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A11649	Annotations upon the five bookes of Moses, the booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or, Canticles VVherein the Hebrevv vvords and sentences, are compared with, and explained by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee versions, and other records and monuments of the Hebrewes: but chiefly by conference with the holy Scriptures, Moses his words, lawes and ordinances, the sacrifices, and other legall ceremonies heretofore commanded by God to the Church of Israel, are explained. With an advertisement touching some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew text, and allegation of the Rabbines in these annotations. As also tables directing unto such principall things as are observed in the annotations upon each severall booke. By Henry Ainsworth.; Annotations upon the five bookes of Moses, and the booke of the Psalmes	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?	1627 (1627)	STC 219; ESTC S106799	2,398,875	1,194

thus wast thou decked with gold and silver Ezek. 16. 11. 12. 13. The spirituall signification according to either similitude is one and the same as after shall bee shewed rowes in Hebr. Torim which being of the singular Tor signifieth a disposition row or orderly course of things and hath affinity with Torah which hath the name of the Law in Hebrew and the one is put as an examplanation of the other as David said Is this the Law of man ô Lord God 2 Samuel 7. 19. which another Prophet relateth thus thou hast regarded me according to the order disposition or estate of a man of high degree ô Lord God 1 Chron. 17. 17. And indeed the Law of God is his ordinance or orderly disposition of his precepts the rules and canons of our life The same word Tor is also used for a Turtle-dove and Torim are Turtles as in the law of sacrifices Lev. 12. which some therefore take here to be jewels or ornaments that had the figures of Turtle doves And so the Greeke version here translateth How beautifull are thy cheekes as of a turtle dove But in the verse following where the same word is againe used the Greeke translateth We will make for thee similitudes of gold chaine 's in Heb. Charuzim a word not found but in this one place translated in Gr. collars or chaines and is interpreted by the Hebrew Doctors chaines or jewels hanged on a string like chaines to put about the necke These rowes and chaines signifie the Lawes and ordinances of God wherewith he adorneth the face and necke of his Church that in her profession practice and obedience she may bee comely and gracious in the sight of God and his people and being guided by them may vanquish her enemies Thus Solomon elsewhere saith there is gold and a multitude of rubies but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel Proverb 20. 15. And againe My sonne heare the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thine head and chains about thy necke Proverb 1. 8. 9. They meane also the gracious effects which the Law and doctrine of God worketh in his people of humility reverence and other vertues as on the contrary pride and other like vices are said to compasse evill men about as a chaine and violence to cover them as a garment Psalme 73. 6. Likewise holy persons that teach instruct reprove and such as receive doctrine and reproofe Proverb 25. 12. and reproofes themselves are pearles Matth. 7. Thus also the Hebrewes understood this Scripture as the Chaldee paraphrase here saith When the Israelites went forth into the Wildernesse the Lord said unto Moses How fayre is this people that the words of the Law should bee given unto them that they may be as bridles in their jawes that they depart not out of the good way as an horse goeth not aside that hath a bridle in his jawes and how faire is their necke to beare the yoake of my precepts that they may bee upon them as a yoake on thenecke of a bullocke that ploweth in the field and feedeth both it selfe and the master thereof Vers. 11. We will make for thee A promise of encrease of graces to the Church by We is understood the mystery of the Trinity as in Genesis 1. 26. Let us make man So in Rev. 1. 4. 5. Grace and peace is wished from the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost and in 1 Corinth 12. 4. 5. 6. the diversities of gifts are noted to be of the Spirit the diversities of ministeries whereby those gifts are administred to be of the Lord Christ and the diversities of operations effected by the gifts and ministeries to bee of God the Father The Hebrewes also as Sol. larchi here interpret it I and my judgement hall by which phrase the Trinity of old was implyed though now the faithlesse deny the same for a judgement hall in Israel consisted of three at the least which in their close manner of speech they applyed unto GOD but their posterity understood it not Christ here teacheth his Church that every grace and good gift is from GOD as also the increase thereof Iames 1. 17. Ephes. 3. 16. that the spirituall ornaments are of his making who worketh in us both to will and to doe of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. Also that to him that hath shall be given and he shall have more abundance Matth. 13. 12. As in our bodies wee come naked into this world without clothes or ornaments so is the estate of our soules by nature naked and bare Ezek. 16. 4. 7. till Christ of his grace by his Spirit clotheth and adorneth us Revelation 3. 18. rowes of gold he spake before of rowes simply now he addeth of gold either to signifie more excellent ordinances and graces under the Gospell then under the Law as hee promiseth For brasse I will bring gold and for ●ron I will bring silver c. Esay 60. 17. that should proceed from faith and love and not from feare as when shee was under the bridle of the Law for wee should not bee like horse and mule whose jaw must bee bound with bit and bridle Psalme 32. 9. and yeeld obedience by constraint or it meaneth a new supply of graces so that we are changed into the image of God from glory to glory even as by the spirit of the Lord 2 Corinth 3. 18. These promises may respect both the rules ordinances gifts and graces bestowed on his people Proverbes 20. 15. and the persons themselves that are furnished with those graces as the precious sonnes of Zion are said to bee comparable to fine gold Lament 4. 1. speckes of silver in Greeke markes of silver which word markes Stigmata Paul useth in Galatians 6. 17. speaking of the markes of the Lord Iesus by suffering for his Gospell Here it meaneth variety of graces in the communion of the Saints for their mutuall helpe comfort and delight as is opened in Proverb 25. 11. 12. A word fitly spoken is like Apples of gold with pictures of silver As an eare-ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold so is a wise reprover upon an obedient eare Where we are taught that both instructions and reproofes are the ornaments of the Saints when they are prudently uttered and obediently received Neither of which can bee without the speciall grace of God who both maketh these ornaments for us and maketh us fit to receive and put them on for The hearing eare and the seeing eye the Lord hath made even both of them Proverbs 20. 12. The Chaldee paraphrast expoundeth this verse of the Law which God gave unto Israel on the two tables by the hand of Moses But though the ordinances of the Law were likened to gold and silver wherewith the Church then was decked as God telleth them in Ezekiel 16. 13. and the law of his mouth was better to his people then thousands of gold and

smell thereto and made it not hee is guilty of cutting-off but his doome is like all theirs that use or make profit of any of the sanctified things to wit unlawfully M●imony in treat of the holy Implements chap. 2. Sect. 9. 10. be cut off the Chaldee expoundeth it be destroied the Greeke saith the soule of that man shall perish from his people God by this judgment would keepe men from profaning and abusing the holy exercise of praier and doctrine of Christs mediation when the abuse even of the shadow hereof brought destruction upon the offenders CHAP. XXXI 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the worke of the Taberna●le and furniture thereof 12 The observation of the Sabbath is againe commanded 18 Moses receiveth the two Tables of the Law AND Iehovah spake unto Moses saying See I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Vri the son of Hur of the tribe of Iudah And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisedome and in understanding and in knowledge and in all workmanship To devise cunning-workes to worke in gold and in silver and in brasse And in ingraving of stone to fill and in carving of wood to worke in all workmanship And I behold I have given with him A holiab the son of Ahisamac of the tribe of Dan and in the heart of all wise hearted I have given wisedome that they may make all that I have commanded thee The Tent of the congregation and the Arke of the Testimonie and the Covering-mercie seat that is thereupon and all the vessels of the Tent. And the Table and the vessels thereof and the pure Candlesticke and all the vessels thereof and the Altar of incense And the Altar of burnt-offring all the vessels therof and the Laver and the foot thereof And the garments of ministery and the garments of holinesse for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sonnes to minister-in-thepriests office And the anointing oile and incense of sweet-spices for the holy place according to all that I have commanded thee shall they doe And Iehovah spake unto Moses saying And thou speake thou unto the sonnes of Israel saying Verily my Sabbat●s yee shall keepe for it is a signe betweene me and you throughout your generations to know that I am Iehovah that sanctifieth you And yee shall keepe the Sabbath for it is holinesse to you they that profane it every one shall bee put-to die the death for every one that doth any worke therein even that soule shall bee cut-off from amongst his peoples Six daies shall worke be done but in the seventh day is the Sabbath of Sabbathisme holinesse to Iehovah every one that doth any worke in the Sabbath day shall be put to die the death And the Sons of Israel shall keepe the Sabbath to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant Betweene me and the Sonnes of Israel it shall be a signe for ever for in Six daies Iehovah made the heavens the earth and in the Seventh day he rested and was refreshed And he gave unto Moses when hee had made-an-end of speaking with him on mount Sinai two Tables of testimonie Tables of stone written with the finger of God Annotations BEzaleel in Greeke Beseleel by interpretation In the shadow of God he was the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur the sonne of Caleb or Chelubai the sonne of Esron the sonne of Pharez the sonne of Iudah from whom he was the seventh generation as Enoch was the seventh from Adam and is here designed the master workman of the Lords Tabernacle See his genealogie in 1 Chron. 2. 5. 9. 18. 19. 20. Vers. 3. Spirit that is gifts of the Spirit such as are after mentioned So Paul openeth it in 1 Cor. 12. 4. 8. 11. see also Act. 2. 4. The Greeke expoundeth it a divine Spirit the Chaldee a Spirit from before the Lord. workmanship or Art Hebrew worke So verse 4. Vers. 4. devise cunning-workes such as were mentioned in Exodus 26. 1. c. see the notes there The Hebrew phrase is figurative to thinke thoughts which the Greek explaineth to thinke or minde and to make-artificially the Chaldee saith to teach artificers as it is in Exodus 35. 34. These three things in Bezaleel a calling a furnishing with gifts and a working or operation accordingly are necessarie in all the publike ministers of the Church So Paul mentioneth diversities or distributions 1 of gifts by the Spirit 2 of administrations or ministeries by the Lord Iesus and 3 of operations by God the Father 1 Cor. 12. 4. 5. 6. 〈◊〉 to worke or to doe to make but doing is often used for working as is noted on Exod. 5. 9. and so the Greek translateth it here also in verse 5. Vers. 5. ingraving or cutting The Hebrew word generally signifieth a studious and artificiall ingraving or cutting in stone in wood in yron in earth and then it is Englished ploughing or any other like handicraft to fill that is to set in the golden ouches as Exod. 28. 21. to worke or to make in all worke meaning cunning worke as is expressed in Exod. 35. 33. Vers. 6. Aholiab in Greeke Eliab by interpretation The Tabernacle of the Father Hee is the second master-workman and of the tribe of Dan the handmaids sonne joyned with Beseleel as God usually joyneth two together in al weighty affairs See Exod. 4. 14. 15. and 6. 26. Matth. 10. 2. 3. Luk. 10. 1. Acts 13. 2. Hag. 1. 14. Vers. 7. vessels or instruments furniture implements So after Vers. 10. of ministerie veiles clothes coverings which served to wrap up the holy things in when the host removed as Num. 4. 5. 9. 11. 12. c. Of the Priests garments see Exod. 28. Vers. 13. Uerily or Notwithstanding the Greeke translateth it See Though the worke of the Tabernacle were studiously and speedily to be done yet God would not have any of it done on the Sabbath daies The Law of the Sabbath is very often repeated see Gen. 2. 2. Exod. 16. 23. c. and 20. 8. c. and 23. 12. and 35. 2. 3. to know that is that ye may know as the Greeke translateth The principall signification of the Sabbath was for grace and sanctitie which therefore the Lord often urgeth and blameth the breach of this day as the violating of his covenant See Neh. 9. 14. Ezek. 20. 12. 13. 16. 20. 21. Esay 58. 13. The true observation hereof is by faith in Christ Heb. 4. 3. 9. 10. 11. The Hebrew Doctors say The Sabbath and the precept against idolatrie each of these two is as weighty as all the other Commandements of the Law and the Sabbath is a signe betweene God and us for ever Therefore who so transgresseth the other Commandements he is generally a wicked Israelite but hee that openly profaneth the Sabbath is as an Idolater both of them as infidels in all their affaires Therefore the Prophet laudeth and saith Esay 56. 2. Blessed

〈◊〉 Sol. Iarchi here saith The strength of Moses became feeble as a woman when the holy blessed God shewed him the punishments that he would bring upon them the people for this he said before him If thus kill mee first kill me or killing me that is kill me quite and out of hand the word is doubled for more vehemency and speed see mine evill that is my misery and affliction By seeing evill is meant the feeling or suffering of miserie as to see death is to dye Luke 2. 26. Psal. 89. 49. and as on the contrary to see the salvation of God meaneth the fruition or enjoying thereof Psal. 50. 23. and 91. 16. Compare with this Elijahs speech 1 Kings 19. 4. Verse 16. Gather unto me in Chaldee Gather before me and Thargum Ionathan explaineth it Gather in my name seventy worthy men This is answerable to the number of the seventy soules of the house of Israel which went downe into Egypt Gen. 46. 27. Exod. 1. 5. Deut. 10. 22. and to the 70 Elders which went up unto the Lord at mount Sinai Exod. 24. 1 9. From hence the Hebrewes in their commonwealth continued their chiefes Senate in Ierusalem of 71 Elders as here there were 70 and Moses the Prince So they record in Talmud Bab. in Sanhedrin ch 1. and Maimony in Sanhedrin c. 1. s. 3 4 5 explaineth it thus there was in Israel first a great court or judgement hall in th● Sanctuary and that was called the great Synedrion and their number was 71 as it is written Gather to me 70 men c. and Moses was chiefe over them as it is said And let them stand there with thee Numb 11. 16. loe here are 71. The greatest in wisedome among them all they set him for head over them and he was called Nasi the Prince in every place and hee stood in stead of Moses cur Master And they placed the greatest among the 70 next 〈◊〉 the head and he sate on his right hand and was call 〈…〉 Ab beth din the father of the judgement hall A 〈…〉 the residue of the 70 sate before him according 〈◊〉 their eares and according to their dignitie wh●seever was in wisedome greater than his 〈◊〉 nearer unto the Prince on his left hand And they sate as in the forme of an halfe circle round so that the Prince with the Father of the Court might see them all Moreover they set two Iudgement halls each of 23. Iudges the one at the doore of the Court of the Sanctuary the other at the doore of the mountaine of the Temple And in every citie of Israel wherein were 120. fathers of families or moe they set a lesser Synedrion which sate in the gate of the citie as it is written And establish judgement in the gate Amos 5. 15. And their number was 23 Iudges and the wisest among them was head of them and the residue sate in a round like halfe a circle that hee which was head might see them all If it were a citie which had not 120 men in it they set therein three Iudges for there is no judgement hall of lesse than three that there might be moe or fewer if there hapned to be among them dissention in judgement But every citie which had not in it two wise men the one fit to teach the whole Law and the other skilfull to heare and skilfull to demand and make answer they set no Synedrion therein although it had in it two thousand Israelites c. the officers in Greeke the Scribes and Targum Ionathan addeth in Egypt as if these were such as are mentioned in Exod. 5. 14. and of them Sol. Iarchi also understandeth it What these Officers were after in the common-wealth of Israel is noted on Deut. 16 18. Here it seemeth to be meant of such Elders and Officers as were well knowne and had approved themselves for wisedome and good carriage for which they might with comfort be preferred to this high Senate for they that have ministred well as the Apostle saith purchase to themselves a good degree 1 Tim. 3. 13. Afterwards in Israel about the choise of these chiefe Magistrates it is thus recorded Our wise men have said that from the great Synedrion they sent into all the land of Israel and made diligent inquirie whomsoever they found to be wise and afraid to sinne and meeke c. they made him a judge in his citie And from thence they preferred him to the gate of the mountaine of the house of the Lord and from thence they promoted him to the gate of the Court of the Sanctuary and from thence they advanced him to the great judgement hall Maim in Sanhedrin chap. 2. sect 8. stand there or present themselves there with thee They were to stand before the Tabernacle to present themselves unto God and to receive authoritie from him and with Moses who was to be chiefe over them The Hebrewes from this word with gather a likenesse unto Moses saying They constitute none in the Synedrion but Priests Levites and Israelites whose genealogie is knowne c. as it is said in Num. 11. 16. WITH THEE which are like thee in wisedome religion and genealogie Maim in Sanhedrin ch 2 sect 1. Vers. 17. I will come downe to wit in signe or apparition as the Chaldee translateth I will reveale my selfe and Targum Ionathan addeth I will reveale my selfe in the glory of my Majestie this was in the cloud vers 25. I will take or will separate in Chaldee will increase of the spirit that is on thee meaning the gifts of the Spirit as prophesie vers 25. and other meet for their charge for there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit 1 Cor. 12. 4. So spirits are named for spirituall gifts 1 Cor. 14. 12. 32. and the Holy Ghost for the gifts of the Holy Ghost Ioh. 7. 39. Act. 19. 2. 6. Thus the spirit of Elijah rested on Elish● 2 King 2. 15. when he had the same gifts and power of prophesie miracles c. Neither was Moses spirit hereby diminished for as Sol. Iarchi saith Moses in that houre was like unto the Lamp that was left burning on the Candlesticks in the Sanctuary from which all the other lamps were lighted yet the light thereof was not lessened any whit God shewed hereby that none without gifts of his Spirit are fit for office and government Exo. 18. 21. Deut. 1. 13. Act. 6. 3. The Hebrewes have this rule Any Synedrion King or Governour that shall set up a Iudge for Israel that is not fit and is not wise in the wisdome of the Law and meet to be a Iudge although he be wholly amiable and have in him other good things yet he that setteth him up transgresseth c. Maim in Sanhedrin chap. 3. sect 8. V. 18. Sanctifie in Chaldee prepare your selves so to sanctifie warre is to prepare therefore Ier. 64. 51. 28. It meaneth an holy prepara 〈…〉 o receive the gifts that they desired