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Show 120 The Fcaji ofTabernttt!eJ. · L I 'B. I :J J .• m Talmud. ( m) dayJ of this wholefec.fl ofTabernttcleJ were term-rrafl. de {eft ed Hotannotb, from the ufaal acclamations of the Tabernaculo· 'J t• d d 111m, cap. peo,ple, whiles they carried Boughs up an own. '1,1r. . And this eighth day was called Hofonna Rabba, the Vid, Tremel. gr.eat Hofanna, or the great day of the feafl j John 7· 37• ~o~~~;o:J.· in ( n) Upon this d2-y they did read the lalt Section of •hbre~iarur, the Law, and likewife began the firft, lc~lil: they might P· :an. otherwife feem more joyful in ending their Setlions, 1i l J b than willing to begin them. (")Upon this day aHo, o reme . o • d 7 . 37· e~ Tal.. by the I uftitution of the Prophet H11ggt£1H ~n ~a~ mlld. chary, and fuch like Prophetical men, they dtd With great fole~nity and joy, bring great frore of wa.ter from the Rtver shiloa.h to the Temple., where It betng delivered unto the Priejl1, it was poured upon the Altar, together with Wine3 and all the people fung that of the Prophet Ejay. 1 ~. 1 3· WitA joy Jhall JC draw water out of the Wells of [alvatio11. Our Saviour is thought to have aHuded unto this, in that fpeech which he ufed on this very day, John 7. 38; He that believeth in me, out of his hetty Jba/l flow r;verJ of wa· ters of life. . . It is worth our nottng alfo, that whereas God co111manded the Obfervation of this Feaft on the fif· teenth of the feventh month Tifri ; Jerohoam, that he might work in the people.a forgettulnefs of the tru.e Woriliip of God , appointed the celebration of a '1fo[pi~!.cn.de Feafi in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day there~ [/fif·::;:1 of, which is thought to be this very fea1t of Ta· bartutcles. ., £HAP' LIB. I I l• oft he Fe aft of Trumpets~ &·c~ · . ·CHAP. VI I. Of. th-e Fea}l o[T'ru111pets, and their New ./UoonJ. F0r the ·undedlanding'Of the time when this Feafi: was to be obferved, we mufl: note the month Tifri was the [e~e1zth montb , acc~r?i~g to their facred ·CompHtatton ..; and therefore lt Is commanded to ~e celebrated the firfl: _day of the feventh month, L_evt.t. 2 3. 24 . But accordtng to their Civil ConJputa. t"Jon tt was theu firft. month, [o that this Feaft may be termed their New-1ear1.day. . TheJirfl: day of every month had its folemnitie-s. ~nH:; when they repaired to the PtophetJ for the hearIng of the word, as on other sahhaths· Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day ? It is neither New Moon nor ~·ttbbatb day, 2 Kings 4· 23 . Secondly, It was the~1 un• lawful to buy and fell: \tV hen will the New Moon be gone, that ·we may fell corn? Amtu 8. 4· Thirdly They had then fpecial facrifices over and above thei; daily facrifices. · NotwithHanding, this. fea{! of Trumpets differed from D!her 'f>!ew Moon1, Fnft, 10 refpett of their facri. fices; tn theJr ordinary New /.Uoo'lu they offered (be fjdes the daily facrific~) two !lulloc~J, one Rald,feve; Lam~s,for hurnt o.lferzngJ; wuh thetr meat and drinkoffertng, ~nd a Goat for a Jin~offering, N11m • . 28. 11, 15• Bu~ at th.ts New-Mooni whtch was t?e be&inning of thetr yea I, they offered all the aforefatcl facnfices, and .over and befides them~ one Bullock, one Ram? and feven 'LanJ.hs,for ~urnt·o.ffirTngJ,and.a Goatfor·afin offering, R. Nun;b. l2J I |