Jewish antiquities: . ii. cap. ix. §. v. apud opera,vol. I. torn. 2. p. 1437- though afterwards, having re-cited the arguments on both fides, he exprefieth himfelfmore doubtfully, lib. iii. cap. ix. §. v. in fine. J Schickard. de jure regie, cap. ii. theor. vii. p. :. edit. Carpzov. ^ Grot, de jure belli & pacis, lib. 1. cap. iii, §. xx. 79, 80. edit. Gronov. Haga;-com. 1680. To accountfor this flagellation, he fuppofes it was not inflided on theking by any others, as a punifl^nent; but was a voluntaryinfliftion of his own, as a token of his penitence. Butthis is not agreeable to th
Jewish antiquities: . ii. cap. ix. §. v. apud opera,vol. I. torn. 2. p. 1437- though afterwards, having re-cited the arguments on both fides, he exprefieth himfelfmore doubtfully, lib. iii. cap. ix. §. v. in fine. J Schickard. de jure regie, cap. ii. theor. vii. p. :. edit. Carpzov. ^ Grot, de jure belli & pacis, lib. 1. cap. iii, §. xx. 79, 80. edit. Gronov. Haga;-com. 1680. To accountfor this flagellation, he fuppofes it was not inflided on theking by any others, as a punifl^nent; but was a voluntaryinfliftion of his own, as a token of his penitence. Butthis is not agreeable to the reprefentation given by thehebrew dodlors. jj Leufden. Philolog. hehrxo-mfxt. diflert. xxv. §. x,p. ,67,—i6g. edit, fecund. UUrajci-T:. 1682. C. iV. State and grandeur of kings; iSgand Carpzovius *, I apprehend, I have ren-dered it at leaft probable, that the Sanhedrimto whom the rabbies afcribe fuch extraordinarypowersi did not exift till the time of the Mac-cabees. * Not. ad Schickard. loc. fupra cUat, ,. CHAP. ( 190 ) CHAP. V. Of the High-Priefts, Priefts, Levites and Nethinims. WITH refpefl to the priefts, we propofeto enquire I ft, What ibrt of officers in the hebrewcommonwealth they were : And 2dly, To whom it appertained to executethat office. I ft. Our firft enquiry is, what fort of officersthe priefts were, who are called in the HebrewC*inJ cohanim. The reafon of this enquiry is,becaufe we find in fcripture the title cohanimapplied to the officers of ftate, as well as to theminifters of the fanduary. Thus, in the fe-cond book of Samuel, Davids fons are faid tohave been cohanim (a). That they were notminifters of the fan6tuary is certain, becaufethey were of the tribe of Judah, not of Levi,to which tribe the ecclefiaftical miniftry was bythe law exprefsly limited. Their being calledcohanim, therefore, can mean no other thanas our tranflators render the word, chief rulers, or («) 2 Sam. viii. i8. C. V. Priefts; I91 or principal officers of ftate. And fo indeedth
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