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Show L t·s.t· of the AjjiJeatu, . . whole body ot the 'JewJ wer.e diftingutn-tdebddtnto two { b .rtd· and Re'chaontm , good, an a , . orts, C aJI tm, •. J' 6 h .r;d. began to be dt· Aft~r theircapttvtty, ~h~C tt} ~eTfodii{tmgave a·D. Kimchi. fringudhed from the 7'fttdl4!I1J. ( 4 ). re The Chaft· Pfa'a.to3,t7· themfelves to the ftudy of the Scnp~·u • (b)Second-b Pirk.,e AbothJ , dim fiodied how to addllid~nto t~e :~r;~t:~~tfoever the ;.s. ly The 1Iad.iUm· wou con ° b h ., .f"' d Th ch ·fidim would be holy a__ ove t e Law requue • e aJ~ T 1 th main- £ Thus to the repairing o£ the emp e, e t::a~cc of facrifi.ces, the relief of the poor, &c. t~y ld voluntarily add over and above ' ~o. t at w~~ h the Law required of them.- W.he.n.ce tt ts now d1C that thofewere Chajidim who would fay, What ~e '· e .;A' thine; and what n thine, k th1 own : t~o[e 11 mtn 'l ,., h · h · · 11e • Refchagnim. which would fay~ w,d .at.n t tnbebn-l mttha~ d h . . e .u. m11 own An tt ts pro a e, an w at H mtn ' "' ',/. . . . 1 h the middle {ort mentioned In the. fame p ... ace~ w ? wo~ld fay what is mine, k mine; w h•t ~ thtne, '" thi11e own, ~ere the very 1fadikJm• . . · . At this time the body of the J~ws ~ere dtfh~gutili. ed into three forts) in refpeet ot hohnefs. Ftrtl:, Rtfc hagnim ;,6,~;;, . Wic l{e d and ungodly men. ~econd I Y, Tfadi~i,:, l'l••,.:, Jufl and righteotn ";en; Thtrdly ,cha· ftdim,who are fomftirnes tranflated •6•~•,H9/y me~,an? . that for the rnofl: part : (G) but fomeumes alfo a.')'d.3o,, c ~ffid£''· de · G d . Thefe of all others were befr reputed, and qtubU4 agmtr 00 men. (l.l n.. • the I Mach~«b·7· beloved of the people.. The Apou. e 111~~tng. •3· vocantRrJ great love of Chrift, dying for us, amphfieth It ~y ?;{:~~:ltb 12 . allufion unto this diltinClion of the pe?ple: Chn~ d')!~~o2 ~ died for the ungodly. Scarcely for a rtghteotn md ~g,.l 7ii will one die, yet per.adventure for a good man fo_me t9VlS$• would even dare to dte, lf..om.5.6,1. The gra?atlz~ fiandeth thus; Sorne.peradveuture would dte, o one of the chajidim, a good man.: karcely any~ for 0~f L I.B. I. Of the AjfidettnJ; 3 5 of Tfadif,JmJ aju.ft, or righteom man; for the Refchag· ·nim, or ungedly, none would die: Yet Chrift dyed for us ungodly, being finners, and his enemies. Now as long as thefe Works of iupererogation remaine? arbitrary, and indifferent, not reguired as neceffary, though preferred before the fim pie obedi .. ence 'tO the -Law; {o-long the heat of contention was not .great enough to breed Sects and Herdies: But when once the Precepts and Rules of fupererogation were digefted into Canon1, and urged with an opinion ·Of necefiity ; then from the chajdim ifiued the brood of Pharifees; (d) and alfo from them (as it is d J~fepb.-Sca. proba~l y thought) .the Herefie of the E./Jene1 both tig.Trib~ref. obtruding unwritten Traditions upon the Peo~le, .as c.l..a. limply neceffary, and as a more perfect rule of fan-crity than the Scripture. At this time the Tfadi~im in heat of oppofition rejected not only Traditions but all Scripture, except only the five books of ~1Jje'1; for \vhic~ ~eafon they ~ere called Karaim. (e) ~6me are e 19(elh.''c~ of Oplnton, they reJected only tradition!, and embra· li~.ih, ced all the books of Scripture: Which opinion foe-ver ·we follow; they had their name c.,~if.l, Karaim TextualeJ, Scriptuarii, i. Text•men, or Script1tre·rea: ders, becaufe they adhered to Scripture alone, with-fianding and gai.n•faying Tradition1 with all their might. And if we follow-the latter~en all this while t~e Karaim were far from Herefie : but in proctfs of time, when fiom S11doc~ and Baithus, thefe K11raim learned to deny all future rewards for good works · or punifhment for evil,or refurrection from the dead; now the If~raim be~ame c~mpleat s_ad~Hces,_ and perfect Herettc~r, taktng thelr denon.unatton from their firfi: Author sadol{. The time of each Herefies firft . beginning, fhall be .more ·exactly declared in ·their feveral Chapters. . F 2 :cHAP .. |