LEV ITICUS X`J. Laying, When the houfe of 'find , dwelt in their owe lInd; they defiled it by,tbeirowne way and by their do- ings : their way was before me , n the unekannef of a emoved (or men( ruous) woman, Ezek. 36. i 7. And this was the fin of idolatry, Jer.2. 23,i4. feven dales] this was the honked time for the feparatiot, or menjirnes : during which fpace, thee was un- cleane as a Ceparated .woman though there had but one drop of blood appeared (Maionony in Ifurei biab, c. 6. f. 2. if any appeared after this time, it was not called her reparation, but her ifue; whereof he fpeaketh after in v. 25. that toucher, her] the pollution of the menttrons , extendeth as far, as of the man that had an ifftte s (fpoken of before, 0.2. &c.) and as of thewoman that bath an ilTue, ( fpoken of after, v. 25. &c.) even the fpittle, and the urine ofevery one of them, is uneleane, (as is beforeno- ted onv.8.)MaimonyinMetameim cab,c.t.f.i5. And there things figured the pollution of finne, Ezek.36.17. and taught to avoid all communion therewith, 2 Cor.6.17. And unto a menffruonfwo- man , Ierufalem was likened; when for her fins the was walled, and her people captived by the Ba- bylonians, Lam.1.17. Her unekarmef was upon her shirts; and fhe hadfinned afume : therefore the was re- moved, Lam. r. 8, 9. 2 4 V. 24. lying Thal lye] that is, (ball at all, or by any oxafton lye with her,to weet,ignorantly : for if he did it prefumptuoufly, not onely pollution, but cutting off was his punifhment,Lev.2 o. 18. Ther- fore the Prophets complain of this fin,Ezek.22. so. her flours] or(as before)berfeparation,which the Greeke here tranflateth, her uncleamvef . 25 Verf. 25. many dares] Here hepaffeth from the menfsrues, which were naturallpurgations, and healthful) for the body (though legally unclean) unto the (f¡fses, which were diteafes that decayed , naturali ffrength, if they continued long; as the woman, which had it twelveyeares, and fuped many things of many Phyfscians, but all in vaine, till thee came to Chrif, Marke 5. 25, 26. There many ¿ales, mutt alto be, out fthe time of her reparation, or menffrues, that is, out of the (even dales fore - mentioned; and by many,the HebrewdoEtors un- derftand , from three upward }a They fay, When flee feeth blood firll, in the due time fher inflames, then isfhee in her fparation , all the feien dales. If¡bee fie it in the eight day ,then this it the blood fif fue becaufe it is out of the time of her reparation. And id all the blood that is feet in the dales that are between the times of her sofocmes, is the bloodofifue. [And the fpaee between (they fay) war eleven dales onely.] When a woman flesh blood in the dales of her ifue, but one day only, or two Sties one after another, fhee ie fold to have the !e'er iffee ; if fhefee it three ¿aies one after another , fhce m faid to have the greater ifue, or ifue abfolutely; as it is written, when the ;flue ¡her blood (ball run many ¿airs, ( Levit. i 5.2 5.) a few, are two ¿ties ; many, are three. There it no difference betsreene her that bath the greater iffue, and ber that bath the lef but the mrmbring f feven ¿aies , and the bringing of a facriftce, (Levit.i5.28,29.) For f/se that/oath the grec; er if/lee, is bound to number feven clean dales : but fhe that bath the feller , numbreth but one oney. And fhe which bath the greater , bringetb a faeriftce mben fhe it eleanfed. Otherwife as touching uncleartnef, and reftramt from com panying with her bufband, they are both a&4. Mai - many in Ifurei bìal,. ch.6.fe&.a. &c. over] to weet, over the time, or after her fparation, as the Greene tranflateth : which the Hebrews explaine thus ; that if fhe fie it three dales next after ber fepara- tion (or menftrues:) then itioanifue. As , if floe fee it in the eight day tf herfeparation, andin tbenintb, and in the tenth ; for they are the firfi , fecund; and third f the eleven dales, which are the dales of the affix. Mai - mony in Ifurei blab. chap.6.fe&. i 7. There things taught the care and diligence,that all (hould have in looking to their life and conuerfation both for the judging of themfelves,and purging by re- pentance,' Cor. i r .31.2 Cor.7. i r. Verf.26. every vef/l] anything for the ufe and 26 fervice of man, is called a zefell or inffriemem.The particulars of there pollutions, are noted before. Obferve here, that whereas the woman thus dif. eafed, made every thing uncleane that the touch- ed : onely Chrift , when he was touched by fuch a one,was not by her defiled ; but (he by him,and the vertue that proceeded from him, was clean- fed. For he was undefiled;and fparatedfrom farmers, Heb.7.26. and though he bare our infirmities, Efay 53.4. yet continued he the Lambe without blemifb, and withoutfpot, r Pet.I.19. Verf..27. iu water] ordinary cleat= water: not being reftrained to living water onely , which was peculiarly appointed for the man that had an if fue verf.i3. and for the Leper ,Levit.i4.5.andfoe the water of fprinkling,Num. i 9.17. Ver.28. feven days] as the man alto did, fee be fore on ver.13. fhe fhallbeeleane] having per- formed the rites fore - mentioned of waffling and bathing in water. And this time 'and the manner of cleanfing, figured the time of grace in Chrift, and our cleanfing from fin by his blood and fpi- rit, whereof it is prophefi d, In that day there fball bea fotmtaine opened to the houfe of David, audio the inhabitants flerufakmfir fin, and fir ftparationfor uneleatmef ,Zach.13.1. Verf.3 o. make - atonement] for her fin -ffoffring was a figure ofChrift, to be offred for the forgiveneffe of fins, Matt. 26.28.2 Cor.5.2 i.and her bumt-of- fring,figured the fame Chrift,offred to make us ac- ceptable untoGod;by whom alto we prelent our bodies and foules as holy and acceptable facrifi- ces, Heb.9 9.12.14. Korn.' 2.I. He is the Lord, that bath wafbed away the filth (or excrements) (the daughters of Sinn; and purged the bloods a( lerufalem, from the midff thereof by the fpirit f judgement , and by the fpirit ofburning,Elay 4.4. V.31.(hall feparate] or, (hail religiottfy feparate, and holyly exempt and fiver them ; by teaching them to underhand & carefully to keepe there or- dinances.Le. r t.47.The G. tranflateth, ye foal make thê wary (or,re &giensfly careful!: ) the original word is of Nazar, whereupon the Nazarites had their name, who were feparated and fan&ified unto the Lord: Numbers 6. that they dye not] or, and let them not dye, in their uncleanneire, that is, (as Cbazleatt expoundeth it, ) for their 27 28 30 31 a_..__-_ w
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