PAR. 2.
BEfore I descend unto the particulars by precept, I wish you to consider what was observed in seven famous Passeovers, which are specialized in the old Te∣stament; and in divers also of the new Testament. The first Passeover was in Egypt set downe at large, Exod. 12. of which more conveniently hereafter; the second Passeover was in the Wildernesse,b 1.1 Num. 9.5. There were some defiled by dead bodies, ver. 6. And were kept backe, that they might not offer an offering of the Lord, in his appointed season, and by especiall direction of the Lord, the uncleane by reason of a dead body, or one in a journey afarre off, were to eate the Passeover, the foureteenth day of the second moneth, ver. 10, 11. The reason why they were put backe, was; because the defiled by the dead were uncleane seven dayes,c 1.2 Num. 19.11. And the uncleane were forbid to eate of holy things,d 1.3 Levit. 7.20. as after al∣so appeared by the Dialogue of Ahimelech with David,e 1.4 1 Sam. 21.4.