The defects of preachers reproved in a sermon preached at Northampton, May 19th. 1723

First, The Foundation of the Rule, The Scribes & Pharisees sit on Moses Seat. Some take this as spoken of the Sanhedrin, who were the Successors of Moses and the Seventy Elders of Israel. Possibly that may be a mistake, for several of the Sanhedrin were not Pharisees. Act. 23.3. For the chief Priests did belong to that Society, Act. ⟨p. 2⟩4.6. And they are said to be Sadducees; but by Scribes & Pharisees I understand the Principal Teachers among the Jews. The Priests and Levites were more especially Devoted to the study of the Law; Deut. 33.10 They shall teach Jacob thy Judgments, and Israel thy Law—. Yet others that were Learned in the Law, were made use of to Instruct the People, & were chosen to be Rulers of the Synagogues. The Pharisees were of any Tribe, Paul who Was of the Tribe of Benjamin was a Pharisee by Education, as he tells Act. 23.6. — I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee.

First, The Foundation of the Rule, The Scribes & Pharisees sit on Moses Seat. Some take this as spoken of the Sanhedrim, who were the Successors of Moses and the Seventy Elders of Israel. Possibly that may be a mistake, for several of the Sanhedrim were not Pharisees. Act. 23.3. For the chief Priests did belong to that Society, Act. ⟨p. 2⟩4.6. And they are said to be Sadducees; but by Scribes & Pharisees I understand the Principal Teachers among the Jews. The Priests and Levites were more especially Devoted to the study of the Law; Deut. 33.10 They shall teach Jacob thy Judgments, and Israel thy Law—. Yet others that were Learned in the Law, were made use of to Instruct the People, & were chosen to be Rulers of the Synagogues. The Pharisees were of any Tribe, Paul who Was of the Tribe of Benjamin was a Pharisee by Education, as he tells