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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52110	Lex Pacifica, or, Gods own law of determining controversies explain'd and asserted in a sermon preached at Dorchester at the Assizes holden there for the county of Dorset, August 5, 1664 / by John Martin ...	Martin, John, 1619-1693.	1664 (1664)	Wing M843; ESTC R31215	24,813	40

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find_v to_o signify_v a_o garden_n now_o if_o the_o great_a sanhedrin_n at_o jerusalem_n shall_v determine_v that_o the_o jew_n be_v bind_v to_o pay_v tithe_n of_o those_o minute_n thing_n which_o grow_v in_o their_o garden_n the_o people_n be_v oblige_v by_o virtue_n of_o this_o law_n in_o the_o text_n to_o submit_v their_o practice_n unto_o that_o decree_n and_o if_o upon_o pretence_n of_o error_n therein_o some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o contumacious_a doctor_n as_o the_o loc._n the_o grot._fw-la ad_fw-la loc._n jew_n call_v he_o the_o same_o with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o 16._o the_o can._n 16._o apostle_n canon_n shall_v factious_o oppose_v the_o same_o such_o a_o one_o be_v by_o this_o law_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n this_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o the_o text_n style_n the_o priest_n or_o the_o judge_n for_o in_o the_o ancient_a state_n of_o that_o government_n as_o constit_fw-la as_o lib._n de_fw-fr prin._n constit_fw-la philo_n and_o 2._o and_o advers._fw-la ap._n lib._n 2._o josephus_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o priest_n have_v the_o hear_n and_o determine_v of_o all_o controversy_n in_o the_o ordinary_a way_n of_o judicature_n which_o course_n as_o 143._o as_o in_o chron._n o_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la baron_n ex_fw-la phil._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr temp._n de_fw-fr huius_fw-la libri_fw-la authoritate_fw-la vid._n baron_n ad_fw-la an._n ch._n 1._o p._n 83._o n._n 20_o plant._n &_o add_v an._n chr._n 32._o p._n 143._o eusebius_n note_v be_v observe_v among_o they_o though_o not_o without_o some_o mixture_n of_o the_o laity_n till_o the_o reign_n of_o herod_n the_o great_a in_o who_o time_n the_o sceptre_n be_v about_o to_o depart_v from_o judah_n the_o authority_n whereof_o have_v be_v till_o then_o preserve_v in_o this_o sanhedrin_n and_o the_o assamonaei_n and_o 15._o and_o p._n 10._o n._n 15._o baronius_n in_o his_o apparatus_fw-la show_v you_o how_o herod_n i_o say_v upon_o reason_n of_o state_n slay_v they_o all_o but_o one_o and_o substitute_v a_o council_n of_o proselyte_n in_o their_o stead_n let_v no_o man_n think_v that_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n either_o take_v too_o much_o upon_o they_o or_o have_v too_o much_o confer_v upon_o they_o by_o this_o honour_n of_o judicature_n it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o heathen-world_n bestow_v upon_o their_o ignorant_a and_o idolatrous_a priest_n for_o the_o ethiopian_n 17._o ethiopian_n lib._n 17._o strabo_n for_o the_o egyptian_n 14._o egyptian_n lib._n 14._o aelian_a for_o the_o persian_n chron_n persian_n in_o chron_n eusebius_n for_o the_o athenian_n ant._n athenian_n lib._n 14._o ant._n josephus_n for_o the_o gaul_n and_o britain_n 6_o britain_n lib._n 6_o caesar_n for_o the_o roman_n legib_n roman_n lib._n 2_o do_v legib_n cicero_n be_v authentic_a witness_n nor_o be_v the_o impostor_n mahomet_n want_v to_o the_o