Chap.'. flnExpófirion.upon the Bookof J b$. Vert: 20. 183 Andbayed hid- head.] Shavingofthe head was ufed fometimes to exprefs forrow, fometime to exprefs bondage, and I find it ufed in Scripture in oppofition toboth thefe,fc.in times ofjoy and liberty. firlf, Shaving of the head was ufed as a noteof forrow, Ifa. 15. 2. the Lord (peaking by his Prophet of thegreat affliáion that (hould come upon the Jews, faith, Onalltheir headsJhall be bald- nefs, and every beard cut of ; that is, they (hall mourn , that's the meaning ofit. And IJá. 22.12. In that day didthe Lord God ofHoff, call to weeping, and to mourning, andto bal-dnefr ; that is, to (havingofthemfelves or cutting off their haire ; the meaning of it injoyning:baldnefs and mourning, was only this, to (hew that there thould beextream forrow and mourning in the Land, The Lord called to mourning and baldnefr,that is,to an exceeding,great mourning, fuch as thole mournings ufed to be when they (ha- yed their head. And the Prophet puts in this as an aggravation of their fin, that. when the Lord called for fuch a mourning as was joyned with baldnefs and (having the head, that then there (hould be joyandgladnefs, flaying Oxen, and killing Sheep, eating fleJh, and drinking wine. See this more clear, Jer. 7. 29. When the Prophet fore(hews the great affhaion of he thus befpeaks them , Cut ofthine haire O Jerufalem, andcaft it away, and take up a lamentation. To add one inftancemore, Mic.i.r6. In cafe oftheir fore affliftion the Prophet faith,blake thee bald and pole theefor thy delicate Children,enlarge thy baldnefs as the Eagle; The meaningofall is, mourn bitterly, or mourn greatly for thy delicate children;thy delicate and fweet children they are de(froy- ed, mourn greatly for them, enlarge thy baldnefs as the Eagle ; As the Eagle, becaufe the Eagle(as naturalifls obfervé)caftethher fea- thers, and her head is many times quite bald, therefore it is laidhere, enlarge thy baldnefsas the Eagle, that is, be exceeding bald, cut off allthy haire inthat great mourning. We may illu- (irate this by a contrary rule given by this Prophet Jeremiah, and likewife by Ezekiel, when mourning was forbidden, Jet. 6. 6. where he (peaks of fotne that(hould die,and have none to mourn for them, he faith ,theyjhall not lament for them,nor make themfelves baldfor them, Ezek. 24. 17. Make no mourningfor the dead; what followeth ? Bind the tire ofthine headupon thee; when they fhould keep on their haire, their tire, that was an argument that there was no mourning furthet
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