96 NLIMBERS XV. woven : and Ifitfth the Fringe here fpokcn of; were threeds tyed unto thofc thrums with knots. on the skirts] Hebr. on the wings. This is ex- pounded inDcut.z2.22. on the fears skirts ( or wings.) The skirt end, or border of a garment, is ufually calleda wing ásin Ruth,3,9. r Sarn.i5.27 and 24.5.2 a.Dcut.22.3o.Zach8.23. Ezck.5.3. Hag.z. s a.fo the fours cads or corners of the earth, are called thcfoare wings thereof, Efa. i 1.12. Eze. 7.2. Iob 37. 3. and 38.13. The garment which a man ù bound to make the Fringe on by the Law, is a garment which bath foureskirts,or more thanfoure: and it is a garment of woollen or of liana only ,Bat a garment ofather f ufe,as of filke, or cotten,or camels haire, or the like, are not bound to have the Fringe, fave by the words of oar wife men, that men may be admonif6ed to keepe the precept of the Fringe. For allclothes fpoken of in the Law abfolutely, are not, fave of woollen and linnen onely. When he maketh a fringe on agarment that bath five orjixskirts,he ma- keth it but an foots of the skirts,as it is laid, YPON THE FOVRE SKIRTS,Deut.a2.1 z. Agarment that is borrowed, is not bound to have the Fringe far 3o. dayes; after & thencefortoarditn bound. Agar- ment of wooll,they make the white thereofof threat of wool: and agarment of flax (or linnen)they make the white thereof of threeds of flax; and fe of every garment after the kind thereef,&c. Every man that if boundto doe this commandement , if bee pat upon him agarment which is meet to have the Fringe,mufl pat on the Fringe, and then put the garment on; and if he put it on without the Fringe, he bceaketh the commandement ;Bat clothesmeet to have the Fringe fo long as a man pats them not on,6ut foldeth er/ lay - eth them up,they are not bound to have the fringe:for it w not a slaty in refpeil of thegarment, bat in ref. pea of the man which bath the garment. Maim .in Zitith,ch.3.jcú . t $.ao. upon theFringe]or, with the Fringe, a ribband] ora threed, as the word is Englifhcd in Iudg. a 6.9. or, a lace, as in Exod.39.3 r. it bath the name pf miffing or wrea- thing. The Grecke & Chaldeetranflatc ir,a threed r & fo it is explained by theHebrew Doctors; who alto fay,wbether they Were threeds of white,or shreds of blew, if he wouldmake them of twilled threeds,he mightfo doe ; and though the threed were twi fled of eight threeds, Os a riband made ofthem,it was coun- ted but one threed.The threeds of the }rsnge, whether white or blew,misff be [pun for the fringe-byname. Ma!monyinZitith,c.r.fas. fb!ew]or,ofskie- colour.The Hcbrcwes fay, the blewfpoken of in the lawin everyplace,is wool! dyed, and like the clear fir- mament. And the blew for the Fringe mull be died in a knowne die that willcontinue in the faire color and not change: tr whatfoever is not fo died,is unlawful/ for the Fringe,t hough it be like the colour of the ftr- mament.The die for this blew was made(they fay) with the blood of the Chalaton,which it a fsfh of blew colaar,¿r the blood of it üblack.mu inke,tsr it is found in the falt fea. And with that bloodthey mix vermil- lion,ejrc. Alfo it mull be died for the fringe by name. Maim. in Zitith, ch. 2..0E1.1.2.3. and Talmud in Mensachoth,ch.4. As for the Fringe, (which they ufuallycall theWhite,becaufe it was nor comman- ded to be died, it might be of any colour, as the garment it felfe,ekcept blew: whereof they write thus ; Thegarmentwhichisallred or greene, or of ether died colours they make the white threeds (or Fringe) thereof, like the died colour thereof; greens , if it bee grime ; or red, if it be red. If it be all blew, then they mall the mbite (the Fringe) thereof of other colours, any faze black, for that will turne and appeare blew - ifh : and they tie upon all one threed of blew, lilts at they doe in other Fringes which are not died. Maim. ibidem, chapter 2. fe lion 8. By reafon of this diffe- rent colour, they silo fay , There arefound in this eammandement (of the fringe) two commandements ; that amen make,on the skirt , a branch iff'uing out of it; and that bee lye upon the branch a threed of Mw, (Numb. 15 .38.) And the blew hindereth not the write; neither cloth the white binder the blew. As if a man bave no blew; bee maketh the white alone, &e. Though, ins hindereth not another, yet are they not two cam - mandements , but one. Our former wif men have Paid (from thefe words) And it (ball bee untoyou for a Fringe, Numbers r5. 39. this teacheth that both of them are one commandement. And the foure Frin- ges (on the foure skirts) doe hinder one another [fo that one may be without another] for they foto-e are one commandement ( Deut.22. r 2.) And bee that treareth agarment wherein is the white ( Fringe ) or the blew (ribband) or both of them together , bee kee- petb one commanding precept.Maimonÿ in Zitith,chap, t . fá3.4.5 Verf. 2g. for a Fringe] By the inftitution of 29 God it was made unto them a Fringe, and fo a re- ligious figne to helpe their memories,and to fur- ther their fanbtification : wherefore they sled to fan &ifie this, as all other like divine ordinances, by prayer; and when they put on this garment, they bled the Lord their God, the King of the world, which fanúified them by his commandements, androm- manded them to array themfelves with Fringes. And cehenfoever they clothed themfelves herewith in the day- time, they bled for them before they put them on. But they bleffed not for the Fringes at the time of the making of them , becaufe the end of the commando- ment is, that they fhould bee arrayed herewith. Maim. in Zititb,chap.3.0.8. that yee mayfie it] or andyee fhall fee (or looks upon) it ; on your felves,and on one another. Wherefore the Hebrewes fay, A blind man was bound to mare the Fringe : for though bee faro it cot, others did fee. it. Maim. in Zizith. ch.3. feíï.7.By many meanes of fundry forts,God war- ned his people of old, to walke religioully and holily before him ; and it is obferved by foure of themfelves, that The holy bled God left nothing in the world, wherein bee gave not fame commandement to If -, reel: if obey went out to plow, (hoe faid) T boa 'halt cot plow with an oxe and an afire together, Dent. 12.1o. if to low ; Thou fbalt soot law With divers kinds , Levit.r 9.'9. if to reape ; Thou fhalt not wholly reape the corner of thy field,&c.Levit.t9.9. ¿fie knead their dough ; Of the f rf of your dough , yee (hall offer a cake , Numbers r 5.20. if they killed (a beat ;). They fhall give unto the Prieft , the !boulder and the two cheeks, &c. Dem. 18.3. if they found a birds nrf ; thou ¡halt find away the Damme, Deut.22.6.7. ---
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