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jud._n c._n 4._o a_o old_a say_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o ipul_a sammai_n occid_a baut_fw-fr d_o scipulos_fw-la hillel_n epiphaa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o in_o nomen_fw-la mosis_fw-la acibe_n annae_fw-la filiorium_fw-la assanonaei_n hier._n algasia_n de_fw-fr 11._o questionib_fw-la 1_o cor._n 1.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scribae_fw-la lectionarâ—j_fw-la quasi_fw-la scriptuarij_fw-la vel_fw-la textuarij_fw-la pharisei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d drus_n matth._n 9_o eodem_fw-la habitu_fw-la cum_fw-la scribis_fw-la multebr_fw-fr pallio_fw-la latis_fw-la crepedis_fw-la &_o calâ—eamentorum_fw-la figalis_fw-la procedentes_fw-la epiphan_n meabavab_n epiph._n both_o collegiate_n and_o eremitical_a these_o pharise_n then_o be_v a_o fraternity_n or_o college_n of_o extraordinary_a devotion_n who_o rule_n be_v tradition_n who_o practice_n voluntary_a austereness_n to_o they_o the_o scribe_n join_v themselves_o as_o the_o pure_a jew_n for_o paul_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o exquisite_a sect_n yea_o and_o as_o josephus_n the_o best_a expositor_n willing_o expound_v the_o law_n according_a to_o their_o tradition_n &_o countenance_v their_o tradition_n by_o the_o force_a sense_n of_o the_o law_n both_o which_o profession_n be_v great_o enlarge_v and_o grace_v by_o two_o famous_a doctor_n sammai_n and_o hillel_n who_o some_o though_o false_o will_v have_v the_o founder_n of_o they_o not_o long_o before_o christ_n time_n for_o old_a hillel_n of_o a_o 120_o year_n protract_v his_o day_n by_o likely_a computation_n to_o ten_o year_n after_o christ_n birth_n how_o hierome_n fetch_v their_o name_n with_o more_o witness_n than_o probability_n from_o dissipate_v and_o profane_v the_o law_n and_o what_o bicker_n and_o deadly_a quarrel_n be_v even_o among_o themselves_o in_o those_o two_o famous_a house_n and_o what_o be_v the_o four_o exposition_n of_o the_o law_n which_o they_o follow_v i_o listen_v not_o now_o to_o discourse_v their_o employment_n be_v expound_v the_o law_n and_o urge_v tradition_n therefore_o their_o auditor_n have_v wont_a to_o say_v when_o they_o call_v one_o another_o to_o church_n as_o st._n hierome_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wise_a that_o be_v the_o pharise_n expound_v to_o day_n whence_o perhaps_o that_o may_v be_v interpret_v of_o s._n paul_n to_o the_o corinth_n where_o be_v the_o wise_a where_o be_v the_o scribe_n so_o do_v the_o scribe_n too_o but_o the_o difference_n be_v that_o the_o scribe_n be_v more_o textuall_a the_o pharise_n more_o traditional_a therefore_o observe_v that_o the_o scribe_n find_v fault_n with_o the_o suspicion_n of_o blasphemy_n the_o pharisee_v with_o unwashen_n hand_n the_o scribe_n their_o doctor_n excel_v for_o learning_n the_o pharise_n for_o piety_n their_o attire_n be_v the_o same_o and_o their_o fashion_n but_o the_o pharise_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o sway_n and_o be_v more_o strict_a and_o cappucine-like_a profess_v more_o year_n continency_n and_o in_o a_o word_n take_v more_o pain_n to_o go_v to_o hell_n these_o do_v so_o carry_v away_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o there_o be_v no_o holy_a man_n which_o be_v not_o term_v a_o pharisee_fw-mi and_o therefore_o among_o the_o seven_o kind_n of_o pharise_n in_o their_o taimud_n they_o make_v abraham_n a_o pharisee_fw-mi of_o love_n job_n a_o pharisee_fw-mi of_o fear_n and_o if_o from_o the_o man_n you_o cast_v your_o eye_n upon_o their_o righteousness_n you_o can_v but_o wonder_v at_o the_o curiosity_n of_o their_o zeal_n wherein_o look_n i_o beseech_v you_o first_o at_o their_o devotion_n than_o their_o holy_a carriage_n last_o their_o strict_a observation_n of_o the_o law_n such_o be_v their_o devotion_n that_o they_o pray_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o father_n say_v oft_o and_o long_o thrice_o a_o day_n be_v ordinary_a at_o nine_o twelve_o and_o three_o a_o clock_n yea_o their_o progenitor_n who_o they_o will_v scorn_v not_o to_o match_v divide_v the_o day_n into_o three_o part_n chasidim_n chasidim_n whereof_o one_o be_v bestow_v on_o prayer_n the_o next_o on_o the_o law_n the_o three_o on_o their_o work_n see_v here_o god_n have_v two_o part_n of_o three_o themselves_o but_o one_o beside_o at_o their_o meal_n what_o strictness_n expos_fw-la praec_fw-la mosaica_n cam_fw-la expos_fw-la rabbinorum_fw-la à _fw-la munster_n ed._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiphan_n hier._n in_o mat._n 23._o acutissimas_fw-la in_o eye_n spinas_fw-la ligabant_fw-la ut_fw-la ambulinte_n &_o sedentâ—s_v â—â—orgerentur_fw-la &_o idm_n nerentur_fw-la offi_n â—j_fw-la i_o sephus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n qui_fw-fr ci_fw-fr medit_fw-la panem_fw-la samaritictur_n ac_fw-la si_fw-la câ—mâ—deret_fw-la sâ—illâ—m_fw-la precept_n mos_fw-la cum_fw-la expos_fw-la rab._n á_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o common_a people_n unapt_a ex_fw-la sex_n opprobrijs_fw-la vitandis_fw-la a_o discipulis_fw-la sapientum_fw-la comessatio_fw-la cum_fw-la populo_fw-la tâ—rrae_fw-la ar._n mont._n in_o euan._n epiphan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mark_n 7.3_o praec_fw-la mos_fw-la cum_fw-la expos_fw-la rab._n epiphan_n l._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d montan._n in_o loc_n praec_fw-la mos_fw-la cum_fw-la expos_fw-la their_o very_a disciple_n be_v teach_v to_o shame_v we_o christian_n if_o they_o have_v forget_v to_o give_v thanks_n to_o return_v from_o the_o field_n to_o the_o board_n to_o say_v grace_n for_o divine_a service_n the_o decalogue_n must_v be_v read_v once_o a_o day_n of_o every_o man_n the_o scribe_n say_v the_o first_o watch_n the_o pharise_n any_o hour_n of_o the_o night_n other_o twice_o without_o move_a eye_n hand_n foot_n in_o a_o clean_a place_n free_a from_o any_o excrement_n and_o four_o cubit_n distant_a from_o any_o sepulchre_n for_o fast_v they_o do_v it_o twice_o a_o week_n not_o popish_o which_o wickliff_n just_o call_v foole-fasting_a but_o in_o earnest_n on_o monday_n and_o thursday_n beside_o to_o omit_v their_o alm_n which_o be_v every_o way_n proportionable_a to_o the_o rest_n what_o miserable_a penance_n do_v they_o wilful_o they_o beat_v their_o head_n against_o the_o wall_n as_o they_o go_v till_o blood_n come_v whence_o one_o of_o their_o seven_o pharise_n be_v call_v kizai_o a_o pharise-draw-bloud_n they_o put_v thorn_n in_o their_o skirt_n to_o sting_v they_o themselves_o they_o lay_v on_o plank_n on_o stone_n on_o thorn_n and_o banus_fw-la that_o hermiticall_a pharisee_n drench_v himself_o oft_o night_n and_o day_n in_o cold_a water_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o chastity_n or_o if_o you_o read_v it_o without_o a_o aspiration_n it_o signify_v for_o folly_n rather_o what_o can_v that_o apish_a and_o stigmatical_a friar_n have_v do_v either_o more_o or_o worse_o this_o be_v their_o devotion_n the_o holiness_n of_o their_o carriage_n be_v such_o that_o they_o avoid_v every_o thing_n that_o may_v carry_v any_o doubt_n of_o pollution_n they_o will_v not_o therefore_o converse_v with_o any_o different_a religion_n and_o this_o law_n go_v currant_n among_o they_o he_o that_o eat_v a_o samaritan_n bread_n be_v as_o he_o that_o eat_v swines-flesh_n a_o hebrew_n midwife_n may_v not_o help_v a_o gentile_a not_o book_n not_o wax_n not_o incense_n may_v be_v sell_v to_o they_o yea_o no_o familiarity_n may_v be_v suffer_v with_o their_o own_o vulgar_a for_o whereas_o there_o be_v three_o rank_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o wise_a those_o be_v the_o pharise_n their_o disciple_n and_o the_o populus_fw-la terrae_fw-la as_o they_o call_v they_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o six_o reproach_n to_o a_o novice_n of_o the_o pharise_n to_o eat_v with_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n and_o lest_o when_o they_o have_v be_v abroad_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v touch_v by_o any_o contrary_a to_o the_o warn_n of_o their_o phylactery_n they_o scour_v themselves_o at_o their_o return_n and_o eat_v not_o unless_o they_o have_v wash_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v accurate_o as_o the_o syriac_a oft_o as_o erasmus_n or_o with_o the_o grip_v fist_n as_o beza_n follow_v hierome_n and_o not_o with_o every_o water_n mark_v the_o niceness_n but_o with_o that_o only_a which_o they_o have_v draw_v up_o with_o their_o own_o labour_n and_o to_o make_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o pretend_a sanctimony_n they_o vow_v continency_n not_o perpetual_a as_o our_o romanist_n urge_v but_o for_o eight_o or_o ten_o year_n thus_o they_o do_v unbidden_a how_o strict_o do_v they_o perform_v what_o be_v enjoin_v no_o man_n so_o exact_a in_o their_o tithe_n i_o pay_v tithe_n of_o all_o say_v the_o boast_a pharisee_n of_o all_o as_o a_o great_a doctor_n note_v it_o be_v more_o than_o he_o need_v god_n will_v have_v a_o sabbath_n keep_v they_o over-keepe_a it_o they_o will_v not_o on_o that_o day_n stop_v a_o run_a vessel_n not_o lay_v a_o apple_n to_o the_o fire_n not_o quench_v a_o burn_a not_o knock_v on_o a_o table_n to_o still_o
unrighteousness_n we_o must_v redeem_v it_o out_o of_o his_o hand_n with_o the_o high_a ransom_n what_o be_v the_o price_n that_o be_v the_o main_a thing_n in_o buy_v for_o buy_v be_v no_o other_o than_o pactio_fw-la pretij_fw-la elsewhere_o god_n proclaim_v ho_o every_o one_o that_o thirst_v come_v buy_v wine_n and_o milk_n without_o money_n and_o without_o price_n esay_n 55._o this_o be_v a_o donation_n in_o form_n of_o sale_n but_o here_o must_v be_v a_o price_n in_o the_o hand_n god_n will_v give_v mercy_n and_o not_o sell_v it_o he_o will_v sell_v truth_n and_o not_o give_v it_o for_o what_o will_v he_o sell_v it_o first_o for_o labour_n the_o heathen_a poet_n can_v say_v his_o god_n sell_v learning_n for_o sweat_n the_o original_a word_n here_o use_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d compara_fw-la get_v it_o any_o way_n either_o labour_v or_o precio_fw-la yea_o labour_v ut_fw-la precio_fw-la this_o great_a foreman_n of_o god_n shop_n tell_v we_o we_o can_v have_v it_o under_o prou._n 2.4_o we_o must_v seek_v for_o she_o as_o silver_n and_o search_v for_o she_o as_o for_o hide_a treasure_n the_o vein_n of_o truth_n lie_v low_a it_o must_v be_v dig_v and_o delve_v for_o to_o the_o very_a centre_n if_o truth_n can_v be_v buy_v with_o ease_n and_o pleasure_n many_o a_o lazy_a christian_n will_v bid_v fair_a for_o it_o who_o now_o resolve_v rather_o upon_o want_n than_o toil_n the_o slothful_a worldling_n will_v rather_o take_v up_o a_o falsehood_n for_o truth_n than_o beat_v his_o brain_n to_o discern_v truth_n from_o falsehood_n a_o error_n of_o free-cost_n be_v better_a than_o a_o high-rated_n verity_n labour_v for_o truth_n be_v turn_v over_o for_o the_o task_n of_o churchman_n no_o life_n savour_v to_o these_o phlegmatic_a spirit_n but_o that_o of_o the_o lily_n neque_fw-la laborant_fw-la neque_fw-la nent_fw-la they_o neither_o labour_n nor_o spin_v this_o dull_a resolution_n be_v unworthy_a of_o a_o christian_a yea_o of_o a_o reasonable_a soul_n and_o if_o 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