11111 t ui 11Wlli//i/ DEIITERONOMIE XX V- nances, chap.3. fea.7. bis name be not blotted out] or, not wipedout; for that was an heavie judgment in Ifracl, Deut.9. a 4.& 29.2o. Pfal. r 09.13. Ther- fore to comfort the godly Eunuchs , the Lord prom ifeth to give them a name better than of Tonnes andnf daughters, Efìty 56, 5. And this theweth the . realòn of this Law, that God would have bre- thren (hew mercie one to another, both to the li- ring, and toibe dead, as Ruth 2.20. that widowes fhould not be left conrfortleffe, and that families lhould not becut off from their inheritances in Canaan, (which were figures of a better and hea- venly heritage, as is (hewed on Gen 1 z. 5.) but that the name of the dead might be railed up upon their inlxritancej -Ruth 4. 5, roe, And as Chrift 1 himfelfe came according to the flçfh, after this ' manner of kiudneffe ¡hewed by Boaz his grmd- ftther; lø tinto him, and his Church may the truth of this fhadow and legali ordinance be ap- plied. For the Church of I /rail was his wife, Hofea z. who bare him no children by the Law, Rom.7.1 o. & 11. But the Apo(tles (his brethren, Joh.2o. r 7.) by the immortall feed of theGofpel, begat childrenunto him both of the Jewes and Gentiles, 1 Cor.4.15. Gal. 4.19. 1 Pct. t.z3. not that they fhould be called by any mans name, i Cor.1. 12,13. but to carry the name ofChriff, whole name (hall be for ever, and continued as long as the Sun ; in whom all nations fhall bleffe tlicn,lelves : and blefled be the name of his glory for ever, Pfal. 72. 17,19. Verfe 7. like not] or be not willing, haze no delight or pkafure : fo in verfe 8. Though God would have brethren perforase the forefaid dntie, yet if their afieCtions were contrary, he forced them not hereunto, left worCe evils fhould grow in fa- milies, through want of love, which is the bond of perfeftneffe. But what if the woman her Celle were not willing? For this God giveth no ex- preffe Law : but by the Hebrews opinion , if lice were fit to marry him, and would not, fhe was judged at a woman rebellious againJl ber husband, and was put away without a dorerie, which all o- ther widowes had, If ber husbands brethren were ma- nic , and the e /deft requiredher , andfhe were not willing thereto, but would have another brother, they hearkened not unto ber, for the commandement is , that the eldef fhould have his brothers wife. Maim,, j i1í Iibbum, chap.z. fe &.1o. to thegate] where the Judges tiled to fit : fo the Chaldee explaineth it, to the gate ofthe Lodgement Hall (or Court) before the Elders: fee Ruth 4. 1, 2,&c. 8 Verle 8. and fpeak,e unto him] The brothers wife goods after her husbands brother, in the place where heir, and rommeth to the Indges : and they call him, and give him cottnfell , fach at is meet for him and ber. If it be geed to,merrie, they veinfeli him to marrie her : and if ¡it be good to put off the fhace , as if the be very long, and ' he an old man , or the an ubd woman , and he a yang man they counfrll him to put off (the fbooe.) And it es nredfssjl that the Judges appoint a eerraiae phut to fit in, and afterward foe pulleth off bit fosos there before them &a. Maimony its Iibbum , chapter 4. fe- Rion r, z. Verle 9.pull oe f his those] It is Paid in Ruth 4.7, that this was the manner in former time be Ifracl, concerning redeeming, and concern:ng changing, Jim to ccn- ferme all things ; a man pulled ff hit lhooe, andgave itto his neighbour and this was a tefiimonie in Ifracl. So in that cafe it was a figne, that the brother gave over his right in the woman, and reaped her to any other. Sometimes it is a figne ot. ignomiuie, Ef t.2d.2,4.that allo is implied here,as thewords following manifell. The niamiee of performing this Rite, is laid to be thus ; They brought him a These of Leather, which bad an hide, &c. and he put it m hit right fiat, and tied the latcbet thereof upon his foot, and floodbe and the in theSjnedrion (orCoitrt.) And he fitting lair flat upon the ground, andfhe fitting do ne, ffretched out her handin the Cam , andloofed the Locket of bis fhaoe, and pulledtbe (hove phis foot, and eajl it on theground. After this floc flood rip, and ffittedon the grouted bfre his face , with fpittle that might be fiend of the Lodger 3 ant,* mar nereiarie that` the Iudges f ould f e the fpittle that came out of her mouth. And afterwards flefaid, THVS SHALL IT BE DONE TO THE MAN WHICH WILL NOT BUILD VP HIS BRO- THERS HOVSE; AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED IN ISRAEL, THE HWVSE OF HIM THAT HATH HIS SHOOE PVLLED OFF; allìnthe' holy tongue. And all that fate there;' anfirencll after her, HE THAT HATH HIS S HOISeÈ PV L- L ED O F F , three times. Mainrcny in Iibbum, chap. 4. fed. 6, 7, il. Spiritually this fSguilied, that filch as would not beget children unto Chrift, it fhould be declared of them, that their feet are not (hod wish the preparation (or ffabilitte) of the Gofpel of Peace , mentioned in Ephef. 6. 15. pit in bis face] or in his fight , as this phrafe is interpreted, Dent. 4.37. or before him, as Dent.' t, 25. The Hebrews expound it of (pitting on the ground before him, as is before noted. And this /pitting was a figne of (hanse and ignom'inic , as Numbers 12. 14. EGty 50.6. buildup bit bro- thers houfe] chit is, beget feed for his brother: as Rachel and'Leab are laid to build the boufi of Ifracl, by bearing children, Ruth 4. 11. See the Anno- tations on Genef. 16. z. the borife'ofhim] So there was a note of infamie not upon himtclfe ronely, but his houie, his poftcritie after hiss : whereby God (hewed how much hee ranked chis his unkindneffe. And concerning that neer- eft kinlivan, which retitled to marry Ruth, left be fhould marre bit omne inheritance, Ruth 4. 6, wee may obfeive how neither he nor his hath any name or memoriall in the booke of G O D, though there leetned to be jolt occafton to have named him, Ruth 4. 1, &c. whereas Boaz who did the dutie, hath not only his Genealogic rehearfed, Ruth 4. 18, -22. but is in the Rolle of the kindred of our Lord lairs Chrill, who came of him according to the flefh, Mat. 1.1,-5, After all there rites were perfornicd,theHebrews doe record, that the Judges gave unto the wo- man a Bill Cubfcribed with their names , where- in they teltifîed to all men, that fuch a man and fuels //1w/I///A'mPtA, tiimltitlrAIMPF sri
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