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cauſe if thou doſt not ſell Juſtice forit, do ſo, and be tempt=d to do ſo. ' 3; Prov: 17: 8, 23» and 19; who in this caſe cannot ſee,
the righteous Judges, 7, e. of them who before were ſuch, and are enclined robe fo, and probably would be ſo, with Bribves; or of them who by their place ſhou'd be right2ous. So they are called righteous, toadmonifh them ofrheir Dury to be ſo,and te aggravate their Sin when they ar? unrighteous, and conſe- quently to aggravate the miſchief of Gifts, rightcous whoſe Office obligeth them to be righteous, Or thus, te matters or cauſes of therighteous, which, may be underſitocd net of the Judges, but of the Parties pleading, whoſe rightzous Canſe 1s by this means perverted by the Judge, and a wrong Sentence gt- ve
know the + heart of a ſtranger s, ſeing ye were itran- gers in the landof Egypt.
which makes him aa Obje& of Fity, not of Malice or Miſchic#.
EXO Namely from ſuch whoſe Cauſes are depending before thee; be- | yet thou wilt both ſeem to Compare Deut: 16. 19, 1 Sam: 8; 6. q Or, the open eyed, and quick-ſighted, partly becauſe they will not ſee, and
becauſe Intereſt and AffeSion do exceedingly corrupt the and render it very partizl, r (:.e.) The Judgment of
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w2re they not tempted
which make thoſe un-
n. 9 4 Alſo * thoushalt not oppreſs a ſtranger: for ye
s (7. e. ) The Diſpoſicion, Deje&ion, and Diſtreſs of his Heart,
10 And * fix yearsthou ſhalt ſowthy land, and halt gatherin rie fruits thereof. s
11 Bute ſeventh year thou halt let it reſt, and lie ſtills: that the poor of thy people may eat « : and what they leave, the beafts of the field shail cat. In like man-
live-yard x. t ( fe. ) From Manuring, Plowing, Tilling, and Sowing, and Reaping alſo, by comparing Lev. 25: 3, 4, 5. And this God or- dained not only for the reaſon here mentioned,rhe mor? comfortable Proviſion of the Poor, and for the Catte),but for other weighty rea- ſons ; as 1. That the heart and ſtrength of the Land might nor b eaten out by continual Tillage. 2. That he might both try and ex- erciſe, and alſo ſecure the Obedience of the Iſraelites, 3. That he might keep them in dependance upon himſelf,and give to then ans all their Neighbours a manifeſt proof of his ſingular and gracious Providence over his People. 4: That by this kind of Ouit-reat they might be admoniſhed that God alone was the Lord and Proprietiry ofthe Land, and they were only Tenants at his Will. 5. That being freed from their great Labours about the Land, they mighr have the more leaſure to meditate npon God's Werks,and to attend upon the Law, which ws to be ſolemnly read at this time; Dext: 31: 10, Cc, u Queſt, What had the Poor to eat ? »/. Not only che Fruits of the Vines, and Olives, and other Fruit-trees, but alto all that grew of its ewn accord, Levit. 25: 5: from thoſe Seeds which in the laſt reap= ing-time were ſcattered here and there, which were much more nu- merous ffow than in other years, becauſe God gave a ſpecial BJct- fing to the ſixth year, whereby itdid bring forth the fruit of three years, Levit: 25: 21: and in years of ſo great plenty, Men ore generally more negligent in their Reaping, and therefore the Re- licks are more. x (#.e. ) Thou ſhalt not prune nordreſs thern, nor gather and appropriate to thy own uſe what they ſhall produce, but ſhalt leave them to the Poor. 12 * Six days thou ſhalt dothy work, and on the
ſeventh day thou ſhalt reſt y: that thine ox and thy aſs may reſt, and the ſon of thine hand-maid, and the
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Paſſover ? Anſ. That Sheaf was generally of Barley, which was Jeſs conſiderable than their Wheat ; but this was the firſt-fruits of their Wheat, which was their principal Grain, and they had no Bread be- fore this time from the growth of that Year. 4 To wir, of all the reſt of the Fruits ofthe Earth, as of the Vines and Olives. This was alſo called the feaſt of Booths, and of Tabernarles. See Levit: 23: 43: Numb: 29: 12. Dent: 16: 13. All their three Feaſts had a reſpe& ro the Har- veſt, which began in the Paſſcover, wascarried on at Pentecef?, and was fully compleated and ended in this Feaſt. e Of the common or __ eons, which began in September, as the ſacred Year began in Mareh.
17 Three times in the year all thy males f ball ap- pear hefore the LORD God g.
f To wit,fuch as zre of competent years,2nd health, and ſtrengrh, and ſuch as were at. their own diſpoſe ; for that Servants were not bound to this, may ſeem probable, becauſe none of theſe concerned were to appear before the LORD empty, or without an Offering,but t:1e generality of Servants had notany thing to offer. And the care and management of their domeſtick Affairs did require the preſence and care cf many of their Males. g( 7, e. ) In that place where God ihall record his name, Exod. 20; 24: as the Tabernacle or Temple.
(bait not ſeethe a kid in his mothers milk 7.
the year of reſt is mentioned, to teach them the Firſt-fruits were to
ſtranger may be refreſhed,
3 This command is here repeated, leſt any ſhould think the weekly Reſt might ceaſes when the whole Year was conſecrared r- Reſt. There were three ſorts of _—_— to the Jews, 1. Of Day's, 2. Of Years, to wit, the ſeventh Year, 3. Of W-eksof Years, ro wit, the Jubilee; and all theſe ar= Types of tae eternal Reſt in {ea- ven.
12 And in all things that I have ſaid unto you, be cir- cumſped : and * make no mention of the names of 0- ther gods z, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
z Towit, with Honour or Delight, or without Deteſtation; as forrzeation is not to. be named among Saints, Eph: 5; 3. Or, not mention them in your Worſhip, or in Oaths, or in common Diſcourſe, and without ſpecial Occatton. eſt the frequent mention of them might keep up their Memor}, or intro..:nce their Worſhip. Hence the Names of Idols and Idolatrous placts were oft-times changed by the
Iſraeliter: See Numb. 32: 38. Joſ: 23: 7. Compar: Pſalm 16: 4: Foſ: 2: ,
17: Zech. 13: 2. ; 14 1 * Three times thou ſhalt keep i. feaſt unto me
15 * Thou ſhalt keep the feaſt of unleavened bread : thou ſhalt eat unleavened bread ſeven days, as I com. manded thee, in the time appointed the month of Abib: for in it thou cameſt out from Egypt * * and none ſhall
appear before me empry «. . + This may be either 1. a Precept, asit is generally underſtood,