TheLeprolìe LEVITICUS XIV. the houfe is ; and tell the Prieít,faying : as it were the plague,. appearetlt to me in the 36 houfe. And the Prieft fhallcommand , and they fhall emp :ie the ho.ife;before the Prieft goe-in,to fee the plague ; that all which is in the houfe,be not made-uncleane : and after- ward the Priefffhall goe into fee the houle. 37 And he (hall fee the plague;& behold if rhe: plagu °,be in the walls of the houfe;rvith hol- low- fl rakes greenifh ; or reddifh : a td the 38 fight of them,be lower then the wall. Then the Prieft, (hall goe our of the houle, to the door of the houle : and fitut -up the houle, 39 leven dayes. And the Prieft (hall return , in the f :venth day : and (hall fee, and behold,if the pl.tgue be fpred , in the walles of the 4° houfe. Chen the Prieft, (hall command ; and they !hall take -away, the (tones ; in which, the plague is and caft them , into (a place) without the taie; into an uncleane place. 4 t And he (hall caule the houle , to be fcraped within, round-about and they (hall poure- out,the duff which they have )raped off; in ( aplace) without the chie; in an uncleane 42 place. And they (hall take,other (tones ; and put them in the place of thofe .(Ions : and he (hall take , other duff, and (hall plaifter the 43 houfe. And if the plague returne,and break- out in the houle; after, that he bath taken- away the (tones : and after he hath fcraped. 44 the houfe, and after it is plaiftered. Then the Prieft, (hail cone ; and (hall fee, and be- . hold, ifthe plague be fpred, in the houfe : it is a 'retting leprofie its the houfe, it as un- 45 cleane. And.he (hail break -down the houfe; the (tonesofit, and the timber ofit; and all the duft ol the houle: and he fha!! cary them forth, to (aplace) without the citie; to an 46 unclean place.And he that commeth , into the houle; all the dayes, that he hath fhut it up: he (ball be uncleane, until! the evening. 47 And he that lieth in the houfe; (hall wafh his clothes: and he that eateth in the houfe,fhall 48 wa(h his clothes. And ifthe Prieft,cóming, (hall come in; and fee,and behold the plague hath not fpred, in the houfe; after,the houle was plaiftered: then the Prieft, (hall pro- nounce the houfe cleane;becaufe,the plague 49 is healed. And he (hall take , to purifie the houfe,two birds :and Cedar wood,and fear- s o lct,& hyfope. And he (hall kill;the one bird : 5 t in an earthen veffeli,over living waxer. And he (hall take the Cedar wood and the hy- fope,and the fcarlet,and the living bird : and dip them,in the blood ofthe killed bird and in the living water: and he (hall fprinkle the in honks. 75 houle, leven times. Andhe (hall purifie the houfe,with the blood of the bird ; and with the living water : and with the living bird, and with the Cedar wood,andwith the hy- lope, and with the fcarlet. And he (hall let -goe the living bird, our ofthe citie,upon the face of the field : and (hall make-atone- ment for the houfe,and it (hall be clean.This is the law; for every plague of leprofie, and skall And for the leprofie of a garment,and of an houfe. And for a (welling and for a fcab;and for a bright-(pot. To teach, in the day of the unclean;& in the day of the clean: this is the law,of Leprofie. vl nnotations. 52 53 54 55 56 57 n DM Here beginneth the 28.fe &ion orle- &ure of the Law ,,called in Hebrew Metforangh, that is,thc Leper,SeeGen.6.9. TFIat be fhal he brought] The leper dwelt with- out he holt,and in the day of his cle;nfing, he was brought to the utmott part of the hott, (and in ages following to the gates of Jerufalem,) and the Pried went out thither to meet him, and performed certaine rites for him, and after that, he cante into the hod or chie, and fo by degrees into the San&uary,as after is explained.And this eomrrring to the Priel, was requifite for every le- per,though he were never fo1well healed : where- fore Ghrittraid to him whom he had cured, Goe ,(hem thy fife to the Prief , and offer the gii ift that Motes commanded : Matth.8.4. Verf..3. be healed] The Prieft healed it not, but looked upon it when it was healed, and dire&ed and Aided the patient in duties of thankfulneffe to God , who is both the ftriker and the healer, Deut.3 2.3 9.Exod. r 5.26. Neither doth the Law, fend the Leper to the Phyficiá,or prefcribe falves or medicines to cure hint; but leaveth him unto theworke of Gods grace, which fhould after be frilly manifcfted in Chrift , who himfelfe took our infirmities, and bare our fickteffir Matth.8.r6.17., And the rites and facrifices following, which were a profeffton of thankes unto God in Chrift, clofely taught them this : but the Gofpel declar- eththe way of curing to be by faith, as unto the Samaritan that was healed of his leprofie,Ghrilt faid,7 faith hash made thee whole,Luk.i 7.1 gwhich faith,caufeth Lepers, though they (End afore of to lift up their voices,and cry unto Iefus for merey, Luke 17.12.13. who fendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their corruptions, Pfal. 107.20. Matth.10.7.8. For, being moved with rom. paffion, he putteth forth his hand, toucheth and fpeaketh; and immediately the leprofie depart. eth,Mark. r,41.42.and fo healeth he the foules of frnners,that come unto him.The Heb.fay.Leprofte is the finger of God there /Ire it issmlawfulltoendeveur to beak it , &c. the only healing of it , it by the hand of'the - Ggg a Prieff_ 2 3
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