Jewish antiquities: . ver. 10, i62 Profelytes. Profelytes to it. Befides, there is the famereafon againft acknowledging them to be Profe-lytes of the gate, as there is againft acknow-ledging Cornelius and the eunuch to be fuch jnamely, that the Jews were, at that time, fub-ject to the roman power. Upon the whole, there does not appear to befufficient evidence in the fcripture hiftory of theexiftence of fuch Profelytes of the gate^ as therabbies mention •, nor indeed of any, who withpropriety can be ftiled Profelytes, except fuchas fully embraced the jewifh religion. Concerning the Profely
Jewish antiquities: . ver. 10, i62 Profelytes. Profelytes to it. Befides, there is the famereafon againft acknowledging them to be Profe-lytes of the gate, as there is againft acknow-ledging Cornelius and the eunuch to be fuch jnamely, that the Jews were, at that time, fub-ject to the roman power. Upon the whole, there does not appear to befufficient evidence in the fcripture hiftory of theexiftence of fuch Profelytes of the gate^ as therabbies mention •, nor indeed of any, who withpropriety can be ftiled Profelytes, except fuchas fully embraced the jewifh religion. Concerning the Profelytes of the gate, vid. Maimon, deregibus, cap. viii. §. x. xi. cc cap. ix. x. cum notis Ley-decker, apud Crenii Fafcicul. nonum, vel Leydeck. derepubl. Hebrseor. lib. vi. cap. vii. Concerning the Profelytes of righteoufnefs, vid. Mai-mon. de vetico concubitu, apud Leydecker, de republicuHebrasor. lib. vi. cap. vi. p. 364. et feq. Amllel. 1704. &:Selden. de jure nat. k gent. cap. ii. fupra citat. & cap. C H A P« ( i63 ) CHAP. their Kings. TH E alteration made in the form of thehebrew confticution, which originally wasa proper Theocracy, by fetcing up the regalgovernment, hath been already confidered. Asit was plainly an acft of rebellion againft Godto make any change in his original lettlement,the Jews are therefore, charged with rejec-ting him, that he fhould not reign over them,when they defired to have a king, to judgethem like all the nations (a). Neverthelefs,as he permitted divorces becaufe of the hard-nefs of their hearts (^)i* in like manner, fore-feeing the perverfe difpofition they would have,after their fettlement in Canaan, to fuch analteration, he was pleafed to give them fomerules, beforehand, concerning their choice of aking, and the manner of his adminiftration (c).Some of the rabbles, in order to exculpate theirnation from the charge of rebellion on this occa-fion, would have this permiliion and regulationM 2 amount (a) 1 Sam. viii. 5, 6, 7. {i) M
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