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Show 8~ - . of their FellfiiJ L I B.t.I I. ·'- . nifieth a ~ifs of ftate or dignit;, but \t wast~ te~ifie .their homage, and acknowledgment of ~hetr Ktngs Soveraignti· Then SAmuel took a Vtal. ~f ~yJ, and poured it upon s ttul's head , and ~{f./fed ~tm, 1 sam. 10 • 1. And unto this they refer that In the fe~ cond Pfalm, Kifi thefon3 leafl he h1 angry. Thefefa!tdi· 0111, bowfoever they were fuch a5i were ufed mutually, fometimes in their meetings abroad l!pon t_he way, ~et were they fuch, as were ufed alfo tn then entertainment, as clearly appeareth by·many ofthofe fore quo. ted examples. Th~ fecond Cere11J011J preparator} was (i) WJajhing i \Lotio.ptJ~m their ~eet And the man brought the men into 1ofep1/s Ante tlifcubttflm l' • d h d" d ,tJ, th · nonfol~tm1u· houfe, and gave the~ water, an · t ey 1 waJ,., ttr tl~i•! fitl. & feet, Gtn.43 .3 4• Thts office was commonly p~rform• genttbrfiJU •pfi•L ed by fen1ants and the meaneft of the famtl y, as trar" zttta. o· ' . 1 c~~ hie tuaseft, appeareth by our Savio~r chr_ifl, who to ~ave _an. ex:= '" oc,,mbt, ample of hutniJity behtnd htm, wafhed .hzs DifctpleJ fttfri;t,t, " pifJ"am pe· d b· ·t h D "d took her to 411tHI. feet,Joh. Ij.t;. An A · tgat., w en av_r · Fer[. wife, faid Behold, let thine hand -matd be a fervant to 'Wajb the feet of the fervants of my _Lord,~ S~m. 25. 41. For this purpofe they had certaJn Yef iels tn re~· dinefs for fuch imployments: that whtch our savJ~ oNr ufed, we tranOatc: a Bafi_11, John I 3· 5. He poured out water into a Bafin. The word !'""1~~ there ufed fign1fieth in gener.al a W ajhptJt. and ts there ufed fo~r . : '{ that which in ll:rifr propriety of fpeeches, the Greet· 11ns termed '8oJ'~''"'"1eJv, ( i) A W4fhpet for o11r feet: Some may here make the quefi:ion, whence this \Vater was poured i I fee no inconvenience, if we fay, that there were ufually in their Dining·r~om: ~rrater veilels, from which they poured_out tntC? t~fler, .ac- ... · . . cording as they needed ; of whtch fort 1t ts not tm- ~;~!i~'"~:''b. probably ( q) thought that thofe Water-pots :;~~ / LIB· l I f. Of their Feajl1. tioned, JohfJ 2. 6. There were fet tbere fix Water-potJ of Ll:one, after the manner of the purifying of rhe 1ewl. By purifyi'!g t_herc, underftand t~is comple- . mental wafi.-ivg ofwhtch we treat : Now tf we confi .. der the walliing of their bands, ufual and commendable in it feJf, though fuperftitiouOy abufed by Scrib-es and P harifees, and the wafhing of their feet, before and after meal, (for our saviour wafhed his Difciples feet after fupper ) which-fecoqd w~ihing, the Hebrews iay it was in ufe only at the Pafs ... over, there mufi: need~ be ufe of grate fiore of water in their greater F ea{ts ; and therefore no marvel, if many and capacious veffels fiood in readinefs. Far-ther, we are to note, that as the office was fervile and bafe, fo the veffel : which obfervation giveth light to that, P{al. 6o. 8. Motlb is mJ wajh pot; that is, the Moabites lliall be bafely fubject unto me) as the pot in ~hi-ch Iwafh my feet. The third Ceremon1 preparator.J, was po11ring out of •• .fJ)l· A womaa in the City brought &tn A1abalter box of oyntment, and fiood at his feet behind him weeping, at?d begun to waih his feet with te~trs , and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kif,. fed his feet, and anointed them with the ointtJJent,Luk.: 7·37,38. Itwasalfo poured upon the hettd, whence in the fame place ~ chrift challengeth the P harifee which entertained him, A-line head with oJl thou dic!ft not anrJint, verf 46. Pfol. a3. 5. Thou anoint eft mine he 'ad with O.Jl. After thefe ceremonies ofprepttration had been performed, than they proceeded to giving thank_.r. The Mdfler of the h1uje fitttng down together with his Guefis J took a u~p j1tll ofwine in his right hand_, and the-rewhth began hisco11fecration, after this manner; \.. N ' b!effid |