tÁ bitums,or Mode:. For God conuuandeth both to cfèhewevill , and to doe good : andmoft of the ten commandements(Exod.2o.)are forbiddings ofdìnne.And thus the holy Ghofl ufeth the word, both wayes ; as Tak! heed, &c. left ye make you the liltenes of any thing, which Ieloovab thy God bath com- manded (that is forbidden) slue: Deut.4.23. And contrariwll s in Drat.' 7.3. barb ferved other Gods, &c. which Ihas a not commanded ;to wit, to be done. Hereupon the Hebrew Donors ( Maimony and o- thers ) divide the lawes into Commandemenu to be time and Commandements which fhould not be due. The Commandements given by Mofcs,thcy have fummed up in all to be fix bonded and thirteen : of thetn,thcy make affirmative precepts of things to be done , two hundred finery and eight fo many as (they fay)there are bones in a mans body ;and of negative precepts or prohibitions, three hundred fluty e five,fo many as there aredayes in the yeer. ibouldnot] the Greeke tranflatethit, ought not. Tothefe prohibitions, the Hebrew donors doe rèdtraine this law, laying, They bring no Shnne- offring, but for ignorance (in doing) shatwhichfboukt not be done, ,u it is written (Levit.4.13.27.) anyone of aU the commandements which Ihoukd not be dote. Maimony, treat. Sbegagoth (or of Ignorance) c. t .f z. Theft which are counted the greater Mines , the Lord appointed for them the greater facrifices, according allo tothe eftate of the perlons tfsat did them,differiugone from another. For fomefins alto which the poorer fort fhould commit, there were lair facrifices pre,ribed,Le.5.7. t t .Other fins in omitting thingsto be done,were expiated by Burnt- offrings, which were offered daily for the whole Church, or by particular petions,as 1 they would bring them , as is (hewed on Leek. i . 1 Al Co by the f crifices offered on Atonement day, whereof fee Lev., 6. The Hebr.account fonte fins more heavy ,and tome more light.The heavy tranf- greffions (they fay) are tit fefar wbkh men define ekath (by the Magilirate) or sorting of(by the ' hand of Gcd,) all vaine and fa f oa,bes. Other, for which cutting off is not threatned,theyhold the lighter. Maimony, tom. t. treat. of repentance, ch. i.fz fbak d e] this alto they reltraine unto deeds or fins, fay ing: Every tranfreffon, fir the prefumptuous doing whereof, men deferve cutting of, as Num.15.3o.) they are bound fir the ;permit doing thereof to bring a fnne -ng; except for three tr.rnfgre/fions g t. blaffbemie, 2, need of circumeljion, 3, andof the Paffozer. The paflioverland eireumcifi- on , becauf they are t mmandements to be dome ; and they bring no Sin- offring , but for i grant doing of that nhiob floould not be dote, Lev.4.2. And the bla¡iehe- mer becaufe in him there is no deed: and it it fayd. FOR Ht re THAT Dori THROUGH lo i o n ANC e Numbers 15.29. Thereforebe that received) an idolstrosu opinion of God, although he define to be can off', if be doe it prefnmptuos jy , he is to be ft one ri, and if be receive it in ignorance, be is not )round to bring the fscrifice, becaufe be bath not done cosy deed; and it is written, when he Both any one, &c. Maimony in Shegagoth, ch.t..f.2. Neither ifa man were acculcd to have done any fume, Ind he LEVITI CUS IV. denyed it 5 was he bound to bring a facrifice : If tritneffesfay , wefaw thee , that thoudidfl worker: the Sabbatb,or care fat;andhe fay , Ibrow certainly that I deduct this thing : be is not bound (tebring) a Sirmt- iffring. Maimony, ibidem,c.3. f t. V.3.anointed] that is, the HighPrief ; ( as both Greek and Chaldee doe expound it :)for the high Pried«rely, in the ages following was anointed; Lev.2a.to.and i6,32.Exod.29.29. And this law concerneth his fin committed after his anointing onel : that which he doth before,is counted but as of a private man. The anointedPrieff or the King, which fin before they be put into office , although it be not k!orrne unto them , till after they are in office ; he they are at aprivate man. Maimony in Shegagotb, ch.! 5.f x o. Thus the Law ( as the Apoftle obferveth) made men High Priefts,which had infirmitie, who nee- deed daily to offer up facrifices, lirio for their owne fins,and then for the peoples:but our High' Prieft,Chrifl Iefus,was holy,harmletfe,undefiled, feparate from dinners, and made higher then the heavens, Heb.5 2.3. and 7.26,27,28. Therefore the legali prieftbood could not be perpetuall;bùt was a figure for the time,till the comming of our Lord Infus. to the guiltie fin] here may be un- derftood, according to tlae fen of the people , that is, he finning like them. It may alto be meant, that by his teaching , or pranice, thepeoplewere caufed to fin ; as David was aguilty fn, that is, a caufe of fin, tolfiael, 1 Chron.21.3. And this latter the Greeke verfion followeth, laying, fo that the ?elk firne: and the old Latine expoundeth it , making the people to offend : and the Hebrewes, as Chazkaan, here openeth it , to make the people guiltie, in that be bath taught , andpermitted them to doe a thing forbid- den. Of this the Hebrew canons fay, If he th.n ig- norant y-e retb , its one ifthefe &c. be a private man, he mull bring of& goat, or an ewelambe: and if it be the anointedPrieff be muff bring a builockte fora Sims -aff- ring. Whereby is meant , be it to bring a bulloeor bit unadvsf dnefa , when he erretb by teaching bimfelfe, and loth a deed through tmadvifednefle of his teaching ouely ; andit withal! a very wif man , as is written, If the anointed Prieff fin , to the guilty fmnofthe people. Lot the Priefl is as the Congregation. As the Con- gregation , that is, the Iudges, are not bound to bring a facriiice, Weft theybe wife men meet to teach, and do erre in teaching , and the doers doe it at their mouth, ¿'c. fi is the Prie]!, road oiefe things. If he err, in fall met', without teachitng, whether it be in idolatry or other fences, be bringeth not the oblation. If the a- nointed Prieff teach with the Synedrion, and both he and they erre in teaching, although they doe according to this teadoioog wherein they gee a ffrey : for ,y much as he relyed not in the time of the falï , upon bit teaching one!y, but upon the Synedrions alf; be is difèharged, and needs not king a bulloeke for himfelfe , but when the Syned ion bringeth an oblation , atonement is made for him, with the congregation in general. If he teach with the Synedrion, in errour, and tbey fume ofigmw ranee, obey in (eating) blood, and he in (eating) fat: then atonement is not made for him with the congrega- tion, but he muff bring a Bullot(s' fur bimfelfe. Mai - mony, treat, of Ignorance, cb.1 .f.4. andch.t 5.(.1.3. 4.5 3
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