B/' ///971/flGll l 1 1qp W!11OÒ// ® 116 EXODUS XVIII. thought of his Heart onely , but with a fbmiJ voice, as one that prayeth by himfelfe. And forthwith; the. Holy Ghoff came upon the Prieft, and lace beheld the Brefïplate, andfaro therein, by the vif:on of propbefie, Gee up ; or goe not up ; in the letters that fharedforth themfelves upon the breflplete before his face. Then the Prieft anfwered him and faid, Goe up , or, Goenot up. And they made no mquirie of two things at once: and if they fo inquired, yet the anfwer was but unto the fief[ one y. And they enquired not hereby for a eommon man: but either for the" King, or for him on whom the affaires oftbe Congregationlaj. Maimony, treat. of the Implements efthe Saníluarie , chap. t o. felt. i t,1 2. Ofpthis,fee examples which may give light here- unto, in Num. 27. 18, 21. Jtìdg. 1.i. and 20. t 8, 28.1 Sam. 23. 9, 10, 11,12. and 28. 6. There Vrim and Thummim, were loft at the Captivity of $abylon, and wanted at the peoples returne, Ezra. 2.63. Nehem,6.6 5. neither doe we find, that ever God anfwered by then[ any more. The 5.41 rho/mud, in loma, ch. I fol. 21. fpeaking of Hag. I. 8. where the Hebrew word Ecehabda, (S will be ghrified)wanteth the letter H,which in numbring ttiignrfieth five, faith, Tbewant ofH,ßtewetb the want offive things, in the Jecond Temple , which bad tame in the firll, namely, IT he Arke with the Mercie-feat , and Cloerubims z The fire (firm heaven:) 3 The Ma- jetlie (or Divine prefènce:) 4 The boy Gboft: 5 and the ?/rim and Thummnn- By_the Maje flie (Shecinah) they Leone to meane the Oracle in the molt holy place , where God had dwelt betweene the Che- rubims, Pfal. 80.2. Nnm.7,89. And by the Holy Gheff,they meane the fpirtt of prophele,not only in the Pricks, but in theProphets, as the Corn mentarie on that place of the Thalmud faith, The Holy Gbof was net in the Prophets, from thefecondyeere of Darius, e54 that is, after Haggai , Zacharit, and Malachie, which were the Taft Prophets, and in that Kings time, Haggai 1. i. Zach. 1.1. So elfewhere In the Thalmud, in Sanhedrin, chap. i. they teach from their ancient Doftors, that after the later Prophets , Haggai, Zacharie, and Ma- lachie were dead; the Holy Gbofl went tip (or depar- ted) from Ifrael: howbeit, they bad the ufe of a voice (or Echo) from heaven. R. Menachem (on Exod. 28.) faith of thisOracle by Vrim and Thummim, that it was one of the degrees of the Hoy Gbofl, (that is, of the gifts of the holy Ghoft :) inferiour unto Prophefie, and fieperiour to the voice (or Eceh..) Likr wife R. Mofes Gerundenf. (on Exod. fol.' 46.) af- firmeth, that between the Voice and the Prophefte,were Vrim and Thummim. Of this Voice (or Eceho) there is no mention in the Scriptures of the Prophets : but the Hebrew Do &ors, (which fay that it was in Ifael after the Prophets ceafed) doe often write of it, and call it Bath Igl, that is, she daugh- ter of a voice, as it Were one voice proceeding out of another, fuchas We call an Eccbo: andwhich fonte thinke, was with dittinft and plaine words. Of old they had in Ifrael,oracles or anfwers from God , three manner of waies ; by preames, or by Vrim , (that is, thePrieft with Urim and Thum- mim ,Num. 21. to.) or by Prophets, 1 Sant. 28. 6, 7. When the Lord would by none of thefe an- fwerKing Saul, then he fought to a Witch. The footlteps of there three, we .find among the anci- ent Heathens : as Homer in Iliad I. bringeth in. A- chilles advifing the Greeks in the time ofa fore pe- ftilence , to enquire the cattle thereof from God, by fonte Prophet , or a Prieft , or a Dreamer ofdreames, And as the high Nett oFlfrael was adorned in his breft with Vrim and Thummim, trangated in Greeke, Manif flatian and Trmb ; fo among the E- gyptians, their high Prieft is reported to have an ornament about hit neck, ofa Saphirefrone, and the orna- ment was Balled Aletheia, (that is, Meth :) as lElie- nus writeth in his Greek Hiftorie,book 14. After the Joffe of Urine and Thttmmini, and Prophets Ifrael; the godly Jewes held them to the law of Mofes, as they were commanded by the lait Pro- phet, Ma1.4,4. And hereunto lefts[ funne ofSyrach, in Eccluf 33. 3. feemeth to have reference, fay - ing,The Law áfaithfull to him(that etnderftandeth) as the asking ofDe /a: that is,as the Oracle of Urim and Thummim, for Vrim is tranflated into Greek Dell: t Sant. 28.6. R. Moles bar Mammon, faith, Thy made itethe ficond Temple, Vrim and?hummim, (wherby he meaneth the Breftplate with the pre- cious. Itones;) to the and they might makeup" all the [High Priefts] eight ornaments, (without which he might not adminifter) although they did not enquire (of God) by them. And mberefre did they not enquire by them ? Iecanfe the Holy Ghofl was nos there.. And every Prieft, that ffeaketh not by the Holy Ghofi , and on whom the Divine- majellie refletb not , they enquire not by him. Maimony , treat. of the Iínplements ofthe Sanfluarie, chap. TO. felt. 1o. According to this phrafe, are thofe fpeeches to be underftood , iii Job. 7.3 9. The Holy Gboff was noe jet , becaufi lefus was satin glorified: and in Afts 19.2. We have not fe much ar beard whether there be an Holy Ghof. Where- by is meant, the gifts of the Spirit, in Prophetic, Tongues, &c. as there followeth in "dart. 6. The Holy Ghofl comb on them, and tby&kewish Tongues, and propbefied: which gifts being before ceafed, were reftored by the Gofpel ; an evident proofc that the Chrift was come, Joel 2.28,-32. Afts 2. 4,,7,18. And in Chrift, the myflerie of Vrim and Thummim was fulfilled : for in the heart of him our great High Prieft, were the gifts of the Holy Ghofl without meafure, 3.34. untoall Light and Manifeftation of the Truth, with all perfeftion and integrity, Joh.1.4,9,s 7. & 3.12,13. 8418.37. Col.2. 3. whereby the light ofthe knowledge of tbeglory of God, in the fare of iefu, Cbrii 1, is come unto us; by yvhom she Spirit of Truth is rent into us , to dwell with us,anrf to abide with us for ever,Joh.i 4.16, 17. who alfo bath given us to put on the Brellplate of Faith and Lose, i Thef. 5, 8, Verf.3 i. the Scie] in Hebrcw Megnil; in Greek Hupodutes, that is, an Vnder- clothing: it was a long garment, worne next sander the Ephod. The He- brewes fay , Vpon the Rcbe, was the Ephod and the Bre37plate; and be girded with the curioseogirdle of the Ephed, upon the Role under the Bref/plate: and there- fore it is called the Fate ofthe Elhed, lecauf, he girded it with the Epbod. &aimery, in Inpinents of the San bluarie, ch. t o. ü t. 3. See alto Exodus 29.5. and 31 ,,-,/s.tf 7NIMIty
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