z6 5 6 7 LEVITICUS V. ten oat ofbandfor hie rap oath ; and fo may f eepeor cate when he plea nth. Maimony, treat. ofOathes, chap.5. fe&.14.& . Compare herewith,Pfa.15.4. He that fineareth to doe evil, (that is , to his owhe hurt) and changed, not &c. it be hidden from him] that he bath tranfgrefdagainft hiraath, faith Sol. larch!, on Levit.5. And Thargemt Imathan explaineth it, and be bathfalfified (his oath) aril it be biddenfrom him ,and after that he bads tranfgrefd, # be revealed unto him, and he know that he bath falftfcd it, Ct"c. ieguiltie] or, trefpaf th : in Greek, fmneth, to went, in break- ing or falfifying ignorantly, that oathwhich he hath pronounced ; or in any of the other three cafes fore- propounded. Verf. 5. ino e of theft] in one of thefe fure, faith Thargum Ionathan; meaning the foute fins menti- oned in the 5,2,3,4. verts before. fhal emf f] laying his hands on the head of the facrifice, and confeïíing the iniquitie of his trefpaffe ; as is no- ted on Levit. 1.4. And fo other rites were per- formed accordin to the manner of the finne-of- fring in chap.4. The trefpafe- offringo,&e. were billed, and their blood,rinkled , as is before declared Then they were flayed , the fat andimrards taken out, and fatted, and firmed on the fire (upon the Altar.) And the refz- due of their flefh , was eaten by the males of the Prieffr, in the court , 1:4 the fin- ofringr. Maimony , treat. of Offring thefacrifices, chap. 9. feet. 1. And touching this confelfion, they lay ; The àwnrt fthe fume or treipaf- ffrings, when they bring their fierificeo , &c. Atonement is not made for them thereby, until! they re- pent, and confef with word of mouth, &e. Andfa bee that is in his neighbourcdanger, and bath done himdam- mage in hisgoodr; although be payeth him all that heoweth bim : Atonement there is none, until he confef fè, and turns away from doing the like again for ever.Mai.tom. s.treat. of Repetuance,c.1.f.i. See the dotes on Num.5.7. Ver.6.Tre,@4e- ff dng] o r,Guih- offring : in He- brew, Afham, that is,Guihinef or Trefpaf as the Sin- offring,in ch.4. was for fn (as the words here followingmanifett) and is likewife called a Sin- offring.And as the former,fo this figured out the ticrifice of Chrift for ourlins;cf whom it is pro - phefied, that his foule fhould be made an Afham, an offring for trefpaf, (or, fvr fin, as the Greek tran- flateth it) Efa. 53. l o. which be bathfirmed] and refpeet mutt be had in the facrihcing , unto that particular fin which was committed, that atone- ment might be made for it. Hee that ktiletb a Sin - ff cog, or a refpafe- offring, it is necefarie that bit cogi- tation be on that Sinne by name , which (the facrifice) ír brought for. Maim, treat. of Offring the fac ifleet, ch. 4.fee1.21. There things taught a (peciall care that men Ihould have of their waies , an examination of their owne fins, a particular repentance, for - row, and facrifice of a contrite heart , with faith in Chri(t(whom the trefpas-offring figured)even for their leaft tranfgre (ions; that fo judging th - felves,they may not be judged of the Lord,' Cor. 11. 31. Ezek.2o.43. Lam.3.4o. 2 Cor.7.11. Verf.7. hie hand reach not] that is, he be not able enough to bring a lambe: thus God provided for the poorer fort. This is that facrifice which the Hebrewes call Gnoleb vajored: that is, Afcending and defending (Tbalmud. Bab. in Cerethoth, ch. 2.) becaule it afeendeth, or is ggreater, if the finner be rich;and defeendeth,or is leffer,if he be poore. And they obferve, that Sixe are commanded to offer the oblation Gnoleh vajored (greater or letter:) The Leper at his cleanfing, (Levit.14.2 1. &c.) The woman of ter child-birth, (Levit. 12. 8.) Hee that fineareth the oath f tefiintorrie, (Lev. 5. 1.) Hee that fineareth the oath of pronunciation, fa fj through ignorance, Levit. 5. 4.) The tmeleane perfon that eateth (the holy things ignorantly ; and the moleane that commeth into the San- Iluarie ignorantly, (Levit. 5. 2, 3.) Maimony, treat. of Ignorances, ch. s. feet.i. In there kinde of facri- fices, the High Prieft, or the King, was not char- ged to bring a greater, as theywere in the Sin - offring, Levit.4.3. 23. but the offring fell lower for the poore, even to a ponle of flowre, v. 1 t, The King and the anointed Brief, brought their offring for the oath fwitnefe, or for the oath of pronunciation, or for defiling the Sanffuarieand holy things thereof, as other private perfons. For the Scripture puts no difference be. tweene the bffring of the Kro Prief or private man,fave in the fn- offrings, appointed f r their Ignorances, (Levit. 4.) Maimony, treat of Ignorances, chap. to. feet. 7. turtle - doves] fee the notes on Levit. s, r 4. Ifa furore man brought the oblation f the richer fort , bee was difebarged: but a rich man that brought the oblation fobs poore, was not difcbarged. Maimony, treat. of Ignoran- ces, ch. lo. fe&.13. In that God would have men be at fuch charges for the expiating of their fmalleft fins and overfights; it was to teach them the uglineffe of their fins in his fight, and with how great price by the blood of Chrift, they were to be redeemed, s Pet. 1. 18,19. and how they fhonld thew by filch cott, their thankfulnefs to God for his grace, i Chronic. 21.24. and to- wards his Priefts (the Minifters of his grace) which had their livelihood in part by fuch facri- fices, Num.18.9. 1 Cor.9. r 3,14. And in that he lelfened the charge for the,poorer fort; it was to thew the riches of his grace, who freelyforgivesh the poore as well as the rich, not in refpeet of their expences, but of his mercie, which is with- out refpett of perfons, Jam. z. 5.Efa. 55. 1. &c. Rom.3. 24, 25. &c. Vert 8. firth] that atonement might be made for his fin; after which was theBurnt - offring, a figure ofa new and holy life. For Chrift (whom the Sin- offring typed out) bare our fins, to bis body, on the tree : that we being deliveredfrom fin, fhould Bruin righteoufnef,s Pet.2.24. Albeit,theBurnt- offring alto was to make reconciliation for fin; as is no- ted on Lev it. 1. ¢. cut -with- his -- Haile] fee Levit. 1.5. where the like is for the Burnt-oftring.This here (by the Hebr. canons) was to be done, at the South-we borne of the Altar. The Prieltheldthe twofeet (of the fowle) between his two fingers, and the two wings, between bio two fingas; and firetched out the necke thereofemto the bredth of his two fingers , and cat it with his,sai.'e. 2nd this was one of the hardeff fervicet that were in the SansPuarie. Maim. treat. of Of(ring the Sacrífieet, c. 7. f. 6,8. Thus the Priefis greateft cunning was to be (hewed inoffring the facrifices of the Poore, not divide] hee might not divide the 8
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