Leviticus 11:2

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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

that which entereth by the mouth is not what defiles a man: but what defiles the man is that which is discharged by the mouth.

there is nothing from without, that entring into a man can defile him: but that which originally proceeds from the man, is what defiles him.

in it were all sorts of quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds.

for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.

for all that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it be receiv'd with thanksgiving:

only in matters relating to meats and drinks, and divers baptisms, meer external rites which were to subsist only till the time of reformation.

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.