LBVITICUS XIII. quick flefh(Lev.r3.14.)andb, fpreading,(Lev.13.8.) fomewhat.darke] or dimme, óbfure ; namely of a more darke colour, then any ofthofe foure forts of whiteneffe, which make it leprofie. The He- brews explains it thus. There are three ftgnesofm- cleanvef ,ire the. leprie of the ,skin of f ejh, white ¡,afire , and quick, fiefh , and the fpreading (of the fire) aid these three are expreffid in the Law. - As , nht fe bath abrigho-fpotgrow upon him, andin it white haire, or quickflesh, when the Prie fl larketh on bim , hee fhall pronounce him abiding), uncle one. If there be no white haire in it, cur quick f fh : free (hall fhnt him up liven daies , and in the seventh dajjhall looks upon him , whe- ther any white haire be groyne in the bright spot, or any Trick flesh, or that it be Fred : if there be, then he is to be pronrameed unclean: If no quiche fiefh, nor white haire begrowne upon it , neither it be f ,red in the .thin, he (hall fhue him up the fund week. If' any efthefe three grow upon him in that time, beThall pronounce him un- cane ; ifnot, then he is cleave ; and be shall fee him free;. for there is no fbutting up, for plagues in the skinsf the fief more then two weeks. And if after he freedand cleanfed, the plague doe ffiread ; or there grow on it white haire, or quicke flefh ; then he is abf /utely pronounced to eleane. The bright fpoe , that it , very write affirm, and after the shutting rep, becommeth fòmewhatdarke, like thefilme of an egge ; or, that which was at fir tk like chef/me of anegge, and is made like fnow;loethitisan it mas (before :)fir the greater brighm, f fe of the.appea -. ranee , is no figne of unc(eanne f e : neither is the darkneffe. thereof q . figne of cleannefe ; except it be become lab r then :be' foure farts (fore- metuioned) and- bee made fomewhae darker then the filme of an e13e; f t hat .it be made a freckled spot , and therefore shore, ( Levit., t 3. 39.) If Ube fo, what i that which io faid in the Law, (Levit. 13. 6.) if the plague be femewloat darks, ?, &e: It it , that if it be finewhat darker then the foure forts (ofmhite) he it a /cane. Likeu'ife , if it be-not frmnemhat darker, neither be fpred, nor haze -white haire grow on . it, nor quick. f efh, beholdhe is eleane. Maim. treat. of Leprie, ch. 1. Sett.ro, it. , a feat] iu Hebrew, Mi[pacbath,that is, "a thing adjoyning, orclea- ving : Iarebi faith, it is tlx name of a chane plague,(or fire.) Traf1, his clothes] and how much more his bo- die, (faith Chazkeni) farafineeb ae be food fufpcbied of eaukamteffè : and as Iarchi faith, Beattie he was bound to be flout up, he is called ttnlean, and needeth to be walla- ed. This fignified, that even upon lesser chaftife- mente for tin, men fhonld reforme their wales;. and by the fpirit of fantlification from God,(fi- gored by the waters, Ezek. 36.25,26,27.) fhould indeavovr to perfeEt holineffe in his fears, 2 Cor. 7..i.Hehr. t o.z2. For though the mean was pro- nounced. cleane,(namely from Leprpfe) yet was hee to waft' , and be Beane : teaching, that the righteous man is not wholly Beane, but.necdcth fill to be washed; repenting,acknowledging,and . asking mercie of God in thrift, and amending his life; Prov. 20. 9.1 Joh.1.8,9iio. And here- with wee may compare that fpeech ofChrif; He that is mashed needeth not, fave to wash his feet ; but it eleane every whit, Joh. 30. I O. 8 Verb 8. fpreadeth] The fpreading maketh unclean, wherefoever it ü if it be in ary of the appearances (or fores) oftbc plague (of lcprohe mentioned in Levit. 13. 2.) but if it be in a f eckled flot, (Levit. 13. 3 9) it is no fpreading. Alfo, the ff eading isnofigne 9'.1171- cleanneff e, nntill it be after the shutting up ì lost if at hit kg worming, the Pries firth the plague , that it fprea- deth and goeth on, hee shall tut pronounce him unclean, but Phut him up -till the rreekes end , and then /coke upen him agame. JMaimony, treat. of Leprie, chap.4. Sett. 1,2. The change of natural¡ colour,the deepnelfe of the fore, ( verb 3.) and the fpreading of the fame , being the chiefe fgnes of Jveprofie: figni- d tlientalignitie and contagion of fin, which eatrth as the Gangrene, 2 Tim.2. t 7, caufeth no famed. nef in the flefh, nor peace in the bones, Pfal. 3 8. s. but change th the fate of man: Lam.4. I, 7,8. pro- nounce him tmcleane] for the fpreading Signified,' that more corruption was 11111 within the body, and the inward parts werenot found. And k fi- gured thedominion of fin in our mortal]. bodies; which maketh men unclean in Gods fight ; for filch arc free from righteoufeffe, and not under grace, Rom. 6. 12, 14, 20. Vcr.9. The plagtte]to weet,the other principal¡ g plagne,that rotpmeth ofa fwe/ling,firitmentioned in verbe. but handled herein the lècond place. V.1 o.and livehnefl of /iving fief,] or,quiclfmfi (rev I o zing) ofquicke flesh;by livelineffe meaning fundnef, or recovery; as after to e. 24.8( as the Gr. here ex- poundeth it; and in v.25. living fefh, is in Grecke friand,flesh: and in other Scriptures, when men were healed of their wounds or fores , they are Paid in Hebrew, to /ive,that is, to recover health, as in Job5.8.2 King.2o.7i So theHebrews,as Sol. Iarchi here faith, /ivelines in Saniment(that is, fend -. nef) in other language, when fume of the whitens, which if within the faulting, is turned like the flesh , that alto it a fgne ofuncleanmeffè.The Chaldee tranllateth it,amark(or figne)ofliving fefh.The reafonhereof was, that leprolie did mortifie, or make the Aelh dead, Numb.12.12. The Hebrews alfohere take and,£or or; laying, his not nereffary that there be. them both, the haire, and the livingflesh, but either of them fgne of unlearmeffe : and it is not written, matte hire, with the livelineffèo'living feelh,&e. Maim. in treat. of Lepr. ch.3. Sett. 4. Verb is. It it an o/d leprofe] or, The leprofie, ii I i wait -old in the skin. he is unclean] The He- brew DoEtorsfay; The livelinef (or,gtrickneffèof fefh) it no figneofteneleanneffè, until' it be at big ara lentile (or fmall vetch) fquare, or bigger tben fir. If it be feattered abroad, fo that the livingflesh beat the graine ofmull and-feedinane place, and as much in anotherplace, though all be within the brightfpot,they are not robe coun- ted together fi big at a ¡agile, tnitill it be in one place, in the mïdf of the bright flot, as big, fquare, or bigger then a/eetile. Living flesh defiled', in, any appearance (or co- lour) whether it be red or Hooke, or white ; yea, though it be not oftbofefaure forts oftrhitefort- mentioned. Neither is living fief", a figne of unelearenef , till it be within the body ofthe bright flot, &r. Maimosy, treat. of Lepr. rh.3.Se/.t,2,3. Verf..12. of the plague] that is, of him that bath the plague: as in vert. 4. So verb 13,17, &c. to all the fight of the des }that is, eeherefeever the Prieft lake,, I2
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