////A/IIIIIi lll 11 title" /' EXODUS XXIII. . The like is fpoken of the rich , in Leviticus 19. 5.7ltou fbalt not countenance the face of the great man. It teacheth to doe right inall caufes, without re- ipe£t of poore or rich. 4 Vcrf.4. affe]and fo any other bea(t,or garment, or loft thing, as Mofes after explaineth,Deut.22. 1.2.3. God hereby teaching every man, not to look on bit owne things onely, but a f on the things of other men, Phil. a. 4. and to love and to doe good tinto his enemy, Luke 6.27. returning returns] that is in any cafe returne and reilore him : if the owner be not neere,or not known, it is to be kept till inquiry be made after it, Deut.z 2.2. Alfa. the Hebrew Do &ors lay , Who fo findctb a loft thing, which be it botnd to ref ere, bee is bound to cry the fame, matte make it known and fay , Who fo bath bfi fbch a kind of thing, let him come andgive the frgnes of it , and be fall receive it, &C. Maimony in treat. of Robberie, and of lot, chap. t 3. JAL . 5 Verf.5. hit burden] or , fable by any other oc- cafion ; and this Law conceraeth all other heath, as we like Affe; fee Deut.22.4 and wouldef forbearrell Ipe bim up] or , then thou alt ceafe from for alfing him , that is, (halt ceafe and leave off all ill will , and looke that thou forfake him not. The Greeke tranflateth , thou fhalt not gaffe by the fame helping hdpe up] t hat is, in any wife bed up. Or, thou fiait leaving leave (thy owne butanes to be) with him. But the former tranflation feemeth molt fit : for fo the Greeke verfion faith; thin: fbalt not pal by thefame , but (halt raife up the fame together with him. And fo Mofes repeating this Law ex- plaineth it, in Deut. 21.4. thou fbalt railing raife up with him.Likewife this Hebrew word Azab,which commonly fignifieth to Leave, or Forfake, bath (as fonte other words) a contrary fìgnification; to Fortife;repaire, or belge up with a thing,as Neheni. 3.8. and 4.2. The Chaldee joyneth both fenfs thus ; leaving thou./halt leave that which u f» tly heart againf him, and fhaú bilge up with him. 6 V at. I6.of thy ?Garde hat is,thy poore neighbor: implying alto the f ranger, the fatherlefje , and the wi- dow: whole judgement they that weft (or turne afade) are surfed, Deut.2 7.19. Verf.7. word of falfhood] that is, fall¢ word,or fat matter. The Chaldee faith, idle words : the Greeke every unjuf word. Front hence the Iewes have rule : A Judge that knoweib of Wary , that bee is a violent extortioner, or a wicked many it it unlawful[ to bee joyned in feciety with him, as it is written, PROM A WORD OF FALIHOOD, SHALT BEE FARRa. Andf they in lerufalem:bat bad a dart eon- fcience were wont to doe : they fate not in judgement,tentill tbey knew with whom thy fhould fit , nor fettled any wri- ting until they knew who fkould flle it :Pith them, &c. Maimony in Sanhedr. C.22. felt. s o. net jut ife] but will condemns the wicked, though het bee the Judge himfelfe. See Rom. 2.1.2.3. So, not to boldguiltl f, Exod.20,7. meaneth , to damne and punifh as guilty. Thiswhich is fpoken of God: is allo an example for us : therefore the Greeke changeth the perfon, and faith; and thou fhaltnot .. jufifie the wicked, fer gifts fake. 8 VerlS. gift] or bike ;,for fire fhalleonfitme the Ta- bernacles of bribery , Job 15.34. And the Jew Do- &ors explaine it thus : T boufbalt take no gifi, and I need not fay, for to pervert judgement : but although it be to acquit the innocent, or to cendemne the guild, it ie un- lawful , and a tranfgrefon; for loe it it ageneratl rule, Curled it bee that taketh a gift. And hee ù bound to re- floe again the gift, tie. And Whatfoezer Judge aiketh his reward for judging, his judgements are fufrate. Maimany in Sanhedrin, ch.23. fef1.1.5. take none] neither give any, A &.24.27. SOX() the He- brew Doftors teach from that Law, Thou fhalt not put affumblingblock before the blind,'Levit. ig, 14. Moreover they fay, Wbatfoever ludgegiweth a bribe, to get an office it it unlawful to f and before bin, (in judge- ment.) And our wifemen have commanded to fat bim at nought, andtodefpifthim, MaimonyinSanhedrin,eh.3. feil.9. open-eyed] the Greeke tranflateth, the eyes of tbofe that fee : and the Chaldee, the eyes of the wifi ; which words Mofes ufeth in Dent. 16. I9. And Solomon faith, a gift defiroyetb the heart, Ecclef. 7.7. but bee that batetlegffis flap live , Pro- verbes 15.27. will pervert ] example in Samuels fonnes, who tooke, bribes, and perverted judgement, ISam.8.3. Fora gift , wbúberfoeverit turneth , it profpereth, Prov. 17,8. and everyman is a friend to him that giveth gifts, Prov.19.6. Such there - fore as receive them are counted wicked, and cony panions of :beeves, Prov.17.23. Efay 1.23. Verf.9. the foule] that is, the affetífon or heart. See the like precept in Exodus 22.21. Deuteronomie 50.19. Verl i o. thy /and] the land of Canaan, which God would give to Ifrael , Levit.z5.2. Neither did the Iewes hold themfelves bound to keepe ' this Law in other countries Maimony treat. of Intermi ion and Jubilee, cb.4. S.25. Vert1 i. the feventb]everyfeverall yeare:which was to be a Sabbath yeere ; as every feventh day was a Sabbath day: therefore repeating this Law, hee calleth it a Sabbath of fgbbatifine (or of reff) to the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah , Levitz 5.4. As the Sabbathday fignifted that they themfelves were the Lords, and therefore they ceafed from their owne worker , to doe theLords : fo the Sabbath yeere was to lignifie, that both they &their land was the Lords, Levit.25.23. let it ref] or, intermit it, let it be free from manuring : as theGr. tranflateth , make a nonillion. They might neither few their fields, norprune their vineyards nor reape their corne, nor gather the vintage, &c. Levit. 25: 4.5. The Hebrew canons explaine it thus, that they might neither dig nor plough the ground, norgather out the fence ' nor dung it ; neither graffenor plant any trees favefochashaaremfruit ; nor eut of the knobs of trees, nor brill y the leaves,or wi- thered bongoes, nor bind up the branches, nor make a [make to kill the wormer, nor any the like thing per- taining to husbandry. Maimony treat. of the In- termifion of Jubilee eh. i. If any Paid, What flia/I wee eat the fzenthyeare ? behold, wee may not 'ironer gather inour revenue. Lord promifed, I will command my belling upoyou in the fixt yeere , audit Pall bring firth frail for three yeeres, Levit. 25. 20.21. God would by this Sabbath yeere,call his people from world. 9 I0 7 /ip siIF
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