112. DEUTERONUMIE XXV a man for eating theft three is to be beaten thrice; by I word of mouth we haze bane taught ,that theft are di- vided (or feverall.) is _Paid (in Deuteronomie 18. 10.) Let there not be found ire thee, any that maketb his Jenne oe his daughter to pafft thorough the fire ; a diviner of dizdnations, an obfirver of timer: although all thefe things be comprehended generally in one prohibi- tion, yet are they divided in other prohibitions, at (in Leviticus 19. a6.) ye fhailnoFobferte fortunes,and ye (hall not obferve times to teach, that every one of tbefe is a probibiuon by it felfe feverall ; and fo all ether of like fire. Mairnany in Sanhedrin, chapter 18. fe- aion t, 253. Finally they fay , All prohibitions, for which cutting nffio due, but not death by the Magi- firate,fir which men are to be beaten, are one and twen- tie. All fir which death is due by the hand ofGod, which are prohibitions wherein an all is , for which men are to be beaten, are eighteen. All prohibitions in the Law, for which there it neither cutting off due, nor death by the Magifirate, for which men are to be beaten, are an hundred fixtie and eight. So there are found in all which are to be beaten, 207. Maimony ibidem, chap- ter 19. All which are there particularly related, but would be too long here to repeat. the lodge] that is, the lodges, as the Greeke tranfla- teth : for one Judge fate not alone to judge con- troverfies. Neither was any man to be beaten without witnefï`es of his crime. No man is to be beaten but by witnefs and evidence, and they are to examine the wimefjes by inquiry and diligent fearcb, even as they doe in judgements oflife and death. Maim,- ny in Sanhedrin, chapter 16. feítion 4. carafe him' to 1,'e down] or, to be laid donne, and bound fait : the manner is laid to be thus; both his hands are fall bound unto a poll, Ibis way and that way, and the mini- fier of the Congregation [the executioner] tak thhold on bio garments , ir flay rend they rend, or fifth y foam -rend they Team -rend, untill be make bare down to his heart, for he is not to beat him upon bit clothes. And he that is beaten neither ftandeth nor fsttetb, but bowetb dorm e. Maimony in Sanhedrin, chapter 16. feetion 8, t o. to be beaten] or Priam ; in Greeke, fcourged. The Hebrews fay , There was a flore laid behinde him, en which the minifler that did. beet himflood , who bad in bb hand a fcourge ofa Bulls hide, doubledto two, and two to flare ; and two fiourges (or thongs) of an Aires hide, that Elided up and dowse in it : and the bredth of thefosurge was an hand bredth , and the length fo as it might reach to the fore -part of his belly ; and the handle ofthe fortrge was an hand bredth long. He tbat did beat him , ñfted up the fcourge with both his hands, andfmote bim with one band, with all his might, &c. Maimony in Sanhedrin , chapter 16. fe &ion 8. bore bin face] the Greeke tranflateth, before them, meaning the Judges, who were to fee him beaten. And they fay, that The greatefi efehe Judges read all the while that he was in beating, (that in Deuternomie 28. 58, &e.) If thou wilt not ob- ferve to doe all the words of this Law, &c. then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderf oil, due. And the fecund of the Judges counted ( the number of the ft okra) and the third Paid unto the minifier, Smite: all the while that he fmote, he didfmite at bit bidding: Maimony ibidem, chapter 16. feeder 1 t. according to his zrickdref ] or as theChaldee in- terpreteth ir, according to the fufficiencie (the pro- portion) of his fins : but the Greeke faith, ac- cording to his inpietie. So that the Judges might moderate his blowes, according to the nature of his trefpaffe, and the mutts abilitie to beare the ltripes ; buc they might not exceed the number Jet here cf God. They may not adde moe than fortie, though he be as firong and Iuflie w Samp- Ion: but they may abate from bins that is weal(e, &c. If they have judged him to have f rtie flripes, and af- ter that they havebegun to beat him , they fee him to be weake and fay, he cannot beare mot than theft nine or twelve firipes which he bath received, then he is five. If they adjudged him to receive twelve, and after that be is beaten, theyfee him firong, and able to beare mot, be is free notwithflanding, and may not be beaten with mot, than they adjudged him. Who fo defirveth many beatings , for many tranfgreffions that he bath done, or for ere that deferzeth many, if they adjudge him one meafure (or judgement) he is beaten and difeharged; if not, they beat him , and he bealeth himflfe, and then they beat him agoine. Who fi is beaten by the Ma- giflrates for a finne algid? defertetb tuttingoff, and is beaten the fecond time for the fame finne ; as Wave eatetb fat, (Leviticus 7. 25.) audio beatenfor it, and eateth fat the fecond time, and is beaten fir it ; if he eat it the third time, they beat him not, but put him into Little -eafe, a narrow place at high at him felfe, wherein be cannot lie donne; and they give him the bread of di- ft ref, and water of aflitfion, till his booths be fhrunke,' and he be ficke : and afterward they feed him withbar- ley till bit belly burfl. Maimony in Sanhedrin, chap- ter I 7. fedtion 1, 2, 4. and chapter 18. feEtion 4. by a number] that is , by a certaine number, determined by the Judges. Verfe 3. Forty tripes] this number forty the Scripture ufeth fundry times in cafes of humi- liation, afflirction, and punifhment: as Mops twife humbledhimfelfin failing and prayer for- tie dales and fortie nights,Deut.9.9,18. Elias fa- fled fortie daies, t King. 19.8. and our Saviour, Mac..}. 2. Forty yeeres Ifrael was afflieted in the wilderncffe for their'finnes, Nuns 14.33, 34. and forty yeeres Egypt was defolate for treacherous dealing with Ifrael, Ezek. 29. t 1,12,13. Forty daies every woman was in purification from her nncleanneffe, fora manchilde that the bare , and twifeforty daies for a woman- childe, Lev. 12.4, 5. Forty daies and forty nights it rained at Noes flood, Gen. 7. 12. Forty dales did Ezekklbeare the iniquity of the honk ofludah, Ezek. 4.6. I nos preached,yetforey dales end Niniveh(hall be over - threwne, Jon. 3.4. Forty yeeres fpace the C.naa- nites had to repent, after Ifrael came out of E- gypt, and wandred fo many yeeres in thewilder- neffe, Nuns. 14.33. And thrice forty yeeres the oldworld had Not preaching unto them repen- tance, Geniis 6. 3. It was forty daies ere Chrifl afcended into heaven, after his refurreiion, Alls 1.3, -9. And forty yeeres fpace of repen- tance he gave unto the Jewes , from the time that they killed him , before hee deftróyed their Gide and `temple, by the Romanes. By 3
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