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A49971	Orbis miraculum, or, The temple of Solomon pourtrayed by Scripture-light wherein all its famous buildings, the pompous worship of the Jewes, with its attending rites and ceremonies, the several officers employed in that work, with their ample revenues, and the spiritual mysteries of the Gospel vailed under all, are treated at large.	Lee, Samuel, 1625-1691.	1659 (1659)	Wing L903C; ESTC R41591	488,038	394

I think they cannot manifest one place where it is by them put for the Altar whose Greek it 's known that the New Testament Pen men chiefly follow Nay in its native sense it signifies Incense onely and by a Metonomy the Censer wherein it was put But to admit a double Trope to ride upon one word is as harsh as rare Wherefore to reconcile this place to the Old Testament I take it to signifie a Censer For so the Epithete Golden challenges it from its native signification of Incense And I humbly conceive that possibly we may understand by it the Censer of Aaron wherewith he burned Incense when two hundred and fifty men with their Censers were appointed by God to try with him Numb 16.17 who it was that God had appointed to that Office After the two hundred and fifty men were consumed by Fire Ver. 25. Ver. 38. their Censers were hallowed and Plates made of them for the Altar for a sign to the Children of Israel Now though the Text in Numbers does not tell us that Aaron's Censer was particularly laid up yet if we interpret this place in the Hebrews of that Censer it is no way repugnant to any Scripture nor to the Analogy of Faith But helps exceedingly to inlighten and reconcile that place I am the more induced to incline to it because it is joyned with two other things viz. the Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod both which were laid up there as a token of their Murmuring and Rebellion against the Lord being two miraculous Effects which God produced presently upon their murmuring to demonstrate the Omnipotent Presence of the Divine Majesty against whom and His instituted Ministers they had so grievously murmured So then after this grand murmure of Korah there being two Miracles produced the one the swallowing up of many in the Earth the other the burning of two hundred and fifty by fire from Heaven for the remembrance of it this Censer possibly was added as another Token together with the Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod to be laid up in the Oracle before the Lord. There is nothing to be objected against this sense but that because the Altar of Incense is omitted ver 2. therefore it 's brought in ver 4. and to be understood to be within the second Vail quoad usum onely To this I answer That the Altar standing without the Vail Aaron might take this Golden Censer that lay within the Vail and with it taking Fire-Coals off the Altar and Incense in his hands come and perfume the most Holy Place I dare not be peremptory in this point although that a certain Golden Censer lay in the Oracle constantly within the Vail according to the express terms of the Apostle is the mind of Learned Mr. Weemse in his Exposition of the Ceremonial Laws pag. 48. However it be I submit my Conjecture to all sober and learned persons having I hope before evinced the true Position of the Altar of Incense to be without but near the Vail which we now proceed briefly to describe Exod. 30 1-10 The Altar of Incense which Moses made was for matter of Shittim-Wood and over-laid with pure Gold round about For form four-square For quantity or measure two Cubits high And as for length and breadth one Cubit in each It had a Crown of Gold round about four Horns two Rings and two Staves There be some hold that Solomon cased the ancient one of Moses with Cedar and so made a larger over it A pretty fancy quickly vented Whereas we shall find expresly that Solomon made one compleat 1 Chron. 18.28 1 King 8.4 6. 2 Chron. 5.5 7. For first we read that David prepared refined Gold by weight on purpose for the Altar of Incense Besides when the Scripture says that the Priests brought up the Ark and all the Holy Vessels of the Tabernacle It mentions onely the carrying of the Ark into the Temple though Negative Authority is not absolutely Cogent yet when as Solomon is written to have made another and this is not mentioned to have been brought into the Temple but rather laid up in some of the Chambers I think we may safely shut Moses his Altar out of this pregnant Belly of Solomons That Solomon made one is expresly mentioned in two distinct places and in a 3d place 1 King 7.48 2 Chron. 4.19 1 King 6.20 22. that the inward material was of Cedar and over-laid with Gold How large it was we read not if we may double the quantity of Moses his Altar it may be we may not transcend the limits of Truth but it is best of all to be silent with Scripture The Tables of Shew-Bread IN the next place succeed the Golden Tables of Shew-Bread as to which 1 Chron. 48.16 1 King 7.48 2 Chro. 4.8 we find Gold prepared for them by King David as also Silver for the Tables of Silver whose use of situation we ye● read not In the Kings we read but of one Table But in the Chronicles we find expresly ten in number together with their Situation five on the right and five on the left side of the Sanctuary The Description of Moses his one Table may be seen at large in the Book of Exod. But the Dimensions of Solomon's we have not though possibly double to his Exod. 25 23-29 accordingly as the place wherein they were set was double to his in capacity Some think that Moses his Golden Table was one and the nine rest were according to that cize wherein we shall be utterly silent 2 Chron. 4.19 Dr. Lightfoot c. 14. §. 5. Lev. 24.7 Exod. 25.29 The use we read was to set the Shew-Bread upon them On each Table there were set twelve Cakes six in a Row one upon another They were square and not round as usually figured with a Golden Dish of Frankincense on the highest Cake with Spoons Covers and Bowls of Gold The Form of this Table exhibited in the Draught is according to Arias Montanus the difference therein being onely as to the length of the Cakes which lay overthwart exceeding the breadth of the Table as some conceive We have added a little Coronet onely to the Brim of the Table as we read Exod. 25.25 The Golden-Candlesticks ten in number the same with this in view The last things to be mentioned are the Candlesticks 1 King 7.49 Exod. 25.31 1 Chron. 28.15 2 Chron. 4.8 1 Chron. 8.15 Their matter was of pure Gold prepared by King David Their fashion probably like that of Moses Their number was expresly ten Their situation was five on the right side and five on the left side of the House that is of the Sanctuary even as in Moses Tabernacle the Lamps are said to shine without the Vail of the Testimony Lev. 24.3 In their height and the extension of their Branches Scripture is silent Besides these there is mention made of Silver Candlesticks designed by David but how large and where placed or

and that is what Glebe Lands the Officers of the Temple enjoyed 2 But did these persons with the Revenues of their Lands 2 King 12.4 Exod. 30.13 find for Sacrifices or Reparations No such matter We find a constant Tax laid upon all the people which is called the money of every one that passeth the Count. And what that was may be read in Exodus to wit half a shekel for every Head throughout Israel at any general Muster least the Plague break out upon them which Tax-money Antiq. l. 7. c. 10. p. 244. David having forgotten sayes Josephus to take at his numbring the People was the cause of that sore and sudden Plague at that time 3 There was the money that every man was set at 2 King 12.4 Neh. 10.32 De Bell. Judaic l. 7. cap. 26. Num. 18.21 Lev. 27.30 c. which in Nehemiah's time was a yearly Tax of the third part of a shekel for the service of the House of God and as it seems by Josephus there was an Annual Tax of two Attick Drachmes equal to half a shekel according to him which being formerly paid by every man to the Temple was afterward imposed upon the Jews for the Capitol at Rome Fourthly They had the Tenth of all the Land even of the Increase of the Seed of the Fruits of Trees of Herds and Flocks c. Mr. Selden observes in his History of Tythes Cap. 2. § 4. p. 17. that this Revenue was far more then the Tenth For as he hath there computed it of six thousand Ephahs of Corn supposed to be the Burden of such a man's Land when all the Deductions for the Sanctuary were taken out there remained but four thousand seven hundred seventy nine to the Owner So that he paid 21 Ephahs above the fifth part of his reaped quantity for there were one thousand two hundred twenty one Ephahs paid to the Temple Concerning this and many other of these Revenues assigned to the Levitical Tribe be pleased to peruse what is learnedly observed by Dr. Edw. Reynolds on Psal 110. p. 478. c. And Mr. Weemse on the Ceremonial Laws p. 123 c. Exod. 23.19 Ezek. 44.30 Num. 18.12 c. Deut. 18.4 Neh. 10.35 c. Ezek. 44.29 Numb 18.9 c. Fifthly They had the first fruits of all things and that of the best of Oyl Wine Wheat Men and Beasts Some things whereof as the first of men and of unclean Beasts were redeemed with Money five shekels for every head and paid to these Officers Nay they had the first of the Fleece of the Sheep and of the Dough c. The quantity of this Offering of the First-Fruits was not to exceed the 40th part not to fall beneath the 60th part of those fruits as it is observed by Ribera out of Hierom upon Ezek. 45. See Ribera de Templa lib. 3. cap. 2. Sixthly For Offerings of the Meat-offerings Sin-offerings or Trespass-offerings the Heave-offerings or Wave-offerings were all given to them Seventhly All Vows and Free-will offerings and all hallowed or dedicated things were theirs also Eighthly They had some shares in all Sacrifices Num. 18.18 Deut. 18.3 Lev. 7.8 Weemse Vol. 3. p. 123 c. except the whole Burnt-offering as particularly the right shoulder and the Breast the two Cheeks and the Maw and the skin of every man's Burnt-offering All which Portions may be more amply learned out of Mr. Steph. Nettles Answer to Mr. Selden about Tythes pag. 120. and Mr. Weemse a Learned Divine of the Scottish Nation Ninthly There was none of the Children of Israel that came up to Jerusalem before the Lord at the three solemn Festivals that durst come up empty-handed it being God's strict command Exo. 23.15 that they should bring some Gift or Offering to his Majesty All which was received by these Officers Tenthly The recompences of many Injuries came also into their hands Numb 5.7 8. which was the principal and the fifth part besides Eleventhly We must also remember this that no Priest Levite Singer Porter Nethinim that is the Gibeonite the Drawer of Water Ezra 7.24 c. or any Minister of the House of God did pay Contributions as to civil Affairs or Exigencies For it was not lawful to impose Toll Tribute or Custom upon them which indeed was but rational because the Priests lived upon the Bounty and Alms of the people by God's Appointment Antiq. l. 3. cap. 11. p. 96. l. 4. c. 4. p. 108. In the 12th and last place we shall add what Josephus tells us that they were free from all Military Service unless it were to blow the Trumpets as was observed before These are the Particulars of the Revenues and Duties incumbent upon the people for the Temple and its Officers which was a noble and splendid maintenance befitting such a Royal Priesthood Indeed it was convenient they should have sufficient lest wanting Necessaries they should be compell'd to imploy themselves in sordid Affairs for maintenance of their families and support of their Posterity and so should negligently handle Divine Matters Nay it was proper they should have a plentiful maintenance that they and their Temple-Services might not be obnoxious to the contempt of mean and unworthy persons such as is the generality of the Comminalty who esteem neither Magistracy nor Ministery if not attended with Honours and Revenues above the Vulgar Sphere Wherefore the All-wise Majesty of Heaven contrived most amply for this His Ministeriall Tribe that waited upon His Altar For if you put all the fore-mentioned sums together there will arise a Revenue for the Temple and its Officers above four times as much as fell to the Lot of tho richest Tribe in the Land of Canaan Let us to this purpose view the numbers of the Levites compared with the rest of the Children of Israel in Moses's time when all these Revenues were appointed them Numb 1.45 46. Dr. Edward Reynolds on Psal 110. p. 477. First of all we read that the number of the Males of the Children of Israel was 603550. from twenty years old and upward Now we may safely conjecture there were half as many more under twenty if not full out For where one man out-lives twenty years many times two for one dye before that age it may be more if the Providence of God in that kind were exactly attended but let us give in but half that is 301775 persons which makes the whole sum to be 905325 the sum of the other Tribes But all the Levites being numbred from a moneth old and upward arose but to a sum of twenty two thousand Num. 3.39 By which if you divide the fore-going number of the people the Quotient gives you so that the Levites were not equal in number to the 41 part of the people Now one would think they could expect in Equity but the one and fourtieth part of maintenance that arose from the Revenues of the Land of Canaan But you will find they