. The works of Josephus. J O s E P H U s, Of the War. Book 11. The Effeanslive a The EtTeansconftjncy in. pany. They account it a great incivility to be in the midftofthe Allembly, or on their Hri^hthand. And they are more fevere than any other Jews in obferving the Sabbath,for they do not only abitain from dreffing meat ( which they drefs the Evening before)that day, butalfo, they may not removc^any VeOel out of its place, norfatisfie thene-Tiie ÉiTeans ceiluies of Nature. Upon other they dig a pit a foot deep in the ground with thertvertnce the jjaj(;het, which (as we befor
. The works of Josephus. J O s E P H U s, Of the War. Book 11. The Effeanslive a The EtTeansconftjncy in. pany. They account it a great incivility to be in the midftofthe Allembly, or on their Hri^hthand. And they are more fevere than any other Jews in obferving the Sabbath,for they do not only abitain from dreffing meat ( which they drefs the Evening before)that day, butalfo, they may not removc^any VeOel out of its place, norfatisfie thene-Tiie ÉiTeans ceiluies of Nature. Upon other they dig a pit a foot deep in the ground with thertvertnce the jjaj(;het, which (as we before faid) every one, at his entrance into their Order, hathSabbaths. ^^^^ ^?^ _ and then covering themfelves diligently with their garment, as if they fear- ed to be irreverent to the light of Heaven, in that pit they eafe themfelves : and thencover their ordure with the earth they took out of the pit ; And this they do in moftfecrct places. And although this purging of their bodiesbe natural, yet do they bywafhingpurifie themfelves after it, as after great uncleannefs. Furthermore, Ïthemfelves they are
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