Tle'Gffpel ofthe Meat-Oferirrg. 2 Glares his Reje&ion and Di?aceeptánce of them ; Hof. 9, :4. he thus exprefiéth it, they (hall not Offer Wine- Offerings to the Lord, neither XII they be pleating unto him. 6. The fixth and laft Enquiry that was propounded concerning the Meat-Offering is, the Seafons and Occafions upon which it was to be offer- ed. There is the more caufe to fpeak to this, both becaufe the Scripture is Copious in it, and becaufe there hath been fomething of Contro- verfy, and fomething perhaps of Inadvertency and Minake about it. You may note this in general : There be force Offerings which were Meat-Offerings as to their Matter, which yet did not come under the Rule of the Meat- Offering, as it is here laid down in this fecond Chap.. ter of Leviticus. There be three Inftances of this. t. The Wave- Sheaf, Lev, a3. to, t t. a. The two Wave-Loaves, Lev. 23. 57. It is true, .,thefe agreed in the Matter with the Meat-Offering properly fo called ; for they were of the Fruits of the Earth, that were to be eaten : But yet they did not come under the Rule ofthe Meat- Offering. For they were not Ifhim, Offerings made by Fire, they were not to be burnt, nor were they moist Holy, to be eaten by the Priefts alone in the holy Place ; and they were to be made with Leaven, which is contrary to the erdina- ry Rule of Meat-Offerings. But they were Heave-Offerings, which were but fingly, and not doubly Holy. 3. A third Instance is the Yealoufy- Offering, Numb. 1, which differs from the Meat-Offering, partly in the Matter. For the Jealoufy-Of- fering was not fine Flower, nor yet Flower of Wheat; but .Qsaemach Sheirim Meal of Barley,;. Some render it the Bran of Barley. Barley, the courfeft fort of Bread-Corn, and Bran, the courfeit Part of that Grain : Not Wheat, but Barley ; not Flower, but Meal. And it had no Oyl nor Frankincenfe with it. It differed alto and chiefly in the End and Vfe. The Meat-Offer- ing being for Expiation, as hath been formerly proved : But the Jean loufy-Offering. was for Exploration and Difcovery of Guilt or Innocence. It was for a Memorial, but not for a Memorial of Acceptation ; but to bring Sin to Remembrance, Numb. 5. r 5. For thefe Reafons, tho' there be fomething, of general Agreement, being of the Fruits of the Earth, and fo may be called a Meat-Offer- ing in a general Senfe, and fo accordingly is called Mincba, Ver. I-p. Yet you fee how much it differs from the Rule ofthe Meat-Offering, itt this fecond of Leviticus ; therefore it was not properly °Meat-Offering; Qua. But when then was theMeat-Offering offered? And what Offer... ings were there under the . Law, that come more fay under that .Notion y etnfw:
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