O'...1is .1.i IflYSí NUMBERS XXV. IÓ; in that David faith , the plague brake in upon them, Pfal. 006.29. Howbeit the word is Cornea= u- fed for ¡laughter by the fword, as in 1 Sam 4.17. 9 Verle 9.24'houfand] all the men that had fol- lowed Baal -Pear, the Lord deftroycd them from among his people, Deut. 4.3. The Apoftle,fpea- king hereof , faith, Neither let us commit farnìfation, ac fine of them committed, and fell in me day-three and mmentietivufand xCorinth. ro.8. Itfeemeththat one thoufand were flame by the Judges, eerie 5. and 23 thoufand by the hand of God, of which latter numbér the Apeltle fpeaketh: or,one thou- fand of the chicle were hanged, and the refs (lain j by the fword. n n Here the Hebrews begin the 4x. Se -' &ion or LeEturc of the Law, Which they eal1 Phinehae. II Verle 1 I, bath turned away] in Greeke, bath caufedmy wrath to cea fe. The fait of Phinebac , who was but a Prie¡ts forme, no ordinary Magiltrate, i and who proceeded not with the malefa&ors ju- dicially, but carried with scale of God, thrult (them thorow fuddenly, might feerne blame- worthy in the eyes of men, and might procure him much ill wil, confidering the perlons whom he killed,the man being a Prince in Ifrael, and the woman a Princes daughter ofAGdian: therefore God here jultifieth and rewardcth his work done by the motion of his Spirit. he was zealous with my zeale] or, he was'jealouo with my jealoufte; for Gods caule, not his owne. TheApoltle hath a like fpeech, J am jealous over you with jealoufie of` God, that is, with godly jealoufe. Zeale or jeabufe, (both which are f gnilied by one word in the He- brew) meaneth both a fervent indignation a- gainft the fanners, and a fervent love unto the Lord, (hewed in his former aft, asThargum Iona - than addeth for explanation, and he killed the guilty among them. in my zca/e] or, in my jealoufte; it is the word before ufed, and applied here to God, as in Exod. 20.5. and often. I2 Verle 12. Igive] in Chaldee, I decree. of peace] underftand, my covenant, (the covenant of) peace: fo God faith of Levi, my covenant was with him, (the covenant of) life and peace; and I gave them unto him , for the fiare wheretvitb hefeared me, &c. Mal. 2.5. So in this place Thargum Ionatban paraphrafeth, Behold I decree unto him my covenant peace, and I will make him the meflènger of my cove- nant, and he fhall live far ever,to preach the Goljel of re- demption in the end of dales. By which words nine- hat in his covenant was a figure of Chrilt, who is called the mefenger of the covenant, Mal. 3.1. and hash an everlafting Prielthood, after the power of an mdlef lift, Hebr. 7. 16, 17. and hath both wrought and preached redemption in there lat- ter dales, Heb. 1. x, 2, 3. 13 Verle 13. of an everlafling Prieflhood] meaning untill Chrills comming,to whom the Prielihood of Aaron was to give place, Heb.7. s x, &c. Pbiue- bar himfelfe lived to a great old age,as appeareth by Judg. 20. 28. hive fonnes fuccelfively were high Pi lefts till the captivitie of Babylon, I Chron 6.4. 15. and at the retorne out of rapt ivitie, Ezra the great Prieft and Scribe was of his line, Ezra 7. x. 5. Anci God by his Prophet promifeth, that David(ball never want a man to fit upon the throne of the boufe of Ifrael: neither frail the "'Hefts the Le- vita Leant a manzbefore me , to Or burnt .ferings, and to kindle meat eerings , and to doe facriftee comi- mta/ly, Jer. 33.17,1 S, 2I, 22. Both which are ac- compli¡hed in Chrilt, Luke s. 32,33. Reb. 3.1. & 5.1,-5.818. 1,2,3, &e. zealous for his God] or; jealous for his God, that is, for the difhonour done unto his God; as God himfelfe is fetid to be jea- lous for Jerufalem, when he was fore difpleafed with theHeathens that atAiited it,Zach. 6.14,15. It is good to be zealeufly niched alwaies in agood thing, Galat. 4, 18. that God fheweth here in rewar- ding Phinehas scale , who flood up and executed judgement, and the plague waf flayed: and it was counted to him fir juilice, to generation and generation fir ever, Piàl. 1 o6. 3o, 31. The Hebrews in ages following mentioned his glorie ; as Pen Sirach faith , Becaufe he bad wale in the feare of the Lord, and fióeod up with good courage of beast , when the peo- ple were turned back, and made atonement for Ifrael; therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he fhould be the ebiefe of the Saniluarie, and of his people; and that be and his pofleritie fhould have 'the dignitie cf'the Friefibood for ever , EcciuC 45. 23, 24. The Scripture noteth the contrarie of Eli (who carne of Ithamar the brother of E /eazar) for when hi,s owne fops committed whoredome with the women Of Ifrael, that a(fembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and made themfelves vile, he reflrained ahem net, but honoured his formes above the Lord : there- fore God threatned to cut off his arme, and the armme of his fathers houle, that there ( hould not . be an old man in his houle for ever. And be (ware unto the houfe of Eli, that the iniquitie of Elies haufe fhould not be purged with facrifice, nor offeringfarever, I Sam.2.22,29,3s.& 3.13,14. made atonement] or ,made reeonciliation,pacified Gods wrath through faith : this word ufed for atonement by facri- fice, is here applied to the executing of judge- ment upon the malehwltors; whereupon God flayed the plague which had begun upon the congregation. As oftentimes for the Ian of Come, God is wroth with the whole congregation, Jof. 7. 1,12.8C 22. 17,18. fo here for the juft fait of Phinehaf his wrath was turned away,v.i x. and.at- onement is made. So the Proverbe was fulfilled, The Kings wrath is as mefiingers of,death ; but a wife man will pacific it, Prov.16.14, Thus. David alto made atonement by doing jultice on Sault horde, 2 Sans. Si. 3, &c. Verfc 14. [mitten] that is, /Wed, as the Chaldee explaineth it : fo in eerie 15. & 17. Zimri] in Greeke, Zambri[tine of Salo a the notation of this name agreeth with his end; for Zimri fignifieth cutting off, as ftsperfluous bougghes are pruned , or cut off from the Vine: Salo isgnifieth treading un- der fat; fogs a fruitleffe branch he was cut off from the Vine of Ifrael, & trodden down of God and men; as it is written, Thou haft trodden downs all 14 ARIP",..r..weo.mrwr. t.n,/.r .0" w.nentnenw.m,w
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