d/%/%>L4uiu s ::i 111111,00110/77-,-- DEUTERONOMIE X V, By the Hebrews this Law is expounded thus, How many [tripes doe they beat (au offender) with ? reitb fortie lacking one: eir it is written (Deut.2 5.2,3.) by number fèrtie, that is , the number which it next to fortie. Tbalmad. Bab. in Maccoth, chapter 3. This their under[tanding is very ancient , for Co they praaifed in the Apoliles daies ; as Paultellilieth, Of the loves five times received I fortie ([tripes) fave one 2 Cor. t t. 24. But their reaòn which they give is not loud : as when they fay, If it had been written,FORTIE IN NVMBER, I would fay it were All fortie : but being written , in number for- tie, it meaneth.tbe number which reckoneth fortie next after it, that is, thirtie nine. By this expoftion they confoundthe verfes, and take away the di- flinaion, I thinks rather this cu[torne was taken up,by reafon ofthe manner of their beating fore - fpoken of, which was with a fcourge that had three cords, fò that every Broke was counted for three [tripes , and then they could not give even fortie,but either thirty nine,or fortie two,which was above the number let of God. And hereof they write thus When obey judge (or condemn) a firmer to fo many ((tripes) at be can bears, they judge not but by frokes that are fit to be trebled, [that is, to give three (tripes at one ffroke by reason of the three cords.] If they judge that be can beare twentie, they doe not fay he frail be beaten with one and twentie; to the end that they may treble (the pipes) but they give him eighteen. Maimony its Sanhedrin, ch. i 7. feíta. 2. Thus he that was able to beare twentie [tripes, had but eighteene; the Executioner (mote hint but fix times, for if hee had (mitten him the fe- venth,thcy were counted one and twenty (tripes, which was above the number adjudged : Co bee that was adjudged to fortie, was (mitten thir- teene times, which being counted one for three, make rhirtie nine. And to R. Berhaiar writing hereof, faith, The f rakes are trebled (that is, every one is three) - and three times thirteene are nine and thirtie. be may fmtte] inGreeke, they m.y fcourge, (or(hall fccourge) implying all the Judges with the Executioner : fo after, and they fhail not adíe. not aside] not exceed the number let of God. The Hebrews fay, If he that is beaten, die under the hand of the Executioner, be is free ; but if he adde one f ripe more to the mezftere, and he die, then the Execu- tioner it banifhed for it. If be die not. yet he tranfgref- feth again( this prohibition: and fa for all other that (mite their neighbours. For if when the law gize:h leave to finite, the Scripture commsndeth not to finite. a man (more than the appointed meafitre) for hit wicker. net, much more any other man. T berefore who fo fmiteth his neighbour, though he finite a fervant with a firoke, for which there it not due a farthing recompense, he it to be beaten : but if there be recompense to be made for it by money , no man payeth , and it beaten alga. Maimoey ,in Sanhedrin, chapter 16. feEtion 12. with many (lripez] or , with any moo (tripes : Hebr. with much fmitioeg. thy brother be vile] or, he eon - temptible. By this God teacheth to hate and de- fpile the finne, not the (inner, who is by this cha- Bifement to be amended : as the power which the Lord hath given, is to edification, and mt to deft ru- . FeGIs /IOIlIii úim, 2 Corinth. 13. to. This vileaefor igno- niinie is oppoièd toglorie or honour, Etay 16, 1. The Greeke tranflateth it,Afehemanefei, that is, be ignominious, or behave himfelfe unfeem(y : which word Paul ufeth when he faith , Love doth not behave it fife unfeemly, or is not ignominious , or contume- lious , 1 Corinthians 13. 5. From this the He- brews teach,that wbeliiever bath finned and is beaten, he returner$ to his dignitie,becaufe it it faid,T ben thy bra - tber be vile in thine eies ; after be ii beaten, loe be is thy brother. And all that deferve cutting of; Sinn obey are beaten, are free from cutting off. he big), Prief when be finneth, is beaten by three, al all other of the people, and returned, to his higbneffè ( or dignjeie :) but'. the Chiefe of the Seffion, when he finnetb, they beat him, and he returnetb taut to his tiro efiate ; yea, he returnetb not to be au one of the refi rf the Synedrion, fir they afend in bolinef, and defend not. Maimony in Sanhedrin, ch. 17. tea. 7, 8, 9. Verfe 4 the cute] or the affe , or any other beati : the oxe is named but for an inflame. And if the bealt may not be moufeled, that is, have his mouth tied up (as the Chaldee tranflateth) but is to eat that wherein he worketh , how much more men. Hereupon the Apostle faith, Doth God take care for Oxen ? or fit he it altogether fir our fakes ? Fur rote falls no doubt this is written, that he that ploweth fbuuld plow in hope ; and he that threfheeh in hope, fhould be pa taller of his hope , t Corinth. 9. 9, to. See alto the notes on Deuteronomie 22. t o. when he;readeth]or, in hir treading orthrefhing: Which the Greeks (followed aft, by the ApoBle) tran- flateth, treading or threfhing. They tiled in Ifrael to threfh their come, not only with Haile as we doe, but with the feet of beatis they trod it out, Hofèa so. t t. and fometimewith Cart- wheeles,. as El-ay 28. 27, 28. So they were wont in other nations, as the Romans did beat out their corne with loaves, or tread it out with cattell. Columel. de raft. lib. 2. cap,21. Spiritually this figtiifiecIthc labour of the Minitiers of the Word, preparing the bread of life for eh: lòhle, as the ApoBle fheweth, fay ing, Let the Elders that reek well, be counted worthy of double honour, efp. daily they who labour in the Wordand DM-trine: fie the Scripture faith, Thou (halt not monfdl the oxe that tread,tb out the corn, ntothie 5.17, i 8. and to this the Proverbe agree- et h, Where no oxen are , the crib is thane (or empty) Proverbs 14. 4. Touching this Law, the He- brews write thus ; A beap is to eat all the while that it worker, in things that grow out of the ground, whet her they heirs upen the ground, or pulled up : be is elfa to eat of the burdens that are upon bis backs, &c. wbofoever reftrainetb a beef: from eating, in the time of bis working, he it to be beaten, Deuteronomie 25. 4. whether it be an axe, or other knde of beef: , undeane or clean, and whether he tread out the corn, or doe any other works in that which groweth out of the ground; and it is not faid, the oxe when bee treader,, but fir an inflame. And whether he »mtefell him at the time of bis works, or before the time, and then doth work. with him ; ,yea, though bee monk!! him by voire, [char is, frayeth him by his coke frohi eating] he is to be beaten. If he hire a beat, and mou- Kkkkk Flt ill '11'I1t1111IT
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