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himself_o faciam_fw-la vos_fw-la piscatores_fw-la hominum_fw-la he_o say_v not_o piscium_fw-la nor_o yet_o pecuniarum_fw-la the_o people_n tie_v to_o superstition_n religion_n turn_v to_o pharisaical_a ceremony_n the_o euangel_n neglect_v the_o law_n become_v mosaical_a daily_a impiety_n of_o all_o sort_n daily_a sacrifice_n and_o pardon_n for_o all_o abomination_n the_o holy_a desert_n open_v again_o to_o the_o world_n and_o defile_v with_o pride_n and_o vilanons_n lechery_n the_o town_n smoke_v in_o the_o stink_n of_o sodom_n that_o if_o those_o faithful_a father_n their_o first_o foundatour_n may_v again_o look_v upon_o their_o successores_fw-la they_o will_v cry_v nec_fw-la nos_fw-la patres_fw-la nec_fw-la vos_fw-la fily_n the_o first_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o sustain_v martyrdom_n be_v in_o number_n two_o and_o thirty_o before_o constantine_n the_o great_a what_o will_v they_o say_v to_o the_o pope_n who_o walk_v upon_o the_o neck_n of_o monarch_n while_o they_o succeed_v 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prince_n and_o priesthood_n another_o small_a sanedrim_n in_o every_o city_n of_o reasonable_a importance_n contain_v 23._o wise_a man_n together_o with_o a_o number_n of_o the_o priesthood_n which_o be_v do_v by_o a_o general_a ordinance_n of_o god_n himself_o populo_fw-la mandavit_fw-la ut_fw-la judices_fw-la constitueret_fw-la secundum_fw-la tribus_fw-la svas_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la civitate_fw-la that_o 16._o they_o shall_v in_o every_o city_n appoint_v judge_n according_a to_o their_o tribe_n and_o again_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n he_o make_v a_o law_n of_o appellation_n command_v in_o omni_fw-la re_fw-la dâ—…fficili_fw-la constituere_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la levitici_fw-la generis_fw-la &_o judices_fw-la 17._o to_o appoint_v over_o all_o difficile_a cause_n some_o of_o the_o priest_n and_o some_o of_o the_o judge_n he_o have_v not_o say_v only_o the_o priest_n nor_o only_o the_o judge_n as_o neither_o do_v moses_n when_o he_o go_v into_o the_o mountain_n make_v any_o separation_n 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the_o levite_n and_o the_o judge_n si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la difficilis_fw-la causa_fw-la natafuerit_fw-la if_o any_o difficile_a question_n 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o government_n of_o king_n david_n those_o conjunction_n be_v cleerelie_o express_v for_o he_o do_v absolute_o distribute_v the_o peculiaâ—…_n charge_v of_o the_o levite_n &_o hebroniâ—…s_n ultra_fw-la iâ—…rdanem_fw-la prâ—…cit_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la negâ—…tio_fw-la divino_fw-la &_o ministeriâ—…_n râ—…gis_n he_o do_v promove_v the_o hebronites_n beyond_o lordeâ—…_n to_o all_o 19_o the_o function_n appertain_v to_o god_n house_n and_o to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o king_n and_o â—…ine_v in_o the_o laâ—…t_a verse_n of_o the_o same_o hâ—…s_fw-la prefecit_fw-la david_n sâ—…per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o gadâ—…_n in_o omni_fw-la negâ—…tio_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la negotio_fw-la regis_fw-la which_o power_n of_o constitution_n in_o david_n be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v that_o the_o regal_a function_n be_v negotium_fw-la divinum_fw-la chief_o 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