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The

Sabae.ns

began ",i,h wodhipping ,he heavenly bo·

dies, which they fancieo

w~re

animtlted

inJeriar dei–

tieso In the

conrreTattoo of

their inuges, lhey

ufed

many irocantations'

draw down into them [rom

lhe nars

thore intclligences for whom they ereéled them, whofe

pO\\ler and ¡nfluence they held afterwards dwelt in thtm.

This r<ligion. it i, Caid. r,rrl began among ,he Ch. ld",-

80S,

with their knowJedge in atlronomy:

anLl (rom

this

Ít

wa~.

thal

Abr::\lum

Ceparated

himfelf,

when he came

ou'

Chald",.. From the Chald",.ns i, fpreaQ all over

the

e~n;

and (rom thence

the (lrecians, wllo propa–

gated

all

be natiaos of the kDown world. The

remainder of ,his Ceél nilJ Cubflrls in the earl. and pre,end

to deri\'e lheir name from Stlbius a fon of

Seth

and

a–

Aloog tbe books in which the dotlrines of this fea are

containcd, they have ene whicb {hey call the book of

Seth, and whieh ,hey pretend was wrinen by ,ha, pa–

triareh .

SAHB.'\.TH. or .he d.y of rerl, a folemn ferlival of the

J C:W3,

on the feventh day of the week, or S,ltUnJdoY, be–

¡:inning from {un ·{ct

Friday, to {un-ret on Saturday.

The obCerv.,ion of ,he Sabb"h b<gan wi,h ,he world :

for Cod having employed Cix days in iu creati5n, ap–

pointed ,he Ceven,h

a day of rerl 'o be obCerved by

man, in conll'nemoratioo of that grcat evento

th"

day the Jews were comm.tnded tO",bílain from alllabour,

anJ to give reO to their caHle. They were not allowed

to go OUt of lhe cicy fanher than two thouland cnbits, or

a mile ; a cuUom which was founded on lhe diftance of

the ark from (he tents of the ¡fndites, in the wilder–

DerS,

aC'er ,heir leaving Egyp' ; for being permitted 'o

go, even on ,he

Cabb.th

day, ' o ,he "beroaeJe ' o pray.

they from thence

inf~rred,

that lhe taking a journey of

DOgreater length, tho'

a diA'erent acr:ount, could not

be a breaeh of ,he fabba.ical rerl.

As ,he feven,h day was • d.y of reCl tO ,he people, (o

was the feveoth year

the land: it being unlawrul in this

year to plow or fow, and \Ilhatever the eart.h produced

beJonged 'o ,he poor : ,h" \Vas called ,he f.bbatical

year. The J ews, therefore, Were obliged, during the

fix

yea". and more . fpecialJy the

I.CI,

tO lay up a fuf–

tic,en', nore for ,he fabbatical ye".

The modero. as well .s the aneiene , Jews, are very

fupedli,iou, in ,he obCervance of ,he C.bbath ; ,hey carry

neither arms, nor gold nor Cilver about them, and are

permitted neither to touch theCe, nor a candle, nor 3ny

thing belongiog tO lbe Cire

on which account they lighe

up lamps on Frid.y, which buro till ,he end of ,he fab–

b" h.

S ABBELLIANS, a feélof Chrinia., of ,he IIld ccn,ury,

,ha, embr.: ed ,he opiDlons of S.bellius, a rhiloCopher of

Egypr, who

op~nly

taught lhat the re is bm one perfoo in

.he C udhe.d .

T he S.b.

J1i.ns

ml in"ined, ,hat the 'Vord . nd ,he

Ho)y

Spirit are only

VlrtU:'5,

em:-tnations, or funélioas of

,he D ehy. and held. ,h.. he ...ho is

he;ven is ,he Fa·

thcr of alJ things, dercendt:d into th(! virgin, bccame a

child. and

w~s

boro of her as a fon

and lhat having

aecomplilhed ,he m¡-Clery of Our fal v "ion, he d,ffuCed

hllnfdf on 'he

ap()HJ~,

in tOl1gu.:'s of Ci re, and

w ..

s lhen

d(nomina"'d ,he H ui. Gholl . T hi, ,hey expl.ined by

refembl,ng

(;0

ro lhe fun , the IlIumin.ltiv!"" viTlue or

'luali ty uf whi.:h

W.tS

¡)Ie Word, and in

w.uOlmg virUle

VOL.

111. N°

92.

,he 1-101y Spirit. The Word, ,hey ..ugh" was

O.or

,ed,

Jike adivine

rayo

~ceomplifh

the \York 01 rcdcntption;

2nd <hat, being

a{cended tO hcaven, tht: infiuenct:s of

the

Fath~r

were communicatt:d afler

like mJnner to

,he opon les.

SABINA, in botany. See JU"OPERU' .

SA BI"A, a province of Italy, in Ihe pope's territorics ,

bounded hy Umbria on ,he nonh, by Naples

0 0

,he

eall, by ,he Campania of R ome on ,he [ou,h, .od by St

Pc:ter's Patrimony on the wcfi .

SAHLE, in zoology. See MUSTELA.

SABL

l::,

in Herclldry, denotes lhe colour black, in coats of

ums

belonging lO gentlem":n

but in thufe o{ noblemen

it is caBed diamond ; and in thofe of fO\'ereign pnnces.

Saturn . See COLOU

R .

is exprelfed iD entraving by perpendicular and ho–

rizontal hatches croffing one anotAer,

reprefente.d in

PI..

e CXLVIL fig.

13.

SABLUSTAN, a provinee of Perfl., which comprehend–

ing CAur and Candahor. is bounded by Choralfan on ,he

north, by India on ,he earl, and by Sig,(han

,heCou,h.

R ABRE,

a kind of fword or fcimiler,

Wilh

a very broad

and heavy blade, ,hick a' ,he baek, and a liule falc.red

or crooked towards the point: it is the ordinary wcapon

worn by the TUI ks, who are faid tO be very expert in

the ufe of

it.

SAUURRJE, GR 'TTS, in natural hinory, a genus of foC–

fils, found in minute

m~lfes,

forming to::;elher a kind of

powdcr,

lhe:

feveral p.trticle.s of which are of no determi.

ndote f'hape, nor have any teadency tO the figure of cry.

fial, but reem rudely broken fragments of la,.ger malfes ;

FlOt tO be dtlTulved or dilunited

water, but retalOing

their 6gure in

it,

and not coheling

means of it into a

m'lfs

confiderably opakc, and in

m~ny

fpeciel .fermerx–

ing wirh aClds : often fouled with helerogene matters, aod

not

~nfrequently

t. ken in {he coarrer !lony and miDenl or

metalline par ttcles.

Grites are of various colours, as, (. T he !lony and

fparry grius, of a bright or greytCh white colour. 2.

The red nony gritts.

The green

nony

gritts, com–

po(ed of hoonogene fparry partides.

The yellow gritt,

of which ,here is only one [pecie"

5. T he black and

black,1h gri,ts, compoCed of lIony or ,aley partides_

S.~CCA DE,

in the manege, is a jerk more or lefs violent,

given by lhe horfeman tO lhe harte, in pulling or

twi[ch ~

ing ,he reins of ,he bridle aH on a fuddeo. aRd \Vi,h one

pull, .nd tha, \Vhen.a horfe lie, heny upon ,be hand,

er obrlinately arm, hi",C<if.

SACCAI, a ci'yaod pon·,own of J apan, fi,uared on ..he

b~y

of M:cao, ,hreehundred miles Cou,h-werl of J edaD:

E. long. ' 35°, and N . lat.

36.

SACCHARüNl . in

bot.ny

, a genus of ,he ,riandri3 digy–

nia c1"fs.

has no calix

but long down in plAce of

it ;

anct (he corolb has two valves . T here are

tWD

fpe.

cil's, both

natlve:s

Inciia..

See

SUGAR.

SACCHARU~1

SA T U RW I;

fugar

lead,

is thus

ord~red

'o be made in ,he London D ifpeoratory ; boil eeruf,

with dilhllcd

vinegar,

until the vinegar becoOles fuffi l.:lcnL

Jy rweet ; lhen Glter the vinegar through pap::r. and af_

ter due evaporation fet ie ca cryCh.llize.

SACCULUS, in anatonly, a diminutive of C3CCUS. flgnifies

ahule blg. aodi, applied tO maay pans of thebody. See

ANATOMY.

SACEJ!