And fill to all in cups. Then sacred hymns
Sung to the Deity, conclude the day.
† In another place he adds,
With choice cloven bits of wood,
Without leaves——————————————
These are most ancient rites, symbolical of the purity of the sacrifice of the Messiah, pointed at by, and deriv’d from the Mosaic dispensation, where every thing of sacred purpose was to be perfect.
Thus much is sufficient to give the reader an idea of the ancient manner of sacrificing, such, no doubt as was practis’d at this very place entirely the Hebrew rite. I suppose only the priests and chief personages came within the area, who made the procession with the sacrifices along the avenue. The multitude kept without, on foot or in their chariots.
P. 34. TAB XVIII.
Stukeley delin.