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cook_n show_v 4._o instit._fw-la pag._n 198._o and_o lord_n herbert_n in_o his_o history_n pag._n 9_o great_a sum_n doubtless_o then_o any_o king_n of_o this_o realm_n before_o have_v in_o his_o coffer_n and_o such_o as_o may_v be_v think_v effective_o quadruple_a to_o so_o much_o in_o our_o age_n but_o our_o long_a parliament_n and_o committee-man_n have_v spend_v many_o more_o million_o of_o money_n then_o can_v be_v imagine_v more_o than_o ever_o david_n leave_v for_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n viz_o twenty_o and_o three_o million_o of_o our_o money_n and_o a_o thousand_o pound_n a_o matter_n but_o for_o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n exceed_v all_o belief_n say_v sir_n walter_n raleigh_n 2._o book_n cap._n 17._o sect._n 9_o but_o our_o long_a parliament_n have_v spend_v more_o to_o pull_v down_o temple_n and_o have_v raise_v such_o a_o rabble_n of_o sectary_n as_o be_v ready_a to_o pull_v down_o and_o destroy_v all_o the_o church_n in_o the_o land_n and_o to_o make_v spoil_n of_o all_o the_o material_n and_o revenue_n of_o they_o empson_n and_o dudley_n bring_v so_o much_o money_n to_o the_o king_n coffer_n that_o king_n hen._n 8._o be_v exceed_o enrich_v insomuch_o as_o bacon_n say_v of_o he_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o hen._n 7â—_n that_o there_o be_v the_o fair_a morning_n of_o a_o kingdom_n that_o ever_o be_v see_v in_o this_o land_n or_o any_o other_o but_o by_o his_o prodigal_a expense_n and_o sacrilegious_a do_n there_o follow_v the_o foul_a evening_n of_o a_o kingdom_n that_o ere_o be_v know_v bancroft_n in_o his_o survey_n cap._n 6._o say_v that_o at_o geneva_n they_o have_v a_o chief_n council_n of_o threescore_o which_o be_v as_o a_o parliament_n in_o their_o government_n and_o that_o calvin_n and_o beza_n be_v member_n of_o that_o council_n and_o have_v vote_n and_o voice_n among_o they_o and_o why_o may_v not_o a_o bishop_n among_o we_o be_v present_a in_o our_o great_a council_n as_o well_o as_o calvin_n and_o beza_n at_o geneva_n 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extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la judices_fw-la manicipale_v cujusque_fw-la civiâ—atis_fw-la ut_fw-la vocantur_fw-la seniores_fw-la fuisse_fw-la chiliarchos_fw-la centuriones_n quinquagâ—narios_fw-la &_o decuriones_fw-la tot_fw-la quot_fw-la esse_fw-la poâ—erant_fw-la in_o quaque_fw-la civitate_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la levitae_fw-la quidam_fw-la in_o praefectos_fw-la assumerentur_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la aliquot_fw-la erant_fw-la levitae_fw-la sin_v minus_fw-la ex_fw-la proxima_fw-la urbe_fw-la levitis_fw-la assignata_fw-la advocabâ—_n ntur_fw-la and_o again_o in_o his_o cap._n 10._o david_n in_o civili_fw-la politia_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la destinasse_n judices_fw-la &_o prafectis_fw-la sexies_fw-la mille_fw-la exit_fw-la levitiâ—_n judices_fw-la &_o praefecti_fw-la assumpti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la essent_fw-la ex_fw-la levitis_fw-la quidam_fw-la qui_fw-la adsessores_fw-la essent_fw-la 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principibus_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la &_o scribis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la legis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la spicere_fw-la liqueat_fw-la ex_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la ubi_fw-la agitur_fw-la de_fw-la judicio_fw-la christi_fw-la voco_fw-la autem_fw-la principes_fw-la populi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la princâ—pes_fw-la tribuum_fw-la qui_fw-la regâ—_n assidebant_fw-la quare_fw-la joseph_n ab_fw-la arimath_n senator_n sive_fw-la decurio_fw-la nobilis_fw-la idem_fw-la concilii_fw-la particeps_fw-la fuit_fw-la siquidem_fw-la scriptum_fw-la â—st_fw-la ipsum_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la assensum_fw-la damnationi_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la praebuisse_fw-la principes_fw-la autem_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la dico_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la vicenis_fw-la quaternis_fw-la sacer_fw-la dotum_fw-la classibus_fw-la seu_fw-la vicibus_fw-la singuli_fw-la singulis_fw-la praeerant_fw-la scribas_fw-la vero_fw-la ipsos_fw-la legis_fw-la doctores_fw-la quos_fw-la prophetas_fw-la josephus_n vocavit_fw-la it_o be_v manifest_a hereby_o and_o by_o the_o reason_n allege_v already_o in_o cap._n 2._o that_o be_v a_o gross_a error_n of_o doctor_n burgess_n who_o affirm_v that_o in_o numb_a 11._o there_o be_v no_o foot-step_n appear_v that_o the_o priest_n be_v any_o of_o the_o 70._o elder_n appoint_v by_o moses_n 19_o now_o see_v david_n appoint_v no_o less_o than_o six_o thousand_o levite_n for_o the_o outward_a business_n it_o can_v not_o be_v but_o that_o many_o of_o they_o be_v employ_v in_o their_o secular_a and_o civil_a affair_n whereas_o now_o there_o be_v not_o one_o hundred_o of_o the_o clergy_n employ_v throughout_o our_o whole_a kingdom_n there_o be_v not_o above_o two_o or_o three_o justice_n of_o peace_n in_o a_o whole_a shire_n but_o their_o presence_n and_o assistance_n at_o public_a meeting_n of_o justice_n as_o at_o the_o assize_n and_o quarter-session_n and_o other_o occasion_n be_v very_o necessary_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n who_o will_v otherwise_o be_v 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and_o combustion_n of_o france_n when_o the_o protestant_n do_v call_v and_o hold_v parliament_n there_o without_o the_o king_n consent_n as_o at_o loudun_n and_o rochel_n 1627._o and_o do_v garrison_n the_o city_n very_o strong_o against_o the_o king_n moulin_n do_v take_v occasion_n to_o speak_v thereof_o in_o his_o anatome_n missae_fw-la pag._n 246._o where_o he_o reckon_v up_o the_o war_n of_o bohemia_n and_o what_o be_v do_v against_o hierom_n of_o prague_n and_o john_n husse_v and_o the_o fortunate_a battle_n fight_v by_o zisca_n in_o the_o end_n he_o conclude_v and_o infer_v this_o haec_fw-la non_fw-la ideo_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la allata_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la probemus_fw-la actiones_fw-la ziscae_fw-la aut_fw-la tumultus_fw-la populorum_fw-la qui_fw-la ut_fw-la persecutiones_fw-la &_o martyrium_fw-la effugiant_fw-la arma_fw-la sumunt_fw-la adversus_fw-la dominos_fw-la suos_fw-la etenim_fw-la veritas_fw-la evangelica_n non_fw-la he_o stabilitur_fw-la rationibus_fw-la &_o 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lib._n 15._o c._n 8._o at_o large_a dispute_v the_o question_n an_fw-mi tolerari_fw-la debeat_fw-la a_o christianis_fw-la rex_fw-la infidelis_fw-la aut_fw-la haereticus_fw-la pontificii_fw-la dicunt_fw-la non_fw-la licet_fw-la christianis_fw-la tolerare_fw-la regem_fw-la infidelem_fw-la aut_fw-la haereticum_fw-la si_fw-la conetur_fw-la pertrahere_fw-la subditos_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la vel_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n haec_fw-la vero_fw-la fax_fw-la est_fw-la seditionum_fw-la scaturigo_fw-la parricidiorum_fw-la lerna_n malorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la hisce_fw-la multis_fw-la annis_fw-la anglia_fw-it tentata_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la tentata_fw-la tantum_fw-la deo_fw-la protegente_fw-la regiaque_fw-la capita_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la periculis_fw-la eripieute_n at_o nostrae_fw-la galliae_fw-la theatrum_fw-la jam_fw-la ter_z misere_fw-la cruentatum_fw-la duorum_fw-la proxime_fw-la regum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la ratiocinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la 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