1$2 DEUTERONOMIE XXV I. And bee mull feparate the gifts in order , and afterward make,confeffron, atitiswritten, ACCORD IN G, TO ALL THY COMMANDEMENT, &c. Loe, if the fecundtithe were given before the ftrff, hee might not make" conféffion. If his untithed fruits were bunt, he might net make eenfeffion,becaufe be bath notlee- parated the gifu,norgizen them to whom they were dun. He that had nothing but the second tithe oney, made con - feffion , for the ground of the confeffon is in the tithe. t And f if he had nothing bus frf fruits oney , he made confefion, as it is faid, I HAVE PVT A- ¡rAT THE HOLY THING, &c. Maimony in Maafer teni, chapter I t. fe &ion 7. &c. thy commandement] in Greek; eimmande- menu : and the word according , implieth the or- der of doing all thin s, as before is noted. not trankrefèd] by oing any thing amiffe, as giving bad for goo ; and as the Hebrewesex- pound it , one kin for another , or old far new, or new fir old, or the like. Of Tranfgreflton, fee 'the notes on Dent.t7.z. fregoteen] this the Hebrewes apply to forgetting to bleffe God for it, and to mention his name upon it. Maimony ibidem , chap. it. fea. i 5. But it is more gene- . rail, implying the negle& of any precept, con- certain" the things here fpoken of: for in fpiri- tuall duties unto God, all men are faulty, Plaint. 19.12. Eccief7.2o. 14 I Verf i4. inmymosrniny]or,inmy frrow: By this it appeareth, that this Law and confef lion extended further than to the third ycares tithe, which was al given to the poore,Deut.24.28.29, and might not be eaten by the owner of the land: ' and reached to the first and fecond yeares tithes, which the owners were to eat.before the Lord, Denteronomie 14. 22.23. but' might not cat of it in their mourning, upon paine of being beaten by the Magiftrate , as Maimony fheweth in Maa- fer (beni, chapter 3. feaion 5.. where he further faith (in fea.6.7.) Whe is thin mourner? Hee that bewayleth any of hit kindred , whom hee it bound by the Lam to mournfor. And in the day of death bail bound to mourn by the Lam, (Lev. 1 0.19,,) If he bee kept tilt- buried many d. :yes; he is a mourner all tbo fe ¿ayes till bee be buried by the dodlrine of the Scribes. And not the [amid ti the only, but all the holy things , every are, if be eat of them in meurning,by the Law he it to be beaten ; if in his mourning , by the Scribes dellrine, be is to be feourged. Compare herewith the laying of the Prophet, 7 heir facriftces (hall be unto them as the bread of mour- ners ; all that eat thereof /hall be polluted, HoC9.4. put away] the word before used in verf. 13. but otherwilc turned here in the Greeke, I bate not taien fruit thereof: which Greeke word is uled in Iof.5.12. for eating fruit : and fo the Hebrewes ex- pound this here of eating; He that eateth the Je- send tithe in uncleanne is to be beaten; for it it faid, .1 have not put away thereof for the uncleane: whe- tber the tithe be uncleane and the eater c /cane ; or tbctithe chase, and the eater uncleane; and bee that eateth it in lerufa /em before it. bee redeemed. The uneircumeifed it at the Line /cane; and if bee eat that fe- cond tithe, he is to be beaten by the Law, &c. Maimony inMaaler(heni,ch 3. fea.l.4. forth: unclean] fo the Greeke tranflateth it ; meaning for any unçlcane perfon to eat of it ; or for any uncleane Life. Hebr, in uncleane, whereby may be meant m nncleannefè. for the dead] or , to she dead: where- by may be tinder(lood , to any idols , or for any idolatrous nfe; as Idolaters are Paid to eat fa- crifce.r of the dead, Pfa1. 1 06.28. or to bec eaten at any dead mans funerall, whereby the holy thing might be polluted; as Hof. 9. 4. for at funerals they uled to eat and dniuke, Lack 24.17. Ier.t6. 7. The Hebrewes expound it thus ; that bee batb not received (or bought ) therewith coffin or fhraudr ( for the buriall of the dead ) nor given thereof to other mourners. Maimony in Maafer (heni, chap. o s. fe &ion 15, Further they fay The fecund tithe it given to eat andtodrinke, Denteronomie 14.23. and anointing it of drinking. And it is unlawful! for a man to bring it out fer his other needs ; as to receive therewith veffels , or garments, or fervent:; as it is written , I have not given thereof for the dead; as if bee fhould fay, Ibave not brought it out far, any thing which keepeth not alive the body , &c. Ibidem chapter 3, teai- on I o. Verf.15. the habitation of thy holinefe ] that is, thy holy habitation ; as the Greeke trauflatethit, thine holy house. By this prayer they lubmitted themselves unto the triall & judgement of God, for their upright keeping of these his lawes (as Pfal. 26. I, 2.3. ) and having cleare confciences, they had boldnef %,before God, to crave and ex- pea hisbleffing : for hee that is a doer of the worke (of God) this man full be wain/n.1 deed, Iam: 1.25. Vert. r 6. Thin day] Mofes concluding his ex. 16 pofition of the Lawes,with a warning of obedi- ence,teacheth the children that they arc alike in- tereffed in Gods covenant, as were their fathers ; and fo their pofterity : for what was fpoken and done unto them , concerneth us alto, Hof. 12.4. Pfal.66 6i7. thy God] the firlt argument of obedience, from the perfon of God,and his grace towards them , who loath foveraigne authority thereby to command. Verl:17. haft avouched] or, ball made to fay, that 17 is, to promise: in Greeke, has chafer. A lccond reafonofeibedience,becautfe of themutual! co- venant betweene God and his people : fee Exod. 19. 3, 4, S. which covenant was not with the fa- thers onely,(Deut.5.2,3.) but being now re::cty- ed with their children, and in them with al their polerity,ferved both to confirme their faith,and to increase their obedience and fanaification. unto thee for a God] or as theGreeke trauflateth, thy God: what this meaneth islhewed on Exod. 20.2.3. hie wages] which he commandeth to walke in;and they imply both doarines of faith, and precepts of manners, (as is noted on Gen.6. I2. and 18.19 ) and an imitation of him, as be- loved children, Ephef.5. t.2. Matth.5.48. ftatutes] the ordinances of worfhip and service which he taught : fee the notes on Deut.4.1. Commandements]the morall law given in Exod.20. Iudgemenu] the ludiciall lawes, whereof lee Exodus 25. I. &c. So all whatsoever a(reodn r 15
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