L&VITICFIS XXV. 155 on Exod. _3.11. thy fjourner] the firanger- the LnermVon and Iatbi!e, chap. ro. fe &.1. fever inhabitant, that dwelt in the land : and to in com- mon for all indifferently,the owner had no more right in it, than any other man ; wherefore who - foever locked up his vin yard , or hedged in bid field in the firanthyeere,braltea commandement.Andfoifbegathered all hia fruits info bir houfe; but all was to be free, and eve ,y mans handalikein every place. Maimony in label, ch. 4. íe£ì.24. But they might notcarry the fruits out ofthe land , nor feed the heathen with them , nor hirelings (of the heathens, except they had agreed to find them meat: but firangers that were gueffs ,might eat ofthem. Maim. ibiS chap. 5. felt. 13. 7 Verf.7. the heal)] or, as the Grecke tranflateth, the wilde beafls : under which, the feeler all() are comprehended. But , the fowleswhich are properly mans meat , they might not feedeattellwith them. Mai- mony in Mel, ch. 5. feet. 5. -the revenue] or in- come , which properly is the fruit when it is ripe, and fit to be gathered into' the barn, Wherupon the Hebrewes fay, Thy might not gather in the finits ofthefeventhyeere, when they were unripe ; they might Bate a little of them in the field, before they were I ripe, as they did other yeeres, but not bring any to be eaten within their houfes, till the feafon of the tithes. Maimony ibid.chap.5. fe &.15. fir to eat] for meat. From hence the Hebrewes gather, that The fruits of the feverish yeere, might not be eaten, (by men,) fave fo lug N the fame kind (of fruits) were and in the field : fi long N thebeaff did eat of that !Linde out of the field , thou maifi ease ofit that is in the baule. If it be all &nfumed for the beaff, out of the field, a man is bound to put that kirtde (of meat) ant of hic boufe. And after the putting away it is unlawful! to be eaten, either ofpoore or rich; Maimony in lobe!, ch. 7. fe &.t. This Sabbath, or relt of the Lords land, and common participation of all the fruits ther- of, prefigured the fpiritnall rett of his Church, which they enter into by the faith ofChrilt,Heb. 4. and the communion of all graces and good things;as the Scriptures mention the comment faith, Titus 1.4. the common fàlvation, Jude, verf,. 3. and the communion myilerie thereof, Ephefians 3.9. whiles both Jewes and Gentiles are fellow- heirer," and of the fame -body, and partakes of his promife of Cbrif by the Gape!, Eph. 3.6. Befides communion alto in outward things, as need requircth; as, when all that beleezed, were together, andhad all things common ; andfoldtheir pollifftotte and goods , and parted them to all men, N everyman hadneed: and continuing daily with one accord in the Temple and breal/ng bread from houfi to bottle', did care their meat withgladneffi, and fanglenefe of heart : and the multitude ofthem that beles- zed , were of one heart , and of one fonie ; neither fail an), ofthem, that ought ofthe things which he po f f d, woe his tame, but !bey had all things common, A&s 2. 44, 45, 46. and 4.32. 8 Verf. 8. thouJbalt number] The Hebrewes hold, that this commandement of numbring (even times leven yeeres,and the commandement of fanuli¡ying the fiftieth yeere, verf. s o. was given to the high" Synedrion, (or great Senate of Iliad) rmely : unto, whom, the care of proclaiming the Jubile and li- berties of the fame, did belong. Maim. treat: of Sabbath:] in Grecke, feeten Reefs: in Chaldee,(even Re:eafer ( or laeemiffons. ) 49. yeeres] which nine and fortieth yeere was the feventh reti or Sabbath yeere. And the beginning of this um- bring, fell out in the S.yeere of Ioftta, as is Chewed ed before on ver.2. but the Hebrewes miffe gene= rally in this computation, laying, that Tire begin- ning ftbia count, wasfourteeneyeeres after they came into the land ; for fix yeeres (were fpent) in conquering the land, acid fevmyeerer in parting ofit ; Maim. in label, c.í0.1..2. But this agreeth not with Calebsfpeech in Jot: 14.7, -t o. neither was the land fo long in parting. Wherfore,as they have miffed of Chrilt, unto whom all their Sabbaths and Jubiles led them : fo God h,th given them over to miffe in the computation of their Jubiles , wherebythey are the more hardened in their errour. Even the Storke in the heaven , knoweth her appointed tinier ; and the Turtle, and the Crane , and the Swallow , obferve the time oftheir comming : but the Jewes ktnow not iheludg- ment of the L o R n, Jer. 8. 7. 0 ye hypocrites, ye can difcerne the face of the skie,yet can ye not d(erne the ftgnes of the timer J Matth. 16.3. VerC 9. fhalt exile to fiord] Hebrew , fbalt aaufe to pal fe : which word, when it is tiled of founds or voices , meaneth to prodaime , pubhfh , or declare as the Greek here tranflateth it; fo after, and inEz- ra t. I. Theycaufedthe trumpet to pa throughartt all the borders oflfrael; faith Maim. in Lobel, c. t o. felt. r o. theTrumpet] or, the Cornet : fee Lev. 23.24. The Trnmpet of the labile and of the beginning of the yeere, it one, in every refpell. Maim, in lobe!, c.; o.feet. t t. and Thalmud in Febbaffhanatb, chap. 3. of loud -found] or ofalarme, as is englilhed in Numb. 10.5. See the notes on Levit.23.14. It u comman- ded to blow with the Trumpet, in the tenth (day)of T if -' ri, (that is, September) in theyeere of Iubile, and this commandement is gizen to the Synedrion fide, N it is written, And thou teak cattle to found, 6"c.. and ezery particular perfon it bound to blow, N it id wrio,en, lee (hall caufe the Trumpet tt f tmd, &c. Maimony ibid. ch.13. feet.' o. This blowing with Trumpets, fi- gured the preaching of the Gofpel, Luke 4. i8, 19. as is (hewed alto on Levit. 23. dy ofAime- menos] or,of expiation, which was the Fatting day, when the whole Church every yeere shifted their fouies, and the high Prfelt made atonement for them in the moli holy place, Lev.;6.ch.& 23. 27.And though the yeere began ten daies before, (the firft of the moneth)yet as our Ipiritoall bon- dage was not done away , but by the atonement, made through the death of Chrilt, I., 15. fo neither was the type hereofperformed in IJ rael , till the day of Atonement. The Hebrcwes fay, From the beginning of the yeere, ttntilf the sky ofA- tonement, the fervants were net releafed tonto their omne boufes, not from being in finitude to their mailers: Neither were the fields returned to their owners ; Lus the 'imams did eat and drink , and reioyce , and weare' crowns (orgarlands) upon their heads. When the d of Atonement Dame , the Magi!?rates (toe .Sine- ¿ion ) blew the Trumpet, tlx fervants were re.'ea- fid to their gene boules , and the lands retosrtd to their owner's 9
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