178 NUMBERS XX VIII. reference to the ordinance inExód. 29. 38.-4.2. Thus God calleth then throughout their gene - rations; unto his firftinftitution, which they wereto keeps, till hee himfelfe made a change of the Law. And here obferve, that theLambe, the flowrc , and the oyle , are all of them together called a Burnt- offering , as alto in Ezek. 46.15. be- cauCe the Meat- offering with the oyle was al bur- ned on the Altar, as was the lambe, and fo diffe- red from the Meat-offering in Leek. 2. whereof an handfahl onely was burned. 7 Verf..7. Drinks-off ring] fo named of ?owing out upon the Altar, as is noted on Num. t 5.5. in the holy place] the Court of the San&uary;Heb. in the Hohineff. fZrmmg wine] in Hebrew She - ear, which name the Gr. retaineth, calling it Sike- ra, and fo in the Evangelifts writing, Luke 5.1 5. It is generallyufed for all ftrong drinke, which caufeth mirth, fulneffe, and (if it be taken excel - fively)drunkenneffe:See the notes on Gen.4324. The Chaldee here tranflateth it,old wine,and that is better than new,Luke 5.39.Thus God required the beft liquor wine ; and the belt fort of wine to be given with hisfacrifice: which was a figure; not only of theblood of Chrift, (the memorial] wherof he hath still left unto his Church in wine, Mat.26.27.28.z9.) but of the blood all() of his fervants, powred out in martyrdom, upon the fa- oif ce and fervice of the faith (as in the holy place) Phil.z. 57. See the Annotations on Num. 15. a 2. 9 Verf. 9. the Sabbath day ] Hebr. the day of Sab- bath, that is, ofReft, which the Greekeexpreffeth in the forme plural], the day of Sabbaths, and fo in the new Teftament, Luke 4. 16. A&. 53. f 4. and 56.13. two he- lambes ] underftand, as the Greek verfion addeth , yee fhall bring two bee -lambs : therewere over & befide the daily lacrifices fore- mentioned, verfe 10. The Sabbath was a remem- brance of thecreation of the world, Exod.2o. r r. of ICraels comming out of /Egypt, Deut.5.1 5. a ligne of their fan&ification by the Lord,Ezek.2o 52. and a figure of grace and ref], which fhould ;come by faith in Chrift,Heb. 4. As therefore this day was a figue of more than ordinary favours. from theLord,Co he required greater teflimonies ¡of their thankfulnefle and Canftification. And Ezekiel prophefying of the Churches fervice un- der the Gofpehl, under the figure of therelegali ordinances, he faith, And the Burns - offering that the Prince (hall offer unto the L 0 RD , in the Sabbath day, flail be fix lambs pet f Il , and a ramme perle/I : and the Meat - offering (hall be an Ephah for a ramme ; and the Meat-offering for toe lambes frail he the gift of his band, and an Hinof tyle to an Ephab,Ezek. 46.4.5. fignify- ing that the fervice of God now in fpirit and truth should exceed the legali Cervices of old. I O Verf.1 o. in hit Sabbath ] the Chaldeeexpoun- dcth it, that fball be done in tie Sabbath ;it meaneth, that on the Sabbath it fhould be offered, and not deferred til another day or week,as is before no- ted, verfe z. The like is for the month in v. r 4. Verf. t 1. the beginnings of your months] that is, as the Greeke tranflateth it, the new motejes for in Ifrael they began the month with the new II moone;and it was proclaimed by theSynedrion; or Magiftrates , asMaimonyfheweth inKiddnfh bachode¡h chapter t. Thefe new- mpones were dales fan&; ed to the fervice of God, by fpeciall fa- crifices appointed, as after followeth ; then did they blow with the Giver trumpets in the San - &uary, Numb. r o.1 o. and for Burnt- offerings on the Sabbaths, New - moons, and folemne Feat's, was Solomons Temple dedicated, z Chron, 2.4. Then alfo did they thorowout the coat's of If- rael repaire unto the Prophets or other MinIfters of God, for to hears his Word, as appeareth by 2 King. 4.23. Wberefare wilt thou geetohim ( to the man of God) to day? it is neither New -moose rtor Sab- bath. Then alfo they kept religious feafts, r Sam. 20.5.6. neither was it lawful] to buy or fell, or doe other like worldly workcs , Amos 8.5. but they were to meditate of their light , fan&ifica- tion, graces, and comforts to conic by Chrift, whereof theft and other holy -dayes were alha- dow,Co1.2.r6.17. And inChrift wefpiritualiy keepe this feast ( as the Apoftle fpeaketh of the Palfeover, I Cor. 5.7. 8.) for fo it is prophefied, From one New -meone to another , and from one Sabbath to another, fhall allflefh come to wor/bip before met faith theLORD, Efay66.23. Not that we are now bound toobfervedeyes, andmonethes, and times, and yeares, (óa1.4. s o. but are taught by thofe figura- tive fpeeches in the Prophets, to worfhip the Father in fpirit and in truth, Ioh.4. 25.23. who will accept of our fervice performed in Chrift, in every plan, as her did at Ierufalem, Malac. r. 15. and at all times , as he did at the folemne Feafis of Ifati. The renewing of the Moone, (which borroweth her light of the Sunne) might figure the renew- ing of the Church (faid to bee faire as the Nome, Song. 6. 50.) by Chrift the Statue of righteoufneffe, Mal. 4. z. whiles her light and joy is by him in- creafed and continued ; as it is written, ThySun pall no more goe dotrne , neither fhall thy Nome with- draw it felfe : for the L OR D fhaAbe thine ezerlaf ing light, and the days of thy mourning (hall be ended, Efay 6o.zo. And Ezekiel (prophefyingof the dayes of Chrift) faith of the gate of the innerCourt of the San &nary, that looketb towardsbe Safi, which fhould be fhut the fix working dayes , that in the Sabbath, and in the day of the New - moose, it fhould be opened, Ezek. 46.1. The Hebrewes fay , As the beginningof the monethes arefasstfified and renewedin this world, fo fhal I frael bee faniIified and rentwed in time tocome. Pirke Eliezer, per 51, two bullocks] The Cervice at the New -moose was much more than in the Sabbath, for that was but two jambes, verfe 9. but this at the New-moose, is two bulleekes, one ramone, and feven lamb's , all Burnt-offerings, and one goat- bueke, for a Sin - offering, verle 1 I. r 5. Theft lb- crifices were offered, befide the daily Burnt -offe- ring,and after the fame: but Ezekiel foretelleth aleffening of this fervice, (peaking but cf one bullocks, fix Jambes, and a rammo, which the Prince fhould offer, Ezek.46.6. Verf. 52. three tenth parts ] of an Ephah or Bulhell, as verfe 5. that is, three Omers.The like quantity was prefcribed in Nam. s 5.9. & fo two Omers 12
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