342 Cl^epfi0|pof or; " 
were not to touch thofe creatures which are un» 
clean ; neither were they to touch any dead car-- 
kajffs : we read alfo, how thofe men that were 
unclean by the touching of any unclean creature> 
,were to be feparated for a time : there were alfo 
feveral laws given to the people of Jfrael^concQni- 
ing their feveral walhingc ; for thofe perfons that 
were any waies unclean, and alfo all the ceremomal 
had their particular ufes, and typed fignifi- 
cations , yet they all contained fomething that was 
moral : and among other things, this may be one, 
which is in the Story related before ; thus we fee 
in Gardens, the little worms that are upon the 
herbs and fruit ; yet we commonly touch the grafs 
with our hands, and eat fruit, never wafhing them 
again before we ear, when we know not what poy- 
fonous humors are in the grafs that we fo freely 
handle: vtske thntCats, Afice, F/yes^ and Spi~ 
derSyAo heptfs our clothesybooksy meat',iX\A therefore, 
I think it would be very healthful for us if we ufed 
often to wafh our hands • but efpecially, when we 
have been handling of herbS; mda datur gratify 
water is cheap enough ; but, verhtim fat fapienti. 
The Toad might be very fitly compared to all en- 
vious y cruely mallctousy and tyrannical men : but, 
I fliali not ftand here to inlarge any further, or to 
draw any inferences from the nature of the 'Toad ; 
we ufe to fay, that, A fool hath as many fenfes as a 
Toad hath hairs. 
Of the Snail. 
This creature is commonly knownj and there 
are feveral kinds of them j fome living in the 
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