LEV ITICUS Ii; :tifying the power of C'uritts mediation, (as twat which voices, or anlwers to the prayers of the Stints were he ird,tercl.9.13.) the cleanli rig , or them by the blood of the Sin- offring,.(he.vea how the infirmities in the faith and prayers of the Saints; arc to he holpen and purified by the death and blood of Christ. 19 Verf. 19. bindnpanit] After the Melt had put blood upon the tome hornet, He removed the coa és a td áafhee which werean the gebien Altar fa that the gold appeared: then be Jk;inkled of the mixed blood, ota the slave place of the Altar, from tam's e by the futle fide , by the p.'ace where he had finifhed the putting there - ofupan toe hornet. And be went otet, avdpoured the re- f dtteof the blond , at the We f erne bottonk of the (bra- zen) Altar that wan without ; Maim. in low. hakipp. chaP.4. lèft.2. fevers times] for a full and per - fe& ptrification, as in veil: 14. from the tat- ekanneJjs] the iatperfeetions and Gnnes, which the 'people fall into in their molt holy fcrvice and prayers. at Vert 21. fha/limpofi].or, fhalllay both hiehande; which he now did in the name of the people, by this fgne dilèhargingthem, and laying the bur then of all theirfinne,s upon the beef}, a figure of Chriá. Sae the notes on Levit. I. 4. and all ' their finned j or, in , or, with all their fences : But the Grecke tranáateth it, and: and fo the Hebr.aften lìmifieth as is noted on Gen. 2.3. and on Exact. , 7.10. There three, comprehend fin of all forts, which the Pried confelfed in generali, with the three names here ufed , (as in the ages following is recorded) and asked niercie alfo for them all; laying , 0 Lord, thy peopl the haute of If ael , have 'finned, and dine inignitie, and trefpaffed heftre thee: O Lord make-atonement gm! far tbsfinner, and far the inz7 -titles , andfor the orefßa. that thy people , the knife of lfi'.tel, have ftnned,and i m ighteat ydone, and trtyßof- f d before thee: as it it written in the Law of Mofès, Thy frvant that in tint day , bee (hall make-atonement fir you, (?c. Maimotry in lam báktpp. chap. 4. fcót. 2. Pap/it] Heb. fbailgive, that is, afhxe or fatten them upon the head of the Goat ; which being al u a figure of Christ, lhewed how our finites 1h utli he imputed unto hitn,and God would lay upon him the iniquitie of it all ; that he which knew no 1 firma, fbonld be mark f rme f r us , Ela. 53. 6. 2 C or.5. 21. efts man] or, a man appointed and prepa- red : Hebr. au opportune (a timely) man: whichthe Greek tranilateth, a ready ma ä; the Chaldee,a max that is prepared (or *puked) to goe : and Sol. Iarchi expogndoth it, appeintedf r it from the day before. OF this ,the Hebrews write ,that (in the ages after) the live Goat was led away by one of the Melts thereto appointed , unto a rocks in the wilder - neftc ,twelve mikt(that is, ninerie fitrlon s) diflant from /1,4a/ern. Every mile (they fay) was fersen f tr lm;gs and anhalf(. They nude ten baetbr, betweeo Ieufelem,anti chat rock in the wild :rnes,between e.,ery booth:, there was a miles Cpace : and in every boothe one man or mor° that font. might accompany hint that led the Goat, from lone boodle to the next. So there being a mile (that is, two thanfand cubits ) betwecn boodle and boothe,they was a Sabbath dales journey: and fo farce they might accontpanie hi v. A.td there ra- ni tinad between the Taft boothe and the rocke in the wilderneT ,two miles. At every boothe,they laid unto the man, Lae here it meas,anlhere it mater, if bit ftrength failed him , and bee had steed to a ate bee might eats : but there never was man (they fay) that needed fo to doe. [And without necelfiéie, no man might eat , for it was their mofl folemne Fall.] From the 1aá boothe,they went not with him to the rock, but halfe way (one mile, their Sabbath daies journey) and flood a far off to fee what he did with the Goat. When he had put the Goat downe the rocke,thcy (at the boothes aforefaid) wavedwith Semen clothe, (or white flags) to the end that they in Ierufalem , might know that the Gast was come to the milderneffe. T almud in loma , chap. 6. and Mako,on in his Comment thereon, and in his Mifneb, in Inm. bakippurine , chap. 3. fe& 7. &c. Of their Sabbath (hies journey, fee the notes on Exod. 16. 2,9. Ver.22. all their iniquities] by this it appeareth, _ 2 that as the killed Goat figured Cheift killed for the fins of his people : fo this living Gdat figured him al)o, who bare our griefes , and carried our. fur - rowes ; and on whom God laid the iniquitie ofut all E fo.53. 4,6. And becanfe Chriá was not onely to die for our offences , but alto to rife againefàr our ju- fl¡pication, Rom. 4. 25. to be crucified throngeweak ne fjè, yet to live by toepower of Gad, 2 Cor. 13. 4. to be ppuut to death in the fefh, bat quiclíted by the Spirit, I Iset. 3. 13. and for that thelè two things could not fitly be fhadowed by any one beaá, which the Pried having killed, could not make alive a- gaine; therefore God appointed two, that in the (laine beaá, Chriás death,in the live beaft,his life and viitorie might be fore-shadowed; Ideh.9.í3, 24 _28. See the like myflerie in the two birds,foe the cleaning of the teper,Levit. 14. 6,7. Or,the finding of this Goat into the wilderneffe (as the former was sacrificed in the Sanftuarie) might ligure out the falvation of Chriá,communicated with the Gentiles and people of the world, as Efa.42.1,4,11.& 49.6.Forthe wildernep is font- time ufed to fignifiepeap!es,Ezek.ao.35. The Heb. fay , The fcape Goat made - atonement for all the tranf- greffim' s of Law both the lighter, and the more heavie tranfreffians, whether done prefremptumtfly, 'or igno- rantly , whether they were kerrwne unto a man , or un- kitomne ; all are expiated by the Scapegoat, if f be the partie doe repent. Maimony in treat. of Repentance, chap. t. fecet. 2. This Goat was but a fhadow of Chriá : and unto Repentance, moá be added Faith: for God hath let him forth, to be aprapitiation tfirotsghfaith in his blend,Rom.3.2 5. landoffepara- tier] or, a laideur-o aland fparated, to west, from other lands , or from all people : that is, as the Chaldee tranflateth it, a land that is not inhabi'ed; which the Grecke talleth Abat n, mryle , or inac- rephe; where no ratan goetlt: afterward Ms ça,lieth it a wilderneß. Or it may nseane,aplace de- creed of, & determined whither to fend him 'f'or the Hebrew word Corned= fignifieth a decree, Job 22.z8.Dan.4.17. Hereby was fignred,the ut- ter
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