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that_o all_o these_o precept_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n obtain_v among_o and_o be_v sacred_a to_o the_o idumean_n who_o live_v not_o under_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n chap._n xi_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o not_o eat_v any_o member_n of_o a_o animal_n alive_a this_o precept_n be_v add_v after_o the_o flood_n israelite_n according_a to_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o rabbin_n who_o say_v that_o the_o eat_n of_o flesh_n which_o have_v be_v interdict_a to_o adam_n be_v permit_v to_o noah_n and_o understand_v this_o interdict_v to_o be_v comprehend_v in_o that_o of_o not_o eat_v blood_n god_n at_o first_o say_v to_o adam_n gen._n 1._o 29._o i_o have_v give_v you_o every_o herb_n bear_v seed_n and_o every_o tree_n in_o which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o a_o tree_n yield_v seed_n to_o you_o it_o shall_v be_v for_o meat_n after_o he_o say_v to_o noah_n gen._n 9_o 3._o every_o move_a thing_n that_o live_v shall_v be_v meat_n for_o you_o even_o as_o the_o green_a herb_n have_v i_o give_v you_o all_o thing_n but_o flesh_n with_o the_o life_n thereof_o which_o be_v the_o blood_n thereof_o shall_v you_o not_o eat_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o carnem_fw-la in_o sanguine_fw-la animae_fw-la non_fw-la comedetis_fw-la where_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anima_fw-la we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o life_n the_o eat_n of_o blood_n be_v by_o the_o levitical_a law_n forbid_v in_o the_o same_o form_n with_o the_o immolation_n of_o a_o son_n to_o moloch_n levit._n 20._o 3._o i_o will_v set_v my_o face_n against_o he_o that_o eat_v blood_n interdict_v nor_o be_v this_o manner_n of_o speak_v to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o three_o precept_n which_o maimonides_n well_o observe_v in_o more_o nebochim_n part_n 3._o c._n 46._o pag._n 484._o because_o the_o eat_n of_o blood_n give_v occasion_n to_o the_o worship_n of_o devil_n and_o he_o fetch_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o interdict_v from_o idolater_n who_o think_v blood_n to_o be_v the_o meat_n of_o daemon_n hence_o also_o it_o be_v 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reference_n to_o these_o absurd_a and_o idolatrous_a way_n of_o the_o amorites_n it_o be_v that_o god_n express_o forbid_v his_o people_n to_o eat_v blood_n for_o so_o some_o of_o the_o zabian_o do_v and_o to_o prevent_v their_o imitation_n of_o other_o who_o reserve_v it_o in_o a_o vessel_n he_o command_v that_o the_o blood_n shall_v be_v spill_v upon_o the_o ground_n like_o water_n and_o with_o the_o same_o respect_n to_o the_o zabian_a rite_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o it_o be_v also_o forbid_v exod._n 23._o 19_o and_o deut._n 14._o 21._o to_o any_o man_n of_o israel_n to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n or_o lamb_n in_o his_o mother_n milk_n as_o our_o many-tongued_n mr._n gregory_n in_o posthum_fw-la have_v learned_o assert_v the_o law_n in_o another_o place_n viz._n deut._n 14._o 21._o say_v thereof_o you_o shall_v not_o eat_v morticinum_fw-la ullum_fw-la of_o any_o thing_n that_o die_v of_o itself_o thou_o shall_v give_v it_o unto_o the_o strange_a that_o be_v within_o thy_o gate_n that_o 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illi_fw-la therapeut_fw-fr ae_z appellantur_fw-la these_o esseni_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d denominate_v from_o their_o sanctity_n retire_v from_o the_o noise_n and_o crowd_n of_o populous_a city_n into_o solitary_a village_n affect_a solitude_n gens_fw-la sola_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la faemina_fw-la sine_fw-la pecunia_fw-la socia_fw-la palmarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o wonder_n then_o if_o all_o the_o four_o evangelist_n be_v silent_a concern_v they_o since_o they_o live_v stranger_n and_o unknown_a even_o to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n nor_o be_v any_o mention_n of_o they_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o write_n of_o any_o rabbin_n before_o zacuthius_fw-la a_o late_a writer_n and_o live_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1502._o but_o the_o pharisee_n and_o their_o antagonist_n the_o sadducee_n make_v a_o great_a bustle_n and_o noise_n in_o the_o court_n of_o jerusalem_n where_o they_o live_v in_o mutual_a emulation_n draw_v mighty_a party_n after_o they_o the_o 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in_o exile_n prohibit_v to_o set_v a_o foot_n upon_o their_o native_a soil_n and_o the_o school_n that_o have_v be_v design_v to_o promote_v the_o pharisaic_a discipline_n fail_v one_o rabbi_n jehuda_n who_o they_o call_v hakadosh_n i._n e._n the_o saint_n with_o vast_a labour_n collect_v all_o the_o tradition_n judgement_n opinion_n and_o exposition_n that_o the_o synagogue_n of_o all_o age_n precedent_n have_v deliver_v upon_o the_o whole_a law_n compose_v of_o they_o the_o book_n of_o the_o mishna_n and_o read_v it_o public_o and_o this_o he_o do_v lest_o the_o tradition_n of_o their_o ancestor_n may_v otherwise_o be_v lose_v and_o forget_v he_o live_v under_o the_o three_o antonins_n pius_n marcus_n and_o commodus_n and_o finish_v this_o syntagm_n of_o the_o mishna_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o last_o and_o as_o de_n gantz_n compute_v in_o the_o year_n 120._o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o of_o the_o christian_a aera_fw-la 190._o this_o mishna_n be_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_n la_o so_o call_v to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o first_o which_o be_v write_v of_o christian_a writer_n the_o first_o that_o remember_v this_o book_n of_o the_o mishna_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o emperor_n justinian_n a_o great_a collector_n of_o ancient_n but_o civil_a law_n and_o constitution_n who_o in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 551._o give_v leave_v to_o the_o jew_n to_o read_v the_o holy_a scripture_n public_o in_o their_o synagogue_n but_o interdict_v the_o like_a use_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o second_o edition_n of_o their_o law_n the_o mishna_n as_o neither_o conjoin_v to_o the_o pentateuch_n nor_o deliver_v down_o from_o the_o old_a prophet_n but_o invent_v by_o man_n that_o have_v nothing_o of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n in_o they_o as_o appear_v from_o novel_a 146._o pag._n 295._o but_o since_o neither_o origen_n nor_o epiphanius_n nor_o st._n jerom_n who_o all_o make_v mention_v frequent_o of_o the_o judaic_a tradition_n take_v notice_n of_o any_o such_o book_n as_o the_o mishna_n and_o since_o