· one being the beginning, the other the end thereof; the beginning was J'wTie,st n 'IT'rM.. x_<£, the fecond of the Patfeover ; the end was 'IT'EVTH)(I)>h the fiftieth day after, called the Pentecofi ; upon the hvTt~<t they offered 11 fbellje oft he firft-fruitJ oftheir Levir.t3· ro, 'h11rveft: upon the Pentecoft they offered two wave-Jo~tvn; the Levit.:3.11· fheafe being offered all the after-fruits throughout the land were fanctified; and the two loaves being offered it was a figne ofth~ harveft finifhed and ended; and now we fitlde,that as there were · fifty dayes betwixt J'<vT~f<~ and the Pentecofi, fo there were fifty · dayes betwixt Chrifts refurrection and the coming down of tho holy Ghoft. What was the meaning of this but to hold harmony, and to keep correfpondency with thofe memorable things? as on the day of Pentecotl (fifty dayes after th feaft ofthe Paffeover) the Ifraelites came to mount SinAi, and thePe received they the law ; a memorable day with them, and therefore called the feaft of the law; fo the very fame 4ay is accomplifhed that prophelie, out of Zion fha/1 go forth the law, nnd the Word oft he Lord Ira. z. 3• from JertJjitlem ; now was the promulgation of the Gofpel called · by 'famu the royal /4w, as given by Chrift our King, and written Jaau.s. in the hearts of his fervants by the holy Ghoft; it feems to fhadowoutthe great difference betwixt the ·law and Gofpel , the Ia wwas given with terrour, in lightning and thunder ; it difco- ¥ers fin, declares Gods wrath, frights the confcience ; but the Gofpel is given without terrour, therewas no lightning and • thunder now, no, no; the holy Ghoft flides down from heaven with grace, and gifts; and with great joy !its on the heads, . and in the hearts of his Saints. 2. On the Jubilee, or fiftieth yeare, was a great feafi; whence fome obferve · tha~ the La tines made their word 1 ubilo, to takf up a merry [ong; though the word be derived from the Hebrew 'fobei, · which lignifies a Rams horne: for then they blew with Rams hornes, as when they gathered the people to the congregation they blew with filvertrumpcts. There were ma~y ufes of this feafi; 1 . For the general releafe offernnts, 2. For the reftoring of lands unto their firft owners w~o had f~ld them: 3. For the keeping ofa right chronology, and reckonmg of t1mes, for as the Greeks did reckon by their Olimpiads, and the Latines by their Lufira, fo did the Hebrewes by their Jubilees; this falls fit with the proclaiming of the Gofpel , which is an aC!: or tender ofGods moil gracious general fre! P pp pp 2 parden
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