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A73378 An exposition of the lawes of Moses Viz. Morall. Ceremoniall. Iudiciall. The second volume. Containing an explanation of diverse questions and positions for the right understanding thereof. Wherein also are opened divers ancient rites & customes of the Iewes, and also of the Gentiles, as they haue relation to the Iewish. Together with an explication of sundry difficult texts of Scripture, which depend upon, or belong unto every one of the Commandements, as also upon the ceremoniall and iudiciall lawes. Which texts are set downe in the tables before each particular booke. All which are cleered out of the originall languages, the Hebrew and Greeke, and out of the distinctions of the schoolemen and cases of the casuists. / By Iohn Weemse, of Lathocker in Scotland, preacher of Gods Word.; Works. v. 3 Weemes, John, 1579?-1636. 1632 (1632) STC 25207.5; ESTC S112662 524,931 1,326

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are both called the Mothers wombe and the grave Psal 139.15 My substance was curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth that is in my Mothers wombe and as no man hateth the belly that conceived and bred him so no man should hate the grave which is his second mother He marketh the two extremes here the birth and the death and passeth by our life to teach us the shortnesse of our life the Scripture describeth the shortnesse of mans life sundry wayes First he calleth our dayes anni numeri that is which may bee easily numbered Iob. 16.22 when a few yeeres are come yeeres of number than I shall go the way whence I shal not returne so dies numeri signifie a few dayes Num. 19.20 so homines numeri a few men Deut. 4.27 So Ezek. 12.16 and Esay 10.19 The rest of the trees of his forrest shall be number that a child may write them that is they shall be few and here Iob saith When yeeres of number are come that is a few yeeres that may be easily numbered to note the shortnesse of his dayes Secondly our life is called saeculum Psal 17.14 Thirdly our yeeres are reduced to three score and tenne and if by reason of strength they be fourescore yet is their strength labour and sorrow for it is soone cut off and we flye away if a man out live threescore and ten he payeth interest for those yeeres much sorrow and griefe Then our yeeres are compared to the dayes of an hireling Iob. 7.1 which was a short time the yeres of an hirling were but three yeeres and the Lord to shew the suddaine destruction that should come upon Moah he saith Esay 16.14 Within three yeeres as the yeeres of an hirling and the glory of Moab shall be contemned that is it shall shortly be contemned so Iob saith his dayes are like the dayes of an hireling that is they are very short They are compared to monthes Iob. 14.5 the number of his monthes are with thee Then they are compared to dayes and to an artificiall day from the sunnerising to the setting of the Sunne they are like grasse which groweth up in the evening it is cut down and whitereth Ps 90.6 and to a watch in the night which was but three or foure houres vers 4. then they are compared to an houre then to a moment and last to nothing Psal 39.5 So our yeeres for the shortnesse of them are compared to a post Iob. 25. Now my dayes are swifter than a post they flyaway see no good they are passed away as the swift ships as the Eagle that hasteneth to her pray Marke the gradation here First Iob compareth his dayes to a post a post goeth on in his journey very swiftly when one horse wearieth he will take another and so goeth on but yet he must rest sometimes Therefore hee goeth further and compareth them to the swiftest ships that are called ships of desire the ship will not weary day nor night yet there may come a contrary winde and make her stay therefore he goeth higher and he compareth his dayes to the Eagle which of all fowles is the swiftest to catch pray and nothing can stay her untill she have obtained it So mans dayes wearies not nothing can stay them in their course but they flye away and hasten to their end So mans life is compared to the weavers shitle Iob. 7.6 this comparison would be marked for the shuttle carieth the threed within it and the weaver tosseth the shuttle too and fro untill the threed be spent and then he cuteth it off So time is the weaver that tosseth the shuttle and our dayes are as the threed within the shuttle which peece and peece are spent and then death cutteth them off So they are compared to a smoke and to a dreame or to a vapour Psal 49. or to the breath of ones mouth and to this the Apostle hath reference when he saith what is your life it is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away Iam. 4.4 Now that our death may be comfortable unto us first we must remember that we are mortall Gen. 2.17 In that day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt dye the death Symachus translateth it Mortalis eris the consideration of mortalitie in Abraham made him to say that he was but dust and ashes Gen. 78.27 It is appointed unto men once to dye but after this the judgement Heb. 9.17 If men dyed not they could not obtaine life eternall for flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdome of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption therefore we must either die or be changed And this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortality and then we need not to be afraid of death for it shall be swallowed up in victory 1 Cor. 15.50 as the Wise man saith Ecclus 14.12 Remember that death is not long in comming and that the covenant of the Grave is not shewed unto thee The Lord sheweth unto us that we are all mortall and that we must dye but he sheweth not in particular the time when we shall dye and therefore we should be ready at all times Secondly remember the advertisements of death when thou art faint and weary those are Gentlemen Vshers to death when yee feele those messengers remember that the sound of their Masters feet is behind them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cincinni sic dicti quod facile mutantur a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mutabit 2 King 6.32 We are called in the Scriptures bene hhaloph Prov 31.8 Children of change and the lockes of our haire are called mahhaliphoth mutationes Iudg 16.13 because they are soone changed when our haire beginneth to change once that is an advertisement to death as the wise man saith but many men take no notice of those advertisements when a Sergeant commeth to arrest a man the man absenteth himselfe and will not seeme to be at home yet notwithstanding the arrestment is valide and holdeth good in the Law so those advertisements of death although thou neglect them and seemest not to be at home yet the arrestment shall hold good and thou shalt be enforced to answer at the day appointed Thirdly looke upō the death of others for that he looketh seriously upon the death of others he cannot chuse but that he must remember his mortality 2 Sam. 20.12 When Amasa was wallowing in his blood all the people stood still and lookt upon him when people behold the death of others then it should put them in minde of their owne death Fourthly acquaint thy selfe often with death that it seeme not a stranger to thee when it commeth Hierome set the skull of a dead man before him daily and the Anchorites of old scraped with their nailes some part of their owne grave every day Put not the evill day farre from thee Esay 22.12 When the Lord called the Iewes to mourning yet they put the evill
the Sabbath 89 feast of Tabernacles why instituted 97. the feast of Trumpets 104 feast of collection 110. Female circumcised in the males 77. Flaminian Priests and their rites 81. G Garments of foure sorts 237 to take off the garment what it signified 71. Gentiles why the Court of the Gentiles left out in the second Temple 30. Gifts necessary for the Church of two sorts 231. God compared to a Prince 28. his table dinner and supper 29 hee beareth with man in many things 15 he workes not contrary to nature 152 his power twofold 209. Grave terrible in it selfe 259 the comforts against it 260. H Haire put for strength 81 Hand the right more excellent 220 of the situation at the right hand ibid. the left hand put for protection 221. Hanging a cursed death 162 Holy thing 155 what to devour holy things 156 holiest of all had diverse names 29 the censer left in it 48. Horne of prophesie what 114 with Rammes hornes they proclaimed the Iubile ibid I Ierusalem compassed with hils 19 called Sion and Moriah 21 called the midst of the earth 22 other Countryes take their denomination from the situation of it ibid it is taken for the City and people 232. Iesus whether any man may be called Iesus 219. Iewes opposite to the Gentils in their worship 76 taught many wayes 129 the forme of their vow 157 helpes for their judgements memories and affections 158. they adde to the Law of God 159 Ioshua called Hoshea 238 Iubile when proclamed 107 by whom 114 when it fell with the seventh yeere of rest 115 why it was appointed 119 when the first Iubile began ibid K Keyes foure sorts of keyes 152. Kid not to seeth a kid in the mothers milke 130. Kingdome Salomons Kingdome compared to the Moone 102. L Lampes how the Priest trimmed the Lampes 41. Land how it rested three yeeres together 117. Law ceremoniall abolished 171. a threefold use of it 174 Lawes morall positive divin● positive 194. Levites payed tith to the Priest 122 their liberall maintenance 123 124 125 Life long life annexed to al the commandements 131 how the life is in the blood 132 the shortnesse of it described 255 256 c. M Malefactor accursed 161 Man more unclean than any creature 250. Mary offered for herselfe and for her sonne 5. Meate offering see offering Ministers not to enter too soone 185 youthes not fit to be Ministers 186 not to seeke their owne praise 200. their greatest credit 201 their travels not alwayes lost 204 how they may bee guilty of the sinnes of the people 226. Miracles beget not faith 180 who desired miracles ibid. men not confirmed by by miracles 181 threesorts of miracles ibid. Moabites a filthy people in their worship 74 75. Moone the names of it 100. when the New Moone was kept ibid. it had no Sacrifice ibid. Why they kept the New Moone 101 diverse changes and courses of the moone 102 a threefold motion of it 103. N Name to impose a name a signe of Authority 219. Nazarites according to their age of three sorts 78 according to the time of two sorts ibid. not to drinke wine 79. not to touch the dead 80. whether the Nazarite or Priest more holy 80. not to shave their haire 81. Number plurall for singular 6 the Hebrew speake of themselves in the plurall number 226 number put for a few in number 255. O Offerings of diverse sorts 55 what offered in the meat offering 58 two sorts of meat offring 16 the meat offering put for all the Sacrifices 59 of the peace offering ibid the Priests part in it 60. the feast of it 62 a bad division of it ibid. the offering of Ielousie 64 sinne offring of twosorts 66 what sinne offering the Priests might eate 66 the trespasse offering 68. Olive trees in Zacharies vision what 40. Oyle in the Tabernacle pure oyle 40 it is called gold ibid P Passeover taken diversly 84 how it pertaineth to the fourth Commandement ibid. why eaten with unleavened bread 85 why with soure herbes ibid. Whether the Cup in it a Sacramentall Cup or not ibid. what things proper to the Passeover in Egypt and what proper to it in Canaan 86 seven memorable Passeovers ibid. Whether the Passeover a Sacrament or a Sacrifice 87 whether Christ kept it upon the Iewes day 89 why reckoned a lesse holy thing 248. Pentecost called the feast of weekes 93 it had but one holy day 95. Pharisees of two sorts 122. Phylacteries why the Iewes wore them 159 how they abused them 160. Pillars what they signified 29. Places twofold 7 some places for worship commanded some allowed 16 high-places taken in an evill sense 17 sinne to offer in the high-places after the Temple was builded 18. Preachers of three sorts 201 Priapus the god of the Moabites 74. Priest his portion in the Sacrifices 55 why hee got the shoulder 60 the breast 61 he might erre 64 the priests might weare no wooll in the Sanctuary 69 they were their girdle about their pappes 70 what Garments the Highpriest wore when he went into the holiest 75 Priests called Levites 122. Priesthood entailed to Levi 188 how long it continued in Aarons posterity ibid. how Eli had it 189 how it was promised to Phinehas ibid Prophesies when not to be taken literally 236. Purification of women 5 three sorts of purification 108. R Reckoning amongst the Iewes of three sorts 116. Remission under the Gospell farre above the remission under the Law 120. Rest of the seventh yeere 113 at what yeere it began ibid. at what time of the yeere ibid. see yeere Rod Aarons rod 178 rods were carried before the Tribes 179 S Sacrifice whether they might Sacrifice in other places than at the Arke or Tabernacle 16 three sorts of sacrificers before the Temple was builded 17. Sacrifice without blemish 52 it was changed when it was offered 53 salt joyned with it ibid the division of Sacrifices 55 the dayly Sacrifice 56 why called continuall ibid. the order in burning their Sacrifices 57 sacrifices according to the persons 64 no sacrifice for wilfull sins ibid. why but one sort of Sacrifice for all sinnes done wittingly 65 Gideons Sacrifice 16. Sacriledge compared to a snare 154 Gods judgements upon Sacrilegious men 154. Salomon his offering in Gibeon 17 his sacrificing in the middle of the Court 50 his throne 28 he made the Vessels of the Temple except the Arke 59 Sampson ceased not to be a Nazarite 81. Sanctificatiō twofold 85. Satan the order of his temptations 224 the manner of them 225 how hee dealeth with his owne Children and how with Gods Children 225. Seed the brother to raise up seed to the eldest brother 192 the woman raised up seed to her parents 195. Shewbread see bread Shoe the pulling off it twofold 206. Sinne offring see offring Sinnes done of ignorance and ignorantly 68 whether all sinnes remitted Simul Semel 239. Son foure sorts of sons 146 Stand to stand taken diversly 221. T
Tabernacle divided in three parts 9 10 how it was transported 15 how it differed from the Temple ibid. Temple what light was in it 9 to what tribe it belonged 25 divided by a line 25 c. the second Temple built after the manner of the first 31 how the second excelled the first 31 it is called gold Ibid. how God removed from it by degrees 33 many things added to it which were not in the Tabernacle 50. Tithes payed by the people and by the Levites 121 three sorts of tithes 125 why they were payed 123 to tithe what 122. Tribes why kept distinct 23 represented by many things 42 how they are reckoned in the Scripture 278. Tyrians helped to build the first second temple 30 V Vaile a token of subjection 150 Venus how worshipped 77. Vncleanenesse of two sorts 4 the great uncleannesse of the woman 5 uncleannesse of the child 6 three sorts of uncleanenesse 143 imputed uncleannesse of two sorts 144. W Wants three sorts of wants 233. Water for seed 141 the bitter water 150 why the woman dranke it 151 why out of an earthen vessell ibid the effects of it 152 Whoredomes of the parents how punished in the children 144. Wine put for strong drinke 80. Woman not to weare mans apparell 77 the woman gives seed in generation 153. Words why repeated 127. Y Yeere of rest 110 yeere two fold 117. Z Zachariah an inferrior Priest 4. how the Angel appeared to him at the time of incense ibid Additions Pag. 171 the Lord gave his people the morall Law and the ceremonies and the Gospell when the ceremoniall Law was given it derogated nothing from the morall Law there was nothing abrogated or changed in the first Law or subrogated in place of the morall Law but when the Gospel came in the ceremonies were abrogated et superinducta est spes melior Pag. 137 35. Some Lawes are naturall and ceremoniall some are judiciall and ceremoniall and some are meere ceremoniall naturall and ceremoniall where the ground of the Law is naturall and the ceremony annexed the ceremony being taken away the naturall part may stand Example the father was bound to give his sonne a double portion because he was his strength and because he was a type of Christ take away the type the morall part standeth So where the Law is Iudiciall and ceremoniall Example Cities of refuge were appointed to save the mankiller and he was to abide there untill the death of the Highpriest take away this ceremony and Cities of refuge may remaine Thirdly where the law is ceremoniall and Iudiciall a Magistrate cannot make the ceremoniall part a part of the Iudiciall Example this was a judiciall and ceremoniall Law that the malefactor should be hanged upon a tree and that he should be cut downe before the night because he defiled the land a magistrate may cause hang a theefe now but he cannot cause hang him as accursed or not suffer him to hang all night because he defiled the Land EXERCITATIONS DIVINE Of the Ceremoniall Lawes which are annexed to the Commandements in the first and second Tables EXERCITAT I. Of the reducing of the Ceremonies of the Law in generall unto the Commandements THe Apostle Paul willeth Timothy to hold fast the forme of sound words which he had heard of him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 proprie capsule in ●uibus singula monetarum genera ordine certo disponunt ut in promptu singula habeant cum opus fuerit 2 Tim. 1.13 In the Syriack it is Hhora foramina a speech borrowed frō Merchants who have severall boxes or holes wherein they put their severall sorts of Money So should Divines have proper places of reference to which they should referre their severall heads Amongst the rest it is not the least skill to referre the Ceremonies of the Law rightly to their owne commandements and digest them in their severall places Thomas 1 2. quest 101. Art 4. The Schoolemen divide the ceremonies in foure sorts in sacrificia sacramenta sacra observantias In Sacrifices Sacraments holy things as the place the time of their worship c. and ordinances which they did observe although all the ceremonies may be re-reduced to these foure heads yet we must follow another order and reduce them to the Commandements First some ceremonies cannot be reduced to one Commandement Some ceremonies belong to all the Commandements but they belong to them all as to weare fringes upon their garments is a ceremonie that cannot be referred to one Commandement because it served for the keeping of all the Commandements Num. 15.39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe that yee may looke upon it and remember all the Commandements So Deut. 21.23 He that is hanged is accursed of God this ceremonie belongeth to all the Commandements as the Apostle applyeth it to the breach of the whole Commandements Gal. 3.10 and 13. Some ceremonies belong to two Commandements Secondly some ceremonies belong to two Commandements as the purification of a woman after her child-birth is a ceremoniall Law which signifieth that they did conceive their children in originall sinne and therefore had neede to bee purged and purified after their birth Now because originall sinne is condemned in the first and last Commandement therefore this ceremoniall Law is annexed to them both originall sin is condemned in these two Commandements for in the other commandements where the full consent and act of sinne is forbidden it is not forbidden Thirdly some ceremonies in divers respects Some ceremonies in divers respects belong to divers commandements may be referred to divers Commandements as Levit. 17.14 Yee shall eate the blood of no manner of flesh as they were to abstaine from blood in reverence of the blood of Christ which was to be shed for them then it belongeth to the second Commandement as the rest of the significative ceremonies but as they were to abstaine from blood because the life was in it it was cruelty to eate it and in that respect it belonged to the sixt Commandement So Num. 18.21 and 24. and behold I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance Now as the priests gathered the tithes and received them from the people for serving at the Altar it was a dutie required of them in the second Commandement therefore it is sayd the tenth shall be theirs for their service which they serve even the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation but as the people payed these Tithes to the Priests it is a duty required in the fift Commandement to honour them So Deut. 21.17 He shall give the first borne a double portion of all that he hath This ceremoniall Law as the eldest sonne was a type of Christ is a dutie of the second Commandement to give him the double portion but as he was his fathers first borne to keepe the families distinguished that they should not bee confounded in the Tribes it is
this ceremoniall Law but where the ground of the Law is Iudiciall and the ceremony but an appendix of it then the Iudiciall law may be observed at least the equitie of it Example Cities of refuge were appointed as a Iudiciall Law to save the mankiller from the revenger of the blood there was a ceremony annexed to this Law that they should stay within the City of refuge untill the death of the High-priest this was but an appendix of the judiciall Law therefore the Law may stand that Cities of refuge bee kept or at least the equity of it that those who casually kill be not slaine Quest What if a Christian now should keepe any of the ceremonies commanded in the Law Answ There is a three fold use of the ceremonies Materialis formalis mixtus vsus a materiall a formall and a mixed use A threefold use of the ceremoniall Law Materialis as if a man should abstaine from eating of swines flesh onely because it were unwholsome he Iudaizeth not in this case but if hee should abstaine from swines flesh as a meat uncleane and forbidden in the Law then he should formally keepe the ceremony and truely Iudaize the mixt use is this when a Christian borroweth Iewish ceremonies to any use in the Christian Church Marke how the Apostles in their practise renounced the ceremonies of the Law first the Apostles kept the Christian Sabbath after Christs Resurrection and not the Iewish Sabbath therefore they renounced the ceremonies and the Apostle willeth the Corinthians to keepe the Passeover all the dayes of their life in holinesse and restrained it not to some few dayes as the Iewes Passeover was Object But when the dayes of the Pentecost were fulfilled Act. 2.1.2 Cor. 16. Here Paul reckoneth according to the Iewish Pentecost Answ When he speaketh of their Pentecost here and when he sayes the dayes of their fast were expired Act. 27.9 the Iewes at the day of expiation had a great fast Paul doth not Iudaize here but onely marketh these for a civill use to know the time of the yeare which was most knowne to the Iewes when Paul Act. 17.19 calleth Areopagus Mars street none will thinke that Paul worshipped Mars here but he useth onely this name as a name of distinctiō to know this street frō other streets so when he sayes that he sayled in a ship that had the badge of Castor and Pollux Act. 28.11 we must not thinke he worshipped Castor and Pollux but hee useth them onely as names of distinction to put a difference betwixt this ship and other ships Paul used the names of the Iewes feasts for distinction so when Paul useth the name of the Pentecost and the name of the fast Act. 2. and 27.9 he used them onely as names for distinctions sake and not for any Iewish observation and when Paul practised any of these ceremonies he practised them not for the ceremonies themselves but for the weake Iewes sake Example When he did shave his head in Cenchrea the Port towne in Corinth Act. 18.18 this was not according to the Law altogether Paul did not shave his head according to the law for if he had done it according to the Law he should have gone to Ierusalem and there have cast the haire of his Nazarits vow under the Altar and burnt it after the death of Christ none of the Apostles ever went to the brasen Altar againe to sacrifice but onely they practised some of the meaner ceremonies bearing with the weake Iewes Quest How could these ceremonies be hinderances from Christ seeing they were types of him to come Answ Christ saith Ioh. 16.7 If I goe not away the Comforter shall not come Christs bodily presence amongst the Apostles hindered his spirituall presence amongst them if the bodily presence of Christ hindered the comming of the Spirit unto them how much more did these ceremonies under the Law hinder the sight of his Incarnation and obscure his glory amongst them The ceremonies in the third estate are against Christ In the third estate these ceremonies were against Christ in this estate the Apostle calleth it concision and not circumcision Phil. 3.2 In the third estate the Iewes preferred the shadow to the body The errour of the Iewes in preferring the Ceremonies to Christ the bones to the marrow and the letter to the spirit they preferre the shadow to the body the ceremonies to Christ the bones to the marrow because they content themselves onely with the outward figures and types and seeke not for the thing signified and so they have the killing letter but not the quickning spirit and therefore Saint Hierome compareth them well now to dogges who get onely the bones to gnaw but they get none of the marrow or that hidden Manna Iesus Christ to their saluation Conclusion The conclusion of this is it was a great benefit to learning when the obscure Hieroglyphicks in Egypt were changed into letters and the darke and mysticall writings of Plato were changed by Aristotle into a cleare and plaine forme of writing It is a farre greater benefit when the Lord hath changed these darke figures and shadowes into the cleare light of the Gospel Hovv to make use of the Ceremonies of the Law in opening of a Text and reducing them to practise Of the Notes whereby Aaron and his posterity were discerned to be called to the Priesthood Num. 17.2 And the Lord spake unto Moses saying speake unto the Children of Israel and take every one of them a rod c. WHen Corah and his complices murmured against Aaron and contended with him for the Priesthood as we may see in the Chapter preceding the Lord commanded every one of the first borne of the tribes to bring a rod to him that by this new miracle causing Aarons rod to blossome he might end this controversie and confirme Aaron the more in the Priesthood The Prince of the tribe represented the whole tribe Secondly hee commanded that the names of the Princes of the tribes should be written upon the rods and the reason was because the Prince represented the whole tribe so the Prince being repelled from the Priesthood the whole tribe was repelled Write thou every mans name upon his rod. Aaron had not written upon his rod the Tribe of Levi but the name of Aaron and so the rest of the Princes Another reason wherfore the names were written upon the rods of the Princes was because the Princes of the tribes were their first borne and therefore they might seeme to claime right to the Priesthood every mans name was written upon his rod and Aarons name was written upon his rod because he was the first borne of Levi for the first borne of Levi was Cohath and he begot Amram and Amram begot Aaron who was elder than his brother Moses Quest How were the Tribes reckoned in the Scriptures Answ How the tribes are reckoned in the Scripture Whē a matter is in hand which