ff/////U/ïlllll',;. l'I UItiü9/O/Or .% 63 EXODUS XVI. i The Q,nailer carne at evening, for naturally they flew hi the day time over the fea, and came to land towards even : fee Num.' t.31. And Manna came at morning , becaufè it fell-with the mor- fling dew. The Oailes arc not in Scripture no- ted to be a fpi,ituall meat, as was the Manna,' Cor. t o. 3. the flefh therefore which was to fill their bellies came towards night , the time of darke- ncffe: but the bread of heaven came in the mor- ning , which ufually fignifieththe time of grace from the Lord,Pfal.30.6. & ; 43.8. Lam.3.zz.23. filledwith bread meaning with Manna,a figure of Chrift the bread of life that came down from heaven , Ioh. 6.48.5 8.. Vnto this fpeech Mores feemeth to have reference, in Pral. 90. 14. Fill ue in the morning with thy mercy. 53 VerC 13. thequailei] Hebr. l . the quaile : put for a multitude of quailes : (as frog, for frogs,Exo.8.6.) A like miracle God wrought for them about a yeere after this, Num. a ig1. This David rehear- feth, inPfal. 505. 4o. tby asked, amibe brought the (uai1e. that lay,] or that lay poured out : Hebr. a bed (or,ane ufion)ofdew: theChaldee tranfla- teth a defeen ton of dew,that is , dew which defended or fill done; which agreeth with Numb. I I. 9. And the Pfalmift faith , God opened the doors of hea- zen and rained upon them Manna, Pfal.78,2 3.24. The dew is often ufed to lignifie the biding dnd fa. vourof God ,asGenef.27.28.Iob29.19.Efa.26. 19. HoC14.6. Mich.5.7. Zach.8. i z. and in my- !Heal! fpeech of the birth of Chrift, (figured by thisMarma) the dew is mentioned, PCal,150.3. And as the preaching of the Word is likened to the dew, Deut.32.2. fo Manna falling in and with the dew, figured Chríft given unto us by the preaching of the Gofpel,Rom.i.i6.17.& 10.8.14. Gal.3. 1.2. The Hebrew DoEtors fay of the dew, that the bolt' bled God will raifeeup the deadunto life therewith , in the time that it to come : and that is the Manna prepared fir. -the jiff in the world to come. R. Menachem on Exod.16. Iq. Verf. i 1.. went up]into the ayre,vanifhing with the heat of the Sun. So going up is ufed forgoing a- way, or vanilhing, in lerem,48.15. round thing] or, bare thing, as theChaldee tranllateth it, pilled. The Greeke faith , like, coriander 5 according to verf 31. So that the Manna wascovered, and as it were hidden with the dew upon it,till it af- cended,and lay alto upon dew under it,Num.i i, 9. to which it feemeth the Scripture hath refe- rence, when it promifeth Manna that is bid. Rev. 2.17. Manna,] fo the Chaldeeand the Holy Gholt in Greek: calleth it, Ioh.6,31.of the He- brew Man, which by interpretation fignifieth aprepared (or dift ributed)portion: for it was a ready meat to eat as it was gathered, if they would, or to beat,grind & hake ,as the people liked,Nu. i i. 8. And the Iew Doaors,fome of them fo explain it, calling it Angels food ; a prepartd bread lent from heav(n, without mens labour, able to content every mans delight,and agreeing to every taf e,W ifd. t 6.ao.Others as the Lxxij. Greeke Interpreters, Philo b.2. of the Allegories of, the Law, R, Solomon, &c. and others tranflate it, What it tide ? becaufe as Mofes faith) the knew not rebat it rem The Manna *hereof Ga- len and other Philicians write, and Which at this day is ufed for medicine, not for meat, differeth inmanythings,from this Manna which God gave unto Ifrael every day , the fpace of forty yeeres, till they came into the land of Canaan, Iol5.I 2. God by it both fed their bodies and foules, tea- ching them hereby, that man lived, not by bread onely, but by every word that proeeedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, Dcut,8.3. and it was a fpirituall meat, i Cora 1.30. and a figure of' Chrilt, the true bread, whom the Father bath given us from heaven,Iob. 6,31.32.48.49.5 . and of the fpirituall comfort whichChrift filleth his people with,Revel.2. i 7. And fo the Iewes ( though now ignorant of this grace) have heretofore acknowledged it to bee a figure of the fwd of jufi men in the world to come ; R. Ifaak ou Gen. 1. and R. Menachem on Exodus 16. See more in Numb.' 1.7.8. Pfa1.78,23.25. VerC 16. an Omer] or Gamer as theGreeke cal - leth it Gomer : the tenth part of an Epha or bu- Ihell ; feeverfe 36. an head] or olull,poll: that is, foraperfu; the head being put for the whole man. So Exod.38.26, VerC 17. both he that did gather more,] or ; fame didgather more , and time leg: but the former ex. pofition the Greek: followeth , here and in the 18. verte, which the Apoftle alto approveth, 2 Corinthians 8.15. Vert18. nothing over,]to wit, betides an Omer full for a man, according to thenumber of per - font in his family : and fo there was an equality both for poore and rich : and hereupon the A- pottle gathereth a realon to perfwade unto libe- ralíty,and communication of Gods blefhngs one with another, 2 Cor.ó. t4.t 5.It figured alfothe equals portion which al forts of beleevers have in Chrift our heavenlyManna,Ga1. 3.28.29.2 Pet.i t. Verf2o. it bred,] Hebr. wormed wormer, that is, 20 bred abundantly , or crawled full of wormes. This miraculous judgement God fheweth for their unbelief:, curiohty, and difobedience ; and taught them to bee contented with things pre- lent, without covetous caring for the morrow; as Hebr.13.5. Matth.6,31.34..Compare allo the law of the Paffeover,whereof nothing might be left till the morning, Exodus 12.1o. Miss hid unto the levees, Mops _gave you not the bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you ;be true Breadfrom heaven, Ioh. 6.32. fo Manna was but a Ihadow and figure, which when the truth is come by Chrift , is (as all other Ihadowes) become vaine and unprofitable, to the corruption and hurt of thofe that retaine them, Cola, 16.17; Gal. 4.9. Io.tt. Hebr 3.1o. VerC a s. and when] or , for when the funne waked 2I hot, and Co heatedthe Manua, it melted; therefore they were to gather it in the morning : whereby God taught them diligence to provide for the food of their bodies and Conies, whiles they had time and meanes.Cumpare Pro. 10.4.5.& 6.6.8. loh.12.35. Ga1,6.1o. The like here followeth,for no Manna to be found on theSabath day,v.2 5.26 Verle 23. fabbatifine] that Is, refl, or ceffation: ,but I6 17 Ió 23 /.-/sAIP-iiiiEtmmimit nutwotrapw -
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