the reaſon alledged for it, Deut: 16: 2. partly to teach us how Men ſhould be qualified that come to rhe Sacrament, they ſhould be purged from Error, and P-1de. and Malice, and Hypocriſy, which ae called and compared Yo Leven, Matrth: 16: 6, 11. Luke 12: 1. 1 Cor. 5. 8. and part'y to ignify the Fngular Purity of Chriſt from all kind of 'piritual Leaven z Both to remind them of thgjr hard Service an1 bitter Uſage in Eyzypt, Evod. 1: 14. from which God de- livered them. Deut 16: 3. and to prefgure the further Croſſes and Troubles which they were to expett between their going out of Egypt and coming to Canaan. Or, with bitrerneſſes, i. e. with gre t bitterneſs, or with grief of heart, that together with Faith in God and in Chrift, and Hope, and Joy- for their approaching Delive- rance, they might ex-rciſe bitter and hearty Repentance for their Idolatries, and other ſinful Prattices whereof they were guilty in Egypt. And this inſtruQs us as well as them of the abſoJute neceſ- «ſity of true and bitter Repentance inall thoſe that would profitably
feed vpn Chriſt ovr Paſſover. : 9 Eatnot of it raw a, nor ſodden at all with water,
Þut roſt 3th fire * his tead, with his legs, and with the purtenance b thereof, |
a ( i: e:) Not throughly roſted, for ſuch we alſo ſay is Raw, and ſo the Hebrew word na is underſtood by the Jewiſh and other Doors. Ir ſignified, that Ch it ſhould ſuffer, as well as Save, to the uttermoſt, all that was due for our Sins. 6 Heb: the 1n- wards, which were to be taken and waſhed, and then to be roſted together with the ret. So-ne do here except the Fat, and Caul, and Kidneys, which were reſerved by God for himſelf, 2 Chron. 35: 12. 14. But that Exception was not made till after this time, and it ſeems not certain that that Exception extended to the Paſchal Lamb. Theſe, and the Head and Legs are here mentioned, not to exclude other parts, but becauſe they are not commonly rofted ; but God would have the whole Lamb roed and eaten, to ſignify, that we muſt have either nothing of Chriſt, or the whale Chriſt, and all his benefits, his Spirit to ſanftify and rule us, as well as his Blood to fave us. io * Andye ſhall let nothing of it remain until the morning : andthat which remaineth of | it until the morning, ye ſhall burn with fire c:
+ Which either was hot uſually eaten, or was more than all of you could conveniently ext. c T5 preventeither 1. the ſuperſtiti-
received a greater benefit than they did afterwards by the Brazen Serpent, which upon that account they worſhiped : Or 2. the pro- fane Abuſe of that which had been conſecrated to God's Service. Compare Exod: 29. 34
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rr 7 And thns ſhall ye eat it 4; with your loins gir- Jed e, your ſhoes on your feetf, and your ftaff in your 1and g: and ye ſhalleat it in haſte b : ic is the LORLS paflover z.
d To wit, for this time, becauſe their Circumſtances required it, that they being ſuddenly trotake a great Journey, might be in a Travellers habit. But that theſe, and ſome other circumſtances now enjoyned and uſed, were only Temporary, and not perperu- il, nor Obligatory, ſufficiently appears from the prafice nct cnly of the Jews in following Ages, butalſo of Chriſt and of his Apo- tiles. And in like manner there are ſome Inſtitutions in the New T flament, which did only oblige that Age, andnot all that follow chem, as A#s 15. 28, 29. e Like Travellers and Perſons undertak- 'ng ſome difficult Service; for ſuch uſed to gird up their Garments, which in thoſe Parts were long and troubleſome. See 2 Kings 4. 29. and g. r. Luke 12. 35. f A Badge, 1. of their readineſs for their Jour- ney, Iſaiah 5. 27. 48s 12.8: 2, Of their Freedom ; for Slaves ſuch as tne 1/raclites now were in Egypt, uſed to' go barefooted. 3. OF Joy, ason the contrary going barefoot was a Badge of Mourning, 2 6am, 15. 30. g Like Perſons upon the point of departing, which was a very comfortable Circumitance. h For ſo the word !1gnifties, Deut: 16. 3. 1/a: 52.12. This Lamb, or y-ur cating of it, 1s the Lord's Paſſover, z. e. it isa ſign of Gods paſſing over you and your Houſes, when he comes to deſtroy the Egyptians on every ſide of you, verſe 13, 23. It isa Metonymy uſual in Sacramenta) Speeches, as Gen: 17. 10. Matth: 26: 26, 27, 28.
tz For I will paſs through the land of Egypt this
night, will ſmite all the firſt-born in the land of Egypr, both man and beaſt, and * againft all the + gods of E- *Numb: gypt I will execute judgment & : I am the LORD» 33! 4-
k Either r. by expoſing them to ſhame and conrempt, as vain t Or, and impotent gods that could not ſave their Worſhippers. But Princes, that 2ppeared before. Or 2. by deſtroying thoſe Beaſts v hich they worthipped ; and it is not unlikely, | but thoſe particular Beaſts, which were their chicf Idols, as 4pis, Mnevis, &c. were firſt-born, and therefore periſhed in this Plague. Or 3. by overthrowing their Idols, as he afte wards did Dagon. And ſo ſome H:brew W ri- ters rell us, that this very Night all their Idols were broken and thrown down. And there are ſome F: ot-ſteps hereof even in Heathen Authors : Of whom ſome tell us, that moſt cf the Temples of Egypt at one time fell down by an Earthquake ; and others affirm, that the Egyptian gols for fear of one Typho ( by whom it is apparent they meant Moſes) did hide themſelves for a ſeaſon, &c.
12 And the blood ſhall be to you for a token / upon the houſes where you are: and when I ſee the blood »», I will paſs over you, aid the plague ſhall not be upon
jou Þ to deſtroy you, when I ſmite the lahd of Egypt. + Heb. for
l Both to you, as he now ſaid, a ſign and a pledge to confirm , deſtruitis your Faith in the expeQation of the promiſed Deliverance; ar:d te on the Angel, that he may know and paſs over you: Houſes, as the * following words intimate. See on wer: 7. m This is ſpoken of God after the manner of Men ; the ſenſe is, if I find, that you keep rhe condition which I require, y-u may expe&the priviledge which I have promiſed you ; otherwiſe not.
14 And this day ſhal! be unto you for a memorial » : and you ſhall keep ita feaſt * ro the LORD throughout your generations : you ſhall keep it a feaſt by an ordi- nance for ever 0: |
n Or, Monument, both of this Deliverance from over of your Redemption by Chriſt, even the Ancient Jews underſtood it, who alſo noted, ,that Iſrael!
From Egypt, and more«- of which that is a Type. as
born were killed ; fo their Deliverance