to Baal-Peor Wherupon t Nu. 31 1-18 the Lords wrath was so kindled that he sent foorth 12000. of the people against them under the government of Phinehas the preest and gave them a verie great overthrow putting al the males and married women to the edge of the sword and among them five kings of the Madianites and Balaam their prophet taking unto them for a pray their goods and cattel and al the women-children that as yet had not lain with man Canaanites The Canaanites were as yet a forrein people unto them so long as the Israelites were in the wildernes And u Nu. 21 1-3 bicause that they Arad their king came foorth to battel against them therfore was there som execution by the Israelites done among them But the effect of that which is written therof is no more but this that the people of Israel made a vow unto the Lord that if he would deliver those enimies of theirs into their hands they would make an utter destruction of them that the Lord delivered them into their hands and that the people did accordingly as before they promised The other special example of publik execution which was against certain of those people that did injoy som part of the land which the people of Israel had now to inhabit was in order of time x Num. 22 2. before that same of the Madianites it was against the Ammorites that dwelt on the east side of Iordan as they had to go into the residu of the land of promise Which yeeldeth unto us these principal points that y Num. 21 21-25 31-35 Deu. 2 24-37 3 1-7 the people of Israel did first send unto thē in peaceable maner to have but passage through their land that the Ammorites denied them that curtesie and therwithal came foorth with al their power against them that therupon the Israelites setting upon them by the commandement and incouragement of the Lord did utterly destroy them tooke to themselves al that they had even both the kingdoms of the Ammorites 55 That which was to be executed on their own country people at hom Of publik vengeance on their own people What law they had for it is in like sort delivered unto us both by a plain general law and by certain special examples The law that I speak of was for the avoiding of apostacie or falling away from the living Lord. And the effect of it was this that a Deut. 13 12-17 if the inhabitāts of any of their cities had turned aside to the service worship of strange gods that the residu of the people should make diligent inquirie therof and if they found it to be so indeed then should they war against it and utterly destroy it with fire and sword the people and al that was therin What examples of it The examples that I speak of do aim at the selfesame severitie of justice and in the action or cause of religion One was shortly after the giving of the law in the first yeer of their pilgrimage For the golden calfe the other in the last yeer of al a little before the death of Moses and immediately before that they entered into the land of promise The former was b Ex. 32 1-6 that when the people in the absence of Moses had set up the golden calfe and had worshipped the same Moses comming down from the mountain and espieng their detestable and grosse idolatrie c Exo. 32 20. brake down their idol brent it in the fire stamped it to powder strawed it in the water and made the people to drink therof and after that d Exod. 32 26-29 calling unto him those that were jelous on the behalfe of the glorie of God did so sharp execution on the cheefe offenders therin that there fel of the people that day about the number of three thousand persons The other example was much like unto this For Baal-Peor about the idolatrie of Baal-Peor before rehersed about the which in the Lords displeasure by the commandement of the Lord there were e Num. 25 4 5 9. executed of the heads of the people and of other offenders with those that the Lord otherwise destroied for the selfesame matter the number of four and twentie thousand 56 What those are Of those that respect particular persons that do respect particular persons is now to be seen Which I think may best be distributed into two special sorts according to the common division of the cōmandements themselves into the first second table First therfore to begin with those that are against the first table we find the sentence of death appointed for divers offences of that sort As Against the first table Idolatrie if against the first commandement any bodie should transgresse a Exo. 22 19. Lev. 20 1-5 either by committing som act of idolatrie by giving worship to other gods b De. 13 1-11 or but inticing others therto both these transgressions were to be punished with bodilie death although the partie that should so intice were a prophet himselfe or otherwise never so deer unto them So likewise Stubbornes against the truth if against the second commandement any bodie should so far transgresse as for to do what himselfe thought good howsoever the same were more easily put up if it were found to be don of ignorance as before in the treatise of sacrifices is described yet c Num. 15 30 31. if it were stubbornly done with an out-stretched arm with an obstinate hart then was it also condemned to death Which severitie the Lord did not openly command to be executed by others but himselfe also would witnes the same by his own example when as d Lev. 10 1-3 he destroied a couple of preests with violent fire as they were burning incense to him only for that they venturously tooke as a matter of great importance such fire as themselves thoght good and at such time as they were not yet wel inured to the maner of worship the tabernacle being then but newly reared In like maner we find certain transgressions against the third commandement to be condemned to death Blasphemie First e Lev. 24 15 16. if any man should speak any blasphemie against the Lord of which also there is a notable example of f Lev. 24 10-14 Seducing of the people one that was for the same condemned by the Lord himselfe Then if any prophet should praesume to speak g Deu. 18 20-22 in the name of the Lord that which the Lord did never command him or if any should speak to the people of God in the name of other gods Lastly h Exo. 22 17. Lev. 20 27. if any were a witch or southsaier or used to deal with familiars spirits or divels Breach of the sabbath As for the breach of the sabbath day he did not only make it i Exod. 31 14
28 g A more special care for the Poore the third yeer 41 a Poore see hard dealing The Portion of the preests 16. Povertie whence it may arise 10. The Povertie of a man provided for in bringing his sacrifice 46 b The Amalekites overthrown by Moses Praier 54.l m. The Price or redemption of man 22.f g. Pride see king h. Of Preest Preesthood 35-38 Of their apparel first of the High Preest 35 l-x Then for the inferior Preests y.z. Of their consecration 36. And of their proper function 38. Succession of the Preesthood appointed to one familie 35 g First fruits the portion of the Preests 16 e f. Blemished persons of the seed of Aaron excluded the office of Preesthood but not their maintenance 23 s How both the High and inferior Preests shuld marie 23 t u. The High Preest might not moorn 23 x For whom the inferior Preests might moorn 23 y The Preest in som cases appointed to civil causes togither with the civil magistrate 52 n o. The proper sacrifice of a Preest for a sin of ignorance 47 a Of things to be redeemed the Preest must set the price 22 h The daughter of a Preest plaieng the whoore to be brent 59 h Preest see battel l. Preest see wine The proper sacrifice of a Private person for sin of ignorance 47 a Privie members see shamelesse Great Promises made to Israel 51 c d. To Prognosticate or to gesse before-hand of the successe of any matter by luckines of dais or seasons or by the flieng of birds or such like forbidden 22 u The people should never want a Prophet 22.l m. 51.h A false Prophet to be put to death 56 b In time of Prosperitie to take heed especially that then we forget not God 24 o How hard it is in Prosperitie to stand in the fear of God 24 p A notable Protestation for the tru paiment of tithes see tithes Purging of suspicion of murder 53 k Purging of suspicion of adulterie 53.l Purge see ielous n. Purged see oth i. Of Purification and the meaning of it 48. The ceremonie of Purifieng easier for a man child than for a woman child 48 c R. RAhab spared 12.d Rape or ravishing death to the partie that forceth 59 c.f. Rash see vow a. Of the feast of Reconciliation 40 x While the preest doth make the Reconciliation the people are to sorrow for their sins 43 t The day of Reconciliation a day of affliction but somtimes ioy withal 41 i The peoples exercise on the day of Reconciliation 40 z That the force of Reconciliation is not in the merit of man 35. after g. Reconciliation see sacrifice Reconciliation day see seventh i m n. Of the Red cow 45. Redeeming of the firstborn 21.f i. No lands to be sold without clause of Redemption 18 b How to Redeem houses 18 f-i Redeemed see Herem Refuge see cities c. What is the effect or sum of al Religion 20 a-k Religion see venturous Moses praier at the Removing of the ark 34 n Remooving see marched o To Repair to the place that the Lord had chosen 40 m Respect see persons Sabbath day a Rest day 24 a f. The Rest of the sabbath should be an holie rest 24 a b. The armies Rested not til the cloud did stay 34 u Restitution to be made for iniuries done 46.f g. Restitution to be made for taking away holie things ignorantly 47 e To whom Restitution is du 28. after f. 46 i Return see setting down of the ark We ought to Reverence ech other as his place requireth 25. before a. Rewards do blind the eies of the magistrate 52 m Right of any not to be hindered 52 c Rings for the table 32 l.2 Rings for the altar 32 l.2 Rings for the ark 32 l. 2 Rings overlaid with beaten gold 32 m Riotous persons see drunkards The several Rites of the offerings for the people 36 p Robberie see wrong and oppresse The Roofe of the tabernacle 32.d Ruben put from his birth-right and why 17 c d. S. THe Sabbath ordained 24 a Sabbath day to be observed in seed time and harvest 24.f The Sabbath commanded by the example of God 40 a By writing 40 b The Sabbath ordained that we and our cattel may rest 24 h In the Sabbath the Lord requireth holines 24 b The Sabbath teacheth that God doth sanctifie us 24 c The breach of the Sabbath to be punished with death 24 g 56 i.2 Lesser breaches of the Sabbath punishable with stripes 56 k Gathering of stiks on the Sabbath death 56 i Sabbaths sacrifice see sacrifice Sacraments ordained before the law was given 31 a Sacraments confirmed by the law 31 b Their Sacraments were two circumcision and the pascal lamb 31 a Of Sacrifices generally ordinarie and extraordinarie 42. Of their maner of Sacrifice 32. Of the daily Sacrifice 42 a Who might Sacrifice see clean Not to Sacrifice where they list but only in the place that the Lord appointed 32 b Sacrifice proper to certain of their feasts 42 f-u The Sacrifice of the sabbath 42 e The Sacrifice on the day of reconciliation made by the high preest only 43. a. Extraordinarie Sacrifice 43. Sacrifice for original sin 48. A Sacrifice for sin how to be handled 46 c d e. Sacrifice for a sin wittingly done but without hurt to our neighbor 46 a Sacrifice for sin when our neighbor was hurt by us 46.f h. Sacrifice for offences done of ignorance 47 r a-e Sacrifice for the whole congregation having offended ignorantly 44. Sacrifice for several persons the nature and diversitie of them 46. Sacrifice must be brought willingly 35 a Why the flesh of the Sacrifice might not be long kept 49.d The Sacrifice of the red cow 45. Salt never to be wanting in any meat offering 42.d Sanctifieng of our selves required 23 b The maner and form of the Sanctuary 32 c-n.2 The oversight of the Sanctuarie committed to the preests 38 i Scriptures see Law Secret see damage m. Offering of their Seed to Moloch forbidden 22 t Selling of lands should ever be with clause of redemption 22 y The offerings for the Levites in their Separation 37 c The Service of the tabernacle given to al the Levites 38 u The Service of the temple was the work of the Levits after the building of it 38 g.2 Setim wood 32 g The Setting down of the ark 34 a.2 The Seventh day of the sabbath 24 a The Seventh moneth brought two notable feasts 40. before u. The tenth day of the Seventh moneth the day of reconciliation 42 m n. The tenth day of the Seventh moneth was also the day of blowing the trūpets 41 k l. Five dais after the feast of Tabernacles 40 b.2 The Seventh yeers solemnitie in what points it rested 41. The Seventh yeer their ground should rest and be common 41 c The Seventh yeer to surcease from suits for debts concerning their brethren but not so for strangers 41.d Seven times seven yeers being ended the Iubile
6 17 18 More specially of som Iericho was after this maner by Iosuah abandoned Those that do appertain more specially to som by reason of their special profession are especially but of two sorts such as appertained to the preests and such as appertained to the Nazarites The preests were such as God had chosen from among the rest of the people neerer unto him and to have much dealing with him on the peoples behalfe Vnto them therfore he praescribeth certain rules of special sanctification somwhat more streightly than unto others As namely first generally to al that they should r Le. 10 8-11 not drink wine or any strong drink when it was their course to be about the office of their administration to the end that they might the better be able to judge betwixt the holie and unholie between the clean and unclean and better teach the children of Israel as they ought And that ſ Lev. 21 16-24 none of them of the seed of Aaron having a blemish in any part of their bodie might execute the preests office and yet might live with them and take their part of the holie offerings as much as others Two other laws there were appointed to the preests but not unto everie of them alike the one of marrieng the other of moorning and other duties to frinds departed Concerning marrieng the law that was given was to restrain the abuse of unseemly marrieng of themselves The t Lev. 21 13-15 high preest mght not marrie any that had plaid the harlot or been divorced or was a widow but only a maid The u Lev. 21 7 8. inferior preests might marrie widows but not such as had been polluted or defamed or before divorced from any other Concerning moorning and such other funeral duties the high preest might x Lev. 21 10-12 not moorn for any or do such things at funerals as others commonly were woont and might The inferior preests had som more libertie but y Lev. 21 1-6 yet restrained to certain persons that were neer unto them as father mother son daughter brother and unmarried sister otherwise they might not have ought to do with the funerals of any no not of the magistrate As also not only Aaron the high preest z Lev. 10 6 7. but Eleazar and Ithamar likewise being under preests though heer they have libertie to moorn for their brethren yet there they were forbid to moorn for those two of their brethren that were then suddēly destroied with fire for their sin belike bicause they were taken away in Gods displeasure and they could not wel moorn for them but that they must seem somwhat to repine against the severitie of Gods judgements The Nazarites were such as tooke upon them a special vow of holines not cōstrained but as it were of their own accord Seeing therof that needs they would be Nazarites that is separate from the common sort and drawing neerer for the time unto the Lord he gave unto them also certain outward observations of special holines that so in that voluntarie separation of theirs they might not so easily take in vain the name of God but do indeed as they did praetend and tooke upon them to observe And the law that was given to the a Nu. 6 1-21 Nazarite was no more but to teach how or in what maner to b Vers 1-5 consecrate himselfe how in the time of his separation he might c Vers 6-9 be defiled how that pollution was to be d Vers 9-12 clensed again and how he had to e Vers 13-21 finish his vow of separation But the soldier also hath a special charge f De. 23 9-11 if he know himselfe to be unclean to avoid himselfe out of the camp for the time 24 The other point of this their dutie And that they must be zealous withal that was to be directed to the person of God is that they should be zealous towards God or earnestly bent to the way of godlines and religion so to cal them from the common corruption of the world in being so carelesse of religion or so faint in the worship of God or any good work and yet marvelous earnestly bent on the vain and corruptible things of this praesent world The things that do appertain heerunto are three First the requiring of the seventh dais rest then the commending of the scriptures unto them last of al the allowing of vowes Concerning the seventh dais rest it was ordeined First in the sabbaoth that a Ex. 20 8-11 23 12.31 13-17 34 21.35 1-3 Lev. 19 3 30.26 2. Deu. 5 12-15 everie seventh day should be a sabbaoth that is a day of rest the meaning wherof was that the people themselves withal their families their cattel also and that al such strangers as dwelt among them with their families and cattel should that day cease from al maner of their usual labors and keep it an holie rest unto the Lord. To the end they might the better observe it he doth both give them to understand that as he doth therby b Lev. 19 2 3. require holines of them so doth he himselfe c Exo. 20 11. 31 13. sanctifie those that truly observe it and so performeth in them his own request and although he do so praecisely require it that he alloweth not so much as the d Exo. 35 3. kindeling of a fire on that day no not e Exo. 34 21. in seed time nor in harvest yet maketh he the f Exo. 31 14 15. 35 2. breach therof to be death As also he sheweth them another commoditie that hangeth theron which himselfe to their own use requireth that is that he wil have that a rest-day g Exo. 20 10. 23 12. that themselves their servants and cattel may rest theron from their woonted labors which must needs make them a great deal more fresh to continu their labor Then in the studie of the scriptures The scriptures were commended unto them that they should have a special regard of them and be very studious both to know to do the law of the Lord. To this they were lead three maner of wais The first was that they should have the words of the law written and that verie plainly k Deut. 27 2 3 4 8. first upon certain great stones set up and plastered for the same purpose at the entrance of the land so soone as they shal com thither then l Deu. 6 5-9 in their own houses upon the gates and posts therof yea and to have the same m Deut. 11 18-21 bound to their hands and as a frontlet between their eies to put them in better remembrance therof The next was that they were commanded to have n Num. 15 37-41 Deu. 22 12. fringes and ribbands of blew silk upon their garments to put them in remembrance of the law of the Lord to do after it
of God for it was that wheras he had most liberally allowed his people to bestow six dais in the weeke about their usual labors the seventh day he would have them ever to rest and to keep it holie unto the Lord. Which being first a Gen. 2 2 3. commended to man by the example of God himselfe was afterward b Exo. 20 8-11 23 12 Lev. 23 3. Deu. 5 12-15 commanded very expresly by the written word So that they had both to intermit their ordinarie busines for that day and to give them selves to holines besides The first day of every moneth As for the first day of everie moneth which also is called the new moone it was in this somthing severed from other dais for that c Num. 28 11-15 there was a special sacrifice appointed for it of which there is somwhat alreadie said in the treatise of sacrifices And although otherwise we read not of any special solemnitie appointed for that day in the first institution therof yet afterward in the practise of the church d 1. Sam. 20 5 2. King 4 23. we find it often rekoned among their festival dais and somtimes to be so specially named that it seemeth with them to have bin of som special account As that David e Psal 81 3. assigneththerunto the blowing of trumpets and a joiful solemnizing therof and Salomon f 2. Par. 2 4. doth rekon it among others of the solemn feasts and g Isai 1 14. Hos 2 11. Col. 2 15. so likewise both Isai and Hoseah among the prophets and long after that Saint Paul the Apostle Of these there was one of more special account The first day of the seventh moneth and of greater solemnitie than the rest which was the first of the h Lev. 23 23-25 Num. 29 1. seventh moneth which they were appointed to keepe verie holie and to solemnize not only with the sound of the trumpet but also i Num. 29 2-6 with another sacrifice proper to it selfe over and besides that which was appointed for the first dais of other moneths Easter Of those that came everie yeer once k Exo. 12 1. the first was that which is called Easter the solemnities wherof were divers First that which was l Exod. 23 14-17 34 23 24. common both unto Pentecost and to the feast of tabernacles following that is that m Deu. 16 5 6 11 16 17. al the people should make their repair to the place that the Lord had chosen so many as were of the woorthier sex and able to travel there to keep holie the feast to the Lord then the eating of the pascal lamb according to the maner before described and namely with none other n Exo. 12 15 17-20 34 18. 13 3 6 7 Lev. 23 6. Deut. 16 8. than unlevened bread al the whole feast thirdly that therin they had to offer a o Lev. 23 10 11. sheaf of new corn unto the Lord last of al that their feast was to last p Exod. 12 15 16. Lev. 23 7 8. seven dais togither wherof the first and the last were of special solemnitie above the rest But as touching the second point that is the eating of the pascal lamb q Exod. 12 6.13 10. Lev. 25 5 6. Nu. 9 2 3 13. although the law did generally require both that everie one should eat therof and appointed both one time and place for al yet did it allow of certain r Nu. 9 10 11 exceptions if any should be either unclean or in his journey els where that such might have respit til the same day of the next moneth Pentecost The feast of ſ Exod. 23 16.34 22. Lev. 23 15-17 Deu. 16 9-12 Pentecost which followed next in order was the fiftith day after Easter which also was to be holden a verie holie feast unto the Lord in remembrance of their deliverance out of the bondage of Aegypt For which their deliverance they were willed themselves and their families to rejoice togither before the Lord and to bring with them two loaves of levened bread to praesent the Lord withal And the better to advance the solemnitie of this feast besides the praesence of the people and those loaves that they had to bring for themselves and ther families there was t Lev. 23 18-21 a special sacrifice appointed on behalfe of the whole people for that pręsent day After this feast of Pentecost which fel in the third moneth of the yeer they had no more til they came to the seventh saving only the first of everie moneth that before was spoken of But when the seventh moneth came in which was about the end of sommer it did bring with it two notable feasts besides the first day spoken of before The former of which was no more but one only day The day of reconciliation which was u Ley. 16 29.23 27. Num. 29 7. on the tenth day of that moneth was called the day x Lev. 23 27. of reconciliation On it was it that the high preest had to enter into y Lev. 16 34. Exod. 30 10. the most-holie place there to make a general attonement for al. On it had the z Lev. 16 31. 23 27-32 Num. 29 7. people to cease from their labors and to afflict and humble themselves before the Lord. On it also everie nine fortith yeer a Lev. 25 9. was proclaimed the Iubile following by the sound of the trumpet Five dais after that is the b Lev. 23 33-43 Nu. 29 12-39 The feast of tabernacles fifteenth of the same moneth began the feast of tabernacles the last of the principal feasts in the yeer and of a verie special solemnitie ordained to cal to their remembrance how they dwelt in tents in the wildernes fortie yeers It continued eight dais and had a proper sacrifice for everie one but the greatest and most special dais were the first and the last 41 The yeers that were of special account with them Their solemnities in yeers The third yeer were especially three the third the seventh and the fiftith The solemnitie of the third yeer was a Deu. 14 28 29. 26 12-15 that so soone as they had that yeer set out a just tith of al such things as God had given them they should make a solemn protestation therof before the Lord that they had truly paid al such duties that they had withheld or taken to their own use no part of them whatsoever need or occasion there was nor suffered any part of them through negligence to decay in their hands and therwithal that they should make their praiers unto the Lord to blesse the people and the land which he had given them It was also ordeined that that yeer they al should have a more special care of those that stood in need as namely of the Levite stranger fatherles and widow and to
charged with a ceremonie to that use ordained to protest their innocencie in that matter The ceremonie was that they should com foorth and bring a yoong heifer with them never put to the yoke with it they should com unto som vallie therabout such as was not plowed or sowed but rough and wast such as a murtherer would think a meet place to cōmit his wickednes in wherin they should slay their heifer and wash their hands over the same Their protestation was that neither did they it themselves neither knew they who it was that did it and then had they to desire the Lord to be merciful unto them and not to lay innocent blood to their charge The other case was m Num. 5 12-31 when a man was persuaded that his wife had plaied the harlot in wedlok In which case the wife denieng the same was brought to hir purgation in maner following She should be brought to the preest with a certain quantitie of barlie flower about our pottle for hir offering but without oil or incense then should the preest uncover hir head and praesent hir before the Lord. He should also praepare a drink for hir of bitter cursed waters which should be given hir in an earthen pot to be drunk of which drink should be thus praepared He should write in a paper the heavie judgements and curses of God against that sin and taking a quantitie of the hallowed water he should with the same wash out that writing wherinto he should also put of the dust of the tabernacle Which being readie he should praesent hir with hir sacrifice before the Lord and having burnt an handful therof recite unto hir in earnest maner the great and fearful judgements of God against hir if she had offended as that hir bellie should swel hir thigh should rot and she should be made a fearful example of the wrath of God to al hir neighbors Wherunto the woman was to answer Amen Amen and withal to drink of the drink praepared for hir Which being done the woman was discharged and the man was to quiet himselfe for that matter 54 Those that concern the punishment du to offenders Of publik revenge against forrein enimies do somtimes respect som whole multitude somtimes other particular persons Those do respect whole multitudes which carrie with them the direction of publik revenge Which publik revenge was to be executed two maner of wais either abroad upon others or at hom on their own countrie people What rules therof were praescribed In what maner they had to execute publik revenge upon others is set down two manet of wais both by certain general rules and by som particular examples Those general rules that are do first of al a Deu. 20 1 5-8 charge them in no wise to fear though their enimies be mo than they yea and to dismisse out of the feeld al such as have any maner of occasion at al to speak of to be at hom As if any have lately builded a new house planted a vineyard or married a wife and generally as many as were afraid Which being done then b Deu. 20 9. had they to set captains and officers over the rest Now when they came against any forrein citie first c Deut. 20 10 11. they had to offer peace unto them which being accepted they had but to make them tributaries unto them If any citie would not accept of their peace being offered d Deu. 20 16. or if it were any of the cities of that countrie which the Lord gave unto them then had they to addresse their battel against it e De. 20 2-3 When they were com nigh to the battel then was it the part of the preest to step foorth and to incourage the people to pluk up their harts assuring them that God would take their parts against their enimies In their seege f Deut. 20 19 20. they might not cut down any fruit trees to further them in their enterprise how beit al others they might When they had woon it if it were one of the cities of that land g Deu. 20 16-18 they had to put al that had breath man woman and childe beasts and cattel to the edge of the sword if it were som forrein countrie h Deu. 20 12-15 they had to put but men only to the edge of the sword and should save alive both women and children and to take the whole pray to themselves Certain examples therof The particular examples that were under the government of Moses by whose ministerie the law was given were especially four three against forrein nations the fourth against som of the people of that land which themselves had to inhabit Amalekites The forrein people were the Amalekites Madianites Canaanites The i Exod. 17 8. Amalekites came out against the people of Israel shortly after that they were com into the wildernes and fought against them k Deu. 25 17 18. especially against the hindmost and against those that being feeble and wearie could not keep with the rest but followed after Therfore l Exod. 17 9-13 Moses caused Iosuah to choose him out a power of men and to go against them whilest that himselfe in the mean season got up into a mountain there by to pray At which time the Lord so harkened unto the praier of Moses and so strengthened the hand of Iosuah that they vanquished the Amalekites and put them to flight But m Exo. 17 14. to shew that this was not execution sharp inough for so many as should so wickedly molest the people of God traveling to their promised rest the Lord commanded the same to be written for a remembrance promising that the day should com when he would for the same utterly destroy that whole generatiō from the face of the earth Moses also giveth the people to understand n Exo. 17 16. that for that matter the Lord would have war with Amalek for ever and o Deu. 25 19. doth give them a plain charge that when they shal be setled in their land and shal have gotten themselves peace in al their borders then should they go and utterly destroy that naughtie people Which also p 1. Sam. 15 1-23 was reasonably wel performed in the judgement of flesh blood by the hands of Saul sent foorth to that end by the Lord himselfe about 405. yeers after and bicause it was not so thoroughly executed as the Lord by his prophet commanded therfore the Lord tooke away the scepter and crown from his line and bestowed the same on another Madianites The Madianites a good while after q Num. 31 2. almost at the end of the peoples pilgrimage r Num. 25 1-3 18. provoked certain of the people by women they the Moabites togither and ſ Deut. 23 4. Mich. 6 5. as it seemeth by the wicked counsel of Balaam to commit idolatrie
much as to have in their mouths the b Exo. 23 13. Iosuah 23 7. Psal 16 5. names of any others or to let them be heard out of their lips And bicause the greatest danger was either in those that were worshipped in Aegypt where the children of Israel had sojourned so long or in those that were worshipped of the Canaanites and other nations among whom now they should dwel the one for education sake the other for policie therfore c Lev. 18 2 3. De. 12 30 31. had they a special warning given to take heed of the gods of those countries and therwithal were streightly charged d Exo. 23 24. Deu. 7 5 25. 12 2 3. to break down the idols or pictures of them to overthrow their altars to cut down their groves and to let no monument of them to remain To this end especially it did appertain that the Lord did ordain certain servises among them that should properly serve to confirm them in that point that is that he only is the Lord that they were his tenants and held of them whatsoever they had Of this sort there were especially three that yeelding to him of their first born or of their first fruits and of their tithes For although there was another end of these ordinances that is that the ministerie and such as served at the altar should live therby yet to this end also were they ordeined to witnes the soveraigntie that the Lord had over them The law of the first-born was this e Exod. 13 2 11-16 22 28.34 19. Num. 18 15. Whatsoever male did first open the womb whether it was of man or beast or as we say was first of al born or bred that same did the Lord challenge to be his and ordeined the same to be an ordinance among them but not al after one maner For f Exo. 13 13. 34 20. Nu. 18 15 16. if it were the first born of man it was to be redeemed and the price was five sicles of the sanctuarie or five score Gerahs which is al one amounting to as it is said about sixteen shillings and eight pence of our coin though by the weight of the Gerah which g Ioan. Brentius in Exod. 30 13. And Annot. on the B. Bible upon Num. 3 47. 18 16. is said to be the weight of sixteen barly corns I cannot find that 20. Gerahs which is the sicle of the sanctuarie double to the other sicle that is common do weigh any more than two shillings and four pence of our coin after the rate of five shillings the ounce And then is the sicle of the sanctuarie but two shillings and four pence and five sicles but eleven shillings eight pence h Exo. 13 12. 22 29. 34 19. Num. 18 17. De. 15 19 20. If it were a beast that was clean it might not be redeemed nor kept bak nor put to use nor any commoditie taken of it but without deceit brought as it was unto the preests as the portion of the Lord after that it had been seven dais with the dam. i Exo. 13 13. 34 20. Num. 18 15. If it were of an unclean beast as of an asse that also was the Lords but it was to be redeemed with a lamb Nevertheles the party was not bound to redeem it as he was to redeem his first-born son but if he would not be at the cost to redeem it then must he cut off the head therof and was so discharged So likewise the first-born of a clean beast if it had any deformitie or blemish then although in that case also it was the Lords yet k Deu. 15 21-23 were they discharged for bringing it unto the sanctuarie or temple of the Lord there to make merrie or feast therwithal before him as l Deu. 15 19 20. they were bound to do with such as were without blemish and were willed to eat it at hom and to hold feast therwithal unto the Lord in their own houses This chalenge that the Lord did make to the first-born exempting them to his own proper use had also a special sense that was proper to it selfe besides those two before recited that are common to both the others For this was ordeined to this use also m Exo. 13 14-16 that it might keep in fresh remembrance that notable benefit which the children of Israel received of the Lord a little before their departure out of Aegypt that is that when the Lord destroied the first-born of Aegypt nevertheles he spared the first-born of al his people As also the Lord did n Num. 3 6 12 13 40-51 8 16-19 afterward use it to quiet the people in deducting the whole tribe of Levie out from among them to the use of the ministerie taking them and a certain fine by pole of the overplus for al the first-born that then were Of which to discourse more fully there is afterward offered better occasion Vnto our selves out of this law this lesson may we take that seeing God is as gratious to us we also ought to praesent him with the best that we have and for to abandon those miserly practises that commonly we use to shift him off with the very woorst that we are able to pik out of the rest The offering of the first of their fruits that out of the increase of the earth did arise unto them was o Exo. 22 28. 23 19. 34 26. Deu. 26 2. Lev. 19 24. to the selfesame end ordeined that is to witnes that whatsoever they had they held only of him For the first of their fruits they had to offer both the first of corn and p Lev. 23 10. such things as first ripened unto them and also a part of their q Num. 15 18-21 first batch of bread To the end that they might ever observe this ordinance they were r Lev. 23 14. charged that they should take nothing that their ground did yeeld to their own use until that they had first brought som such praesent unto the Lord. And to the end that they might do it more effectually ſ De. 26 1-11 he teacheth them also when they com to bring him that pręsent to acknowledge in plain words that it was the Lord and he alone that gave unto them that good land and that by his goodnes they now had the same in quiet and peaceable possession As indeed the goodnes of God is such that it deserveth to be acknowledged and of such things as he giveth to have such portion as he requireth especially being so smal as it is even at the first and not to tarrie til we our selves after the proportion of our greedie appetite shal be glutted to our own desire What the law of tithes was is before declared Now I do but admonish that it is one of the ordinances wherby God would continually witnes unto them that he was the Lord and they his tenants Which
she was in burning the preest shuld cast in cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet lace f Vers 9. the ashes wherof were to be laid up in a clean place And when any was to be clensed g Vers 17-19 som of the ashes were to be mingled with spring water and with a bunch of hyssop to be sprinkled on the unclean but by such an one a point that none of our holie water-clerks could ever reach though they also would needs be medling as himselfe was clean and this being done both on the third day and on the seventh then on the seventh he might be clean 46 Concerning those sacrifices Of sacrifices offered on the behalfe of several persons which were offered but on the behalfe of several persons now that we are com unto them it shal be good to sort them by their several natures which was either to take away sin or els to give thanks for benefits received Nevertheles these two several purposes or intents were not so distinct the one from the other nor ever so praecisely respecting either but that a middle intention oft times did arise and carried the sacrifice away with it which was to have no other meaning but to worship the Lord and to exercise their religion or faith towards him And though certain kinds of these sacrifices were such as that by the very nature of them they did praecisely respect one of those two purposes and no mo as the sin offering did only respect the doing away of the sin and divers of the peace offerings nothing els but thanks-giving yet the burnt offerings did not so specially respect the purging of sin but that they were done as much in the way of worship so likewise manie of the peace offerings besides So we have to consider what were those sacrifices that being done on the behalfe of several persons did specially respect the doing away of sin and then what they were that did concern giving of thanks So shal we have those among them that did not so praecisely respect either of these but that somtimes rather they were done in the way of worshipping Sin offerings Those that are specially directed to put away sin were of three sorts som for offences wittingly done others for offences done of ignorance the third for the very original corruption of our nature For sin wittingly contmitted Concerning the former of these we find two sacrifices that do properly appertain therunto The first is when as a man should at any time of infirmitie or want of sufficient advisement or care offend against the law of God in such sort that although therby he had hurt no bodie els yet therby he had polluted himselfe As for example a Lev. 5 1-6 if he do not utter the truth though undemanded when he heareth others swear falsly or if he negligently but touch such things as pollute or if he rashly vow or promise in such sort that afterward he perceive himselfe therby to have done amisse In al these cases the offender had to confesse and acknowledge that he had therin offended and to bring for his sacrifice a female of his sheep or goats Nevertheles if the partie were so poore that he was not able so to do then b Lev. 5 7. it was permitted that in stead therof he should bring two turtle dooves or two yoong pigeons as also c Vers 11. if he were not able to bring those neither that then he should bring an Ephah that is about a pottle of fine flower but without either oil or incense for that it was a sin offering If he brought his sacrifice of sheep or goats she was to be sacrificed as other sin offerings of which we have seen the maner alreadie If he brought d Ver. 8 9 10. turtles or pigeons the one was to be made a sin offering wringing the nek asunder but not clean off sprinkling part of the blood on the side of the altar and powring the rest down besides and the other a burnt offering If it were e Vers 12 13. flower the preest had to take out and burn for the sacrifice an handful of it and to take the rest to himselfe The other sacrifice for sin wittingly committed is when a man hath so offended that therby he hath done some wrong to his neighbor in his possessions As for example f Lev. 6 1-3 if a man denie to his neighbor that which was taken to him to keep or otherwise imploy that which was committed to him of trust than the trust to him committed doth bear or by unlawful means as by fraud robberie or violence oppresse his neighbors or hath found that which was lost and denieth it and sweareth falsly In al which cases g Lev. 6 4 5. Mat. 5 24. the dutie of the offender was first to make a tru and just restitution of that whole thing which he had unlawfully gotten to whom it should appertain to restore it the selfesame day on which he would be reconciled to the Lord and not only that but also to ad or put to of his own the valu of a fift part of that which he tooke Which when he had done then had he to com bring his sacrifice which h Lev. 6 6 7. was ordained to be a ram without blemish and such as the preest himselfe should aesteem to be woorth two shekles of the sanctuarie which is rekoned to about six shillings and eight pence of our coin But wheras it is heer required to make restitution to whom it appertaineth it is in another place made more plain that is i Num. 5 5-8 that if the partie be dead it should be to the next kinsman of him to whom it should otherwise be restored if there be none such then that it should be given to the preest 47 Concerning offences done of ignorance Sacrifices for sins done of ignorance Sim respecting persons those that do properly appertain therunto do somwhat for the most part respect the persons also putting som difference in the offences of a preest of a magistrate and of a common private person when they com to offer their sacrifice for such trespasses as are of this kind For a Lev. 4 1-12 22-26 27-35 if it were the preest that offended he had to offer a bullok if it were a ruler an he-goat or an ew-lamb Again in the sacrifice of the preest the blood of his sacrifice was broght into the holie place there to be sprinkled as we heard of other before the fat was to be burnt on the altar of burnt offerings and b Lev. 6 30. the carcase with al the rest was to be burned without the host but the blood of the other sacrifices was not to be had in but only to be sprinkled on the altar without and therfore the c Le. 6 26 30. fat being burned these were not to be carried foorth out of the host to be burned
offer 35. The usual Clothing of the high preest 35 m The use of the Cloud 34 m Cloud see rested A breefe exposition of the ten Commandements 20. A larger exposition of the ten Commandements 21-30 Conceal see truth a. The Confirmation of the preests ministration 36 q Who were repelled from the Congregation 23 c Congregation see sacrifice 44. Taking away of Consecrate or holie things as first-fruits tithes and such like to be purged by sacrifice though it were but ignorantly or unwittingly done 47 e The maner of Consecrating the Levites 37 a At the Consecration of the preests what Moses should have in a readines 36 a To be Content with the estate that God doth give see covet How long the sacrifice of consecration for Aaron his sons was to Continu 36 k Matters of Controversie brought to the high preest and cheefe magistrate 38 k Carnal Copulation with beasts forbidden 27. c. Corah see disobedience e. Cords of the sanctuarie 33 h The Covering that was inmost of al 32 o The second Covering 32 p The third Covering 32 i Not to Covet 30 a The Court of the tabernacle square 33 a Cursing father or mother death 57 b Curtain of the tabernacle see covering D. DAily sacrifice again see sacrifice a. The daily sacrifice of the morning 36 m A Damage or wrong wittingly done to be made up with the best of his own 60 e.f Damage or wrong diversly done 60. after d. Damage done for want of heed taking how to be punished 60 g A secret Damage or hurt how to be answered 60 m Dan the gathering host 34 q Dan where he camped see Camped Dathan see disobedience e. Not to curse the Deafe 26 g False Dealing see stealing Debts and debtors see seventh Defraud see oppresse Delay see vow m. To Denie a thing committed to his trust purged by sacrifice 46.f Denieng or forswearing a thing found purged by sacrifice 46.f Destroy by war see Canaanites and forrein cities Dishes pertaining to the table 32 m.2 Disobedience to authoritie punished with death 52 o. For Disobedience to authoritie a strange great execution done on Corah Dathan Abiram and others 57 e Disobedience see authoritie Disobedience see father c The Distribution of the land among the tribes 14. Divels see offering s Divorse in som cases permitted 27 b.2 Divorse see marriage h. Dog see vile thing Drunkards or riotous persons that wil not be ruiled by their parent calling from it to be put to death 57 c E. EAsement so to be done as should annoy none 23 i Easement done to the noiance of others offendeth God also 23 i Easement so to be done as that therin also it may appeer that we reverence others 25 e Easter the first of their yeerly feasts 40 k The solemnitie of Easter 40 k.l A sheafe of new corn to be offered at Easter 40 o Certain things forbid to be Eaten 30 b also blood fat and such as died alone c.d. No beast to be offered under Eight dais old 39 d. A bench of Elders appointed upon the complaint of Moses 50 m.n.o Enimies to good use 12 m Aaron and his sons Entered into their office the eight day 36.l Of their Entrie into the land 11. Entrie into the court at the west end 33.f Ephod see upmost garment The Exercise of the sabbath see sabbath Eie for eie tooth for tooth c. 58 i Eie for eie see witnes a. F. FAt forbid see blood Faise swearing punished by a sacrifice 46.f Familiars see witches The Families of Levie 38 t Father and mother to be honored 20. 25. Refusing to be ruled by Father or mother to be punished with death 57 c Not to marrie the Fathers wife 25 b The Father not to die for the offence of the childe nor the childe for the father 25.f Fatherles see hard-dealing Not to Fear though their enimies be many 54 a When they go to war to send away such as are Fearful 54 a Of their solemn Feasts and times 40. Their Feast lasted seven dais togither 40 p Everie Feast had his proper sacrifice 42.f u. Fire was first sent down to consume the sacrifice 36 q Fighting see beating Fighting see hurting Fighting see maiming A Fift part more to be added for an iniurie done 60 m A Fift part more to be added for taking away of holie things 47 e Fift part see owner The solemnitie of the Fiftith yeer 41. In the Fiftith yeer the land should rest as in the seventh 41 k l. In the Fiftith yeer freedom was granted to al and everie one might return to their ancient inheritance 41 m.n The freedom of the Fiftith yeer 30.f The Fiftith yeer how it should be proclaimed 41 h First born exempted to keep in memorie how the Lord spared them when he destroied the first born of Aegypt 21 m.n First born of man 21.f First born of such things as were clean 21 h.k First born of such things as were unclean 21 i or had deformitie k. First born see Levites n. The First day of everie moneth rekoned among other solemn feasts 40.f The First day of the moneth see new moone First fruits ordained why 21 o and of what things they should be offered p q. At the offering of their First fruits how they shuld acknowledge the goodnes of the Lord withal 21 s How careful they shuld be truly to bring their First fruits to the Lord 21 r First fruits see consecrate Certain portions of the Flesh of the sacrifice given to the preests 36 i How the preests should use the Flesh of the sacrifice Flesh see sacrifice d. Flowers see fluers Fluers token of maidenhead 59 o To lie with a woman in hir Fluers forbidden 27 g and punished by death to both the parties 59 e Flieng of birds see prognosticate Fornication with a single woman unbetrothed how it is punished 59 k Fornication with a bond-maid how punished 59.l Fornication see whoordom Forrein cities not to be so clean destroied as the cities of Canaan 54 h Forswearing see denieng Things Found ought to be restored again 28.f Found see denieng A Frame for lights in the holie place see candlestik Freedom see fiftith n. and maiming Frindges see law m. That there should be poore in the land it hindereth not the Fruitfulnes of it for that povertie may arise of other causes than of the hardnes of the land 10. Fruits of their trees forbidden the first four yeers 30 g Fruits not to be gathered over neer 28 i Fruit trees not to be cut down in a seege 54.f Hurt by Fire negligently kindled how to be answered 60 i Fire see hurt i. G. GAin of whoordom not to be offered vnto the Lord 23.l The holie Garments of the high preest put on when he began the reconciliation and put off again when he had done 43 b z. The lake or sea Genasareth 7. The Gerah 21 f.g Peace made with the Gibeonites 12.f To speak to the people in the name of other Gods death
Lev. 9 7 22. 16 34. Num. 8 19 6 22-27 make attonement for the people and to blesse them to f Lev. 10 11. instruct the people in al such things as concern their dutie therfore g Le. 10 9 10. to have a special care of themselves stil to keep and increase their knowledge zeal that so they might ever be able to teach the people and soundly to judge between good and evil specially h Le. 13 14 Deut. 24 8. to judge of the leprosie who it is that hath it and who is clean Of the high preest Vnto the high preest was committed i Nu. 18 1-8 the cheefe oversight of such things as appertained to the sanctuarie service of the Lord and yet not so but that the other preests also stood charged therwith And k De. 17 8-12 if any matter of controversie were found in any part of the land so hard that the magistrates and Levites there could not tel what to say unto it then shuld it be brought before the high preest before the cheefe magistrate in those dais there to be decided by them Again the high preest l Lev. 16 1-34 might only enter into the most-holie place and that but once everie yeer on the day of reconciliation there to make an attonement for himselfe for his houshold and for al the congregation of Israel Carriage of the ark The inferior preests had as it seemeth the charge of bearing the ark For though it be left to the charge of the m Nu. 4 4 15. Koathithes generally among other of the holiest things of the sanctuarie yet bicause the preests must needs be of that kindred and bicause that n Ios 3 8. God himselfe commanded Iosuah to bid the preests to bear the ark as also they did o Ios 3 14. both in passing over Iordan and in p Ios 6 12. compassing of Iericho and such like it seemeth to be a peculiar charge to them especially belonging This is certain that q Nu. 4 5-15 17-20 Aaron and his sons and so consequently those that after them succeded in lineal discent were charged to cover both the ark and al the other furniture of the holie place before that others should com to take it up or so much as be in praesence while it was don As also Eleazar was specially r Num. 4 16. charged with the oil for the lights with the sweet perfume with the daily sacrifice with the annointing oil and with the oversight of the sanctuarie it selfe and such things as therunto appertained Concerning the Levites The charge of the Levites wheras Levie their great common ancestor ſ Gen. 46 11. had three sons Gershon Kohath and Merari everie one of these t Ex. 6 16-25 Num. 3 22 28 34. grew to a several familie hence commeth it to passe that as they were three sundrie families so was there allotted to everie one a several charge about the tabernacle beside that same which they had common to them al. That which was common to them al was u Num. 3 6-8 8 19. 18 2 3 4 6 21 23. to help and assist the preests about the service of the tabernacle that is about the dressing and praeparing of sacrifices and such like as also to teach and maintain the knowledge of the law among the people x Lev. 10 11 that being som part of the work of those that served in the tabernacle and themselves being y Gen. 49 7. Num. 35 1-8 Ios 21 1-40 afterward so placed throughout the land as might be most commodious to give foorth and maintain a light unto al. That which was allotted unto the several families was but temporal that is so long as the tabernacle was to be remooved During which time they were assigned to carrie the same so oft as needed the z Num. 4 4 15 Kohathites the most holie things that were appertaining to the tabernacle the a Nu. 4 24-28 Gershonites al the hangings and coverings and the b Nu. 4 29-33 Merarites al the timber-work the boords of the tabernacle and the pillers the cords also and the pins But it is to be noted first that c Num. 4 3 23 30. none of any of these families was appointed to the bearing of these burdens but that were of the age of thirtie yeers and under fiftie d Num. 7 3-9 then also that for the easier carriage of these for God was never woont to overlay his people the Merarites had four chariots allowed them the Gershonites two And when that this temporal charge did cease we find that David e 1. Chro. 23 25-27 tooke occasion therby to allot them from twentie yeers old upward to other labors both f 1. Chro. 23 2-6 about the building of the tēple as 24000. to build 6000. to oversee 4000. to be porters and 4000. to praise the Lord with instruments ordained therunto and g 1. Chro. 23 28-32 when that work also should be finished to al such labors and charges as did appertain to the service of the temple 39 As for the creatures which they had to offer in their sacrifices What kind of creatures might be offered it may soone be seen what they were For generally they were such as were their common and usual sustinance As a Lev. 1 2 10 14. beeves muttons goates and som kind of birds as turtle doves and pigeons and of the increase of the ground b Lev. 2 1 4 5 7. Lev. 7 12 13. Lev. 2 13. Lev. 2 2. fine flower corn unground bread oil and wine salt also and frankincense in divers cases Concerning the beasts that were allowed for sacrifice they c Lev. 22 8. 1 3 10. might not be first dead nor maimed nor have any blemish nor be il liking nor under d Lev. 22 26 27. eight dais old at the least Which in most cases must be only the males in som the females and in som either of both As for al the rest there was no special choise in them praescribed save only that e Lev. 2 11. the bread that was offered in the meat offerings must ever be unlevened saving that f Lev. 7 13. in peace offerings they might bring som levened bread withal and the bread that they should bring might be either g Le. 2 4 5 7. baked in the oven or fried in the pan or made in the caldron the h Lev. 7 12. form of which was either cakes or wafers 40 Concerning the times of their solemnities Of their solemn feasts and times of them there were two sorts one of dais another of yeers Of dais there were divers first the sabbath everie weeke then the first day of everie moneth and certain others that came everie yeer Sabbaths Concerning the sabbath the word by nature doth signifie rest and the ordinance