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21 CT * Thou ſhalt neither vex a ſtranger nor oppreſs
him : for ye were ſtrangersin the Jand of Egypt . 22 C* Ye ſhall nor afflit any widow, or fatherlels
ild.
_ Tf thou afflict them in any wiſe, and they Cry at all unto me, I will ſarely hear their cry:
24 And my wrath (hall wax hot, and I will kill you with the ſword: and your wives ſhall be widows, and your children fatherlels
25 © * If thou lend money to any ef my people »that js poor o by thee, thou ſhalt net be tobim as an uſurer,
neither ſhalt thou lay upen him uſury p. »(ie.) Any Iſralite; for it was permitted to take Uſury of the o This ſeems to be added, not by way ©
Gentiles, Deut. 23: 207 y © Appolition, as if God's People and the Ponr were all one, becau'e ſuch are commonly Poor ; but by way of Reſtriction ; tor God bad
promiſed greatly to bleſs and enrich the generality of his People, » they by thzir Wickedneſs did not hinder it, and that there ſhou befew Poor among them ; yet ſome ſuch there ſhould be for the tryal andexcerciſe of their Charity. See Levir. 19. 10: Deut. T5: 49 7, 11: p The Hebrew word ſignifies Biting ; fo Uſury 18 called, not by way of diſtinftion, as if moderate Uſury were allowed in this caſe, which is manifeſtly falſe,becauſe the borrower is here ſuppoſed to be poor, to whom not the ule only, but oft-times even the Prin- Cipal is to be remitted, Luke 6: 34, 35: bur by way of Explicarion, becauſe all Uſury is of a biting orcating Nature, which commonly coaſumes the Perſon rhat pays it, .
2 * If thou atall take thy neighbours q raiment to
pledge, thou ſhall deliver it unto him by that the fun
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q To wit, that is Poor, as appears by comparing this with the next verſ:,wh-re he is iuppoſed ro have but ove Garment,and with Deus: 24: 12. 13 r Becatue he ſpeaks of ſuch Raiment or Cover- ing, wherein he uſ:d to S!eep, verſe 27. But ye are nor to think that the C: editor wouid ever) Mr :ing take, and every Night re- deliver his Pledge; and therefore th s is rather a Prohibition to rake any ſuch thing for a Pledge as a Man iarh great and daily need of, by this arguinent, that if ne did take it,he Couid not keep it. Com- pare Deut: 24: 6.
27 For that is his coveringonly, it is his raiment for his skin : wherein ſhall hefleep? and ir ſhall come to paſs, when he criech unto me, chatT will hear : for | am gracious
25 T Thou ſhall not revile the Þ gods 5, the rulerof thy people 7
s Nor gods falſly fo cailed, as ſome wou'd have 1, as appears hy 1 Kines 18; 27. Jer: 10: T1, bur Magiſtrates and Governours, wherber C: vil or Eccletiaſtical,as it is eviden: both from Affs 23: 3,4, 5. and from the foilowing words, wh:cl 2xplain the f'1mer, according to the common ule o: Scripture, and from the Title of gods common=-
ly give: to ſuch, as Exod: 7: 1. Pſalm 82: 6: John 10; 34,35: t Com- pare Eccl: 10; 20: Jude verſe 8,
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29 1 Thoushalt not delay s tc offer the T firſt of thy ripe fruits x,and of chy + liquors 2 * che firft-born of thy
{H-b.rear: {ons Galtthou give unto me y.
* «u Beyond the tim+s appointed, leſt this delay grow to a total ne- g':& And delay may here be pur for nege#, as thar word is uſed, Deut: 7: 10: and 23: 21: Hab: 2. 3. which may ſcem to be fivoured by the following Clauſe, which commands,the giving or off-ring of the firſt-born withour any menrion of the haſtning or delaying of it. x Heb. thy tulneſs; and wheres 'his word 1s iomet: ates zpp'ied to Seed Oo; Corn, a+ Numb. 18, 27. ard ſomerimes to rhe Vintage, as Dent, 22. 9. the circumſtapces muſt determine. as 1t doth in like cafes. how it muſt be taken ; which here izem ro reſtrain i* to dry Fruits, as Corn, &c, hecanſe it is >ppoſed ro Liquers ; a1:d ſo all ſorts of Fruits are comprehe:.d -d here. Unteſs you wil' make rhis an uſual fizure called Hendyzc:s. as judgment and juſtice, Dewt. ,6, 18, is put for judg- ment of juſtice. or juſt Fudgment; ſo here the fulneſs and liquors, for the fulneſs of thy liquers; ac 6 fo this may be one kind mcntioned for ail the
veſt, than wh:ci: noth;ng more frequent. y Net in kind, bur by a Price of Redemprion tv be paid to me in their ſtcad.
30 Likewiſe x ſhalt thou do with thine oxen,end with thy ſheep : ſeven days it ihali be with his dam, on the eighth day « thou lbalt give it me.
z (7. e. ) Ye ſhall offer their firſt-born. # Not ſooner becauſe It was till then tender and imperfe&, and therefore 1.0: fir t» be of- fered to God ; bur ir was net ried to that day, fur it mig t be of-
_ afterwards, as appears from Lev: 22: 27, even till it was a year Old,
31 T And ye (ball be holy b unto me + neither (hall ve eat any fletb hat is torn of beaſts c in the field: ye (hall caft it to the dogs.
b(:i.e,) Separated from all Filthineſs both moral and ceremonial. c Partly becaule the Blood was not taken outofit; partly becauie g* clean Bzaſt was ceremonial; defiled by rhe touch of the unclean; 2
d parrly to beget in them a deteſtatioa of Cruelty, even in the Beafts, and muca more in Mea.
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Falſe witneſs and report forbidden, 1, Right muſt not be wreſt:d, 2, He commanas man to dv good to hrs enemies, 3--==5, Brihes av? forbidden, G--=8, The years of jowing appornted, and gatherivg, 10. Of tbe ſe. venth year, which is the year of reſt; Gods command .Once'nmg it, IN. Of the ſabbath-day, 12, Other gods ſhall" nor bem-utioned, 1;, Of the three feaſts im a year, '4z the manner of k: eping the ealk, 15, G6, The times appointed for the males appearing b-fore the Lord, 1 1, No ſa- crifice to be offered without unleaventd bread, 18. Command concerning the farft- fruits, 19, God prom:ſech an angel to prepare a way, 20. Whe & commanaed ro be obey'd, 21, 22, God promijns them the 1and of rhe
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