e Nor only happily here, but alſoeternally hereafter, as it is ex- pounded, Mar. 19. 17. Rom. 10.5. This is addedas a povverful ar- gument vvhy they ſhould follovy Gods commands, rather than mens examples, becaule their life and happinefs depends upon the one, not the other. And though in ſrif&neſs, and according to the lavy or covenant of vvorks they could-not challenge life for doing, except their obedience vvas univerſal, perfe&, conſtant and perpe- tual, and therefore no man fince the fall could be juſtified c the lavv, as the apoſtlesattirms an proves, Rom: 4: and Gal: 3: yet by the covenant of Grace. this life 1s promiſed to all that obey Geds commands fincerely, though not perfe&ly, 1 7m. 4. 8. |
6 None f of you ſhal approach g to any that is | + Heb. #6 near of kin tohim, þ to uncover their nakedneſs i: I am mainder of the LORD. his fleſh.
f Heb. Noman.For though the Womenalſo be bound by this lavy,
yetthe menaloneare mentioned, borh becauſe they are molt aftive 12 the choice of their Yoke-fellovv<, and therefore moſt likely to tranſgreſs theſe lavvs, and becauſe they having authority over the. Women could have the greater influence upon them by theirpovver, counſel, or example, to oblige them either to the obſervation or violation of them. g This vyord ſignifies the conjugal aft here, or
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jt doth Gen: 20. 4. 1/a: 8:3. but becauſe it is atnbignous in it felf,it 3s ſo limited &. explained in the end of the verſe. þ This is the ge- neral rule, which is particularly expounded and applyed in the fol- towing inſtances. And theſe Laws are ſo juſt and reaſonable, thar although the barbarous nations did allow of ſuch inceſtuous marria- ges, yet wiſer and civil heathens by the meer light of yature con- demned them, as may be ſeen in Szetonius, Tacitus, Catullus, & others. 5 (5.e: ) Theirſecrer parts, fo called to put us in mind of the fall of our firſt Parents,whote firſt ſence and ſhame of their nakedneſs had 3ts riſe from thence. This phraſe notes the ſame thing with know- ing, Gen: 4. 1. and with diſcovering oness&irr, Deut: 22. 30. and 27-20.
7 The nakedneſs of thy father, or & the nakednels of thy mother, ſhalt thou not uncover: ſhe is thy mother,
] thou ſ{ha!r not uncover her nackedneſs.
k Heb. and, pur for that is, or to wit, as it is oft uſed. Here it notes, that the nakedneſs of the father, and the nakedneſs of the mother are one and the ſame thing, becauſe they two are one Fleſh, and there- fore her nakedneſsis his alſo. Which further appears becauſe the morher only is mentioned in the following words, which contain the reaſon of the law. 1 And therefore even natu:e teacherth thee to abhor ſuch inceſt. Yet the Perſian: uſed to marry their morher ; theiein worte than the very Camels, whom no force will drive to that aC&t with their dams. |
hap.20. 8 * The nakedneſs of thy fathers wife m ſhalt thou
-Deut. not uncover: it is thy fathers nakedneſs ».
30: m (i:e: ) Thy Step-mother. Examplesof this are Gen: 35. 22. 7-209- and 49: 4+ 1 Cor: 5. 1. » By intereſt and relation; that whica he NOS 2.7- only may uncover.
ns 5 F * The nakedneſs of thy ſiſter o, the daughter of thy >: >$am. father p, os daughter of thy mother , whether ſhe be 3-12. bornathome 9, or born abroad r, even their naked-
zek.22. neſs thou ſhalt not uncover.
To o By both Parents. p Thy ſiſter by either of thy parents. q To wit, of thy father by another wife, whom he hath taken into his houſe. r Either of thy mother, by another, wherher a former, or a ſecond Husband, in another Houſe and Family ; or, of thy fa- ther by you ſtrange woman : for there might be ſome doubr in theſe caſes.
10 The nakedneſs of thy ſons daughter, or of thy daughters daughter s,ever their nakedneſs thou thalt not uncover : for theirs is thine own nakedneſs t.
s And conſequently of all thy Children and childrens children, and all downwards. # They are a part of thy ſelf as coming out of thy loins, and out of thy wife, whoſe nakednefſs is thine own.
11 The nakedneſs of thy fathers wives daughter, be- gotten of thy father «, ( {bs is thy ſiſter) thou ſhalt not
uncover her nakedneſs.
# Or,being a kin to thy father. He ſeems to ſpeak of the daughter of the fathers brother by his wife, whom the father here ſpoken of, being brother to the deceaſed perſon, married by vertue of that Law, Devt: 25. 5. by which marriage there was a near kindred contracted between the two Families, ſo that the Son of the one could not marry the daughter of the other: Thus this Law 1s dif- fering from that ver. 9g. And that ſeems more probable, than that in ſo brief a Table of Laws the ſame thing ſhould be forbidden both
; there and here. Obj. The word being the ſame here and wer.g. muſt be underſtood in the ſame ſenſe, and therefore here muſt be rendred begotten or born, as it is there. 4}. It may be rend:ed there as well as here, "akin, as ſome render the words there, of domeſtick, or ofanorther, a foreign Madred : and if the word had been participially pur for begotten or born, it is likely the prepoſition Mem or Lamed would have been prefixed to the Hebrew word, abicha, as is com- mon in thoſe caſes. |
12 * Thou shalt not uncover the nakedneſs of thy fa-
x thers ſiſter x: $he 5s thy fathers Þ near kinſwoman y. fejb. Gen. , * Thy Aunt by the fathers ſide, as the- next verſe ſpeaks of the 37-27: Aunt by the mothers ſide. If Amrams example be alledged to the . contrary, ſee on Exed. 6. 20: y Heb. thy fathers fleſh, a member and ' produt of the ſame fleſh from which thy father came.
E.. « 13 Thoushalr not uncover the nakedneſs of thy mo- #1eb-#eſs- thers ſiſter ; for she is chy mothers | near kin{woman, *Chap.20. - 14 * Thou halt notuncover the nakednels of thy fa- "Hh thers brother z, thoushalt not approach to his wife: she
is thineauntT.