Scripture parallel. (The text above quoted.)
8. "Philo tells us (says Eusebius) that the Essenes forsook father, mother, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, for their religion."
Scripture parallel. "Whosoever forsaketh not father and mother, houses and lands, &c. cannot be my disciples."
9. "Their being sometimes called monks was owing to their abstraction from the world," says Eusebius.
Scripture parallel. "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (John xvii. 16.)
10. "And the name Ascetics was applied to them on account of their rigid discipline, their prayers, fasting, self-mortification, &c., as they made themselves eunuchs."
Scripture parallel. "There be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake."
11. "They maintained a perfect community of goods, and an equality of external rank." (Mich. vol. iv. p. 83.)
Scripture parallel. "Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant." (Matt. xx. 27.)
12. "The Essenes had all things in common, and appointed one of their number to manage the common bag." (Dr. Ginsburg.)