DEUTERONOMIE XVIII. fhaUbe, orfhall not be; or fay , it is good to doe flab a thing, &c. The manner and means of divining they note to be divers; Come doing it with fand, Come with [tones ; Come by lying downe on the ground, Tome with ieon,fome with a ftaffe which he carrieth in his hand,and Icaneth on, &c.where- to they apply that of the Prophet, My people ask counfll at their ff ock:,and their fide declaretb unto them, Hof.4. t z. It it unlawful[ to divine, or walk! (counfell) of a Diviner : Hee that asketb of a Diviner it cbaflifed witb flriper, but the diviner himfelfe, if bee doe any of the forefaid alit (of divination) or the like, is beaten. Mainsony treatife of Idolatry,chap.s t.felt. 6;7- ehferver of timer] or, Soothfaier; an obferver of the clouds , and of the planets ; a Planetary, or, an obferver of the fiyingof fwles; an Augur. The diviners forefpoken of were carried much by in- ward and fpirituall notions ; theft by outward obfervations in the creatures. They were of efteeme among the Phililtines, & other heathens, ECay 2.6. and the finne crept into Ifrael. z King. 21.6. though God forbade it here,and in Lev.19. 26. The Hebrewes fay, they were filch as did let tines for the doing of things, laying, Stub a day is good and filch a day it naught : *ha day is fit fir to doe inch a work ; fueb ayeere or month is evil[ fir filch a thing. It is tmlawfttll to obferve times , though one dune worke, but make is known; they are Ito-which fooles imagine to be true, and to be words of wifi men, Maimony in treatifeof -Idolatry, chap. is. Ceti. 8. an obferver of fortunes] one that curioufly fearcheth, obferveth, and telleth Ggnes of good or evil[ luck , which are learned by ex- perience ; The Hebrew 711.ócbath is to fearch and find out by experience, Gen. 30.27. and 44. 5. whereupon/Ile/Jacket'', (the word here uled)is one that too curioully obferveth and abufeth things that doe fall out, as Iuckie, or ttnluckic Ggnes ) as did the Augures and Seothfaiers among the hea- them. The Hebrewes defcribe it thus as if one fbouldfay , Eecaufe the inorfell of bread is fallen out of my mouth, or my ffaje out of mire hand, I will not goo to filch a place this day ; fir if I goo, I fhall not (peed of my bufnes. Ercaufi a Fox hafted by oh my right hand, 'will not goe out of my hail fe obis day ; for if I goe, fomedeceitful) man will meet with mi. And fo if men beare the chattering'of a bird , andfay, it (ball bee fo, or root fo; le it good to doe fueb a doing, or naught to doe fisch a thing, ei c. And f tee shat maket& figves for himfelfe, ifosfalloutfo or fo, lori!! doe Jisch so thing; if it fall not out ,. I will not doe it ; and all things of like fort ; theft all are unlawfttll: and or/of/ever cloth any all , beeaufi of any of theft things , is to lee lea= ten. Mairnony treadle of Idolatry, chap. it. fell. 4. This finne was common among the hea- thens, praeti fed of the wifefl,Nun.24.1. t King. 20. -33. and it fpread into Ifrael, 2 King :17.1y. 2 Chron.33. 6. and is at this day too common a- mong Ghrillians,thoughGods Law plainely for-. biddeth it here, and in Levit.t 9.26. a iriub] or, aforeeree, a magician ; in Hebrew, Adeedbfbepb, in Greeke, Pbarmaks: of this kind were lannes and lambres,the lorcerers of Egypt:fee the notes onExod.7, 11. Such were elicemed among the air as the Ghaldee expoundeth, that minifter. 8 Verf S. portion 114 portion] that is, quail porticos, one as much as another. The Greeke tranflateth, he (ball eat theportion thatit apportimee(or divided.) befide bit faies]]that is, be fide the price of the things f ld. By this Law, if a Levice fold a houle , hee might redeeme it at any time, Levit,25.32. which he could not doe , if he fpent his money upon his owne maintenance,and had no portion in theSanftua- rie. by bú fathers] or , according to the fathers. This Tome referre to the files forementioned, which might be of the bottles that hee had from his fathers, his patrimonie. Others referre is to the order of his fervice and portion, which fhould be according to the courfesand wards aforefaid, without confufion or difturbance of them : for according to the fathers and chicle men in the families, were the cosines appointed,Numb.3.2. 17.21. and t Chron. 24.4. The Greeke tranfla- teth, beftde the file , which is according to the family. But the Chaldee paraphrafeth thus, Beftde the ward (or obfrvation) which (hall come on the Sabbath, as the fathers hate appointed; that is, betide that por- tion which is due unto for his fervice by court in his wecke, as the fathers appointed. I o Verf- to. There fhail not] or, Let there not bee found. to pat tboraw the fire] fo to borne them, or at leali ro confecrate them by this ligne upon Idols, and in fpeciall unto Moloch, to which abomination this fervice was performed among the heathens, Levit. 18. 21. See the Annotations there. The Greeks tranflateth,any that purgeth hú Tonne or his daughter in fire. Of Achaz king of ludah it is laid, that in made his forme to pat tborow tbeftre, 2 King.' 6.3. which Ezra explaineth thus,he burnt bit fonnes in the fire, 2 Chron.z8,3. a diviner] in Hebrew, Kofim,afore-leer, or prefager, afire -tel- ler of things to come, as doth a Prophet : as it is Paid, the Prophets divine for merry, Micha. 3.1 r. and Balaam, a Prophet, 2 Pet. 2.16. is called aDi- viner, Iof.13.2z. and though it fie fometime fpo- ken in the good part, as inEra,,3, a. The Prophet and the Diviner (or Sage) andthe Ancient ; and in Prov. i 6.1 o. Divination is in the lips of the King: yet commonly it is meant of evil[ and heathenifh Prophets or of the falfe Prophets in Ifrael, Efay 44.25. Ezck.r3, b, y. 9. With filch they sued to conlidt in weighty cafes , as the Pbibflineacalled for the Prieffs and the Diviners 1 Sam. 6. a. and the 1 King of Babylon flood at the parting of the way, at the head of the ors wayas, to ufo divination, iv e. Ezek.2 1. 21.2 z. It was done by un }awful[ meones, as Saul Paid to the Witch , Divine unto me by the familiar flair*, t Sam,28.8, and it was a thing hatefull un- to God ; as hee faith, Rebellion is as the finne of divination, 1 Sam.' 5.23. This arc (as Cicero thew- ethin hilt booke of divination) is called inGreek, Mamikee, of Puri. (as Plato expounds it ;) in Latine, divinatia à divis, of the gods, as Tullie there faith : and hee maketh it a fore - knowledge and peceiving of things to come : a skill much mag- nified in all nations. The Hebrewes allo take a IDiviner to be one that doth things whereby hee may foretell things to come , and fay, fteh a thing 7i J ill' /1t1/Btttsrnvst numn uis Aim' /STiieW
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