41111011r=r 76 LEVITICUS XIV. 4 Prieji that .maI tb atonement ; for bymery, atonement it made for iniquity ; (Prov.16.6. ) ezen at unclean - ne fe , which it not done away but by mater. R. Mena- chem qn Levit. i 3. This being the judgment of the Iewes themfelves , the Lepers whose Chrift hea- led, were a good teflimonie againil them,that he was the fon of God ; Matt.8.4. and by that and other likeworkes, he declaredhimfelte to be he that fhouldfume, Matth.i 1.3.4.5. And he is the Prielt, who cicanfeth us all leprous finners,and bringeth us into the true San &uary, being wa, fhedJandifìed, and juflified in the name of the Lord Iefur, and by the Spirit ofour God; l Cor.6. r1. Verf.4.andhe frail takes the Greeke faith, and thy Thal take, fpeaking in efinitely,ofthe leper or any of his friéds,that might procure there things for his cleanfing. birds] whether doves or tur- tks,commonly ufed in facrifices(which are called birds inGen.15.9. a o.)or any other clean fowls; for the fcriptnre determineth them not other - wife, then that they mutt be clean; filch as all are fave thole excepted,in Lev.' 5.13.13. &c.& all that are clean for meat,are called bird,,in Dent.- 4.15. The Hebrewcanons fay of thefe, they mutt be free birds ,that is fuch as are not tame,or any mans owne, but at li,ertie to Elie from place to lace : and as God faith,heThal take them for bim; fo they expounditithey muff be taken in the nameofcleanf:ng ofleprofte, that is, defigued for that purpofe onely. Maimony, in treat. of Lope. chap.' 1.fe &.1. Thefe two birds, of which one was killed , the other let goe alive; were to figure out Chrilt, who fhould be killedfar our offences and rife againe for our jot - f bjlcation, Rom.4.2 5. The like was figured by the two oats, on expiation day, Levit. i 6. Cedar woodjor, a Cedar flick; which the Hebrewes fay was to be a cubit (that is, a foot and an halfc) long, and fo thick at the fquare foot of a bed. Maimony, ibidem: and 7balmnd. Bab. iti Negagnim, chap.' 4. fe &.6. Cedar wood rotteth not; the pitch that runneth out of it, isfaid tokeepe dead bodies from corrupting, but eorrupteth living bodies: and it is good againft the Leprofie, and other foule ulcers: Finsie hifl.lib.24.cap.5. and Diofeeotides, lib.'.cap.89. fcarlet] this the Iewes fay was wool died in fcarlet or crimfln colour : (and fo the Apoflle in an other like cafe,calleth it fcarlet wool,Heb.9.19.) and there was to be of it a fbrke! weight : (which weighed 32o. graines of barley:) Maimony ibidem. This fcarlet colour refenebled Chrifts blood;and the efficacie therof inthe foul,reftoring the natu- ral( lively colour & vigour;which the pale white leprofleoffinuehad done away. hyfope] or, bvffope: whereof fee the notes on Exod. 12. 22. This was for length, not to be keffi then anhand- bredth; and (they fay) it might not be Greek by- fope , nor Roman byfope , nor wilde byfpe ,nor any other fort that warfuraamedbythe lace, but the common hyfope that grew in gardens. 7ahnudinNegagnim, chap.' 41e&.6. Thefe two plants, were the grea- test and the fmalleffthat grew:and fo the Cedar is oppofed to the- hyfcpe, 1 King.4.33. The Cedar that will not rot,figured incorruption & immor- talitie;and theCedar is ufed to f gnifie Chrilt him- felfe, inEzek.r7.22.23. Thebyfepe, of fweet fa- vour, was ufed to fprinkle with and cleanfe from fin : fee Pfal.51.9. And the Cedar wood, or the by- fope, that had the barke piled off war unlawful: faith Maimony, treat. of Lepr.chap. t r.fe &.1. Verle 5. and be fhall kill] inGreeke, and thy fhall kill; meaning fomeman. Chazkuni faith, 7beeon. mandement was ly the Friefl, and the Wing, by any man. earthen vefjeU] the Hebrew do &ors fay, by tradition,it was to be anew eartbencap.It figu- red the bafeneffe and infirmitie of the Minifters of the Gofpel,2 Cor.4.7.See further in N11.5.17. living mater] that is , fring mater, as the Chaldee tranflateth it ; called living,hecaufe of the continual! moti6.See the notes on G6.26.19. And thus Chriff exponndeth living water , to be a well of waterfpringing up unto eternah fife , John 4. 50.54. The Rabbines here fay , it might not be water that bad been ufed about any bufineffè, nor fait ater, nor water that had Beene melted (or warmed) nor ,f waters that lie[ or'faile, as in Ieremie 5 5.18. that is, whofe caurfe or fpring doth ceafe at any time ] nor raine water,but living water,which olivaies fpringeh and ceafeth" not : R. Sampffon , comment. in 7balme d. inNegagnim. c.14. And that of this wa- ter, there was a quarter of a Log , put into a new earthen veffell. That quarter was as much as an egge and a halfe:fee thenotes on Exo.3o.24. They kiled the fairefl the two birds , ( though they were as much as might be,ofequall bignelfe and price) over the water in the earthen veffill , and wrnngit fo that the blood might bedifcerned in the water: and then they Jigged andburied the bird there before them. Maim. treat.of Lepr. chap.' s .fe&.5 . And Chazkuni no- teth , that the living water war mixedwith the blood, beoaufe the blood of it felt war not Plough to dip the cedar, feorlet and byfopein. Verf..6. dip them , and the lrvingbird] He bound to- gether the lyfope and the cedar, with the fcarlet (retuU) wounduplengthwife , and about them be put the tops wings and tip of the taik of the living bird, and dip- ped them faure, in the water and blood that war in the veff l , and fprinkled fever times upon the hand f she Loper, [asst fame fay , on his forehead] andfo kt the bird loofe. Mainiony ibidem. This manner of cleanfing the leper figured the cleanfing of us fanners by Chrilt; who (as the killed bird) was put to death in ehe fiefb, but (as the living bird,) quicknedbythe fpi- rit, 1 Pet.3.18. For though be was crucified through seeakene ffè , yet be liveth by the power of God, 2 Cor. 53.4. who came , not by water only, but by water and blood,! John.5.6. whole blood (fprinkle4purgeth our =feienee from dead works to ferva she living God, Heb.9.54.and s 2.24. But we have this. treafurein earthen ve ffels : that she excellencie of the power , maybe of God, and not of us 2 Cor.4.7. By the Hebrew do- &ors opinion the Mixing of the blood of the bird, and of living water , fignified jaunt and met y joyned together. R. Menachem on Levitt 4. Verf 7. /even times] fignifying hereby a full cleanfing ; for feven is a perfe& number, fee the notes on Lev.4.6. So Naantan the Leper, wafhed himfelfe feven times in Jordan, 2 King.5.' 0.14. And David praying to be cleffed of his fpirituall leprofie, 5 6 7
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