not f<MT evert therefore we fee that ali things are 
good with refpe^l to tlic time and place ; fo that 
by thefc prohibited meats God would fignifie unto 
us, that chewing the Cud is an Emblem of purity, 
and dividing the Hoof an Emblem of modefty , 
for thofe Creatures which chew the Cud are fed 
with purer meat than thofe which do not; and thofe 
Creatures which part the Hoof are not lo fierce as 
thofe which do not* That which the were 
to learn from thofe Creatures which chew’d the 
Cud, and divided the l^f, w this, that they 
ought diligently to meditate and confider of thofe 
divine truths which at any time they heard, and 
from the gentlenels of tlwfe Creatures to learn 
inildnefs and courtcoufnefs towards all ; Lmher in 
the beginning of his' book of diredions for rea- 
ding of the Fathers f ufeth this metaphor; that 
thofe Fathers only are to be chofe which favour 
of the fpirit. So I«*^?/**r»»jfolIoweth the metaphor 
well, ;iu his fourth Book > Ckap. i8. Concerning 
the prohibition of eating Mb£s flefli. 
So Gtod had rc^fpea to this in all their facrifice^’ 
G*l 0 (f$us in his biftory oFthe ii« 
Chap. gi. faith, that thofe Creatures which were 
facrifieed did figuratively fignifie unto them feve- 
ral Vices, and the mortification of tliofe Vices, 
and partly Vertues- fo the firftlings of the Sheep 
which offered up to God, and the Pafchal 
Lamb fignified the fuffering of the Mejflas. So 
Kiis and Geat^ fignified unto them the mor- 
tification ofthe fins of theftefiiby repentance, as 
alfo the impurity and the filthinefs of every finner. 
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