102 DEUTE,RONOMIE XXIII. and 9.1. Micb.r.7. an whore] in Hebrew Zonab; which feemeth to be the fame with Kedefah be- fore mentioned : though it comprehendeth ge- nerally all fuch as are forbidden in Lev.i8,to any which,or for which,if a man give hire or reward, to lie with her, it might not bebrought into the Lords home. And this as the Hebrewsexplains, whether (he were an heatlaenifli whore, or a bond - noman, or an Ifaeliteb, He that faith whit neigh- bour, this thing those fhalt have to let shy bond-woman l e with my Hebrew f rvant , loe this is an (whores) hire. If a man agree with an whore to give her a Lambe, (aeGen.38. 16, i7.) and he doth give her muy , though he give a iboufand, they are all an whores hire, and forbidden to come on the altar. If belie with her , andgive ber it not , and after the time he give it ber , though it be after many Jeerer , yet it is an whores hire. Howbeit they refraine this (though perhaps too much,) to filch things one - ly , as miglät in themfelves be brought to the al- Por,as cleans boils, and fowler, wine, oile, and f ne fosv. er. &e. If he give her money, anda facrifice be bought with it , that faerifìce (they fay) war lawf dl. If he give her wheat, and after it be made flower; olives, and after oile is made of them; grapes and they be turned into wine ; thefe are lawful', for the hire is now altered. Mains torn. 3. in Iflìtremizbeach, chap.4. fell.8,ro,t 1, -15. This law taught the honour and fan&iry due unto Gods houle and fern ee, when things which were thus made impure and vile , might not be brought unto him : fo in Efa. 6r.8,hefaith,I hate robbery, forburnt-ooring. the price ofa dog] in Chaldee,the,excbange of (that is, the tiing excbangedfar) a dog.Tltis force doe underhand of the whoremonger or Sodomite fore-mentioned ; as the Scripture calleth vile persons dogs. Mattb. 7.6. Rev. 22. 15. 2Pet.2.22. But the Hebrewes underhand it literally ; for as the dog was an un- cleane bead and moll abominable for facrifice, Efay66, ;.fo they write , if amanfaidtohie neigh- ,_ boor , I will give thee this Lambe for that Dog; or if h e ex bange a dog for any beafir or fowles , they were all unlawfull to be brought unto the altar. But if the price were altered , ar be exchanged a dog for wheat, and horned it into flower; that (flower) war lawfall. Mainiony in Iffure misbeach,chap.+. feíl.ib. &e. faras3vow] whether for a facrifice on the al- tar, or for the maintenance pr reparation of the houfe,court- yard,or any thing about the San&u- ary;the thing it felfe,which was either the hire,or the price of there vile things,might not be brought thither. Vnder the name of avow,) which men' voluntarily tooke upon thenfelves , verf25,22. $j.) other facrifices which God commanded,are forbidden to be brought of either ofchele, that is, of any thing which was filthy or vile. both of the] the one proceeding from the breach pf the moral' Law,the other (taken properly) being a- gainfo theLegali ordinances of divine fervice, are abomination to the Lord , who requireth his San - &uary to be rcverenced,Lev.19.3o.and forbiddcth his name to bedefpiled, his altar or table to be thought contemptible, Zital. i. 6,7,2. or his houfe to be,madc a den of theeves,Ier.7Ai. Mat .21.13, Vert i 9,not lend upon biting ufurie] Hebr. sot cao e 9 to bite ; which meant', as the Greeke and Clod- dee both interpret it not kndupon biting uficrie(or inereafe: ) for ufurie is biting or devouring òt a mans fubflance; he that borrower' on ufrie is bitten thereby ; and he that fo leudeth ca tfitb to bite or maIeeth his neighbour to be bitten thereby. It may alto imply, thou (halt not borrow upon ufoery, for that alto is unlawfull, Ier.i 5.10. and he that fo borroweth , canted" himfelfe to be bitten, and thus the Hebrewes under(tand it , as is noted on Exod.22.2 5. uftry] Hebr.biting of fila "er, that is, ufury for laIner (or mony) which is Ient.So after, biting ofineat, that is,ufury for meat which is lent. ofany thing] Hebr.of any word: which though it he of ten ufed for any thing, as the Greeke here alfo tranflateth it , yet from hence the Hebrews ga- ther,ufury of words alto to be unlawfull : fee the Annotations onEx,22.25, that is lent upon ufurie] Hebr. that biter', (or may bite) Vnder this prohi- bition , the contrary is commanded , that we should lend unto our poore brother freely and not take again any thing more than was lent, Deer 5. 7,8o9.Lu'k,6.34,35.Lev.2535,36 Verf.2o. a firanger] or alien , in the Chaldee, a io forme of the peoples meaning a Gentile, an in$dell : for to the (lrangerswhich were brethren in the faith, theymight not lend upon ufurie, Levis, 25. 35, 36, 37. mill lend ] or findt lend upon ufurie ; Hebr. fhalt cattle to bite, to wit if thou wilt; fo it may be taken for a perm non, like the bill of divorce. But the Hebrewes under- stand this to be a commandement , not a permiffion only ; (Malmony tom.4.treat.of the Lender and Borrower, ehap.5. fetX, 5.) As if God would by this cut off occafions of familiarity with Infidels left Ifrael by much dealing with them , (hould learns their wayes.Howbeit,ottr Saviour(by the example of God himfelfe, ) teacheth us to be lo- ving and bountifull unto all,both good and bad, Mat.5.44,--48. Luke 6.3 5, 36. Spiritually this (hewed the ufe of the Law, which as an bard cre- ditor exað more of men then it giveth unto them; and is to be laid, not upon the -righteous man,(who by faith is freed from the rigour and curfe of the fame,) but on the lawleffe, difobedi- ent and finners,r Tim.r.9.Rom.7. Verf.2i.a uow]the law whereof, fee in Levit. 21 27.and Nutnb,3o. And whether it were a thing promifed untoGod,or to be given to the poore, it was a vow, not delay] that is, not falle, either altogether,or by deferring the time of paiment: fee thenotes on Exod.2 2.29. Wherefore if a man have abfolutcly vowed a thing to theLord, (Tee- ing no man hath a(furancethat his life Gall Con- tinue, Iam.4. r 3,14.)he mutt with all fpeed per= forme it,leil death prevent him.So the Hebrewes fay ; He that faith, Iwill not depart out of the world until! Ibe a l'lazarite; loe, bee is a Nayarit, out of band, left bee die by and by. And if bee deferre hit. Nasaritefhip, bee tranfgreffeth,á'c. Maimonytom. 3. treat. of Nazarites, chap. r. fill. 4. The time and place of paying vowed facrifices, was at the folemne feafts,& in the San&uary,Deu, i 2.5, 6, an 7d . ÿ yY il
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