the_o court_n of_o justice_n that_o have_v be_v long_o settle_v can_v easy_o be_v alter_v xviii_o there_o be_v a_o discourse_n about_o puritan_n 29._o late_o publish_v by_o a_o lawyer_n one_o mr_n parker_n wherein_o he_o except_v against_o calvin_n and_o i_o think_v not_o 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i_o demand_v then_o why_o shall_v the_o court_n be_v divide_v which_o be_v do_v first_o among_o we_o by_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o why_o shall_v not_o there_o be_v judge_n partly_o spiritual_a as_o well_o as_o temporal_a in_o all_o court_n save_v for_o the_o danger_n of_o innovation_n as_o it_o be_v ancient_o among_o 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 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 wise_a and_o choice_a that_o can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o whole_a state_n and_o 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 sanhedrim_n of_o the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o our_o parliament_n and_o be_v 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 commonwealth_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 ordain_v among_o his_o own_o choose_a people_n without_o any_o imputation_n of_o judaism_n now_o among_o they_o some_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v not_o only_o judge_n and_o elder_n in_o their_o own_o city_n which_o be_v allow_v they_o to_o the_o number_n of_o 48._o in_o the_o whole_a but_o sit_v with_o the_o elder_n of_o other_o city_n and_o be_v judge_n and_o officer_n over_o israel_n 29._o yea_o many_o thing_n by_o god_n law_n be_v whole_o and_o chief_o reserve_v to_o the_o knowledge_n and_o sentence_n of_o 21._o the_o priest_n as_o leprosy_n jealousy_n inquisition_n for_o murder_n false_a witness_n and_o such_o like_a which_o now_o among_o we_o for_o most_o part_n belong_v to_o the_o commonlaw_n in_o which_o case_n the_o people_n and_o elder_n be_v to_o consult_v the_o priest_n and_o take_v direction_n from_o they_o and_o so_o bertram_n in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr politia_fw-la judaica_n cap._n 9_o do_v make_v it_o manifest_a prorsus_fw-la est_fw-la extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la judices_fw-la municipales_fw-la cujusque_fw-la civitatis_fw-la ut_fw-la vocantur_fw-la seniores_fw-la suisse_fw-la chiliarchos_fw-la centuriones_fw-la quinquagenarios_fw-la and_o decuriones_fw-la tot_fw-la quot_fw-la esse_fw-la poterant_fw-la in_fw-la quâque_fw-la civitate_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la levitae_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_fw-la praefectos_fw-la assumerentur_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la in_fw-la ea_fw-la aliquot_fw-la erant_fw-la levitae_fw-la sin_n minùs_fw-la ex_fw-la proxima_fw-la urbe_fw-la levitis_fw-la assignata_fw-la advocabantur_fw-la and_o again_o in_o his_o cap._n 10._o david_n in_fw-la civili_fw-la politia_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la destinâsse_fw-la iudices_fw-la et_fw-la praefectos_fw-la sexies_fw-la mille_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la iudices_fw-la et_fw-la praefecti_fw-la assumpti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la ut_fw-la primùm_fw-la essent_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la assessores_fw-la essent_fw-la judicum_fw-la ordinariorum_fw-la et_fw-la municipalium_fw-la qui_fw-la seniores_fw-la dicebantur_fw-la qui_fw-la et_fw-la aliquando_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la ut_fw-la vulgò_fw-la lequuntur_fw-la judicarent_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la levioribus_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 senioribus_fw-la deinde_fw-la ut_fw-la essent_fw-la etiam_fw-la quidam_fw-la alij_fw-la qui_fw-la judicatas_fw-la res_fw-la exequerentur_fw-la vel_fw-la 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 et_fw-la ipsi_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la pecuniarijs_fw-la cognoscerent_fw-la et_fw-la judicarent_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la rem_fw-la judicatam_fw-la exequerentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ex_fw-la eâdem_fw-la familiâ_fw-la adhibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la regendam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la politiam_fw-la civilem_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 et_fw-la permixtio_fw-la and_o cap._n 11._o ad_fw-la utrumque_fw-la judicium_fw-la tam_fw-la civil_a quà m_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la adhibiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_fw-la 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 designaverat_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 de_fw-la repub_n heb._n cap._n 7._o speak_v of_o the_o sanhedrim_n inivere_n hoc_fw-la concilium_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la populi_fw-la ac_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la senioribus_fw-la populi_fw-la et_fw-la pontifex_fw-la cum_fw-la principibus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la and_o scribis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la legis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la perspicere_fw-la liquet_fw-la ex_fw-la evangelijs_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 principes_fw-la tribuum_fw-la qui_fw-la regi_fw-la assidebant_fw-la
the_o price_n of_o his_o land_n as_o other_o zealous_a christian_n then_o do_v to_o pious_a use_n why_o 4._o have_v satan_n fill_v thy_o heart_n to_o lie_v unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o keep_v back_o part_n of_o the_o price_n of_o the_o land_n while_o it_o remain_v be_v it_o not_o thy_o own_o and_o after_o it_o be_v sell_v be_v it_o not_o in_o thy_o own_o power_n but_o after_o he_o have_v give_v it_o than_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o own_o power_n to_o resume_v or_o detain_v a_o part_n this_o text_n deserve_v well_o to_o be_v consider_v on_o before_o man_n proceed_v to_o arbitrary_a resumption_n of_o thing_n consecrate_v to_o pious_a use_n xi_o butconcern_v the_o legislative_a power_n and_o votesof_n bishop_n in_o make_v law_n to_o regulate_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o preserve_v peace_n and_o justice_n 402._o among_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n there_o be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v a_o ancient_a law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n that_o worthy_a king_n in_o his_o law_n have_v one_o chapter_n 11._o de_fw-la officio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la officium_fw-la ejus_fw-la episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinet_fw-la omnem_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la promovere_fw-la dei_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ac_fw-la seculi_fw-la imprimis_fw-la debet_fw-la paeem_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la dei_fw-la instruere_fw-la quid_fw-la ei_fw-la jure_fw-la sit_fw-la agendum_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la secularibus_fw-la iudicare_fw-la debeant_fw-la debet_fw-la enim_fw-la sedulò_fw-la pacem_fw-la et_fw-la concordiam_fw-la operari_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la iudicibus_fw-la qui_fw-la rectum_fw-la velle_fw-la diligunt_fw-la and_o incompellationum_fw-la adlegationem_fw-la docere_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la alij_fw-la perperà magat_fw-la in_fw-la jurejurando_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o ordalio_n nec_fw-la pati_fw-la debet_fw-la aliquam_fw-la circumventionem_fw-la injusta_fw-la mensurae_fw-la vel_fw-la injusti_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sed_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la et_fw-la testimonium_fw-la eius_fw-la omne_fw-la legis_fw-la scitum_fw-la et_fw-la burgi_n mensura_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la institutum_fw-la valde_fw-la rectum_fw-la ne_fw-fr quis_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la seducat_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la decidat_fw-la in_fw-la peccatum_fw-la et_fw-la semper_fw-la debet_fw-la christianus_fw-la providere_fw-la contra_fw-la omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o ideo_fw-la debet_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la de_fw-la pluribus_fw-la intromittere_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la grex_fw-la agate_n quem_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la manum_fw-la custodire_fw-la suscepit_fw-la ne_fw-la diabolus_fw-la eum_fw-la laniet_fw-la nec_fw-la malum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la superseminet_fw-la nunquam_fw-la erit_fw-la populo_fw-la bene_fw-la consultum_fw-la nec_fw-la dignè_fw-la deo_fw-la conservabitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la impium_fw-la et_fw-la magis_fw-la falsum_fw-la diligitur_fw-la ideo_fw-la debent_fw-la omnes_fw-la amici_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la iniquum_fw-la est_fw-la evervare_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la elevare_fw-la non_fw-la patiut_fw-la propter_fw-la falsum_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quaestum_fw-la se_fw-la forisfaciant_fw-la homines_fw-la erga_fw-la verè_fw-la sapientem_fw-la deum_fw-la cui_fw-la displicet_fw-la omnis_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la christianis_fw-la autem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la rectum_fw-la diligant_fw-la and_o iniqua_fw-la condemnent_fw-la and_o saltem_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la evecti_fw-la iustum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la et_fw-la prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_fw-la iudicijs_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illius_fw-la culp_fw-la â_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la pertinet_fw-la in_fw-la suà _fw-la diocesi_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la sedulo_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la juvent_fw-la nec_fw-la patiantur_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la christianus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alij_fw-la noceat_fw-la non_fw-la potens_fw-la impotenti_fw-la non_fw-la summus_fw-la infimo_fw-la non_fw-la praelatus_fw-la subditis_fw-la non_fw-la dominus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la vel_fw-la seruis_fw-la aut_fw-la liberis_fw-la molestus_fw-la existat_fw-la et_fw-la secundùm_fw-la episcopi_fw-la dictionem_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la suam_fw-la mensuram_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la servi_fw-la testamentales_fw-la operentur_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la sciram_fw-la cui_fw-la praeest_fw-la et_fw-la rectum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la mensurabilis_fw-la virga_fw-la longior_fw-la quà m_fw-la alia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la episcopi_fw-la mensuram_fw-la omnes_fw-la institutae_fw-la sint_fw-la et_fw-la exequatae_fw-la per_fw-la suam_fw-la diocesim_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la constet_fw-la secundùm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la eius_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la intersit_fw-la discernat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la domini_fw-la necesse_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la compatiatur_fw-la et_fw-la condescendat_fw-la seruis_fw-la suis_fw-la sicut_fw-la indulgentiùs_fw-la poterit_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la empti_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la chari_fw-la servus_fw-la et_fw-la liber_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la codem_fw-la praetio_fw-la redemit_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la sumus_fw-la dei_fw-la necessariò_fw-la servi_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la judicabit_fw-la nobis_fw-la siout_fw-la antejudicavimus_fw-la eis_fw-la quibus_fw-la judicium_fw-la super_fw-la habuimus_fw-la in_fw-la terris_fw-la it_o be_v manifest_a hereby_o that_o by_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n what_o trust_v charge_n and_o care_n be_v repose_v in_o the_o bishop_n not_o only_o to_o direct_v matter_n ecclesiastical_a but_o also_o to_o assist_v rule_n and_o guide_v temporal_a affair_n to_o preserve_v peace_n justice_n upright_o deal_v just_a and_o true_a administration_n of_o several_a office_n and_o duty_n whereby_o religion_n be_v much_o advance_v and_o adorn_v when_o man_n be_v honest_a and_o upright_a in_o their_o action_n contract_n bargain_n andcivill_a deal_n amongthemselve_n so_o that_o they_o may_v not_o clash_v or_o oppose_v religion_n or_o such_o act_n as_o have_v special_a relation_n to_o religion_n for_o all_o public_a statute_n act_n and_o constitution_n for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v in_o some_o degree_n more_o or_o less_o trench_n upon_o religion_n and_o the_o furtherance_n or_o hindrance_n thereof_o so_o that_o they_o can_v hardly_o bedu_o and_o right_o enact_v and_o frame_v without_o the_o advice_n counsel_n and_o assistance_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o clergy_n xii_o and_o though_o some_o canon_n may_v seem_v to_o forbid_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n to_o intermeddle_v with_o secular_a affair_n yet_o that_o be_v not_o absolute_o forbid_v but_o in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n as_o in_o the_o famous_a council_n of_o cloveshoe_n under_o cuthbert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n an._n 747._o canon_n 1._o negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la plus_fw-la quà m_fw-la dei_fw-la servitijs_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la sit_fw-la subditus_fw-la existit_fw-la to_o attend_v secular_a affair_n more_o than_o spiritual_a and_o to_o be_v whole_o employ_v and_o conversant_a in_o temporal_a matter_n without_o due_a regard_n to_o the_o better_a part_n but_o it_o will_v not_o hinder_v sacred_a study_n nor_o the_o diligent_a preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o some_o man_n at_o convenient_a time_n have_v a_o charge_n and_o oversight_n of_o temporal_a affair_n and_o the_o carriage_n of_o public_a business_n and_o concerning_o this_o see_v more_o in_o bishop_n davenant_n determination_n at_o cambridge_n quaest._n 11._o civilis_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la jure_fw-la conceditur_fw-la personis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la xiii_o thus_o much_o may_v serve_v for_o reply_n to_o the_o examiner_n especial_o upon_o the_o five_o reason_n which_o i_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n material_a in_o the_o whole_a discourse_n for_o the_o rest_n will_v appear_v to_o be_v needless_a if_o this_o be_v clear_v but_o if_o he_o will_v look_v back_o to_o former_a time_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o our_o kingdom_n and_o government_n follow_v the_o ancient_a manner_n of_o god_n own_o people_n of_o israel_n who_o ceremony_n and_o ritual_n though_o they_o now_o be_v abolish_v yetthe_v general_a rule_n of_o justice_n equity_n government_n and_o order_n do_v still_o remain_v and_o as_o god_n make_v the_o priesthood_n then_o honourable_a in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o commit_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o government_n unto_o they_o so_o doubtlessenow_v underthe_a gospel_n the_o priesthood_n ought_v to_o be_v honourable_a and_o to_o have_v a_o principal_a part_n in_o the_o rule_v and_o govern_v of_o the_o state_n and_o commonwealth_n to_o be_v a_o priest_n in_o israel_n be_v to_o be_v a_o chief_a man_n levit._n 21._o 4._o and_o therefore_o in_o all_o their_o court_n of_o justice_n the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v chief_a man_n in_o authority_n for_o decide_v of_o all_o cause_n both_o in_o the_o great_a court_n of_o sanhedrim_n at_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v a_o continuation_n of_o the_o 70._o elder_n appoint_v by_o god_n himself_o numb._n 11._o and_o be_v answerable_a in_o authority_n to_o our_o parliament_n and_o also_o in_o the_o lesser_a sanhedrim_n forth_o government_n of_o city_n in_o every_o tribe_n there_o be_v always_o two_o allot_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n for_o assistance_n as_o josephus_n show_v lib._n 4._o cap._n 8._o antiquit_fw-la oppidatim_fw-la praesint_fw-la septem_fw-la viri_fw-la probatae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la etiustitiae_fw-la cultores_fw-la singulis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la attribuantur_fw-la duo_fw-la ministri_fw-la