_ _ v E(o llEL11 ERO N X OM XX II I. vengeance for himotrthem thin hate him. So in Genet 149.8 thine band ( Judah ) fhall bee in the neck of thine ènemies. be thou] for by his owne ffrengtb ne mon (hall prevails, 1 Sam. 2. 9. Therefore David often acknowledged God to be his helper, Pfal. ì 28, 7.and 40.17. and 54.4,and 63.7. and r 18. 7.. &c. $ Verf.8, of Levi] or,unto Levi, that is the tribe or pofterity of Levi : as in Thargum Jonathan it is laid, Ant Moles tbel'ropbet blefrd. the tribe of ! Levi,andfaid. thy?hummim and thy Vrim] by } interpretation ,thyperfeetionsand thy Lights: there were myfteries put into the high Priefts breft- plate ; whereof lee the Annotations on Exo.28. 3o. fo they fignifie here the graces & office of the Priefthood, which was committed to Aaron and his feed,till Chriit came,who had the Priefthood for ever,'after a more excellent order, Heb. 6.20. And the fpeech here may be direEted unto God, who gave their mylleries to t he Prieft: and fo the Chald.explaineth it, 7btttmnim and Prim thou didfi put upon the man that war found holy before thee : and Sol. Jarchi faith, He fpeaketh at to the Majefiie of GcdOr it may be fpoken to the tribe of Levi,who had the Drim and Thummim among them, but appropriate to one man onely,who was the high Prieft,a figure ofChrift., with the man] under- Itard, bewiththeman, or,totheman,thatis,theybe- long to hint, with him they are, and fo let them remaine. thy gracious faint] tbymercifidl,pioua, , or boly one ; or, of thy holy orle : which title is gi- ven to God himifelte,( Jeg.3. s 2.) to Cbrift, I 16. so.withAMtes 13.35,36, 37.) and to all god- ly men ( ?îa1. i 49.5.) And here referring it to Aaron, or to Chriit, the man thy holy one, May mean one thing ,thy holy man, (as a man a Prince, in Exod.2.1 4.) or, if we reade it, the man oftbine h.} one,it is meant the man of God : and in Play. 199, 16. Aaron it called the Saint of the 0 RD. temptedit]or tryedfl. This word is fometime fpoken of God, as he tempted Abraham,Genef, ! 22. I. and the If-raelices in the wilderneffe, Deut. 8.2,15,16. Sometime of men who are laid to , have tempted God and Chrill, Exodus 17.2. 1 Corin.50,9. in Maffab]or,in the temptation; a place fo called becaufe there Ifrael tempted God,Exod, 17.7.or,withtemptation,and fo it no proper name contended] or, ftrivedf, pleadedit, this alto is fometime fpoken ofGod, whole con- tending with men , is th'e blaming and pttnilhing ''ofthen), Efay49.25. Joh.i0.z.Jer.2.9. louse- time of mens contending, as Ifrael did with the Lord at the waters of Meribah ( or of Contenti- on) Nxmb. 20, 13. By reafon of this diverfe ufe ofthefe.words, the nnderftanding of this Hefting is alfo divers, thus ; Thy Thirmmim and tly V- rirz (O God ) -be with the man tly gracious Saint, ( Aaron and his feed) wham thou temptedf4 with emotion; contendeft with him (for his finne) at be maters of r. 91eribah,(Numb. 20. 12, 13. Or, thy , 7l vmmim and dry Vrim ( O Levi) be with (Aaron i !ìis Ìècd) rho man of thy gradote (God) whom (.vit o the other Ili'aelitcs ) temptedfi iu Maf- , sc. Exod. 17. 2. Nmnb. so. Or thus, Thy Thummim and thy Vrim ( O Levi) is with ( or be- longs unto) the man tly gracious Saint (Ghrilt Je- fus ) whom thou tempted ft in tíYfafah, &c. 1 Corin. ro. 9. In this lait frene, t he weakneffe of the Leviticall Priefthood is implied , which kept not Urins and Thummum,but loft them at the capti- vity of Babylon,Ezra 2.63. and it is not knowne that they ever had them more, untill by Chu (our High Prieft after the order of Melehifédek) they were reftored by the Light and Truth of the Gofpel. The Chaldee interpreteth it inAa- ron, or Levies praile, Tbummim and Vrim thou didf4 t upon tbe man (or clothedf with them the man that was found holy before thee , whom thou temptedit with tentation , and he was perfil; thou provedit him at the waters of contention , and bee maefeund faithful. This may feeme not well to accord with the hiftory inNum.2o.touchingAa- cons perlon : yet the Hebrewes ( as Sol. Jarchi tnthis place)fay of the Levices that they mur- mured not with the other murmurers. And of Levi God faith by his Prophet, My covenant was with him lift and peace , and I gave them to him for tbefeare wherewith he feared mee, &e. Malac. 2.5. And againe, They kept his 7eftimonies and the Ordinance that he gave them, Pfal. 99, 7. The Greeketranflateth, And ef Levi he faid, Give yee Levi hie Manifefi -ones and his Truth, (that is , bis Vrim and bit Thummim) to the holy man whom they tempted in tentation, they reviled him at the wa- ter of Contradi£ lion. This interpretation may well be applied unto Chriit alfo, as before is !hewed. VerC 9. who faith] or,wbofaid. of his] or, 9 unto his father,6, I refßeil him not ] 1 fee trot, or, /oo1Z not upon him. The Greeke tranflateth, T hat faith to bis Father and to his Mother , I have not fene (or,1 refpecinoi) thee. This is meant,either of the Priefts continual) duty , who by the Law, if his father,mother,brother,or childe did dic,he he might not mourne for them, but carry himfelf as if he did not refpe&,know,or care for them; as is laid of the High Prieft, that was anointed and clothed with the ornaments, and had Urim and Thummins upon his heart ;for bit father,or for hit mother he (hail not he defiled, 'zither (hall bee gee out of the Sailluary, d"c. Levi t. 21. 11,12. Nei - ther might Aaron mourne for his formes, or Elea - zar and Itbamarfor their brethren Nadal, and A- bibu that were flaine, neither might they goe out from the dooreof the Tabernable, on paine of death,Levìt. t0.2; -7. For God would have them morIto regard their tuntion, and duty in his fervice, then any naturali affe &ion whatfoever. And herein Chriit was figured, (veto whom this biding chiefly belongeth) who when her was told,rhat his mother and Isis brethren Stood without to fpeake with him, her anfwered, Who it my Mother? and who are my brethren? etc. whofiever )Ball doe the will of my Father which it in beaven, the fame itmybrotber,and filler , and mother, Matth.12.46 -50. Thismay auk! have refererce to the Levites fa&, who being commanded of Mofs , killed every man his brother, fiord,'. neigh-
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