66 Leprofie, 59 LEVITICUS Xl.11. From them : then it (hall be wafhed the fe- cond-time, and (hall be cleane. This is the law of the plague of Leprofie, in a garment of woollen, or oflinnen; or in the warp, or the woof,orany veal of skin: to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it uncleane. t4nnotations. Aiwa"' or Woman; Hebr. Adam, tired for all mankinde : as in verf.29. meaning all Ifrae- lites and Profclites ; to whom the law following doth pertain. So the Hebrew Doftors explaine it ; All are defiled by the plaque (of Leprofie) though it be achi/dcfa day old , andfervants. Butnos Infidels, nor orangers that fojourne (among the Ifraelites:) Maim. treat. of Leprofie, c.9. f.1.' Here the law is given for the third fort of uncleanneffe, which proceedeth outwardly frô the bodies, arments, or houles of men, challifed for their fins by the hand of God : for fo Leprofie was often laid up- on men for fin ; as the examples of Mary, Mofes fifier,Num.t2. of K.Vzziah, z Chron.z6. and of Cehazi, z King.5. doe manifeft. See the notes on Levin. t t.z. and 12. 1. a frvelling] or riling; in Hebrew,S, etb; in Greeke, Ortlee; that is,a skar. Of this he treateth in verf 9,1 o. &c. and of the third and lait , the $right -f}ot, (with the Stab which is neare unto it) Mofès fpeaketh in the firI place. a fiat] or feurfi,named in Hebr.Sapaebath,that is,a cleaving -thing : in Greeke,Semafra,a fgnification. This the Hebr. Doftors fay, is of two forts, the one neere unto the forefaid Swelling; the other, neere te the Bright (pot after mentioned: between which two, it is therefore hereplaced, as an ad- joynt to them both. So Chet zoiuni here f ith,Sapa- elwth is an adjoynt to the Swelling, and an adjgnn ta the Bright -pat: it breedeth of the one, and of the o- ther. Bright far] or foe e, whea!e, pimple, which is white and glittering; and both the Hebrew, Greek and Chaldee words fignifie. Unto which the Hebrew Doftors adde again, the feab before mentioned, which groweth of the bright fpm, as the otherdid of the frveliing: Co making two prin- cipali the Brigbr-fpot,and the Swelling; and two fe- condarie, the flab r ariling of the former; foute in all. They fay, There are faire appearances (or forts) of Leprofie in the skin of theflefh, which are then : ftrf1, anexceedrng whitenefJè, then which there it no greater, whrh appeareth in the skin oftbeftefh like thew, and ce it called [bahereth] a bright (pot. Secondly , a whiten je whih it a little interim to that , which appeareth like the dose moll of a lambe the firs day it it borne ; and ft it called [Seeth] a(welling. Thirdly, a whiteneflì little in- terimrr ro the feed ing , which appeareth like the player of the wall of an hou fr legrowetb cfa bright fpm, and it cal- led ESapaehath] a feab. Fouroh f, a wbiteneffè little infe- rioar to the plater ofa wall , which is like the filme of an egge, andgroweih of a fwelling, and it is alti called afeab: Maimony, in treat. of Leprofie, chap. t. left. z. and Talmud Bab. (in Negagntm, chap.' . fe &.1.) accor- deth hereunto. Thefe fundry forts of Leprie in the body, figured the many fins which infeft and defilemans foule : and for which God plagueth hint, till his (tripes oink , and areputrified, becaufe of his folifhrrelT : Marke 7. 21,22,23. P141.38.6. the shin] Hereupon they fay, the places within the rye, and within the Bare, and the noftrils, and the mouth, and the wrinkles oftbe belly, and oftbe neck, and finder the bref[ ; alto the arme -holes , andfoie,of the feet, and the nailer , and the head andbeard wbieh have haire upon them; thefe places in a man, are not defiled with a bright-fpo,netther deeh the plague ((readwithinthem,ec. for thfe are not the open skit, but fume of them bave no slam; otherJame have asleiin, but eovered,not open. Maim. treat. of Leprofie, chap. 6. left.[. to the plague] that is, lik,to, or according to the plague : meaning white. The Greeke faith abfolutely , the plague. Leprofie] or Leprie; which word we borrow from the Greeke Lepra : fo called offea/a like fills fcales, which grow upon leprous bodies : in He. brew it is named 7faragnab , which is a fretting farerref, or piercing i Siotu- fcabbecleele, and in co. lour wbite,as is noted on Exo.4.6. So the Syriack Grab, fignifieth fiahbtdnejf ; but the ChaldeeSegi- ruth, is fo named of jhuttin up, becaufe the difeale cauCed men to be fecluded. The Hebrews fay,The Leprofie of the 4 of the fdefir u that whicb moles the place whiter then tbs (other) skn, and the whitnsi is a the filme ofan egge, or arty thing unto it : but 'the wbirenee be itferdour to the film of an egge, it it not ehe Leprofie, but a frecdtled1pat (or morphew, Levit. 13.39) Mainz", in treat. of Leprofie, ch. s.feft.1. And it there be, with any of the foute forts of whiteneffe fore -mentioned, a red colour alto milted: that is likewife a Leprofie; as is after ob- ferved, on verf. 19, 20. Verf. 3. the Prieff fball fie] or, look upon, and 3 confider it; teaching a care to difcerneand judge rightly. The plagued man is fent to the Prient of God (not to the Phyfitian of the body) that he might acknowledge his chaltitèment to be of God for fin, (the knowledge whereof is by the Law Kom. 3. 20. and 7. 7.) and might by re- pentance, and faith in Chrifi, be forgivenand healed. Dcutero0omi28. 22. Job 33. 27, 28. Pfalme 39. II, 12. Nunib. 12.1o, -13. Of this the Hebrew canons fay, All men may lawfully fee the plagues, fave bee bimfelfe that bath the plague: Ina though all may fee them yet the pronouncing tneleane or chape depends upon the Friel: As, when a Prieft *wet not to diferne it; a YYif mavi may fee it, and fay unto him pronounce him uneleane; and the Prieft pronoutrerb, unclean: fay cham; and the Priefi faith, cleane: Shut himup, then thePrieft jbutteth him u : at it it written (in Deuteronomie 21. 5.) by their mouth, (ball every controverfie, and every plague be. And though the Prieft be a chiboe, ar a fiole ; the Wife man fpeaketh unto him, and bee either makrb him abfalutey trneleane, er freeth him se done, or fhuttetb him up. This it meant, when the Priefd relieth upon the words of the Wife man: bat if the Priefi look an it, and relie upon bimfel ; frit uaclawfrtllfar him tolookionany plague, wail)amaffer bave taught him , and bee be expert in all plagues (or fires) and in the names of them; in all plagues that are on men, and on garments , and anhuffs. Maim. treat. of
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