ú8 DEATERONOMIE XXI. of gluttony and drunkennoire, verl.zo. and that gluttony to bec eating of flelh onely, and drmr kennetfe with wine only. Alio that the fon is not to be put to death , unleffe he have flohen fome- thing from his father , and bought therewith flcfh and wine for riot , and eaten and drunke it without his fathers leave,in a company that are al vaine and vile perlons. That a fonne only , not a daughter, is to be put eo death by this Law, and hee not a little one, or a child,who is not within the rule or compaffe of the coma>andernents; nor a man that is growne up , and is in his owue power. So that hee, mot beat leafs above twelve yters of age.And if he be married three moneths, and hiswife bee knowne to be with child they free him a11ò from this Law, becauCe it is laid a PM, and not a father. Moreover, that the father and mother mull bring this rebellious fonne firft to the court of three Fudges, and there com- e plaineof his difobedience; bringing with them two witneffes of his ftealth and gluttony: where- upon he is there beaten, as others are for the like crime; and this is that dnajiening in verf. 18. If he fall againe to ftealth and riot , hisfather and mother bring hint againe before the Magiftrates, with the witneffes,and he is condemned to death. But if before fentence is paffed on him, his father and mother doe relent in pit ie towards him,he is let goe. If hee flee away before fentence: is gone out agaiulfhim, and be afterward taken when he is in mans ftate (which they alfo judge by the haire on his face) hee is not put to death ; but if he fcape away after Cenrence of condemîtation,he is {toned to death whenfoever hee is taken. If his father be willing to bring him to the Magiflrate, and the [wither not; or the mother willing,&the father nut; he is not to be judged asa rebellions fonne. If either parent have loll their hand, or be lame ; or be dumbe,or blind, or deafe, the Tonne paffeth not under this condemnation; for it is faid, they muff lay hold on him, and bring him, and m ult fay, thin our frame, &c. he obeyeth not our voice, &c. Thefe, and the like cautions , are noted by Mai- mossy in treat. of Rebels, chap. 7. and in the Bab.Thalmud. in Sanhedrin, chap. 8. but they i have not all of them found ground from the Scripture Howbeit if any fon be by any of theft exceptions Caved, that he die not as a rebellioue fon,, yet is he under all other pnnifnments which the Magifirates infli& on other riotours, and like malefa&tors. the gate of his place] that is, the gate of the place where he dwelt, at which gate the Magiftrates ufed to fit, Deut.zz.I5. and 25.7. So the Chaldee here tranflateth, the gate of the judgement- hallof bit place. 20 ! Verf2o.aglutton] orrioceur, devourer: in He- brew Zolel, which path the fignification of vil- nef, Ter. 15.19. The Chaldee, addeth, aglutton (or riotous eater) of flefh, and a riotous drinker of nine; which words kettle alto to bee underftood in the Hebrew, and are fo expretfed in Prov. 23. 20. Bee not amopgff riotous drinkers of trim, amongfa riotous eaters of flefb : for the riotous drinker, and the riotous eater (or glutton) fha!] come to poverty. Where in the latter fentence,the words ffefh and nine are omitted, as here they are in Mows. And to theft two , flefb and hive , the Hebrewesdoereftraine this law t as before is noted : but oft times filch thingsare named for an inftance, and doe imply all other of like fort. Verl.,2l] and he(halldie] or, that bee die. The fumes of riot and drunkennefle were no by Mo- fes Law punifhable by death : this therefore was in rctpeft of his difobedience.to his parents, which greatly aggravated his fin, and for which hee was to die, when other drunkards leaped with lighter punifhment. Hereupon Solomon uttered his parable, Hee that keepetb the Law ita /rife [acne ; but be that it a companion of gluttons, fbameth hit father, Prov.28.7, all Ifrae /fhall beare] The like is fpoken of fome other notorious maleta&tors, as Deut s3.11. and 17.13.and 59. 20. So in this cafe, the Hebrewes fay, The re- bellious forme muff be proclaimed, andtlxy publi)h by soli. Sings unto all.Ifrael; áv fuch aCourt wee finned fir& an one, becaufe bee was a flubborne and rebellion, forme. Maintony treatife of Rebels chapter 7. lèéti- on 13. Verf. 22. worthy of death] Hebr. of thejudgement 2 2 of death ; which the Chaldee weltexpoundeth, defers of judgement to he lolled. and thou bang him] The Hebrewes underftand net this of put- ting him to death by hanging, but of hanging a man up after he was ironed to death ; which was done with more deteftation of forme hainous ma- lefaítors. Their words are ; We are eonmouddto bang the blafßbemer, and the Idolater : and a man it ban -! ged, butnot a w,man. After they are fioned to death,1 tbyfafien apeece of Simi er in the earth, and out of it there commetb a peece of wood; then they rye both hit bands one to another, and bang them neere unto the fet- tingof the Suene, and let brim donne out of band; and if bee abide all night, it is a tranfgreffion, Deut.21.23. ! And Wee are commanded tohurie all that are killed by the Fudges, the fame day that the; are killed. , They may not be hanged on acne thatgrowethontheground í but on that winch hatbbeeneplackelup, that there may not need any cutting of it donne: for the tree that her it hanged on it to be buried with him, that there be no evillmemoriall ofhim, for men to fay, this it the tree whereon fucb a man war banged. And fo the ffone wherewith the firmed it (filled, and the frerd where - with a man is put to death, and the napkin wherewith bee is firangled they all are buried. Maimony in' Sanhedrin,chap.1 5. fe &.6, &c. In the Scripture we have examples of Rechab and Baanah, who for murdering Ifhbofheth, were by Davids corn- mandement flaine,their hands & feet cut off, and' they hanged up,2 Sant.4.I 2.where their hanging feemeth to be after their death: & f0 in others; as IoCso.26.which might alfobeethecafe of the King of Ai, Iof. 8.29. and of thofe Idolaters in Num. 25.4. And the Scripture theweth a double punifhment for fome hainousfins,as in Achars fa- mily,who were burned with fre,after they were fa- ned,IoC7.z g. Among the Romans afterward they hanged or fafined them to the tree alive;and Inch. was the death of our Lord Christ, who bare our firers 2I f
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