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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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on a bier, w&re lajd in that made <strong>of</strong> wickarwork.^<br />

Pon^pion}y, though not in later practice, <strong>the</strong> fi^e <strong>of</strong><br />

l^he dead body was uncovpred.® <strong>The</strong> body lay<br />

with its iacs tume^ np, an4 itQ h<strong>and</strong>^ folded on |^he<br />

breast. We may add, that when a person had die4<br />

upn^arried or childless, it wss oustomary to pat<br />

into <strong>the</strong> c<strong>of</strong>fin sometjiing 4i9tinctiye qf tjiein, suph<br />

as pen <strong>and</strong> ink, or ^ ^ey. Oyer <strong>the</strong> c<strong>of</strong>fins <strong>of</strong> bride<br />

or bridegroom a baldachino was carried.<br />

Spmetin^es <strong>the</strong> co£^n was garl<strong>and</strong>e4 witi; myrtle.^<br />

In exoeptional cases we read <strong>of</strong> tha use <strong>of</strong><br />

incense,* ^d eym <strong>of</strong> a kind <strong>of</strong> Ufaatioii.'<br />

We cannpt, <strong>the</strong>n, be mistaken in supposing that <strong>the</strong><br />

body <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> widow's ^on was laid o|i t]^ ^ b^d'<br />

(mtfxfh), qr in <strong>the</strong> ' willow basket,' ^(ready<br />

de^crfbed (J^plibha^ from Kehd)}C)} JSTor pan<br />

we doi^bt that ^Q ends or h<strong>and</strong>le^ wpre borne by<br />

friends apd npighbonrs, diffident parties <strong>of</strong><br />

bearers, all <strong>of</strong> tl^ein nnsbod, at frioquent intervsls<br />

relieving jBach o<strong>the</strong>r, ^ that as p^^y ^ possible<br />

nnght 9bare in <strong>the</strong> good work.K During <strong>the</strong>se<br />

p^n^e^ t^i^ was )pud lamentation; but this custom

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