[Footnote 7: The disciples of Jesus were persuaded that a
man might have sinned before he was born, (John, ix. 2,) and
the Pharisees held the transmigration of virtuous souls,
(Joseph. de Bell. Judaico, l. ii. c. 7;) and a modern Rabbi
is modestly assured, that Hermes, Pythagoras, Plato, &c.,
derived their metaphysics from his illustrious countrymen.]