114 llEUTERONOMTfi XXV, fell him, and treadeth out corne with hint, be is bath Paten, and payeth to the owner thereof foure Kabs for abullocke, and three Kabs fir anaffè. [A Kab was a meafitre that held as much as 24. egges.] If an Ifraelite tread out come with the bullock of an heathen, (and moufell it) be Iran fgref tb agáinf this Law, Thou (halt not mould!: but if an heathen tread with an If mates bullock, be tranfgrefth not: [for what things foever the Law faith, it faith to them ,th`atare under the Law, Romans 3. 19.] If he moulell hint not , but put a Fricke in his mouth, that he can - not eat , or eaufè a Lyon to lie thereby [to fray hint from eating) or layeth the (bullocks) calf without . [to keeps her from eating] or that the beat le a tbirf, and hegiveth it too drinke, or (read a skin upon the corn that be may not eat ; all thef' and other the lilac are nnlawfull, though he is not beaten [ for doing them.] &c. Maimony tom. 4. treat. of Hired things, chap. t ;. fea.1,2,3. Vert brethren dwell together] This Law is 5 firff to be underilood of naturali and next bre- thren (the Hebrews reftraine it to Ifraelites, and brethren by the fathers fide only;) and fecond- ly,if there be no brethren, the next kinfman (for all kinfmen are in the Scripture phralè brethren) is to doe the dutie here required, as the example of Boaz and Ruth Iheweth,Rutlt 3. & 4 chap. And their dwelling together lèemeth to denote their tingle ftáteof life, whileli they abode in their fa- thers houle; as there is an example of Er,Onan, and Selah, in ludabo family, where before Mofes time this Law was pra&ited, Gen. 38.7, &c. One ofthem die] One is often ufed for the frf1, as in Genefis 1.5. and 8.5. So Come underhand this Law to be for the firil -borne of the brethren onely : others take it generally for any one of them; and thus theHebrews take it in the Jar- gal Cenfe. le is commanded by the Law, that a man Amid take the wife of his brother by the fathers fide, whether offsets at be married or betrothed, if be die with- out feed, Deuteronomie 25. 5. Brethren by the mo- thers fide (only) are not counted for brethren, in the cafe ofinheritance, or of taking the brothers wig e, andputting of (the fiooe) but are al if they were none : fir there is no brotherhood but by the fàtbers fide. Strangers that are become Proflytes, and frvants which base their freedome , have no brotherhood at all , but are at (rangers one to another, &c. Maimony tom. 2. in Iib- bum, (or treat. of taking the Brothers wife) ch. i. feEt. 1, 7, 8. So in the Gofpel this cafe is pro- pounded to our Saviour in generals termes , Mo- pes fail, ifany(man) die, Matz z.24. or ifany (mans) brother die, Marke i I. 19. Luke 20. 28. that it feemeth even then, this was not thought to in- tend the firít -borne or;ely. have no forme] He- brew, no fame to him, that is, no child¢: fortune, the Greeke tranflatethfecd, which comprehen- deth forme or daughter : fo in the Gofpel it is tran- flated, having no children,Mat.z 2.24. or, he die child - leffe, Luke 20.28. and in Mat.22.25. it is faid,lea- ving no feed. Thus the Hebrews expound it, That which is faid in the Law., AND HAVE NO SONN E; 'whether it be Jim or daughter, or feed of fume , or feed of daughter, eTa. if behave feed by shat wife; or by another, be feetb his wife from unloefing the Jima ,or marrying bit brother : yea ,though he have . a feed which it a batard, Oc. But if be have a forme by a bond -woman, or bÿ an alien, he freethnot his wif': far the feed that commetb of a bondwoman, are fer- vants, Exodus z r. 4.: a d they rebieh come of Infideáy are Infidels, and are ac none ; for of theheathen he faith, HE WILL TVRNE AWAY THY SON FROMAFTER M E E, Deuteronomie 7. 4. bee turned; him away from being counted of the. Church. And though bis fame by she bond - woman be made fee, orbis fonne by the alien be become a Profelte; yet are they as other (rangers, andfreed (firvants) and doe not difebarge his wif , Oc..Whá fi diet ;, and leaved; bis wifè with chille, ifflehave an untimely birth after biodeath floe it to marry her hatbands bro- ther : but if fie bring it forth , and the child¢ commeth out alive into the aire of the world ,. although it die in the Attire that it is borne, loe his mother it difcharged from tithe fiooe, or marrying ber husbands bra- ttier. Maim. in libbum , chap. 1. felt. 3, 4, 5. a (ranger] that is , of another family in Ifrael, as the Greek tranflateth it,a man not neere,that is,not necre of kin. TheHebrews fay, If fbe be married to another, and be lie with her befirothebe married to ber husbands brother, or have pulled o his pate, be. and fie are to be beaten, and fie is togas cat by (Bill of di- vane.) Maim. in Iibbum, chapter 2. fie &ion 18. her husbands brother] or next neereitkinfman, as in Roeths cafe, Ruth 3. Here they fay, Wha fo deeh and leaveth many brethren, it is commandedthat the eldefi marry bu brothers wife, or pull rffhis feee. Vibe eldefi will not , they tame to all the other brethren: ifs y will not , they turneagaineto the eldell. and fey, Vpon thee' the commandement (lierb) either to put off ( the Poe) or to marry thy brothers' wife and they carnet compel' the hatbands brother to marry her, but they may compel! him to pull off (tbe 'hoe. ) If the eldeft brother be gone, into another country his younger brother may net fay, the commandement lieth upon my elder brother, wait for him till he come : but they fay to thin, that her now marry, or pull of (the flues.) Maimony in Iibbum, chap. 2 feft.6. - -9. gee in unto her] into the chamber, as Iudg. 15. I. that is, take her to wife. The Hebrewes thinke this might not he done till Mg, hadwaited 9o. dales i after her husbands death, which was to fee whe- ther Ihewas with child or not : and filch was the l cuftome for al other women that were widower; they married not till after three months. Mai - ï mony in Iibbum, ch. i. 1. 19. This feemeth ne- ceffary in this cafe, for if the were with child, and brought if forth alive, it was not lawfull for her brother in law to have iter, Levitt 8.16. Verf.6 flaredup in the name of h:, brother] that is, be counted and called the feed of the dead man, not of the living : & for this cause Onan finned in nor performing this duty, becaufe he knew that the Jeed fbonldnot be hit, Gen.38 9. Thus Obed, whom Boaz begat of Ruth, is laid to be the Jenne if Na- omi , Ruth.4.17. And as hee did this for his dead brother, fo by the Hebrewes , Who fi married bit brothers wife, bee was the hcire of all bis brothers goods. Maimony tom.4. treat. of Inheri- tanet, 6
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