01 Magus F Barrett

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as says the Scripture--"And Cain shall be revenged sevenfold."--And the Psalmist says--
"Render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach."--Hence there are
seven wickednesses, as saith Solomon; and seven wickeder spirits taken, are read of in
the Gospel. It signifies, also, the time of the present circle, because it is finished in the
space of seven days. Also it is consecrated to the Holy Ghost, which the Prophet Isaiah
describes to be sevenfold, according to his gift, viz. the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and holiness, the
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spirit of fear of the Lord, which we read in Zachariah to be the seven eyes of God. There
are also seven angels, spirits standing in the presence of God, as is read in Tobias, and in
the Revelation: seven lamps did burn before the throne of God, and seven golden
candlesticks, and in the middle thereof was one like unto the Son of Man, and he had in
his right hand seven stars. Also, there were seven spirits before the throne of God, and
seven angels stood before the throne, and there were given to them seven trumpets. And
he saw a Lamb, having seven horns and seven eyes; and he saw the book sealed with
seven seals; and when the seventh seal was opened, there was made silence in Heaven.
Now, by all that has been said, it is apparent that the number seven, amongst the other
numbers, may be deservedly said to be most full of efficacy. Moreover, the number seven
hath great conformity with the number twelve; for as three and four make seven, so thrice
four makes twelve, which are the numbers of the celestial planets and signs resulting
from the same root; and by the number three partaking of the Divinity, and by the number
four of the nature of inferior things. There is in sacred writ a very great observance of this
number before all others, and many, and very great are the mysteries thereof: many we
have decreed to reckon up here, repeating them out of holy writ, by which it will easily
appear that the number seven doth signify a certain fulness of sacred mysteries for we
read, in Genesis, that the seventh was the day of rest of the Lord that Enoch, a pious holy
man, was the seventh from Adam; and that there was another seventh man from Adam, a
wicked man, by name Lamech, that had two wives; and that the sin of Cain should be
abolished the seventh generation, as it is written--Cain shall be punished sevenfold; and
that he who shall slay Cain, shall be revenged sevenfold; to which the master of the
history collects that there were seven sins of Cain. Also, of all clean beasts seven, and
seven were brought into the ark, as also of fowls; and after seven days the Lord rained
upon the earth; and upon the seventh day the fountains of the deep were broken up, and
the waters covered the earth. Also, Abraham gave to Abimelech seven ewe lambs; and
Jacob served seven years for Leah, and seven more for Rachel; and seven days the people
of Israel bewailed the death of Jacob. Moreover we read, in the same place, of seven
kine; and seven years of corn; seven years of plenty, and seven years of scarcity. And in
Exodus, the Sabbath of Sabbaths, the holy rest to the Lord, is commanded to be on the
seventh day; also, on the seventh day Moses ceased to pray. On the seventh day there
shall be a solemnity of the Lord; the seventh year the servant shall go out free; seven days
let the calf and the lamb be with its dam; the seventh year, let the ground that hath been
sown six years be at rest; the seventh day shall be a holy Sabbath, and a rest; the seventh
day, because it is the Sabbath, shall be called holy. In Leviticus, the seventh day also
shall be more observed, and be more holy; and the first day of the seventh month shall be
a Sabbath of memorial; seven days shall the sacrifices be offered to the Lord; seven days
shall the holy days of the Lord be celebrated; seven days in a year everlastingly in the
generations. In the seventh month you shall celebrate feasts, and shall dwell in
tabernacles seven days; seven times he shall sprinkle himself before the Lord that hath
dipped his finger in blood; he that is cleansed from the leprosy, shall dip seven times in
the blood of a sparrow; seven days shall she be washed with running water that is
menstruous; seven times he shall dip his finger in the blood of a bullock; seven times I
will smite you for your sins. In Deuteronomy, seven people possessed the Land of
Promise. There is also read, a seventh year of remission; and seven candles set up on the
south side of the candlesticks. And in Numbers it is read, that the sons of Israel offered
up seven ewe lambs without spot; and that seven days they did eat unleavened bread; and
that sin was expiated with seven lambs and a goat; and that the seventh day was
celebrated, and holy; and the first day of the seventh month was observed, and kept holy;
and the seventh month of the Feast of Tabernacles; and seven calves were offered on the
seventh day; and Baalam erected seven altars; seven days Mary, the sister of Aaron, went
forth leprous out of the camp; seven days he that touched a dead carcass was unclean.
And in Joshua, seven priests carried the ark of the covenant before the host; and seven
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days they went round the cities; and seven trumpets were carried by the seven priests; and
on the seventh day, the seven priests sounded the trumpets. And in the book of judges,
Abessa reigned in Israel seven years; Sampson kept his nuptials seven days, and the
seventh day he put forth a riddle to his wife; he was bound with seven green withes; [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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