NUMBERS Xi. they :Bid ; C. en Cod fernifh a Table in the Wilder - nefe ? Behold he finale the RoelZe , and the maters gufled out , and peones everfbtwed : can bee give bread all'o? or can be prepare ficfh for bit peo k ? Verle 5. werememéer ] they (Erred and infla- 5 need their luft,with remembrance of their former Egyptian diet. fir nought] this may be refer- red to the fsfh which they had far nought , without price,getr ingthem out of the rivers freely; or,for nought , that is, for very little , very cheaper as no- thing is ufed for very little, A1í.27.33 .lob 18.20. none, for very few, Ier. 8.6.1 Cor.2.8. It may alto have reference to the former , wee remember for nought, that is, in vaine: fo the Hebrew , Chinnam; and Greek; Poreau, fometime fignifieth a thing done or fpoken in vaine and without eFFea;as Pro. i.i7,Etek.6.1o.Gal.2.21. garlick]cbefe groffe meats ufed to be eaten by the poorer fort in E. gypt, and by the Ifraelites when they were flaves there,they now remember, ( forgetting their fla- very;)and preferre before the Manna which God gave them from heaven,which was both plcafant and- wholefome.Of the things here 1pokeu of,and other the like,the Hebrewes themfelves fay: Some meats are exceeding evil! and it is not meet that a man fboold eve, eat of them, as great fifties that are fäleed and old, etiv'c. and fame meats are evil!, but not fa bad; tberfare it is not meet for a man to eat of them , fave a lit- tle and very feldome ; and bee may not ufo to make them his mint , or to eat them with his meat continu- ally, at great jiff es, Ghee f ,&c. and leeks , and-onions, andgarlicke, &c. theft meats are naught , which a man fbould eat of but a very littk, and in winter dsyes ;but in filmier not at all. Mains.in Mifn. ton. r.in Degnoth chap.4. feeí'l.9. 6 Verle 6. our Pule is dried] The flute is often put for the body,or whole nian,andfor the appe- tite or delire of meat,drinke,and other things:fo here they complaine that they had no nourilh- nient by the wheat of heaven (as Manna is called, Pfd. 78.24.) neither was their appetite fatisfiep: & hereupon it is faid,they asked meat far their faro, Pfal. 78.r8.tofatisfie their tidily lull. oar eyes are] or, our eyes behold onely the Manna; that is, we fee no other food neither can we expo& for any other,but depend upon Manna onely.For the e'er unto any fignifie hope and expe&atili , as Pfal.2 5.15.an,d t 41.8.Manna was unto them both a corporali food,and a fpirituall, figuringChrilt himfelfe,wi th his word & grace, Ioh.6. 31,32,33. 1 Coi.10.3. So the loathing ofManna , and long- ing for the meats of Egypt, figured the reje&ing of Chrift and his graces, for to have nourilhment and life by the workes and riglsteou1tíefhe'ofmen, Gal. 3. 3, TO. and 4: 9. Such mens yes cannot fee the Manna which is hid, Rev.2.17. 7 Verle 7. Manna] in Hebrew, Man: the reafsats of this name, fee in the notes on notes Ex. t 6. 14. Chatketni on that place faith, Mart, in the Egyp- tian tongue, is as Mal , (that is, What) in the Hebrew tongue : and they atkd one of another Man, that is, what is this ? Coriander] ofit fee Exod. 16. 31 Thefe are the words of Mores, convincing the peoples ingratitude,by the defcriptiô of Manna, which they difdained. the calker 3Hebi.the eye , t hat is, the colour , or appearance , as the Greeke and Cbaldee explaine it : fo ye is u(èd for colour, eti-c.in Lev. 13.55. Ezelu.16. and 8. z. and 1 o. 9. Bdelium] in Hebrew Bdalach, in Greeke, (and by Sol. Lerchies expofition)Cryflal: w hich is white and tranfparent:fo Manna is laid to be white, Ex. t 6.31.Of Bd lium,fee Gen.z.1 z. Verle 8. went about] or, went to and fro,to (-earth, ffnde, efpie, as in Ier. 5.1. Amos 8. t 2. Damn 2. 4. therefore this word is applied fortieth-lie to the eic,as in z Chroa.16.9.It figured the labour & dili- gence that men fliould ule to get the meat which en- dureth unto everlafling 1,12n.6 .27. ground it] the grinding & beating of it, &c. figured elfo the aff(i &ions of Ghri(t,whereby he was prepared to be for us the bread of life, Iobn.6.48 -5 t. Heb.z 9, io. I Pet. 3. 18. But though,the Manna was thus hard as wheat to be ground,yet it pled to melt as it lay on the earth , with the heat of the Sunne, that they gathered it only in the morning , Ex. 16.21. baked]or,boyled,coqued; the word is fome- tinte ufed for baking,as in 2 Sam. 13.8. though uftially it fignifieth to hoile. thebeff moifiure of oyle]frefh oyle,which bath no ranke favour. The Hebrew Leftiad, is the belt oily mature in mans body, Pfah 3 2. 4. fo here it is the heft fweet moi- flurc of oyle,which is the uppermoftpart. It had allo the talk ofwaferrwith honey, Ex. t 6.3n. And here the reeketran flatethitwaferrofoyle,andthe Chaldee pafie, (or cake') with yle. So it was both pleafant and wholfome food , and the tafle of eyle and honey figured the fweetneffeof grace whirls we by faith perceive in Christ the true Manna, PfaL i r 9.103.5 ong. 5.16.1 Verle 9. fell dame upon it ] and upon the Mau- na fell dew againe,which when it was drawn up by the Sunne, then the Manna appeared, Exod.16. 13, 14. fo the Manna lay as it were hidden be- tweentwo dewes. But after was manifdted,and given them of God freely everyday : a wheat which they Cowed not,nor laboured for, but had for the taking up, a neat which they knew not, neither had their fathers knowne it: whereby they were taught, that man lived' not by bread onely but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, Deut.8.3. Verle 1o. throughout ] or., by their families; fo the finne was generally spread among the people. in the dean] that is, openly;and finned not in ferret onely, but as it were proclaimed their ini- quitte, and hissed up themfelves, Sc one another, to follow their lofts. Verle t i . done evil to thy f rvant ] that is , äftli- &ed me : for evil! when it commeth from God, meaneth trouble tx afflf &ion wherewith he cha- fliCeth his fervants,and exercifeth their faith and patieneras Íer.18.8. Efai.45.7. Amos 3.6. . that thou layef !]Heb fir tefay,or repo : fo it (lath' reference to the former part of the C eech.See the notes on Gen.6. 19. the burden] the weighty care and charge:fo in Veut.1.12.The Greeke here tranflateth it anger; but after in üerf;7.violénce, er affault. This llieweth the greatcharge that lieth upon
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