//l/Y/ltlln te i, i l kllld/I/0 L.EIITERONOMIE XX Ii. and if the hire be more worththan their food, the overplur is the owners , &c. Afterwards they arefold by the Ma- Orates. Maim. treat. of Robbery and 1offe,chap, 13. fe &.i, &c. 3 VerC 3. ,very /off] that is, every loft thing: and by like proportion , a man is to keepe his neigh- bours goods from loft¢ or perilhing ; as, Hee that feetb the water to overflow , and it commetb to marre his neighbours hoof¢ , or bit field, hee is bound to flop the Jame, &e. Main:ony treat. of Robbery and loffe, chap.ts. fe &.2o. abieh(hallbeleff] Hence the Hebrewes obferve, that if a man wiiilefebis goods wittingly, men are not bound unto him. As, if bee pm his beafl into gable which bath no doere , and bee tieth allot , and fo it goeih away. If be calf hit pu, fe into a place common for all , and geeth his way or any the liit, lee bee lofeth hit goods wittingly. And though it be not lawfnll fir him that feeth this thing, to talle it for himfe f , bee knot bound to bring it again (to the owner) far it if faid,WHICH SHAL BEE L 0 S T, to put a difference from him that lnfeth wit singly. Mainiony ibidem, chap.i I. fe&.1 t. thou maiff not] that is, it it not tawfail to hide tby felfe, or, to let it alone. Here they put Ionic excepti- ons, as they fay , A Prieji that feeetb a loll thing in a place of burial', muff not defile himfelfe to return¢ it a.. gain¢, becaufe when bee kept', one commandement of refioring the loft thing, bee brealseeth another comman- dement which faith, THEY SHALL BEE HO L r (Levit. 21. 6.) and tranfgrejth a prohibi- tion, HEE SHALL NOT DEFILE H I MS E L F E, ós'c. ( Levit. 21.4.) and a corn - mandement loth not put away (or mug a man to tranf- greffe) a prohibition and a commandement. On the contrary, If one fie a thing lft, and his father fay untohim, Reflareit not, he muff reflore it, and not obey him: for if bee obey his father, hee is found at the time when hee keepetb this commandement,HO N 0 R T HY FAT HER, that bee brealoeth this com- mandement, THOY SHALT RESTORE IT; and tranfgreffeth this prohibition, T HO!" MAJST NOT HIDE THY SELF E. Maim.ibidem,c.t t.T18,t9. 4 Ver1.4. ehy brothers affè] in Exod.23.5. he faith, thine haters off¢ ; that men fhould not chinke thelè Laves binde us to doe good unto our friends onely. So our Saviour faith, Love your enemies, doe good to them that bate you, Matt. 5.44. fallen] that is, dying under his burden, Exod.23.5. So fillers, was tiled before for lying,Deut s 1. [.Though here it may be taken more generally. and hide tlyfelfe] that is forbeare to helpe him up,Exod.23.5 lifting, &c.] or, railing thou (halt raife theta i,p, that is, hap, to doe it in any cafe, though it bee agatue and againe.This the Hebrew es underftand to be another commandement from that in Exo. 23.5. which they open thus ; Who ft mewed, with hit neighbour in the way , and his be. f lying under a burden, &e. be he is commanded to Monj it from upon Isim; and this is commanded to be done, in Exod.23. 5. And be miff not umleofe it, and loste him prefent- ly and gee his way , but mull lift it up with him, and aiah,e lay tl1e burden upon him, Deuteronornie,22.4. this is another commandement. And if be leave him pe- femly, and doe not unroof it of him nor load him, he brealgth a commandement which ought to be done, and tranfgreeth in that which ought not to be done ; at it is laid, TH0V SHALT NOT SEE THY BROTHERS AS SE, 6 -c. IJ when heisun- hofed, and loaden again, he Jail again¢, he is bound to hefe him up another time , yea though it be an hundred times; for it is written, HELPING THOV SHALT HELPE VP,- LIFTING THOU SHALT LIFT VP. Therefore he muff goe a mite back with him tinleffè the owner fay, Ihave no need of thee. Maimony treat. of Murder, chaP.3. Verf.5. A mans ornammo] or inftrnment, appareil, dreff. The Hebrew Cli is a generali word for all inllruments, veffels, ornaments , whatfoever; and here for all appareil and furniture whatfoever a loan putteth on him,in time of peace,or of war: and fo the Chaldee tranllateth it armour , or wen,. Pons , which is allo forbidden a woman to weare. And this precept concerneth natural honefly and feetnelineïfe,which hath perpetual equity, t Cor. t t.4. 5.6. 14. And it is to prevent many evils which may arife if men and women fhould bee clad alike,It is probable alfo,that the law was gi- ven in regard of the abufe among other nations, and particularly among the Egyptians , ( with whom Ifrael had lived :) for humane Writers te- flifie that the Egyptian womendid go abroad ufe merchandife, &c. & the men did weave with- in the hou °es , Herodot. ite Euterpe. The Hebrewes explaine it thus, A woman may ?Mt put ona mans or- nament , at to put a miter, or an helmet on her bead, or to put on an habergeon , or the b/le or to poll her head Ikea man. Neither may a man put on a woman orna- ment, at colouredgarmenos, or golden jewels, in the place where men ufe not to where fucbjewels but women on- ly: all, according to the cuflomeof the couture) (wherein they live.) A man that putter/9 on a n'ornons attire , and a woman that putted, on a mans , it to be beaten (by theMagillrate.) Maim. treat. of Idolatrie, chap. 1 2.fettion to. The attire of the body fpiritually fignifiech the ornaments of the mind¢, Pfal. t 32. 9.16. Rev.3.18. fomen fhould not change their nature , to become effeminate ; as the Egyptians and Babylonians are threatned to be like women, Efay 19. 16. Ier.50. 37. and 51.30. And in the Churches women are to be filent, and not fpeake as men, 1 Cor.14 i4. I fàff r not woman to teach, nor to ufixrpe authori:ie over the man but to be influence, t Tim. 2.12. abomination to Iebovab] Hebr. the abomination of lebavah, that is, abhorred of'him,which theChaldee expoundeth, an abomination befbtethet LORD. Verf.6. ¢hence to be] that is , if unawares thou meetefl with it, or lighteft upon it. So the Greek tranflateth , If thou meeteft with a birds neff'before thy face. or on the ground] or in any other place, as on the water, or the like for there are put but for an inllance, becaufe ufitahly birds netlie either on trees, or on the ground. So the Hebrewes ex- pound it : He that findeth a uefi upon the waters, or on the bock of any living creature, it bound to let the damme gee. The young or the egges are not men- tioned
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