40 L,LVITIClIS X111. :bough it b,dng no r with it, yet it it fi &hie, and rommeth Jan evill habit (the body. bee is clean ] to weet, from leprofic : for though it Cpotted the skin, yet it fretted not the fiefh. God fheweth himlelfe hereby merciful[ to the infirmities of his people ;not efteerning every (pot or deformi- tie in them, as malignant fin. So in the cafe fol- lowing, vert 40,41. Vera: 40. barb the haire fallen -off] or , i, pilled. bald] to weet , behinde, from the crowne to- wards the necke ; which baldneffe the Hebrew calleth Kara path; and it is diftinguilbed from thefarehead- baldnef calledgabbachath, var C. 41 042. which is, from the crowne of the head, towards the face. And fo the Hebrew do &ors do explain them as two forts : Mairaany; treat.of Leprie,ch.5. fe&. 8,1o. The Greeke alto tranflateth them by two divers words, Pbslacrmta, the baldnefl- bebinde; and Anapbabintama, the baldae ffcbefire. 42 Verf. 42. the bald -bead] or, baldnefe-bebinde: Heb. karacbath. bald-forehead] or fare- baldnef : Heb. gabhachatb. formed= redclifh] the Greeke tianikateth, or femewhatreddiifb: fee the notes on veri. a 9. 43 Verl.43. fire/Ling] by naming this one, he corn- prehendeth alto the other, as the bright (pot , the bile, and the burning, fpoken of before in ver.a.! 8. 24. all which might be upon the bald head, as well as upon the other skin of the body: and ail- cerned as the former, living by the haire. kprofic Mae akin] or, the leprofie of the skin f the fttfb. F rom theft words, the Hebrew Doftors gather the fagnes of this kinde of feprofie , according to thofe fore-mentioned; faying : The bald head, and the baldfönhead, defileby twofagnes, theopeieke ftefh, and 19Breadmg. Andthe y are fbnt tip far them two wakes : fir it is faid f them, As the fight ofkproftéintbe :leva of the fefh. And becanfe in them there it no haire, the white haire it no fagne of sene.eanneffè in them. They make one =lean by tiro ligotes , and in two weeks , thus : Ifthere be a bright 1m in the bald-bead or bald - forehead, and there be a quick fkfh therein, he is pro- amucedeen:leam: iftherehenolark flefh, be floated; him up, and feeth him at the f ears dires end; iftberebe groom any quiclee fiefh on it, arid' it be fired, her is pro- mmnedurcleane: ifnor, bee jiettoethhim top feeveneider more. If then it he fpred , or haze quid Alb gram on it , bee itpre:ai ced tnicleane : if not, hie is fit free. If after he is fixed ,it flume! ,orgaiek flefh grow up;heis pronounced omcka,ee. 'The bald bead, or bald- forehead, or the beard whofe haire it fallen cf; if therebe ttptpos , them a bile , or a burning 5 they -make a man urcleane, at doe the bile and theburning, upon the skin of the fkrfh for the head, or leardtrbofe ¿aire is fallen of, i, at the shin of the flefh for every thong , five that they make stet emrkane by the whitehaire,&e. Maim. treat:of Lope. !. c.5. f.9,1 Of the ,e two figees, the quick¢ fkefb;and the fpreadiztg; fee the notes on v.8,1 o. 44 Verf. 44. utterlyunrlean] .Hebt. making- unuleave,. he (ball male bienunkme; or, as the Greek faith, fhlipoilute kin with pollution. This fignised,that if unto infirmit.ie, be added malignitie, or pre - flimption ; it maketh the finer a fpirituall leper in the fight of God. Verf. 45. theplague is] to weer fo pronounced by the Prieft, as ver.4. rent] in ligne of forrow: fee Gen. 37. 29. Levit. s o. 6. Cbazkuni expoun- ded! it , He, (pall momm for hit deeds : for becanfe of his evill deeds, the plague it came upon him. bare] orfree,to weet, from cutting,that is,it(ball be cot fborn for to let the haire grow , was another ligne of forrow: fee the notes on Gen.4 r,24.& Lev. t o.6. Or free,from cap or bonnet, that is,as the Greeke tranflateth, uncovered; fo the word alto fignifieth, Numb. 5. 18. yet not bare altogether, but cove- redwith a cloth , after the manner of the mour ners, 2 Sam.i 5.30. The Hebrew canons fay, It it commanded, that the Leper pronounced unclean, doe aver hit head all the Saier that be it excluded; and put ate- verbs; on his upper -lip, at a ?mum er; and rend bit clothes ; and make it k sowne to theft that paffe by bim, that heir emeleatte, Levit. 13.45. Although t he the Hgh- Priefl that it a Leper , be mopes bit headfree , and rends bit clothes : for an affirmative pre 1st puts away a prohibitive. A leprous woman malts not ber headfree; neither rendeth ber clothes, nor catered, her upper -lip: beet floe fitteth without the citie , and maker it known to others , that the is tmcleane. Maimony, treat. of Lepr. chap.t0. fe &.6, 8. put a cozering] or,naver, wrap over; the Chaldee addeth, rover aia mourner : for as the covering of the head, fo of the month or lip, was afigne of forrow and íhanie : as is fa id, T be Seers fhall he afbatned, th,. they fhall all cover the upper- hp , ter there ism anfwer of God,Mich.3.7. So inEzek. 24.17. when he had faid, make no mooring, &c. he addeth , bhtek the sire of thy bead upon thee , and pm on thyfhoves upon thy fett,and cover not the upper-lip. Here- by alto was implied as the Hebrews fay, that he mightnot falcate any man, all the Saks fait mere nmeffi , as being a mourner , Matmony, treat. of Lepr. chap. 10. fe&. 6. the upper -lip] or , the beard of the upper-lip, as Sol Iambi interpreteth it, the hair of the lips : the Greeke tranflateth it , hit mouth. nnckmte, nuc/eane] underhand , lam, or, here ie one smcleane : fo confeffing and proclaiming his mife- rie, and giving others warning, left they be defi- led by touching him. Therefore, Onkelor the Chaldee Paraphraff tranflateth itz Be not ye made toxemic, be not ye made unekane: and Jonathan, A- void , avoid from the unclean. This is opened in Lament. 4.15. Thy cried unto them, Depart, (I am) unclean: depart, depart, touch not. Likewife in Efa. 5 2. I t . Depart , depart gee out front thence ; unc /Bane (it is) touch it nat. The Hebrew do &ors fay, The Leper is the chief¢ of all things that tie moll uneleare, he defaktb men and vela: by toudooeg him; and earthen vef!rbytbe gyre: and defiled, men bycarryingofhim, and defzkth hishid andhit fat, &c. Maimony,in Lepr. chip. a o. fe&.a 1. Thefe Rites figured our mor- tification, confefion of fins, and fuffering of mi- feries for the fame; James 4. 8,9, to. For, we are all of an undone perfon , Efa.64. 6. and David ac- knowledged himfelfe to be a Leprous firmer, in Pfalm.51. where he maketh confeffion of his mil- deeds , and defireth to be purged with byfope, as were the Lepers, Levit. 14.4. And from Solomon words in 2 Chron. 6. 29. wleneveryone fhall know his Drone plague , and his own griete : Baal hatturim inferretkie
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