Exonus XXII. 89 not give him thy money upon spry , Leviticus 25.37. Tbon (ball not give bim thy victuals far inere* Leviticus 25. 37. Thou (halt no take ufury of him or increafe, Leviticus 25.36. Tee foal] not lay ufury upon him, Exodus zz. 25. and, Thou (halt not put a(fumbling block before the blind, Leviticus i 9. 14. And the borrower tranfgrefetb againff two ; Thou fbalt not caufi to lendupon bititg3 ufury, Dsut. 23.19. and, T hot (halt not lay a ffumbling blecishefsre the blind, Leviticus 19.14. The fleet), witnef s , and fucks else tranfgrefè againff this; Tee /ball not lay ufury upon him. Whofiever borroweth or lendetb upon ufury are like unto them that deny the name of the God of Ifrael, and deny the eomming out of Egypt ; , s it is written, Thou fhalt not give him thy money upen ufury, &c. I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, &c. Leviticus 2 5.37.38. It is unlaw- ful to take *fury before or after. As one intending to bor- row of a man finds him agife to the end tbat hee may lend unto him : this a ufury afore hand, Or bee loath borrow- ed of a man , and paid him again and fends him agift fir his money. which bee hadof him for nought : this is after ufury. Who f borroweth of his neighbour, and was not wont informer time to falote him fìrfl ; it is unlaw- ful/far him to Palate bins firfe,( and Ineednot fay to Arai fe him;) for it is written, Vfuy of any Word (or Thing) Deut. 23. i 9.tbougb they bee butwords, they are unlatr- full. Likewife, is is unlawfulfor the borrower tolearne his lender to read , &c. all the while his money is in his band, if bee were not wont to doe it before ; at it is fsid Yfery of any thing. It is unlawful to let out money to hire, as they doe other things, &c. Hee that lendeth to his neighbour ; and conditioneth with him to dwell in his courtyard for nought until hee pay him what bee Rath hoe- rowed, or that hireth a thing of him for leje then it is worth ti /hee pay him, &c. this is ufury. Hoe that lends unto his neighbour may not retain bit fervant to also work for him , although the fervam fit flit andbath nothing to. doe. The Iudges are to fie the ufury which the lender bath received to be refkred bads againe unto the burrower. A bill for ufury ; the principal may be required lay it , but not the inrere, &c. 26 Verf z6. neighbours raiment] if hee be a Poore man, as the next verfe manifefteth , and as is ex- preffedin Deut.24.1 2.13. Neither may a pledge thus be taken of poore or rich, but by authority of theMagiftrate, as the Hebrew Do5tors teach : Maymony in treat. of Lender and Borrower, chap. 3. Scft.4. See more for this point in the annotati- onsupon Deuteronomie 24. raiment] which hee either weareth by day, or lieth in by night ; and fo by proportion all other things whereof hee hath prefent ufe, as tools and inftruments to worke with , and fuch like, but things neceffary for to feed the life,as the mill lone which grindeth corne, or any the like,may not betaken to pawn, Deuteronomie 24.6. before toeSunne] or em- till the Sunnegoethin, that is, fettetb, orgoeth down, meaning by day. In Deuteronomie 24. 13. it is raid, when the Surmegoetbdowne. Hereupon the He-. brew canons fay, When one takes a pledge of his neigh- bour, if he be a poore man , and bit pledge be a thing that bee bath need of, it is commanded that bee refiore the pledge at the timewhen hee needeth it : bee is to reflore him his bedding at night, that bee mayfleepe on it ; and hill working tooles by day that bee may doe his work, with them. If hee doe tot reflore the iufir:anent; of the day by d y, and the infrurnent of the night at night , bee tranf- grefth againt4 this prohibition, Tbou fha /t not fleep with his pkdge, Deuteronomie z4.12. this ismeamof his night covering. And of things which bee drub bit work, with by day, or dotbetb loimfelfe with, be faith , Before the S Jenne goeth donne thou fbalt return it him ; teaching tit reflareit al! the day , Maimony, in the foreCaid place, chap.3. Seft.5. The Hebrew word ad, (until]) is in Greeke tranflated, before, and a like fignificati- ou it had in Gen.48.5. Verfz7. his skinne] the Greeke tranflateth it, bit fhame. when be crietb]or, that hee nil cry unto me , and I will beaee? The Greeke tranllateth, if therefore he cry. Verf.z8. revile] curfe,banne,orblafpheme,(which _$ word the holy Gholt nfeth in this cafe , 2 Pet.2. r 0.) that is , fpeak eviBand difhononrably. See Gen. t z .3. gods]that is,as the Chaldeetran- flateth, lures: as Exod.z 1.8. the ruler of] Heb. rider in; but it meaneth of thy people, as it is tranflated in Alto 23.5. where it is applied to the high Prieft : but generally it is any prince or ruler, Numbers 7.2.3.10. The Iew Do &ors explaitfe it thus : Whofever reviletb a bulge among the Ited es of Ifrael, tranfgreftbthis Law, Thou fbalt not revile the gods. And fo if bee revile toe Ruler , either the chit of the great Synedrion , or the King, bee tranfrreftbobit Law, Tbou fhalt not eurfe the Ruler of thy peepk. Mai - monysn Sanhedrin, chap. 26. feft.i. And Solomon faith, Revile (orCurfe) not the King, norm in thy thought,Ecclefto.zo. eurfe] that is, fßea/ evil, as is explained, Afts 23.5. Verfa9.Thyfull -ripe fruit] to wit,thefirflfratiti 29 thereof; as isexplained,Exod.23.t9. fo the Cha- dee tranílateth,Thy ftrfl frneirf ;and the Greeke,The ftrfifruits of thyfloore. The Hebrew fignifieth, ful- ne , or collodion.: meaning fruits sehen they are full or ripe and gathered. So in Numbers 18.27, and Deuteron. 22.9. Of this the Hebrew canons fay, They bring ne fill fruits but of fnenthings, viz. of wheat, andof barley, and( grapes, emdofl4ees,atul of pemgranats, and of olives, and of dates And if one bring otherbefides thefo fiven knelt , they are not fantdi fled. T bey bringnofirfl fruits of ligtesrt, pia ofolives and of grapes : if a man bring other liquors they ari not revived of him. There is no whine of f rfl fruits fen by the Law : but by the Doliors a man mufffeparate one of fixtie, Maymony, in treatileof Firft-fruits, chap.2..Se &.z.4.í7. This meafure is to bee uis- derftood of the leali quantity which men might bring, as the greateft was the fortieth part : and sisen might bring what they would, between, fortie and fixtie for theirfirft- fruits - whereupon they elfewhere fay ; What meafure did themifemen fit? Agood eye (that is, a bountifull perfon) one of forties and the mean eye, me of see ; the evil eye, o n e o f fxty: and r i m e mi btgive Ì f, then one offouie. Maymony, inTramoth, chap.3. lcft.z liquor) Hebr. teare ; that is, the brit-fruits of wine and oyle, which when they are preffèd, droppe as teases . fo the Greek tranllateth it,the firft- fruits Hh3 of 27
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