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Show 4 8 Of the Sadd11cer. L lB. I. e Jofep~·-'• I ~· 1· 1heywhoUJ denied (e) F 111e cr DejiinJ, and ttJcri:~ ,.9. hed AU to mans Free-wiD. · The Sd-maritanes and the sada~tees are of near affi.t r l!pipha.n.Tom. nity: but yet ~hey differ. F!rft (f) The Samari~a~es 1. l.1.· h~re[. J~crificed at the Temple butlt upon Mount-G·erzztm, 14'' but the s ~tdduces facrificed at Jerufolem. Sec_ondly' The s amaritanes allowed no commerce wah the Jew I, John 4· 'J· yea, the mutual hatred betwe~n the Samaritan! and the Jenu was fo .great) that 1t was not lawful for the Jews to eat or drink with the SamarUans. H 9w . is it that thou being a .Jew, aikefi: drink of me which am a woman of Samaria, 1oh. 4·9· Nay, whereas liberty was granted unto all Natio~s of th~ earth to become P.rofelites to the Jewes, fo did the Je,ws hate the 8 am.arit tmes, that ther would not fuffer a Sttmaritan to be a Projjlite, Thts appeareth g Drufiu 1 cl~ 'by that foiernn (g) Excommunication; termed Excom· rrib.i{e8.l.~. municati·oinfec,eto nominis 1etr11grammati :the form c~Cp. ll.exii= thereof: as it was applyed (fay they) by &,ra and Ne· medei)H• . hemiah unto th~ Samaritttnes4j was thus, TheJ t~jfembled · the'whtJ/e Congregation into the Temple oft he Lord, and . the} brought 3co Priefts, and 300 1~rumpets, arid 300 booAs of the L11w, andmmany·boJr, andtheJ founded ·I heir Trn1Jipets ANd the Lcvites Jinging curfed the Sam.t• ritanes by AD the forts of Excommurication, in the tn}• flerJ of the name Jehovah;.4ndin t!Je Decalot,ue~& with the curfe of the foperiour l:oufe of judgement, And li~ewifl J"Pith the curfe of·the inferiour houfe of judgement, Jbat no lfra.e/ite fhould eat the bread of a Samaritane, (whence the.JfaJ,he which e~tteth of a Sam.aritans hre~td; is M he who eateth [wines flejh )llnd let no S~tmaritane be " Profilite in, ·Ifr4el,and that the1 fhould have n·o part in hBNxtorf.EpYfe the refurre/JifJn of the dead. R. (h) Gerfom forbade Heb.p, SfJ• the breaking open of the Letter~) under the penalty ~f thi-s L I B. I. Of the saddkce-J. this :,f4xcdmmunication. This proveth what formerly . was fa \d ; namely , that between the Jews and the Samarltdnes there was no commerce 5 but the sad. d~cesfamiliarl y converfed with the other jews_, even ~vith'the Pharifees themfelves; yea, both fat together In tnefame Cou·ncil, AfJ1 23. 6. Now the Samaritaner and sadduces agree. t ,. In therejelJionofaBthe others traditions. ~. In the rejeCiion of all other Scriptures Jav~ only ~he five Boo~s ofMofes. 3, In the denial ofth; Rejurrellton, and the confequenceJ, tH future pu?Jijh· ments, And rewttrds accsrding to mens work.! .. But the Samaritan~s ~eld that there were .AngelsJ which the Sadtiuces dented. For the proof of thefe agreements and difagreements between them, read EpiphaniiH ., h~reJ. 9· & 14. Touching the Samarit1.nes, there are three degrees .ofalterationJn their Religion obfervable. Firfr,the firang~ Nattons, tran{plante~ by Salmanefatt into S~tma~ta J whe~l · lfrael was earned a way captive into .AJ!jrta~ \VOr~tpped every one the God of -their- own CoHntrzes, 2 Kzng. 1 7· Se-C6lldly, when they.faw they were devoured by Lyons, pecaufe they feared not the_Lord, the King of ..4/fjriitlent one of the Priefts whtch was taken captive, to infrruet them in the true worfuip of God : which tl)anner of worfuip th~ugh they recetved, yet they AVould not lay a fide t~eu former Idolatry, but made a m1xture ofReligtons, wodhipping the living God , and their own d~mb I~ols. !hirdly, ~Janaf[es:; brot~er to ']add~~.t the Hrgh.pruft, tn Jeru.fa/em,betng marr1ed to sanhaltat the -Horonite's Daughter, by reafon of Nehemiah'~ cb~rge of putting away their frrange Wives being ~.nvef! to that exigent, that be mu£1: either pu~ away 1s Wtfe 1 or forgo the hope of the Priefl-hood; by H SanhaUa'l's |