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Show '·· ojWt~r 1ntl Pt4ct rlam too : and freq~ently in hiA:ori.cs you may 1·ead o~ leave obtained to carry off the dead. We have ~n example in PaufAnias :The Athenians [ay , thq .had buri~ d the Medes, h.ccau[e tt was their,~/~ ion to lnterr all the dead , what{oever t ey were. Wherefore, by rhe inteipre· ta~ion of the antient Hebrews , the High : · · Pnefl:, when othetwife he was forbidden /Idem e~ jure to be prefent at any funeral , was com· X PontificioB.o· manded neverthelefs to put into the earch mano Serviua a man found unburied. But Chrifliansfo norat• much eilecmed fepulture, that for this, as well. as to feed the poor , or to redeem captives, they ~hought , even the confecra· ted V dfels of theChurch mioht be lawful-ly corned or fold. There are indeed exam~ ples alfo to the contrary , but condemned r Hunt by common judgment t. oro de· ftndt fMrortm, eft apud Virgl_ lium •. IrucrpreracurServius, Inimicorum iram & pofl fata [t; "ZJ~re cup1tntem. · '.Apud ~laudian~m :-b~IIJi!'lmq; cruentuJ .... _ • B.xu, &. ttmttm c~t(i~ mv1dit aretzam. LltodQrus Stcu!us : F ermum e{l be4_um gerere cum mort11is , qui tjtif - tzatur 1t [umTit,. '. L X X V I. whether :Snrial ,... /Je due to notorious m~lefacror!. r /';! Oncerning th.efe, I fe~ there are cau{e$ ~/>f dopbting~ .Jhe di;vlne. ):..~?J·given to Jlif 1l_e!Jrews, the miA:refs, as o(,e,very :vertue ' fo of humanity too ) coillfllands cha£ The fec,,J P'"'~ that they which were hanged on a. tree ( which was eA:eemed very * ignomi-,. Numb. sr.4: nious) fuould be buried the fame day. Dean. zr. :IJ· Hence Jof~phu.r faith, The Jews have :a Sam."~.~~ fuch care of fepulture , that they take · ' down . the· bodies condemned to publick execution • before Sun-fet and commit chean to the earth : and ~ther Hebrd, interpreters ~~de ~ This reverence was given to the d1vme 1mage, after which man was made. v£g_ifthus, vvho liad fecon-ded his adultery with the murder of the King , was buried by Oreftes the fon of the murdered King, as Homer r.elates. Ody.tr. 3;· An~ among the Rom~ns, UlpJan fa1th,the L.J.dcup.p\i~ bod1es of them that are condemnd to dy nir. , are not to be denyed their kindred..: yea. ' Paulus his opinion is , they ate to ·be granted to any , whoever they be, that ask them. And Dioc/ejian and Maxi-mian Emperours anfwered thus: we do not L.t .e. de R.elig~ forhid,that offenders, after execution wor- Hujus Rom_athJ of thetr crimes ' he deliverd to the noru~ mftons . I d d d . , ment1o e a- grave. n ee , we rea m h1Hories ex- pud P.hilonem amples of them that have been call out contra Flat- * un~utied > more frequent in Civil than ~urn. , , • Ferem wars : and at this day we fee the Id ~_,If IJ~· t.. d' f r. . d d ,,, 'I'OJ ,.., dl• vo 1es o 101?e c~n em~e perfons w be xit Jofephus J left a long time m pubhck view.: which inmorte Ju, ~na~nej yet, whether it be commenda,bk, dzorum ~eglf, IS difputed not by Politicks on~ but D'· Alexandr~. . / .,..· · 0 h ' 1 Addc '"'umtJ• 1 .. mcs. n ·t e contraty we nd theu ..l 1 ''<:: ., r d h ' ' 1 .. c~ am. ,., a~e pray,e 'w o gave burial to the bo~ · - i1es 9f fuch as had not permitted the - fam~ |