224 The Gofpel of the Meat-Of fer ng. Anfw. They were of two Sorts, either Separate, or conjoined with other Offerings. r. Of feparate Meat -Offerings there are two fignal Inftances. r. The poor Man's Trefpafs - Offering, Levit. 5. II, I2. inftead of the Trefpafs-Offering of Cattel, becaufe of his Poverty. 2. TheShem- Bread, Levit. 24. 7, 9. Which feems to have been a Meat- Offering : For the Incenfe was burnt as a Memorial for the Bread, fay Some : Or, as Others ; an handful of the Flower whereof they were made, was burnt for the whole : And the reft was eaten by the Priefts, after they had been prefented, and had ftood for a Time before the Lord. So much as to Separate Meat -Offerings. z. As to Meat -Offerings conjoyned with other Offerings. The general Rule is this, That they were conjoyned with Burnt-Offerings of Cattel, and with Peace-Offerings, whether offered as Vows, or as Free-will- Offerings, or at their folemn Feafts, and on :f ndry other incidental Occafions. But they were not conjoyned with Burnt-Offerings of Fowls, nor with Sin, or Trefpafs-Offerings. This Rule is both affirma- tive and negative ; it is grounded uponNumb. 15. 4, 9. Hence as there was a daily Burnt-Offering, fo there was a daily Meat-Offering, Numb. 4. 16. Numb. 28. 4, 5. And fometimesthe Lord gave fignal Teftimonies of his Acceptance of it, as 2. Kings 3. 9, 1 0,20. So at the Confecration of the Priefts and Levites, Levit. 8.26, 27. and Levis. 9.4. At the Confecration of the Levites, Numb. 8.8. At the Expiration of the Nazarite's Vow, Numb. 6. 17. At the Dedication of the. Tabernacle, there were twelve Meat-Offerings according to the Number of the Tribes, Numb, 7. 13, 14. Alfo the Sheaf of Firft Fruits, tho' it felf was a Wave-Offering, yet there was a Meat-Offering annexed to it, Levis. 23. 18. So that generally where you have a Burnt -Offering, or a Peace - Offeringun- der the Law, whether under the Notion of a Vow or a Free-will- Offering, or at their ftated Feafts, and in molt incidental Occafions, though I cannot fay in all, for it is not mentioned in the Purificati- on ofWomen after Child-bed, Levit r z. 6. They had a Meat-Offer- ing by Divine Inftitution, annexed and conjoyned with it. The other part of the Rule is negative, and it is this : We do not find that Meat-Offerings were annexed unto the Burnt - Offerings of Fowls, or to Sin, or Trefpafs-Offerings, or to Firft- Fruits, or Tythes, or to the Pafchal Lamb, tho' to the Feaft of the Paífover they were, .Deut. 16.1, 2. And in the cleanfing-of the Leper, the Meat- Offering feems to be annexed to the Sin-Offering, Levit. r4. Io. which is a peculiar Cafe. This Rule is drawn from the Authority of the Scrip- ture
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