| the order of the hiſtory in this place, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and ſay unto them, When ye come into the Jand b which I give you, 'Hebyeft: then ſhall the land Þ keep * a ſabbath c unto the { ord d, Exod:23: b. Soas to be ſettled in it; for the time of the wars was not to - 0.5ee ch: be accounted, nor the rime before Joſhus's diſtribution of the land © 34+ among them, Joſ: 14. 7,.10. c (7.e.) Enjoy reit and freedom from plowing, tilling, ©. & (7. e.) In obedience and unto the honour of wod. This was inſtituted partly for the aflertion of God's ſo« veraign right to the land, in which the 17aelizes were but tenants at Go':'s will, partly for the trial and exerciſe of their obedience, partly for the demoaſtration of his providence as well in the gene- ral rowards men, as more eſpecially towards his own people, of which ſee belov,v: 20, 21, 22. partly to wean them from inordinate love, :nd pu-ſute of, or truſt to worldly advantages, and to inure them to depend upon God alone, and upon God's bleſſing for their ſub:iftence, partly to put them in mind of that bleſſed and eternal Reſt p.ovided for all good men, wherein they ſhould be perfe&ly freed from all worldly labours and troubles, and w ho!ly devoted to
ly, that by their own {traits in tht year they might learn more | compaſſion to the poor who were under the ſame ſtraits every year. ; 3 ix years rnou (balcſow thy field,and fix years thou
| ſhalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof.
neither ſow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
' nour of God, and ro the ends and uſes appointed by God ; or, the
the ſervice and enjoyment of God. ' Sez on Exod: 23 11. And laſt-
4 Butin the ſeventh year ſhall be a ſabbath of reſt unto the land, a fabbath for the LORD : thou ſbalt
* 2King: I9. 29.
+ Heb: of thy ſepara- £107ts
5 * That which groweth of its ewn accord e of thy harveſt thou ſhalt nor reap f, neither gather the grapes + of thy vine undreiled g :; for it is a year of reſt untothe land.
e From the grains that fell out of the ears the laſt reaping time. f (i. e.) As thy own pecuharly, bur only ſo as othe:s may reap it with thee, for preſent tood. g tieb. the grapes of thy ſeparation, 7 e. The Grapes which thou haſt ſeparated or ſer a part to the ho-
giapes of that year, which are in this. like the Nazarites hair, not cut off by rhee, bur ſuffered to grow to the uſe of the poor.
6 Andthe ſabbath 4 ofthe land thall be meat for you, for thee, and forthy ſervant z, and for thy maid and for thy hired ſervant, and for the ſtranger thar ſojourneth:
with thee, Y (þ Ze e.) The
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þ ( 5: ©) The growth of the Sabbath, or that fruit which grow-
eth in the Sabbarical year. See on Levit: 23: 38. where the word, |
Sabbath, is taken in the like ſenſe. 7 For all promiſcuouſly,to take food from thence as they need it. : 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beaſt, that are 1
thy land, ſhalall theincreaſe thereof be meat.
'8 And thou ſhalt number ſeven + ſabbaths of years unto thee, ſeven times ſeven years, and the ſpace of the ſeven {abbaths of years {hal be unto thee fourty and nine years:
9 Then (halt thou cauſe the trumpet F of the Jubile k to ſound on thetenth dey of the ſeventh moneth /, *in the day of aronementm ihal ye make the trumpet ſound
"throughout all your land.
k Which ſignified the true liberty from our ſpiritual debts and flaveries to be purchaſed by Chriſt,and to be publiſhed ro the world by the ſound of the Goſpel. 7 Which was the firſt month of the year for civil and worldly affairs, which were mainly concerned in the jubile, and therefore itbegan in that month ; and, as 1t ſeems, upon this very tenth day,whien the trumpet ſounded,as other feaſts generally began when the trumpet ſounded. m A very fit time, that when they faſted and prayed for Gods mercy to them 1n the pardon of their ſins, then they might excerciſe their charity and kindneſs to men in forgiving their debts,which isthe true faſt,as15 noted, Iſa: 58. 6. and to teach us, that the foundation of all ſolid comfort and joy muſt be Jaid in , bitter repentance and atonement for our ſins through Chriſt. ;
10 And ye ball hallow the fiftieth year », and pro-
claim liberty throughout al the land, unto all the inha- bitants thereof o: it ſhal be a jubile p unto you, and e ſhall return every man unto his poſeflion q, and ye
{hall return every man untohis family r.