` laittw+.Sar LEVITICUS X111. lookçth, with all bis heed Ind diligence. From there words the Hebrew do &ors gather,that although a Prielf that had blemifhes, might look on a le- per; yet he that now blind , though bat in one eye , or, sbat watAint fz;hted., might not looknn 'zm that had the fore: M. treover they fay, Theybo!ednuonthe fires, but in the day time , &:. for in all thisbefineß, (the Scripture faith) In Tull De r; and IN THE D A Y. They looked nn on them in the mamba; nor in the evening, nor within anyheufe, nor in cloudy day, neither at coon day , &s. but in the fourth and fait hour , (that is, at I o, and at 11, of the clock be- fore noon) andin the 8, and 9, hoar (that is , at two and three of the clock in the afternoon) whether the plague were on men , orongarmenu , or on bottles. Maimony, in treat. of Lepr. chap. 9. fie &. 5, 6. and Thalmud.inNega im,chap.2.fe &.2. This they obferved, becauln the morning and evening, the light is not clear; and at- noon, the brightnefs dazeleth, and may- caufe to mi- flake the colour. 3 Verf. 13. pronounce the plague clean] Hebr. make clean theplague , that is , pronounce him clean that bath the plague. Hereupon they fay ; Every unclean pee- fin when the Leprofie breaketh out abroad over all(his ho- 4e)isclean. If there appear upon him, quick fief b, fi mach at a lentil, he it unclean , if again be be all- overed wib Leprofie, be is clean. If( quikfefh appear again, be iezeotelean, though the qutek, f ell begin to appear loo times) eh':. Maimonny, ereat.of Lepr. chap.7. fe &.5. This is explained by /llofes himfelf, in the -ver- fes following : and the naturall reafon hereof, feemeth to be; that when the difeafe is all driven out, it argueth fkrength and foundnefs in the inward parts. Verf. 15. living fefh] the Greek tranflateth it, 15 fund(orwho'e)tielh: fee verfe Io. it is Lepro- fie] This is one of the molt remarkable things . in all this Law, that quick or found flethin the fore, fhould be judged Leprofie, and the man un- clean : Whereas, if the Leprofie covered all bio fiefh, he was pronounced clean, verf. 13. And hereby the holy Chou feemeth to teach,that if we wouldjudge our felves, we fhould not be judgedofthe Lord, I Cor. 11.31. Ifwe nmfef?our fins ; he -is faitbfrll and jug to hrgive or our fens, and to cleanfe zit from all unrighteouf- neff; 1 Joh. t. 9. But if any quick or found flefh, any part of health or life be pretended in our fin- full nature, or any whit of righteoufnefs by the works of the Law (by which, no fiefi jhall be ¡uni- fied, Galat. 2. 16.) then God pronounceth us un- clean;for we Gault be,juftified,hut by the faithof Ie- fu Chrift,Gal.2. a 6.And,by grace we are fave4Eph. 2. 5. fo then it is nomore ofworks , osberarifegrace is no more gr.xe,Rom. t t.6. And, whofoever are jufli(ted by the Law, arefallen from'graee,Ga1.5.4. Wherefore David, that he might find grace in the' eyes of God, acknowledged there was no fotmd.teßin his flefü, Pial. 38. 4, 8. 18 Ver. a 8. fief!] the Chaldee tranflateth ir,a man: and fo the word fief! y often fignifieth, as is noted on Gen. 6. 12. though here it may be taken pro- perly. So in ver. 24. a Bile] in Hebrew Shechin, which fignifieth an: hot- 71 lcer, or purl; which is with inflimation, yet differing from the burning after mentioned in v.24.for that is with fire pro- perly ; but this may proceed outwardly ofa ftroke with a fone, or with wood , and the I/hg; oe from inward dfafes,infzmmarions,burningfevers,andthelike,which breakout anda,rrupt thes,in: as the Hear. Do&ors do diitinguilh them, M tam. treat. of Leprie, C. 5. El. Such Biles figured tins, and punifhments for them, Exod.9. 9, I o. Deut.28.27. Rev.:: 6.2. itbeal d] A Bile, or a burning,all the while they aremat - terre fores , ne :knot a man un lean at all. But if thy have been fully be sled though the place have a far , and be not like the ref of the skin, yet it it at the sltof the f efh fir any thing,and thy, become unclean by three fagnes, and are to be Phut up, oo u before declared Maim. ibid chap. 5. left. 3. The healing of the Bile, figured the fogivenefs of fin, and releafe of punifhment . for the fame : Exod.' 5.26. Matth.13. 15. with Mark 4.i 2. Pfal.41.5. Verf a 9. or abright ffot]thefameequitieis,for 29 the fcab of the bright-Ipot , and the fcab of the white fwelling, fore - mentioned ; as theHebrews affirm, Maimony, in Lepe. chap. 1. feet. 4. fmewbat- reddifh] that kath any-red colour, little or much, mingled with it. Which mixedappea- rance the Hebrew Do &ors diftinguifh, and com- pare with the four appearances (or forts) if white before mentioned, by this funilitude, of four cups fell ofmilk; and in the firil cup there are mixed two drops of blood; bathe fund, fur drops; in , the third, eight drops ; audio the furtb,rxteendrops. Ì, The mixture in the bright -/pot, bath the appearance of (the milk in) the fourth cup : and the mixture in she fwelling, it as the a eararueofthe third cup. The mix- ture in the flab of the bright-pot, it as the appearance rÿ the feamd cup : and the mixture in the flab of the fwela ling, is ut the appearance of the fard cup. All theftmixed appearances are accounted ao one. Maim. treat of Lepr. chap.'. fe &.4,5. The Greek tranflateth, white, or Jiimewhat-reddifh, as if they were difkin&. So after in verfe 42. Ver.zo. plague of Leprofie] This fore,arifing ofa 20 Bile after it was healed, verf .a 8. and now turned to a worfe, even to a Leprofie; fheweth how fins, after we are healed of them, when they return, do make us worfe then before : as the Apoffle faith, If after they have e Gaped the pollutions of the world, through the kgowlet of the Lord and Saviour 'Tao Chriff, thy are again imangled therein, and over - came:the latter -end is wort with them then the beginning, 2 Pet.2.2o. Wherefore our Saviour alto Paid; Be- hold, thou are made whole, fm no more, left a worfi thing come unto thee, Ioh. 5.54. Verf,2I. feven doies]for tht former,theymight be Phut up twice feven daies , verf. 5. Mofes, for this and the next fort, mentioneth but once. So the Hebrew Do&ors' fay, The Bile, and the Burning de mare one unclean, in one week and by two fagnes; by white hair, and by the fpreading. [And there is for them, nw fhutting u , but one week.] Talmud in Wegagnim, c.3.1.4. m. treat. of Lepr. Verf. 22. it is the plague] to meet, of Leprofze, as the Greek verfionaddeth. Verf. 23. an inammation] or , a-ol r, a print , as the
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