It EXODUS ingravingor cutting in fone,inwood,in iron, in earth, (and then it is Englifhed ploughing) er any other like handicraft. to 0] that is, to fit in the golden ouches, as Exod.z8.2 t. to work] or, to make in all work : meaning cunning work; as is expreffed in Exod.35.33. 6 Verf.6. AIo.'iab] in Greeke Eliab ; by interpre- tation,7beTabernade cf. the Farber. Heeis the fe- cond matter-workman, and of the tribe of Dan the handmaids forme joyned with Bezeleel, as God ufually joyneth two together in all weighty affsires : See Exod.4.1 4.15. and 6,26. Matt. i o, 2.3. Luke 10.1. A&s t 3.2. Hag.1.14. 7 Verf.7. veldt] or inftruments, furniture, impie- menos. So after. I o VerCi o. of minifferie] veiles, ciothes,coverings, which ferved to wrap up the hcly things in, when the 'loft removed, as Nnn1.4.5.9.11.12. &c. Of the Priefts garments, fee Exod.z8. 13 Verf. r 3. Verily] or Notroithianding : theGreek tranflateth it See. Though the workeof the Ta- bernacle, were fhtdioufly and 1peedily to be done, yet God would not have any of it done on the Sabbath dayes.The Law of the Sabbath is very oftenrepeated,fee Gen.2.2.Exod.16.23. &c. and 20.8. &c. and 23.12. & 35. 2.3. to know] that is, that ye may know as the Greeke tranflateth. The principall fignification of the Sabbath, was for grace and fan£eity,which therefore the Lord often urgeth,and blameth the breach of this day, as the violating of his covenant. See Neh.g.I4. Ezek.zo.12.13.16.20.2t. Efay 51.13. The true obfervation hereof,is by faith in Chrilt5Heb.43 9.10.11. The Hebrew Do&ors fay , The Sabbath, and the precept againff idolatry , each of thefe two , is as weighty as all the other commander's-ems of the Law : and the Sabbath it a frgne betweene God and us far ever. Therefore who f t anfgreff tb the other Commandements, bee is generally a wicked Ifrae&te : but beshat openly'pro- faneth the Sabbath , u at an Idolater, both of them at in- fidelsin all their affaires. ,Therefore the Prophet laudeth and faith (Efay 56. 2.) Bled it the man that doeth tbir, and the fleme of man that layeth hablan it: thatkec- peth the Sabbath from polluting it. Maimony , treat. of the Sabbath, chap.3o. SeEt. t 5. 14 Verf.i4. that feufe]the Chaldee tranflateth,thst man fhall be defirnyed.T his cutting off,the Iewes un- derftand to bee untimely, death by the hand of God;when a nian fo violateth Gods Law,as there are no witnel %s whereby men fhouldpunifh him: See Gen. iß.14. And of the Sabbath thus they write; that for doing work therein, ifa man doe it millivglyandprefrnnptuoufy, bee it guilty of cutting -off, (CO I erifh by the 'hand of God :) and if there bee witnefs that fee him; be it to be ffoned to death; [as was performed in Num.15.35.36.] and if bee doe it of ignorance, (or errour) be it bonnie to bring the fan offring appointed for the fame: ( according to the Law in Numb.' 5.27.30.) Maimony, in treat. of the Sab- bath, chap.' . Among the heathen Romanes, their Flamins (or Prietts)might fee no worke done on their holy daies,bnt by a crier gave men warning to the contrary ; and who fo obeyed not, was mulEted, and gave a beaft for a facrifice. AI- /rj.I ®ir//ALe(ra110a1AWM11. 111an/ XXXI belt they might doe things whereof dammage would follow, if they were omitted,as to pull an oxe out of a ditch to underfet an houle ready to f ll, &c. Macrob: Saturn,booke s. chap.i6. Vert: t 5. of Sabbathifine] that is, of ceffàtion and refl. See Exod. 16.23. The Greeke tranflateth it, a ref( holy to the Lord. Verl:16. to obfrze] Hebrew to doe, fee the notes on Exod.34.22. VerCs 7. me] the Chaidee tranflateth, Betweem my trod and the fawns of Ifrael: that word is Chrill, by whom the Sabbath istruely fanftifiedto,his Church , Hebrewes 4. From this Scripture the Hebrewes gather , that onely Ifraelwas charged with the Sabbathday,and not the nations of the world : Talmud. in Betfah, chap. lam. rob. So from Exod.i 6.29. Yet thus alto they fay; It it unlan- ftll to fpeabg to an lnfidell to doe any work for us on the Sabbath day, although he be not charged to keepe the Sibb- bath, and although bee le f olgn to before the Sabbath. Maimany, treat. of the Sabbath, chap. 6.fea.i. Howbeit this opinion of theirs feemeth not a- greeable to Gods will; for the Sabbath was to be kept before the Law was geven atmount Sinai, Exodus6.23. even from the Creation, Gen.2. 2.3. therefore it was given to all the world. was refrefhed] the Greeke and Chaldee doetranliate, heeceafid and eeffed. This is fpoken of God, after the manner of men , who arc refrefhed by mil from their workes. Of fuch manner fpeeches,fee what is noted on Genefis 6.6. Verf. 18. f fiend that fo the record of them might remaine for ever, Iob 19.24.Thefe Tables were the worke f God, even as the writing was the writing of God , Exodus 32. 16. and thefe be- ing broken in peeces (Exod. 32.19.) two other tables of leone, like them, were hewed out by Mofes, but written againe by the Lord,Exod.34. 1.4. After this, Chrifeby the Spirit of God wri- teth his Law, not in Tables of flan, but in fl efk.y Ta- ber of the heart,2 Cor.3.3.and thefe ffefbly tables,are allo the workofGod,as he faith, I mill take the flo- nie heart out of their bodies, and I will give them an heart f fieflr,Ezek.15.19.The Mind& the Heart, are the fpirituall tables,Heb 8.to. in the one, fuch things are written as men fhould know and beleeve, in the other,fuch as fhould be done or omitted.The firft Tables,which God made, figuified the ftonie hearts,which al men have by nature now corrup- ted, inwhich notwithfeanding God hath left his Law written, fo that they doe by naturethe things of the Law,and fhew the worke of the Law written in their hearts, Rom.2.14i15. though Hill they continue hard and ltonie, and their finnefull nature is not changed. The fecund tables of ftone,fignified the heart of the Iews, hewed at3d polifhed by Moles and his legali minifterie,in whole heart God alto wrote his Law, wherein they reled, and made their boas of God, and krrem his will , and had the informati- on of ledge, and of the truth in the Lam, Rom.2. i 7,{ 20. Howbeit their heart continued buy and unchanged , fo that obey which taught others, .taught not them/eelves; neither could they ffedfafrly lboke on Mofes face nor fee the end of that which it abnled,`_ t IS i6 17 18
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