LS.VITICUS'XIX. I19 31 32 five f r the Kings of Davids houfe onely ; at it is writ- ten. Aid King David went in, and fate beire the Lord, (z Sam. 7. 58.) And it isunlawfelfir a man to mall an hoe , after the fafhion of the Temple , or a porch the pooh thereof, or a court yard like the court thereof; or Table like the Tab ?, there or a Can - dGffickeliketheCsndlefiicke thereof , á'c. With there rites which were in If ael, wee may compare the zeale of our Saviour , who for reverence of the San&uary,drove out the Merchants front thence, and the Iheepe and the oxen, and poured out the changers stoney, and overthrew the Tables, and faid, Make not my fathers bout, an honfe ofdLlerehan- dize, Joh.2. 14, 15,16. And be would not fufer that any man fhcutd carry any vefll through the Temple: Mar.11.16. And for turning their backs towards the San&uarie, fee Ezek. 46.9. and 8. 16. Bat as the San&uarie ofGod, was chiefly a figure of the body of our Lord Jefits, Joh.2. 19.2 I .Heb.9.11. fo this Precept bath chiefefi refpe& cinto hint, whom all ought to reverence, and to banour the Son , even at they honour the Father, Joh..5.23. Who, when bee brmgeth ut the finii begotten into the world, bee faith ; And let all the Angels of God worfhip him. Hebr. 1.6. Verf. 31. Turne not unto them] the Chaldee faith, after them : and fo the Greeke, yee foal not flow. So in Levit.2o,6. Hereby is forbidden, eonfultittg with or enquiring of them : as Dent. 18.11. that have familiar fpirits] called in Hebrew, Obotb, (of Ob, which is a Bottle, Job 3z. t 9.) in Greeke, Eggafiri- muthoi, as fpeaking with an hollow voice out of the belly,or as out of a bottle: in Chaldee,Biddüt, Pithons. There were fpirits of divination, as A&. 16, 16.0f which,fee the Annotations on Deu, i 8.'1 i. And Oboth is here for Baale obotb fuch as have fa- miliar fpirits; as is expreffed in i Sam. 28.7. So ffirits,are tiled for firitnaleis,and men that have them, in 1 Cor.14.12.32. 1 J011.4.1. wizards] or cunning perfono, fo named of their knowledge, which they pretended to have. There are joyned to the familiar fpirits aforefaid, as like unto them in fin; and both of them were to be killed by the Magiltrate, Levit.2o. 27. See the notes on Deut. 18.1r. This Precept is added next the former, of reverencing Gods Sanetuarie, which figured Chrift : even as in Dent. 18. when God calleth them from all filch fam iliar fpirits, wizards, &c. feprontifeth tite Prophet (Chrift) unto his peo- ple. So here Chazkuuni obferveth,YeThal reverence my Santivarie ; therefore turne not to them that have fa- miliar fpirits , and to wizards ; for what have von to doe with fneb : behold yam have a Sanfivarie wherein is 4lrim andThummim. VerC 32. rife up] in figne of honour, t King.2. 19. the hoary -head] that is, the man which hath an hoary-head, or gray - haires; which, as it is the honour ofoldmen, Prov. zo. 29. fo God would have filch to be honoured.The Greek tranflateth it,the boary -beaded: the Chaldee him that it skilful in the Law. And fo it is holden by the Hebrews, that learned men arehy this law to be reverenced, as the aged : and that when fuch came within foure cubits, the yonger were to rife up, and fofoone as they were pall, to fit downe againe. of the old man] or, ófthe Elder; which was a common name, for aged perfons,and for Magiftrates,ufitallycal- led Elders, Deut. 22. 18. and 25.7. both are to be honoured , the one for their age , the other for their ofhee.But for their fins,the Lord thréatned the contrarie,Deut.z8.5o. which Ieremie law ful- filled; and lamented,that the faces ofElderr were not honoured, Lam. 5. 12. By the Hebrews account, a man at fixty yeeres,was Old; and at feventy.Hoary, or gray- headed. The old man here, is in 7bargum Ionathan expounded, the wife man. Verf. 33 .aflranger]in Greeke ,aProfelite; this 33 Law is here repeated fromEx.22.2I. fee the An- notations there. vex him] in Greek, afJüïi him: and Thargum Ionathan addeth,with hard words.So it is explained by Sol. Iarchi, vexations of words; as, thou fhalt not fay unto him, 7e flerday thouwaft an Ido- later , and now thou eo/nmeff to learnt the Law , which war given from the mouth ofthe Power (of God.) Verf. 34. atomhomebornel that is, as a naturali 34 Ifraelite;for afe &ion towards him,andnot com- munion in the holy things of God : fee the notes on Exod.i 2.48,49. as thy fel] the fame which was commanded before, touching the Ifraelites; verf. 18. The Hebrews write hereof, thus :. The love of the granger , which a,mmetb and gatheretb him: fife under the wings of the Divine-Majellie , is a two - fld commandement , firii beeasefe he is among our general neighbours; and again, becaufe be is afiranger : and the Law faith, SHALL LOVE THE STRANGER, (Deut.10.19.)Hè hash commanded the love ofthe firan- ger, even ae he bath commanded the love ofhimfe ; for it it written, AND THOU SHALT Lev E THE LORD THY Goo, (Deut.6.5.)'And the holy bled Godhim - felfe,kveth fi rangerr,(Deut. i o.1 8.) Maimony in Deg- nod), chap.6. le&. 4. Verf. 35. unrighteoufnef] or injuriour-evil: fee vet C, i 5. in mete -yard] the Greeke tranflateth it, in meafures. The Hebrew Middah is properly fuch meafu e or dimenfion, as concerneth the greatnefhe of things or length ofthem,by the yard,ell,inch, rod, or the like : the next two concerne the mul- titude of things,by weigbt,as in skoles; or by mea- fure,as in veffels. Hereof the Hebrews fay ,He that weighetb to bis neighbour, by kJ* weights, then the feo- pleof that countrie are wont to doe; or meteth by a bp mew-yard, then they are wont, eranftref/cth the Law in Lev. r9. 35. Although bee that mererh, or weighetb le, is a tbiefe; yet he payeth two the double , [as in Exo. 2 2.4.] but payeth him his meafure or his weight. Nei- ther it he beaten fir thin trefp,a f fè , becaufe he is bound to make refiitution. Who fi bath in his honfe, or in hit fhop, a lefer mete-yard , or freight , tranf reffeth the Law in Denteronomie 25.13,14. For though be hinne doe not fill thereby ,yet another may come ,who l,norreth it not, and may meafure by it. Whether he buy and felt with an Ifaelite, or with an Infidel , if hce'mete or weigh by too little a weight , he tranforefjeth , and it bound to reiore. And fo it isunlawfel to let an infidel erre in accmmts5but he muff ex.:WI reckon with him : yea though bete one that is fubdued under thy hand; how much more then with other' that are not fiehdteed. Maimcny, treat. of Theft, chap. 7. Verf. 35
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