ExoDus 117 and Levit. 8. 7. of' the Ephod] the Greeke here ' tranflateth itPoderee, that is, ofthegarment dawnen to-the-foot. So in Revel. r. 13. Chrift appeareth clothed with agarment dorm to thefoot (in the Greek there , Pedéree:) to law hitnlelfe o as High Prieft for the Church. 3'- Verf 3 2. an bole] called in Hebrew, a mouth. top] Hehr. head. a binding]or welt; called in Hebrew, a lip. woven workej Hebrew, the wore of of the Weaver. Iof pbtu (in his 3. bootie ofAntiquities, chapter 8.) faith , This coas was not of two pieces, but woven in one, without feames on fhoulders or fides. Mai- mony (in treat. of the Implements of the Sanbivaric, chap. 9. (-e&. 3.) faith : The Robe was all of blew, and the threds thereof were twelve times double ; and the bole thercefwas woven at the le0inning of the wea- ving. And it bad no fleeves , but was divided into two skits, fioen the end of the necke unto beneath , after the manner of all Robes : and was not joyned together , brat about all the necke on/ye The Gofpel noteth of Chrill, how in the claies of his Bella, he a coat without flame woven from the top throughout , John r9. 23. Though that were not a Prieffly garment, yet was it myfticall. 33 Verf 33. Pongranats] that is, fimilitudes of them : fo the Greeke tranflatet-h,ae it were Pomgra- nats of the jiattrifisingPomegranat tree. fearlet] eze- rie fire of theft three (faith Maimony)being twilledof eight threds, as it is written, uponthe skirts of itttri- fted, (Exodus 39. 24.) So the shreds of theft skirts were in all futre and twentie. And het made them like Pomgranats, which open not their mouth: and hung them on the Robe. Maimony, treat. of the Implements the Sand. chap. 9. fe&. 4. Where fa' ever this word Twr VIED is ufed alone, (as it is in Exod. 39.24.) it mull be eight daub,'e shreds. Ibid. chap. 8. fe &. 14. The Greeke verfion,both here and in Exo.39.24. addeth the fourth ftuffe andof fine linners twined : but the Hebrew wanted; this, as alto the Chal- dee. bell] in number, threefcare and-twelve, (as Maimony fheweth in the forefaid Treatife, cll. 9. lea. 4) and they were hanged 36 on the me skirt, and 36 on the other. And in thefe 72 bell, were 72 clap- pers all of gold : and the bell, togetber with the clapper in it , is that which is called (in Hebrew) Pagnamon (a Bell) faith lblaimony , ibidem. Verf. 35. to miniffer] in the fame : or, when bee 35 miniflreth. found] or voice; that is, the found of his bels : whereby was fignified the voice of Chrift, which is heard of God, in his prayer and mediation : and heard of the people in his teach- ing and inftru&ion, I3eb. 5.7. and 7.25. Deuter. 33.1o. Efay 58. t. Mat. I a. 18. Therefore thefe Bels were ofgsld , to fignifie the puritie and preci- outneffe of the words of Chrift accompanied with Pomgranats , to fignifie the fruits and com- fortable effe&s of Chrifis both mediation and do&rine. For Pomgranats, were of the fruits of the holy Land, Dcnt.8.8. and they with the wine that is in them , fignified the fruits and graces of the Saints, Song.4.3,s 3. & 8.2. Therefore many fuck were al fo in Solomon: Temple, 2 Chron. 3. 16. & 4. 53. And the care that this Robe fhould not be rent, (verfe 32.) fignified the unitie of the doarine asad faith of Chrift, which lhould be a- mong his. people without rents or fchifms,1 Cor. I. 10,13. I Tint. 1. 3. goeth in, &e.] that is, publikely adminiflreth, as this phrafe fignifieth, Numb.z7. 17. Chron.27.I. Alts 1.21. that he die rot] or, and he fhall not die. Verf36. Plate] the Hebrew Tfits, properly fig- nifreth a fower;the Ureeke Petalon, a leafs: becaufe it appeared faire and glorious: after,it is called, the plate oftbe holy Crowne, Exod.3 9.30. It was a long plate ofgold, two fingers broad, and reachedfrom one Bare (of the Prieft) to another , faith Maimony in Im- plements oftheSa ,iluarie,chap.9.fe&.r. H o- LINES SE TO JEHOVAH] that is , thefe words fhall be graven upon it : in Hebrew , Konnsn LA j e Hov A H : ,whichwe may Englifh, HoLnej¡e tolehovab ,or, The holinefeoflehovah: and fo the Greeke tranflateth it, Hagiafina Kuriou,The ho'i ne(or. fmflii ication)oftl+e Lord. T hefè words might be written (as the Hebrewes fay) either in one line, or in two: and the letters were fo graven, as that they flood out (above the rest of the plate, and were not cut inward) Maimony. ibid. Verf. 38 .beare] or, takean, :y the iniquitie. This openeth the myltery of this tloure;how it figured the mediation of Chrift, who by his holineffe which he had of the Godhead , tooke away the finnes of his people, which they commit in their moll holy and religious a&ions,Joh,r.19. z Cor. 5. I 9. I Joh. 2. 5,-2. fir favourable acceptation] that is,for a fsgne that the people are made accep- table unto God,by the holiueffe of Jehovah him- felte, which through the mediation of this high Prieft,is imputed unto then, Ephefx.6. 2 Cor.5. 19.And this was graved as a fignet,and put on the forehead of the Prieft , that it might be a vifible and perpetuall token of God, gracious accepta- tion to be feels and read of al the people, to their comfort ; as afro before the Lord, who refpeaeth his, in the face of Chrift. Verf 3 9. coat] the Greeketranflateth coats: for whether it were the high Prieft , or the inferiour Prieft,their coats were all of one fmffe, and woven with like worke, Exod. 39 27. and Maimony in the forefaid treat. c.8. feft.i6. where he eheweth alfo, that thefe coats had Reeves woven of the fame, and lower' unto the bodies of the coats ; which were long,reaching down to the belles: & the fleeves for length & widenefs fit for the arms. They figured the garments -of jssltice, wherewith Chrift and his children are drayed, Pfal. 132.9. Rev. i g. 8. Miter] in Hebe. Miflnepheth, which fignifieth a thing wrappedabostt the head. Such as the Tuffe which at this day is worne in the Ea. fterne countries. By the Hebrew Records, the high Priefts Miter, and the itiferiour Priefts Bon- nets, were all of one Baffe and fine : and differed only in the manner of wrapping about the head; the Miter being wound more flat, and the Bon - nets'more round and high crowned. The Miter of the high Prieft, or of the inferiour Priefit, was fixteen r1s- bits (that is,24 foot) long, faith Maimony in Imple- ments of he Sanhluarie, c.S. f.2. 19. It was an orna- ment for Priella and for Kings, Ezek.2 1.26. and fsgni- 36 38 39 i
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