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Show l&s Tlieir ci1Jil'ConfiftorieJ. LIB. V. f do a good turn toonewhofor~erly. would not do. fo much for him; but at the dotng thereof~ to up·braid the other of his unkindnefs. They ~Uufhate it thus: when Reuben faid to simeon, L:nd me thy Hatchet; he anfwereth, I will not lend him : After· ward Simeon had need to borro\V an Hatchet of Reu,· hen., and faith nnto him, lend me t~y Hatchet: Reu .. hen faith unt0 him) I will not lend htm, thou wouldfii. not lend me thine : this is ~D'Pl, Nel{ima , A.vengemenl. Now when Reuben. faith ~o Simeon, ~end me· thy Hatchet:. he anfweret h,. I \.Vlll not lend htm J a f ... terwards Simt~n borroweth a Hatchet of Reuben ..- .· B.euhe11 fa:ith Io I will lend it thee, I will not deal with thee as, th~u dealed{t with me, this is f1i'~J Nttira, Mindf1tlnefs: both thefe were finful) but not liable to-m1ns judgme~t. In all civil Courts, five forts of perfons were al~ wayts prefent. 1. Judges& z. OffiCers. 3· P/eade~s. 4. Notari.es. S·· Witnejfes. In the fupreme Court, there was one that was chief over all the other Judges-, they· called him in Hebrew Na~, in Greek, tlr:x.o~7ct.,. The P·rince. H·is leaYe was craved for i:he tryal of acbons. The Witneffis rere at leafttwo, £?eut ... 29 .. : 5. If they · were falfe, they punHh'd: them w1th ~ Talt~, the famepunifhment which he intended agatnft hts brother, ~1-..tD{n Hotf!"· Deut.t 9. 1 9_. The Not 4riel were two, (a )one ~1ood on· ,, sa,.hdrtm the right: hand to w_rite th~ fentet~ce t~f Abfolutzon' and. what was fpoken tn defence of the party ; th~ other- • 1 • fiood on t-he left hand; to writ~ the fentence ef co11d~J1J: , . n~ttion and the obiefrtons aga\Bfr the party . . (b) ,Dru. ~J;:r1':,~~-~ er,lius thi'nks that Ckrifl_ ~peaking of the I aft Jui~~e~~ had reference to th1s, Hefball fit thefheep en t 6 rtg t hand, and on the left the goats4j Matt h. 2 5 ·'- 3• T e 0 ffi..,. c."1"·".wer.e in.manner Of Sh.erijfi, they W\ere prefent tO• ._,, "' exe.cu te .· . . , t I B. v. Their clviico,/ft}ioritr ~ exec_ute what the ]11dges 9etermined ; whence t.he'y carr ted up and down thetr (h) ilaves and whips~ as b Mo/e1 1cif1f:a t he Confo!J of Rome ~ad Rod a~d Axes, ca_rricd before d~;~~ Sade • them for the readier execution of jufbce. In He-br_ ew they a_re called c::n1to·1u; Sc·hoterim) by 'theSeptua-gtnt fomeumes 'i'e9tJ.!~d.~~, , in our Englij!J tra_oflation commonly Djficers, and by Saint Luke .,.d~t.;ort(: for doubtlefS there Is ~IJufi~n unto them, · Luk_e 12.5 s: When t~ou goeft Wlth tbi!le adverfary, ( &"fxov11) to the Magtllrate_, as thou ~rt In the way, give diligence that thou maJft be del1vered from him, left be hale thee to the JHdge, and the ]11dge deliver thee to the ~jficer, &c. Th~ Pleader was called :l~ 7yJ Baalrih, he Hood on thertght h.,nrd of the party cited in to the Court, whether he pleaded for or againft him. The Lord ~a1l ftand on the right hand of the poor to {ave _hJm from thofe that judge his foul) Pftl. 1 o 9: ~ 1• that ts, !he Lord/hall plead hi!J' ca11[e. And satan Hood a~ the rtghthand ~~ Jo.fhua, Zach.3. 1. that is to accJtfo ·htm, or p~eaJ agatnji-h.rm. When S. J1.1hn freaking, If ll1t} m,an Jn, ~e have a11 Advoc:~te , I John 2 .I. he allu-det~ h unto this Baalr~b,or l'leader.TheJudges·, they ex· amtned and deterrn~n'd matters and afr er examinati-o~, fent:nce w~s pronounced by the _J'Itdge in this m_anner. T11 ~·JH.ft~:- TN N. reus, ThoN _St~on art jH)i •• Thou ~euben art guHtj-~at the pronQncratton of which t~e gu1lty perfon was dragged to the place of execution. WheN hefha/1 be j11dged'J ft.t him he -condemned if. I 09.7. the Hehrew isj Let him go out wicf{_ed. ' The ~anner of fentencing perfons, varied in m()ft :Countnes. The Jews by a fimple pronunciation·0 f ~entence, both abfol ved men, and condemned the-m. lhe (c)Ro~anJ gavefenteoce by catting in Tables in. c l{oji~r~A•tft[\ to a certatn box er Urne prepared for the purpofe: R.om,t 9·'·~~ J B-b 2 . If .. ~ |