EXODUS XX. 75 the Sabbatth; therefre to efickeperfin that is in danger, they due all things needfull far bim on the Sabbath day. Mainmuy treat.of the Sabbath, ch. 24. left. 5. and chap. 2. (ea. I . man-fervant , é?e.] that they may refs, as well as thou, Deuteronotnie 5. 14. Here the Hebrewes fay, The man and woman fe¿- vans, nsham wee bid to keepe Sabbath are fervantr that are circunuzfed and baptifcd, Oe. and have re- ceized the Commandements which fervantr a;e hound unto. Betz fir'vants not circumcifed nor baptifed, but ortely have received the fever) Commandments ,4r4en to aloe fnnes of Noe ; they are as fjmtrning frra»gers, and may doe work for themfelves openly on the Sabbath, as an Ifeaelite may on 4 working day. 1Llaimouy, treat. of the Sabbath, ch. 20. fat. 14. but this permif- fion feenieth unto mee, to be againil Gods Law : which from the creation was given to all the world,Gen.2,2,3.yet theJews re(krain it to them - (elves, from Exod.31. 17. fee the Annotations there. cartel[] or beafi; which in Deuteronpmie 5.14 is amplified thus, thine exe, or thine ape, or any beaff of thine: thy firanQer] in Greeke, the prole, lyre. thy. gates] the Chaldce expounds it, thy cities. So that which in 2 Samuel I o. 8. is calkd the entring in of the gate, is in i Chronicles 19.9. the enuring inof the chie. I I Verf. 11. therefore] Hereby it appearetlt, that the Sabbath was inftituted from the beginning. of the world, and fo was given to all nations, and not to Ifraelonely. Though upon their brin- ging out of Egypt, they were put in mind to keepe it: and in Deuteronomie 5. t5.. that their do-, liverance is made a reafon to them of this Commandement. 12 Ver.i 2. Honour] This is called the first Comman- dement with promife, Ephefans 6.2. that is, the liral of the fecond Table,which direð us in all du- ties toward man : and this precept is to main- tain the order which God hath (èt amongft men of fttperiority and fitbje &ion. The Hebrew word for Honour or Glory , bath the name of w zghtiref ; and fo Paul fpeaketh of the weight of glorie, 2 Cor. 4. 17. and it implieth a dignity and excellencie in Parents and Governours, which God would have to be maintained ; whereupon Magiflrates are called Glories or Dignities, 2 Pct. 2. 1 o. Honour is to be performed with the body in reverend ge (hire, t King.z.19. Levit.19.32. in reverend fpee- ches Pet. 3.6. Exod.32.22 Numbers 12.II. in a`clion, as obedience to their inftru &ions and commandements in the Lord, Prov.6, 2o. Ephef. 6.1. in recompensing their love and care, and re- leeving them with our fubftance in their age and nced,Marke 7. 10, II, 12,13.1 11111.5. 4. to co- ver their infirmities, Gen. 9. 21, 22. and in heart, to reverence, fore and love them, Leviticus 19.3. Rom. 13.5, 9. and by all other like means to (hew refpe& and honour tinto them. In an He- brew Comn,entarie upon Moper, called Chazkuni, it is laid, !Vie reade, Honour the LORD with thy fubftance, (Prov, 3.9.) and Honour thy father and thy mother, (Exodus 20.) The LORD is to be honou- red, if that have it: thy father andmother, whether thou haff it or too, for if thou haft nothing, thou art bound to beg for them. Againe, as God commandeth Honour ; fo hes forbiddclh all dilhonour, con- tempt, and difobediencc, in heart, word, gelture, or a &ios, Levit. 20.9. Prov. 30.17. Dent. 21 18. z 1, Ecclei. 1 o.zo. And as he requireth children to honor their parents : fo the parents are bound to educate and governe them with gravide and lenitie, in the infirat-lion and informstion of she Lord, Ephel: 6.4. factor and day mother] inLeviticus 19: 3, the mother is named before the father. Un- der there names, all litperiors and governours are implied : firft, the father that begat, and mother that bare, Prov. 1 3.2 2. and 31.2. then parents by law and affinitie,Ruth ; s,5.parents.that adopt chil- dren, Efth. z. 7. 20. Kings and all? agitlrates, Elgy 22.21. 2 King 5.13. Prophets dadChurch governors, as Eliar and E /ifur, were fathers, 2 Kings 2. 12. and 6. 21. and 13. 14. Deborah, a mother in /fr./el, Judg. 5.7. and 17. to. Ancients inyeercs, Patrons,inlh-u&ors, prote&ors, and all fitch like, I Tinit, 5. I, z. fob 29. 16. Gen. 45.8. & 4. 2p, 21. may be prolonged] in Deut.5.1 6, ltd yfnç addeth , and that it m y l e weU with thee. It may be Engli(hed, that they (thy parents by their prayers) may prolong thy dates : but (ùrli phrafes are often ufed issperfonally,as is noted on Gen.2.2o and 16..14. and fo the Apoftle (according to the common Gr. verfion)faith; that it may be well with thee, and that than mayell be long lived, (or live a long time) in the land, Ephef. 6. 2, 3. Alf!) the Chaldee Paid to be Ionathans, tranfl.tteth, that your dater máy be multiplied. the land] of Canaan which was to be given unto Ifrael,and was a figure ofan hea- venly countrey, as is noted on Gen.s z.I,5. Thus pietie hath the promilè both of this life, and of that which is to come. Mairiony in Mif eb, treat. of Repentance , chapter 8. fe&ion 1. faith; That rebid, it written in the Law, (Dsut.z z. 7.) that it may be well math thee, and thou mayeFl prolong thy dates, ive have been taught to undee ftand thus : that it may be well with thee, in the world where all is well ; and thou. mayeft prolong thy dater in the world which is ag long, and tbot it the world to come. Verf. t 3. Thou foal: not kill] or , Than fbalt not murder : for the Hebrew Ratfacb properly figni- fieth Murder, that is, killing of mankinde unjuft- ly ; and fo differeth from another word Harag, which is to kil aperfon,which fometimeis jullly, Des. 13 9. We may a11ò gag' ifh it,Kill not: and fo the rest, Commit not adulterie, Steak not ere. for both there wales doth the holy Ghoft translate thefe precept into Greeke, Mat. 19. 1S.Mark. 10. 19. This fixt commandement is for prefervfng mans life: the feventhis, for the jail propagation of mankinde : the eight cotrcerneth his goods : the ninth , his good name : the tenth teacheth every man to be contented with his owne citate. The Çhaldee tranflateth this 7 boa pale not kill a pule, that is any perfon: and it forbiddeth all murder of foule or of body,Ezek.13.19. & 3.18.Gen.9.6. of ones (elk,or of another,A&.16.27,28. Prov. r. 1 5,56. and this oncly in a &,but in reproach - ful! words, Mat.S.z t,z z. malicious ge/lure, Mat. 2739. Gen.4.6. inward unadvifed anger, malice, G v.2 and 13
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