De politia judaica, tam civili quam ecclesiastica, jam inde a suis primordiis, hoc est ab orbe condito, repetita

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ON THE JEWISH POLITY,
as much Civil as Ecclesiastical,
repeated from its very beginnings,
that is, from the creation of the world.

CHAPTER I.

On the first origin of the Jewish polity,
both Ecclesiastical and Civil.

A decorative drop cap 'L' featuring a lion or similar creature within foliage.THE scope of all good laws,
whether they are written or
not written, is twofold. For
they either regard a person's
piety toward God, or they
describe the duties of people
toward one another. Hence arises a
double type of polity, of which we may
rightly call the one that relates to
piety, divine; and the other, which
contains the duties of people toward
one another, human. We, however,
following common usage, shall call the
former Ecclesiastical, and the latter
Civil. But from the beginning, together with
man—