An explication of the iudiciall lawes of Moses. Plainely discovering divers of their ancient rites and customes. As in their governours, government, synedrion, punishments, civill accompts, contracts, marriages, warres, and burialls. Also their oeconomicks, (vizt.) their dwellings, feasting, clothing, and husbandrie. Together with two treatises, the one shewing the different estate of the godly and wicked in this life, and in the life to come. The other, declaring how the wicked may be inlightned by the preaching of the gospel, and yet become worse after they be illuminated. All which are cleered out of the originall languages, and doe serue as a speciall helpe for the true understanding of divers difficult texts of scriptures. ... / By Iohn Weemse, of Lathocker in Scotland, preacher of Gods word.

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An explication of the iudiciall lawes of Moses. Plainely discovering divers of their ancient rites and customes. As in their governours, government, synedrion, punishments, civill accompts, contracts, marriages, warres, and burialls. Also their oeconomicks, (vizt.) their dwellings, feasting, clothing, and husbandrie. Together with two treatises, the one shewing the different estate of the godly and wicked in this life, and in the life to come. The other, declaring how the wicked may be inlightned by the preaching of the gospel, and yet become worse after they be illuminated. All which are cleered out of the originall languages, and doe serue as a speciall helpe for the true understanding of divers difficult texts of scriptures. ... / By Iohn Weemse, of Lathocker in Scotland, preacher of Gods word.

Author

Weemes, John, 1579?-1636.

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London :: Printed by Iohn Dawson for Iohn Bellamie, and are to be sold at his shoppe at the signe of the three Golden Lyons in Cornehill, neere the Royall Exchange,

1632.

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Jewish law -- Early works to 1800.

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"An explication of the iudiciall lawes of Moses. Plainely discovering divers of their ancient rites and customes. As in their governours, government, synedrion, punishments, civill accompts, contracts, marriages, warres, and burialls. Also their oeconomicks, (vizt.) their dwellings, feasting, clothing, and husbandrie. Together with two treatises, the one shewing the different estate of the godly and wicked in this life, and in the life to come. The other, declaring how the wicked may be inlightned by the preaching of the gospel, and yet become worse after they be illuminated. All which are cleered out of the originall languages, and doe serue as a speciall helpe for the true understanding of divers difficult texts of scriptures. ... / By Iohn Weemse, of Lathocker in Scotland, preacher of Gods word." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B16297.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE COLENE, EARLE OF SEAFORT, Lord Mackenzee and Kintaill, one of his MAIESTIES most Honorable Privie Councell in the Kingdome of Scotland.
• THE CONTENTS.
• A Table of the places of Scriptures explained in this Treatise of MOSES Iudiciall Lawes; the first number sheweth the Chapter, the second the Verse, and the third the Page.
• A Table of the Hebrew words expounded in this Booke.
• ¶ A Table of the Greeke words expounded in this Booke.
• An Alphabeticall Table of the chiefe matters and principall distinctions contained in this Booke.
• title page
• AN EXPLICATION OF THE IVDICIALL LAWES OF MOSES; As they are annexed to the Morall and Ceremo∣niall Lawes.
  • CHAPTER 1. That Kingly Government is the best Government.
  • CHAPTER II. An Explication of Iothams Apologue.
  • CHAPTER III. Why was God angry with them for choosing of a King.
  • CHAPTER IIII. What Samuel meaneth by Mishpat Hammelech.
  • CHAPTER V. A Difference betwixt the Election of Saul, and the Election of David.
  • CHAPTER VI. Of the anoynting of their Kings, and whe∣ther the Kings and Priests were anoynted with thesame Oyle or not.
  • CHAPTER VII. How the Kings of Iudah and Israel, brake this Commandement in multiplying riches.
  • CHAPTER VIII. A comparison betwixt Salomons Kingdome and Christs.
  • CHAPTER IX. Whether Rahab was a betrayer of the Citie of Iericho or not?
  • CHAPTER X. Whether the Kingdome of Iudah or Israel were the best Government?
  • CHAPTER XI. Whether the Iewes might chuse Herod for their King or not?
  • CHAPTER XII. Whether Ishbosheth was a Rebell in affecting the Kingdome or not?
  • CHAPTER XIII. Whether it was lawfull for the Iewes to pay tribue to Caesar or not?
  • CHAPTER XIIII. Whether Naboth might haue justly denyed to sell his Vineyard to Ahab, or not?
  • CHAPTER XV. Whether the Iewes should be tolerated in a Christian Common-wealth or not?
  • CHAPTER XVI. Of the Synedrion of the Iewes.
  • CHAPTER XVII. Whether a Iudge is bound to giue sentence according to things prooved and alledged, or according to his owne private know∣ledge?
  • CHAPTER XVIII. An partus sequitur ventrem?
  • CHAPTER XIX. An error personae irritat contractum?
  • CHAPTER XX. That a Iudge may giue out sentence by the in∣formation of the false witnesses, and yet be free.
  • CHAPTER XXI. Of one who killed in suddaine passion.
  • CHAPTER XXII. Whether they might take the sonnes of the Prophets widow for debt or not?
  • CHAPTER XXIII. Whether a man may sell his sonne for debt, or not?
  • CHAPTER XXIIII. Of their diverse sorts of Rulers and Commaunders.
  • CHAPTER XXV. Of their civill counting of their times, and first of their Houre.
    • Of the houres upon Ahaz Diall.
  • CHAPTER XXVI. Of their Day.
    • How they reckoned the dayes of the Weeke.
    • A Demonstration to shew how the dayes are reckoned according to the seven Planets.
  • CHAPTER XXVII. Of their moneth.
  • CHAPTER XXVIII. Of their Yeare.
  • CHAPTER XXIX. Of their numbring, and manner of counting.
  • CHAPTER XXX. Of their civill Contracts, and manner of writing them.
  • CHAPTER XXXI. What things the Goel was bound to doe to his kinsman, and what things were done to him by his brethren.
  • CHAPTER XXXII. The difference betwixt the brother naturall, and the kinsman in raising up seed to the eldest brother, and what was done to them if they refused.
  • CHAPTER XXXIII. Of their Marriages.
  • CHAPTER XXXIIII. Whether a brother naturall (to keepe the Tribes distinguished) might marrie his brothers wife or not in Israel, or is it meant onely of the next kinsman?
  • CHAPTER XXXV. Of their prisons and places of punishment.
  • CHAPTER XXXVI. Of their Whipping.
  • CHAPTER XXXVII. Whether an Israelite that had lien with a bond∣maide, that was betrothed, was whipped or not?
  • CHAPTER XXXVII. De Lege Talionis, Of the Law of Retaliation.
  • CHAPTER XXXVIII. That theft amongst the Iewes, was not capitall.
  • CHAPTER XXXIX. Of their proceeding in judgement before they executed the malefactor.
  • CHAPTER XL. Of their Capitall punishments.
  • CHAPTER XLII. Why they gaue wine to those who were go∣ing to be executed.
  • CHAPTER XLIII. Of their VVarres.
  • CHAPTER XLIIII. Of their Burials.
• Of the IEVVES Oeconomicks.
  • Of the time of their Repast.
  • Of the manner how they sat at Table.
  • Of their Feasts.
  • Of the place where the Romans used to make their Feast.
  • Of their manner of drinking.
  • Of their Apparell.
  • Of the divers names of their stuffes, whereof their cloathes were made.
  • Of their husbandrie.
  • Of the manner how they threshed their corne.
  • A comparison taken from the ripe figges.
  • A comparison taken from their shepherds.
• Of the miseries of the Children of GOD in this life, and their happie estate in the life to come.
• How the wicked may be inlightned by the Preaching of the Gospel, and yet become worse after they be illuminated.
• ¶ An Addition. Pag. 122. line 11.
• Erratum.