...place ° ' M fuch * Jofephus Ant. Jud. 1. Jii. c. 3. fuch over the People to be Rulers of Thoufands, Rulers of Hundreds, Rulers of Fifties and Rulers of' Tens, and let them judge the People Ex. xviii. a * att Seafons. . . 'The hard Caufes they brought 2o. unto Mo/es, but every Jinall Matter...

...destructive to the state, as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-law Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men " of truth, hating covetousness," and to place such over the people ; and Moses, who was as wise a statesman at least as any in this age,...

...destructive to the state, as to the church. It was the advice of Jethro to his son-in-law Moses, to " provide able men, such as fear God, men " of truth, hating covetousness," and to place such over the people ; and Moses, who was as wise a statesman at least as any in this age,...

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...covetousness, who wiilnot take a bribe to fier-vert justice, but will act a generous, disinterested /tart ; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands,...of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens ; thus forming greater and lesser courts of 22 justice : And let them judge the people at all seasons,...

...19. See Lev. xix. 15. Amos v. I5. XCVIII. Qualifications of the civil magistrate. Exod. xviii. 21. Thou shalt provide out of all the people able men,...men of truth, hating covetousness, and place such to be rulers. Deut. i. 13. Take ye wise men and understanding, known among your tribes, and I will...

...filthy channels. Kings, therefore, should do according to the counsel of Jethro : Exod. xviii. 21. Provide, out of all the people, able men ; such, as...men of truth, hating covetousness : and place such as these over them. But where this course is not taken ; but such are intrusted with command and authority,...

...; and prescribes it as an dispensable quality in men who are to be intrusted with civil power. " * Provide, out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness :" " f Wise men, and understanding, known among your tribes, and place such to be rulers over you ;"...

...; and prescribes it as an dispensable quality in men who are to be intrusted with civil power. " * Provide, out of all the people, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, bating covetousness :'* " f Wise men, and understanding, known among yoor tribes, and place such to...

...trusts reposed in them. He directed his people, in the choice of their civil officers, "to provide able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness." And he said by the mouth of David, "he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in tke fear of God." Though...