a choiceancapreciousfpirit. 199 AndChap. i :.he reportsofhim,that in the time ofa famine , he caufed all his veil Is.. ofgoldand flyer to bemel- ted, tobuy corn withal! for the reliefe ofthe poor. That Herodlikewite which Saint Luke fpeaks of in the r 2. Acls,23. who was fmote by the Angel and ea- tenof worms, yet even this man hdd many excellent moral! gifts: yofphus repórts ofhim , that he was a manof a molt milde ditpofition, ready to help tholewhich were inadverfity,free from outward groffe defilements , and that there was no day paft him, in which todid not offer Sacrifice; and tor a te- ffimony of his milde and 2'en,le temper, he tels anotable f1or y of him,th.at when one Simon a Law3er, in his abfènc e,had fcandalized him with many grieveus 2ccu4tions before thepeople; As that he was a prophanematt , ant that upon juft caule he was forbidden to enter the Temple: When Herod wk,s certified of there things, and came to the Theatre, he cotrmanded that this Simon fliould bebrought tohim,andwouldhave him fit down next tohim , and in peaceable and kinde manner he fpake thus tohim, 0 4 Tell Jofeph.Lzq. cap.7.
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