104. NUMBERS X V L and many the like. the fire]which is in the cen- ters,verf.7. The Greeke faith , the flrangefire; as Lev. i o. I. yonder] in ° recke, there ; which Sol. Iarchi expoundeth, on the earth , eta of the cen- fers: others, out of the court of the San&uarie.By calling away the fire the Lord fignifieth the re- jefling of their fervice as profane. So in Rev. 8. 5. the Angell took the cent r, and filled it with fire of the Altar , andcaf it into the earth; and there were voices, and tbunderings,&c. Which being compa- red with verf. 3, 4. feemeth to teach likewife a re- je&ing of the fervice of Antichriflians, which abufe and defpife Chrifis mediation; andthere- fore it is turned unto them to judgement. 3 Vert 38. finners againfl their fouler] Sinners are here & often ufed for notorious wicked perlons; as, Dftroy the finners the Amalekites , 1 Sam. 15.I 8. and, the min of Sodom were evils and ftmers , Gen. 13. 13. And they finned again(( their routes , in canting their owne death and delru&ion: for the "bale is often used for the life,as in Gen.19.i 7.and 37.21. So he that provoketb a King to anger , finneth against bee osont fisle Prov. 20. 2. broad plates] Hebr. out fpreadiagsofplates, that is, plates beaten out and fpread broad, to cover the brazen altar with them. and they are halowed]or,fanllified :: &fo(as Sol.Iarchi explaineth it) unlawful! for common efe, becaufe obey had made them for vets o fmini serie. Or, they werenow fan&ified ofGod (before whom they finfully offered them,) to bee an holy fgne unte the people. for a ftgne] and a memorial! to theformes of Ifrael, verf. 40. CO make them remem- ber the tranfgreffion of there finners , & to warne them that none hereafter doe the like.So Aarons rod was kept for a ftgne, Nem.17. t o: and God threatneth by deftoyingthe wicked,to make him a fgne , and a proverbe , Eck., 14.8. Now all theft things hapned unto them for enfamples : and they are written for ouradmonition , upon whom the ends of the worldare come , I Cor. 10.11. 40 Verle 40. not any f ranger] or, no man which is a (ranger. feed of Aaron]thatis,fànr,or,pofe- ritie of Aarart : fo all Ifraelites or Levites (Cave Aarons b ernes onely,) are counted firangers in this cafe of priefthood. that be be not] Heb.and he be not at Korah, like him in rebellion, and in pu- nifliment. Therefore Mofes afterward rehearfeth this hittorie to keepe the people le obedience, Dent. i 1.6,7,8. unto him] or, of him; having reference to Mofes 1peechinverf 29, 30. that the truth of the judgement denounced might be ma- nifeft.So the Apoftlepronounceth woe unto fuch, and faith they perifhin thegaine- faying of-Kure, lode verf I i. 41 Verbe4r yam beve killed] or, as theChaldee ex- plaineth it,yoee baroeaufed the death. Though they had prayed for the people,v. 32. and the (trange- nelfe of the punifhments (hewed unto all that they were of God, and the judgementswere Rill even before the eyes of the congregation;yet doe they thus breake ont into a new rebellion. 42 Verfe4z. the glorie of Jehovah] it appeared to help his fervants,& to repre(fe and punifh the re- bellious,now as in former times, Num. r 2.5. and 14.to.and r6.í9. Verne 45. Get you that is, Depart, or Sepa- 45 rate your felves; as he Paid before, in retie 21. ar in a moment] in Greeke, ai once: fee the notes on verfe 2r . fell on their flees] to pray, as Targurit Ionathan addeth, and as they did before, in serf 22. So did David and the Elders of Ifrael , in i Chron.2t.i6. Vert 46. from tithe Altar] of this, Chazku- 46 ni faith , he warned him hereof, that bee might not' erre through hafte and offer frange fire, ar Nadab and Abibu ( Levi:. i o. ) and tbefe other had done. incenfë ] Incenfe t4at eaufeed death when it was not in the band of the Prief giveth life when it it in the Priefr band,faith Chazkuni on this place.Here- by the mediation ofOhrift for finners was fi- gured;who is reprefented by the Angell (landing at the Altar,having a golden cenfer,and much in- cenfe given unto him, to offer it with the praiers of all Saints, &c. Rev. 8.3. goequiekly]or,make togoewith ttecd;that is,as theChaldce and Greeke trap flateth,cariequiekly,orinhefte. the plague] in Chaldee, death ; the Greeke tranilateth, be bath begrime to break (that is, defray) the people. Vert 47. be put on insen fe]to make atonement, and to appeafe Gods wrath ; as it is Paid of the Priefis, They Pall put a eenfe ìn in thy mitred (or, thine anger) &e. andfavourably accept thou (O Lord) the marks of his hands ; Deuter. 33. i O. i r . Herein he figured Chri(l our Mediatour , who made inter - eeffron for the tranfgrefjors, Efai. 53. 12. Look. 23. 34. So the Hebrewes ( as R. Menachem on Num.' 6.) applie that prophefie of Efaias touching Chrift, unto this worke of Aaron , faying , The meaning of this, And be food between the living and the dead, it like that (in Efai 5 3.12.) be hat/ purred out hie feule unto death, &c. Verbe 48. between the dead and the living] fo interpofing, and as it were expofing himlfèlfe to the wrath of God for the people ; that by the atonement which he now made,the plague might be flayed from the living which yet remained. For to him that it joyned to all the living , there is hope, &c. but the dead know not any thing, &v. neither have thy any more a portion for ever, in any thong that is done under the Sunni, &c. There is no mark nor de- vice, nor knowledge, nor wifdome , in the grave whi- ther thou pelt , Eeelef.9.4, 5,6. 10. Thedeadpraife not the Lord , either any that goe downs into Silence, Pfeil. 115 .17. T hey that got downs into the pit , can- nothope for the truth (of God) Efai.38. 8.for after death, commcth the judgement, Heb. 9.27. And fo by the Hebrew DoLtors it is Paid There it no atonement for the dead. Maimony in Mifis. tom. 3. in Pefuld hamekdafhin, chap. i 5. feti. 9. And the Chaldee paraphraft on Eedef aft. i. r 5. bath this baying; A man wof mayes are rebellion,. in this world, and he dietb in them , and turnerh not by repentance, he hash no power to reforme kimflfe after his death: and a man that faileth of the Law and Precepts whiles heEvetb, he bath nomeanes, after hie death, to be reckoned with the jut men in the garden of Eilen, ( or Paradife of God.) And on Eoelef. 6.6. the Chaldee paraphrafeth thus ; yea though the (layer of 47 48
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