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form it, for therefore was it fo miraculoufly delivered, and fuch gifts given to Zertooft,that it might be believed to come from God .”

. Thefe are the precepts that are to be obl’erved by the Herbood, or ordinary church-man, contained in the book of their law. Now their Diftooree, or high prieft, whereofthey have never but one, to which all the Herboods pay their obfervance, as he is abovethe reft in digntity, fo he is enjoined to be above the reft in fan&ity ; his injunctions,therefore, are tranfcending ; for not only is he bound by their Zundavaftaw, or book ofreligion, to obferve all that is commanded the Behedin, or layman, in his five precepts,and all that is commanded the Herbood in his eleven precepts, but alfo to fulfil thirteenprecepts more as peculiar to himfelf.

“ The firji is, That he muft never touch any of a fcrange caft or feet, of what religionfoever, nor any layman of his own religion, but he muft wadi himfelf, becaufe God hath made him efpecially holy to himfelf, for which caufe he muft not approach toGod in prayer with the touch of others uncleannefs.

“ The fecond is, That he muft do everything that belongeth to himfelf with his ownhand, both to wdtnefs his better humility, as alfo the better to preferve his purity ;namely, to fet the herbs in his own garden, to fow the grain of his own field, to drefsthe meat that he eateth, unlefs he have his wife to adrninifter to him in that, which isnot ever ufual.

“ The third is, That he take the tythe or tenth of all things from the Behedin, asthe Lord’s dues, and employ it to fuch ufes as he thinketh meet, fince the Lord hathmade him as his almoner and difpenfer of charity.

“ The fourth is, That as he muft ufe no pomp or fuperfluity ; fo of that great revenuewhich cometh yearly to him, he muft leave nothing overplus at the year’s end, thatmuft not be bellowed in good ufes, cither in charitable contributions to the poor ; orin building of the temples of God .

“ The fifth , That his houfe be near adjoining to the church, where he muft keepand make his abiding, continuing in prayer and abftinence, not oftentating himfelf topublic view, but living reclule and retired from the world, as a man wholly dedicateto God .

“ The fixth, That he muft bind himfelf to greater purity than others, both in hisfrequent wafbir.gs and alfo in his diet, in feeding on meats accounted more pure bythe law, as alfo that he live fequeftered from his wife in time of her pollutions. »

“ The feventh is, That whereas the Herbood is enjoined only to be known in thefawor book called Zertooft, that the Diftoree be acquainted with all the learning containedin the Zundavaftaw, both in that part which treated of judicial aftrology, committed tothe Jefopp, or wife man, as alfo in that which concerneth the phyfician, and moft efpe-cially in the book of the law ; for it is expected that he fhould inform all men, andnone fhould be found like him therein, before he be admitted to be high prieft.

“ The eighth, That he muft never eat or drink exceffively, for thefe are enemies tothe high fpeculations required in a high prieft.

“ 'The ninth, That he Hand in fear of nobody but God , nor fear any thing but fin ;for he is fo to truft in God , that he muft not fear what Lucifer can do unto him.

“ The tenth, That God hath given him power over all men in matters of thefoul, that therefore when any man finneth he may tell him of it, be he ever fo great,and every man is to obey him, as one that fpeaketh not in his own caufe but God ’s.

“ The eleventh, That according to the, vifdom that God hath given him, he be ableto difcern in what manner God cometh to reveal himfelf 5 in what manner Lucifer ;and how to decide between falfehood and truth,

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