----------------.. ~---- Pharifaiftne 372 , ___ AI rr..ve<Gngofopinions, 1!ludyforfimpletruth, as one tl .' willnot lead you outof 1 Ez.r.67. the rode--way 10 fbew you the turnings. Scriber wereancient; Ez.ra i~ called ( Soplxr mohir )4prompt Scribe. As long before him, fa evor fince rhey continued tiiiChn!ls I Jer.a.s. time: but in two ranks; fome were X«!-'¥d.7~1r J..«i,others ttf.~.•: Some popular,mherslegall; Some rhe peoples; others, Gods; the one, Secretaries, Hecordus, Nolariet as 2 Chron. 2 <!-·11. ( 8opherh4meltc)the Kings Scr16e : The other Doctorsof theLaw of God: Tbe.L•woftheLtJrd ;r withYs,inv4inemadeheil,thepeM ofthe Smbe is inv4ine. Asthe Pharifcs were ("~olld>i•"'" ;)L•w rJsojlers: fo thefe are the fame which LJti! 11. 4 5. are called("~'"') interpretm ' fthe Law. Tho to fome not meane CritJcks it feemes thefe 010uldbe a third f<>rt; which c~mfider not that our Saviour on purpofc •ddrdiing his fpeec)l 10 the Phar!Jes~fcll by the way upon the Scribes; and being :id· monifbed byone of them, as ofan over-!i'ghr, nowavers right downe of the Scriles, what before he had but indifferently glanced at. What they were,~ plaineby Eoz.raes B N~•.S 4- pulpit,and Mofis his chaire. Thefe and Ph4rifis differed not fo much; they agreed in ~~:3~~~~,,;,~ (ome good, bur ~n more evil!. Bu~t rhe profeffion ofPbariflJ, becaufeir is moreobfaith i~rome. fcuresou t1131l gtve me leave to fe~ch fornewhar fun her. . ''f'b "" l>ifl. There were,f>ith old Egtjippus(as Eufibius citieshim) divers opinions in the Cir- ~},~:::n~f;~ cumcifion;which all croCfed theTribe ofJuda :EffinJ,Galile~nt,li'!uro!Nzptijh)Mm6Ndivt'r{tt fmwo~ theam,samaritan1, P/Jari[e1 ,S4tlduces. It were eafie eo helph1mwuh more,St~bltt£1Znt, tittqiM'M.Jxir.t C~~JmJttdnl, SafJJp[L4111 ;and if need were,yermore. Where are rhofe waverers, that "'"'{};:/:,:'d~ fragger in tht ir trufr to the Church,becaufe ofdifferent opinions,recciving that rot- ;;;.,~•1•·'" ten argumeotofpro()me Ce/fSH again~th~ Chri!lions? Say th_e Papi!ls,onefaith I am '1''~··dsm~ calvins ,another,I a~Uuthers. VVe dlfclatme,we defiethefe tttles,the(e dtvrfions: we ;:;:;;J.;;fj.~h~; are onein tru~h:wou~d God we wereyetmore on_e: It is rhe lace and fringe ofCbri.ils fl'"'!'•'"'""' ~arment that IS ~ue!l1oned among!lus,thecloth ISfonnd. But what? was tbe Jewtfb ~:;;;;::g~o;,~m ChurchbeforeChrill,~ods,trueChur~hornor? Ifirwerenot, whi~h ~as it? lfit C f"''""vifi were: lothat here rent mmore than etght parts, andooeofthemdtlfenng from it •11'>~· . fe!fe in eighteenopinions: and yet as Iren.tSH well obferves, Before Chrifl, there ~~~~.a~~~~~ were ndcher fo m:myherefies, nor fo hfafphernous. M'"'·'''""'l· Shew me a Church on earthwithout thefewrinkles ofdivifion , and I will never :~~:tp~~'l::;::~m feek forir in heaven : a~rhough to. fome, Pharifaifme fcems rather a feverall order, & um bl•fr!<- than a feCI:: but S. LI>/tg th>t knew 11 better,hath ( ~~·~"""'"""') tbefill ofthePh4rifis. "!' b•"f"·M· When the profdlion began,nohifrory recordetb. Some wor1ld faine fetch them Efa.1 /~·!· 6 5· 5· To~tchmenoll arJs bolitr th4N thoN. Butthefe tlraine tOO farre; for in theverfe before, the fame men eate fwines flefb; which to the Ph4,;jes is more than piacular. Heare bridly theirname, their originall, their oflice. Their name (though irmight • 1,,,m "'!"'· admit ofother probable derivations, yet)by confent ofall*Hebrew Docrors(I have D agreat author for it) is fercht fromjip4ration; tho upon what grounds,all agroenat· dcubtl<ff'e for the perfefrion oftheirdcftrine,and au!lerityoflifc. Their ori~inall ;~ more intric>te; which after feme fcanniog,I have thus learned offame great Mafters zilPfl~:.:rHt· br~i,u~tBahAJ. fl.:utld~oPoJ!I1,;11. ,,\:).,;]: .Ar.Mor.tfVI::s JIJf.ScaJI. DnljittJ,&c. of J ewifbAntiquities. Before there was anyopen breach in the old Jewifb Church, there were two generall and divers conceits about Gods fervice : One th>t tooke up onelywith the Jaw ofGod; and ifthey could keepe that, thought they needed no more; neither would they (4pereJupra fcriptnm,bewifir th4n their M4~r.:Thefe were called(K4rraim )cfwhich fort thereare divers at this day in Conp•n#Mple,aod otherwhere at deadly feod with the otherJew<', which theynowcoli R4bbiniflr. The other, that thought itfrr.all thanks to doe onlywhat theywerebidden; Gods Laww.s too frraight for their holineffe: It was oothing,unleffe they did more than E contentGod, earne him ( forthe(e were popifb Jewes) and fupererrogate ofbim. Thefe were th<rforecalled ch•fdim,flolj,4b•ve the U/1>:. They pliedGodwith unbidden oblation•,gave more th>n needed,did more th>n w.s commanded;yet fa, as both parts pleafed themfelves, refilled not the other. The more franke fort upbraided not theother with tOOmuch nirgardlineffe; noither did the frrairer-handed envy the other for too much lavifbneffe.Would God we could doe thus. They agreed,tbough they differed. But now, when tbefe voluntary Cervices began to be drawn into Canons (as Scaliger fpeaketh ) and that whichwas before but arbitrary, was impofed .,
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