It was now necessary say the _Banians_, that the Law should be given, according to which they should live; and therefore _Breman_ being called up into a Mountain, the Almighty gave him out of a cloud a book, which the _Banians_ call the _Shaster_, wherein was written their Lawes; this book consisted of three Tracts. The first, whereof contained their Moral Law, and an Explication or Appropriation of the precepts to every several Tribe and Cast. The second, was their Ceremonial Law. The third, distinguished them into Casts or Tribes, with peculiar observations for each Cast and Tribe. The first Tract of the Moral Law contained eight commandements. 1. That they should kill no living Creature, because like man it had a soul. 2. That they should make a Covenant with their five senses: the Eyes not to see evil things, the Ears not to hear evil things, the Tongue not to speak evil, the Pallat not to taste, as wine or flesh, the hands not to touch any thing defiled. 3. That they should duly observe the times of devotion in washing, worship, _&c._ 4. That they should not tell false tales to deceive. 5. That they should be charitable to the poor. 6. That they should not oppress their poor brethren. 7. That they should celebrate certain Festivals, not pampering the body, but fasting and watching, to be fitter for devotion. 8. That they should not steal, though never so little. These eight are bestowed among the four Tribes or Casts, to each two Commandements: to the _Brammanes_, which are the Priests, the first and second, as being strictest in Religion. To _Shuddery_ they appropriate the third and fourth, as most proper to them. To _Cuttery_ the fifth, and sixth, and to _Wyse_, the seventh and eighth: they are all enjoyned to keep all the Commandements, but more particularly those that are appropriated to their several Casts. The second Tract of the Book delivered to _Breman_, comprized certain ceremonial injunctions, which are these. First, washing their bodies in rivers, in memory of the deluge, in which they use this ceremony: first, they besmear their bodies in the mud of the River, as an emblem of mans filthyness; and then coming into the water and turning their faces towards the Sun, the _Bramman_ prayes, that as the body which is foul as the mud of the River which is cleansed by water, so that his sin may be in like manner cleansed; and then the party plunging himself three times in the River, and shaking in his hand some grains of Rice as an offering on the water: he receiveth absolution for his sins past, and is dismissed. 2. The ceremony of anointing the fore head with red painting, as a peculiar mark which they often renew.