///0//1611ìJ II, Ii1 I11iYVVP/G//.+, EXODUS XXI, Hebr:w DoEtors reftraine to him onely that h fold by the Magiftrate, Paying: He whom the Ma- Orate' íoe fill ,'hit mailer may give him a Canaani- teffi band- woman, &c. and compell him hereunto, that he may beget fervant' (or (laves) ofber ; and hee may lawfully ufè her, all the daies of bit fervitude, Exodus 21.4. but he thatfellab bimfelfe, u forbidden a Canaa- nitef ee bond-woman, of are all other men of Ifracl. But, An Hebrewfervam may not have to wife a Canaani- tef , gentill he have an Ifraeliteffi wife and children. For if hee have not wife and children , bis mafter me not give him a Canaanite''. And this by tradition, tharakhougb be be a Priefl that is fold, yet he may have a Canaanite' bend - woman, all the dabs of his fervi- tude. If he have a wife and children, though his mafter may give bin aCattaanitef, yet may bee not fparate him from bú wife and children, as it is written, verf. 3. Hts WIVE WITH HIM. And bee may not give, him two bond- women; nor give one bond-woman to two Hebrew fervano, as is the manner ogive unto two Ca- naanite fervant[. Thefe things are recorded by Alaimo/1y, in his treat. of Servants, ch. 3. C 3,4, S. with hie body] that is, alone, as the Greeke tran- flateth it. For his children borne of the-bond- woman, are bond -men alto; as the example of If- mael, whom Abraham begat of Agar, Iheweth, Genefz1.9,to..Gal.4.22,23,3o. So the Hebrew Canons alto teftihe : An Ifraelite that lieth with a Canaanite bored - woman, &c. begetteth a Canaanite in every relied , who may be foldand bought, and made to ferve for ever, as other bond-men. Maimony, treat. of Servants, chap.9. 5 Vert. 5.Eying fhall fay] that is ,'hall freely, openy, and plainly fay : Greeke , frail anfwer and fay. my mater] iu Deuter. 15.16. is mentioned alto his houfe: from which the Hebrewes gather, that if !the' mafler bave not and children , the fervant g not to be bored in the eare: or if bis mater love not him, or if either the matter or fervant be fete, the fervour is not to be bored, fir u itfaid, (in Dent. t 5.1 6.) becaufe is well with ;bee. Maimony, treat. of Servants, chaP.3. feEt.11. 6 Verf.6. tbegodr]that is,the Iudee,or.Magiflrateo, called gods inPfalm.bz.1,6. becaufethe Word of God was given to them ,Jolt. to. 34, 35. So the Chaldec tranllateth it Ludes: the reeke,tbe judg- ment of God. The Rabbines expound it, the Syne- drion (or Court) of three ledges : and that was the loweltCourt. Maimony in Servants, ch.3. fc &.9. But withal! they fay, None are called Elahim (Gods) but the fudges ordainedin the land of Israel nifty; and flub as were fvife men ,fit fir to judge ; whom theSmate of the landof Ilbael fozcbt osta , and appointed , and im- pofedhands upon them. Maimony in Sanhedrin, chap. 4. feEt. 4. the doors] either of his mailers baaf, or of any other mans, faith Maimony in treat. of Ser- vants , chap. 3. his mater] this the Hebrew DoEtors hold firiEtly, mull be done by the matter bimfelfe , not by hisfume , nor by his meffenger nor by a meflenger of the Magifrates. Maimony, in the fame place. bis care] this the Hebrews explaine to be his right rare, and through the body slit. And be- caufe the Law faith for fervants, that at the Ju- bilee they fhould return unto theirfamily, Leviticus 25.41. t hey doe except the priefls from this. An Hebrew fervant that it apriefl may notbe bored in the eare , becaufe bee is made thereby blemifhed, andcanna therefore returns unto No dignity. Maimony, treat. of Servants, chap.3. Se &.8. Je'>ve him f r ever] that is, ( as Maimony there explalneth it) till tie lubilee ; or, IOUs maflers death. If he die and leave aFinn, yet bee that isbored frvetb not his finite : fir it is fail hee fball fine him (not bin fnne) fir ever, to his e- ver of Subtler. The Law for the Iubilee, (which was every fiftieth yeere) fee in Lavit. 25. 13.28. 40. 41. and as theword Ever for many things reached but to the jubilee ; fo fometime it is but during life, as I Sant. I.22. Thus by all meanes God provided to keepe men out of bondage,: as he had brought them out of Egyptian fervitude, to be his fervants,Levit. a 5.42. Nehem.5.8. And the Apoftle faith, If tbns'eanfl be made free,ufi it ra- thee, ! Cor. 7.21. Efpecially God taught them hereby, to labour for the Libertywhich Chrill at his Iubilee fhonld bring unto them, Ioh. 8.32. 34.36. and not to be the fervants if men , 1 Cor. 7. 23. And by this outward flute of fervants, led then from the bondage of the Law , at mount Sina, to the freedoms of the Gofpell , at mount Sion,Galat. 4.24.25.26. &c. For the aule through the Bare, fignified the (harpe iron precepts, which men were bound to obey, in their going out and comming in, their whole adminiflration, till ei- ther the death of the matter, or the lubilee did releafe them. So the Apoille faith , The Law bath eh ;itrionover a man, as hdlg at be liveth, &c. When tree were in the fi efh the pafons offinnes,which were by the Lars, wrought eifually in ourmembers, sabring firth fruit unto death : but now we are delivered from the Law, that being dead whereinwe were held,that we fhould ferie in newnéf of the pHs , and not in oldnefle of the letter, Romanes 7,1.5:6. Verf. 7. fell hit daughter] which the Hebrew ca- nons fay, he might not doe, but whiles the was a girle, under the age and hate of mariage, not af- ter, neither might he fell herbut for extreampo- verty,when he had nothing left ofgods move rb:e,ar un- moveable, unto the clothes on his back, Maimony, treat. of Servants , Chap. 4. Sett. 1. 2. An example hereof was among the Poore Iewes, returned out of Babylon, Nehem.5. r.5.8. maidcfervant] or,handmaid : fee Gen. i 6.1 .This fervitude by the Law mull bee but till the feventh yeere ; (as was before for men - fervants , whom the Magiflrates fold)or,till the Iubilee,if it fell out before,Detit. 15.12. Levit.25.4o. or (by the Hebrewcanons) till the death of her matter. as the fervants:] that is, enflame, bafely, and with dí(hongur ; for the Hebrew mien andwomen might notbe made to ferve asfervants , but as hired perfins, and fojoer- nero, Lev it.25.39.4o. Although therefore this by forme is referred to the former law of men-fer- vants,in v.2.3.&c.yet the Greek tranflation chan- geth the gender, and fo underftandeth it of bond - women or flaves.And the Icw DoEtors referre it to that which followeth in verfe 26.2.7. that an He- brew handmaid goeth not out for Joffe of him, as of eye, tooth, &c. but mea receive fat isfaEtion for 7 46./pi/iiii//iaVUmgut Ili nnmt /II .
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