66 DEUTERONOMIE ,XY lI. bens 35.1.6. 23.24. &c. Blood and blood is by four. referred to those Lewes mentioned in Levit. ' 15.1 9. and Deut. 22. 17. plea] or, judgement and judgement, caufe and caufe, as in t King.3.I6. I 7. - -28. firoke and firoke ] or, plague and plague : which the Chaldee tranflateth, plague of leprofie, and plague of leprofe: wherein there might be dit- hcnitics , that the Priefts could not ealìly judge : fee Levit. 13. And 4. chapters. But by plague or Jiecke, may alto be meant ftrokes and wounds that one man gave unto another. matters] or words ofJbjfes, that is, of difagreement among the Judges , that they could not accord in the feti- telsce of judgement, becaufe of Tome doubts and difficulties. So.theChaldeetranflatech it words (or matters) of divifnonofjudgement Iehofaphat explaineth it thus , between blood, and between Law and Commandement,Statutes and lodgements, 2 Chro. 19.1 o.fo implying all difficulties about any part of the Law whatfoever. thy gates ] in the G reeke and Chaldee,thy cities. then thou] Heb. and tloufhalt arif;fpeaking to the Iodge or Iudges, which found the. too hard for them in judgement: fo it is written of the Iudges, the bard matter they brought unto Mores , and every fmall matter they judged themfelves, Exod.18.z6. fleall chafe] to put his name, and to dwell there ; fee Deut. 12.5. This place afterward was Ierufalem , as it is raid, Moreover, in lerufalem, did Irhofaphat fit of thé Levites, and of the Friel. Is and of thech,'efe of the fa- thersof Ifrael , for the judgement of the L O RD, and I for eontroverftes, &e. 2 Chron. 19.8.9.10. And there were let thrones of judgement, Pfal.I 2 1.5 . 9 Verf. 9. and :pose the judge] by and is meant or, as is opened in verf. 2. or unto the Lodge: by the lodge is underftood the high Councell or Senate of Iudges, which were of the chiefe (or heads) of the fathers of Ifael , 2 Chron. 19. 8. as they who here are called Priefis, are in verf. 12. called the P, left : and in 1 Chron. 4.42. many captaines are in the Hebrewcalled an Head. And as among the Priests one was chicle , fo among the Iudges one was Prince or Ruler, a Chron. 19.11. The He- brew records fay, When any doubt arofe in any cafe, to any one of Ifrael, hoe as ked of ehe lodgement hall (or Synedrion) that was in his citie ; if they knew, they told it him : if not, then he that enquired, together with the Synedrion or with the mefjengers thereof, went up to Ierufr.nem and enquiredof the Synedrion that was in the mountaine of the Temple ; if they knew,they told it him ; if not, then they all came to the Symdrion that was at the dooro of the Court yard(of the Temple: ) f they !new, they told it them ; and if not they all came to the Chamber of heaven (florae) to the great Synedrion, and squired, &c. Maim. tons. 4. treat. of Rebell s, c. 1. fect.4. Of the three Synedrions inlerufalem, fee the Annotations ou Numb. 11. 16. that fhall be in tho fe dayet] From hence the Hebrewes gather, that if the high ,Synedrion had judged and de- termined of a matter, as feemed right in their eyes, and after them another Synedrion rofttup, which upon reafons fe miug good unto them, difannlled the former fe stench; then it was difa- nulled, & judgement paffed according as fee:ned good unto there latter : Thus art not bound (fay they) to wake faze of er the Synedrion(or Iudges), bat are in tlyge eration ( the time wherein thou livelt.) Maim. in Rebels, e.2. C'. the word ofjudgmot] that is the matter or- fenience of judgement: which was to be according to the Law of God, v.I t. as it is laid of the Priefts, And in controze fe, they Chad (land in judgerent ; and they fhall judge it ac- cording to my judgements, Ezek.44.24. Whereupon it was alto Paid unto the Indges,Te fha/lWarnethem that they welt* not againfi the Lord, and fo wrathoomê uponyou,and uponyour brethren, z Chron. 19.10. Vert'. 10. according to the word] or according to the I o feutence of the word: Hebr. them utbof theword: fo in v. I I . all that they it forme thee] or, all that they teach thee, to wit, agreeable to Gods Law , as before is (hewed, from Ezek.44.24. And, in this fenfe,Chrift laid to thepeople of the Scribes and Pharifees; fitting in Moles that ; All what fevcr they bid you obferze, that obfrae and doe, Mat.23.2.3.which he meaneth not of their owne traditions , but of their doctrine according-to Mofesfor when they taught , for dotlrines the commandements of men, bee both reproved them himlclfe,and willed his Dis ciples to let them alone, as blind leaders of the blind, Matt.1 5.1.2: -14. and charged them to beware of the leaven of the Pharifèes andSaddaces, that is, their do/Irine, Matth. 16. 6.12. Here therefore the He- brew do &ors have [tumbled at the Law , whiles I from this Scripture they would eltablifh not on- I ly the written Law of God, but the Law by word of mouth, (or,by tradition) the foundation whereof they make the high Synedrion which was in le- rufalem : from whore judgement they held it not lawfull to decline. Maim. in Rebels, chap.'. Verf. t s. According to the Law] or, according to the II moots (that is, the fentenco, do£irine or commandement) of the Law. not decline from the word] or, not turneafelefrom. The commandement todoe, and the prohibition not to decline, jeyned together in this Law , doe (hew the weight thereot: the naming of the Lam, lodgement, and Word -, which the Priefts and Iudges should teach , (heweth the rule of right judgement to bee given of God in his Law, IoC 1.y, Deut . 5.32.33. Ezek. 44.24. from which when the Priefts departed, the Lord made them contemptible and bate lefaseall the ptople,' Mal.2q.8.9. Vert: 12. the man that will de prefsemptuorJy] or, I2 inprefumpt ion , proudly; as the Greeketranllatech, in pride; the Chaldee, inwiclpdneff. Itisoppo- fed unto ignorance and erronr, Exod.21.13 14. By the man here leemeth to bee meant either pri- vate perfon,or inferiour ludge,that proudly di C- obeyed the fentence of the higheflCouncell ; but the Hebrewes referre it chiefly to the Rebellious Elder, or Iudge : and whereas they brought their owne traditions (or law by word of mouth) within the compa(fe of the Law to be taught,(as' is noted on v.so.)they except the Sadduces whit II I had been from their youth trained rap in their fa- thers opinions,and never received the traditions of the Pharifees ; that filch were not to die.by this Law, for not obeying the doctrine which the
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