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his_o religious_a assembl_n bless_a be_v thou_o o_o lord_n our_o god_n the_o king_n of_o the_o world_n that_o have_v sanctify_v we_o with_o thy_o precept_n and_o give_v we_o command_v concern_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o law_n and_o sweeten_v o_o lord_n the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n in_o our_o mouth_n and_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o thy_o people_n the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o make_v we_o all_o and_o our_o child_n and_o our_o child_n child_n knower_n of_o thy_o name_n and_o learner_n of_o thy_o law_n for_o itself_o bless_a be_v thou_o o_o lord_n which_o teach_v thy_o people_n israel_n the_o law_n so_o far_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o benediction_n a_o benediction_n make_v by_o the_o self_n same_o author_n who_o as_o it_o be_v conceive_v by_o scaliger_n do_v ordain_v the_o festival_n the_o like_a authority_n be_v exercise_v by_o the_o jewish_a church_n in_o institute_v set_v and_o appoint_v fast_n for_o the_o chastise_v of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o afflict_a of_o the_o soul_n 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40.9_o 1._o and_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o altar_n most_o holy_a etc._n etc._n and_o thus_o do_v moses_n in_o conformity_n to_o the_o lord_n commandment_n of_o who_o it_o be_v affirm_v thus_o do_v moses_n according_a to_o all_o that_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o so_o do_v he_o that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o rear_v up_o the_o tabernacle_n verse_n 16_o and_o dispose_v of_o every_o thing_n therein_o in_o its_o proper_a place_n hallow_v the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o altar_n and_o the_o vessel_n of_o it_o as_o the_o lord_n command_v and_o then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o be_v it_o think_v fit_a for_o the_o act_n of_o sacrifice_n and_o to_o be_v honour_v with_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n for_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o that_o chapter_n first_o moses_n offer_v on_o the_o altar_n so_o prepare_v and_o consecrate_v a_o burnt-offering_a and_o a_o meat-offering_a as_o the_o lord_n command_v ver_fw-la 29._o and_o second_o a_o cloud_n then_o cover_v the_o tent_n of_o the_o 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and_o child_n and_o with_o all_o his_o substance_n and_o that_o he_o go_v but_o easy_o according_a as_o the_o cattle_n and_o the_o child_n be_v able_a to_o endure_v yet_o he_o go_v forward_o still_o without_o any_o rest_n otherwise_o laban_n who_o hear_v of_o his_o departure_n on_o the_o three_o day_n and_o pursue_v after_o he_o amain_o must_v needs_o have_v overtake_v he_o before_o the_o seven_o now_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o jacob_n time_n when_o he_o be_v settle_v in_o the_o land_n appoint_v for_o he_o and_o afterward_o remove_v to_o egypt_n chapter_n see_v n._n 5._o of_o this_o chapter_n we_o must_v refer_v you_o unto_o justin_n martyr_n and_o eusebius_n whereof_o one_o say_v express_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o keep_v no_o sabbath_n the_o other_o make_v he_o one_o of_o those_o which_o live_v without_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n whereof_o the_o sabbath_n be_v a_o part_n have_v bring_v jacob_n into_o egypt_n we_o shall_v proceed_v to_o joseph_n moses_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o offspring_n there_o but_o we_o will_v first_o take_v job_n along_o as_o one_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n that_o after_o we_o may_v have_v the_o more_o leisure_n to_o wait_v upon_o the_o israelite_n in_o that_o house_n of_o bondage_n i_o say_v as_o one_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n the_o five_o from_o abraham_n 6._o demonstr_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o so_o eusebius_n tell_v we_o who_o say_v moreover_o that_o he_o keep_v no_o sabbath_n what_o say_v he_o shall_v we_o say_v of_o job_n that_o just_a that_o pious_a that_o most_o blameless_a man_n what_o be_v the_o rule_n whereby_o be_v square_v his_o life_n and_o govern_v his_o devotion_n be_v any_o part_n of_o moses_n law_n not_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v any_o keep_n of_o the_o sabbath_n or_o observation_n of_o any_o other_o jewish_a order_n how_o can_v that_o be_v say_v he_o consider_v that_o he_o be_v ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o live_v before_o his_o law_n be_v publish_v for_o moses_n be_v the_o seven_o from_o abraham_n and_o job_n the_o eight_o so_o far_o eusebius_n and_o justin_n martyr_n also_o join_v he_o with_o abraham_n and_o his_o family_n as_o man_n that_o take_v not_o heed_n of_o new_a moon_n or_o sabbath_n whereof_o see_v before_o n._n 5._o 14._o 2._o edit_fw-la p._n 14._o i_o find_v indeed_o in_o dr._n bind_v that_o theodore_n beza_n on_o his_o own_o authority_n have_v make_v job_n very_o punctual_a in_o sanctify_v septimum_fw-la saltem_fw-la quemque_fw-la diem_fw-la every_o seven_o day_n at_o least_o as_o god_n say_v he_o from_o the_o beginning_n have_v appoint_v but_o i_o hold_v beza_n not_o a_o fit_a match_n for_o justin_n and_o eusebius_n nor_o to_o be_v credit_v in_o this_o kind_n when_o they_o say_v the_o contrary_a consider_v in_o what_o time_n they_o live_v and_o with_o who_o they_o deal_v and_o now_o we_o come_v at_o last_o unto_o the_o israelite_n in_o egypt_n from_o joseph_n who_o first_o bring_v they_o thither_o to_o moses_n who_o conduct_v they_o in_o their_o flight_n from_o thence_o and_o so_o unto_o the_o body_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n 6._o dem._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o for_o joseph_n first_o eusebius_n first_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o general_n that_o the_o same_o institution_n and_o course_n of_o life_n which_o by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n be_v preach_v unto_o the_o gentile_n have_v former_o be_v commend_v to_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n particular_a instance_n whereof_o he_o make_v melchisedech_n and_o noah_n and_o enoch_n and_o abraham_n till_o the_o time_n of_o circumcision_n and_o then_o it_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o joseph_n in_o the_o court_n of_o egypt_n long_a time_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n live_v answerable_o to_o those_o ancient_a pattern_n and_o not_o according_a as_o the_o jew_n nay_o he_o affirm_v the_o same_o of_o moses_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a lawgiver_n himself_o the_o chieftain_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n as_o for_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o people_n we_o can_v expect_v no_o more_o of_o they_o that_o they_o live_v in_o bondage_n under_o severe_a and_o cruel_a master_n who_o call_v upon_o they_o day_n by_o day_n to_o fulfil_v their_o task_n 1._o see_v exod._n 5._o v._o 5._o &_o 14._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la lib._n 1._o and_o do_v expostulate_v with_o they_o in_o a_o heavy_a manner_n in_o case_n they_o want_v of_o their_o tale._n the_o jew_n themselves_o can_v best_o resolve_v we_o in_o this_o point_n and_o among_o they_o philo_n do_v thus_o describe_v their_o trouble_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o taskmaster_n or_o overseer_n of_o the_o work_n be_v the_o most_o cruel_a and_o unmerciful_a man_n in_o all_o the_o country_n who_o lay_v upon_o they_o great_a task_n than_o they_o be_v able_a to_o endure_v inflict_v on_o they_o no_o less_o punishment_n than_o death_n itself_o if_o any_o of_o they_o yea_o though_o by_o reason_n of_o infirmity_n shall_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o his_o daily_a labour_n some_o be_v command_v to_o employ_v themselves_o in_o the_o public_a structure_n other_o in_o bring_v in_o material_n for_o such_o mighty_a building_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d never_o enjoy_v any_o rest_n either_o night_n or_o day_n that_o in_o the_o end_n they_o be_v even_o spend_v and_o tire_v with_o continual_a travel_n 5._o antiqu._n jud._n lib._n 2._o c._n 5._o josephus_n go_v a_o little_a further_o and_o tell_v we_o this_o that_o the_o egyptian_n do_v not_o only_o tire_v the_o israelite_n with_o continual_a labour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o the_o israelite_n endeavour_v to_o perform_v more_o than_o be_v expect_v assure_o in_o such_o a_o woeful_a state_n as_o this_o they_o have_v not_o leave_v nor_o leisure_n to_o observe_v the_o sabbath_n and_o last_o rabbi_n maimony_n make_v the_o matter_n yet_o more_o absolute_a deealog_n apud_fw-la ryvit_fw-la in_o deealog_n who_o say_v it_o for_o a_o truth_n that_o when_o they_o be_v in_o egypt_n neque_fw-la quiescere_fw-la vel_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la agere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la they_o neither_o can_v have_v time_n to_o rest_n nor_o to_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n see_v they_o be_v not_o then_o at_o their_o own_o dispose_n so_o he_o add_v deut._n 5.15_o indeed_o it_o easy_o may_v be_v believe_v that_o the_o people_n keep_v no_o sabbath_n in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n see_v they_o can_v not_o be_v permit_v in_o all_o that_o time_n of_o their_o abode_n there_o to_o offer_v sacrifice_n which_o be_v the_o easy_a duty_n of_o the_o two_o and_o will_v less_o have_v take_v they_o from_o their_o labour_n those_o that_o accuse_v the_o israelite_n to_o have_v be_v wanton_a lazy_a and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o because_o they_o do_v desire_v to_o spend_v one_o only_a day_n in_o religious_a exercise_n what_o will_v they_o not_o have_v do_v have_v they_o desist_v every_o seven_o day_n from_o the_o work_v impose_v upon_o they_o doubtless_o they_o have_v be_v carry_v to_o the_o house_n of_o correction_n if_o not_o worse_o handle_v i_o say_v in_o all_o that_o time_n they_o be_v not_o permit_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n in_o that_o country_n and_o therefore_o when_o they_o purpose_v to_o escape_v from_o thence_o they_o make_v a_o suit_n to_o pharaoh_n 8._o exod._n 8._o that_o he_o will_v suffer_v they_o to_o go_v three_o day_n journey_n into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o offer_v sacrifice_n there_o to_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n rather_o than_o so_o pharaoh_n be_v willing_a to_o permit_v they_o for_o that_o once_o to_o sacrifice_v unto_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o what_o say_v moses_n thereunto_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v say_v he_o so_o to_o do_v for_o we_o shall_v sacrifice_v the_o abomination_n of_o the_o egyptian_n to_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n verse_n 26_o before_o their_o eye_n and_o they_o will_v stone_n we_o his_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o god_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v bull_n and_o ram_n and_o sheep_n and_o ox_n verse_n 26_o as_o lyra_n note_v upon_o that_o place_n talia_fw-la verò_fw-la animalia_fw-la ab_fw-la hebraeis_n erant_fw-la immolanda_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la permisissent_fw-la aegyptii_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sva_fw-la and_o certain_o the_o egyptian_n will_v not_o endure_v to_o see_v their_o god_n knock_v down_o before_o their_o face_n if_o any_o than_o demand_v wherein_o the_o piety_n and_o religion_n of_o god_n people_n do_v consist_v especial_o we_o must_v needs_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o integrity_n and_o honesty_n of_o their_o conversation_n 5._o adu._n haeres_fw-la l._n 1_o har_z 5._o and_o that_o they_o worship_v god_n only_o in_o the_o spirit_n and_o truth_n nothing_o to_o make_v it_o know_v that_o they_o be_v god_n people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o only_o that_o they_o fear_v the_o lord_n
be_v thursday_n follow_v they_o be_v advance_v so_o far_o as_o to_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sinai_n i_o say_v the_o three_o day_n of_o the_o three_o month_n for_o where_o the_o text_n have_v it_o 19.1_o exod._n 19.1_o in_o the_o three_o month_n when_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v go_v forth_o out_o from_o egypt_n the_o same_o day_n come_v they_o into_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sinai_n by_o the_o same_o day_n be_v mean_v the_o same_o day_n of_o the_o month_n which_o be_v the_o three_o day_n 11._o exod._n 19_o ver_fw-la 3.10_o 11._o be_v thursday_n after_o our_o account_n the_o morrow_n after_o go_v moses_n up_o unto_o the_o lord_n and_o have_v commandment_n from_o he_o to_o sanctify_v the_o people_n that_o day_n and_o to_o morrow_n and_o to_o make_v they_o ready_a against_o the_o three_o day_n god_n mean_v on_o that_o day_n to_o come_v down_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o the_o people_n in_o mount_n sinai_n and_o to_o make_v know_v his_o will_n unto_o they_o verse_n 17_o that_o day_n be_v come_v which_o be_v the_o saturday_n or_o sabbath_n the_o people_n be_v bring_v out_o of_o the_o camp_n to_o meet_v with_o god_n and_o place_v by_o moses_n at_o the_o nether_a part_n of_o the_o mountain_n moses_n ascend_v first_o to_o god_n and_o descend_v after_o to_o the_o people_n to_o charge_v they_o that_o they_o do_v not_o pass_v their_o bound_n before_o appoint_v it_o seem_v the_o sabbath_n rest_n be_v not_o so_o establish_v verse_n 21_o but_o that_o the_o people_n have_v be_v likely_a to_o take_v the_o pain_n to_o climb_v the_o mountain_n and_o to_o behold_v the_o wonder_n which_o be_v do_v upon_o it_o have_v they_o not_o have_v a_o special_a charge_n unto_o the_o contrary_n thing_n order_v thus_o it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o publish_v and_o proclaim_v his_o law_n unto_o the_o people_n in_o thunder_n smoak_n and_o lightning_n and_o the_o noise_n of_o a_o trumpet_n use_v therein_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o holy_a angel_n which_o law_n we_o call_v the_o decalogue_n or_o the_o ten_o commandment_n and_o contain_v in_o it_o the_o whole_a moral_a law_n or_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n this_o have_v before_o be_v natural_o imprint_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n however_o that_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n the_o character_n thereof_o have_v be_v much_o deface_v so_o dim_v and_o darken_v that_o god_n own_o people_n stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o new_a impression_n and_o therefore_o be_v proclaim_v in_o this_o solemn_a manner_n that_o so_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n may_v leave_v the_o clear_a stamp_n in_o their_o affection_n a_o law_n which_o in_o itself_o be_v general_a and_o universal_a equal_o appertain_v both_o to_o jew_n and_o gentile_n 2.14_o rom._n 2.14_o the_o gentile_n which_o know_v not_o the_o law_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n as_o s._n paul_n have_v tell_v we_o but_o as_o at_o this_o time_n publish_v on_o mount_n sinai_n and_o as_o deliver_v to_o the_o people_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n they_o oblige_v only_o those_o of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n zanchius_n have_v so_o resolve_v it_o among_o the_o protestant_n not_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o schoolman_n who_o affirm_v the_o same_o 1._o de_fw-fr redempti_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 11._o th._n 1._o ut_fw-la politicae_fw-la &_o ceremoniales_fw-la sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la morales_fw-la leges_fw-la quae_fw-la decalogi_fw-la nomine_fw-la significantur_fw-la quatenus_fw-la per_fw-la mosen_n traditae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la israelitis_n ad_fw-la nos_fw-it christianos_n nihil_fw-la pertinent_a etc._n etc._n as_o neither_o the_o judicial_a nor_o the_o ceremonial_a so_o nor_o the_o moral_a law_n contain_v in_o the_o decalogue_n do_v any_o way_n concern_v we_o christian_n as_o give_v by_o moses_n to_o the_o jew_n but_o only_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v consonant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o bind_v all_o alike_o and_o after_o be_v confirm_v and_o ratify_v by_o christ_n our_o king_n his_o reason_n be_v because_o that_o if_o the_o decalogue_n as_o give_v by_o moses_n to_o the_o jew_n do_v concern_v the_o gentile_n the_o gentile_n have_v be_v bind_v by_o the_o four_o commandment_n to_o observe_v the_o sabbath_n in_o as_o strict_a a_o manner_n as_o the_o jew_n cum_fw-la vero_fw-la constet_fw-la ad_fw-la huius_fw-la diei_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la gentes_fw-la obligatas_fw-la etc._n etc._n since_o therefore_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o gentile_n never_o be_v oblige_v to_o observe_v the_o sabbath_n it_o follow_v that_o they_o neither_o be_v nor_o possible_o can_v be_v bind_v to_o any_o of_o the_o residue_n as_o give_v by_o moses_n to_o the_o jew_n we_o may_v conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o have_v the_o four_o commandment_n be_v mere_o moral_a it_o have_v no_o less_o concern_v the_o gentile_n than_o it_o do_v the_o israelite_n for_o that_o the_o four_o commandment_n be_v not_o of_o the_o same_o condition_n with_o the_o rest_n be_v no_o new_a invention_n the_o father_n joint_o so_o resolve_v it_o it_o be_v true_a that_o irenaeus_n tell_v we_o how_o god_n 31._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 31._o the_o better_a to_o prepare_v we_o to_o eternal_a life_n decalogi_fw-la verba_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la similiter_fw-la locutus_fw-la est_fw-la do_v by_o himself_o proclaim_v the_o decalogue_n to_o all_o people_n equal_o which_o therefore_o be_v to_o be_v in_o full_a force_n among_o we_o as_o have_v rather_o be_v enlarge_v than_o dissolve_v by_o our_o saviour_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n which_o word_n of_o irenaeus_n if_o consider_v right_o must_v be_v refer_v to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n which_o indeed_o be_v moral_a or_o else_o the_o four_o commandment_n must_v not_o be_v reckon_v as_o a_o part_n or_o member_n of_o the_o decalogue_n because_o it_o do_v receive_v no_o such_o enlargement_n as_o do_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o commandment_n by_o our_o saviour_n preach_v whereof_o see_v matth._n 5.6_o and_o 7_o chapter_n but_o a_o dissolution_n 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reader_n must_v take_v notice_n of_o the_o especial_a act_n and_o providence_n of_o almighty_n god_n 26._o sect_n 26._o not_o without_o cause_n so_o oft_o remember_v in_o the_o scripture_n in_o dispose_v kingdom_n 37._o dan._n 2_o 21_o 37._o and_o seg_v up_o such_o king_n as_o to_o he_o seem_v best_o the_o lord_n say_v danicl_n change_v the_o time_n and_o the_o season_n he_o remove_v king_n and_o set_v up_o king_n and_o in_o another_o place_n that_o the_o live_a may_v know_v that_o the_o most_o high_a rule_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o man_n and_o give_v they_o to_o whosoever_o he_o will_n which_o kind_n of_o sentence_n as_o they_o be_v very_o frequent_a in_o the_o scripture_n so_o be_v that_o prophecy_n most_o plentiful_a and_o abundant_a in_o they_o no_o man_n be_v ignorant_a that_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o destroy_v jerusalem_n be_v a_o great_a spoiler_n and_o oppressor_n yet_o the_o lord_n tell_v we_o by_o ezechicl_n that_o he_o have_v give_v unto_o he_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o the_o good_a service_n he_o have_v do_v in_o lay_v it_o waste_v on_o his_o commandment_n 2.37_o dan._n 2.37_o and_o daniel_n say_v unto_o he_o thus_o thou_o o_o king_n be_v a_o king_n of_o king_n for_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n have_v give_v thou_o a_o kingdom_n power_n and_o strength_n and_o glory_n and_o wheresoever_o the_o child_n of_o man_n dwell_v the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n and_o the_o fowl_n of_o heaven_n have_v he_o give_v into_o thy_o hand_n and_o have_v make_v thou_o ruler_n over_o they_o all_o again_o to_o belshazzer_n his_o son_n 5.18_o dan._n 5.18_o the_o most_o high_a god_n give_v unto_o nabuchadnezzar_n thy_o father_n a_o kingdom_n and_o majesty_n and_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o for_o the_o majesty_n that_o he_o give_v he_o all_o people_n nation_n and_o language_n tremble_v and_o fear_v before_o he_o now_o when_o we_o hear_v that_o king_n be_v place_v over_o we_o by_o god_n let_v we_o be_v please_v to_o call_v to_o mind_v those_o several_a precept_n to_o fear_n and_o honour_v they_o which_o god_n have_v give_v we_o in_o his_o book_n hold_v the_o vile_a tyrant_n in_o as_o high_a account_n as_o god_n have_v gracious_o vouchsafe_v to_o estate_n he_o in_o when_o samuel_n tell_v the_o people_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n what_o they_o shall_v suffer_v from_o their_o king_n 8.11_o 1_o sam._n 8.11_o he_o express_v it_o thus_o this_o will_v be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o king_n which_o shall_v reign_v over_o you_o he_o will_v take_v your_o son_n and_o appoint_v they_o for_o himself_o for_o his_o chariot_n and_o to_o be_v his_o horseman_n and_o some_o shall_v run_v before_o his_o chariot_n and_o he_o will_v appoint_v he_o captain_n over_o thousand_o and_o captain_n over_o fifty_n and_o will_v set_v they_o to_o ear_n his_o ground_n and_o to_o reap_v his_o harvest_n and_o to_o make_v his_o instrument_n of_o war_n and_o instrument_n of_o his_o chariot_n and_o he_o will_v take_v your_o daughter_n to_o be_v his_o confectionary_n and_o to_o be_v cook_n and_o to_o be_v baker_n and_o he_o will_v take_v your_o field_n and_o your_o vineyard_n and_o your_o olive-yard_n even_o the_o best_a of_o they_o and_o give_v they_o to_o his_o servant_n and_o he_o will_v take_v the_o ten_o of_o your_o seed_n and_o of_o your_o vineyard_n and_o give_v to_o his_o officer_n and_o to_o his_o servant_n and_o he_o will_v take_v your_o man-servant_n and_o your_o maidservant_n and_o your_o goodly_a young_a man_n and_o your_o ass_n and_o put_v they_o to_o his_o work_n he_o will_v take_v the_o ten_o of_o your_o sheep_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v his_o servant_n assure_o their_o king_n can_v not_o do_v this_o lawful_o who_o god_n have_v otherwise_o instruct_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n but_o it_o be_v therefore_o call_v jus_fw-la regis_fw-la the_o right_a of_o king_n upon_o the_o subject_a which_o of_o necessity_n the_o subject_n be_v to_o submit_v unto_o and_o not_o to_o make_v the_o least_o resistance_n as_o if_o the_o prophet_n have_v thus_o say_v so_o far_o shall_v the_o licentiousness_n of_o your_o king_n extend_v itself_o which_o you_o shall_v have_v no_o power_n to_o restrain_v or_o remedy_n to_o who_o there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o leave_v but_o to_o receive_v the_o intimation_n of_o their_o pleasure_n and_o fulfil_v the_o same_o but_o most_o remarkable_a be_v that_o place_n in_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n 27._o sect_n 27._o which_o though_o it_o be_v somewhat_o of_o the_o long_a i_o will_v here_o put_v down_o because_o it_o do_v so_o plain_o state_n the_o present_a question_n â—_o jer._n 27._o â—_o i_o have_v make_v the_o earth_n say_v the_o lord_n the_o man_n and_o the_o beast_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o ground_n by_o my_o great_a power_n and_o by_o my_o outstretch_v arm_n and_o have_v give_v it_o unto_o who_o it_o seem_v meet_v unto_o i_o and_o now_o have_v i_o give_v all_o these_o land_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n my_o servant_n and_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n have_v i_o give_v he_o also_o to_o serve_v he_o and_o all_o nation_n shall_v serve_v he_o and_o his_o son_n and_o his_o son_n son_n until_o the_o very_a time_n of_o his_o land_n come_v and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o nation_n and_o kingdom_n which_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o same_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n and_o that_o will_v not_o put_v their_o neck_n under_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n that_o nation_n will_v i_o punish_v say_v the_o lord_n with_o the_o sword_n and_o with_o the_o famine_n and_o with_o the_o pestilence_n wherefore_o serve_v the_o king_n of_o babylong_a and_o live_v we_o see_v by_o this_o how_o great_a a_o measure_n of_o obedience_n be_v require_v by_o god_n towards_o that_o fierce_a and_o cruel_a tyrant_n only_o because_o he_o be_v advance_v to_o the_o kingly_a throne_n and_o do_v by_o consequence_n participate_v of_o that_o regal_a majesty_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v violate_v without_o grievous_a sin_n let_v we_o therefore_o have_v this_o always_o in_o our_o mind_n and_o before_o our_o eye_n that_o by_o the_o same_o decree_n of_o god_n on_o which_o the_o power_n of_o king_n be_v constitute_v the_o very_o wicked_a prince_n be_v establish_v and_o let_v not_o such_o seditious_a thought_n be_v admit_v by_o we_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o we_o must_v deal_v with_o king_n not_o otherwise_o than_o they_o do_v deserve_v and_o that_o it_o be_v no_o right_a nor_o reason_n that_o we_o shall_v show_v ourselves_o obedient_a subject_n unto_o he_o who_o do_v not_o mutual_o perform_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o king_n to_o we_o it_o be_v a_o poor_a objection_n which_o some_o man_n have_v make_v viz._n that_o that_o command_n be_v only_o proper_a to_o the_o israelite_n for_o mark_n upon_o what_o ground_n the_o command_n be_v give_v 28._o sect_n 28._o i_o have_v give_v say_v the_o the_o kingdom_n unto_o nabuchadnezzar_n wherefore_o serve_v he_o and_o you_o shall_v live_v and_o thereupon_o it_o needs_o must_v follow_v that_o upon_o whosoever_o god_n bestow_v a_o kingdom_n to_o he_o we_o must_v address_v our_o service_n and_o that_o assoon_o as_o god_n have_v raise_v any_o to_o the_o regal_a throne_n he_o do_v sufficient_o declare_v his_o will_n to_o be_v that_o he_o will_v have_v that_o man_n to_o reign_v over_o we_o some_o general_a testimony_n of_o this_o truth_n be_v in_o holy_a scripture_n for_o thus_o say_v solomon_a for_o the_o transgression_n of_o a_o land_n many_o be_v the_o prince_n thereof_o 24.2_o prov._n 24.2_o and_o job_n he_o lose_v the_o band_n of_o king_n and_o gird_v their_o loin_n with_o a_o girdly_a 12.18_o job_n 12.18_o which_o if_o confess_v there_o be_v no_o remedy_n at_o all_o but_o we_o must_v serve_v those_o king_n if_o we_o mean_v to_o
tyranny_n over_o his_o subject_n may_v not_o be_v resist_v that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o the_o subject_n may_v not_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o he_o he_o and_o his_o follower_n may_v destroy_v the_o kingdom_n and_o an_o we_o be_v fall_v upon_o the_o business_n of_o resistance_n calvin_n allow_v of_o no_o case_n for_o aught_o i_o can_v see_v in_o which_o the_o subject_a lawful_o may_v resist_v the_o sovereign_n 23._o sect._n 23._o quandoquidem_fw-la resisti_fw-la magistratui_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la simul_fw-la resistatur_fw-la deo_fw-la forasmuch_o as_o the_o magistrate_n can_v be_v resist_v but_o that_o god_n be_v resist_v also_o and_o reckon_v up_o those_o several_a pressure_n whereof_o samuel_n speak_v unto_o the_o jew_n and_o which_o he_o call_v jus_o regis_n as_o himself_o translate_v it_o he_o conclude_v at_o last_o 26._o sect._n 26._o cvi_fw-la parere_fw-la ipsi_fw-la necesse_fw-la esset_fw-la nec_fw-la obsistere_fw-la liceret_fw-la that_o no_o resistance_n must_v be_v make_v on_o the_o subject_n part_n though_o king_n entrench_v as_o much_o upon_o they_o both_o in_o their_o liberty_n and_o property_n as_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o his_o scholar_n be_v grow_v wise_a and_o instruct_v we_o otherwise_o paraeus_n say_v that_o if_o the_o king_n assault_v our_o person_n or_o endeavour_v to_o break_v into_o our_o house_n we_o may_v as_o lawful_o resist_v he_o as_o we_o will_v do_v a_o thief_n or_o robber_n on_o the_o like_a occasion_n and_o our_o new_a master_n have_v find_v out_o many_o other_o case_n in_o which_o the_o subject_n may_v resist_v and_o which_o be_v more_o than_o so_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v it_o 13._o paraeus_n in_o rom._n cap._n 13._o as_o namely_o in_o his_o own_o behalf_n and_o in_o god_n behalf_n in_o behalf_n of_o his_o country_n and_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o law_n and_o in_o so_o many_o more_o behalf_n that_o they_o have_v turn_v most_o christian_a king_n out_o of_o half_a their_o kingdom_n but_o to_o go_v on_o calvin_n determin_n very_o right_o that_o notwithstanding_o any_o contract_n make_v or_o suppose_v to_o be_v make_v between_o a_o king_n and_o his_o people_n yet_o if_o the_o king_n do_v break_v his_o covenant_n and_o oppress_v the_o subject_a the_o subject_n can_v no_o more_o pretend_v to_o be_v discharge_v of_o his_o allegiance_n than_o the_o wife_n may_v lawful_o divorce_v herself_o from_o a_o froward_a husband_n or_o child_n throw_v aside_o that_o natural_a duty_n which_o they_o owe_v their_o parent_n because_o their_o parent_n be_v unkind_a and_o it_o may_v be_v cruel_a those_o which_o do_v otherwise_o conclude_v from_o the_o foresay_a contract_n he_o call_v insulsos_fw-la ratioeinatores_fw-la 29._o sect._n 29._o but_o sorry_a and_o unsavoury_a disputant_n and_o reckon_v it_o for_o a_o seditious_a imagination_n that_o we_o must_v deal_v no_o otherwise_o with_o king_n than_o they_o do_v deserve_v nec_fw-la aequum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la subditos_fw-la ei_fw-la nos_fw-la praestemus_fw-la qui_fw-la vicissim_fw-la regem_fw-la nobis_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la praestet_fw-la 27._o sect._n 27._o or_o to_o imagine_v that_o it_o be_v neither_o sense_n nor_o reason_n that_o we_o shall_v â—â—ew_n ourselves_o obedient_a subject_n unto_o he_o who_o do_v not_o mutual_o perform_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o king_n to_o we_o his_o scholar_n be_v grow_v able_a to_o teach_v their_o master_n a_o new_a lesson_n and_o will_v tell_v he_o if_o he_o be_v alive_a that_o there_o be_v a_o mutual_a contract_n between_o king_n and_o subject_n and_o if_o he_o break_v the_o covenant_n he_o forfeit_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o agreement_n and_o he_o not_o perform_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o king_n they_o be_v release_v from_o the_o duty_n of_o subject_n as_o contrary_v to_o their_o master_n tenet_n as_o black_a to_o white_a and_o yet_o some_o late_a pamphleteer_n press_v no_o doctrine_n with_o such_o strength_n and_o eagerness_n as_o they_o have_v do_v this_o nor_o have_v the_o pulpit_n spaâ—ed_v to_o publish_v it_o to_o their_o cheat_a auditory_n as_o a_o new_a article_n of_o faith_n that_o if_o the_o ruler_n perform_v not_o his_o duty_n the_o contract_n be_v dissolve_v and_o the_o people_n be_v at_o liberty_n to_o right_v themselves_o what_o excellent_a use_n have_v be_v raise_v from_o this_o dangerous_a doctrine_n as_o many_o king_n of_o christendom_n have_v fest_n already_o so_o posterity_n will_v have_v cause_n to_o lament_v the_o mischief_n which_o it_o will_v bring_v into_o the_o world_n in_o succeed_a age_n final_o calvin_n have_v determine_v and_o exceed_v pious_o that_o if_o the_o magistrate_n command_v we_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o will_n and_o word_n of_o god_n we_o must_v observe_v saint_n peter_n rule_n and_o rather_o choose_v to_o obey_v god_n than_o man_n and_o that_o withal_o we_o must_v prepare_v ourselves_o to_o endure_v such_o punishment_n as_o the_o offendd_a magistrate_n shall_v inflict_v upon_o we_o for_o the_o say_a refusal_n 32._o sect._n 32._o et_fw-la quicquid_fw-la potius_fw-la perpeti_fw-la quam_fw-la à _fw-la veritate_fw-la deflectere_fw-la and_o rather_o suffer_v any_o torment_n than_o forsake_v the_o way_n of_o god_n commandment_n the_o magistrate_n as_o it_o seem_v by_o he_o must_v at_o all_o time_n be_v honour_v by_o we_o either_o in_o our_o active_a obedience_n or_o in_o our_o passive_a if_o we_o refuse_v to_o do_v his_o will_n we_o must_v be_v content_a to_o suffer_v for_o it_o his_o scholar_n be_v too_o wise_a to_o submit_v to_o that_o and_o be_v so_o far_o form_n suffer_v for_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o a_o good_a conscience_n that_o they_o take_v care_n to_o teach_v the_o people_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o rebel_v in_o behalf_n of_o god_n to_o preserve_v the_o true_a religion_n when_o it_o be_v in_o danger_n or_o when_o they_o think_v it_o be_v in_o danger_n by_o force_n of_o arm_n and_o to_o procure_v the_o peace_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n which_o be_v so_o the_o difference_n be_v so_o great_a and_o irreconcilable_a between_o the_o follower_n and_o their_o leader_n in_o the_o point_n of_o practice_n between_o the_o master_n and_o the_o scholar_n in_o the_o point_n of_o doctrine_n i_o think_v it_o be_v exceed_o fit_a the_o man_n be_v either_o less_o admire_v or_o better_o follow_v that_o they_o who_o cry_v he_o up_o for_o the_o great_a reformer_n will_v either_o stand_v to_o all_o his_o tenet_n or_o be_v bind_v to_o none_o that_o they_o will_v be_v so_o careful_a of_o the_o church_n peace_n and_o their_o own_o salvation_n as_o not_o to_o swallow_v down_o his_o error_n in_o his_o point_n of_o discipline_n and_o pass_v he_o by_o with_o a_o magister_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—netur_fw-la when_o he_o do_v preach_v obedience_n to_o they_o and_o do_v so_o solid_o discourse_v of_o the_o power_n of_o government_n 2._o tilly_n philip._n 2._o aut_fw-la undique_fw-la religionem_fw-la svam_fw-la toliant_a at_o usquequaque_fw-la conserent_fw-la as_o tully_n say_v of_o antony_n in_o another_o case_n but_o of_o this_o no_o more_o hitherto_o calvin_n have_v do_v will_n few_o better_a of_o the_o genevian_a doctor_n none_o ne_fw-la unus_fw-la quidem_fw-la not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o but_o there_o be_v a_o herb_n which_o spoil_v the_o pottage_n a_o herb_n so_o venomous_a that_o it_o be_v mors_fw-la in_o olla_fw-es unto_o they_o that_o taste_v it_o the_o fig_n in_o the_o next_o basket_n be_v evil_a 24._o jerem._n 24._o very_a evil_n not_o to_o be_v eat_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o prophet_n word_n they_o be_v so_o evil_a in_o that_o before_o he_o do_v exceed_v sound_o and_o judicious_o law_n down_o the_o doctrine_n of_o obedience_n unto_o king_n and_o prince_n and_o the_o unlawfulness_n of_o subject_n take_v arm_n against_o their_o sovereign_n in_o this_o to_o come_v he_o open_v a_o most_o dangerous_a gap_n to_o disobedience_n and_o rebellion_n in_o most_o state_n in_o christendom_n in_o which_o his_o name_n be_v 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condition_n as_o good_a a_o man_n as_o the_o best_a monarch_n of_o they_o all_o but_o if_o the_o ephori_fw-la the_o demarchi_fw-la and_o the_o tribune_n be_v not_o appoint_v at_o the_o first_o for_o the_o restraint_n and_o regulate_v of_o the_o supreme_a power_n as_o indeed_o they_o be_v not_o and_o if_o the_o three_o estate_n in_o each_o several_a kingdom_n have_v not_o that_o authority_n which_o the_o ephori_fw-la and_o the_o tribune_n do_v in_o fine_a usurp_v and_o the_o demarchi_fw-la be_v suppose_v to_o have_v as_o indeed_o they_o have_v not_o perhaps_o and_o peradventure_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o turn_n the_o subject_n stand_v upon_o no_o better_a ground_n than_o before_o he_o do_v therefore_o to_o take_v away_o this_o stumbling-block_n and_o remove_v this_o rub_n i_o shall_v propose_v and_o prove_v these_o three_o point_n ensue_v 1._o that_o the_o ephori_fw-la the_o demarchi_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a tribune_n be_v not_o institute_v at_o the_o first_o for_o those_o end_n and_o purpose_n which_o be_v suppose_v by_o the_o author_n 2._o if_o they_o be_v institute_v for_o those_o end_n yet_o the_o illation_n thereupon_o will_v be_v weak_a and_o childish_a as_o it_o relate_v of_o king_n and_o kingdom_n and_o 3._o that_o the_o three_o estate_n in_o each_o several_a kingdom_n without_o all_o peradventure_o have_v no_o such_o authority_n as_o the_o author_n dream_v of_o and_o therefore_o of_o no_o power_n to_o control_v their_o king_n which_o if_o i_o clear_o prove_v as_o i_o hope_v i_o shall_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o leave_v the_o cause_n in_o a_o better_a condition_n than_o i_o find_v it_o and_o in_o the_o proof_n of_o these_o the_o first_o point_n especial_o if_o it_o be_v think_v that_o i_o insist_v long_o than_o i_o need_v on_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o spartan_a ephori_fw-la the_o roman_a tribune_n and_o the_o demarchi_fw-la of_o athens_n and_o spend_v more_o cost_n upon_o it_o than_o the_o thing_n be_v worth_a i_o must_v entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o excuse_v i_o in_o it_o i_o must_v first_o lay_v down_o my_o ground_n and_o make_v sure_a work_n there_o before_o i_o go_v about_o my_o build_n and_o be_v my_o design_n relate_v particular_o to_o the_o information_n and_o instruction_n of_o the_o english_a subject_n i_o can_v not_o make_v my_o way_n unto_o it_o but_o by_o a_o discovery_n of_o the_o mean_n and_o artifices_fw-la by_o which_o some_o petit_fw-la popular_a officer_n attain_v unto_o so_o great_a a_o mastery_n in_o the_o game_n of_o government_n as_o to_o give_v the_o check_n unto_o their_o king_n which_o be_v premise_v once_o for_o all_o i_o now_o proceed_v unto_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o point_v propose_v and_o have_v prove_v these_o point_n i_o shall_v make_v a_o end_n haec_fw-la tria_fw-la cum_fw-la docuero_fw-la perorabo_fw-la in_o the_o orator_n language_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la in_o the_o state_n of_o sparta_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o institute_v for_o the_o end_v suppose_v by_o calvin_n 1._o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n absolute_a monarch_n at_o the_o first_o 2._o of_o the_o decline_a of_o the_o regal_a power_n and_o the_o condition_n of_o that_o state_n when_o lycurgus_n undertake_v to_o change_v the_o government_n 3._o what_o power_n lycurgus_n give_v the_o senate_n and_o what_o be_v leave_v unto_o the_o king_n 4._o the_o ephori_fw-la appoint_v by_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n to_o ease_v themselves_o and_o curb_v the_o senate_n 5._o the_o blunder_a and_o mistake_n of_o joseph_n scaliger_n about_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la 6._o the_o ephori_fw-la from_o mean_a beginning_n grow_v to_o great_a authority_n and_o by_o what_o advantage_n 7._o the_o power_n and_o influence_n which_o they_o have_v in_o the_o public_a government_n 8._o by_o what_o degree_n the_o ephori_fw-la encroach_v on_o the_o spartan_a king_n 9_o the_o
be_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la erect_v in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n theopompus_n about_o 130_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o lycurgus_n a_o second_o reason_n which_o induce_v those_o king_n to_o ordain_v these_o ephori_fw-la be_v to_o ease_v themselves_o and_o delegate_v upon_o they_o that_o remainder_n of_o the_o royal_a power_n which_o can_v not_o be_v exercise_v but_o within_o the_o city_n for_o the_o king_n have_v little_a or_o no_o command_n but_o in_o war_n abroad_o care_v not_o for_o be_v much_o at_o home_n and_o thereupon_o ordain_v these_o officer_n to_o supply_v their_o place_n concern_v which_o cleomenes_n thus_o discourse_v to_o the_o spartan_n after_o they_o have_v destroy_v the_o ephori_fw-la and_o suppress_v the_o office_n cleomenes_n id_fw-la in_o agis_n &_o cleomenes_n inform_v they_o that_o lycurgus_n have_v join_v the_o senator_n with_o the_o king_n by_o who_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v a_o long_a time_n govern_v without_o help_n of_o any_o other_o officer_n that_o afterward_o the_o city_n have_v great_a war_n with_o the_o messenian_n the_o king_n be_v always_o so_o employ_v in_o that_o war_n that_o they_o can_v not_o attend_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o state_n at_o home_n and_o thereupon_o make_v choice_n of_o certain_a of_o their_o friend_n to_o sit_v in_o judgement_n in_o their_o stead_n who_o they_o call_v the_o ephori_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o for_o a_o long_a time_n do_v govern_v only_o as_o the_o king_n minister_n though_o afterward_o by_o little_a and_o little_o they_o take_v unto_o themselves_o the_o supreme_a authority_n another_o reason_n have_v be_v give_v of_o the_o institution_n which_o be_v that_o if_o a_o difference_n grow_v between_o the_o two_o king_n in_o a_o point_n of_o judgement_n there_o may_v be_v some_o to_o arbitrate_v between_o they_o and_o to_o have_v the_o cast_a voice_n among_o they_o when_o the_o difference_n can_v not_o be_v agree_v and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o lisander_n and_o mandroclidas_n then_o that_o have_v be_v ephori_fw-la suggest_v unto_o agis_n and_o cleombrotus_n the_o two_o king_n of_o sparta_n declare_v ibid._n id._n ibid._n that_o the_o office_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v erect_v for_o no_o other_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o because_o they_o shall_v give_v their_o voice_n unto_o that_o king_n who_o have_v the_o best_a reason_n on_o his_o side_n when_o the_o other_o will_v wilful_o withstand_v both_o right_a and_o reason_n and_o therefore_o that_o they_o two_o agree_v might_n lawful_o do_v what_o they_o will_v without_o controlment_n that_o to_o resist_v the_o king_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o law_n consider_v that_o the_o ephori_fw-la by_o law_n have_v no_o power_n nor_o privilege_n but_o only_o to_o arbitrate_v between_o they_o when_o there_o be_v any_o cause_n of_o jar_n or_o controversy_n and_o this_o be_v so_o receive_v at_o sparta_n for_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n that_o cleomenes_n be_v sole_a king_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o agis_n of_o the_o other_o house_n recall_v archidamus_n the_o brother_n of_o agis_n from_o his_o place_n of_o banishment_n with_o a_o intent_n to_o make_v he_o king_n not_o doubt_v but_o they_o two_o shall_v agree_v together_o and_o thereby_o make_v the_o ephori_fw-la of_o no_o power_n nor_o use_n so_o then_o we_o have_v three_o reason_n of_o the_o institution_n and_o more_o than_o these_o i_o can_v find_v of_o which_o there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o favour_v the_o device_n of_o calvin_n or_o intimate_v that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v set_v up_o to_o pull_v down_o the_o king_n and_o to_o say_v truth_n it_o be_v a_o most_o unlikely_a matter_n that_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n have_v so_o little_a power_n remain_v shall_v need_v more_o officer_n to_o restrain_v they_o than_o they_o have_v before_o that_o they_o shall_v make_v a_o new_a rod_n for_o their_o own_o poor_a back_n and_o add_v five_o master_n more_o to_o those_o eight_o and_o twenty_o which_o lycurgus_n have_v impose_v upon_o they_o which_o make_v i_o wonder_n much_o at_o tully_n who_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v ordain_v by_o theopompus_n as_o both_o aristotle_n and_o plutarch_n do_v affirm_v and_o yet_o will_v have_v they_o institute_v for_o no_o other_o cause_n nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la oppositi_fw-la sint_fw-la regibus_fw-la but_o to_o oppose_v and_o curb_v the_o king_n 3._o aristot_n polit._n l._n 5._o c._n 11._o cicero_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n 3._o but_o more_o that_o plato_n who_o have_v so_o much_o advantage_n of_o he_o both_o in_o time_n and_o place_n shall_v ascribe_v the_o institution_n to_o lycurgus_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o do_v not_o only_o ordain_v the_o senate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o plato_n ep._n 8._o edit_n gr_n lat_fw-la to._n 3._o but_o that_o he_o do_v also_o constitute_v the_o ephorate_a for_o the_o strength_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o regal_a power_n for_o out_o of_o doubt_v it_o be_v affirm_v by_o plutarch_n confirm_v by_o scaliger_n and_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o some_o passage_n in_o eusebius_n chronicon_fw-la and_o the_o authority_n of_o aristotle_n chron._n plut._n in_o lycurgo_n scalig._n animadvers_fw-la in_o euseb_n chron._n who_o refer_v the_o same_o to_o theopompus_n as_o before_o be_v show_v that_o the_o first_o institution_n be_v no_o less_o than_o 130_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o lycurgus_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o bear_v this_o office_n have_v be_v make_v a_o question_n but_o never_o till_o these_o late_a time_n when_o man_n be_v grow_v such_o sceptic_n as_o to_o doubt_v of_o every_o thing_n plutarch_n affirm_v for_o certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o first_o ephorus_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lycurgo_n plutarch_n in_o lycurgo_n who_o have_v the_o name_n of_o ephorus_n by_o way_n of_o excellency_n for_o otherwise_o there_o be_v five_o in_o all_o be_v call_v elatus_n and_o hereto_o scaliger_n do_v once_o agree_v as_o appear_v express_o pag._n 67._o of_o his_o annotation_n on_o eusebius_n where_o he_o declare_v it_o in_o these_o word_n primus_fw-la elatus_n renunciatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o after_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o control_n eusebius_n he_o take_v occasion_n by_o some_o word_n in_o diogenes_n laertius_n to_o cry_v up_o chilo_n for_o the_o man_n first_o positive_o primus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuit_fw-la chilon_n and_o next_o exclusive_o of_o elatus_n quibus_fw-la animadversis_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la elatus_n primus_fw-la ephorus_n sed_fw-la chilon_n to_o make_v this_o good_a be_v a_o fancy_n of_o his_o own_o and_o as_o his_o own_o most_o dear_o cherish_v he_o produce_v first_o the_o testimony_n of_o laertius_n and_o afterward_o confirm_v the_o same_o by_o a_o new_a emendatio_fw-la temporum_fw-la a_o calculation_n and_o account_n of_o his_o own_o invent_v the_o word_n produce_v from_o laertius_n be_v these_o verbatim_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v thus_o render_v in_o the_o latin_a chilo_n diogen_n lat._n 1._o l._n 1._o in_o chilo_n and_o i_o think_v exact_o fuit_fw-la autem_fw-la ephorus_n circa_fw-la quinquagessimam_fw-la &_o quintam_fw-la olympiada_fw-la porro_fw-la pamphila_n circa_fw-la sextam_fw-la ait_fw-la primumque_fw-la ephorum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sub_fw-la euthydemo_fw-la autore_fw-la sosicrate_n primumque_fw-la instituisse_fw-la ut_fw-la regibus_fw-la ephori_fw-la adjungerentur_fw-la satyrus_n lycurgum_n dixit_fw-la if_o it_o be_v grant_v in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o chilo_n be_v not_o make_v ephorus_n until_o the_o 55._o olympiad_n as_o it_o be_v plain_a it_o be_v not_o and_o scaliger_n affirm_v as_o much_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v upon_o true_a account_n that_o either_o chilo_n be_v not_o the_o first_o ephorus_n or_o that_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v not_o institute_v in_o more_o than_o twice_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o lycurgus_n have_v new_o mould_v the_o commonwealth_n contrary_a unto_o that_o which_o be_v say_v by_o plutarch_n and_o out_o of_o he_o repeat_v by_o joseph_n scaliger_n for_o from_o the_o time_n wherein_o lycurgus_n make_v his_o law_n which_o be_v in_o the_o 25_o year_n of_o archelaus_n the_o eight_o king_n of_o the_o elder_a house_n unto_o the_o death_n of_o alcamenes_n which_o be_v the_o year_n before_o the_o first_o olympiad_n edit_n euseb_n chron._n lib._n post_n p._n 114._o of_o scaliger_n edit_n be_v 112_o year_n just_a none_o under_o from_o thence_o unto_o the_o last_o year_n of_o the_o 55._o 220_o year_n complete_a which_o put_v together_o make_v no_o few_o than_o 332_o year_n full_a a_o large_a misreckon_n whereas_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o five_o olympiad_n in_o which_o eusebius_n put_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la both_o in_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a copy_n set_v out_o by_o scaliger_n himself_o edition_n pag._n 117._o of_o the_o latin_a and_o 35_o of_o the_o greek_a edition_n that_o second_o
year_n i_o say_v be_v add_v to_o the_o 112_o before-remembred_n in_o which_o king_n alcamenes_n die_v make_v up_o the_o full_a number_n of_o 130_o which_o we_o find_v in_o plutarch_n and_o agree_v punctual_o with_o the_o time_n of_o theopompus_n who_o as_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o scaliger_n do_v first_o ordain_v they_o nor_o do_v laertius_n say_v if_o you_o mark_v he_o well_o either_o that_o chilo_n be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v ever_o ephorus_n or_o the_o first_o that_o join_v the_o ephori_fw-la to_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n both_o which_o absurdity_n be_v by_o scaliger_n impose_v upon_o he_o for_o unto_o any_o one_o who_o look_v upon_o laertius_n with_o a_o careful_a eye_n it_o may_v be_v easy_o discern_v that_o he_o speak_v not_o otherwise_o of_o the_o ephorate_a than_o of_o a_o office_n institute_v a_o long_a time_n before_o with_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o which_o chilo_n be_v well_o acquaint_v and_o therefore_o think_v himself_o more_o fit_a to_o undergo_v it_o than_o his_o brother_n be_v who_o very_o earnest_o desire_v it_o chilon_n laertius_n in_o vita_fw-la chilon_n all_o that_o laertius_n say_v be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o chilo_n be_v make_v ephorus_n first_o not_o the_o first_o ephorus_n which_o be_v make_v as_o scaliger_n will_v have_v it_o under_o euthydemus_n and_o that_o as_o satyrus_n affirm_v who_o therein_o questionless_a be_v mislead_v by_o plato_n lycurgus_n be_v the_o first_o who_o join_v the_o ephori_fw-la to_o the_o spartan_a king_n which_o word_n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v leave_v out_o of_o purpose_n to_o abuse_v his_o author_n and_o make_v he_o speak_v the_o thing_n which_o he_o never_o mean_v his_o other_o blundering_n and_o mistake_n to_o make_v good_a this_o business_n first_o lay_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o ephorate_a by_o cleomenes_n animadvers_fw-la pag._n 67_o of_o the_o animadvers_fw-la non_fw-la multo_fw-la ante_fw-la vel_fw-la post_fw-la initium_fw-la philippi_n either_o not_o long_o before_o or_o short_o after_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o philip_n the_o last_o king_n of_o macedon_n but_o one_o which_o indeed_o be_v true_a and_o within_o nine_o line_n no_o more_o lay_v it_o in_o the_o 13._o year_n of_o the_o selfsame_a king_n philip_n most_o extreme_o false_a the_o change_v of_o his_o author_n word_n from_o fuit_fw-la autem_fw-la sub_fw-la regibus_fw-la lacedaemon_n annis_fw-la 350_o as_o they_o occur_v in_o the_o translation_n of_o s._n hierom_n print_v at_o basil_n into_o fuit_fw-la sub_fw-la regibus_fw-la lacedaemoniorum_fw-la annis_n 350._o against_o the_o author_n mind_n and_o the_o rule_n of_o grammar_n only_o to_o bring_v about_o his_o device_n of_o chilo_n and_o blind_a his_o reader_n eye_n with_o a_o new_a chronology_n and_o other_o i_o can_v point_v to_o if_o my_o leisure_n serve_v i_o purpose_v to_o forbear_v at_o the_o present_a time_n nor_o have_v i_o be_v so_o bold_a with_o scaliger_n at_o all_o or_o at_o least_o not_o now_o but_o that_o the_o proud_a man_n be_v more_o bold_a with_o the_o ancient_a father_n who_o he_o be_v please_v to_o look_v on_o with_o contempt_n and_o scorn_v as_o often_o as_o they_o come_v before_o he_o for_o which_o see_n pag._n 255._o of_o his_o annotation_n and_o so_o i_o leave_v he_o with_o that_o censure_n which_o he_o give_v eusebius_n as_o learned_a and_o industrious_a a_o antiquary_n as_o any_o scaliger_n of_o they_o all_o no_o man_n dispraise_v erratis_fw-la huius_fw-la autoris_fw-la enumerandis_fw-la charta_fw-la non_fw-la suffecerit_fw-la 255._o animadvers_fw-la in_o euseb_n p._n 255._o and_o so_o sare_z he_o well_o but_o to_o proceed_v the_o ephori_fw-la be_v thus_o ordain_v by_o theopompus_n become_v not_o present_o of_o such_o authority_n and_o power_n as_o by_o degree_n they_o do_v attain_v to_o for_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o king_n as_o their_o proper_a minister_n as_o before_o be_v say_v and_o many_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o from_o their_o very_a near_a friend_n cleoman_n plutarch_n in_o agis_n &_o cleoman_n as_o we_o read_v in_o plutarch_n they_o be_v hard_o thrust_v at_o by_o the_o senate_n and_o force_v to_o put_v up_o many_o a_o affront_n from_o that_o mighty_a body_n and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o chilo_n aim_v at_o when_o he_o tell_v his_o brother_n who_o at_o the_o same_o time_n desire_v the_o office_n chilon_n laertius_n in_o vita_fw-la chilon_n and_o seem_v offend_v that_o he_o lose_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o be_v better_o skill_v in_o bear_v injury_n and_o affront_n than_o his_o brother_n be_v but_o this_o continue_a for_o no_o long_o than_o while_o the_o king_n serve_v their_o turn_n upon_o they_o to_o oppose_v the_o senate_n and_o keep_v the_o nomination_n of_o they_o in_o their_o own_o hand_n for_o afterward_o the_o king_n relinquish_a the_o election_n to_o the_o common_a people_n upon_o a_o forlorn_a hope_n of_o gain_v their_o affection_n by_o so_o great_a a_o benefit_n they_o begin_v to_o set_v up_o for_o themselves_o and_o in_o a_o very_a little_a time_n gain_v all_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o city_n and_o of_o this_o new_a election_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v that_o chilo_n who_o before_o we_o speak_v of_o be_v the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o propose_v not_o so_o much_o out_o of_o a_o desire_n to_o comply_v with_o scaliger_n who_o for_o aught_o i_o can_v see_v aim_v at_o no_o such_o matter_n as_o on_o the_o credit_n of_o eusebius_n who_o he_o so_o much_o light_v for_o in_o euebius_n chronicon_fw-la of_o josephus_n scaliger_n own_o edition_n after_o he_o have_v put_v down_o the_o institution_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la in_o the_o second_o of_o the_o five_o olympiad_n as_o before_o i_o tell_v you_o he_o give_v this_o item_n in_o the_o three_o of_o the_o five_o and_o fifty_o which_o be_v the_o very_a same_o that_o laertius_n speak_v of_o chilo_n qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr septem_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la fuit_fw-la lacedaemone_n ephorus_n constituitur_fw-la 127._o euseb_n chronic._n lib._n poster_n p._n 127._o dispositione_n communis_fw-la gentis_fw-la that_o chilo_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o wise_a master_n be_v ordain_v ephorus_n at_o sparta_n by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o people_n but_o whether_o this_o be_v so_o or_o not_o i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o determine_v absolute_o all_o i_o observe_v from_o hence_o be_v this_o that_o it_o be_v pass_v all_o question_n that_o from_o this_o time_n they_o take_v upon_o they_o more_o than_o they_o have_v do_v former_o and_o be_v intent_n on_o all_o advantage_n to_o improve_v their_o power_n for_o whereas_o at_o the_o first_o they_o be_v appoint_v by_o the_o king_n to_o sit_v in_o judgement_n in_o their_o stead_n as_o before_o be_v say_v by_o little_a and_o little_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o draw_v that_o power_n unto_o themselves_o cleom._n plutarch_n in_o agis_n &_o cleom._n and_o exercise_v it_o in_o their_o own_o name_n by_o their_o own_o authority_n not_o as_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o king_n they_o will_v none_o of_o that_o but_o as_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o that_o end_n they_o do_v erect_v a_o court_n of_o judicature_n which_o for_o power_n and_o greatness_n of_o authority_n be_v little_a inferior_a to_o the_o senate_n draw_v unto_o they_o all_o such_o business_n as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o worthy_a of_o care_n and_o consideration_n 1._o pausan_n l._n 3._o in_o laconicis_fw-la aristot_n polit._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 1._o by_o mean_n whereof_o as_o they_o draw_v many_o of_o the_o people_n to_o depend_v upon_o they_o who_o business_n and_o suit_n of_o law_n be_v bring_v to_o be_v determine_v by_o they_o so_o they_o increase_v that_o dependence_n by_o husband_v such_o difference_n as_o do_v oft_o arise_v between_o the_o senate_n and_o the_o king_n to_o their_o own_o advantage_n for_o it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o aristotle_n that_o as_o long_o as_o the_o senate_n and_o the_o king_n do_v agree_v together_o they_o keep_v all_o the_o power_n in_o their_o own_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o when_o they_o jar_v among_o themslve_n 9_o id._n ibid._n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o they_o give_v the_o people_n opportunity_n to_o become_v their_o master_n but_o that_o which_o raise_v they_o to_o the_o height_n and_o make_v they_o terrible_a at_o last_o both_o to_o king_n and_o senate_n be_v the_o mutual_a tie_n and_o correspondence_n which_o be_v between_o they_o and_o the_o people_n by_o who_o they_o be_v not_o only_o choose_v and_o therefore_o cherish_v by_o they_o as_o their_o own_o dear_a creature_n but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n choose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o people_n and_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o very_o mean_a and_o needy_a of_o they_o 7._o aristot_n polit._n l._n 2._o cap._n 7._o which_o
they_o be_v and_o by_o who_o entrust_v next_o they_o attempt_v to_o place_v such_o counsellor_n about_o the_o king_n as_o they_o may_v confide_v in_o begin_v with_o such_o king_n as_o be_v under_o age_n and_o the_o first_o trial_n which_o they_o make_v be_v in_o appoint_v one_o cleandrides_n to_o be_v about_o king_n plastonax_n the_o 19_o of_o the_o elder_a house_n as_o his_o chief_a counsellor_n and_o director_n without_o who_o approbation_n nothing_o must_v be_v do_v pericles_n plutarch_n in_o pericles_n another_o of_o their_o usurpation_n and_o encroachment_n be_v to_o restrain_v their_o king_n in_o the_o point_n of_o marriage_n and_o to_o impose_v some_o fine_a or_o disgrace_n upon_o they_o if_o they_o presume_v to_o marry_v against_o their_o like_n anaxandrides_n the_o 15._o of_o the_o elder_a house_n have_v marry_v a_o lady_n of_o brave_a part_n but_o it_o be_v her_o ill_a fortune_n to_o be_v barren_a a_o long_a time_n together_o lacon_n pausan_n lib._n 3._o in_o lacon_n the_o ephori_fw-la command_v he_o without_o more_o ado_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o give_v she_o a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n and_o send_v she_o go_v archidamus_n the_o 17._o of_o the_o second_o house_n marry_v a_o wife_n which_o bring_v he_o child_n but_o fault_n be_v find_v she_o be_v too_o little_a and_o thereupon_o the_o ephori_fw-la condemn_v he_o in_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o she_o will_v not_o bring_v they_o king_n but_o demy-king_n agesilao_n plutarch_n in_o agesilao_n and_o that_o you_o may_v perceive_v how_o difficult_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o please_v they_o in_o this_o point_n leonidas_n have_v marry_v one_o that_o be_v neither_o barren_a nor_o too_o little_a and_o yet_o be_v quarrel_v by_o the_o ephori_fw-la and_o in_o fine_a condemn_v for_o marry_v with_o a_o woman_n of_o another_o nation_n the_o fundamental_a law_n of_o sparta_n confer_v upon_o the_o king_n the_o supreme_a command_n over_o the_o military_a man_n in_o all_o war_n abroad_o cleomenes_n id._n in_o agis_n &_o cleomenes_n the_o ephori_fw-la do_v not_o only_o dispose_v it_o otherwise_o and_o give_v it_o unto_o such_o who_o they_o desire_v to_o oblige_v unto_o they_o as_o you_o hear_v before_o but_o keep_v the_o king_n at_o such_o a_o bay_n that_o they_o neither_o can_v lead_v forth_o the_o army_n without_o their_o consent_n nor_o tarry_v long_o in_o the_o camp_n than_o they_o listen_v to_o let_v they_o and_o if_o the_o action_n do_v miscarry_v the_o king_n be_v either_o fine_v or_o imprison_v for_o it_o agesilaus_n be_v a_o very_a stir_a prince_n and_o desirous_a to_o get_v honour_n in_o the_o war_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o set_v forward_o till_o he_o have_v buy_v the_o ephori_fw-la with_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n and_o yet_o be_v in_o the_o height_n of_o his_o good_a success_n be_v call_v back_o again_o agesilao_n id._n in_o agesilao_n and_o glad_a to_o be_v conformable_a to_o the_o say_a command_n and_o so_o it_o fare_v with_o agis_n and_o clcomenes_n both_o on_o the_o like_a occasion_n and_o for_o the_o fine_v of_o their_o king_n beside_o what_o we_o have_v see_v before_o in_o the_o former_a instance_n plistonax_n be_v betray_v by_o cleandrides_n who_o the_o ephori_fw-la themselves_o have_v place_v about_o he_o and_o his_o army_n force_v to_o disband_v and_o turn_v home_o again_o be_v present_o condemn_v in_o so_o great_a a_o sum_n that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o discharge_v it_o 7._o id._n in_o pericles_n aristot_n polit._n l._n 2._o cap._n 7._o by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o king_n be_v bring_v at_o last_o unto_o that_o condition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o aristotle_n true_o note_v that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o court_v and_o bribe_v the_o ephori_fw-la upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o the_o great_a disservice_n of_o the_o state_n and_o sometime_o to_o the_o fatal_a overthrow_n of_o their_o chief_a design_n so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o consider_v right_o either_o that_o the_o ephori_fw-la keep_v their_o state_n and_o rise_v not_o up_o to_o reverence_v their_o king_n when_o he_o come_v before_o they_o though_o all_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o people_n and_o the_o senate_n do_v it_o as_o we_o read_v in_o xenophon_n agesilao_n de_fw-fr repub._n lacedaem_n plut._n in_o agesilao_n or_o that_o agesilaus_n use_v to_o rise_v up_o to_o they_o as_o often_o as_o they_o come_v unto_o he_o about_o any_o business_n as_o we_o find_v in_o plutarch_n or_o that_o the_o king_n esteem_v it_o such_o a_o point_n of_o sovereignty_n that_o when_o they_o be_v command_v to_o attend_v the_o ephori_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o do_v refuse_v to_o go_v upon_o the_o first_o and_o second_o summons_n and_o stir_v not_o till_o the_o three_o command_n as_o cleomenes_n brag_v in_o the_o say_a historian_n cleoman_n id._n in_o agis_n &_o cleoman_n which_o trust_v i_o be_v a_o point_n of_o no_o small_a importance_n and_o yet_o they_o stay_v not_o here_o they_o go_v furrh_a still_o they_o think_v it_o not_o enough_o to_o condemn_v their_o king_n in_o vast_a and_o unproportionable_a sum_n of_o money_n unless_o they_o lay_v restraint_n on_o their_o person_n also_o and_o have_v command_v upon_o their_o body_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v note_v by_o thucydides_n not_o without_o good_a reason_n that_o they_o do_v not_o only_o punish_v with_o imprisonment_n their_o great_a and_o principal_a commander_n 1._o thucydid_a hist_o l._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o ephori_fw-la to_o do_v the_o like_a unto_o their_o king_n which_o to_o avoid_v pausanias_n be_v enforce_v to_o retire_v himself_o and_o live_v a_o voluntary_a exile_n in_o another_o country_n nothing_o remain_v but_o they_o take_v authority_n to_o depose_v lysander_n plutarch_n in_o lysander_n and_o in_o fine_a to_o murder_v they_o and_o if_o they_o gain_v not_o this_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v nothing_o and_o this_o they_o be_v resolve_v to_o gain_v or_o be_v foul_o foil_v nor_o do_v they_o fail_v in_o the_o attempt_n when_o they_o go_v about_o it_o they_o quarrel_v at_o leonidas_n as_o before_o i_o tell_v you_o for_o marry_v with_o a_o woman_n of_o another_o country_n without_o so_o much_o as_o seek_v for_o their_o approbation_n and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v sure_a to_o effect_v their_o business_n religion_n be_v pretend_v and_o a_o star_n must_v fall_v only_o to_o warrant_v their_o proceed_n which_o preparation_n bring_v past_a they_o cite_v he_o to_o appear_v before_o they_o and_o on_o default_n of_o his_o appearance_n they_o depose_v he_o instant_o and_o confer_v the_o kingdom_n on_o cleombrotus_n cleomenes_n id._n in_o agis_fw-la &_o cleomenes_n but_o these_o man_n be_v out_o of_o office_n he_o come_v out_o of_o sanctuary_n and_o be_v restore_v again_o by_o the_o next_o year_n ephori_fw-la who_o to_o make_v proof_n that_o their_o authority_n be_v as_o great_a as_o their_o predecessor_n think_v it_o not_o argument_n enough_o to_o restore_v one_o king_n except_o they_o do_v depose_v and_o destroy_v another_o and_o thereupon_o lay_v hand_n on_o agis_n of_o the_o other_o house_n and_o inhuman_o hale_v he_o to_o the_o common_a prison_n and_o there_o most_o barbarous_o murder_v he_o with_o his_o mother_n and_o grandmother_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n id._n ibid._n and_o this_o say_v plutarch_n be_v the_o first_o time_n that_o ever_o the_o ephori_fw-la put_v a_o king_n to_o death_n and_o so_o perhaps_o it_o be_v the_o first_o but_o the_o last_o it_o be_v not_o for_o archidamus_n the_o brother_n of_o agis_n be_v recall_v from_o banishment_n by_o cleomenes_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v enjoy_v the_o kingdom_n which_o do_v by_o right_o belong_v unto_o he_o be_v present_o seize_v on_o by_o the_o murderer_n and_o dispatch_v in_o private_a for_o fear_v he_o shall_v revenge_v the_o death_n of_o his_o slaughter_a brother_n ibid._n id._n ibid._n by_o which_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a without_o further_a proof_n that_o the_o spartan_a aristocracy_n be_v become_v a_o tyranny_n and_o of_o all_o tyranny_n the_o most_o insupportable_a because_o mere_o popular_a or_o if_o more_o proof_n shall_v be_v desire_v both_o aristotle_n and_o his_o master_n plato_n will_v not_o stick_v to_o say_v it_o though_o they_o both_o die_v before_o these_o two_o last_o tragedy_n be_v act_v on_o the_o stage_n of_o sparta_n for_o plato_n be_v to_o declare_v what_o he_o conceive_v of_o the_o government_n of_o that_o commonwealth_n resolve_v that_o it_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o plato_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n 4._o approach_v more_o near_o to_o tyranny_n than_o to_o any_o other_o form_n whatever_o the_o power_n and_o empire_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plain_o tyrannical_a and_o no_o otherwise_o and_o aristotle_n who_o have_v study_v the_o condition_n of_o that_o state_n
exact_o though_o at_o the_o first_o he_o seem_v to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v very_o well_o compound_v of_o the_o three_o good_a form_n yet_o upon_o full_a debate_n thereof_o he_o conclude_v at_o last_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o aristot_n polit._n l._n 2._o c._n 4._o that_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v a_o absolute_a tyranny_n assure_o have_v they_o live_v to_o have_v see_v that_o day_n wherein_o the_o ephori_fw-la imbrue_v their_o hand_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o their_o prince_n under_o pretence_n of_o safety_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n they_o will_v have_v vote_v it_o to_o have_v be_v a_o tyranny_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n and_o then_o the_o most_o unsufferable_a tyrant_n that_o ever_o wretched_a state_n groan_v under_o for_o though_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n be_v so_o lessen_v by_o lycurgus_n law_n that_o little_o more_o be_v leave_v unto_o they_o than_o the_o name_n and_o title_n yet_o they_o be_v king_n and_o hold_v so_o sacred_a by_o their_o neighbour_n even_o their_o very_a enemy_n that_o none_o do_v ever_o offer_v to_o lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o in_o the_o heat_n and_o fury_n of_o their_o fight_n cleom._n plutarch_n in_o agis_n &_o cleom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o the_o reverence_n they_o do_v bear_v to_o those_o beam_n of_o majesty_n which_o most_o apparent_o shine_v in_o they_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v grow_v to_o this_o height_n of_o tyranny_n be_v the_o more_o ready_a for_o their_o fall_n which_o follow_v not_o long_o after_o that_o most_o barbarous_a fact_n upon_o the_o person_n of_o their_o prince_n the_o king_n have_v long_o since_o stomach_v they_o and_o their_o high_a proceed_n agesil_n id._n in_o agesil_n bear_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o kind_n of_o heritable_a grudge_n betwixt_o they_o as_o my_o author_n call_v it_o ever_o since_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o control_v their_o master_n but_o either_o want_a opportunity_n or_o spirit_n to_o attempt_v any_o thing_n to_o their_o prejudice_n and_o therefore_o think_v it_o safe_a to_o procure_v their_o favour_n than_o run_v themselves_o upon_o a_o hazardous_a experiment_n pausanias_n the_o 20._o of_o the_o elder_a house_n be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o do_v attempt_n either_o by_o force_n or_o practice_n to_o subvert_v the_o office_n the_o insolence_n of_o the_o which_o be_v then_o grow_v so_o great_a that_o be_v a_o stout_a and_o active_a prince_n he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v they_o that_o he_o have_v entertain_v such_o thought_n be_v affirm_v by_o aristotle_n where_o he_o inform_v we_o that_o lysander_n have_v a_o purpose_n to_o take_v away_o the_o kingly_a government_n or_o rather_o to_o acquire_v it_o to_o himself_o as_o we_o find_v in_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o id._n in_o lysandâ—o_n aristot_n polit._n lib._n 5._o c._n 1._o and_o that_o pausanias_n have_v the_o like_a to_o destroy_v the_o ephorate_a but_o what_o he_o fail_v to_o bring_v about_o his_o successor_n do_v at_o last_o accomplish_v of_o which_o cleombrotus_n and_o agis_n join_v their_o hand_n and_o head_n together_o do_v proceed_v so_o far_o that_o go_v into_o the_o market_n place_n well_o attend_v by_o their_o friend_n and_o follower_n they_o pluck_v the_o ephori_fw-la from_o their_o seat_n and_o substitute_v other_o in_o their_o room_n who_o they_o conceive_v will_v be_v more_o pliant_a to_o their_o prefent_a enterprise_n which_o be_v the_o first_o actual_a attempt_n cleom._n plutarch_n in_o agis_n &_o cleom._n that_o ever_o have_v be_v make_v against_o they_o by_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n but_o evulgato_fw-la imperii_fw-la arcano_n when_o so_o great_a a_o mystery_n of_o state_n be_v once_o discover_v that_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v but_o mortal_a man_n and_o may_v as_o easy_o be_v displace_v and_o depose_v as_o any_o of_o the_o other_o magistrate_n leonidas_n immediate_o upon_o his_o restitution_n to_o the_o kingdom_n make_v the_o like_a removal_n and_o displace_v those_o who_o have_v take_v part_n against_o he_o with_o the_o former_a king_n ibid._n id._n ibid._n so_o that_o the_o ice_n be_v break_v and_o the_o way_n make_v open_a cleomenes_z son_n unto_o leonidas_n have_v the_o fair_a way_n to_o abrogate_v the_o office_n utter_o which_o at_o last_o he_o do_v for_o be_v a_o brave_a and_o gallant_a prince_n and_o see_v that_o the_o project_n he_o be_v bend_v upon_o for_o the_o reduction_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o its_o primitive_a honour_n can_v not_o be_v bring_v about_o but_o by_o their_o destruction_n he_o fall_v upon_o they_o with_o his_o soldier_n as_o they_o sit_v at_o supper_n and_o kill_v four_o of_o they_o in_o the_o place_n the_o five_o escape_v shrewd_o hurt_v to_o the_o near_a sanctuary_n ibid._n id._n ibid._n that_o do_v he_o go_v into_o the_o market_n place_n and_o overthrow_v all_o the_o chair_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la save_v only_o one_o which_o he_o reserve_v for_o himself_o as_o his_o chair_n of_o state_n and_o sit_v in_o the_o same_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o people_n give_v they_o a_o account_n of_o his_o proceed_n and_o the_o reason_n which_o induce_v he_o to_o it_o declare_v how_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v at_o first_o appoint_v by_o the_o king_n themselves_o that_o for_o long_a time_n they_o govern_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o king_n minister_n and_o no_o otherwise_o that_o many_o year_n after_o this_o asteropus_fw-la one_o of_o the_o ephori_fw-la build_v upon_o a_o new_a foundation_n and_o be_v the_o first_o author_n of_o that_o dangerous_a change_n they_o take_v the_o government_n unto_o themselves_o and_o exercise_v the_o same_o in_o their_o own_o name_n only_o that_o though_o they_o have_v usurp_v a_o power_n which_o belong_v not_o to_o they_o yet_o have_v they_o manage_v it_o discreet_o the_o may_v perhaps_o have_v hold_v it_o long_o and_o with_o better_a like_n but_o that_o licentious_o abuse_v the_o authority_n which_o they_o have_v usurp_v by_o suppress_v the_o lawful_a governor_n ordain_v of_o old_a by_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o banish_v some_o of_o the_o citizen_n and_o to_o put_v some_o to_o death_n without_o law_n and_o justice_n and_o final_o by_o threaten_v those_o who_o be_v desirous_a to_o restore_v the_o government_n to_o its_o ancient_a form_n they_o be_v no_o long_o to_o be_v suffer_v that_o for_o his_o part_n he_o shall_v have_v think_v himself_o the_o happy_a king_n that_o ever_o be_v if_o possible_o he_o can_v have_v cure_v his_o country_n of_o that_o foul_a affection_n without_o grief_n or_o sorrow_n but_o be_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v that_o way_n he_o think_v it_o better_o that_o some_o shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n than_o the_o whole_a commonwealth_n run_v on_o to_o a_o swift_a destruction_n this_o say_v he_o present_o dissolve_v the_o assembly_n and_o serious_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o reformation_n which_o former_o he_o have_v project_v and_o in_o short_a time_n reduce_v the_o people_n to_o the_o ancient_a discipline_n the_o staee_n and_o reputation_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o its_o ancient_a height_n thus_o have_v we_o make_v a_o brief_a discovery_n of_o the_o spartan_a ephori_fw-la upon_o what_o ground_n first_o institute_v and_o on_o what_o destroy_v by_o what_o foul_a practice_n and_o unlawful_a mean_n they_o gain_v the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o state_n and_o by_o what_o they_o lose_v it_o how_o and_o by_o what_o degree_n they_o come_v from_o low_a and_o mean_a beginning_n to_o so_o strange_a a_o tyranny_n and_o with_o what_o suddenness_n they_o lose_v their_o power_n and_o their_o life_n together_o but_o in_o all_o this_o there_o be_v not_o any_o show_n or_o colour_n for_o that_o which_o be_v affirm_v by_o calvin_n no_o ground_n for_o nor_o verity_n at_o all_o in_o that_o assertion_n that_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v at_o first_o ordain_v to_o oppose_v the_o king_n to_o regulate_v their_o proceed_n and_o restrain_v their_o power_n but_o rather_o that_o they_o be_v ordain_v as_o indeed_o they_o be_v to_o curb_v the_o senate_n to_o be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o king_n and_o subservient_fw-fr to_o they_o to_o sit_v in_o judgement_n for_o they_o and_o discharge_v such_o office_n as_o the_o king_n please_v to_o trust_v they_o with_o in_o their_o time_n of_o absence_n if_o calve_v popular_a magistrate_n have_v no_o more_o authority_n than_o the_o spartan_a ephori_fw-la according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o their_o institution_n they_o will_v have_v little_a colour_n to_o control_v their_o prince_n and_o less_o for_o put_v a_o restraint_n on_o the_o regal_a power_n the_o most_o they_o can_v pretend_v to_o must_v be_v usurpation_n and_o that_o will_v hold_v no_o long_o if_o it_o hold_v so_o long_o than_o they_o have_v power_n to_o make_v it_o good_a by_o blood_n and_o violence_n which_o i_o hope_v calvin_n do_v not_o aim_v at_o and_o if_o they_o have_v no_o other_o ground_n
six_o military_a tribune_n shall_v be_v choose_v by_o they_o to_o be_v possess_v of_o all_o the_o consular_a authority_n and_o they_o to_o be_v promiscuous_o elect_v out_o of_o the_o patrician_n and_o the_o people_n 4._o livy_n l._n 4._o as_o they_o see_v convenient_a and_o have_v get_v this_o ground_n they_o go_v on_o a_o main_a for_o not_o long_o after_o p._n licinius_n calvus_n a_o mere_a plebeian_n be_v make_v one_o of_o these_o military_a tribune_n and_o short_o after_o that_o the_o magister_fw-la equitum_fw-la or_o the_o commander_n of_o the_o horse_n thus_o silius_n and_o aelius_n be_v make_v questor_n those_o of_o patrician_n rank_n have_v have_v the_o canvas_v and_o next_o that_o follow_v a_o decree_n that_o the_o decemviri_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la who_o have_v the_o custody_n and_o charge_n of_o the_o sibyl_n book_n 6._o id._n lib._n 6._o partim_fw-la ex_fw-la plebe_n partim_fw-la ex_fw-la patriciis_fw-la shall_v be_v indifferent_o choose_v out_o of_o both_o estate_n in_o 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part_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n page_n 359_o 3._o the_o annual_a sabbath_n no_o less_o solemn_o observe_v and_o celebrate_v than_o the_o weekly_a be_v if_o not_o more_o solemn_o page_n 360_o 4._o of_o the_o parasceve_fw-la or_o preparation_n to_o the_o sabbath_n and_o the_o solemn_a festival_n page_n 361_o 5._o all_o manner_n of_o work_n as_o well_o forbid_v on_o the_o annual_a as_o the_o weekly_a sabbath_n page_n 362_o 6._o what_o thing_n be_v lawful_a to_o be_v do_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n page_n 363_o 7._o touch_v the_o prohibition_n of_o not_o kindle_v fire_n and_o not_o dress_v meat_n page_z 364_o 8._o what_o move_v the_o gentile_n general_o to_o charge_v the_o jew_n with_o fast_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n page_n 365_o 9_o touch_v this_o prohibition_n let_v no_o man_n go_v out_o of_o his_o place_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n page_n 366_o 10_o all_o lawful_a recreation_n as_o dance_v feast_v manlike_a exercise_n allow_v and_o practise_v by_o the_o jew_n upon_o their_o sabbath_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o touch_v the_o observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n unto_o the_o time_n the_o people_n be_v establish_v in_o the_o promise_v land_n 1._o the_o sabbath_n not_o keep_v constant_o during_o the_o time_n the_o people_n wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n page_n 368_o 2._o of_o he_o that_o gather_v stick_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n ibid._n 3._o wherein_o the_o sanctify_a of_o the_o sabbath_n do_v consist_v in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n page_n 369_o 4._o the_o law_n not_o order_v to_o be_v read_v in_o the_o congregation_n every_o sabbath_n day_n page_n 370_o 5._o the_o sack_n of_o hiericho_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o that_o people_n be_v upon_o the_o sabbath_n page_n 371_o 6._o no_o sabbath_n after_o this_o without_o circumcision_n and_o how_o that_o ceremony_n can_v consist_v with_o the_o sabbath_n rest_n page_z 372_o 7._o what_o move_v the_o jew_n to_o prefer_v circumcision_n before_o the_o sabbath_n page_n 373_o 8._o the_o stand_v still_o of_o the_o sun_n at_o the_o prayer_n of_o josuah_n etc._n etc._n can_v not_o but_o make_v some_o alteration_n about_o the_o sabbath_n ibid._n 9_o what_o be_v the_o priest_n work_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o whether_o it_o may_v stand_v with_o the_o sabbath_n rest_n page_z 374_o 10._o the_o scatter_n of_o the_o levite_n over_o all_o the_o tribe_n have_v no_o relation_n unto_o the_o read_n of_o the_o law_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n page_n 375_o chap._n vii_o touch_v the_o keep_n of_o the_o sabbath_n from_o the_o time_n of_o david_n to_o the_o maccabee_n 1._o particular_a necessity_n must_v give_v place_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n page_n 376_o 2._o that_o david_n flight_n from_o saul_n be_v upon_o the_o sabbath_n page_n 377_o 3._o what_o david_n do_v be_v king_n of_o israel_n in_o order_v thing_n about_o the_o sabbath_n ibid._n 4._o elijah_n flight_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n and_o what_o else_o happen_v on_o the_o sabbath_n in_o elijah_n time_n page_n 378_o 5._o the_o limitation_n of_o a_o sabbath_n day_n journey_n not_o know_v among_o the_o jew_n when_o elisha_n live_v page_n 379_o 6._o the_o lord_n become_v offend_v with_o the_o jewish_a sabbath_n and_o on_o what_o occasion_n ibid._n 7._o the_o sabbath_n entertain_v by_o the_o samaritan_n and_o their_o strange_a nicety_n therein_o page_n 380_o 8._o whether_o the_o sabbath_n be_v observe_v during_o the_o captivity_n ibid._n 9_o the_o special_a care_n of_o nehemiah_n to_o reform_v the_o sabbath_n page_n 381_o 10._o the_o weekly_a read_n of_o the_o law_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n begin_v by_o ezra_n page_n 382_o 11._o no_o synagogue_n nor_o weekly_a read_n of_o the_o law_n during_o the_o government_n of_o the_o king_n page_z 383_o 11._o the_o scribe_n and_o doctor_n of_o the_o law_n impose_v new_a rigour_n on_o the_o people_n about_o their_o sabbath_n page_n 384_o chap._n viii_o what_o do_v occur_v about_o the_o sabbath_n from_o the_o maccabee_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n 1._o the_o jew_n refuse_v to_o fight_v in_o their_o own_o defence_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n and_o what_o be_v order_v thereupon_o page_n 385_o 2._o the_o pharisee_n about_o these_o time_n have_v make_v the_o sabbath_n burdensome_a by_o their_o tradition_n page_n 386_o 3._o jerusalem_n twice_o take_v by_o the_o roman_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n page_n 387_o 4._o the_o roman_n many_o of_o they_o judaize_n and_o take_v up_o the_o sabbath_n as_o other_o nation_n do_v by_o the_o jew_n example_n page_n 388_o 5._o augustus_n caesar_n very_o gracious_a to_o the_o jew_n in_o matter_n that_o concern_v their_o sabbath_n page_n 390_o 6._o what_o our_o redeemer_n teach_v and_o do_v to_o rectify_v the_o abuse_n of_o and_o in_o the_o sabbath_n ibid._n 7._o the_o final_a ruin_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o jewish_a ceremony_n on_o a_o sabbath_n day_n page_n 391_o 8._o the_o sabbath_n abrogate_a with_o the_o other_o ceremony_n page_n 392_o 9_o wherein_o consist_v the_o christian_a sabbath_n mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o among_o the_o father_n page_n 393_o 10._o the_o idle_a and_o ridiculous_a nicety_n of_o the_o modern_a jew_n in_o their_o perasceve_n and_o their_o sabbath_n conclude_v the_o first_o part._n page_n 394_o book_n ii_o chap._n i._o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o find_v in_o scripture_n touch_v the_o keep_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n 1._o the_o sabbath_n not_o intend_v for_o a_o perpetual_a ordinance_n page_n 400_o 1._o preparative_n unto_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o sabbath_n by_o our_o saviou_n christ_n page_n 401_o 3._o the_o lord_n day_n not_o enjoin_v in_o the_o place_n thereof_o either_o by_o christ_n or_o the_o apostle_n but_o institute_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n page_n 402_o 4._o our_o saviour_n resurrection_n on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n and_o apparition_n on_o the_o same_o make_v it_o not_o a_o sabbath_n page_n 404_o 5._o the_o come_n down_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n make_v it_o not_o a_o sabbath_n page_n 405_o 6._o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n not_o make_v a_o sabbath_n more_o than_o other_o by_o s._n peter_n s._n paul_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n ibid._n 7._o s._n paul_n frequent_v the_o synagogue_n on_o the_o jewish_a sabbath_n and_o upon_o what_o reason_n page_n 406_o 8._o what_o be_v conclude_v against_o the_o sabbath_n in_o the_o council_n hold_v at_o jerusalem_n page_n 407_o 9_o the_o preach_v of_o s._n paul_n at_o troas_n upon_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n no_o argument_n that_o then_o that_o day_n be_v set_v apart_o by_o the_o apostle_n for_o religious_a exercise_n page_n 408_o 10._o collection_n on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n 1_o cor._n 16._o conclude_v as_o little_a for_o that_o purpose_n page_n 409_o 11._o those_o place_n of_o s._n paul_n gal._n 4.10_o coloss_n 2.16_o do_v prove_v invincible_o that_o there_o be_v no_o sabbath_n to_o be_v look_v for_o page_z 410_o 12._o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o week_n not_o call_v the_o lord_n day_n until_o the_o end_n of_o this_o first_o age_n and_o what_o that_o title_n add_v unto_o it_o page_n 411_o chap._n ii_o in_o what_o estate_n the_o lord_n day_n stand_v from_o the_o death_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n 1._o touch_v the_o order_n settle_v by_o the_o apostle_n for_o the_o congregation_n page_n 413_o 2._o the_o lord_n day_n and_o the_o saturday_n both_o festival_n and_o both_o alike_o observe_v in_o the_o east_n in_o ignatius_n time_n page_n 414_o 3._o the_o saturday_n not_o without_o great_a difficulty_n make_v a_o fast_a day_n page_n 415_o 4._o the_o controversy_n about_o keep_v easter_n and_o how_o much_o it_o conduce_v to_o the_o present_a business_n page_n 416_o 5._o the_o feast_n of_o easter_n not_o affix_v to_o the_o lord_n day_n without_o much_o opposition_n of_o the_o eastern_a church_n ibid._n 6._o what_o justin_n martyr_n and_o dionysius_n of_o corinth_n have_v leave_v we_o of_o the_o lord_n day_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n his_o dislike_n thereof_o page_n 417_o 7._o upon_o what_o ground_n the_o christian_n of_o the_o former_a time_n use_v to_o pray_v stand_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o the_o time_n of_o pentecost_n page_n 418_o 8._o what_o be_v record_v by_o tertullian_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n page_n 419_o 9_o origen_n as_o his_o master_n clemens_n have_v do_v before_o dislike_v set_v day_n for_o the_o assembly_n page_n 420_o 10._o s._n cyprian_n what_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o of_o the_o read_n of_o the_o scripture_n in_o s._n cyprian_n time_n ibid._n 11._o of_o other_o holy_a day_n establish_v in_o these_o three_o first_o age_n and_o that_o they_o be_v observe_v as_o solemn_o as_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v page_n 421_o 12._o the_o
make_v they_o on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o court_v the_o people_n and_o to_o apply_v themselves_o unto_o they_o upon_o all_o occasion_n and_o though_o it_o happen_v many_o time_n that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v indigent_a and_o needy_a man_n where_o easy_o wrought_v upon_o by_o money_n and_o apt_a to_o sell_v as_o well_o the_o justice_n as_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o enrich_v themselves_o and_o raise_v their_o family_n whereof_o aristotle_n much_o complain_v and_o that_o deserve_o 8._o id._n ibid._n etc._n etc._n 8._o yet_o this_o corruption_n serve_v to_o advance_v their_o power_n and_o put_v they_o into_o a_o condition_n to_o be_v the_o better_a able_a to_o oblige_v the_o people_n so_o that_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o people_n do_v all_o they_o can_v to_o advance_v the_o power_n and_o reputation_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la who_o they_o account_v for_o their_o own_o as_o indeed_o they_o be_v and_o the_o ephori_fw-la strive_v by_o all_o possible_a mean_n to_o gratify_v the_o people_n by_o obtain_v new_a law_n and_o large_a immunity_n to_o be_v enact_v for_o they_o as_o they_o see_v occasion_n they_o alter_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o government_n and_o make_v it_o of_o a_o aristocracy_n to_o become_v a_o ogligarchie_n and_o in_o conclusion_n a_o plain_a popular_a tyranny_n for_o trust_v to_o the_o power_n and_o interess_n whic_n they_o have_v in_o the_o commonalty_n and_o the_o support_n they_o be_v assure_v from_o they_o if_o the_o case_n require_v it_o they_o draw_v unto_o themselves_o the_o managery_n of_o the_o state-affair_n and_o grow_v so_o powerful_a at_o the_o last_o that_o if_o they_o do_v not_o all_o thing_n of_o their_o own_o authority_n yet_o they_o have_v such_o a_o hand_n on_o the_o king_n and_o senate_n that_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v without_o they_o be_v any_o law_n to_o be_v enact_v who_o but_o the_o ephori_fw-la must_v propound_v they_o or_o any_o tax_n to_o be_v levy_v for_o the_o necessary_a use_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n who_o but_o the_o ephori_fw-la must_v impose_v they_o cleoman_n plutarch_n in_o agis_n &_o cleoman_n when_o lysander_n have_v reduce_v the_o city_n of_o athens_n unto_o such_o extremity_n that_o they_o be_v glad_a to_o yield_v unto_o such_o condition_n as_o the_o conqueror_n be_v please_v to_o impose_v upon_o they_o from_o who_o must_v the_o capitulation_n come_v but_o from_o the_o ephori_fw-la it_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o final_a resolution_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la lysandro_n id._n in_o lysandro_n from_o which_o they_o be_v to_o expect_v either_o bond_n or_o liberty_n cynado_fw-it be_v accuse_v of_o treason_n against_o agesilaus_n and_o the_o state_n of_o sparta_n the_o ephori_fw-la must_v take_v the_o information_n and_o proceed_v according_o 1._o xenophon_n in_o vita_fw-la agesilai_n thucydides_n l._n 1._o and_o if_o pausanias_n be_v accuse_v of_o hold_v correspondence_n with_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n the_o ephori_fw-la send_v out_o their_o command_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o commit_v he_o present_o to_o prison_n when_o any_o ambassador_n be_v send_v forth_o on_o the_o public_a service_n from_o who_o must_v they_o receive_v their_o power_n from_o who_o be_v furnish_v with_o instruction_n but_o from_o the_o ephori_fw-la alone_o nicias_n plut._n in_o nicias_n and_o who_o but_o they_o must_v appoint_v comminder_n for_o the_o war_n require_v account_n of_o their_o employment_n and_o either_o punish_v or_o reward_v they_o as_o they_o haved_z serve_v when_o cleonymus_n be_v displease_v because_o areus_n be_v prefer_v before_o he_o in_o his_o pretension_n to_o the_o kingdom_n the_o ephori_fw-la do_v not_o only_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o sweeten_v and_o demulce_a the_o man_n by_o great_a gift_n and_o present_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o also_o to_o confer_v upon_o he_o the_o command_n of_o the_o army_n lacon_n pausan_n l._n 3._o in_o lacon_n though_o of_o right_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n when_o mindarus_n the_o admiral_n of_o their_o navy_n be_v miserable_o beat_v by_o the_o athenian_n in_o the_o straight_o of_o hellespont_n a_o express_a be_v present_o dispatch_v to_o sparta_n lysandro_n plutarch_n in_o alcibiades_n idem_fw-la in_o lysandro_n to_o give_v unto_o the_o ephori_fw-la a_o account_n thereof_o lysander_n have_v no_o soon_o revenge_v this_o quarrel_n and_o beat_v the_o fleet_n of_o the_o athenian_n near_o the_o self_n same_o place_n but_o he_o acquaint_v the_o ephori_fw-la with_o his_o good_a success_n with_o all_o speed_n that_o may_v be_v and_o if_o the_o war_n prove_v fortunate_a and_o the_o spoil_n so_o great_a that_o part_n thereof_o be_v send_v to_o sparta_n to_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o public_a treasury_n the_o ephori_fw-la and_o none_o but_o they_o must_v have_v the_o finger_n of_o the_o money_n ibid._n id._n ibid._n final_o there_o be_v no_o commander_n of_o the_o army_n or_o other_o officer_n employ_v by_o the_o commonwealth_n who_o they_o call_v not_o to_o a_o 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