/inn t áG Y;NWM DE1lTßRoNOM1E XX 11 9 foe( 2 t 6. ) and this was the eonfimtmatlon of the marriage. And who Co married a virgin was to rcjoycc with her seven dayes, (as Gen. 29.27. ludg. 14.10.1 2.) anti with a widow three dayes, not doing any workc thole dayes , but eating, di inking, and reioycing. goe in] into the cham- her ludg. t 5.1. and by conlegaence,lie with her. The ,reek tranflateth, dwel /(or butte) together rrith her which word the Apoffle ufeth, t Peter 3.7. h, a her] which ought not to be towards any, leali of all towards his wife, whom bee ought to love as his owne body ; fir no manever yet hated bis ownc fiesh,EphcC.5.28.29. 14 Vcr1:14. Lay ageinfi her ]or put upon her. oecafnns óf fpnrh ] or, of words, that is, of evil! words : or,pr trnfsofwords, that ïs,pretendedwords, or pretended matters. So theGreeke tranflateth, pretended words; they are loch as have a colour and thew of truth, to excufe and hide his hatred as long prayers were a pretenf for the coveroufneffe of the Pharifees, Mattis. 23.14. But pretenfe and truthare opposed in Phil. t 8. So here, and verC 20. bringforth] whether before the parents and friends, or unto the Magiferates,acculing her before them. Some thinke this latter to bee meant, and as the Hebrevves defcribe it, vvhen bee commetb unto the Gout and faith , I marriedthis dsmtfell, and Iformd her not to have virginity, and when I inquired into the matter, it wan made I¿nowne tome, that fbee had played the whore under me, after I wat be- trothed to her, and they are my witnef es that she played the whore before them. And the Iudges Shall Beare the words of the witnefes, and examine their tefiimony: if the thin; he found true , fbe i, to be foned. Maimony torn.2. in Nagnarah bethulah, chap.3. f & 6. But by thisorder of the text, the former feemeth as probable. to have virginity] Hebr. ,I found not to her virginities. The Greeke thus ; and comming unto ber, I guudnos her virginity. 15 ' Verf..15. the fathr] to whom the injury exten- ded if Thee were falfèly defamed ; or if Thee had played the whore, vert. 21. and to whom the de- fence of the daughter did moll fitly appertaine. of the damofell] The word. Nagnarah(damofell)is properly a maid mariageable, which of the He- brewes is reckoned after twelveyearesof age: be- fore that age she is called a little one or child; and after alto, if the have not lignes that she is ma- riageable;[fuchas are mentioned in Ezek.16.7.] After thole fignes the is called Nagnarah ( a damo- fell,) till fix moneths complcat, and no longer: from that day and forward,lhe is called keyed,. Maimony treat. of Wives, chap.2, feet.t.3. Both there, Nagnarah, (the damofell) and Bogereth, are fttbjeet to the punilhment here appointed,if they be not found virgins. Maimony iu Nagn. bethu- lab, chap.3. fe &.7. the virginity]. that is, the lignes of her virginity,in the cloth, verfe 17. and witnellès allo, (as the Hebrewes fay,) that they are fo. the Elders] in Greeke, thefnale; that is,the Magiflrates.This was the Senate of 23 Iudges, for they were to put hetto death if Thee weregttilty, v. 2z .Tbeyjudgenotthisjudgementbutin the Court of three and twenty; becaufe there it in the judgement of him that bringetb forth an evil nameà the judgment of life and death; for if the thing be found Of he pitb, then fheiskilled. But heobatfircesh .e maid, Deur.22.28 and he that roofed, her, Exod. 22.16. they judge of them at all timer, in the Court of three. Maimony in Nagnarah bethulah, olcaP.3. the gate] the Chaldee addeth , the gate of the judgment hall efebo place. Vert 17. matrons] or , pretenfer in Greeke, pretended words ( or matters ) as veil!' 4. and this is] that is, there are the proofes,or the fignes, is verf t5. Hebr.tbefe are the virginitiet, the cloth] wherein the fignes were to be feene. Veret 8. the man] the husband of the daino- 18 fell that is found to have acculed his wife falfly. chalirfe him] in the Chaldee, beat bim; which was the next punifhment unto death. The He- brewes fay: If the father bring witness which lee difrove the mitnefès which the husband brought, and it be found that they havewitnefee a falfhpod, then they areToned [ to death, acco ding to the law, in Dent.i9. 18, 19.] and he Ethehusband] it beaten, and amerfid in an hundredfloekls. Andofthie it it laid (boverf 17.) TH ESE are MT DAVGH- TERS VIRGIN ITIES; thefearethewit- nes that difprave ber husbands witnefis. If ber hat- band again bring other witneffes which doe disprove her fathers witnefie , tb:n the damofell andher fathers wir- nefs are flatted, serf2o.2I. Maimony in Nagnar. bethulah, ehap.3.fetl.6. Verf. 19. amerfi] or muff/ ; fine him. hundred 19 shekels ] the word finite!: is added both in the Greekeand Chaldee versions, and ufually is to be underflood when thte Hebrew namethfilver only: fee the notes on Gen.2o.16.wherealto it is chew, ed what a Pak/ was. An hundredfhekels was the double dowric of virgins : fee after in verf.29. unto the father ] and if fhe were father(elli, then he gave them unto herfe , faith Maimony In Nagna- rah bethulah, chap.;. fiat . a virgin of Israel ] in Greeke, a virgin an Ifraelitefi. Hereupon the Hebrewes fay, that if the were an heathen that wen become a Profelytefi, or a bondwoman that had her freedom:, be. be that brought firth an evil! nameupon her, was free both from the multi, andfrom beating. They have alto other like (etceptions, which feeme not approveable; as, that if the were agirle under yeares, or an ancient maid, that bad pals the finare of ber age ; though loch maids for playing the whore after they were betrothed,were to die; yet the man that brought an evill name upon them¡ warfree from the multi, amlfrom beating. Maimony in Nagnarah, chap.3.fe&.2.8. be may not] or, be cannot fend her away, to wit, by a bill ofdivorce, as other men were permitted to pvt away their wives, Deut.24. i. It is commanded by the Law, that the crown upon whom be bath brow ht an evil! nine, fbauld abide under him for ever, Deuteron. 22.19. and if he put her away, he trangreffetb againfl a pro- hibition, HE MAT NOT PVT HER. AWAT , and bee it to bee compelled to take her again. And another doe firfi betroth hintfelfe to ber, or ifibe die , or if be 4 a priefi , who may not faked divorced woman, (Levitz 1.7.) then be it to bee bea- ten . 17
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