LEVITICLIS AII. For, who =being a clean thingomofan unclean ?nos one, lob 14.4. To (hew the contagion hereaf,not one y , the child was circumciCed front the im- puritieof it ; but the motheralfo, cleanfcdby sacrifice for fin,as after inv.6.Andthis the Hehr. DoEtors obferved, laying; No Sin - -offring it brought, but only for fm,¢rc. and itfemeth unto me, that there is amy1ierie in this matter, enecrniug the fin ofthe old Ser- pent,(Gen.3.)faith lt. Menachem, on Levitt 2. holy thing] but for common things, and all evill affairs,the was clean,after the (even daies fin i fpo- ken of The Hebrews fay, All blood that appeareth of a woman in childbirth,within the 33. daies for a Mak, and the 66. far a Female, is called the blood of cleamnefl, (or ofpurifieation:)and there is no prohibition ofa woman from her husband, if ile be baptifed (or wafhed)afier 7. dales f r a man- child, and after 14. for a woman-child, &c. But if he lye with her that beareth a Male, within my f the 7. dales: or with her that beareth a Female,in any file 14. dales: he is guilty ofcus- tingef,'Maim. inIfureibiab,c.4.1.5,2. until!, err.] This lawwas obferved by the Virgin May, the mother of our Lord; who; though he was born without fin , (Luke 1.3 5.) yet being born under the Law, (Ga1.4.4.) & for that it became them to fu f ll all righteoufnefl, (Mat. 3. 5.) both himfelf was ciretaneifed the e£ght day; and his mother, when the dales fher cleanfing, according to the Law ofMofes, were fit f llecI brought him to Jerufalem, to prefmt him to the Lard, in the San&uary, Luke 2.21,22. 5 V.S. two weeks] The time of her uneleatmeff, and fo for the daies of her ckanfmg, are doubled for a female child; which continued in all, 80. daies; the ground ofwhich law,partly arifeth from na- ture,which caufeth more fuperfluities, and fo re- quireth longer time for cleanfing about the fe- male ,then the male. Who f brought firth a male and female, twins,fhe continued [in taxblood f her cleanfing] for afémalc[tbat is,66.daice:]Iffhe brought forth a child neither male norfemale,or a child bothmale andfèmare; file e,mtimted[in her cleanßng]for a male &fir a female both. So if the brought forth twins, the one a male, the other of neither kinds,or (both Kinds, fie continuedboth far a male and a female. Ifthe one were a female, and tbe'other of Hither kinds , or of both : fhe continued for afemak only. Maim. in Iffurei blab, c. t o.1.18. 6 Ver. 6.ßt f lied] The womanafter child- birth, brings not her offring in the 40. day for a male, or in theSo. day for a female; but on the mor- row, which is the 41. or the 81. and that is the day fpokenof in Leviticus 12. 6. If there daies pars over,and file bring not her atonement, the may not all that while eat of the holy things; as JLlaimony Iheweth, in Mechofrei capporab, c.1. £5. of his firs`fyear] Hebr. fin of his year : ofwhich phrafe, fee the notes on Gen.5.3 2. & Exod. i 2.5. And of thefe two facrifices, the Burnt- olfritg, and Sin - fring,fee Lev.1.& 4.There were 4. orts of un- clean perfons,bound to bring facrifices for their atonement, as the law fheweth,and the Hebr.Dc.. &ors have noted: The woman that bath an of te,& the man that bath an i(rue, (Levit. I5.) and the woman in child -bed and the Leper (Levit. 14.) Every one of thefe, although they be eleanfed, and baptifed and their Sun be 6 fit ; yet are they witting; and their cleanfing it not f fled, f as that they may eat of the holy things , tend! thyhave brought their oblation. Maim. inMeebafrd capporah, c. 1. Ci. ayong Pigeon] Hebrew, fmof a Dove. Baal baoturim litre noteth, that in every place be mentionetb the Turtles before the Piçeont, fave here : the reafon wherof he faith is this,Becaufe file brought but one. And if fhe could find a Dove, fhe fhoukl not tale a Turtle; beesufe the fellow (ofa Turtle) would mourn for ben mate , and would not couple her f /f with another. a Sin- offring] By thefe two facrifices, her full atonement was made with God; the Sin - offring being an expiation for her fins; the Burnt - offring,both for that, and for her transformatiô by the renewing of her mind;that her body might be prefented a living facrifice unto God ; which graces the received by faith in Chrift, 2 Cor.5. 21: Rom. t 2.1,2. See the Anu o- tions on Lev. i. and 4. chapters. Ver.7. atonement f ìr bee] So thefe facrifices were in refpec4 of the woman uncleannef , not of the childs,which had circumcifion,the fgne ofpuri- fication upon it,the eight day. And wheras pains in child - birth, are unto woman' -kind a chattife- ment oftheir fin,Gen.3.16.God by this liw,gave a means to Ifrengthen their faith, by making at- onement for their fins in Chrill whom thefe fa- crifices,Prielf,and San&uary'figured. That as the marriage bed is undefiled, Heb.13.4. & that Efate of life is without fin, 1 Cor. 7. 28. fo the children which they bring forth, are a holy feed, Ezra 9.2. 1 Gor. 7.14. and a feed of God, Ma1.2.15. and wo- men (hall be faved in chid- bearing ; if they continue in faith, and kve, andbolinef with fobrietie,1 Tim.z. i 5. f untain] that is,flux, or if fue, as,the fìwuain of her blood, in Mar.5.29. is expounded,the ifue of her blood, in Luke 8.44. The Chaldee tranflateth, the muleatmeflofher blood: See the notes on Lev.2o. 18. Under this, all like accidents, to women within that time, are comprehended : as the Hebrew canons fay, Whether¡he bring forth one or many, yet bringetbibe but one ofring for them all ; and this is, if fbe bring them forth all ,o itbin the daies of aceomplifhment, [that is, the 40. or 80. dales.] As, if file bear a fe- male , all untimey births that fall from the birth day, to the etrdoftle 80. daies, are counted with the fr/I birth : if file bring fartb twits, one after another, yet bringeth flee bat one oblation. Mainiony, in Mecbofrei capporab, chap. t.feß.8. Verf.8. find not enough] that is, the be poor, and not able to buy, or bring a Lamb ; then the (hall bring two Doves. See the Annotations on Levit. 5.7. Thus God regarded the estate of his poor, and accepteth according to that a man bath, and not according to that be bath not, 2 Corinth. 8. 12. And the mother of our Lord, offering at her clean- fing this poor woman facrifice, (Luke 2. 22, 24.) it theweth as both the humilitie, and the grace of our Lord Jefits Chriff, that though be was rich, yet fir our faker be beanie poor, that we through hiepoverrie, might be rich, 2 Corin. 8.9. One fir a Burnt-14,1g] When Burnt-offrings and Sin -offrings were brought together, the Sin- offrings were finft offered, Exod. 29. 4, 18. F f f z Levit. 7 8
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