Secondly, to the making of one to be a _Prosylite of the Covenant_ according to the difference of sex; and the difference of times the Rites of initiation varied. To the making of[33] a _Male-Proselyte_, at first three things were required. 1. _Circumcision._[34] 2. _A kind of purification by water._ 3. _The blood of Oblation._ This _oblation_ was commonly two Turtles or Pigeons. To the making of a _Woman Proselyte_, were required only _purification by water_, and _Oblation_.[35] Now because the _Jews_ have neither Altar, nor Sacrifice, they say that for the _Males Circumcision_, and _purification by water_ sufficeth; and for the _Females_, only _purification by water_.[36] In _Davids_ time, they say that many thousands of _Prosylites_ were joyned unto the _Church_ without _Circumcision_, by this _purification_.
[34] _במילה ובטבילה ובהוצאת דמים של קרבן._
[36] _Moses Ægyptius, in Assurebiah, Perek. 13. fol. 137. vide Serarium trihæres, l. 2. c. 1._
Hence we may observe, that a kind of _Initiation by water_ was long in use among the _Jews_, though it were not _Sacramental_ until Christ his institution: yea therefore it may seem to have been used by them, because they expected it at the coming of the _Messias_, as appeareth by their coming unto _John_, questioning not so much his _Baptism_, as his _Authority_, by what _authority_ he baptized: _Why baptizest thou them, if thou be not that ~Christ~, nor ~Elias~, neither that Prophet?_ _John 1. 25._
Thirdly, the respect born by the _Jews_ towards _Prosylites_, was charitable;[37] they used no upbraiding terms towards them, saying _Remember thy former deeds_. Notwithstanding it was also provided,[38] No _Prosylite_ should be eligible into the Court of their _Sanhedrim_; yea in their common commerce, they had an usual proverb, which admonished them of wariness[39] _Vel ad decimam usq; generationem a Proselytis cave_; Beware of Prosylites to the tenth generation.
[38] _Moses Ægypt. lib. ult. Iad. tract. Sanhedr. c. 2._
We shall read of three sorts of _Kings_ in the Old Testament. _Melchisedeck_ was King and _Priest_; _David_ _King_ and _Prophet_; others simply _Kings_. _Melchisedeck_ was _King_ and _Priest_, _David_ _King_ and _Prophet_. The concurrence of _Princely Sovereignty_, and _Holy Orders_, in the same man, intimates that supreme Authority should alwayes be accompanied with care of Religion: In which respect _Joash_, when he was anointed _King_, received the Testimony, or Book of the Law, _2 King 11. 12._ Neither did these two meet only in _Melchisedeck_ & _David_, but the same man among the _Heathens_[40] was oftentimes _King_ and _Priest_. And the _Trismegistus_ had his name _Ter maximus_,[41] because he was _Philosophus maximus, Sacerdos maximus, & Rex maximus_. All Kings were not anointed, but onely those in whom succession was broken; and there the first of the family was anointed for his Successor, except in case of dissention, where there was required a renewed unction, for the confirmation of his Authority. For this reason it was, that _Solomon_ was anointed as well as _David_, because of the strife between him and _Adonijah_.