LEV1Tl:CUS Xltl. . iuterreth, that atfirffitittxedful! that AM= kxoro his plague , and be c.'eanfed f om it by repentance , be- fire e he pray. 6 Vert 46. drreltJ or f:t alone, as the Grceke tran- f lteth, fepara: ed,from other Beane Wrens lbcietie. So King Azatiatbeing a leper ; dwelt inafeverall houfè,z King.: 5.5 :And Mary ftricken with lepro- lie, was flit out or the catzpe, Nunt.t a.14. as all Le- pers were to be,Num.5.z.So that dwelling alone, debarred: him. not from converting withother Lepers, but With the Beane onely. By the Hebr. canons , If a Leper.came into any hnrife, all that war in .the hoof was uncleane , both men and vefjèl :, although he touched them not. If he were (landing under a tree, and a ckane perfan pafèd under that tree, be became oncleae. If he came into a Synagogue , they made for him adifiroll 'roam apart , ten handbredtbs high , and pin cubits broad , and he came in fin i and went out fall that his ftuation might be by himfelfe alone, and be might not flared among the people, and defile them. Maim. treat. ot Leprie, c.io. Ctz. The Lepers were thus to be fecluded that they defiled not their camper, in the nidf whereof, the Lord dwelled, Num :5.3. figu- ring the putting of polluted finners out of the Church , lefl others by them be leavened and de- filed,.: Cor.5.6,7,13.Heb.12.15.and the abltain- 'ing trom Euuiliaritie with them ; 1 Cor. 5. 11. that they might be .afhamed, and humbled for their offences; 2 Thef.3. 14. Lan,.1.1,8. and 3.1, 28. &c. The Hebrew doEtors al1ò, have thus un- derhood thefe figures ; they. fay , When a man con - ji¿eretb this thing, he will be abafbed and afh.m ed for bit iniquitie: far every iniquitie is a plague, and a blemifh in bit firer, &a And as it is mitten of the Leper , His clothes (hall be rent , and he fhall put a covering upon hi! upper -lip, and fhall cry une /tane emcleane : audit is raid,- He (hall dwell alone, without the campe foal/ bit dwelling be : fo'the pollution whir', it in the (eule, and removeth fir from the hoiinefe that is on high that cauf th the bah be- neath, to be like wife remoeedfar from the camp of Ifrael. And if a men turn by repentance, to deanfi hupots , by receiving chafhifiments upon him; loe be is cleanfed f,om his kprof e ; ctberwife, bis Leprofie cleavetb stehirfoule ; and in this world andin the world to come, he is removed far from all the Campe that is on high until! be be made r /cane. R.Eliar,in Sepher Kepi:// oho:1mah, treat. of the Feare ofGod,c.9. Their ordinances for Lepers, /hewed al'fo the effe& of thelaw in tinners;which driveth them from the communion of God and his people : till by repentance and faith, they come unteCltrift,who then will.touch and heaie -them, as Matth.8.2,3. & 11.28. As for the Law, it lcaveth them in their nncleannefÏe,& turnout] for the padre : but meanes to heaie them, it fhew- cth none ; that grace was teferved for Chrift to give, Matth. 11.5. and 8. 16, 17. 47 Verf. 47. woollen carman] Hebr. in agarmem of wool!, nrin agarmem offlax. Thefe things the He- brew doitors underhand ttri£tly, of the wooll of fheepe, and offlax only,not of hempe or the like: Crying, No garments are made nee /tare by plagues (or feats) but,ganrnents of wool!, and of flax only ; and all zefels (or inf rutnents) of skin, &e. Camels haire and flaepes wooll , that are pion (or twitted) one with an,- ; Cher if the mofl part be ofCatuelr baire, it it not madi uneleane by plague: ; but if the mofi part be of f seepes wool, it U. made uneleane : or ifbalfe tohalfe, it is mark unclean. And the fame law it far flax and hemp , one with another. And if the warpe be flaxe , and the woofe hempe ; or the warpe bempe , and the woof¢ flaue : it ie not made tme'eane by plague!. Ll iywipe if the wale, or the levee be flaxe, or wooll, and the refrdne, Goats baire, or the like, it i! hot made uneleane. Maimony, treat. of Leprie, chap. :3. Ceti. 1, 3. and Talmud Bá4. in Ne- gagnihn, chap.: o. Ceft.2. The Law, which (hewed no way to cure the Leper, but left him in his un- deannes, forrow,and folitarie eftate; proceeded: here, to thew the contagion of this fickneffe,how it defileth not finely the bodies of men, and lei. parateth them from the campe of God and his people; but polluteth allò their garments and infiruments, fo making them unfit for any uit, Cave for the fire, verC 52. Hereby the nature of fin was ftgnified, and the increafe of the ftrength thereof by the Law. VerC48.woofe] fo named of weaving in : the He- brew word properly fignifieth mixture; becaufe the woof is mixed with, and woveninto the warp or threads that run along. Thefe are thus diftin- guifhed, becanfe,iftbe plague appeare in the warp ooh, the naafi iT clean et if it appeare et the woofeonely, the warpe is clean. Maimony, in Lepr. chap. 13. left. 9. Moreover they fay, Garments tbat are died (or colou- red) are not defiled by plague: whether they be died by the bandofm,m, or by the half God; unlefitbe9 be white. If the warpt of agarmem be died, and the woof¢ white; or the waft died, and the roarpe white : the whole gook afar that which appeareib. A garment that bath many pieces fwed on; fame died, am/lime white : if there appeare a plague inthe white, theyph it it up: fit abide two weeks, it it all tmeleane, and to be burnt. If* be all died, and there be but one fmall white piece in it,and there appeare a plague thereon, be fhuttetb it up : if it continue fo two wed r, itfhall be burnt. Ibid. e.12. 1.10.13. of lumen] Hebr. of flax , and if wool!. worige alarm] that is, any ve ell, or infirunsent made of skin, for any work or ufe;as is after explained in v.51; 52. Here the Hebrew doEtors except the skins of the creatures in the fa, that they receive no unkam a fèby plagues, But ¡fatty thing that livetb on, orgroweth out of the land, be joined unto them, though it be but threadof wooll, or of ax, or ofother skvf ofbeafs, and fo any vell be made of them, they are made uxleane by plagues. Tal- mud inNegagnim : chap.: o. fe&s. Maim. in Lepr. chap. 13.íë&.5. Ver.49. green] or,verygreene: and fo after,very red. The Hebrews fay, Threefignes of unckarmeffe are in garments ; greemn rednefiè and fpreading. Greenne, is furls a cokur as is ingreene herbs , which if7e,y much greene. And the red ,is very much red, ilk fair- crimfin. Andfor both theft caner!, they phut up the garment and ¡fit abide in this colour two weeks, thry pronounce it uncle me, and bure it. Likewife, if it Bread , tlxypronounce it ienekae , and burnt it. As, if in agarmem there appeare a green foot, or a red, they put it rtp7. Lies : andin the feventb, he looketb en it; if it be fired , bee pronounced; it unclean , and hor- net; all the garment. And if it abide in the colour, but 48 49
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