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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v under_o popular_a government_n we_o need_v to_o have_v go_v no_o far_o than_o the_o text_n as_o where_o the_o chancellor_n of_o ephesus_n to_o get_v rid_v of_o a_o tumultuous_a ecclesia_fw-la or_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n promise_v they_o a_o lawful_a one_o in_o iconium_n lystra_n derbe_n and_o the_o rest_n you_o hear_v not_o of_o any_o king_n as_o where_o herod_n stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n to_o please_v the_o jew_n and_o vex_v the_o church_n but_o of_o the_o people_n of_o their_o ruler_n of_o their_o assembly_n and_o of_o their_o tumult_n the_o people_n at_o lystra_n be_v now_o agree_v to_o give_v the_o apostle_n divine_a honour_n and_o anon_o both_o at_o iconium_n and_o lystra_n to_o stone_n they_o now_o to_o determine_v of_o divine_a honour_n or_o of_o life_n and_o death_n be_v act_n of_o sovereign_a power_n it_o be_v true_a these_o nevertheless_o may_v happen_v to_o be_v usurp_v by_o a_o mere_a tumult_n but_o that_o can_v be_v say_v of_o 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of_o rome_n relate_v to_o this_o be_v election_n of_o magistrate_n or_o enact_v of_o law_n by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n which_o because_o they_o give_v by_o hold_v up_o their_o hand_n come_v thence_o to_o be_v call_v chirotonia_n which_o signify_v hold_v up_o of_o hand_n the_o legislative_a assembly_n or_o representative_a of_o the_o people_n call_v the_o nomothetae_n upon_o occasion_n of_o repeal_n a_o old_a law_n and_o enact_v a_o new_a one_o give_v the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n and_o yet_o say_v the_o athenian_a law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v the_o proedrigive_v or_o make_v timocr_n the_o chirotonia_n unto_o either_o law_n the_o proedri_n as_o be_v show_v in_o the_o former_a book_n be_v the_o ten_o precedent_n of_o the_o prytan_n which_o prytan_n upon_o this_o occasion_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o nomothetae_n again_o whereas_o it_o be_v the_o undoubted_a right_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o people_n to_o elect_a their_o magistrate_n by_o their_o chirotonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o it_o be_v nevertheless_o show_v by_o pollux_n to_o have_v be_v the_o peculiar_a office_n of_o the_o thesmothetae_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o chirotonize_v the_o mágistrate_n for_o as_o the_o proedri_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o people_n in_o their_o legislative_a capacity_n so_o be_v the_o 8._o thesmothetae_n upon_o occasion_n of_o election_n thus_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o proedri_n or_o of_o the_o thesmothetae_n signify_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n by_o which_o they_o enact_v all_o their_o law_n and_o elect_v all_o their_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a magistrate_n or_o priest_n as_o the_o rex_fw-la sacrificus_fw-la and_o the_o orgeones_n except_o some_o by_o the_o lot_n which_o ordination_n as_o be_v observe_v by_o aristoile_n be_v equal_o popular_a this_o whether_o ignorant_o or_o wilful_o unregarded_a have_v be_v as_o will_v be_v see_v hereafter_o the_o cause_n of_o great_a absurdity_n for_o who_o see_v not_o that_o to_o put_v the_o chirotonia_n or_o sovereign_a power_n of_o athens_n upon_o the_o proedri_n or_o the_o thesmothetae_n be_v to_o make_v such_o a_o thing_n of_o that_o government_n as_o can_v no_o wise_n be_v understand_v what_o the_o people_n have_v pass_v by_o their_o chirotonia_n be_v call_v psephisma_n a_o act_n or_o law_n and_o because_o in_o the_o nomothetae_n there_o be_v always_o two_o law_n put_v together_o unto_o the_o vote_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o old_a one_o and_o that_o which_o be_v offer_v in_o the_o room_n of_o it_o they_o that_o be_v for_o the_o old_a law_n be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o pronounce_v in_o the_o negative_a and_o they_o that_o be_v for_o the_o new_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o pronounce_v for_o the_o affirmative_a these_o law_n these_o proposition_n or_o this_o frame_n of_o government_n have_v be_v propose_v first_o by_o solon_n and_o then_o ratify_v or_o establish_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o athenian_a people_n aristotle_n say_v of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o institute_v or_o constitute_v the_o popular_a government_n with_o constitution_n imply_v not_o any_o power_n in_o solon_n who_o absolute_o refuse_v to_o be_v a_o king_n and_o therefore_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o he_o imply_v no_o more_o than_o authority_n i_o have_v show_v you_o the_o word_n in_o controversy_n and_o the_o thing_n together_o in_o the_o mint_n now_o whether_o they_o that_o as_o to_o athens_n introduce_v they_o both_o understand_v either_o i_o leave_v my_o reader_n by_o compare_v they_o to_o judge_v it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o thing_n express_v by_o these_o word_n have_v be_v in_o some_o commonwealth_n more_o in_o other_o less_o ancient_a than_o the_o greek_a language_n but_o this_o hinder_v not_o the_o greek_n to_o apply_v the_o word_n unto_o the_o like_a constitution_n or_o thing_n wherever_o they_o find_v they_o as_o by_o follow_v halicarnassaeus_n i_o shall_v exemplify_v 2._o in_o rome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d romulus_n when_o he_o have_v distribute_v the_o people_n into_o tribe_n and_o into_o parish_n proceed_v to_o ordain_v the_o senate_n in_o this_o manner_n the_o tribe_n be_v three_o and_o the_o parish_n thirty_o out_o of_o every_o tribe_n he_o elect_v three_o senator_n and_o out_o of_o every_o parish_n three_o more_o all_o by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n these_o therefore_o come_v to_o ninety_o nine_o choose_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n unto_o which_o he_o add_v one_o more_o not_o choose_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n but_o by_o himself_o only_o which_o election_n we_o may_v therefore_o say_v be_v make_v by_o the_o chirothesia_n for_o as_o in_o this_o chapter_n i_o be_o show_v that_o the_o chirotonia_n be_v election_n by_o the_o many_o so_o in_o the_o next_o i_o shall_v show_v that_o the_o chirothesia_n be_v election_n by_o one_o or_o by_o the_o few_o but_o to_o keep_v unto_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n the_o magistrate_n thus_o choose_v by_o romulus_n be_v praefectus_fw-la urbi_fw-la the_o protector_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n or_o he_o who_o when_o the_o king_n be_v out_o of_o the_o nation_n or_o the_o city_n as_o upon_o occasion_n of_o war_n have_v the_o exercise_n of_o royal_a power_n at_o home_n in_o like_a manner_n with_o the_o civil_a magistracy_n be_v the_o priest_n create_v though_o some_o of_o they_o not_o so_o ancient_o for_o the_o pontifex_fw-la maximus_fw-la the_o rex_fw-la sacrificus_fw-la and_o the_o flamen_fw-la be_v all_o ordain_v by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n pontifex_fw-la tributis_fw-la rex_fw-la centuriâ—â—tis_fw-la flamen_fw-la curiatis_fw-la the_o latter_a of_o which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o parish_n priest_n have_v no_o other_o ordination_n than_o by_o their_o parish_n all_o the_o law_n and_o all_o the_o magistrate_n in_o rome_n even_o the_o king_n themselves_o be_v according_a unto_o the_o order_n of_o this_o commonwealth_n to_o be_v create_v by_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n which_o nevertheless_o be_v by_o appian_n sometime_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o tribune_n whether_o that_o these_o magistrate_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n or_o elect_v by_o they_o sic_fw-la romani_fw-la historici_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d untur_fw-la 15._o conâ—ulem_fw-la qui_fw-la comitia_fw-la habuerit_fw-la creasse_n â—â—vos_fw-la magistratu_fw-la non_fw-la aliam_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la suffragia_fw-la receperit_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la moderatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la what_o pass_v the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n by_o the_o greek_n be_v call_v psephisma_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 8._o when_o the_o congregation_n of_o the_o people_n be_v to_o be_v dismiss_v marcus_n stand_v up_o say_v your_o psephisma_n that_o be_v your_o act_n be_v exceed_o good_a etc._n etc._n this_o policy_n for_o the_o great_a part_n be_v that_o which_o romulus_n as_o be_v show_v be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o have_v institute_v or_o ordain_v though_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o ordain_v it_o no_o otherwise_o than_o by_o the_o chirotonia_n of_o the_o people_n thus_o you_o have_v another_o example_n of_o the_o three_o word_n in_o controversy_n chirotonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psephisma_n still_o apply_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n and_o to_o the_o same_o thing_n have_v i_o not_o also_o discover_v already_o the_o original_a right_n of_o ordination_n whether_o in_o civil_a or_o religious_a order_n this_o will_v be_v scandalous_a how_o derive_v ordination_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n or_o asit_fw-la be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o jew_n from_o the_o religion_n or_o rather_o superstition_n of_o the_o heathen_n i_o meddle_v not_o with_o their_o religion_n nor_o yet_o with_o their_o superstition_n but_o with_o their_o ordination_n which_o be_v neither_o but_o a_o 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