120 DEUTEg.ONUMIE XXVl. they are not she trot , &c. He that bringeth fir If- fruits of one kinde, and maketb profel%on, andcemmed: agabæ m:d bringeth firlI fruits oo' another Ode, he ma- ketb no prof lion over them; for it is faid, I P K O F ES S E THIS DAY; one lime in the ycere d,th be makeprofeffion, and not toile. He that bringeth firil fruits after the feaft , until the dedication, a:- though be feparated them before the feaff, bringeth them, but waked, no profefon, becauJett is f &id (in verte 1 t.) AND THOD SHALT REIOYCE IN, ALL THE G 0 O D ; f o there it no prejef- fin,T , but at the time ofrefycing, from the (beginning ofthe )feaftofWeeks,nntill the endofthe feaft. Mai - many in Bùeurim, chapter g. fe &ion 12. &c. and chapter 4. ration t, &c. In that which is faid of the Profelyte ( or Stranger ) Maimony differeth from his fellowes ; for in Thalmud Bab. in Biccu- rim, chapter I. fe &ion 4. it is faid, TheProfe[yte bringeth, bt prafrith not, becaufe be cannot fay, Which thou haft foorne toàur Fathers to give unto us; but if his mother were an Ifraelitel , he britrgetb and profefjetb. But the former well agreeth with the mylterie of the Gofpel ; for as it is prophefied in Ezekiel 47. 22. I fhalldivide (the Land) by lot, for an inheri- tance to you, and to the (bangers thatfjanrne among you, wbieh (halt beget children amongyon, and they (hall be un- toyou as borne in the conntrey, &c. So when Chrift came , Zacheut the chiefs Publican became the fin of Abraham, Luke 19.9. and in Chrift there is nei- ther Iew nor Greeks, but all are one in him, and Abra- hams feed and beires, according to the pr omi fe, Galat hi- ans 3. 28, 29. And in him is this fervice in the my der ie of it fulfilled,' when wee at our Perotecaffr that is, when we receive the first- fruits of Gods Spirit, (A&. 2. Romanes 8. 23.) doe honour him with our perlons, our fubllance, and with the fir ft-fruits of all our increale, Proverbs 3.9, offering the facrifice of praile unto God conti- nually ,the fruit of our lips, confeling to his name,Heb.t 3.15,For asthe find of all fruits were holy, fo the Church is holy unto the Lord, of all peoples in the earth, Rev. t 4.4. la m. t. 1 8. as it is written, Ifrael is helineffe unto Iebavah, the firfi- fruits of bis revenue, Jer. 2.3. And as thefe frlt- fruits were brought into the San&nary in a basket, fo the good IGaelites whomGod would accept for his, are likened to a basket of good figs fit before the Temple of the Lord, even like the figs that are firfl ripe, and them God promifeth to acknowledge, & to let his eyes upon themfer good, and that they fhall be his people, and hee will be their God, &c. Ier. 5,67. A Syrian ready to perilh ] Hebr. An Aramite perifbing, or, of perdition that is, ready to perilh through poverty , of hi &ion , and neifery, As in Prov. 3 t. 6.7. Gave firong drink unto him that io ready to perilh, &c. Let him drinl¿e andfarget his po- zeroy, and remember mtfry no more. AnAramiee is after the Greeke called a Syrian, as is noted on Gcnefis to.22. and this Syrian here fpokeu of was Ialeyb, who dwelt in Syria with Laban she Syrian twenty yeeres in hard fervice, Gen.28. 5. and 3 1.38. 4041.42. Holt 2.12. and therefore. though hee was naturally an Hebrew, yet for his neifery is called a Syrian; as contrariwife Io- :her, who by nature was an Ifmaelite, 1 Gluon. a. t 7.is for his faith and date of grace called an If- raelite, 2 Sam. 17.25. And thus God faid to the Jews that dwelt in Canaan, Thy nativity if of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mo- ther a Chethite, Ezek. 16.3. Others underhand it here of Laban, tranflating, A Syrian was d fires ing my father, (Or working his perdition;) and to this the Chaldee agreeth, lying, Laban the Syrian fiugbt to deffray (or undue) my father : and the Vulgar La- tine,A Syrian perJeeutedmyfather. The Greeke dif- fereth from both, tranflating, My father lefiSyria. By this fpeech they were taught to acknowledge their fiat citate and originali to have beene moll miserable; and fo we ought all to confeffe,Ephe- leans 2.2, 3. afew men] in Chaldee,a fmall peo- ple: they wentdowne but with feventie förtles, Ge- nets 46. 27. Verde 6. mill intreated] did mill, or eex d: and 6 this is a commemoration of their fecond maine aflli &ion whereof fee Exod. 1, &c. and it was a figure of f our bondage under Mane and Satan, which we being - delivered from , are to mention with thankfulneffe, Rom. 6. 7,18. Tit. 3.3. hard frvitnde] in Greeke, bard works : they made them fern with rigour, that their lives were bitter unto them, Exod. 1.14. God would no have us forget our foreseer miferies, though we be come out of them : he fuudry rinses commandeth this; Tbou(halt remember that thou waft a fervant in Egypt, Dette. 16.12. Remember thatyee having beene pefed, heathens, &e. were without Chrif, being aliens fieni the Common -wealth of Ifrael, Ephefians 2. 15, 12. Verde 7, we cried out] in Chaldee, we prayed: fee 7 Exo.2. 23, 24, 25. beard our voice] inGhaldee, accepted our prayer. faw] in Chaldee,it was revealed (or manifejF) before him : lèe Exo.3.7. NV labour] or our malefiatien. Verfe 8. out ffretched] in Grecke and Chaldee,an 8 bigh arme : fee Exod. 7, &c. terribkneff ] or ter- roar: this the Greek and Chaldee tranflate vifirmr; and loin Deut:4.34 Verne 9. ¡mil if and honey] under which two, all g other earthly bleflìngs and heavenly allo, in fi- gure,are implied : and hereby they acknowledge the truth of Gods promifes made HMO their fa- thers; whereof fee the notes oes Exod.3.8. So af- tey in verle 15. Vetere o. the fruit] in Greeke, the fill-fruits to of the fruits. As we our felves are the Lords fird- frteits,Rev.14.4.and have received the find - fruits of his Spirit, Rem. 8.23. fowethen doe give the fiat - fruits unto him when in Chrift (the true San&uary)we acknow, ledge,that we and ours are his, and have this grace not of our felves, or for our ówne merits, but of his goodneffe and libe- rality, 2 Cor. 3.5. Eph.s.8,9,io.Tit.3. 3,4,9,6. Fe it dewn]or leaze it for t he Priefts,whic h did after eat it. 7befi>fl fuitsweeegiro, to the men of the. charge [the priests that minidred] andeheydi- vided 'Mtn among them , ar the [other] holy things of the Sarfivane Maimen7 in. Birrurem., chapter 3. fe &ion 1. It figured, that we fhoeeld frenate con-
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=