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captivity_n it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v a_o constant_a succession_n of_o high_a priest_n in_o that_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n whilst_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o temple_n at_o samaria_n josephus_n himself_o reckon_v thirteen_o from_o aaron_n to_o solomon_n temple_n 8_o then_o under_o the_o temple_n eighteen_o then_o after_o the_o return_n from_o the_o captivity_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedec_n and_o fifteen_o of_o his_o posterity_n to_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n eupator_n etc._n etc._n in_o all_o likelihood_n these_o catalogue_n of_o the_o succession_n of_o their_o high_a priest_n be_v first_o gather_v and_o cast_v into_o these_o distinction_n by_o they_o who_o first_o manage_v this_o dispute_n concern_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o high_a priesthood_n against_o the_o samaritan_n and_o by_o these_o catalogue_n it_o again_o appear_v that_o the_o one_o priesthood_n so_o much_o then_o dispute_v of_o be_v mean_v only_o of_o the_o high_a priesthood_n see_v it_o be_v only_o of_o the_o name_n of_o such_o that_o their_o catalogue_n consist_v there_o be_v also_o some_o other_o instance_n sect._n 13_o to_o which_o the_o phrase_n of_o erect_v altar_n against_o altar_n and_o the_o profaneness_n of_o such_o altar_n so_o erect_v may_v possible_o relate_v which_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o think_v so_o apposite_a to_o my_o present_a design_n because_o they_o be_v rather_o of_o idolater_n than_o schismatic_n these_o be_v of_o rival_n altar_n erect_v within_o the_o very_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o true_a altar_n and_o with_o a_o design_n of_o slight_v and_o lay_v the_o use_n of_o it_o aside_o such_o be_v that_o of_o ahaz_n which_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v copy_v from_o the_o altar_n of_o damascus_n this_o altar_n he_o erect_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o cause_v the_o brazen_a altar_n of_o god_n to_o be_v remove_v for_o it_o and_o give_v urijah_n the_o priest_n this_o charge_n concern_v they_o 15_o upon_o the_o great_a altar_n so_o he_o call_v his_o own_o new_a one_o burn_v 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practice_n and_o wherein_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n be_v think_v as_o necessary_a for_o expound_v prophecy_n already_o symbolical_o reveal_v to_o other_o as_o it_o be_v to_o those_o to_o who_o the_o revelation_n be_v first_o make_v sect._n 20_o beside_o these_o now_o mention_v there_o be_v also_o other_o temple_n of_o the_o jew_n mention_v in_o the_o forementioned_a address_n of_o the_o same_o onias_n which_o i_o do_v not_o know_v whether_o any_o author_n beside_o now_o extant_a have_v ever_o mention_v his_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v have_v converse_v with_o the_o jew_n in_o celo-syria_n and_o phaenice_n and_o in_o the_o leontopolis_n in_o the_o heliopolitane_a nomus_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o that_o which_o be_v the_o head_n of_o a_o nomus_n by_o itself_o and_o have_v travel_v to_o several_a other_o place_n where_o colony_n be_v plant_v of_o the_o same_o nation_n and_o find_v most_o of_o they_o engage_v in_o sacred_a rite_n unlawful_a for_o they_o and_o for_o that_o cause_n disaffect_v to_o each_o other_o &_o c_o but_o i_o can_v hardly_o think_v that_o these_o be_v pure_o schismatical_a temple_n but_o rather_o idolatrous_a if_o that_o have_v be_v his_o meaning_n it_o be_v strange_a he_o shall_v forget_v the_o most_o famous_a notorious_a instance_n of_o all_o that_o of_o the_o samaritan_n which_o be_v then_o in_o its_o most_o flourish_a condition_n it_o be_v strange_a that_o no_o other_o shall_v mention_v any_o temple_n build_v by_o the_o jew_n in_o those_o place_n not_o even_o josephus_n himself_o who_o have_v undertake_v the_o history_n of_o all_o the_o memorables_fw-fr of_o his_o own_o nation_n i_o incline_v therefore_o rather_o to_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o place_n by_o the_o name_n rather_o of_o sacred_a rite_n than_o of_o temple_n not_o as_o if_o the_o jew_n have_v in_o these_o place_n any_o
〈◊〉_d herein_o sect._n ix.x._n none_o but_o the_o high_a priest_n do_v so_o sect._n xi_o 3._o the_o high_a priest_n represent_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d particular_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o mystical_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o union_n and_o communion_n with_o the_o father_n be_v to_o be_v procure_v by_o union_n and_o communion_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect._n xii_o a_o mystical_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d own_a in_o the_o hellenistical_a philosophy_n of_o those_o time_n sect._n xiii_o how_o appropriate_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o same_o philosophy_n sect._n fourteen_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o principle_n of_o union_n both_o to_o the_o sensible_a world_n sect._n xv._n and_o to_o the_o intellectual_a sect._n xvi_o 2._o union_n and_o communion_n with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v suppose_v to_o depend_v on_o external_a communion_n with_o the_o high_a priest_n as_o one_o who_o particular_o represent_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o office_n of_o mystical_o signify_v and_o cause_v this_o external_n unity_n sect._n xvii_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o ordinary_a popular_a sacrifice_n but_o in_o the_o sect._n 1_o mystery_n the_o thing_n go_v high_a which_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a to_o explain_v in_o order_n to_o the_o clear_v the_o argument_n as_o it_o be_v use_v by_o the_o jew_n against_o the_o samaritan_n and_o by_o the_o christian_n against_o their_o contemporary_a schismatic_n in_o order_n whereunto_o it_o be_v to_o be_v remember_v 1._o what_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v more_o particular_o that_o the_o jew_n have_v long_o long_a before_o the_o beginning_n of_o christianity_n schismatic_n take_v up_o this_o custom_n of_o expound_v their_o law_n mystical_o even_o this_o same_o ptolemy_n philometor_n who_o sit_v as_o judge_n of_o the_o forementioned_a dispute_n between_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o samaritan_n have_v a_o book_n of_o allegorical_a exposition_n of_o the_o law_n dedicate_v to_o he_o by_o aristobulus_n the_o peripatetic_a and_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v very_o ancient_a among_o they_o that_o they_o ground_v their_o allegorical_a exposition_n on_o that_o receive_a sense_n of_o the_o command_n to_o moses_n 5_o of_o make_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o fashion_n show_v he_o in_o the_o mount_n which_o be_v also_o apply_v this_o way_n by_o the_o apostle_n himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o ebrew_o and_o indeed_o most_o of_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o epistle_n proceed_v on_o this_o hypothesis_n that_o all_o those_o external_a institution_n of_o the_o law_n be_v only_a shadow_n and_o resemblance_n copy_v out_o from_o the_o invisible_a pattern_n and_o prototype_n that_o the_o real_a benefit_n be_v receive_v from_o the_o prototype_n and_o that_o these_o shadow_n be_v of_o no_o further_a use_n than_o as_o mystical_a mean_n of_o communicate_v with_o the_o prototype_n that_o the_o gospel_n exhibit_v the_o prototype_n themselves_o in_o a_o way_n more_o immediate_a and_o certain_a and_o become_v the_o divine_a design_n and_o that_o according_o the_o state_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v only_o the_o state_n of_o the_o mystical_a that_o be_v indeed_o of_o the_o more_o beneficial_a israelitism_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o those_o mystical_a sense_n of_o those_o legal_a write_n which_o be_v the_o sense_n principal_o design_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n sect._n 2_o and_o indeed_o the_o mystery_n be_v most_o proper_a to_o be_v make_v use_n of_o and_o apply_v on_o this_o occasion_n the_o mystery_n be_v most_o allow_v of_o by_o those_o who_o approve_v not_o of_o other_o bloody_a sacrifice_n porphyry_n himself_o and_o those_o of_o the_o pythagorean_n way_n do_v not_o only_o approve_v of_o those_o but_o even_o on_o a_o philosophical_a account_n be_v ambitious_a of_o initiation_n into_o all_o the_o famous_a receive_v mystery_n and_o particular_o mystery_n be_v think_v to_o be_v peculiar_o useful_a for_o the_o procure_v spiritual_a benefit_n and_o such_o as_o peculiar_o relate_v to_o the_o other_o world_n the_o popular_a sacrifice_n seem_v to_o aim_v no_o high_o than_o the_o transact_n for_o worldly_a benefit_n and_o the_o covenant_n with_o their_o god_n for_o their_o worldly_a protection_n and_o the_o flourish_a of_o their_o commonwealth_n but_o the_o mystery_n be_v principal_o design_v for_o a_o purgation_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o a_o more_o familiar_a and_o near_a conversation_n with_o their_o deity_n and_o better_v their_o passage_n into_o the_o other_o life_n which_o consideration_n will_v make_v they_o more_o proper_a for_o the_o jewish_a institution_n which_o in_o this_o very_a same_o case_n exceed_v the_o popular_a sacrifice_n of_o the_o heathen_n that_o they_o be_v particular_o design_v for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o communicant_n and_o with_o regard_n to_o the_o future_a state_n and_o indeed_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o mystical_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o main_a thing_n which_o be_v fundamental_o suppose_v in_o the_o reason_v concern_v which_o i_o be_o at_o present_a discourse_n be_v more_o proper_o to_o be_v expect_v from_o their_o mystery_n than_o their_o popular_a sacrifice_n and_o that_o which_o yet_o bring_v this_o consideration_n near_o to_o our_o present_a design_n be_v that_o the_o popular_a sacrifice_n be_v only_o proper_a for_o that_o inferior_a sort_n of_o tutelary_a daemon_n who_o as_o i_o say_v have_v vehicles_n gross_a enough_o to_o be_v sensible_o affect_v by_o they_o but_o mystical_a sacrifice_n alone_o be_v think_v agreeable_a to_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n abstin_n this_o be_v the_o plain_a sense_n of_o porphyry_n in_o that_o excellent_a and_o elaborate_a work_n of_o his_o so_o often_o mention_v see_v therefore_o that_o the_o jew_n pretend_v to_o worship_v the_o supreme_a numen_fw-la by_o their_o sacrifice_n it_o be_v requisite_a pursuant_n to_o these_o principle_n that_o their_o sacrifice_n shall_v not_o only_o be_v sacrifice_n but_o mystery_n also_o for_o plain_o they_o intend_v to_o receive_v all_o that_o benefit_n from_o their_o sacrifice_n alone_o which_o the_o heathen_n expect_v from_o both_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o their_o mystery_n and_o thus_o certain_o the_o hellenistical_a jew_n do_v actual_o understand_v the_o design_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n they_o design_v their_o visible_a altar_n as_o a_o mean_n of_o communicate_v with_o that_o which_o be_v mystical_a and_o invisible_a they_o also_o allow_v of_o a_o mystical_a invisible_a priesthood_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o who_o they_o be_v to_o communicate_v by_o maintain_v a_o communion_n with_o their_o visible_a priesthood_n sect._n 3_o in_o order_n therefore_o to_o the_o clear_n how_o this_o union_n 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the_o other_o priest_n may_v by_o the_o appointment_n of_o the_o goddess_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o service_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o the_o primarius_fw-la sacerdos_n that_o apuleius_n make_v his_o address_n that_o he_o may_v be_v admit_v xi_o and_o that_o the_o admission_n may_v be_v hasten_v 2._o according_a to_o this_o rule_n sect._n 4_o of_o the_o proceed_n of_o mystery_n the_o chief_a priest_n represent_v in_o this_o particular_a ministry_n a_o great_a and_o more_o sacred_a person_n than_o their_o own_o in_o the_o olympic_a game_n dedicate_v to_o jupiter_n olympicus_n the_o alytarcha_n or_o chief_a priest_n who_o preside_v over_o they_o represent_v the_o person_n of_o jupiter_n himself_o to_o who_o those_o game_n be_v devote_v that_o be_v the_o fancy_n of_o dioclesiaen_n who_o when_o he_o have_v so_o represent_v the_o person_n of_o jupiter_n will_v no_o long_o bear_v that_o of_o the_o emperor_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o johannes_n antiochenus_fw-la concern_v he_o as_o they_o be_v quote_v from_o