Élpp LE VET ICUS X yIjj, 13', Vale IT bienraJ,unthig,] and ío take it by hun ting.This law for wild- beafts caught by hunting, concerntth tame beads allo,as touching the flay- ing of them : as is faid Deut.I 2.2 I tbou fbalt lttL1 of thy herd and f shy ßock, &c. and tbou fbalt eat. And as it is faid in Deut.15. a 2. of the blemjtlhed firftlings,which were to be eaten in their cities al the Roe-buck, and at the Hart, From which words the Hebrewes fay , Here thou art taught , that the Wilde -beafl and the tame , are alike in this bafine(e of loping, émc. Maimony in Sbechitah (or treat. of Kil- lingbealls: ) chap.t.feft.i. that may beea- ten] or which is ufually eaten: which Targtíni Io- nathan expoundeth that is lawful to be eaten. be fhall evenponre -out] or , thenfhall hefhed the blood thereof: fo that no flelb of -beafl or bird might be eaten in Ifrael, unlelfe the blood were orderly let out,and the flesh cleanfedof it. And when the people in a warre,flying upon the fpoile,flew cat- tell on the ground,and did eat the flea) not puri- fied from the blood, they fñnedagainft the Lord till Saul ceoke order for the more lawfiill killing of them, t Sani.14. 3233,34. Of this point, the Hebrewes have theferules. It is commanded, that who flood' en the flefli of any esttell , wild be ß , or forek;it be flaine , and afterward eaten. He that firs et h, bkffeth Goditrf who fanflifieth ut by ho commande- m ants, and barb given a cbarre concerning the flaying. And it isunlawfnl to eat of that which is(heron, all the . while that it doh tremble. And who f eatetb thereof, before the fou'e (the life)- be gone out trsnf reth. Fifties and Loeufls, there is no need to flay them : but the eatehïngof them, mzketb them lawful. Behold he faith (in Numb.' .22.) Shall the f s ket and the herds be flame for them to fieffrce them? or 'hale all tb: fifties of the fa be gathered for them? The g.rtherin1 of the fì/1', it as the flaying of the beats. So of the Loci s, there it mentioned their ,gatheritng web', Era. 33.4. that if any of them d e bathe nl.ster , they may be eaten, yea it it lawful! to eat them alive. The place where the'. beaft muff be flame, it the neck. The inflrument to flayit with, may le any'(/¿nof of metal, orof(lone, or of glaf(e and the like earthy things , which are fhape, and hat e no gap in them. Fills lawful to flay in all places without the court (f the Santluarie,) for within the murt, they flay boot the holy things of the altaronely: common beafis or fowler, may not be fain within the court: Deut.I2.14.15. So that which it flame ont of theplace (ehubGod bathchofen) is lawful to be eaten in any of the gates: but be that flayeth common things within the court, that efh tsunlawfulto be ufed; but thy bury it. Any man may flay, at the deafe, or the foole, ar the rhilde, be. if others look that it be fláinc hare( lly: but if a kzfefall ofit fe fe, andflay, though it be after the manner offlayt ng,y'etitisunlawful!; for it is farad THou SHALT KILL , (Dent.I 2.2I.) fä it mull be flaine by mankinde. He that flayed,a beat in the name of a facrtfre for avow, or a fn-gong which he oweth; it it tmlawfull to be eaten : be. Maim. in She - rhltah ch. Land z. &c. The taking of bcaffs and birds by 1 }unting, may lignifie the converting of (inners by the preaching of the Gofpell as the c.,tchingof fifties , isapplied to the catching of men,Luk.5.9.I o.And as Peter when he was called to preach the word unto,and communicate with theGentiles, was bidden in a vifion to kill beads, and eat ,Abt.1o.12,13. z 8.fo this Law for killing of beans and burying their blood; feel/Nth to figure out the mortifying of (inners by the word of God , and burying of the old man and naturali finfull life; after which, communion with them is lawflill.Rom.6.2,3,4. corer it withdufl]the Greeke ttanflateth,eartb fhallumerit.The covering of blood is in ufe (they fay) both within the land of Ifrael,andwithout the land: ofeommonbealls, but not of the fanStifed. T halmted in Cholin, c.6. This taught arevereud regard which they fhould have of the . faille or life of the beatl,which was in theblood that it fhould be buried with a kinde of honour; for burial[ is honourable,Ecclec6.3.Ít alto (hew- ed the lawfulneffe of killing thefe creatures for food ;that their blood being covered, fhould not he imputed unto them of God : as appeareth by the contrary, Iob 16.18. 0earth, cover not thou my blood; and Ezek.14.7,8.Her blood is in the midfl of her; thelet it upon the top ofa Rock, fie poured it notupon the ground to corer it with duff : that it might caufi hot - wrath to come np to take. vengeance, be. where blood not covered, fignifieth a crying to God for ven- geance. The Hebrewes performed this charge carefully; for in their canons it isheid; We are commanded to eater the blood f the eleask beafi or clean fohle that is faire, Leviticus ¡7.13. 7 here - toe we are bound to blef/é before the coveting of -it; Blefjed art thou° Lord our God, King eternal', which bath fanlltfied us by bit commandements , and gocen ut a charge to cover the blood He that killeth fow/es and many forts of rack- beats in one place: blef/èth with one blef ag for them all , and malcth one covering of all (their blood) If the blond be mixt with water, if there be in it the appearance of blend , it ought to be covered: otherreife, it is free : be. If the blood be fan :tie into the ground, yet if the fgre (or mark) there. of may be dilsrned; it ought to be covered. We are not bound to cover any blood, but of tbeflaine beat whirbot lawful! to be eaten; as is faid (in Levit.17.13.) THAT MAY BE EATEN: &C. Wh_rewith mat it be Cove - red ?With any !Tide ofduf, at earth, lime,chalkefand, or other like rubbif that is fin at powokr: but not with a barks or a fl one , or thicke, dung &e. which are no kinde fdull It maybe covered with embers , or afbes f any fart. He that ffayeth muff" lay daft underneath, and after that flay ,' and after that rover it withduff and be that glayeth ,. he muff cover it. And if he have not covered it , and feth it ayierward , be is bound to ne zerit : for this is a commandement by it felfe , and de- pendeth not upon the flaying ono/y. and he may not cover it with hit foot, but with his hand, or with the (Of ,or with an infiniment (or vefel,) left this rite grow into a contempt , and fo thecommandement concerning it be contemned. For the honour is not to the commande- ment it fife, but to the bled (God) which common- dedit; who bath delivered us from groping in darker, and hash ordained tata Lampe, to makeßraigbt the things that are crooked, and a Light to teach thepathos rf rfgb- eoufnes : and fo it is faid, (in Pfa. 119.105.) Tby wordis a Lamp unto my foot , and a light unto my path. Maimony in Sbeelbitah,ehap.l4.fe&.1. &c. Verfe
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