39 4'o LEVITICU3 XXII 1. would give at the feasts, as- Dzuter. 16. Io. 17, 2 Chron.35.7,8. vorres] that is, vowed (acri- fices , which alto they brought at the folemne feasts, Deut.12. 6,7,11I2. VerC39. the re-seam] or income, that is,the Borne and wine, and oil¢, &c. Hereupon this is called, the Feafl of ingathering, Exo.23.16. a fabbatifme] that is a tell from your labours. Verf. 40. the first day] to Weet, of the Feafi; which was the fifteenth day of the moneth, vest: 39. So there were foure daies betweene the Feaft (or Atonement day) and this feat( of Boothes; as there ha 1 been eight daies betweene the feast of Trumpets, and that Feall. the fruit] this may be understood of with the fruit upon then : as in Ezek. 19.12. were for fruit, the Gr. tranflateth branches : howbeit the Hebrewes take it properly for the fruit of the tree. f goodly trees] Hebr. of be tree ofgoodlinef (or of honour,) which the Chaldee,and Thargum lerufakmie tran- flateth, of the Pome-citron tree. So the HebrewDo- Etors fay ,Tbefruit of the goodly tree fioken ofin the law, is the Pome- citron tree. Maimony in Shophar and Sur cab, ch. 7. feEt.2. This tree beareth Apples at all times, Ionic falling-off, Conte ripe, tome fpring- ing up continually; as Phuie faith, Nat. hill. lib. 1 z. caP.3. Some take this fruit of goodly-trees , to be the branches of Olives, 0ile- trees, and Mirtler ntentio ned in Nehem. 8.15. wherewith they made the boothes: but the Hebrew DoEtors underftand this here, to be the fruit and branches borne in mens hands at the feast; as after is to be (hewed. inHebr. Cappoth ,fo named of being bowed or crooked : there boughes ofPalme-trees,the Chaldee and the IerufaemieThargumcallethLu- labin, as growing out of the heart of the tree; and the Hebrewes defcribe them to be the (hoots (or fife branches) of the palme (or date) tree, when they are budded , before the leaves be fßreadabroad whiles it it yet like a rod (or Scepter) and that it it called Lulab: "Maimony in Shophar , &c. chap. 7. le a. i. It is known, by humane Writers, that the branches of this tree, were wont to be carried in mess right hand, forfignes of viEtorie; Paufania in Ar- cadicis. In like fignihcation, the children of God are laid to have pabnes in their hands, Rev.7. 9. and the palme -tree is greene and flourifhing, Plslm.9z. 13. of a tall and upright ftature whereto the Church ofChrill is likened,in Song 7.7,8. There Paine branches or (Lulabin) the Jews tiled to beare in their hands, at this frail branches of thick! trees] Hebr. the branch of thicke tree: thefe the Chal- dee Paraphra{ interpreteth Hadaftn, that is,Myr- ties ; and in Nehem. 8. 13.. Myrtle branches are ex- prelfed at that feäft of Boothes,, which the Jewes then kept : bolt branches of thicke trees are mentio. ned alto betides : fo that it feemeth to be more generals; but the Hebrewes reftraine it here. The branch of the thick tree, finken of in the Law , is the Myrtle (branch) whole leaves cover the wood there - of, as when there are three leaves or moe upon one place of the flalke: but if there be two leaves together , and a third loath above th,nt, it it not thick but it called Had as (hotels. M.sinewy in Shaphar, &c. c.7. f. 2. Now to reconcile this with Nehemiah 8. 15. R. Sol. Itrchi (in hits Annotations there) faith, Hadar (the Myrtle in Nehemiah 8.) is Hadae fhn- teh which is not meet for the Lulab, [the branch to be carried in the hand,] but for bootbes : and the thicke tree ; that it the Hadat (or Myrtle) fit for the Lulab. But this they fay to maintaine their tra- ditions, and pompe at this feafl, after mentio- ned. The Myrtle is like the Olive tree, but hath lefTer leaves ; it is mentioned among other good- ly trees , which figured the prolperitie of the Church, in Efa.4r.19. and oppofed unto B,iars, Era, 55. 13. So in Zaeharies vifion, Zach. 1.8. willows of the brooks] or , (the bourne , that grow in vallies, and by rivers fides. Therfore the growth of godly men, is likened to willowes by water-tour- fis , Efa 44. 4. Of carrying thelè branches,the Hebrew DoEtors fometime call this feast, The frail of willoroes. The Soothes that they dwelt in, there Leven daies, might be made either of thefe, or of the boughes of any other trees, or of any thing that grew out of the ground : but them fourep they got efpecially to carry in their hands (fo they miderltood this law) after this manner. T befe futre kindr(fày they) are one commandment and are sailed thecommandement of the Paine-branch (Lu- lab.) And they may not have fewer or moe than theft.. And if they cannot finde any one of them , they may not bring fir it of another kinde , thereunto. T hey binde the Patine-branch , and Myrtle , and willoro- branch , and make of tbem Three , one bundle. And when a man takes them up ao goe firth with them ; bee blefèth(God) firfi, for the taking -up of the Palm - branch. This bundle bee carrieth in his right band, and the Poore - citron in his left ; and carrictb them as they grow; with their roots downward to the earth , and their tops upward into the ayre. If he wanted any one of the( branches , bee carried them not till bee bad all. The Palme-branch mi;bt not he let ee then foure band-bredtbs long: the Myrtle and the willow- branch, not lefe than three : though they were longer, it was allowable. The Pome - citron might not be ler in big: 4e , than an egge ;,greater it might be at much at they would. As they carried, thy waved (or moved) the branches three times towards every winde (or quarter of the world.) They carried them at the time of reading the hundred and eighteen Pfabne. They might carry ahem any time f the day, but not by night. The commandement to carry theft branches, is bat for the fìrIldayofthe faflonely, as it is Paid (in Levit. 23. 4o.) Andye fhall take unto you in the firif day. And in the San/'luarieonly, they carried them every ofthe fevers daies ofthe feafi; upon this ground , TeeThall rejoice before the Lordyour God, feeven dales, Levit. 23.40.) Wlw f ever is baud to (the Lanz of) the Trumpets, and of Soothes, is bound to carry the Palme-branch: o'hers are free. The child¢ that know - eth how to wave it it bound , by the doElrine if the Saibes , to carry the branch that he maybe trained up in the commandements. Every clay they went about the Altar once, mid; the Palme-branches jot their bands, andfaid, O Loan SAVE Now, (or Hofanna) and,O Loan Pitos Pea Now,(Pf.118.25.) and in the feventh day, they went about the Altar fezen times, &e. Maimony in Sbáphas , chap. 7,f. 5. &c. N n n Here-
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