'llL' ' 8n t u t I 11t& I'// / l% DEiITERONOMIE XXI V. the vi,;ht. He that it hired fir a weeks, or for a month, or for a peere or for liven, if (the terme) gee out by day, it is due all that day ; ifit vent .by night, it it due all that night. Malmo.,; ibidem, chapter 11. fe &ion z. lf;etb rap hit feule] that is, hopeth for and de- lìreth it for the maioten,mce of his life. So the Greeke here tranflateth, he bath hope; and in Jer. 22. 27. and 44. 14. the lifting up of the foule lienifieth a delire: and thé foule is often put for lifè. Hereupon the Hebrews fay ; Wbfeverwith- b'ldeth the hirelings wages, it as if he took away his fm's (or life) from him; far it it written , unto it he lfeth up his foule: and he tranfgrtffitla gainil fence prohibitions, and one Commandement; againft, Tbon fhab not fraudulently opprefjá; and ageing, 7 hou fhalt not rob ; and againft, The hirelings work! (or wage) (hall not abide all night' with thee; and againft, The Sren J all not g e down upon it; and, In. bit day t jheu fhalt giz e hie hire. Alaimo. treat. of Hiring, chapter I r, I fill. 2. a fnne] chat is,a great inignitie which God will pnnifh: for though he crynot,yet is it a tons ; but the cry of the Poore haltethGods judgement; as on the contrary,the biding of the poore procurcth a good reward front the Lord, verle 13. According to this phrale it is laid; The micid thought of fool fbneffi (that is, of the fiole) is finne, Proverbs 24. 9. that is, damnable, and to be punifhed ofc3cd. So in Jam.4.17. Job.' 5.22, 24. & 9.41. And in i King. l.21. I and m_yhu So- lomon fbal be fnners, that is, punifhed as tnalefa- £tors. Accordingly God threatneth to tobte neere to then in judgement, and to be a fwift neitne_g a- gainfì thofe that fraudulently oppreffè the hireling ire his wages, Mal. 3.5. 16 Verle 16. for the children] Hebr. for the fount. This law concerned' theMagiltrates,who fhould not kill thechildren for the parents , or parents for the children, no not in cale of trealon, as K. Amaziahflew his fervants which had [Laine the King lin' father, but the fennec of them that flew him, he put net to death according to this law of Modes 2 King. i. 5, 6. 2 Chronicles 25.4. And God himfelté brofcfíeth Co to dealt, laying, 'J loe J3nnefloalI not heart the iniquity (that is,tbe punfhment) ofthe father, neither (hall the father bcare the irigtsitie of the finne, á'e: the wickedncji of the wicked fball be upon him, E- zekiel 18.20. The ChaldeeParaphralt here tran- flateth, by the mouth of the four; and lo after, by the mouth oF the fathers; meaning that they fhould not die by their teflimonie. And fo the Hebrews gather from this Law, C.tying, Neese kinsfclke are not fit to be witneffes by the Law, as it is written, The. . fathers (ball not be put to death fir the francs, 6-x. We have bien taught, that in this generall prohibition it tom - prifed, that the lithos be not put to death by the mouth of the tonnes, nor the faunes by the mouth if the fathers; and the fame right is for other note a_ kin. Maimony; tom. 4. treat. of ¡Vitnfès, chap. 13. lea. i.:But the Grit interpretation is 'molt proper and cer- tain:. not be put to death] Co it is an alleaged in 2 King. 14. 6. but in z Chron. 25.4. it is, they 'Lill not die. The one openeth the other; and to die, . is often ufed for, to be put to death, as Nunt,35.12, 30. Dcut.17.12. & 18. 20. & 22. 22,25. in his k //VAIr/7N/91t®Ni 111141 lilt /11.6..íi fin] and for bit fin; for fo the Hebrewinbften no- tech the carafe : fee Deut.9. 4. Verfe 17.not wrefi] or, not pervert, decline, or turne afide. This is forbidden in all judgment ge- ne rally;Exo.z3.2.Deut.i6.19. fpeciallyconter - ning the poore, Exod. 23, 6. more fpecially here concerning the firanger andfatherleffe: againft fuch as thus wrelt judgment,the Lord will come neere to judgment , and boa tìvift witnes againft them; Mal.3, 5. The Hebrews fay, Who fOever nerefietb the judgement of any one of Ifraeltranfgreftb againfi one prohibition, viz. Te [hall not doe wtrighteoufneí in judgement, Leviticus (9. t5. And ifitbeofaftran- ger, he iranf refedb ag ainft two prohibitions, Deutero numie 14. 1 7. and ifit be of the father*, he iranf- gretb againft three prohibitions, Deuteronomie 24. 17; Maimony in Sanhedrin, chap. 20. fie&. i z. nor of the fatherlelli] the word nor, or and, is fop - plied alfò by the Greeke verfion, and fo is often to be underItood, as twe three Eunuchs, 2 King.9. 32. for two or three , fo, to morrow, the thirdday, ter, or the third day, I Samuel 20, 12. Lilo Cram; a Swallow, that is, or a Swallow, lïfay 38.14. and fundry the like. The holy Ghoit sometime fiip- plieth the defe& , as is noted on Exodus'22. 30. In the Greeke here is added, andoftbe widow: fo in Deuteronomie 27. 19. Curled be he that wref- etb the judgement of the firanger, fatherlef, and widow: andall thepeoplefhall fay, Amen. garment of the wi- dow] or any other thing of hers that the hath need of: the garment is named but for an in- ltance; as in Job 54.3. there is mentioned the wi- dower oxe. The Hebrews have this generall canon; A widow, whether fl e be poore or rids , they may take no pawn of her, neither at the time when they lend unto her, nor at any other time, neither by thecommandement of the Synedrion, Dent. 24. 17, and if any take her pledge, they force him to reflore it. Ifthepawne be loft or burnt before he refiere it , he it to be beaten. Maimony treat. of the Lender aced Borrower, chap.3. Ver. t 9. reap, ft thine barvrft] This is an addition to the Law in Lev. 19. 9. there, a corner of the field, and the gleanings were commanded to be left for the poore; and here the forgotten fbeafe.Thefethree were due to the poore out of everycorn -field in Ifrael. And the Hebrews fay, this law of the for- gotten fheale extended alto to the vineyard, and other fruit trees, wherewhatloever was forgot- ten, might not be taken agaíne by the owner : fee the Annotations on Lev. 19. 10. haft forgetj This the Hebrews underhand as fpoken .bothto, theowner,& to his labourers; that it is' riot a for- gotten fheafe till all have forgotten it.Butfo as that they all be in the field; for if the owner be in the citie,and fpeaketh of the Iheafe in the field,which hee thinketh his workmen will forget, and they doe forget it, this (notwithftanding his remem- brance of it) is a forgotten fheafe.Two fheafes a- funder one from another are(counted as)forgot- ten; but 3, (ormoe) are not. So forother things; as two vines,or other trees, (landing aftttider one from auother,are as forgottê,but not moe: A tree that is forgotten among the treçs,though'it -have many peckes of fruit upon it,yet is counted as Kkkkk f9i.l
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