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Show of th?ir title Rabbi. LIB.~· . name being fupptefied, he was called on ely ~y hts ·Fathert ttlltne, the/on ofN• When be was made Gradu_· ate by impojtfon of handt, then was he called by hts own name, N, t r'J· e Jon I)'J+ N • And afterward hw heTn" he was thought worthy to teach , then ~as t ~ It 1e .Rabbi perfixed> after this manner; .Rabb1 N. the Jon of N.For example,Maimonidet; at firft wa~ termed on ely Ben Maimon >the {on of Maimon:after hts de~ree, then · wa~ he-called by his own name, added to his fathers,. Mofet Ben M.aimon, Mofes the/on oJMai"!on :at laft be~ ing licenced to teach, then wa~ he_ called 0:::10'} Ram• b'a111 which abbreviature confifhng of Capt tal Letters' fignifieth Rabbi Mofet Ben Maim on, Rabbi Mofes the f'o n ofMaim' on,.So Ra'Jbr. bi Levi,the r1 0n o f .Gb~;Co m)•n his minority was called the Jon ofGer[om, afterward . Levi the Jon ofGcrfom at lafi:, lJ71 Ralbag, Rabbi Levi thefon ofGerfom. This difiinction of.scholart, Comp~ .. . niotn, ~ Rabbies,appeareth by that fpeech of an_anctc V~deP.F~~·- ent Rab6i faying, ( c ).I learned much of my Rabbtes, or um tn Scbolm ' · ,r,t· ,{:' U if S h luis 11d cap.4• Mafier 1, more of my companto?Zs? moJ' o1 a o mJ_ c o .. ·Pal:.:~ Aborh. lart.That every Rabbi had D.tfctples,_and th~t h1s own Difciples, and other \Vell-w1iliers fble~ btm by the name of .Rabbi,,in the dayes of our Savt~ur, needeth no proof. Judt~S came to ~hrift and fatd, _ Go~ .('tve thee Rabbi, Mat .16.49. In hke manner Johns .Difcrple.r came and fal uted john by the name of Habbt, John 3. _'.26. and chrift by the name of Kabbi,John 1.3S. But whether there WllS fuch a formal Jmpofition of hands then in ute, l much doubt. The manner of their meetings, when Difputations were had in their Sy· d Philo Jud. nagogues, or other Schools, was (d) thus. The ~od omniJ .chtef Rabbies fate in referved Chairs ; tbefe are thofe probHs, P•679 ' chief feats of the Synagogues, which the Scribes and Pharifes fo afiected,Mat.23.6. Their Companions fate upon .Benches or lower Forms; their Scholars on the ground at the feet of their Teachers. Saint Paul was · brought L lB. I. of their title RAbbi 3· I brought up at the feet ofGama/iel,AC1 .. 22 . 2 ~ And 'MarJ ·' fate at ]eftHfeet,and heard his word, Lu~ 10 .. 39· The pofiture of their body differed according to their de:a grees. The (e) Rabbi is defcribed to be JW11 Jofcheh, one that jitteth : the Companion, n:D,O Muteth .. th" e ~caligu in word fignifieth a kind of leaning upon a bed or bench ET,h.errf8.· '~P· s. h d 1 . . h h b ' x .c.I. era• 'ones ea y1ng tnt e ot ers ofome, in manner of the corh. ancient fitting at table ; and it was a deportment of the body, inferiour to that ·of (f) fitting: The f Pirl?e Aherh .. Scholar was termed p:1~no lt.Jithabel{, one that d th cap~4 • ·lie along io the dufi, and this· was a token of the Scholars humility, thus humb~ing- and fubjeCling hirnfelf e• ven to the feet of his> Ma,O:ers : (g) This fame cufiom g .Am~r~f. it is thought, Saint Pa~~:llaboured to bring into the 1 Cor.-J4, ChriUian Church, I Cot. 14. Their Scholars were not all of equal capacity, whence (h) the faid, fome had h Pirie! Ahoth • €01lJu·t lt•o ne»J jrp.. ongtt•- e, oth e rs c1 e p,Jr):'. d rte, oth e ~·s;r:a cci j£· ,· . . p.s. cinacei, an~ others cribri. Some refembled the sponge, · and fuck'd In all that they heard without judgment ; others the Hour. Glafl, they took in at one ear, and iet out at the other;· others the Winefacl{., through which Win~ is fo ?rained from the dregs, that only the dr~gs . rernatn behtnd: Lafily, others the Rying-jieve, which in winnowing lets out the courfer feed, and keepeth in th corn. . C H A P. VIII. Of their Nazttrites !lnd Rechabites. ~ T Here are two forts of f'otaries mentioned in the Old Te.ftament ·; Rech.-bites, Jerem.3 5· and Naz,arHes, Numb. 6. I find fcarce any thing war= ranrable concerning thefe two, rnor,e than· what the Scripture delivereth in the fore·quoted places·: therefore concerning the matter of their Vows, I refer .. |