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             A sermon preached before the King, January 30, 1668/9, being the day of the execrable murther of King Charles I by Edward Stillingfleet ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           KING
           ,
           JANUARY
           30.
           1668
           
           /
           9
           Being
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Execrable
           Murther
           OF
           King
           Charles
           I.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Edward
             Stillingfleet
          
           D.
           D.
           Rector
           of
           St.
           
             Andrews
             Holborn
             ,
          
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Printed
           by
           His
           Majesties
           special
           Command
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Robert
             White
             ,
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           
             White-Hart
          
           in
           
             Westminster
          
           Hall.
           1669.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             JUDE
             V.
             II.
             
          
           
             And
             perished
             in
             the
             gainsaying
             of
             Corah
             .
          
        
         
           AMong
           all
           the
           dismal
           consequences
           of
           that
           fatal
           day
           wherein
           the
           
             Honour
          
           of
           our
           Nation
           suffered
           together
           with
           our
           
             Martyr'd
             Soveraign
             ,
          
           there
           is
           none
           which
           in
           this
           Place
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           concerned
           for
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Dishonour
          
           which
           was
           done
           to
           
             Religion
          
           by
           it
           .
           For
           if
           those
           things
           which
           were
           then
           acted
           among
           us
           ,
           had
           been
           done
           among
           the
           most
           rude
           and
           barbarous
           Nations
           ,
           though
           that
           had
           been
           enough
           to
           have
           made
           them
           for
           ever
           thought
           so
           ;
           yet
           they
           might
           have
           been
           imputed
           to
           their
           ignorance
           in
           matters
           of
           Civility
           and
           
             Religion
             :
          
           but
           when
           they
           were
           committed
           not
           only
           by
           men
           who
           were
           called
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           but
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           a
           mighty
           zeal
           for
           their
           
             Religion
          
           too
           ,
           men
           will
           
           either
           think
           that
           
             Religion
          
           bad
           which
           did
           give
           encouragement
           to
           such
           actions
           ,
           or
           those
           persons
           extremely
           wicked
           ,
           who
           could
           make
           use
           of
           a
           pretence
           of
           it
           for
           things
           so
           contrary
           to
           its
           nature
           and
           design
           .
           And
           on
           which
           of
           these
           two
           the
           blame
           will
           fall
           ,
           may
           be
           soon
           discovered
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           that
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
          
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           hath
           taken
           care
           to
           preserve
           the
           Rights
           of
           
             Soveraignty
             ,
          
           by
           
             giving
             unto
             Caesar
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Caesars
             ,
          
           and
           to
           make
           resistance
           
           unlawful
           by
           declaring
           
             that
             those
             who
             are
             
             guilty
             of
             it
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             damnation
             .
          
           But
           as
           though
           bare
           resistance
           had
           been
           too
           mean
           and
           low
           a
           thing
           for
           them
           (
           notwithstanding
           what
           
             Christ
          
           and
           his
           
             Apostles
          
           had
           said
           )
           to
           shew
           themselves
           to
           be
           
             Christians
          
           of
           a
           higher
           rank
           than
           others
           ;
           they
           imbrue
           their
           hands
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           their
           
             Soveraign
          
           for
           a
           demonstration
           of
           their
           
             Piety
             ,
          
           by
           the
           same
           figure
           by
           which
           they
           had
           destroyed
           mens
           
             Rights
          
           to
           defend
           their
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           and
           fought
           against
           the
           
             King
          
           for
           preservation
           of
           his
           
             Person
             .
          
           But
           the
           actions
           of
           such
           men
           could
           not
           have
           been
           so
           bad
           as
           they
           were
           ;
           unless
           their
           pretences
           had
           been
           so
           great
           ,
           for
           there
           can
           be
           no
           higher
           aggravation
           of
           a
           wicked
           action
           ,
           than
           for
           men
           to
           seem
           to
           be
           Religious
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           If
           the
           
             Devil
          
           himself
           were
           to
           preach
           sedition
           to
           
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           appear
           otherwise
           than
           as
           an
           
             Angel
             of
             Light
             :
          
           his
           pretence
           would
           be
           Unity
           ,
           when
           he
           designed
           the
           greatest
           Divisions
           ;
           and
           the
           preservation
           of
           Authority
           ,
           when
           he
           laid
           the
           seeds
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           But
           we
           might
           as
           well
           imagine
           that
           
             the
             God
             of
             this
             world
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             Devil
          
           is
           sometime
           called
           )
           should
           advance
           nothing
           but
           Peace
           and
           Holiness
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Christianity
          
           should
           give
           the
           least
           countenance
           to
           what
           is
           contrary
           to
           either
           of
           them
           .
           Yet
           the
           wickedness
           of
           men
           hath
           been
           so
           great
           upon
           earth
           ,
           as
           to
           call
           down
           Heaven
           it self
           to
           justifie
           their
           impieties
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           have
           found
           themselves
           unable
           to
           bear
           the
           burden
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           fain
           make
           
             Religion
          
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           Such
           as
           these
           we
           have
           a
           description
           of
           in
           this
           short
           ,
           but
           smart
           Epistle
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           men
           who
           pretended
           inspirations
           and
           impulses
           for
           the
           greatest
           villanies
           ;
           who
           believed
           it
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Saintship
           to
           
             despise
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             speak
             evil
             of
             Dignities
             ;
          
           who
           thought
           the
           
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           signified
           very
           little
           ,
           unless
           it
           served
           to
           justifie
           their
           most
           wicked
           actions
           .
           These
           in
           all
           probability
           were
           the
           followers
           of
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           the
           
             Leviathan
          
           of
           the
           Primitive
           
             Church
             ,
          
           a
           who
           destroyed
           all
           the
           natural
           differences
           of
           good
           
           and
           evil
           ,
           b
           and
           made
           it
           lawful
           for
           men
           in
           case
           of
           persecution
           ,
           to
           forswear
           their
           
             Religion
             .
          
           c
           The
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           being
           
             that
             his
             Disciples
             need
             not
             be
             afraid
             of
             the
             terrours
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             free
             to
             do
             what
             they
             pleased
             themselves
             ,
             because
             Salvation
             was
             not
             to
             be
             expected
             by
             good
             works
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             :
          
           No
           wonder
           then
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           these
           
             did
             turn
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             into
             lasciviousness
             :
          
           And
           when
           it
           proved
           dangerous
           not
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           would
           deny
           their
           
             Religion
          
           to
           save
           themselves
           .
           For
           they
           had
           so
           high
           opinions
           of
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           only
           Saints
           ,
           that
           as
           d
           
             Epiphanius
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           they
           thought
           it
           
             the
             casting
             Pearls
             before
             Swine
             ,
          
           to
           expose
           themselves
           to
           danger
           before
           the
           Heathen
           Governours
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           not
           only
           discovered
           what
           a
           mighty
           value
           they
           set
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           but
           what
           mean
           and
           contemptible
           thoughts
           they
           had
           of
           that
           Authority
           which
           
             God
          
           had
           established
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           they
           would
           by
           no
           means
           allow
           ,
           for
           they
           thought
           all
           the
           Governments
           of
           the
           world
           to
           be
           nothing
           else
           e
           but
           
             the
             contrivance
             of
             
             some
             evil
             spirits
             to
             abridge
             men
             of
             that
             liberty
             which
             God
             and
             nature
             had
             given
             them
             :
          
           And
           this
           is
           that
           
             speaking
             evil
             of
             Dignities
          
           which
           they
           are
           charged
           with
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           our
           
             Apostle
          
           here
           ,
           but
           by
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           before
           him
           .
           Although
           the
           phrase
           used
           by
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           may
           be
           taken
           (
           by
           the
           use
           of
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           in
           the
           first
           of
           
           
             Maceabees
             )
          
           not
           for
           the
           bare
           contempt
           of
           Authority
           ,
           expressed
           by
           reviling
           language
           ,
           but
           
           for
           an
           open
           resistance
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           the
           other
           is
           so
           natural
           an
           introduction
           to
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           think
           and
           speak
           contemptibly
           of
           
             Government
             ,
          
           do
           but
           want
           an
           occasion
           to
           manifest
           that
           their
           actions
           would
           be
           as
           bad
           as
           their
           thoughts
           and
           expressions
           are
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           here
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           is
           made
           use
           of
           to
           express
           one
           of
           the
           most
           remarkable
           seditions
           we
           ever
           read
           of
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           
             his
             Company
          
           against
           
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             ;
          
           whose
           punishment
           for
           it
           did
           not
           deter
           these
           persons
           who
           went
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           from
           joyning
           in
           seditious
           practices
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           ruine
           .
           For
           therefore
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           denounces
           a
           
             Woe
          
           against
           them
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           verse
           ,
           and
           speaks
           of
           their
           ruine
           as
           certain
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           consumed
           by
           fire
           ,
           or
           swallowed
           up
           by
           the
           earth
           ,
           as
           
             Corah
          
           
           and
           his
           accomplices
           were
           ;
           
             And
             they
             perished
             in
             the
             gainsaying
             of
             Corah
             .
          
           In
           the
           verb
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           
             Aorist
             ,
             saith
             Crotius
             ,
          
           is
           taken
           for
           the
           
             future
             ,
          
           or
           
             present
             ,
          
           and
           so
           implying
           that
           these
           courses
           did
           tend
           to
           their
           misery
           and
           ruine
           ,
           and
           would
           unavoidably
           bring
           it
           upon
           them
           .
           If
           the
           evidence
           in
           history
           had
           been
           clear
           of
           the
           
             Carpocratians
          
           joyning
           with
           the
           
             Jews
          
           in
           the
           famous
           rebellion
           of
           
             Barchochebas
             ,
          
           wherein
           such
           multitudes
           of
           
             Christians
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Heathens
          
           were
           destroyed
           in
           
             Africa
             ,
             AEgypt
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           
           of
           it
           had
           agreed
           with
           the
           time
           of
           writing
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           I
           should
           then
           have
           thought
           that
           this
           had
           been
           the
           Rebellion
           here
           spoken
           of
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           Actors
           in
           it
           were
           destroyed
           by
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Power
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           them
           made
           publick
           examples
           of
           Justice
           for
           the
           deterring
           of
           others
           from
           the
           like
           practices
           .
           But
           however
           this
           be
           ,
           we
           find
           these
           persons
           here
           charged
           with
           a
           sin
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           with
           the
           gainsaying
           of
           
             Core
             ,
          
           and
           a
           judgement
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           as
           the
           consequent
           of
           the
           sin
           ;
           
             for
             they
             perished
             in
             the
             gainsaying
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           therefore
           we
           shall
           consider
           the
           words
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           relating
           to
           the
           fact
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           company
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           implying
           as
           great
           displeasure
           of
           
             God
          
           under
           the
           
             Gospel
          
           against
           the
           same
           kind
           of
           sin
           ,
           
           as
           he
           discovered
           in
           the
           immediate
           destruction
           of
           those
           persons
           who
           were
           then
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           relating
           to
           the
           fact
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           company
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           words
           lead
           us
           to
           the
           handling
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           nature
           of
           the
           
             Faction
          
           which
           was
           raised
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Judgement
           that
           was
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           understanding
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           we
           must
           enquire
           into
           the
           design
           that
           was
           laid
           ,
           the
           persons
           who
           were
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           pretences
           that
           were
           made
           use
           of
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             design
          
           that
           was
           laid
           for
           that
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           circumstances
           of
           the
           story
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           resort
           to
           the
           account
           that
           is
           given
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Numb
             .
          
           16.
           
           Where
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           design
           was
           the
           sharing
           of
           the
           Government
           among
           themselves
           ,
           which
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           hope
           for
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           
             Moses
          
           continued
           as
           
             a
             King
             in
             Jesurun
             ,
          
           for
           so
           he
           is
           called
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           33.
           5.
           
           Him
           therefore
           they
           intend
           to
           lay
           aside
           ,
           but
           this
           they
           knew
           to
           be
           a
           very
           difficult
           task
           ,
           considering
           what
           wonders
           
             God
          
           had
           wrought
           by
           him
           in
           their
           deliverance
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           what
           wisdom
           he
           had
           hitherto
           shewed
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           them
           ,
           what
           care
           for
           their
           preservation
           ,
           what
           integrity
           in
           
           the
           management
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           what
           reverence
           the
           people
           did
           bear
           towards
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           solemn
           vows
           and
           promises
           they
           had
           made
           of
           obedience
           to
           him
           .
           But
           ambitious
           and
           factious
           men
           are
           never
           discouraged
           by
           such
           an
           appearance
           of
           difficulties
           ;
           for
           they
           know
           they
           must
           address
           themselves
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           place
           perswade
           them
           that
           they
           manage
           their
           interest
           against
           the
           usurpation
           of
           their
           Governours
           .
           For
           by
           that
           means
           they
           gain
           upon
           the
           peoples
           affections
           ,
           who
           are
           ready
           to
           cry
           them
           up
           presently
           as
           the
           true
           
             Patriots
          
           and
           defenders
           of
           their
           
             Liberties
          
           against
           the
           encroachment
           of
           
             Princes
             :
          
           and
           when
           they
           have
           thus
           insinuated
           themselves
           into
           the
           good
           opinion
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           groundless
           suspicions
           ,
           and
           unreasonable
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           will
           pass
           for
           arguments
           and
           demonstrations
           .
           Then
           they
           who
           can
           invent
           the
           most
           popular
           lyes
           against
           the
           Government
           are
           accounted
           the
           men
           of
           integrity
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           most
           diligently
           spread
           the
           most
           infamous
           reports
           ,
           are
           the
           men
           of
           honesty
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           farthest
           from
           being
           
             Flatterers
          
           of
           the
           
             Court.
          
           The
           people
           take
           a
           strange
           pride
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           pleasure
           ,
           in
           hearing
           and
           telling
           all
           the
           faults
           of
           their
           
             Governours
          
           for
           in
           doing
           so
           they
           flatter
           themselves
           in
           thinking
           they
           deserve
           
           to
           rule
           much
           better
           than
           those
           which
           do
           it
           .
           And
           the
           willingness
           they
           have
           to
           think
           so
           of
           themselves
           ,
           makes
           them
           misconstrue
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           their
           
             Superiours
          
           to
           the
           worse
           sense
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           find
           out
           plots
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           upon
           the
           people
           .
           What
           ever
           is
           done
           for
           the
           necessary
           maintenance
           of
           
             Government
             ,
          
           is
           suspected
           to
           be
           a
           design
           meerly
           to
           exhaust
           the
           people
           to
           make
           them
           more
           unable
           to
           resist
           .
           If
           good
           Laws
           be
           made
           ,
           these
           are
           said
           by
           factious
           men
           to
           be
           only
           intended
           for
           snares
           for
           the
           good
           people
           ,
           but
           others
           may
           break
           them
           and
           go
           unpunished
           .
           If
           Government
           be
           strict
           and
           severe
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           cruel
           and
           tyrannical
           ,
           if
           mild
           and
           indulgent
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           remiss
           and
           negligent
           .
           If
           
             Laws
          
           be
           executed
           ,
           then
           the
           peoples
           Liberties
           be
           oppressed
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           then
           it
           were
           better
           not
           to
           make
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           than
           not
           to
           see
           them
           executed
           .
           If
           there
           be
           Wars
           ,
           the
           people
           are
           undone
           by
           Taxes
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           Peace
           ,
           they
           are
           undone
           by
           Plenty
           .
           If
           extraordinary
           Judgements
           befall
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           lament
           the
           sins
           of
           their
           Governours
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Times
           ,
           and
           scarce
           think
           of
           their
           own
           .
           If
           miscarriages
           happen
           (
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           alwaies
           to
           prevent
           them
           )
           they
           charge
           the
           form
           of
           Government
           with
           them
           ,
           which
           all
           sorts
           are
           subject
           to
           .
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           seldom
           
           that
           Governours
           escape
           with
           their
           own
           faults
           ,
           the
           peoples
           are
           often
           laid
           upon
           them
           too
           .
           So
           here
           ,
           
             Numb
             .
          
           16.
           14.
           
           
             Moses
          
           is
           charged
           with
           not
           carrying
           them
           into
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           their
           own
           sins
           which
           kept
           them
           thence
           .
           Yea
           ,
           so
           partial
           have
           the
           people
           generally
           been
           against
           their
           
             Rulers
             ,
          
           when
           swayed
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Faction
           ,
           that
           this
           hath
           made
           Government
           very
           difficult
           and
           unpleasing
           ;
           for
           what
           ever
           the
           actions
           of
           
             Princes
          
           are
           ,
           they
           are
           liable
           to
           the
           censures
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Their
           bad
           actions
           being
           more
           publick
           ,
           and
           their
           good
           therefore
           suspected
           of
           design
           ;
           and
           the
           wiser
           Governours
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           jealous
           the
           people
           are
           of
           them
           .
           For
           alwaies
           the
           weakest
           part
           of
           mankind
           are
           the
           most
           suspicious
           ;
           the
           less
           they
           understand
           things
           ,
           the
           more
           designs
           they
           imagine
           are
           laid
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           counsels
           are
           the
           soonest
           rejected
           by
           them
           .
           So
           that
           the
           wisest
           
             Government
          
           can
           never
           be
           secure
           from
           the
           jealousies
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           will
           raise
           a
           faction
           against
           it
           will
           never
           want
           a
           party
           to
           side
           with
           them
           .
           For
           when
           could
           we
           ever
           have
           imagined
           a
           Government
           more
           likely
           to
           be
           free
           from
           this
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           
             Moses
          
           had
           over
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ?
          
           He
           being
           an
           extraordinary
           person
           for
           all
           the
           abilities
           of
           
             Government
             ;
          
           one
           bred
           up
           in
           the
           
           
             Egyptian
             Court
             ,
          
           and
           in
           no
           mean
           degree
           of
           honour
           ,
           being
           called
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Pharaohs
          
           Daughter
           ,
           one
           of
           great
           experience
           in
           the
           management
           of
           affairs
           ,
           of
           great
           zeal
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           as
           appeared
           by
           the
           tenderness
           of
           his
           peoples
           interest
           in
           their
           deliverance
           
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ;
          
           one
           of
           great
           temper
           and
           meekness
           above
           all
           the
           men
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           one
           who
           took
           all
           imaginable
           care
           for
           the
           good
           establishment
           of
           
             Laws
          
           among
           them
           ;
           but
           above
           all
           these
           ,
           one
           particularly
           chosen
           by
           God
           for
           this
           end
           ,
           and
           therefore
           furnished
           with
           all
           the
           requisites
           of
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           and
           an
           excellent
           
             Prince
             :
          
           Yet
           for
           all
           these
           things
           a
           dangerous
           sedition
           is
           here
           raised
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           common
           grounds
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           usurpation
           upon
           the
           peoples
           rights
           ,
           arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           and
           ill
           management
           of
           affairs
           ;
           Usurpation
           upon
           the
           peoples
           rights
           ,
           
             v.
          
           4.
           the
           
             Faction
          
           makes
           a
           
             Remonstrance
          
           asserting
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           
             people
          
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ,
             Ye
             take
             too
             much
             upon
             you
             ,
             seeing
             all
             the
             Congregation
             are
             holy
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             is
             among
             them
             ;
             Wherefore
             then
             lift
             you
             up
             your selves
             above
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           As
           though
           they
           had
           said
           ,
           we
           appear
           only
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           
             Fundamental
             Liberties
          
           of
           the
           people
           both
           Civil
           and
           
           Spiritual
           ;
           we
           only
           seek
           to
           retrench
           the
           exorbitances
           of
           power
           ,
           and
           some
           late
           innovations
           which
           have
           been
           among
           us
           ;
           if
           you
           are
           content
           to
           lay
           aside
           your
           power
           which
           is
           so
           dangerous
           and
           offensive
           to
           
             Gods
             holy
             people
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           then
           sit
           down
           in
           quietness
           ;
           for
           alas
           it
           is
           not
           for
           our selves
           that
           we
           seek
           these
           things
           (
           what
           are
           we
           ?
           )
           but
           the
           
             cause
          
           of
           
             Gods
             people
          
           is
           dearer
           to
           us
           than
           our
           lives
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           willingly
           sacrifice
           them
           in
           so
           good
           a
           
             Cause
             .
          
           And
           when
           
             Moses
          
           afterwards
           sends
           for
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Eliab
          
           to
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           they
           peremptorily
           refuse
           all
           
             Messages
          
           of
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           with
           their
           
             men
             of
             the
             sword
          
           mentioned
           ,
           
             v.
          
           2.
           
           They
           make
           votes
           of
           
           
             non-Addresses
             ,
          
           and
           break
           off
           all
           
             Treaties
          
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           declare
           these
           for
           their
           reasons
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           
             dominando
             dominari
             ,
          
           as
           some
           render
           it
           ,
           exercise
           an
           arbitrary
           and
           tyrannical
           power
           over
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           guilty
           of
           breach
           of
           the
           trust
           committed
           to
           him
           ,
           for
           he
           promised
           
             to
             bring
             them
             into
             a
             Land
             flowing
             with
             Milk
          
           
           
             and
             Honey
             ,
             or
             give
             them
             inheritance
             of
             fields
             and
             vineyards
             ,
          
           but
           he
           had
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           that
           only
           ,
           deceives
           the
           people
           still
           with
           fair
           promises
           ,
           and
           so
           
             puts
             out
             their
             eyes
          
           that
           they
           cannot
           see
           into
           the
           depth
           of
           his
           designs
           .
           So
           that
           now
           by
           the
           ill
           management
           of
           his
           
             Trust
             ,
          
           the
           power
           was
           again
           devolved
           into
           the
           
           hands
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           they
           ought
           to
           take
           account
           of
           his
           actions
           .
           By
           which
           we
           see
           the
           design
           was
           under
           very
           fair
           and
           popular
           pretences
           to
           devest
           
             Moses
          
           of
           his
           
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           then
           they
           doubted
           not
           but
           such
           zealous
           
             Patriots
          
           as
           they
           had
           shewed
           themselves
           ,
           should
           come
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           share
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           this
           which
           they
           most
           aimed
           at
           ,
           must
           appear
           least
           in
           view
           ,
           and
           only
           
             Necessity
          
           and
           
             Providence
          
           must
           seem
           to
           cast
           that
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           first
           true
           motive
           they
           had
           to
           rebel
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Persons
          
           who
           were
           engaged
           in
           it
           .
           At
           first
           they
           were
           only
           some
           discontented
           
             Levites
          
           who
           murmured
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           because
           they
           were
           not
           preferred
           to
           the
           
             Priesthood
             ,
          
           and
           of
           these
           
             Corah
          
           was
           the
           chief
           .
           
             R.
             Solomon
          
           observes
           ,
           that
           the
           reason
           of
           
             Corahs
          
           discontent
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           
             Elizaphan
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Vzziel
             ,
          
           of
           the
           younger
           house
           to
           
             Izhar
          
           from
           whom
           
             Corah
          
           descended
           ,
           was
           preferred
           before
           him
           by
           
             Moses
          
           to
           be
           
             Prince
          
           over
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Kohath
             .
             Corah
          
           
           being
           active
           and
           busie
           in
           his
           discontents
           ,
           had
           the
           opportunity
           of
           drawing
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Reuben
             ,
          
           for
           they
           pitched
           their
           tents
           near
           each
           other
           ,
           
             both
             on
             the
             South-side
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
          
           
           
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ;
          
           and
           these
           were
           discontented
           on
           the
           account
           of
           their
           
             Tribe
          
           having
           
           lost
           the
           priviledge
           of
           
             Primogeniture
             .
          
           Thus
           what
           ever
           the
           pretences
           are
           ,
           how
           fair
           and
           popular
           soever
           in
           the
           opposition
           men
           make
           to
           Authority
           ,
           ambition
           and
           private
           discontents
           are
           the
           true
           beginners
           of
           them
           :
           but
           these
           must
           be
           covered
           over
           with
           the
           deepest
           
             dissimulation
             ,
          
           with
           most
           vehement
           
             Protestations
          
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           nothing
           must
           be
           talked
           of
           but
           a
           mighty
           zeal
           for
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           the
           publick
           
             Interest
             .
          
           So
           
             Josephus
          
           tells
           us
           concerning
           
             Corah
             ,
          
           that
           while
           he
           
           carried
           on
           his
           own
           ambitious
           designs
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           arts
           of
           sedition
           and
           a
           popular
           eloquence
           ,
           insinuating
           into
           the
           peoples
           minds
           strange
           suggestions
           against
           
             Moses
          
           his
           Government
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           meer
           politick
           design
           of
           his
           to
           enslave
           the
           people
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           advance
           his
           own
           family
           and
           interest
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           he
           would
           seem
           to
           regard
           nothing
           but
           the
           publick
           good
           .
           If
           fair
           pretences
           ,
           and
           glorious
           titles
           will
           serve
           to
           cheat
           the
           people
           into
           their
           own
           miseries
           ,
           and
           the
           sad
           effects
           of
           Rebellion
           ;
           they
           shall
           never
           want
           those
           who
           will
           
             enslave
          
           them
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           
             Liberty
             ,
             undo
          
           them
           for
           the
           publick
           
             good
             ,
          
           and
           
             destroy
          
           them
           with
           designs
           of
           
             Reformation
             .
          
           For
           nothing
           is
           more
           popular
           than
           
             Rebellion
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           ;
           nothing
           less
           in
           the
           issue
           of
           it
           .
           And
           the
           only
           true
           reason
           that
           it
           is
           ever
           so
           ,
           is
           from
           the
           want
           of
           wisdom
           
           and
           judgement
           in
           the
           generality
           of
           mankind
           ,
           who
           seldom
           see
           to
           the
           end
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           hardly
           distinguish
           between
           the
           names
           and
           nature
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           their
           own
           dear
           bought
           experience
           hath
           taught
           them
           the
           difference
           .
           Sedition
           is
           of
           the
           nature
           ,
           and
           hath
           the
           inseparable
           properties
           of
           
             Sin
             ;
          
           for
           it
           is
           conceived
           with
           pleasure
           ,
           brought
           forth
           with
           pain
           ,
           and
           ends
           in
           death
           and
           misery
           .
           Nothing
           enters
           upon
           the
           stage
           with
           a
           braver
           shew
           and
           appearance
           ,
           but
           however
           prosperous
           for
           a
           time
           it
           may
           continue
           ,
           it
           commonly
           meets
           with
           a
           fatal
           end
           .
           But
           it
           is
           with
           this
           sin
           as
           to
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           with
           others
           as
           to
           the
           next
           ;
           men
           when
           they
           are
           betrayed
           into
           them
           ,
           are
           carried
           away
           and
           transported
           with
           the
           pleasing
           temptations
           ,
           not
           considering
           the
           unspeakable
           misery
           that
           follows
           after
           them
           .
           So
           that
           what
           the
           
             Devils
          
           advantage
           is
           in
           order
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           mens
           souls
           ,
           is
           the
           advantage
           of
           seditious
           persons
           over
           the
           less
           understanding
           people
           ;
           they
           both
           tempt
           with
           an
           appearance
           of
           good
           ,
           and
           equally
           deceive
           them
           which
           hearken
           to
           them
           .
           But
           as
           we
           still
           find
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           grave
           admonitions
           ,
           the
           sober
           counsels
           ,
           the
           rational
           discourses
           ,
           the
           perswasive
           arguments
           which
           are
           used
           to
           deter
           men
           from
           the
           practice
           
           of
           sin
           ,
           they
           will
           still
           be
           such
           
             Fools
          
           to
           yield
           to
           the
           
             Devils
          
           temptations
           against
           their
           own
           
             welfare
             :
          
           So
           ,
           neither
           the
           blessings
           of
           a
           continued
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           miseries
           of
           an
           intestine
           
             War
             ,
          
           neither
           the
           security
           of
           a
           settled
           
             Government
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           constant
           danger
           of
           
             Innovations
          
           will
           hinder
           men
           of
           fiery
           and
           restless
           spirits
           from
           raising
           combustions
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           though
           themselves
           perish
           in
           the
           
             Flames
          
           of
           them
           .
           This
           we
           find
           here
           was
           the
           case
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           company
           ;
           they
           had
           forgotten
           the
           groans
           of
           their
           captivity
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           and
           the
           miracles
           of
           their
           deliverance
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           faithful
           services
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ;
          
           they
           considered
           not
           the
           difficulties
           of
           
             Government
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           impossibility
           of
           satisfying
           the
           ambitious
           desires
           of
           all
           pretenders
           ;
           they
           regarded
           not
           that
           
             God
          
           from
           whom
           their
           power
           was
           derived
           ,
           nor
           the
           account
           they
           must
           give
           to
           him
           for
           their
           resistance
           of
           it
           :
           nothing
           but
           a
           full
           
             Revenge
          
           upon
           the
           Government
           can
           satisfie
           them
           ,
           by
           leaving
           no
           means
           unattempted
           for
           its
           overthrow
           ,
           though
           themselves
           be
           consumed
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           it
           .
           It
           were
           happy
           for
           
             Government
          
           if
           these
           turbulent
           spirits
           could
           be
           singled
           out
           from
           the
           rest
           in
           their
           first
           attempts
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           the
           usual
           subtilty
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           themselves
           aimed
           at
           ,
           they
           run
           into
           the
           
           common
           herd
           ,
           and
           perswade
           the
           people
           that
           they
           are
           equally
           concerned
           with
           themfelves
           in
           the
           present
           danger
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           pretence
           be
           only
           against
           faction
           and
           sedition
           ,
           the
           design
           is
           the
           slavery
           and
           oppression
           of
           the
           
             People
             .
          
           This
           they
           manage
           at
           first
           by
           grave
           nods
           ,
           and
           secret
           whispers
           ,
           by
           deep
           sighs
           ,
           and
           
             extatick
          
           motions
           ,
           by
           far
           fetched
           discourses
           ,
           and
           
             Tragical
          
           stories
           ,
           till
           they
           find
           the
           people
           capable
           of
           receiving
           their
           impressions
           ,
           and
           then
           seem
           most
           unwilling
           to
           mention
           that
           which
           it
           was
           at
           first
           their
           design
           to
           discover
           .
           By
           such
           arts
           as
           these
           
             Corah
          
           had
           prepared
           ,
           as
           
           
             Josephus
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           almost
           the
           whole
           Camp
           of
           
             Israel
          
           for
           a
           popular
           tumult
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           were
           like
           to
           have
           stoned
           
             Moses
          
           before
           he
           was
           aware
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           seems
           the
           Faction
           had
           gained
           a
           mighty
           interest
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           when
           although
           
             God
          
           so
           severely
           and
           remarkably
           punished
           the
           heads
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           the
           very
           next
           day
           all
           the
           Congregation
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           murmured
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             Ye
             have
             killed
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           What
           
           a
           mark
           of
           
             Gods
             people
          
           was
           sedition
           grown
           among
           them
           !
           When
           these
           men
           were
           accounted
           
             Saints
          
           in
           spight
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           
             Martyrs
             ,
          
           though
           
             God
          
           himself
           destroyed
           them
           .
           They
           were
           men
           who
           were
           only
           
             sanctified
          
           by
           
             Rebellion
             :
          
           
           and
           shewed
           no
           other
           fruits
           of
           their
           piety
           but
           disobedience
           to
           Authority
           .
           But
           the
           danger
           had
           not
           been
           so
           great
           ,
           how
           loud
           soever
           the
           complaints
           had
           been
           ,
           if
           only
           the
           ruder
           multitude
           had
           been
           gained
           to
           the
           Favour
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           party
           :
           For
           these
           wanted
           heads
           to
           manage
           them
           ,
           and
           some
           
             Countenance
          
           of
           
             Authority
          
           to
           appear
           under
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           they
           had
           drawn
           to
           their
           Faction
           250
           
             Princes
             of
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             famous
             in
             the
             Congregation
             ,
          
           
           
             men
             of
             Renown
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           Members
           
             ofthe
             
               of
               the
            
          
           
             great
             Council
          
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             .
          
           Whom
           
             Moses
          
           was
           wont
           to
           call
           and
           advise
           with
           about
           the
           publick
           Affairs
           of
           it
           ;
           such
           who
           sate
           
             in
             Comitiis
             Senatorum
             ,
             as
             Paul.
             Fagius
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           therefore
           said
           to
           be
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           such
           as
           were
           called
           to
           the
           
             great
             Assembly
          
           which
           sate
           in
           
             Parliament
             at
          
           
           
             the
             door
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           place
           where
           they
           met
           together
           .
           These
           were
           the
           
             Heads
          
           of
           the
           
             Tribes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Captains
          
           of
           
             thousands
             ,
          
           and
           the
           men
           of
           the
           greatest
           
             Fame
          
           and
           Authority
           among
           the
           
             People
          
           whom
           
             Moses
          
           assembled
           together
           for
           
             advice
          
           and
           
             counsel
             ,
          
           as
           often
           as
           he
           saw
           just
           occasion
           for
           it
           .
           And
           as
           far
           as
           I
           can
           find
           were
           distinct
           from
           the
           great
           
             Sanhedrin
             ,
          
           which
           seemed
           to
           be
           rather
           a
           constant
           
             Court
          
           of
           
             Judicature
          
           which
           sate
           to
           receive
           
             Appeals
          
           from
           
             Inferiour
             
             Courts
             ,
          
           and
           to
           determine
           such
           difficult
           causes
           which
           were
           reserved
           peculiarly
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           about
           the
           
             Apostasy
          
           of
           a
           
             whole
             Tribe
             ,
          
           the
           case
           of
           false
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           these
           250
           men
           did
           far
           exceed
           the
           whole
           
             number
          
           of
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             Heads
          
           of
           the
           
             Tribes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Elders
          
           of
           
             Israel
          
           were
           summoned
           together
           upon
           any
           very
           weighty
           occasion
           ,
           by
           
             Moses
          
           both
           before
           and
           after
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
             .
          
           And
           now
           since
           the
           
             Faction
          
           had
           gained
           so
           great
           strength
           by
           the
           accession
           of
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           the
           most
           leading
           men
           among
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           we
           may
           expect
           they
           should
           soon
           declare
           their
           intentions
           ,
           and
           publish
           the
           grounds
           of
           their
           entring
           into
           such
           a
           combination
           against
           
             Moses
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Which
           is
           the
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           spoken
           to
           ;
           
             viz.
          
           the
           colours
           and
           pretences
           under
           which
           these
           persons
           sought
           to
           justifie
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Faction
           .
           Which
           were
           these
           two
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             asserting
             the
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             people
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             Government
             of
          
           Moses
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             The
             freeing
             themselves
             from
             the
             encroachments
             upon
             their
             spiritual
             Priviledges
             ,
             which
             were
             made
             by
             the
             Vsurpations
             of
          
           Aaron
           
             and
             the
             Priesthood
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             asserting
             the
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             
             people
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             Government
             of
          
           Moses
           .
           
             Is
             it
             a
             small
             thing
             ,
          
           say
           they
           ,
           
             that
             thou
             hast
             brought
             us
             up
             out
             of
             a
             Land
             that
             floweth
             with
          
           
           
             Milk
             and
             Honey
             ,
             to
             kill
             us
             in
             the
             wilderness
             ,
             except
             thou
             make
             thy self
             altogether
             a
             Prince
             over
             us
             ?
          
           And
           before
           ,
           their
           charge
           was
           ,
           
             that
             Moses
             and
             Aaron
             took
             too
             much
             upon
             them
             ,
             in
             lifting
             up
             themselves
             above
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
          
           
           
             Lord.
          
           Which
           
             Josephus
          
           more
           at
           large
           explains
           ,
           telling
           us
           that
           the
           great
           accusation
           of
           
             Moses
          
           was
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           his
           ambition
           and
           affectation
           
           of
           Power
           ,
           he
           had
           taken
           upon
           himself
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           people
           without
           their
           consent
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           use
           of
           his
           pretence
           of
           Familiarity
           with
           God
           only
           for
           a
           Politick
           end
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           means
           he
           debarred
           the
           people
           of
           that
           
             Liberty
          
           which
           
             God
          
           had
           given
           them
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           take
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           all
           a
           
             Free-born
             people
             ,
          
           and
           equally
           the
           
           
             Children
             of
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           there
           was
           no
           reason
           they
           should
           depend
           upon
           the
           will
           of
           a
           
             single
             Person
             ,
          
           who
           by
           his
           
             Politick
             Arts
          
           had
           brought
           them
           to
           the
           greatest
           necessities
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           rule
           them
           the
           better
           ;
           Wherefore
           
             Corah
             ,
          
           as
           though
           he
           had
           been
           already
           
             President
          
           of
           a
           
             High-Court
          
           of
           
             Justice
          
           upon
           
             Moses
          
           their
           
             King
             ,
          
           determines
           ,
           
             that
             it
             was
             necessary
             for
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             that
             such
             enemies
             to
             the
             Publick
             
             Interest
             should
             be
             discovered
             and
             punished
             ;
             lest
             if
             they
             be
             let
             alone
             in
             their
             Usurpations
             of
             Power
             ,
             they
             declare
             themselves
             open
             enemies
             when
             it
             will
             be
             too
             late
             to
             oppose
             them
             .
          
           There
           were
           then
           two
           great
           Principles
           among
           them
           by
           which
           they
           thought
           to
           defend
           themselves
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           
             Liberty
          
           and
           a
           
             right
             to
             Power
          
           is
           so
           inherent
           in
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           in
           case
           of
           
             Usurpation
          
           upon
           that
           
             Liberty
          
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           may
           resume
           the
           exercise
           of
           
             Power
             ,
          
           by
           punishing
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             right
             to
             Power
             ,
          
           is
           inseparable
           from
           the
           people
           ;
           
             libertatis
             patrocinium
             suscipiunt
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           upon
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           company
           ;
           and
           I
           believe
           they
           will
           be
           found
           to
           be
           the
           first
           assertors
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           that
           ever
           were
           in
           the
           world
           .
           And
           happy
           had
           it
           been
           for
           us
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           if
           
             Corah
          
           had
           never
           found
           any
           Disciples
           in
           it
           .
           For
           what
           a
           blessed
           
             Liberty
          
           was
           this
           which
           
             Corah
          
           aimed
           at
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           change
           one
           excellent
           Prince
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           ,
           for
           250
           
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           besides
           
             Corah
          
           and
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Reuben
             ?
          
           What
           just
           and
           equal
           liberty
           was
           it
           which
           
             Moses
          
           did
           deprive
           them
           of
           ?
           It
           was
           only
           the
           
             Liberty
          
           of
           destroying
           themselves
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           power
           he
           had
           could
           
           hardly
           keep
           them
           from
           .
           Could
           there
           be
           any
           greater
           
             Liberty
          
           than
           delivering
           them
           out
           of
           the
           house
           of
           bondage
           ?
           and
           was
           not
           
             Moses
          
           the
           great
           Instrument
           in
           effecting
           it
           ?
           Could
           there
           be
           greater
           
             Liberty
          
           than
           for
           their
           whole
           Nation
           to
           be
           preserved
           from
           all
           the
           designs
           of
           their
           enemies
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           their
           own
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           and
           matters
           of
           
             Justice
          
           to
           be
           duly
           administred
           among
           them
           ?
           and
           had
           they
           not
           all
           these
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           
             Moses
             ?
          
           What
           means
           then
           this
           out-cry
           for
           
             Liberty
             ?
          
           Is
           it
           that
           they
           would
           have
           had
           no
           
             Government
          
           at
           all
           among
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           every
           one
           might
           have
           done
           what
           he
           pleased
           himself
           ?
           This
           indeed
           were
           a
           desirable
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           if
           a
           man
           could
           have
           it
           alone
           :
           but
           when
           every
           one
           thinks
           that
           he
           is
           but
           one
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           free
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           else
           is
           as
           free
           as
           he
           ,
           but
           though
           their
           
             freedom
          
           be
           equal
           to
           his
           ,
           his
           
             Power
          
           is
           not
           equal
           to
           theirs
           ;
           and
           therefore
           to
           bring
           things
           to
           a
           more
           just
           proportion
           ,
           every
           one
           must
           part
           with
           some
           power
           for
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           security
           .
           If
           any
           man
           can
           imagine
           himself
           in
           such
           a
           
             state
          
           of
           
             confusion
             ,
          
           which
           some
           improperly
           call
           a
           
             state
          
           of
           
             nature
             ;
          
           let
           him
           consider
           ,
           whether
           the
           contentment
           he
           could
           take
           in
           his
           own
           liberty
           and
           power
           to
           defend
           himself
           ,
           would
           ballance
           the
           fears
           he
           would
           have
           of
           the
           injury
           which
           
           others
           in
           the
           same
           state
           might
           be
           able
           to
           do
           him
           .
           Not
           that
           I
           think
           meer
           
             fear
          
           made
           men
           at
           first
           enter
           into
           Societies
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           a
           natural
           inclination
           in
           mankind
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           pleasures
           of
           humane
           life
           lyes
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           it
           .
           But
           what
           other
           considerations
           incline
           men
           to
           ,
           fear
           makes
           reasonable
           ,
           though
           men
           part
           with
           some
           supposed
           liberty
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           the
           utmost
           liberty
           is
           destroyed
           by
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           
             Govermment
             ,
          
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           unreasonable
           than
           for
           men
           to
           quarrel
           with
           
             Government
          
           for
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           cannot
           enjoy
           and
           the
           preservation
           of
           themselves
           together
           .
           Which
           alone
           makes
           the
           desire
           of
           
             Power
          
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           preservation
           of
           our selves
           in
           our
           rights
           and
           properties
           may
           be
           had
           without
           it
           ,
           all
           that
           the
           want
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           signifies
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           men
           have
           all
           the
           conveniences
           of
           
             Power
          
           without
           the
           trouble
           and
           the
           cares
           of
           it
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           not
           a
           more
           desirable
           
             Liberty
          
           than
           the
           other
           ,
           let
           any
           rational
           man
           judge
           .
           The
           pretence
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           then
           in
           this
           sense
           against
           
             Government
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           that
           men
           are
           
             Fools
          
           in
           taking
           the
           best
           care
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           that
           
             Laws
          
           are
           but
           instruments
           of
           
             Slavery
             ,
          
           and
           every
           single
           man
           is
           better
           able
           to
           defend
           himself
           ,
           than
           the
           united
           strength
           of
           a
           people
           in
           
             Society
          
           is
           to
           defend
           him
           .
           And
           this
           kind
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           we
           
           may
           justly
           think
           will
           be
           desired
           by
           none
           but
           mad-men
           ,
           and
           beasts
           of
           prey
           .
           It
           follows
           then
           ,
           that
           what
           
             Liberty
          
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           all
           
             Government
             ,
          
           must
           never
           be
           pleaded
           against
           any
           one
           sort
           of
           it
           .
           But
           is
           there
           then
           so
           great
           a
           degree
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           in
           one
           mode
           of
           
             Government
          
           more
           than
           another
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           thought
           reasonable
           to
           disturb
           
             Government
             ,
          
           meerly
           to
           alter
           the
           form
           of
           it
           ?
           Would
           it
           have
           been
           so
           much
           better
           for
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
          
           to
           have
           been
           governed
           by
           the
           250
           men
           here
           mentioned
           ,
           than
           by
           
             Moses
             ?
          
           Would
           not
           they
           have
           required
           the
           same
           subjection
           and
           obedience
           to
           themselves
           ,
           though
           their
           commands
           had
           been
           much
           more
           unreasonable
           than
           his
           ?
           What
           security
           can
           there
           be
           that
           every
           one
           of
           these
           shall
           not
           be
           worse
           in
           all
           respects
           than
           him
           whom
           they
           were
           so
           wiling
           to
           lay
           aside
           ;
           and
           if
           one
           be
           thought
           troublesome
           ,
           what
           
             Liberty
          
           and
           ease
           is
           there
           when
           their
           name
           is
           
             Legion
             ?
          
           So
           that
           the
           folly
           of
           these
           popular
           pretences
           is
           as
           great
           as
           the
           sin
           in
           being
           perswaded
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           may
           be
           they
           have
           not
           thought
           amiss
           who
           have
           attributed
           a
           great
           part
           of
           that
           disturbance
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           
             Kingdoms
             ,
          
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           popular
           
             Government
             ,
          
           to
           an
           unjust
           admiration
           of
           those
           
             Greek
          
           and
           
             Roman
          
           Writers
           ,
           who
           have
           unreasonably
           set
           up
           
             Liberty
          
           in
           
           opposition
           to
           
             Monarchy
             .
          
           But
           some
           of
           the
           wisest
           of
           them
           have
           given
           us
           a
           truer
           account
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           have
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           the
           
             Roman
          
           State
           could
           have
           been
           preserved
           longer
           ,
           unless
           it
           had
           submitted
           to
           an
           
             Imperial
             Power
             ;
          
           For
           the
           popular
           heats
           and
           
           factions
           were
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           the
           annual
           election
           of
           
             Magistrates
             ,
          
           was
           but
           another
           name
           for
           a
           
             tumult
             ;
          
           and
           as
           
             Dio
          
           goes
           on
           ,
           
             the
             name
             of
             popular
             Government
             is
             far
             more
             plausible
             ,
             but
             the
             benefits
          
           
           
             of
             Monarchy
             are
             far
             greater
             ;
             it
             being
             much
             easier
             to
             find
             one
             good
             than
             many
             ;
             and
             though
             one
             be
             accounted
             difficult
             ,
             the
             other
             is
             almost
             impossible
             .
          
           And
           as
           he
           elsewhere
           well
           observes
           ,
           
             the
             flourishing
             of
             a
             Common-wealth
             depends
             upon
             its
             poverty
             ;
          
           that
           being
           alone
           able
           to
           unite
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           
             Governours
             ,
          
           who
           in
           a
           plentiful
           state
           ,
           not
           set
           about
           with
           enemies
           ,
           will
           be
           grasping
           at
           their
           own
           private
           interests
           ,
           and
           fall
           naturally
           from
           thence
           into
           divisions
           and
           animosities
           ;
           but
           
             the
             flourishing
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             lyes
             in
             the
             riches
             of
             it
             ,
          
           the
           
             Prince
          
           and
           the
           
             People
          
           having
           the
           same
           interest
           ,
           and
           being
           rich
           or
           poor
           together
           .
           So
           that
           we
           see
           the
           notion
           of
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           and
           exercise
           of
           power
           in
           
             Government
             ,
          
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           an
           inseparable
           property
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           the
           proper
           notion
           of
           it
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           
             Government
          
           and
           that
           which
           lyes
           in
           the
           
             enjoyments
             of
             our
             Rights
             and
             Properties
             ,
          
           is
           so
           far
           from
           
           being
           inconsistent
           with
           
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           that
           they
           are
           more
           advanced
           by
           that
           ,
           than
           by
           any
           other
           way
           of
           Government
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Another
           principle
           which
           tends
           to
           the
           subverting
           Government
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           of
           
             Usurpation
          
           upon
           the
           
             Rights
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             ,
          
           they
           may
           resume
           the
           exercise
           of
           
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           punish
           the
           
             Supreme
             Magistrate
          
           himself
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           which
           there
           can
           be
           no
           principle
           imagined
           more
           destructive
           to
           civil
           
             Societies
             ,
          
           and
           repugnant
           to
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           
             Government
             .
          
           For
           it
           destroys
           all
           the
           obligations
           of
           Oaths
           and
           Compacts
           ,
           it
           makes
           the
           solemnest
           bonds
           of
           obedience
           signifie
           nothing
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           declare
           it
           :
           it
           makes
           every
           prosperous
           
             Rebellion
          
           just
           ;
           for
           no
           doubt
           when
           the
           power
           is
           in
           the
           
             Rebels
          
           hands
           ,
           they
           will
           justifie
           themselves
           ,
           and
           condemn
           their
           Soveraign
           .
           (
           And
           if
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           and
           
             Abiram
          
           had
           succeeded
           in
           their
           Rebellion
           against
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           no
           doubt
           they
           would
           have
           been
           called
           the
           
             Keepers
          
           of
           the
           
             Liherties
          
           of
           
             Israel
             .
             )
          
           It
           makes
           all
           Government
           dangerous
           to
           the
           persons
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           ,
           considering
           the
           unavoidable
           infirmities
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           readiness
           of
           people
           to
           misconstrue
           the
           actions
           of
           their
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           and
           their
           incapacity
           to
           judge
           of
           them
           ;
           it
           not
           being
           fit
           that
           the
           reasons
           of
           all
           counsels
           of
           
           Princes
           should
           be
           divulged
           by
           
             Proclamations
             .
          
           So
           that
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           wanting
           to
           make
           
             Princes
          
           miserable
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           people
           want
           
             Power
          
           to
           make
           them
           so
           .
           And
           the
           supposition
           of
           this
           principle
           will
           unavoidably
           keep
           up
           a
           constant
           jealousie
           between
           the
           
             Prince
          
           and
           his
           people
           :
           for
           if
           he
           knows
           their
           minds
           ,
           he
           will
           think
           it
           reasonable
           to
           secure
           himself
           by
           all
           means
           against
           their
           
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           endeavour
           to
           keep
           them
           as
           unable
           to
           resist
           as
           may
           be
           :
           whereby
           all
           mutual
           confidence
           between
           a
           
             Prince
          
           and
           his
           
             People
          
           will
           be
           destroyed
           :
           and
           there
           can
           be
           no
           such
           way
           to
           bring
           in
           an
           arbitrary
           
             Government
          
           into
           a
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           as
           that
           which
           such
           men
           pretend
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           only
           means
           to
           keep
           it
           out
           .
           Besides
           ,
           this
           must
           necessarily
           engage
           a
           Nation
           in
           endless
           disputes
           about
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           Power
           into
           whose
           hands
           it
           falls
           :
           whether
           into
           the
           people
           in
           common
           ,
           or
           some
           persons
           particularly
           chosen
           by
           the
           people
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           for
           in
           an
           established
           
             Government
          
           according
           to
           their
           principles
           ,
           the
           King
           himself
           is
           the
           true
           representative
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           others
           may
           be
           chosen
           for
           some
           particular
           purposes
           ,
           as
           proposing
           Laws
           ,
           &c.
           but
           these
           cannot
           pretend
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           choice
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           full
           power
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           withall
           ,
           whatever
           they
           do
           against
           the
           
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           is
           unlawful
           ;
           and
           their
           power
           is
           forfeited
           by
           attempting
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           what
           mighty
           danger
           can
           there
           be
           in
           supposing
           the
           persons
           of
           
             Princes
          
           to
           be
           so
           
             sacred
             ,
          
           that
           no
           sons
           of
           violence
           ought
           to
           come
           near
           to
           hurt
           them
           ?
           Have
           not
           all
           the
           ancient
           
             Kingdoms
          
           and
           
             Empires
          
           of
           the
           world
           flourished
           under
           the
           supposition
           of
           an
           unaccountable
           power
           in
           
             Princes
             ?
          
           That
           hath
           been
           thought
           by
           those
           who
           did
           not
           own
           a
           derivation
           of
           their
           power
           from
           
             God
             ,
          
           but
           a
           just
           security
           to
           their
           persons
           ,
           considering
           the
           hazards
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           of
           Government
           which
           they
           undergo
           ?
           Have
           not
           the
           people
           who
           have
           been
           most
           jealous
           of
           their
           
             Liberties
             ,
          
           been
           fain
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           an
           unaccountable
           power
           ,
           as
           their
           last
           refuge
           in
           case
           of
           their
           greatest
           necessities
           ?
           I
           mean
           the
           
             Romans
          
           in
           their
           
             Dictators
             .
          
           And
           if
           it
           were
           thought
           not
           only
           reasonable
           ,
           but
           necessary
           then
           ,
           ought
           it
           not
           to
           be
           preserved
           inviolable
           ,
           where
           the
           same
           
             Laws
          
           do
           give
           it
           by
           which
           men
           have
           any
           right
           to
           challenge
           any
           power
           at
           all
           ?
           Neither
           doth
           this
           
             give
             Princes
             the
             liberty
             to
             do
             what
             they
             list
             ;
          
           for
           the
           
             Laws
          
           by
           which
           they
           
             Govern
             ,
          
           do
           fence
           in
           the
           
             rights
          
           and
           
             properties
          
           of
           men
           ;
           and
           
             Princes
          
           do
           find
           so
           great
           conveniency
           ease
           and
           security
           in
           their
           
             Government
          
           by
           
             Law
             ,
          
           that
           the
           sense
           of
           that
           will
           
           keep
           them
           far
           better
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           
             Laws
             ,
          
           than
           the
           
             Peoples
          
           holding
           a
           Rod
           over
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           best
           
             Princes
          
           are
           like
           to
           suffer
           the
           most
           by
           ,
           and
           bad
           will
           but
           grow
           desperate
           by
           it
           .
           Good
           
             Princes
          
           will
           never
           need
           such
           a
           curb
           ,
           because
           their
           oaths
           and
           promises
           ,
           their
           love
           and
           tenderness
           towards
           their
           people
           ,
           the
           sense
           they
           have
           of
           a
           
             Power
          
           infinitely
           greater
           than
           theirs
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           must
           give
           an
           account
           of
           all
           their
           actions
           ,
           will
           make
           them
           govern
           as
           the
           
             Fathers
          
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           bad
           
             Princes
          
           will
           never
           value
           it
           ,
           but
           will
           endeavour
           by
           all
           possible
           means
           to
           secure
           themselves
           against
           it
           .
           So
           that
           no
           inconveniency
           can
           be
           possibly
           so
           great
           on
           the
           supposition
           of
           this
           unaccountable
           
             Power
          
           in
           Soveraign
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           taking
           it
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           and
           meerly
           on
           the
           account
           of
           reason
           ,
           as
           the
           unavoidable
           mischiefs
           of
           that
           
             Hypothesis
             ,
          
           which
           places
           all
           power
           originally
           in
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           
             oaths
          
           and
           
             bonds
          
           whatsoever
           to
           obedience
           gives
           them
           the
           liberty
           to
           resume
           it
           when
           they
           please
           :
           which
           will
           alwaies
           be
           when
           that
           
             Spirit
          
           of
           
             Faction
          
           and
           
             Sedition
          
           shall
           prevail
           among
           them
           ,
           which
           ruled
           here
           in
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           company
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Another
           pretence
           for
           this
           Rebellion
           of
           
             Corah
             ,
          
           was
           ,
           
             the
             freeing
             themselves
             from
             the
             
             encroachments
             upon
             their
             spiritual
             priviledges
             which
             were
             made
             by
             the
             usurpations
             of
          
           Aaron
           
             and
             the
             Priesthood
             .
          
           This
           served
           for
           a
           very
           popular
           pretence
           ,
           for
           they
           knew
           no
           reason
           that
           one
           
             Tribe
          
           should
           engross
           so
           much
           of
           the
           wealth
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           but
           to
           attend
           the
           service
           of
           God
           for
           it
           .
           What
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           
             are
             not
             all
             the
             Lords
             people
             holy
             ?
          
           Why
           may
           not
           then
           all
           they
           
             offer
             up
             incense
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Aaron
             ?
          
           How
           many
           
             publick
             uses
          
           might
           those
           
             Revenues
          
           serve
           for
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           to
           maintain
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Levi
             ?
          
           But
           if
           there
           must
           be
           some
           to
           attend
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           the
           
             meanest
          
           of
           the
           people
           serve
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           those
           who
           can
           be
           serviceable
           for
           nothing
           else
           ?
           Why
           must
           there
           be
           an
           order
           of
           
             Priesthood
          
           distinct
           from
           that
           of
           
             Levites
             ?
          
           why
           a
           
             High-Priest
          
           above
           all
           the
           
             Priests
             ?
          
           what
           is
           there
           in
           all
           their
           office
           which
           one
           of
           the
           common
           people
           may
           not
           do
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ?
           cannot
           they
           slay
           the
           sacrifices
           ,
           and
           offer
           incense
           ,
           and
           do
           all
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Priestly
             office
             ?
          
           So
           that
           at
           last
           they
           make
           all
           this
           to
           be
           a
           Politick
           design
           of
           
             Moses
          
           only
           to
           advance
           his
           own
           
             Family
          
           by
           making
           his
           
             Brother
             High-Priest
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           all
           the
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Levites
          
           at
           his
           devotion
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           people
           
           the
           better
           in
           awe
           .
           This
           hath
           alwaies
           been
           the
           quarrel
           at
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           by
           those
           who
           seldom
           pretend
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           design
           to
           destroy
           it
           .
           For
           who
           would
           ever
           have
           minded
           the
           constant
           attendance
           at
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           if
           no
           encouragements
           had
           been
           given
           to
           those
           who
           were
           imployed
           in
           it
           ?
           Or
           is
           not
           
             Religion
          
           apt
           enough
           to
           be
           despised
           of
           it self
           ,
           by
           men
           of
           prophane
           minds
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           rendred
           more
           
             mean
          
           and
           
             contemptible
          
           by
           the
           
             Poverty
          
           of
           those
           who
           are
           devoted
           to
           it
           ?
           Shall
           not
           
             God
          
           be
           allowed
           the
           priviledge
           of
           every
           
             Master
          
           of
           a
           
             Family
             ,
          
           to
           appoint
           the
           ranks
           and
           orders
           of
           his
           own
           servants
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           care
           they
           be
           provided
           for
           ,
           as
           becomes
           those
           who
           wait
           upon
           him
           ?
           What
           a
           dishonour
           had
           this
           been
           to
           the
           
             true
             God
             ,
          
           when
           those
           who
           worshipped
           
             false
             Gods
          
           thought
           nothing
           too
           great
           for
           those
           who
           were
           imployed
           in
           the
           service
           of
           them
           ?
           But
           never
           any
           yet
           cryed
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           betray
           his
           
             Master
             ,
             to
             what
             purpose
             is
             all
             this
             waste
             ?
          
           Let
           
             God
          
           be
           honoured
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           let
           
             Religion
          
           come
           in
           for
           its
           share
           among
           all
           the
           things
           which
           deserve
           encouragement
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           are
           imployed
           in
           the
           offices
           of
           it
           ,
           enjoy
           but
           what
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Laws
          
           of
           their
           
             Countrey
          
           give
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           shall
           see
           it
           was
           nothing
           ,
           but
           the
           
             discontent
          
           and
           
             saction
          
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           
           company
           which
           made
           any
           encroachment
           of
           
             Aaron
          
           and
           the
           
             Priesthood
          
           any
           pretence
           for
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           these
           pretences
           would
           not
           serve
           to
           make
           them
           escape
           the
           severe
           hand
           of
           divine
           
             justice
             ;
          
           for
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           and
           remarkable
           manner
           he
           made
           them
           suffer
           the
           just
           desert
           of
           their
           sin
           ,
           for
           
             they
             perished
             in
             their
             contradiction
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           
             viz.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             The
             Judgement
          
           which
           was
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           for
           it
           .
           They
           had
           provoked
           
             Heaven
          
           by
           their
           sin
           ,
           and
           disturbed
           the
           
             earth
          
           by
           their
           Faction
           ;
           and
           the
           
             earth
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           were
           moved
           with
           indignation
           against
           them
           ,
           trembled
           and
           
             shook
             ,
          
           as
           
             Josephus
          
           saith
           ,
           like
           waves
           that
           are
           tossed
           with
           a
           mighty
           wind
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           a
           horrid
           noise
           it
           rends
           asunder
           ,
           and
           opens
           its
           mouth
           to
           swallow
           those
           in
           its
           bowels
           who
           were
           unfit
           to
           live
           upon
           the
           face
           of
           it
           .
           They
           had
           been
           dividing
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           earth
           to
           their
           amazement
           and
           ruine
           divides
           it self
           under
           their
           feet
           ,
           as
           though
           it
           had
           been
           designed
           on
           purpose
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           punishment
           themselves
           might
           feel
           ,
           and
           others
           see
           the
           mischief
           of
           their
           sin
           .
           Their
           seditious
           principles
           seemed
           to
           have
           infected
           the
           ground
           they
           stood
           upon
           ;
           the
           earth
           of
           a
           sudden
           proves
           as
           unquiet
           and
           troublesome
           
           as
           they
           ;
           but
           to
           rebuke
           their
           madness
           ,
           it
           was
           only
           in
           obedience
           to
           him
           who
           made
           it
           the
           executioner
           of
           his
           wrath
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           had
           done
           its
           office
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             that
             the
          
           
           
             earth
             closed
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             perished
             from
             among
             the
             Congregation
             .
          
           Thus
           the
           
             earth
          
           haveing
           revenged
           it self
           against
           the
           disturbers
           of
           its
           peace
           ,
           
             Heaven
          
           presently
           appears
           with
           a
           
             flaming
             fire
             ,
          
           taking
           vengeance
           upon
           the
           250
           men
           ,
           who
           in
           opposition
           to
           
             Aaron
             ,
             had
             usurped
             the
             Priestly
             office
             ,
             in
             offering
             incense
             before
             the
             Lord.
          
           Such
           a
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           if
           we
           believe
           the
           same
           Historian
           ,
           
           which
           far
           outwent
           the
           most
           dreadful
           eruptions
           of
           
             AEtna
          
           or
           
             Vesuvins
             ,
          
           which
           neither
           the
           art
           of
           man
           ,
           nor
           the
           power
           of
           the
           wind
           could
           raise
           ,
           which
           neither
           the
           burning
           of
           Woods
           nor
           Cities
           could
           parallel
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           
             Fire
          
           which
           the
           wrath
           of
           
             God
          
           alone
           could
           kindle
           ,
           whose
           light
           could
           be
           outdone
           by
           nothing
           but
           the
           heat
           of
           it
           .
           Thus
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           agree
           in
           the
           punishment
           of
           such
           disturbers
           of
           
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           
             God
          
           by
           this
           remarkable
           judgement
           upon
           them
           hath
           left
           it
           upon
           record
           to
           all
           ages
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           world
           may
           be
           convinced
           how
           displeasing
           to
           him
           the
           sin
           of
           saction
           and
           sedition
           is
           .
           For
           
             God
             ,
          
           takes
           all
           this
           that
           was
           done
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
             ,
          
           as
           done
           against
           himself
           .
           For
           they
           are
           said
           
             to
             be
             gathered
             together
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           v.
           11.
           
             to
             
             provoke
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           v.
           30.
           
           And
           
             the
             fire
             is
             said
             to
             come
             out
             from
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           v.
           35.
           
           And
           afterwards
           it
           is
           said
           of
           them
           ;
           
             This
             is
             that
             Dathan
             and
             Abiram
             ,
             who
             strove
             against
             Moses
             and
             against
          
           
           
             Aaron
             in
             the
             company
             of
             Corah
             ,
             when
             they
             strove
             against
             the
             Lord.
          
           By
           which
           we
           see
           
             God
          
           interprets
           striving
           against
           the
           Authority
           appointed
           by
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           striving
           against
           himself
           .
           
             God
          
           looks
           upon
           himself
           as
           immediately
           concerned
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           
             by
             him
             Princes
             raign
             ,
          
           and
           they
           are
           his
           
             Vicegerents
          
           upon
           earth
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           
             resist
             ,
          
           resist
           not
           a
           meer
           appointment
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ;
          
           and
           they
           who
           do
           so
           shall
           in
           the
           mildest
           sense
           receive
           a
           
             severe
             punishment
          
           from
           
           him
           .
           Let
           the
           pretences
           be
           never
           so
           popular
           ,
           the
           persons
           never
           so
           great
           and
           famous
           ;
           nay
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           of
           the
           great
           Council
           of
           the
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           yet
           we
           see
           
             God
          
           doth
           not
           abate
           of
           his
           severity
           upon
           any
           of
           these
           considerations
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           first
           formed
           sedition
           that
           we
           read
           of
           against
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           the
           people
           had
           been
           murmuring
           before
           ,
           but
           they
           wanted
           heads
           to
           manage
           them
           :
           Now
           all
           things
           concur
           to
           a
           most
           dangerous
           Rebellion
           upon
           the
           most
           popular
           pretences
           of
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Liberty
             ;
          
           and
           now
           
             God
          
           takes
           the
           first
           opportunity
           of
           declaring
           his
           hatred
           of
           such
           actions
           ;
           
             that
             others
             might
             hear
             ,
             and
             fear
             ,
             and
             do
             no
             more
             so
             presumptuously
             .
          
           
           This
           hath
           been
           the
           usual
           method
           of
           divine
           Judgements
           ;
           the
           first
           of
           the
           kind
           hath
           been
           most
           remarkably
           punished
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           that
           by
           it
           they
           may
           see
           how
           hateful
           such
           things
           are
           to
           
             God
             ;
          
           but
           if
           men
           will
           venture
           upon
           them
           not
           withstanding
           ,
           
             God
          
           doth
           not
           alwaies
           punish
           them
           so
           much
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           (
           though
           he
           sometimes
           doth
           )
           but
           reserves
           them
           ,
           without
           repentance
           ,
           to
           his
           Justice
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
           The
           first
           man
           that
           sinned
           was
           made
           an
           example
           of
           
             Gods
          
           Justice
           ;
           The
           first
           world
           ;
           the
           first
           publick
           attempt
           against
           Heaven
           at
           
             Babel
          
           after
           the
           plantation
           of
           the
           world
           again
           ;
           the
           first
           Cities
           which
           were
           so
           generally
           corrupted
           after
           the
           flood
           ;
           the
           first
           breaker
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           after
           the
           
             Law
             ;
          
           the
           first
           offerers
           with
           strange
           fire
           ;
           the
           first
           lookers
           into
           the
           
             Ark
             ,
          
           and
           here
           the
           first
           popular
           Rebellion
           and
           Usurpers
           of
           the
           office
           of
           
             Priesthood
             .
             God
          
           doth
           hereby
           intend
           to
           preserve
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           
             Laws
             ;
          
           he
           gives
           men
           warning
           enough
           by
           one
           exemplary
           punishment
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           withstanding
           that
           ,
           they
           will
           commit
           the
           same
           sin
           ,
           they
           may
           thank
           themselves
           if
           they
           suffer
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           yet
           in
           that
           to
           come
           .
           And
           that
           good
           effect
           this
           Judgement
           had
           upon
           that
           people
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           next
           day
           14000
           suffered
           for
           murmuring
           at
           the
           destruction
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           yet
           we
           do
           not
           find
           that
           
           any
           Rebellion
           was
           raised
           among
           them
           afterwards
           upon
           these
           popular
           pretences
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Power
          
           of
           the
           
             People
             .
          
           While
           their
           Judges
           continued
           (
           who
           were
           
             Kings
             ,
          
           without
           the
           state
           and
           title
           of
           
             Kings
             )
          
           they
           were
           observed
           with
           reverence
           ,
           and
           obeyed
           with
           diligence
           .
           When
           afterwards
           they
           desired
           a
           
             King
             ,
          
           with
           all
           the
           
             Pomp
          
           and
           
             Grandeur
          
           which
           other
           Nations
           had
           (
           which
           
             Samuel
          
           acquaints
           them
           with
           ,
           
             viz
             ,
             the
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           
           the
           large
           
             Revenues
          
           he
           must
           have
           )
           though
           their
           
             King
          
           was
           disowned
           by
           
             God
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           people
           held
           firm
           in
           their
           
             obedience
          
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           
             David
          
           himself
           ,
           though
           anointed
           to
           be
           
             King
             ,
          
           persecuted
           by
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           and
           though
           he
           might
           have
           pleaded
           
             Necessity
          
           and
           
             Providence
          
           as
           much
           as
           any
           ever
           could
           ,
           (
           when
           
             Saul
          
           was
           strangely
           delivered
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           )
           yet
           we
           see
           what
           an
           opinion
           he
           had
           of
           the
           person
           of
           a
           bad
           King
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             do
          
           
           
             this
             thing
             against
             my
             Master
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             ,
             to
             stretch
             forth
             my
             hand
             against
             him
             ,
             seeing
             he
             is
             the
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           And
           lest
           we
           should
           think
           it
           was
           only
           his
           
             Modesty
          
           or
           his
           
             Policy
          
           which
           kept
           him
           from
           doing
           it
           ,
           he
           afterwards
           ,
           upon
           a
           like
           occasion
           declares
           ,
           it
           was
           only
           the
           sin
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           which
           kept
           him
           from
           it
           .
           
             For
             who
             can
             stretch
             forth
             his
             hand
             against
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             and
             be
             guiltless
             ?
          
           
           
           Not
           as
           though
           
             David
          
           could
           not
           do
           it
           
             without
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Sanhedrin
             ,
          
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           pretended
           by
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Corah
          
           in
           our
           age
           ;
           for
           he
           excepts
           
             none
             ;
          
           he
           never
           seizes
           upon
           him
           to
           carry
           him
           prisoner
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
             ,
          
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           foundation
           for
           any
           such
           power
           in
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
          
           over
           the
           persons
           of
           their
           
             Soveraigns
             .
          
           It
           neither
           being
           contained
           in
           the
           grounds
           of
           its
           institution
           ,
           nor
           any
           precedent
           occurring
           in
           the
           whole
           story
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           which
           gives
           the
           least
           countenance
           to
           it
           :
           Nay
           ,
           several
           passages
           of
           
             Scripture
          
           utterly
           overthrew
           it
           ,
           for
           how
           could
           
             Solomon
          
           have
           said
           ,
           
             Where
             the
             word
          
           
           
             of
             a
             King
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             power
             ;
             and
             who
             may
             say
             unto
             him
             ,
             what
             dost
             thou
             ?
          
           If
           by
           the
           constitution
           of
           their
           Government
           ,
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
          
           might
           have
           controlled
           him
           in
           what
           he
           said
           or
           did
           .
           But
           
             have
             not
             several
             of
             the
             modern
             Jews
             said
             so
             ?
          
           Granting
           that
           some
           have
           ;
           yet
           so
           they
           have
           spoken
           many
           unreasonable
           and
           foolish
           things
           besides
           ;
           but
           yet
           none
           of
           these
           have
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
          
           to
           depose
           their
           
             Kings
             ,
          
           or
           put
           them
           to
           death
           ;
           all
           that
           they
           say
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           cases
           expressed
           by
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           if
           the
           
             Kings
          
           do
           transgress
           ,
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
          
           had
           the
           power
           of
           inflicting
           the
           penalty
           of
           
             scourging
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           they
           deny
           to
           have
           had
           any
           infamy
           in
           it
           
           among
           them
           .
           But
           did
           not
           
             David
          
           transgress
           the
           
             Law
          
           in
           his
           murder
           and
           adultery
           ?
           did
           not
           
             Solomon
          
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           his
           wives
           &
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           yet
           where
           do
           we
           read
           that
           the
           
             Sanhedrin
          
           ever
           took
           cognisance
           of
           these
           things
           ?
           And
           the
           more
           ancient
           
             Jews
          
           do
           say
           ,
           
             that
             the
             King
             was
             not
             to
             be
             judged
             ,
          
           as
           is
           plain
           in
           the
           
           Text
           of
           the
           
             Misna
             ,
          
           however
           the
           Expositors
           have
           taken
           a
           liberty
           to
           contradict
           it
           ;
           but
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           find
           ,
           without
           any
           foundation
           of
           reason
           :
           and
           
             R.
             Jeremiah
          
           in
           
             Nachmanides
             ,
          
           saith
           expresly
           ,
           
             That
             no
             creature
             may
             judge
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             the
             holy
             and
             blessed
             God
             alone
             .
          
           But
           we
           
           have
           an
           Authority
           far
           greater
           than
           his
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           of
           
             Davids
          
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           who
           after
           he
           hath
           denied
           that
           
             any
             man
             can
             stretch
             forth
             his
             hand
             against
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             ,
             and
             be
             guiltless
             :
          
           In
           the
           very
           next
           words
           he
           submits
           the
           judgement
           of
           him
           only
           to
           
             God
          
           himself
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             As
             the
             Lord
             liveth
             ,
             the
             Lord
             shall
             smite
             him
             ,
             or
             his
             day
             shall
          
           
           
             come
             to
             die
             ,
             or
             he
             shall
             descend
             into
             battel
             and
             perish
             .
          
           He
           thought
           it
           sufficient
           to
           leave
           the
           judgement
           of
           those
           things
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           whose
           power
           over
           
             Princes
          
           he
           knew
           was
           enough
           ,
           if
           well
           considered
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           awe
           .
           We
           have
           now
           dispatched
           the
           first
           consideration
           of
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           they
           relate
           to
           the
           fact
           of
           
             Corah
          
           and
           his
           company
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           ought
           now
           to
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           
           the
           
             Christian
             Doctrine
          
           hath
           made
           any
           alteration
           in
           these
           things
           ;
           or
           whether
           that
           gives
           any
           greater
           encouragement
           to
           faction
           and
           sedition
           than
           the
           
             Law
          
           did
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           masked
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           zeal
           for
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Liberty
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           so
           far
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           what
           
             God
          
           then
           declared
           to
           be
           displeasing
           to
           him
           by
           such
           remarkable
           judgements
           ,
           hath
           been
           now
           more
           fully
           manifested
           by
           frequent
           precepts
           ,
           and
           vehement
           exhortations
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           weighty
           arguments
           ,
           and
           the
           constant
           practice
           of
           the
           first
           and
           the
           best
           of
           Christians
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           black
           character
           which
           is
           set
           upon
           those
           who
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           
             Christian
             Liberty
          
           did
           
             despise
             dominion
             ,
             and
             speak
             evil
             of
             dignities
             ,
          
           and
           follow
           
             Corah
          
           in
           his
           Rebellion
           ,
           however
           they
           may
           please
           themselves
           with
           
             greater
             light
             ,
          
           than
           former
           ages
           had
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           they
           are
           said
           to
           be
           such
           
             for
             whom
             is
             reserved
             the
             blackness
          
           
           
             of
             darkness
             for
             ever
             .
          
           It
           would
           take
           up
           too
           much
           time
           to
           examine
           the
           frivolous
           evasions
           ,
           and
           ridiculous
           distinctions
           by
           which
           they
           would
           make
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Primitive
           
             Christians
          
           in
           not
           resisting
           Authority
           ,
           so
           much
           different
           from
           theirs
           who
           have
           not
           only
           done
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           spight
           of
           
             Christianity
          
           have
           pleaded
           for
           it
           .
           Either
           they
           said
           they
           
             wanted
             strength
             ,
          
           or
           
             courage
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             countenance
             of
             the
             Senate
             ,
          
           or
           did
           not
           understand
           
           their
           own
           
             Liberty
             ;
          
           when
           all
           their
           obedience
           was
           only
           due
           to
           those
           precepts
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
          
           which
           make
           it
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           
             Christianity
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
          
           and
           which
           the
           Teachers
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
          
           had
           particularly
           given
           them
           in
           charge
           
             to
             put
             the
             people
             in
             mind
             of
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           happy
           had
           it
           been
           for
           us
           if
           this
           Doctrine
           had
           been
           more
           sincerely
           preached
           ,
           and
           duly
           practised
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           for
           we
           should
           then
           never
           have
           seen
           those
           sad
           times
           ,
           which
           we
           can
           now
           no
           otherwise
           think
           of
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           devouring
           
             Fire
             ,
          
           and
           raging
           
             Pestilence
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           such
           dreadfull
           judgements
           which
           we
           have
           smarted
           so
           much
           by
           ,
           that
           we
           heartily
           pray
           we
           may
           never
           feel
           them
           again
           :
           For
           then
           
             fears
             and
             jealousies
          
           began
           our
           miseries
           ,
           and
           the
           
             curse
          
           so
           often
           denounced
           
             against
             Meroz
             ,
          
           fell
           upon
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           When
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Corah
          
           managed
           their
           own
           ambitious
           designs
           against
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
          
           (
           the
           
             King
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
             )
          
           under
           the
           same
           pretences
           of
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Liberty
             .
          
           And
           when
           the
           pretence
           of
           
             Religion
          
           was
           broken
           into
           
             Schisms
             ,
          
           and
           
             Liberty
          
           into
           oppression
           of
           the
           
             people
             ,
          
           it
           pleased
           
             God
          
           out
           of
           his
           secret
           and
           unsearchable
           judgements
           to
           suffer
           the
           Sons
           of
           Violence
           to
           prevail
           against
           the
           Lords
           
             Anointed
             ;
          
           and
           
           then
           they
           would
           know
           no
           difference
           between
           his
           being
           conquered
           and
           guilty
           .
           They
           could
           find
           no
           way
           to
           justifie
           their
           former
           wickedness
           ,
           but
           by
           adding
           more
           :
           The
           consciousness
           of
           their
           own
           guilt
           ,
           and
           the
           fears
           of
           the
           punishment
           due
           to
           it
           ,
           made
           them
           unquiet
           and
           thoughtfull
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           his
           life
           and
           presence
           did
           upbraid
           them
           with
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           fearfull
           of
           the
           other
           .
           And
           when
           they
           found
           the
           greatness
           and
           constancy
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           the
           firmness
           of
           his
           Piety
           ,
           the
           zeal
           he
           had
           for
           the
           true
           interest
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           betray
           his
           
             Trust
          
           for
           the
           saving
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           they
           charge
           him
           with
           their
           own
           guilt
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           suffer
           because
           they
           had
           deserved
           to
           do
           it
           .
           And
           as
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           enough
           to
           have
           abused
           the
           names
           of
           
             Religion
          
           and
           
             Liberty
          
           before
           ,
           they
           resolve
           to
           make
           the
           very
           name
           of
           
             Justice
          
           to
           suffer
           together
           with
           their
           
             King
             :
          
           by
           calling
           that
           infamous
           company
           who
           condemned
           their
           
             Soveraign
             ,
             A
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           which
           trampled
           under
           foot
           the
           
             Laws
          
           both
           of
           God
           and
           men
           .
           But
           lest
           the
           world
           should
           imagine
           they
           had
           any
           shame
           left
           in
           their
           sins
           ,
           they
           make
           the
           people
           witnesses
           of
           his
           
             Murther
             ;
          
           and
           pretend
           the
           
             Power
          
           of
           the
           
             People
          
           for
           doing
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           detest
           and
           abhor
           .
           Thus
           fell
           our
           
             Royal
             Martyr
          
           a
           
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           unreasonable
           men
           ;
           who
           either
           were
           so
           blind
           as
           not
           to
           see
           his
           worth
           ,
           or
           rather
           so
           bad
           as
           to
           hate
           him
           for
           it
           .
           And
           as
           
             God
             gave
             once
          
           to
           the
           people
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             a
             King
             in
             his
             Anger
             ,
          
           being
           provoked
           to
           it
           by
           their
           sins
           ,
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           
             he
             took
          
           away
           one
           of
           the
           best
           of
           
             Kings
             from
             us
             in
             his
             wrath
             .
          
           But
           blessed
           be
           that
           
             God
             ,
          
           who
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           judgement
           was
           pleased
           to
           remember
           mercy
           ,
           in
           the
           miraculous
           preservation
           ,
           and
           glorious
           restauration
           of
           our
           Gracious
           Soveraign
           ;
           let
           us
           have
           a
           care
           then
           of
           abusing
           the
           mercies
           of
           so
           great
           a
           deliverance
           to
           quite
           other
           ends
           than
           
             God
          
           intended
           it
           for
           ,
           lest
           he
           be
           provoked
           to
           say
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           of
           old
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             But
             if
             ye
             shall
             still
             do
             wickedly
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             both
             ye
             and
             your
          
           
           
             King.
          
           And
           if
           we
           look
           on
           this
           as
           a
           dreadful
           judgement
           ,
           let
           us
           endeavour
           to
           prevent
           it
           by
           a
           timely
           and
           sincere
           reformation
           of
           our
           lives
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           hearty
           supplications
           to
           
             God
          
           that
           he
           would
           preserve
           the
           person
           of
           our
           
             Soveraign
          
           from
           all
           the
           attempts
           of
           violence
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           so
           direct
           his
           counsels
           ,
           and
           prosper
           his
           affairs
           ,
           that
           
             His
             Government
             may
             be
             a
             long
             and
             publick
             Blessing
             to
             these
             Nations
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
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             22.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             2.
             
          
           
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             24.
             
             §.
             5
             
               p.
            
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               Epiph.
               har
               .
            
             24.
             
             §.
             5.
             
          
           
             e
             〈…〉
             Diabolo
             ,
             qui
             nunquam
             omni●o
             quietus
             est
             ,
             immo
             〈…〉
             advers
             .
             haeres
             .
             l.
             5.
             c.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Mac.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               V.
               David
               Ga●●
               .
               Chronol
               .
               p.
            
             101.
             
          
           
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             V.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             V.
             14.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             3.
             
             3●
             .
          
           
             Num●
             .
             10.
             3
             
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             .
          
           
             
               Joseph
               .
               antiq
               .
               Jud.
               l.
            
             4.
             
               c.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Joseph
               .
               Antiq
               .
               l.
            
             4.
             
               c.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Numb
             16.
             41
             
          
           
             V.
             ●
             .
          
           
             Num.
             10.
             2.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             13.
             
          
           
             V.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Joseph
               .
               l.
            
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Joseph
               .
               Ant.
               l
            
             4.
             
               c.
            
             2.
             p.
             ●04
             .
          
           
             
               Di●
               Rom.
               hist.
               l.
            
             54.
             
          
           
             
               L.
            
             44.
             
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             35.
             
          
           
             V.
             3●
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             26.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom
             13.
             1.
             2●
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             1
             〈…〉
             
          
           
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             1
             ●●●m
             26.
             10.
             
          
           
             Jude
             v.
             13.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             12.
             25.