| and 20:7: 2 Separated from all the forementioned defilements, and intire- 3Þct:1:16 ly contccrated to God and obedient to all his Laws and Statures. b Both in my Effence, and in all my Laws, which are holy and juſt and good, and in all my ations: whereas the gods of the Heathens are unholy born in their Laws and Inſtitutions, whereby they allow and require filthy and abominable ations, and in their practices, ſome of them having given wicked examples to their Worlſhippers.
*Exod: . 3 * Ye ſhall fear every man his mother, and his fa- _ ther c, and * keep my ſabbaths 4: I 2» the LORD your
God.
c The mother is put firt, partly becauſe the praftice of this duty begins there, mothers, by perpetual converle, being more and ſooner known to their children than their fathers ; and partly be- cauſe this duty is moit commonly neglefed to the mother, upon whom chi!d:en ave not ſo much dependince as they have upon
and; 1:13:
rence and obedience. d This is here added, ro ſhew, that, whereas It is enjoyned to Parents that they ſhould take care that the Sab- bath he obſerved both by themſelves and by their children, it is the duty of children to fear and obey their Parents in this matter, and moreover, that, if Parents ſhould negle& their duty herein, or by theis command, counſt), or example, draw them to pollute the
apparent in caſe of Idolatry with Moloch or pes _ oo ; 200; | in caſe of the Magiſtrates negle&, by God himſelf. us phraſe : ol therefore of grins, is to be underſtood variouſly, as many o- ; part of them to the poor, ther phraſes are, either of Eccleliaſtical, or Civil and Corporal | |, ' ie one to another m.
20, Therefore ſhall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye | g nd. I icem here to reſtrain it, though it be true, that all ſorts of lying
their Father. And tus feor includes the two great duties of reve-:
a—_— m"—_—
FICOS . - Sabbath, yet the Children in that caſe muſt keep the Sabbath, and in all ſuch caſes prefer the command of God before the commands
, of their Parents or Superiours.
4 * Turn ye note unto Idols f,nor make to your ſelves * mop
* molten gods g : I aw the LORD your God. ww
e Turn nor your hearts and faces from me,whom alone you pre- trend to reſpe&, unto them. He intimates, that their turning to Idols is a turning from God, and that they could not ſerve both God and Idols, f The word ſignifies ſuch as are #0 gods, or nethings, as they are called, r Cor: 8: 4. many Idols having no being, but only in the fancy of their Worſhippers, and all of them having no vertue or power to do good or evil, Eſa: 41: 23. g Nor graven gods nei- cher, as appears from Evod:20: whereby we learn, that ſuch exprefli- ons are generally to be underſtood Synecdochically.
5 And if he offer a facrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, ye ball offer it at your own will 4.
h Or, according to your own good pleaſure, what you think fit : For though this in the general was required, yet it was left to their choice to determine the particulars. See Levit: 7: 16. Or rather, to your acceptation, i: e: in ſuch manner as it may be accepted by God on your behalf,which is explained in the next verſe,and not in ſuch manaer as to loſe the end you aim at, to wit,Gods acceptance : for if ye do otherwiſe than God hath preſcribed, it ſhall nor be accepted, as h- adds ver: 7: but on the contrary ſeverely puniſhed, wer: 8.
6 Ic (hall be eaten the ſame day ye offer it,and on the morrow z: and it ought remain until the third day, it (hall be burnt in the fre.
z By which clauſe ir appears that he ſpeaks here only of that ſort of peace-offerings, which were offered either by vow or freely for
Exod: 33+ 17. Deur. 27,
15+
by way of gratitude for mercies received, were to be eaten the ſame day. Levit; 73 15, | FELT
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day : it 5s a- bominable, it ſhall not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one that cateth ir,ſball bear his ini- quity &, becauſe he hath prophaned the hallowed thing
; of che LORD, and that ſoul ſhall be cut off from a-
mong his people ! |
k ( i: e: ) The puniſhment of his iniquity ; inſtead of acceptation he ſhall receive puniſhment.
9 * And when ye reap thz harveſt of. your land, * Chap: thou ſhalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, 23 2z-
neither ſhalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harveſt, Pvt © io And thou ſhalt not glean thy Vineyard, neither Ruth x: ſhalt chou gather every grape of thy vineyard : thou-ſbalt 15: 16. leave them for the poor and ſtranger : I aw the LORD' your God /, * / Who give you all theſe things with a reſervation of my au- thority over you, and right in them, and with a charge of giving
11 * Ye ſhall not ſteal, neither deal falfly, neither — Mm Or, one againft another to the defranding of him of any of his tag "8
goods, to which kind of Iying the words forgoing and following chap:6:2;
are unlawtul.
13 And ye fhall not * ſwear by my name falſly », * Exod. neither ſhalt thou profane the name of thy God o; 20:7- I 2m the LORD. ET on pa
n This is here added, to ſhew how one ſin draws on another, Mir: : _— and that when men will Iye for their own advantage, they. willeaſily J: = $7345 be induced to Perjury. 0 By any unholy uſe of it. So it is an ad- 9036 ditional precepr, thou ſhalt not abuſe my holy name by ſwearing either falſly or raſhly. Or this may be a reaſon of the former pro- hibition, becauſe in ſo doing thou wilt profane the name of thy God. ]
13 * Thou ſhale nor defraud thy neighbour, neither *Deut:24; rob him : the wages pof him that is hired ſhall not abide 14, 15.
with thee all. night q, until the morning. lal.3:5- p Heb: 7he work, put for the wages, as Dent: 24: 15: Joo 7: 2: Fer: 22: Jam. 5.4+ 13- 9 Becauſe his urgent neceflities require it for preſent ſubſiſt= ENCe. :4 Thou ſhale not curſe the deaf, bling block before the blind
I am the LORD.
-r To make them fall. Under theſe two particulars are mani- feſtly and eſpecially forbidden all injuries done to ſuch as are una- ble to right or defend themſelves ; of whom God here takes rhe more care, becauſe they are not able to ſecure themſelves. s Who both diſcerns th2 injuries you do them, and can avenge them, though the blind and deaf cannor.