The art of law-giving in III books ... : to which is added an appendix concerning an House of Peers / by J. Harrington.
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The art of law-giving in III books ... : to which is added an appendix concerning an House of Peers / by J. Harrington.
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Harrington, James, 1611-1677.
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London :: Printed by J.C. for Henry Fletcher ...,
1659.
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Sect. 3. That there lay no ap∣peal from the 70 El∣ders to Mo∣ses.
But for another way, such an one as it is of crowning Moses, some are positive that there lay an appeal from the seventy Elders unto Moses. Now the command of God unto Mo∣ses for the institution of the seventy, is this:Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel— that they may stand with thee. Upon which words let me aske whether had Moses thenceforth a distinct or a joynt politi∣call capacity? If the seventy stood with Moses, or it were a joynt capaci∣ty, then Moses was no king in their sense; and if it were distinct, then lay there unto Moses no appeal, even by his own law: for thus in the case of appeals it is by him directed.If there arise a controversy too hard for thee in judgment— thou shalt come unto the Priests and Levites (that is, to the se∣venty Elders)— According to the sen∣tence of the law which they—shall tell thee, thou shalt do— And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken—even that man shall dye. In which words all colour of appeal from the seventy elders is excluded.