SIO LEVITICUS XIX. offfrom the duller , in the time of the grape- gathering : but if there be three berries together, or moe; they are not Peret, nor left for gleaning, but are the owners. Yet that which is thrown to the earth, in thegrape-gathering, theycount for Pe- ret, though it be halfe a clutter, or an whole one : fo that bee that ?meth a basket under the vine , in the time when be gathereth grapes, (to Cave for himfelfe thofe which fo fall off) he robbed, the Poore : Mai- mony in Mattattothgoean, chap. 4. fe&. 15,16. Be- tides the fruit of the vine,other fruits that are for food, are implied in this law; therefore in Deut. 24.20. Moft ntentioneth the like of the Olive - tree : and there in the vert. 19. he addeth another branch of this law, touching a lher0 forgotten in the field, which mull not be fetched againe,but left for the poore. So the Hebr. Doors underhand this precept largely ; for by harvef and reaping, they fay is implied, whatfoeveris like untoharvef, that it is bound to yeeld a corner for the poore; as all kinde of graine inthe field, and all pulse; as Rice, Millet, Lentils, alto Nuts, Almonds, Pomgra- nats, Grapes, Olives, Datet, and alisuch like; whatfo- ever is for meat, andgroweth out of the earth, and is gathered as an harvest. Therefore herbs are free from paying this duty, becaufe they are not gathered and laid up for mens livelyhood, but Garlicke and Onions , must pay the corner, becaufe they are dried, and brought into the houle for provision. So they fay ,7 here arefouregifts fir the poore, in the vin yard; the Grapes that are broken off, and the fngle grapes , and the corner and that which is for- gotten. Threegifts, are from the revenues oftbe fell; the gleaning, and that which isforgotten, and the corner. And two , from trees ; that which isforgotten , and the corner ; Maimony in Mattanotbgnantim,chap. 2. fe&. I, 2. and ch. s. fe&.7. thou Pak leave them] Hence the Hebrews gather,that the poore oath nothing to doe with there gifts until/ the good-man oft/se boufe bath fparated thempyurpofly. Therforea poore man, that stet, a corner in the end of a field, may not touch thefame , (upon pain of robbery) stnti/i bee !stow that the mailer of the hosfe known, thereof. After they are thus left, the matter of the houl hath no right in then, but the poore may come and take tkem, yea though it be againft the mailers will ; Maimony, lindern, ch.2.fe&.i4.aud ch.s.fe&.8.And whereas the matter of the family was to give the firtl- fruits to the Priests,Nuns. 18.12. and the Tithes to the Levite, Numb. ¡8. 24. and a fecond Tithe, for him and his to Bate before the Lord, Deut.I 2. tß,18. there gifts, were to be left for the poore, beforeany of the other and every third yeere, that fecond Tithe was alto given to the poore, Dent. 14. 28,29. befides other reliefe, Dent. y. 8. fo merciful! was God,to the poore of his people. Neither night they be defrauded of theft gifts, under colour of Religion ; if a man fantlified his vineyard, (to the Lord) after finger grapes were known to be in it : the poore bad thofi fingle grapes notwith- h anding : and if the Tithe were given to a Levite, and Jingle-grapes were found therein, be was togive them to the poore. Maimony in Mat.gnan, ch. 4. fe&. 23.26. Now,who chore poore were,to whom thefe glea- nings, tingle grapes, corners, &c. did belong, the Hebrew canons declare thus; Who f bath two hun- dred Zurims, [that is,fifty fhekels of silver fora zuz is the fourth part of a fhekel; andwhat the shekel is, fee the notes on Gen. 20. 16.J let him not take of the gleaning, or of that which isforgot or of the corner, or of the Tithe of the poore. If be have 200. lacking one he may take. If they be pawned to his creditor, or be fir hiswives dawrie, then alfo he taktb. And they can- not binde him to fell his hoof, or fluffe. Thalmud Bab. in Peah, ch. s. f. 8. fir the stranger] and far the fa- therleffe, andfor the widdow, Dent. 24. 19. By the franger is chiefly meant the Profelyte (as the Greek here tranflateth) converted to the faith, though others are not forbidden , becaufe in there gifts, was no holiuefre at all , as in other things that werefan&ified. The Hebrews fay, Every frets - ger fpokn of, in the gifts to the poore , io not meant, but of the righteous (ranger. For lye bee faith of the frond Title; And the Levite foal! cote, and the franger, (Deut. 14. 19.) the Levite is within the covenant , fo the franger is within the covenant. Not - witbf anding, they withhold not the poore Heathens from thefe gifts. It is faid, thou fhalt leave them for the poore ,&c. all the wbik that there are poore men to re- quire them. If the poore.ceafi to (eke or come againefor them , that which is left , isfree fir any man to take. And he is not bound to give (the poore) the price of them; for it is not fold, hee fball give them to the poore but bee fsa/ leave them. And it is not meet to leave them fir heaps and birds, but fir the poore : and he there are no poore. After that the poore are gone into a vineyard , and come away ;the grapes which remaine afterward, are free fir any man, &e. Maim. in Mattanothgnan, chap. s. feEt. 9. t o, 11. I ans Iehovah] by whole cons - mandement, this law was ftablifhed in Israel, to the end that they might remember their owne povertie,and bondagewhich they indured in 4- gypt; and that by doing thereworkes of merde, the Lordmight bleffe them, in all the workeof their hands. Which realons, Mafia rendreth of thisprecept, in Deut. 24. 19.22. Vert i 1. not flea /e] fee the notes on Exo.20.15. In that he fpeaketh as to many j'e foal not , Chaz- huni here gathercth,that he that feet, one tteale,aeed holder, his peace , be alfo feaktb , as doth theprincipal!, in the theft. falfly -deny] in Greeke, not lye; it is a general! word for lying, or denying of things in refpe& either of God,as Prov.3o.9. or ofinen, as Lev.6.2. And unto this later, ofdenying other mens goods that are in their hand, doe the He- brews referre this prohibition. Maimom, tom. 3. treat. ofOatbet, ch. 1. f.8. dealt fa!y] or , in violating covenants, as Gen.2 i.23.Pta1.44. t 8. or fwearing falfly, or any other way. Ver. t 2. to fal fhoad] orfa fy; in Greek,ta an finjttfl 12 thing. The contrary is required,Theufha/t fweare, the Lard livetb, inTrsub, in Itedgement, and m Nike. Jer. 4. 2. And GodsName is of large lignifca- tion, as is noted on Exod. 20.7. Co that whether one the any of Gods proper names, or defcribe bins by other words , as hee that liveth for ever , bee that created heaien andearth, &e. (as Rev.' o. 6.) or any the like, it is a full oath. And by fwearing, _ II
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