IO Hydriotapbia, 



terrmc/vtof onr Saviour, of Telet^ /W, 

 and the ancient Martyrs. And lo farre 

 at laft declining promifcuous enterrmcne 

 with Pagans, that fome have fuffcred Ec- 

 clefiaftical cenfures, for making no Icru- 

 pic thereof. 



The Mutfefatn beleevers will never 

 admit this fiery refolution. For they hold 

 a prefcnt trial from their black and white 

 Angels in the graves which they mult 

 have made fo hollow, that they may rife 

 upon their knees. 



The Jewiflh Nation, though they < 

 tertained the old way of inhumation, yet 

 fometimes admitted this praftice. For 

 the men of Jtkjb burnt the body of Saul. 

 And by no prohibited praftice to avoid 

 contagion or pollution, in time of pelti- 

 , lence, burnt the bodies of their friends ". 

 Vo. And when they burnt not their dead bo 

 dies, yet fometimes ufed great burnings 

 neareand about them, deducible fror 

 the expreffions concerning 'jehcran^ Se- 

 dechias, and the fumptuous pyre of A[A : 

 'tem..i. And were fo little averfe from/ Pagan 

 *<* M burning, that the Jews lamenting ' 

 C ^ death of C*f*r their friend, and revenger 

 on Ptapy i frequented the place wherej 



Amos 5. 



