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Show ·96 o'J~ their Fealh-. ~ LIB. I I f. The ancient Jews, they .were ~oth H?fpital, r~ady to entertain, a.nd _a lfo_ hberal Hl thetr entertatn· n1ent: Their Hofptta1Jty ts commended throug~out the Scripture~ though no\v it be g}"own o~t df ufe among them, as appeareth by that l r?v~erbtal .fpeech concerning the entertainment of a fr1end: ( t) 1htlt i·M,.iN Ho!ju the firfl day he is Oreach,a gueft: thefecon~T~rea'k' tt n nUl On111 . httrden :the third B~rach, a runnagate. T hetr !tberal~ty n,~J Pro~f,u- appeared by remernbring the poor at thetr Feafis, fNJ l)JtXt01 • • . d • h s1nag. ,,,. 32· by fending them portions. Sen port tons unto t e~ 1'· 493· c.or whom nothing is prep:tred, Neh. 8. -: o. CU Th1s k MIJril erttt 1 • · • h h · h · f(Jettrib'" ;,. was afterwards pralhfed by Heat en~ , w <? tn t etr ""=onv;,,;;, ~·- folemn Feafh did not onely entertain thetr ~~efi:s &.J'd.~ mi~- for the prefent, but did alfo allow them cert.atn )Unter~. ~ [entrbKJ kets to carry away with them. Thefe they termed t~mrcu Tbt· h . c: • d h ophraflu cap. ~,&~,n,. : and likewife, unto ~ etr 1r1en s w o ~ere tr~ec, p.!~-+,· abfent they fent portions, ~htch they ttrmed ~•eclttf. p.oe..ta.,. Idem This obfervation giveth hght to that Canon In the rt 1 ;~ faAtglftTfi laprJiicot.e Laodicean Counfel, w h•t ch t or b1'd d et h t.h e ch r1i jlt't tns t•i l . ./',nr•lA-""' ~-their love feaHs,f.'lrn £,r~v) to fen_d porttons, the reafon ~~"'' Toi' ,,. of which prohibition, I conceive to ~e th~ee·fold. 1-._01~ ~ .:V Fir it, that chri.ftianJ might not fymbohze w1~h Hea.,.,. s-u~uMr. then people. Secondly, That none prefumtng that E.NJtatm mortm • n... ld b r h "tght abfi t 1udttil ;,.~efu their portions 1uou e 1ent t em ) m 1 • en fMi§e rtjla~Kr themfelves. Thirdly, that thofe prefen,t _(effectally f""" ftt8t' the poorer fort as it often falleth out) mrght not be Nebem. 'ro. ' h · ·fi fi w,~8Ad.Tt injured, by llaving the beft of t etr prov1 ton ent a-f'uJ. I'tt~· way in fuch por~ion~. . Here we may note, for concl~fion, t~at as the tune of their fupper was towa.rd.s the eventng, _an? then they ·gave greatefi: entertainment ; So the ttme of their dinner was about the fixth hour of the day ; that is, as we count, abol)t Noon. Kill meat and make ready, for the .. men fuall eat \Vith me at Noon, Gen. LIB. I I I. Of their Sahhath. 197 Gen 43.16. Peter went Hp upon the houfe to pray ah!Jut the fixth hour ; than waxed he an hungred, and 'T))OHid h~tve eaten, but whiles they madefomething ready , he , feU into a trance, Aets 10.9, 10. . Moreover we may here note the difference be· tween thofe three cup1 mentioned in Scripture, 'VI'onleAov Tn' ~o)lrth!"~, 1 Cor. ro. 19. The cup of bleffint,, and this is applied to ·thofe feveral cups ufed in their · folemn Feafis, becaufe ofthofe bleffings or thankfgi. ving annexed. _ Secondly~ ~oTnetov ~; ~"M'~'v, Jer. r 6 7· The cup of confolation ; this was fo caUed, becaufe it was fent by fpecial friends in time of mourning' as ·intending by this drinking to put away for row and grief from the mourner. Thirdly, 'JroTnv.o, cr(l)1neJ.«-, P[al.I I 6. l 3. The cup of falvation: this was ufed commonly after their Peace·offering.r, which were vowed in way of thankfulnefs for benfits obtained. Whence the SeventJ Ef4er1 commonly tranflate a Peace.o.fleri11g, cr(I)1HeJo·r, .A facrifice of jizlvation, or fa/vat ion it jelf. · CHAP. lit of their Sahbath. · T He word r'IJW Schahbath, from whence our ENglifh word Sabbath is derived , fignificth Reft , and is applied to all folemn Feftivals. TheJ poUute~ t»J.S~bbtJths, Eze~ 2Q, 2 '1. that is, my Fea.ftsa Sometimes It 1s applyed to the whole wee!{/ JejutJo hit in sahJ,ato , I jafi twice in ,the week.,. Sometimes, and . that mofi: frequently, it is ufed for that 7th day which God had fet apart for his own fervice . This Jafi was holy, either by a fimple holinefs which belonged 0 to |