and c hripianit_y. _ _ . I_ ~7~-r· A as necefijty,( oecef!ary beliefe, nec<ff•ry for al.hon)qutfhons arofe, and rhe rem! began in theJewes. Th dogmaricall Dofrors whiCh llood for fupcrerogarion,and traditions above Law, were coiled (Peru{cMm) Phorifoi; f<puare from 1 he orher ih I Hrill judgemenc,in fuperfluous hol}nefic:Thefe,as chey were the broodofthof..( cbaJidi"' )whomwe finde fitll mentioned in theMachabee!, ~y the corrupt name of Aji- • M"<.>-47· : dtant; Co from themagaine, in afecond fuccdlionproceeded (as theirmore refined I' iiTue)rhe Elfens,both Collegiate and Eremiticall: The(e Pharif<~ then,wetea frater- Ail o6. 9 • ni.ty or Colledgeofextraordinary devodon; wh?fe .rnle w~:; rr.adition, whofe pr;t- :~~;~~·;;~~;; llrce voluntary au£\erenrlfe : To them the smbes JOyned themfelves, as the purer Pb,:'"JL.n, Jews·for PaNt calls them[_..,,,,....,..., •'f"" ]the mojl ex~uijite (e{/; yca,and(as JofepbuJ) betw !""·'·•· rhe befi expofitors;willing_ly expounding the law according to their Traditions,and !)~~~~a!tf~ countenancing their rradinon• by the forced fenfes ofthe Llw.Both which profd!i- "'"',;eel\«. 8 onsweregrcarlyin1arged and gracedbyrwofamous DoCtors, Sat~mJaiandHitle/ 1h/i.1Pu{! )'"". (whomfame, thou~h falfly, would have eh~ founder~ of ~hem ~ nor Jong before ;;;ip:~;~d;::,;{. Chrifis time·for old Hi/M ofa 12 o yeers,protralled !usdates by hkely computation, ~"'"'""'' 4 . ro tenyeers ~frer Chrills birth. How Hierom fetcheth their nomes with more witti· Epipb.n. nes than probJbilirie,from Dljjipating & Proph411i11g theLaw;>nd what bicketings & 1 ~" ';;';fo; deadly quarrels wereeven among£\ rhemfi:lves in thofe rwo famom houres;and whlt A,,;,, were the foure expofirionsofcheLawwhich they followed, I lill nor now to dif- ;,;~,":.m courfe.Their imploimenr was,expoundmg theLaw,and urgmgTradition•,rherefore A ff,~,r.• their auditors bad wont to fay,when they calledone another toChu•eh(as S.Hiuome H'"·1<•fi.N,' tds U3X o.i ~'~' Jw-rq;,., J Thewifo,that is3 the Pharifes, expoHfJdfo day. Whence perhap:;, . 1 1 1 L~r~:~~ that m•y be interpreted ofS.PaNito the Corinrhs,Where iJtiJe tr:Jfe?rPhm i1the Scribe? "'"'!<-. ,; So did che Scribes coo ;b.ut the ditfetence was, that the scribes \vert! more Tex(ua!J, ';,~·~~:~;n~;!l:. C the Pharifts more Tradirtonall: thereforeobfer~e,rhac the scribe finds fault with the '''· q..fN"ipfurpirionofblafphemy: che Pharife,with unwalbm hands: rhescri8e~(rheir D~ltors) "·";; ~•!T.xexcell'd for learning,the Pharifes for piety. Their attirewas the fame, and their &Chi- 'J,";.;j:;:,~''fr• ons: but the Pharife' had [ .. ,,mi«~•{•<J more fn!•J; and weremore llrilland Cappu- n,;f. doe-like; profefied more yeeres continency; and in aword 1 rook more paineHo ~~:'·•,; ,. goc tohell. Thefe did (o carryaway the beamofrhe J ewes, that there was no holy ""';';,,~,;'; man, which was not tearmedaPbarife; and chetefore amon!( the feven kindesof ,,.u,;,, p•lli•, Pharifesin theirTalt~md, they make dhr•hama PbarifeofLove,Job a Phari[eofFea,.e. ~~;,~::,:d::;~ And iffrom themen you ea£\'your eJesupop their righteoufnelfe, you cannot bur lig.fup•·u<mwonder at the curiofit.ie ofrheir zeale. Wherein look (I befeech you) firfi ac their ~~;,';/,'!:,':!:: devotion, th'lm cbeir holy carri>ge, lafily their llril:i: obfervation of the Law. Epiph. Suchwostheirdevotion,thattheyprayed[•@•x'<] as a Father faitb,oftand long: D thrice aday wasordinary; at nine, twelve, and threeaclocke: yea their progenitors ()Vhom they wou'd fcorne noc to m1tch) dividedthedayintothreepms; whereofoneWasQe(\owedon prayer,rhe next on the Law, the thirdon their work. <h4''""· See here, God had two pmsofthree ~ themfelves but On! : befides actheir m01les what firill:netfe? ;,~;';;;;j.i'.t Their very difcipleswere taught (ro lbamemChri{\ilns) ifthey hld forgotten to "' ' '""'" a give t!)anks, to returne from the field ro the boord to Gy grace. For divine iervice; ';J,.~:P"· '"· the Decalogue mu£\be read once aday ofevery m.th: tha s cr;b" Cq thefirll watch· u.,;,.,.,. che Ph4rifot, any houre ofthe nigh<: others, twice,withommoving eye,hand, fo~r: "';..,;,. in acleane place, free from any excrement, apd foore Clihit!3 difiant from :1ny fepul· LJJ;~~~:~t::r.1 3 . chre. For_f'a!l:ing,th~ydid ittwice aweek; noc~opiOtlv(wh_ich Wic.\fiffe jurllycalls ,,.,ilfi"'-u in Foole-falltog) bur rnearnell; onMonday apd Thurfday. Befides (to omictheir ;~!,~;;:;J;: E almes, which wereeverywayproporrionabletorhe rei>) what mi(erable penan.;e '"'"'&fde.- , did they wilfully? They beatrheirheads againfi rhewals, asrhry went, rill blood w Wt'""·'" 1 came::whenceone oftheir fcven Ph.ri[es is called( Ki,.di)• Pha,ife d··•w-b!oo.l: 1 ~ e; ';.;'~'{[;/'"' put rhornes in theirSkirts, to fling themfelves; theyilyon'plankel, t>n (\ones, 9~ :J;1·t•~'-. thl'fnes: and Bame that Heremiticall Pharifedr~n~l!t himfelfeofr,l\i~ht and dly,iq "'7.19 >An, cold wlter [ we_l{ a.·,u,-u]forchaftiiJ; or (1f yoo read it wichom an afpirlHiOn)ir G~ni- ~to~~:d1: /. fies for foil] ratl~<r; whatcould that •pilh and fiigmari :all Frier hcwe done either pa,,~,,~.,,. i II\Oreonvo1fe? This wastheir devotion. Theholine!feoftheir eatriage wasfuch '"'':' f' fi<>- I . 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