LEVITICUS XIX. Thou fhalt rife-up before the hoary-head; and honour, the face of the old -man: and feare thy God,I am Jehovah. And when a firanger, (hall fojourne with thee,in your land : ye (hall not vexe him. The 1ranger,that fojourneth with you,(hall be unto you , as one homeborne amongft you;and thou (halt love him,as thy felfe;for ye were ftra gers,in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God. Ye thall not doe unrighteoufncffe, in judgement: in meteyard, in weight, or in meafure. Juft ballances, jufl ftones,a jn(t E- phah,and aluft Hin, fhall ye have : I am Je- hovah your God, which brought you out, from the land of Egypt. And ye (hall keep all my ftatutes,and all my judgements; and !hall doe them : I am Jehovah. vinnot ¡aim . D9S Here beginneth the thirtieth fettion, or le&ure of the Law. SeeGen.6.9. BE hoy]that is,feparated from fin,& dedicated unto God, and his obedience; which is the fur of the fir(tTable,yeaofall the Law.TheApo- ftle openeth it thus ; Al obedient children , not faJhio- nieg your feelies, according to the firmer hefts in your ignorance : but a be which bath called you it holy , fo be ye bolt' in all manner of,emzerfation: becaufe it it written , Belt holy, fir lamholy, t Pet.' 6. See alto Lev.' 1.44. Ver.3. feare] or reverence. This openeth the fift commandement, Honour &c. Exod.2o.t 2. !hew- ing that it implyeth inward reveren ce, as all the Law is fpirituall, Rom.7.14. And here the mother is named before the father,which is not ufuall.See the notes on Exod.zo.12. The Hebrewes fay, It it written , Honour thy father and thy mother Exod. 20.12. it is a f written, Honour the Lord with thy fubflance, Prov.3.9. Again it it written , Tee fhall feare every man hit mother and his father Lev. t 9.3: it it alfo written, 7/oa (halt feare the Lord try God, Deut.6.13. al he eommandetb the honour of Gods great name and hie flare , fo be eommandeth the honour and feare of parents. He that eurfetb hie father or mo- ther, it fioned : and he that b/ifphemetb (God) io f ailed: he be mal;etb them equal in punifhment. For honour, the father itfit before the mo :her; andfor feare, the mo- ther befrethe father: to teach that they are both alilte fir honour or for feare. What is this Feare? It is not to flandin his place, nor fit in his place, nor to oppofe bit words ¡ for to carpe at bit words, nor to callhim by hit nameeither livitegor dead; but to ft' Sir, or my Lord, my Father, Máimony in Ildifntb.tom.4.treat. o jf' Re- bell:, chap.ó.fe &.1. &c. Sabbaths] iu Chaldee Sabbath dayes: both the fezentb day, and all other dayes of re(t,which were likewife called Sabbaths, Lev.23.32. See theannotations on Exod. zo.8. -- a t . /am Iebovah] This is a ground and rca- Con ofthcfe,and alma all the other precepts fol- lowing ; as It was prefixed before the tenCom- mandements: fee Exod .so.z. Verf.4.Turne ye not] to weetxyourfaces: or Looks tot, Regard not : in Greeke, Follow not. It implyeth alfo the turning -away of the heart, Deut.3o.1 7. and 29.18. Bat front this word, the Hebrewes fay , that it it forbidden even to look- attentively, on the fimilitude of an image. Mainiony treat. of Idolatrie, ch.2.fe&.2. Idols] Called in Hebrew Elilim, which properly fignifieth things of nought , nothing, vante,and nought worth : according to the nature of which name, Paul faith, we /Znow tbat an Idol it no- thing in the world , and ¡bat there it none otter God but one, t Cor.8.4. Elenfignifieth, Gods; Elilim, no- Gods ; which the Greeke here nameth Eidola, whereofour Engkfb Idols is derived: in the Chal- dee they are called Errours, or Aberrations. And Elilim is applied to other things alto, w °b are of no value;as in Job 13..4, Phifitians Sill , that is, vaim,or of no value & in Jer.14.14.falfe prophets prophefied Elil,a thing ofnoneght. And as Images, ate the fame that Idols,in lignification, fo Images of aver and gold,are called Elilim Idolt,Efay z. 20. So that herebyGod forbiddeth the tranfgrelliion of the firft and fecond commandements. And the Hebrew Doors fay, It it not Idolatry onely whüh man isforbidden to turne after it in his thought; ben every thought which ocraftineth a man to decry any ofthefundamental points of the Law, we are warned that it tome not into our heart, 6c. Mai mony treat. of ldalatry,ch.2.f..3 molten Gods] Hebrew, gods ofineltbtg : meaning Images,Gods offilver and of gold,as Exodus 20.23. fuch as was the molten calfe,Exod.32.8.31. The Prophet calleth then teachers oflies,Habak.2.18. yet unto fuch,Idola- ters faid ye are our Gods,Efay 42.37. Verf5.ofPeaceof eerings]orof payments, whereof fee Lev.3.'. f ryour favourable aceeptation ]that it may be acceptable to God for you : fee the noteson Lev.i.3. This fenfe Sol. Iar.bigiveth of thefe words here.Sonie doe underftand it, atymtr cone will, loch as you like belt to offer: but the 7 verfe following, fheweth the former interpre- tation rather to be meant.Though this latter al- to is good, and may be implied ; and is fo ex- pounded by Cbazálrni,that they (hould give their good will therin,andnot grudge or have an mill eye in that which they offered before the Lord. For fore men(faith he)do not er with the heart,but be- cauf theyfee other men do fi,and it were a fhame fir them, iftheyfbouldnot doe likewife.But another meatting(faith he),nay be this, Doe the thing that may lie fir your favourable accept ation,m that it be came on teat day,or on the morrow. Verf.6. burnt] as being polluted by overlong keeping it. See thefe things opened in Leviticus 7.58.19. Vert 7.eaten at all]or, any ofit ems n : Hebrew, eating eaten. a polluted thing] or,abominable, in Greekc,tsnfacrifeeab/e; but Aquila turneth it here inGreeke Apobleten, atbingto berejeiied, which word Pauluieth,in 1 Tim.4.4. Sec the notes on Lev.7. i 8. Verfe 4 6 7
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