LEVITICUS V. Afl am, in v.6. that is, a T re&a ff - offring,or Guilt- offring. But what fin or guiltineffe was upon a man, for touching an uncleane carkaffe? And fee- in g the Law maketh fuch uncleane but till eve- ning,Lev.i 1.24.31.when wafhing thenifelves and their clothes , they were clean, and for un- cleaneffe by a dead man, the fprinkling water cleanfed them,Nunib. i 9.16,17,18,19. wherefore is here confe mgoffin ,andatrefpaf-ofringrequired, in v.5,6. The Hebrew doors fay, this is meant, for an unclean perfin , who when be was unclean , came into the Santluarie, or did eat ofan holy thing, ignorantly. For it is exprefly faid, (in Lev. 7.2 ó, 2 1.) If any eat of the flefh of the Peace-offring' of the Lord, baying his un- ckamef upon him , the Jame perfon(hall be eut of, &e. And ofcamming into the Sant iarie,it is faid, (in Num. 59.20) that foule fhall be cut offfrom among the Church, becaufehehath defiledthe Santluarieof the Lord. And when the Lam condemneth men to be out off, for defiling the Santluarie, and holy things therof, [to weet'prefump- tuoufly] it implietb thefacrifice which they are to bring, fir the ignorant doing thereof. Maim. treat. of Ignoran- cee,c.10.1:1 5.And thus SoGlarchi alfd expoundeth it; it guiltie, f r eating of the holy thing,or for comming in- to the Santluarie. Thefe things figured the pollu- dons which menhave, not only by fins proceed- ing originally from themfelves,butby partaking alto with other mens fins, 1 Tim.5. 22.2 Cor.6.17. from which we are to be cleanfed by the facrifice and death of Christ. 3 V.3. according to all] or,as the Gr. tranflateth it, of all (or fang) hit undeannef: which might be fundry waies,as the Law after lheweth,inthe 12, 13,14, and 15. chap. of this book. ¡hall be un- clean withal!] by touching it, as theGr.explaineth it, whichwhen be touehetb,he it defiled, and he b ow- etis to weet,ifafterward by Conic means it be ma- nifelled.This the Gr.verfionplainly fheweth,fay- ing,and after this be ktnoweth of it.And herein it dif- fereth from another cafe, following v.17. which he knew not: whereupon two forts oftrefpaffe-of- frings are appointed : for this which he knew, a female lambe, or a letter facrifice, if he were poore, v.6,7.&c. for that which he knew not,a ram,v.18. Of which difference, more is fpoken hereafter. It may alto be tranflated, whether it be hidden from him, or be kmw ofit. Howbeit,of this natter of un- cleanneffe, the Hebr. canons fay ; The cafe,figno- rance, about defiling the Saniluarie and holy things, d fe- retbfrom the cafe ofother fins that deferve cutting of For allfueb fins, when one bath ignorantly done them,and it be lgawne unto him in the end, that he bath finned ; although be had no knowledge ofit in thebeginning, yet he is bound to bring a Sin-ofring : but for defiling the Santluarie and holy things, he brings not the (Ping which it k fe if the man be pure, (Lev.5. 7,1 I.) unlef he have knowledge of the unekamtefe, and knowledge of the holy thing,tr of the Santluarie ,in the beginning. And the knowledge of the uncleannef, and knowledge of the holy tbing,or of the Sat,- tluarie, in the end ; and it be bid from himbetween both. As, a man is unclean,, and eateth of a holy thing, &e. and afterwards it it knowne unto him that he it unclean , and war unclean when be dideat; and that it was a holy thing which he did eat. Loe, be is not hound to bring a facrifice, tinkle he knew that he war unclean and that the thing was holy,bef e he did eat.At j man is uneleane,and knows that he is une!eate, anti knows that the thing is holy. And afterwards the uneleannefè is hideku f'om him , and bee forgets that be is uncleane,and eateth of the holy thing, and knows that it it a holy thing; or he erreth , andfargetteth that the thing it holy,but knows bimfelfi to be unckane,and eateth. Or if he e; re , or forget, both that be is imeleane, and that the thing is holy, and fo eateth: afterwards the things are (mane to him , nbids were bidden from him loe now bee muff bring the facrifice here appointed ; which is keened ifthe man bepodre. The reafrt of ex- pofxtion, is; for that concerning other inorances, it is raid, (in Lev.4.27,28,)wbite he doth fume one of the ronnman- dements of the Lord which fbould not be done, and be guilty; or if his fm be made ketown unto bim which bee hath filmed. When he knowetb it in the end, although he knew it not in the beginning. But concerning the unclean - nef fè of the Santluarie and holy things, it it fàid, ands: be hiddenfrom him, and be b,nowe&o ofio,and isguiltie,(Lev. 5.3.) &c. Maim. treat. of Ignorances, c. 1 r. f. i . &c. So in the Chaldee paraphrafe called Ionatbans, this Scripture is thus interpreted,andit be hid from him, and he touch any holy thing, and afterwards it be re- vealedunto him, and be knowetb it, 27e. is guilty] or, is a trefpaf r, fnnnetb: a Sol. Jar chi again faith, by eatingofthe holy things or owning into the Sanetuarie. V.4.a feule] in Chaldee, a man when he(ballfweare. pronouncing] dlintly- uttering. This is that which the Jewes call the oath of Pronunciation, (as is noted before on ver.1.) and of it they make feure particulars two of things et come , and two fthings paff : at when one fiveares ofa thing pafl,that it was doni, or it was not done ; and ofa thing to come, that he will doe it , or be will not doe it. And no oath fP'rotmmxzationis to be ufed, but for things poffible for him to doe, whether to come or pat. He that fweareth any of thefe foure oathes, and the thing be otherwife ; ar, bee thatfweareth that hee will not eat , and he eateth; or that he will eat, and he ea- teth not ; or that be bath eaten , when he eateb not ; or barb not eaten, when he bath ; loe, this is a ft f oath; and of this and fueb like, it itfaid , ye (ball not fweare by my name fa fy, (Lev. 19. 12.) And f he fweare fa f y, of prefumption, he is to be beaten : if of igmtranee, eben bee brings thefacrifices Isere appointed. Maimony, treat. of Oathes, chap. 1. tea. I, 2, 3. to doe evil, &c.] This the Hebrew Donors understand f things in a manspower , to doe ifbee will , or to leave undone if hee will. Therefore, hee that fwearetbto doe evil toothers, (ae to finite his neighbour, &c.) this it an oath of Pro- nunciation, becaufe bee is commanded not to doe it ; but it feemeth to be a vaine (or raft) oath. If he fweare to his mane evil and hurt, though bee f ould not f doe, his oath" remains upon him : and if he doe it not, be isguiltie of the oath of Pronunciation. If be fweare to doe good to others, the good which is in bit power to doe; the oath remains upon him, if hedoe it not, he sgteiltie of this oath. And, mbofoezer fveareth to breaba commandement, and breaks it not, he is not guilty of this oathof Pronunciation, but it to be beaten oe fir a vain(or rafla) oath,& is to obferve the ettmandement which he (ware to break. Ifone fweare that he will net Peep or eat for 7. daies, or the like vaine oath, thy muf not bid bin watch, or faft fi long at he is able to indur e, and afterward to fleepe or eat: but be is to be Ina- C ten 4
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