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N
azarite
s, types
of
aril,.
153
would eats nothing
till
all
his
temptations
in
the wilder
-
ne{fe
were
ended,
As
of
all
other
vermes,
fo
he
was
an
unfailing
patterne in this
of
holy
abstinence
and
unvio-
lated temperance.
I
I
I.
The
Nazarites
were
enjoyned to
let
their
haire
grow,
and
no
razor
mutt come
on their
heads all
the
time
of
their
vow
and
feperation, Numb.6.
5.
By
which
ceremony
the
Lord
intended
two
things.
t
.
He
would
have
them molt unlike and contrary
to
the
religi-
ous
orders
of
the
heathen
Idolaters,
who
ufuallynourt-
fhed
their haire
to
offer
in
facrifce to their gods,
as in
many
examples I
could
(hew
:
But
thefe
mutt
not dimi-
nifh their
haire
all
the
time
;
and
when they
cut
it off
they
muff
bane
it
with
fire.
2.
To
be
a
meanes
to
avoid
finenefle and delicacy
in
curious
trimming
of
the
head,and
care
of
the
flea),
which
is
a
great
enemy
to re-
ligious
thoughts and
exercifes.
So
the
Apottle implyes,
the more
care
of
the
pg.!, the
leffe
of
putting
on
Chrsft
left'''.
3.
Long haire
in
men
is
a
ligne
of
ftrength,
as in
Sampfc».And
by
this
law the Lord would
put
them
in
mind that
as
they
were
to
avoid
effeminate
foftneffe
and
delicacy
;
fo
to
be
manly,
ftrang,
and
couragiotas
in
performing
duties,
and refitting ftcurly
all
the
tempta-
tions
and baits
that might
allure
them from
the
duty
un-
dertaken.
As
for our
Saviour
(whom
they
fhadowed)it
is
not
likely he nourifhed
his'haire,
becaufe
the
Apoftle
faith,it
was
(in
that
age) uncomèly
for
men
to
have
long
haire.
%f
a
man
have
long
hare
it
id
a fhame
unto
him.
And
then
are
all the
lkomifh paynters
quite out, who
paint him
with
his
haire
lying
round
about
his
fhoulders:
but
Painters'and Poets may
lye by
authority.
It
was e-
nough for
him,
that
he was
a
Nazarite
in
the
truth
and
fubflance
of
that
although
not'in
the
letter
and
out-
ward
ceremony
of
it.
In
which
refpef
how did
he neg-
lei
himfelfe;who
being the Lord
of
all,denyed
himfclfe
of
all
rights
and
comforts. He
w
as
fo
farrefrom-all de
}i-
cacy,
Nouriihiná
the
hake.
R.om,
1344.
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r.r4
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atque
PoetitQuidiGet
atsdertdt
fenper
fait
ægteotpote-
pod.
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