9g 4 5 6 7 LEVITICilS XV11. facrifices are Gan &ified and made acceptable unto God in his church : fo that none can come unto the rather but by hint:Ioh.i 4.6.and he is the dome of the fi eepe, tor.1 o.7.9.The Tabernacle alto figu- red the Churclt,tvhere God requireth hisworfhip to be pérfotmed by all his people : t Tim.3. t 5. Rév.21.3. Eph.2.zo,21.22. A &2.47. And fo it is written , For inm'neholy mountain, in the mouth. Caine of the height of If ael, fúith the Lord God, there fiallall the bottle of Ifael, all of them in the land feeeve me : there will I accept them , and there Will I require your ofr;ngs, Mid the fill filth' ofyauroblations, with allymtr holy things. Ezek.2o.40: in the Camp] Which is defetibed in Numb.2. anfis erable when to the city Ierufalem was , in the ages following is noted on Exod.4o.33. Ver. 4 blood] that is,murder :for fuck corrupti- on of Gods worth' , is hatefull unto hint as blood- fhed.So in Efa.66.3.he faith, He that billet; an oxe,is as if be flew a man.So the HebréWS;aS Sol. Iarchi here faith,A.r ifhe fhed thebleed t fman for which be it 5,1;610 of life. he bath fhedblood] Tar- gum Ionathan explalneth it thus, And it fhall be to him, to if he bad fheditmocent brad. cut -of] in Chaldee, deffroyed : fo the Greeke, that fule frail be deflcoyed. Verf.s.the face ofthefield] that is, the open field: fee the notes on Levit.14.7. As the heathens, fo the Ifraelites (before the making of the San&ua- ry,) facrificed every where in the fields,high pla- ces and nsotsntaines. The Hebrewes fay, Before the Tàbèrnacle was f t up, the high places woo larefut 11; and the fervice war by the Fi'l borne : after the 7ahern,cle was erefled, high places were ttnlawf lll, and the fimitt (war performed) by the Prief:s. T babntud Bab. i i76, bac/tim,chap.'4. HereIiraci is refrainedtathe Tabemacle,but the othernations were not fo,but might facrifice other where, as did lob and his friends, Iob t.5.and 42.8 9. And in the Hebrew canons it is laid; He that igiletla the holy thingsof the heathens, without (the Sanlluarie, ) is guilty : lèkwite he that afresh them without. Fist it it lawfull fr the heathens to of f r burnt off b gs unto God in eve y. place ;' and he himmfe may offer in an high place which he bath budded But it it rntlarr fill ( for a lew) to !wipe him, &c fin. loe we are forbidden for without ( t'Ire Court.) And it et lawfall to teach them , and to karne them haw they may or unto the name of the B1eAèd (God)Mains. inMaáfehhakarbanoth, ch.19.le &. 56 . The fame liberty which the nations had be- tore the Law, we have now again fpiritually un- der the Gotpet, Ioh.4,2 t. 24. which God fore - told, laying, My name fhall begreat amatg t!e nations, and in every placemcenfefhall be off ed unto myname, and a pure ofring, Mal.t.11. untothe¿tore] that is, into the courtyard : floe the notes on Levit.8.3. of the eaogregooiianj or, ofaffèmblie: in Greeke, ofsbe teffimonie: to in verre 9. Verfe6. afavouraf Left] in Greeke a favour of fweet-(n.el:which theChaldee expoundeth,to be ac- cepted with favour before the Lord. Of thefe words and rit es,fee tevit. r .9. Verf.7. untodivela] as all Iewes and Gentiles did,which facrificed not by faith in Chrift,and in Inch fort and place,as God approved of.Deut.3z. 57.5 Gor, t o.zo.and as they had done when they made the golden calfe, Exod.32. at which time, they facr feed unto the idol, A&.7.4 t. and fo unto the divell ; as Ieroboams idols are alto called Di- veb, z Chron.r u.t 5. and Antichrifto likewife. Reve1.9.20. Dives are ifs Hebrew named here Seghninm , that is , rough and rugged as hairygoats becaufe in filch fhape they fometime appeared, like Satyres: Efa.3 4. r 4.or of their horn our and ter - rear which they castle unto men : for fo the word originally fignifieth. The Chaldee calleth them Shan of their wafting and delving the creatures: which name Mofes after giveth them in Deut.32. t 7.The Greek tranflateth,untoVaine tbbgs. gone a whorlog]the Chaldee expoundeth it,erred,or committededolarrie : which fin is often called whore - dome or fernieatim: (fee the notes on Exodus 20.5. and 34. t 5. Levit.2o.5.6. Deut.31, t 6.) becaufe it violateth the covenant betweenGod and his people, which is called mariage, Hofea z 2.59, zo,and 3. r. Verf.8. flratger] or fjourner , in Greeke aprofee- lyte : meaning a heathen joyned to the Jewes reli- gion and church : fo after in verf t o.and 13. frail r] as the flocrilice might not behftled ,ver.3. fo neithermight it be ofredout of the San &uary, though it were killed therein. Whereupon the HebrcWes fay He shut klleth the holy things , andof fr etlo them out of(the Sanlluarie,) it ttrifeguihie : once for Cling and once fur eft If he kfíl within , and offer without, he it guilty fir ofring: lilewifèif heki_il without, audoferwithin; heir guilty fir Cling. Mai - mony in Maafehhaltrbaeoth, chap.18.fe &.5 And Sol. Iarchi (on Levita7.)faith,theLaw fpeaketh of offring a rnt-offring, to thew that a man it guiltte frr burning the pieces (of the Sacrifee) without the campe, as is he that killed, it without : that if one ats danotheroffer, both of then are guilty. a facrifice] to watt, ofPe,tee,tffrirgs, as the Chaldee explaineth it.As by the doarin of our Saviour,in Matth.23.59. the Altar farilifted the giff: fo the Hebrewes underhand this Law, for facrifices of- fred by llre,and upon an altar without;faying:He that of eth without , únotguily, tillbeor sopan an al- tar which he bath made without : but if he ffr on a Rocheor an a fone,he is fi ee,[to weet,]from the judg- ment ofdeath ;] f r it is not called ¡urban (an ofring) exceptit -besot an Altar, yea though it be without: or it is written. (in Gen 8.2o.) And Noe built an altar. Maim. in Maaf..halorbatotb,chap.r 9.fe &.t. Verf..9. clear eofTeat] and fo in ages following, to the doore of the Hoeft or Temple , that is , in the -courtyard. And if the Tabernacle or Temple fhould haply be burnt, (as it was by the Babylo- nians,z King. z5.9.) yet Was it lawtull to offer in the courtyard upon the altar , as Ezra did after their returneEzr.3.3.4.5.6So the Hebrewes fay, Who fe, kill ethholy things at shit time, and offreth them out of the Court, úguilty: becaufe it is meet he lbouuld offer wain. For lot it is lawf ll to ffer , although there be no Mottle. Besaufe the fief ho /inej fm:ilifieth for that time prefem, andfor the time to come. Mamsony in Maaf hakorb. chap.19. fe &. 25. It figured, that 8 9
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