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part_n i_o suppose_v upward_o and_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o forbid_v as_o to_o wash_v so_o to_o anoint_v to_o come_v near_o his_o wife_n to_o make_v or_o return_v salutation_n and_o to_o wear_v the_o tephillim_n or_o pray_v ornament_n 4.23.4_o ornament_n mor._n ib._n 4.23.4_o as_o it_o be_v common_o agree_v by_o they_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o wear_v shoe_n in_o a_o city_n though_o abroad_o and_o in_o the_o country_n he_o may_v and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o exercise_v his_o trade_n by_o day_n nor_o to_o wash_v except_o face_n and_o hand_n and_o foot_n and_o in_o cold_a water_n §_o ii_o and_o these_o particular_n though_o very_a minute_n i_o have_v the_o rather_o mention_v that_o the_o correspondence_n which_o be_v general_o suppose_v between_o the_o excommunicate_a and_o the_o mourner_n may_v better_o appear_v for_o a_o jew_n that_o have_v lose_v a_o near_a relation_n be_v oblige_v to_o mourn_v for_o he_o thirty_o day_n for_o a_o father_n or_o mother_n eleven_o month_n and_o beside_o that_o the_o next_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o dead_a be_v bind_v to_o tear_v his_o garment_n upon_o the_o first_o news_n of_o his_o death_n and_o at_o his_o burial_n as_o all_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v who_o be_v present_a at_o his_o death_n all_o mourner_n on_o the_o first_o day_n for_o their_o deep_a sorrow_n be_v suppose_v to_o groan_v the_o three_o first_o they_o be_v presume_v to_o weep_v the_o seven_o first_o to_o lament_v and_o on_o all_o the_o thirty_o to_o express_v their_o sadness_n by_o some_o neglect_v of_o themselves_o 11._o themselves_o maim_v 7.14_o traâ—tat_fw-la 4._o seu_fw-la de_fw-la lugeme_n cap._n 13._o §._o 11._o on_o all_o the_o thirty_o those_o who_o mourn_v for_o any_o of_o their_o near_a kindred_n forbear_v to_o cut_v their_o hair_n or_o nail_n to_o wear_v any_o garment_n that_o be_v white_a and_o press_v and_o new_a to_o marry_o to_o be_v present_a at_o any_o feast_n of_o mirth_n and_o to_o go_v merchandize_v from_o their_o own_o town_n to_o another_o 6._o another_o maim_v ibid._n c._n 6._o neither_o be_v it_o proper_a for_o other_o to_o ask_v after_o their_o health_n by_o way_n of_o salutation_n 5.20_o salutation_n ibid._n c._n 5.20_o on_o the_o first_o seven_o it_o be_v further_o forbid_v the_o mourner_n to_o wash_v his_o clothes_n or_o to_o wash_v himself_o except_o his_o foot_n and_o hand_n only_o and_o that_o in_o cold_a water_n to_o anoint_v to_o come_v near_o his_o wife_n to_o have_v sandal_n on_o in_o the_o city_n to_o do_v any_o work_n either_o hire_v himself_o or_o hire_v other_o or_o to_o open_v his_o shop_n or_o give_v and_o receive_v in_o merchandise_n to_o read_v the_o write_a law_n of_o moses_n etc._n etc._n or_o to_o learn_v or_o explain_v the_o oral_a to_o have_v any_o bed_n in_o his_o house_n stand_v and_o not_o to_o lie_v himself_o upon_o one_o turn_v to_o have_v his_o head_n and_o upper_a part_n of_o his_o face_n uncover_v or_o last_o to_o salute_v or_o ask_v after_o another_o health_n except_o salute_v first_o 5._o first_o ibid._n cap._n 5._o further_o on_o the_o three_o first_o day_n he_o be_v not_o to_o resalute_v though_o he_o be_v salute_v 20._o salute_v cap._n eodem_fw-la §._o 20._o nor_o to_o do_v any_o work_n not_o in_o private_a and_o though_o he_o be_v feed_v by_o alm_n 8._o alm_n §_o 8._o and_o last_o on_o the_o first_o day_n it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o he_o to_o eat_v or_o drink_v of_o his_o own_o meat_n or_o drink_n though_o even_o flesh_n send_v by_o other_o he_o may_v eat_v and_o drink_v for_o digestion_n of_o their_o wine_n neither_o be_v he_o to_o wear_v his_o tephillim_n and_o he_o be_v bind_v to_o sit_v upon_o his_o bedstead_n turn_v 9_o turn_v ibid._n c._n â—_o 9_o but_o if_o his_o dead_a be_v yet_o in_o his_o house_n and_o their_o dead_a they_o think_v it_o their_o duty_n to_o bury_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o can_v he_o be_v not_o to_o eat_v in_o his_o own_o house_n if_o any_o friend_n be_v be_v near_a however_o except_o on_o a_o sabbath_n he_o be_v not_o to_o eat_v sit_v nor_o to_o eat_v flesh_n or_o drink_v wine_n nor_o to_o say_v a_o solemn_a blessing_n or_o grace_n himself_o neither_o be_v any_o other_o of_o his_o company_n to_o do_v it_o before_o he_o and_o he_o be_v excuse_v from_o all_o office_n of_o worship_n and_o prayer_n 6._o prayer_n §._o 6._o this_o be_v a_o abstract_n of_o the_o usage_n of_o mourner_n among_o the_o jew_n and_o may_v help_v we_o to_o understand_v the_o better_a what_o shall_v follow_v as_o well_o as_o what_o have_v be_v premise_v concern_v person_n excommunicate_a the_o same_o restraint_n as_o we_o see_v lie_v upon_o both_o and_o it_o may_v be_v as_o thirty_o day_n be_v a_o common_a number_n both_o to_o excommunicate_v and_o mourner_n so_o the_o excommunicate_a of_o the_o first_o thirty_o day_n be_v first_o reckon_v as_o mourner_n at_o large_a of_o the_o latter_a thirty_o as_o the_o mourner_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n and_o the_o excommunicate_v of_o the_o other_o degree_n the_o cherem_n may_v be_v rank_v with_o the_o mourner_n of_o the_o three_o day_n or_o rather_o of_o the_o first_o if_o not_o with_o those_o that_o have_v not_o bury_v their_o dead_a while_o some_o of_o they_o the_o cutt_n off_o be_v esteem_v even_o in_o a_o worse_a condition_n than_o the_o dead_a themselves_o §_o iii_o and_o thus_o i_o have_v give_v you_o a_o brief_a account_n of_o the_o jewish_a excommunication_n and_o not_o disagreeable_a to_o whaâ—_n mr._n selden_n have_v discourse_v at_o large_a in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr synedriis_fw-la though_o in_o what_o i_o be_o next_o to_o mention_v i_o shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o differ_v from_o he_o he_o indeed_o have_v give_v himself_o some_o pain_n to_o prove_v that_o this_o excommunication_n be_v not_o direct_v by_o moses_n nor_o be_v observe_v
à _fw-la communicatione_n orationis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la president_n probati_fw-la quique_fw-la seniores_fw-la honorem_fw-la istum_fw-la non_fw-la pretio_fw-la sed_fw-la testimonio_fw-la adepti_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la pretio_fw-la ulla_fw-la res_fw-la dei_fw-la constar_fw-la §_o ii_o l_o morinus_n his_o translation_n agree_v with_o the_o print_a text_n and_o make_v the_o forty_o day_n to_o be_v discontinue_v but_o it_o shall_v seem_v that_o they_o be_v intend_v to_o be_v continue_v by_o the_o prohibition_n that_o follow_v of_o not_o wash_v the_o while_n above_o twice_o or_o thrice_o and_o that_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d however_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o this_o place_n for_o a_o instance_n of_o such_o a_o fast_a of_o forty_o day_n together_o such_o a_o penance_n be_v afterward_o thrice_o enjoin_v in_o the_o same_o short_a paragraph_n m_o herm._n part._n lib._n 3._o sim._n 7._o numquid_fw-la ergo_fw-la ait_fw-la protinus_fw-la putas_fw-la aboleri_fw-la delicta_fw-la illorum_fw-la qui_fw-la agunt_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la nou_n proinde_fw-la continuò_fw-la sed_fw-la oporter_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la agit_fw-fr poenitentiam_fw-la affligere_fw-la animam_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o humilem_fw-la animo_fw-la se_fw-la proestare_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la negotio_fw-la &_o vexationes_fw-la multas_fw-la variasque_fw-la perferre_fw-la cumque_fw-la perpessus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la illi_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la forsitan_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la creauÃt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la formavit_fw-la vniversa_fw-la commovebitur_fw-la erga_fw-la eum_fw-la clementiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la chap._n x._o §_o i._o a._n parallel_n of_o christian_a rite_n mention_v by_o tertullian_n and_o §_o ii_o of_o those_o usage_n mention_v by_o origen_n particular_o about_o prayer_n 1._o disposition_n of_o mind_n 2._o posture_n of_o body_n 3._o direction_n of_o the_o face_n §_o iii_o 4._o time_n of_o daily_a prayer_n §_o iv_o 5._o matter_n and_o method_n §_o v._o the_o ancient_a order_n of_o christian_a prayer_n §_o vi_o and_o the_o order_n of_o the_o jewish_a §_o vii_o compare_v §_o viii_o a._n parallel_n of_o some_o few_o other_o usage_n the_o many_o christian_a ordinance_n which_o have_v already_o appear_v to_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o jew_n may_v be_v more_o than_o be_v necessary_a to_o prepare_v the_o reader_n for_o a_o like_a account_n of_o lent_n i_o shall_v therefore_o take_v leave_n to_o add_v only_o so_o much_o as_o may_v be_v comprehend_v in_o this_o one_o chapter_n more_o §_o i._o it_o be_v know_v from_o terâ—ullian_n that_o the_o ancient_a christian_n make_v frequent_a use_n of_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n his_o word_n a_o be_v these_o when_o ever_o we_o move_v and_o set_v forward_o on_o any_o action_n when_o we_o come_v in_o and_o when_o we_o go_v out_o when_o we_o put_v on_o our_o shoe_n or_o wash_v or_o 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