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Show 38 of the Pharifett. L I B.l. Third I y, Concerning the refurreetion of the de ad, 1 JnfePb de bel- they acknowledged it, and (l) taught that. the {ouls loJwdaic,l.2, of evil men deceafed, prefently depiJrted toto ever• • '"'· ' 2' laO:ing puniiliment ; but the fouls, they fay, of good men, paifed by a l,l;:lnd of Pythagor~a~ f''T,,.{Jx.,.,~ S or.· into other good mens bodies. Hencett IS (m)thought 1h11£ rtefr.a/·r•. ,'.'' · . • .. S · 1 • that the different opmwns concernmg our avtour ~~r~r•[,ln P"" did a rife;Some fayh' g that he was John Ba't~ ;o~ her~, ElitH ·others Jeremillt, Matth.I6,I•h As tf Chn11 hts bod,.' had b:en .animated .by the foul either of John, E/itH .. or Jeremit~~. Fciurthly,They did ftifly maintain the. Traditions <?f their Elders • . for the better underfiandmg what thetr Traditions were, we mufr know that the Jews fay the n M•f" Kot· Law was ( n) twofold, one committed to writing, frn. in wf.lib. which they ca lied ::U'JJ\:1 !1'111'\ 'thor a h fche bit c hta h, Tf.e pr~Cc~pt. written Law; the other delivered oy tradition, ter. med by them, rHl1PJ n-;1n'l'horah begnalpe. They fay both were delivered by Goduoto Mofes upon Mount s anai, the latter as an expofition of thef ormer. which Moff}safterward delivered by mouth to Jrijhua, 1ifFJua to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, the Prophets to th~Je of the grea~ synagogue, from whom {!l~cefiiyely it defcendad to after· ages. _ Thefe Trad1ttons were one of the chiefControverfies between the PharifteJ, o Gorionidu, and the sadduces. (o) The Pharifees faid, Let m maht-e. a 9• to in the Law :which our fore fathers httve delivered into our hand-s, expounded bJ the meuth oft he wife men~who expounded it b;trAdition. t\nd lo, the sadduces faid, Let m·not believe m· hear~n to any tradition or expofi· tion, but unto the Law ofMofes alone. The Tr~ditions \vhich they ch.iefiy u~ged.J)Vere thefe; .' • · 1 •. . The) wo•ld·11ol. ((At until·they wajbed t~eir. hands, Why ·do thy Dif11ipks· tr;mfgrefs ,tbe T'~adition . of ·t r - · i - • · . . ·the LIB. r.· 0 f trJl e Ph.trifeeJ. the Elder J l for they wafu not their hands when th eat bread, Mat,I)•Z· This wafhing is faid to have bj~ done ""~fp.~ M~r. 7. 3-- that is, often, as fome tranfiate the word, ta~ing ,.vfp.~ in this place, to fignifie the faqle as ')J'uxvtt tn Homer frequenter. Others tranflate 39 the word ~c~nrate, diligenter, intim«tting the great care and d!lJgence they ufed in wafhing : \vith this ' the (p! SJ!taclt Texth agreeth. (q) Others think that PM~N7•w::.there ts, In the phrafe, allulion unto that rite or man ~ ~&J'n)o · ner of wafbing in ufe among the jews termed by th - LH~ r. ~9· 0'1, n7'tD.l Netilath iAdaim'> the /ijti11t! ~p of their handem JiJ.~e~z: Su~ The G /.. d n ~ . h h . c:> I. ' I ~r.'. 7 • ree"' wor 'KU fl-•' , 1st oug t to exprefs this rit becaufe in this kii:td ofwafhing, TheJ '!fed to joyned /h~ . t.,o~.r oftheftngers ofe~ch hand together with the thumb ~o that eac~ hand dtd after a fort refemble 7~v '8ufp.~; J. a fift. Thts Ceremony was thus performed · Firfl: they wailie~ their hands clean. Stcondly, th~y com~ pofed ~hem 1nto the fore. mentioned form. Thirdly they_ hfted them up, fo that the water ran dow~ to t~e very elbows. Lafily' they l~t down their hands again' (o that the water ran from off their hands upon the e~rth. (r) And that there might be ftore of r M.rt}Jer. in water runntng up· and do~n, they pour.ed frelli wa- veut_8: ter on them whe~ they hfted up their hands, and poured water twice upo~ them wheh they hanged ~hem down. Unto thts ktnd of wafhing •rheophylall feem~th to. have reference, when he faith, -that the P h:Jrifees dtd ( s) cubit aliter lavare wafh ·~p· to th . , ~ ~M'heophJlall. h L ftl h . ' 'J'"" etr ttr• tn arc,,. 3• ~.:IJWJ. a y ,ot ers (t )tnterpret «'UJP.~, to be the fi(t, or ~.Be~a i? majc-uand clofedl & the manner of wafuing ther b d "h'" ["'!an~ ted to b b h' · h d e Y eno .. norattont6fU. lo · e 'J ru otng_ one an cloftd in the plain or hoi- Marc. 73 . • I!' oftke other. Alltmply a diligent and accurate care h wailitng:the ce.remonious wafhing by lifting up the · ands, and. haoglng them down, beft expre{feth the fuper .. |
