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Show ss: ofthe Ejfenet. L lB. I. PJJ.file termeth in the fame vede, l-'e;..t6fHttJt~tt,, Polun· tary·religion, or will-worfhip : yea, where Ae termeth their Doctrine '7ftt1ddl ~JM(fo~[o, a kind of Philo.fophJ received from their Fore-fathers by Tradition~ Saint Paul bwdeth them beware of P hilofophy, ve;-f. 8. Wetormerly obferved two forts ot EfleneJ' ; Pra( [Jicl{f and TheoPicl{s : both ilgreed in their Aphor~(m.r, or .QrdinanceJ' ; but in certain circu mfl:ances they ~ differed. r. The PraUic~.r dwelt in the Cities ; The Theo~ ricf{1 iliunned the Cities, and dwelt in Gardens, and folitary Villages. 2. The Praaicks fpent the day in manual Crafts, ke~ping of Sheep, looking to Bees, tilling ofGround, &c. they were 7Exvhtt.e, Artificers. The Theorick! fpent the day in meditatjon, and prayers, wh~nce they were by a kind of excellency, by Philo termed, ~XWTeu,Suppli'cante.r , 3· The Pra{/ic~s had every day their dinner.and fup• per allowed them ; the Theorick.! only theirJupper. The Prttllic~ had for their Commons ev·ery one his di{b of Water -gruel , and bread ; The Theoric4.r only bread, and fait :_ifany were of a more delicate palate then other , to him it was permitted to eat Hyfiop ; their drink for both, was common water. Some are of Opinion, that thefe Theorickr were chrijiian ~fonkJ ; but the countary a'ppeareth, for thef~ reafons: I. In that whole Book of Phi(o, concerning tbe Theoric~s, there is no ADention e'ther of Chriji., or chriflians, ofthe Ev,utgelifls, or Apoflle.r. 2. The Thoorick_.r, in that Book of Philo's, are not any new Sea of late beginning~ as the c hri.flians at I that t" me were, a,i is clearly evidenced by I? hilo his own L lB. I.· Of th~ Ga~tlonit~, and the Herodians. 59 own words. Firft, In calling the DoCtrine of the 'Ef- JeNeJ 1flTettJ.V 'lM!To~Eo) A Philofoph; derived unto thetJJ by tradition from their fore·f'atherJ . Secondly, in fay-ing, Habent prifcorunJ commentarioJ, tjlli huj~e feti ze aut ores, &c. 3· The infcription of that Books is not only ttk1 S('d .S.tMfn7nc.;, but alfo «A ~X"1~,, Now P~ilo (h) eHewhere '" PbiloinPrin. calleth the whole Nation of the 1ews, 7~ ~lc.t{lt x. ~v ~@-- , Jib: de let.ar. Which argueth, that thofe 1heoricf<..J Were, 1~w1, not Ct~ru m. chrifiianJ'. ----------------- C H A P. X I I I. Ofthe Gaulonit£, and the Herodi11n1. 0 Ther Factions there were among the JewJ ,which are improperly termed Seers. Of thefe there were principaJly two. Firfr, G11ulonittt. Secondly, Herodia~ i." The Ga~t!l;n.il£ had their names from one Ju• dtH, who ( a) fomettmes was called Judas Gaulonite1, a Jefeph Antiq~ (b)fometimes JudaJ Ga/il~IH ,of whom Gamaliel fpea k- lib. B. cap . 2 '· eth, AlJ1 5'• 37. After thiJ' m~tn rtlje up JudaJ ofGalilee bJof.l.•S.c.':ih in the daieJ' of the trihute. 1 he tribute here fpoken of, was that made by Cyreni111, fometirnes called !2.._uirini• 111 : the name in Creel{ is one and the fam·e, but diffe~ rently read by Expofitors. This Cyrenilu was fent from RfJme by Augufln.r, into SJria, and from thence ·Catr1e into Jud.ea, were coponi111 was Prejdent, and I there he raifed this Tax ; which taxation is unadvi-fedly by fome ·confounded with that mentioned , Lu~e 2. 1. Both were raifed under .AHguflu1,. bot they -differed,. Firft, this was only of s;ria and Jud£~t ; that in Saint Lu/te was univerfal, of the whole worlq. Se-condly , this wa~ , when .Archel'au1, Herods fon, was banifued into Pienna, having reigned nine ytars ; that, under Herod the Great : Whe-nce there is an I ·2 obferv abJ~e I • |