blood 1 upon thine houſ?, if any man fall from thence { (i.e.) Afffecnce or breaſtwork, becauſe the roofs of their houſes were made flat or plain, that men might walk on them. See 7uag. 16. 27. 1 Sam.9. 25. 2 Sam. 11. 2, Neh. 8: 16. Mas. 10. 27. m(i.e. ) The guilt of blood, by a mans fall from the top of thy houſe, through thy neglett of this neceſſary proviſion. þ : 9 * Thou ſhalt nor ſow thy vineyard with divers feeds » : leſt the+ fruic of thy ſeed o which thou haſt ſown
and the Truit of thy vineyard be defiled p. xn Either 1. With divers kinds of ſeed mixed and ſowed together between the rows of Vines inthy Vineyard : which was forbidden to be done in the Field, Levit. 19.19. and here, in the Vineyard. Or 2. With any kind of ſeed differing from that of the Vine,which would produce Herbs, or Corn, or Fruit-bearing Trees, whoſe fruit might be mingled with the fruit of the Vines Now this and the two following precepts, though in themſetves ſmall and trivial,are Shapes 5. to that time and ſtate of the Church, for documents or inſtruftions in greater matters, and particularly ro commend to them ſimplicity, and fincerity in all their carriages towards God and Men, and to forbid all mixture of their Inventi- ons with Gods Inſtitutions in Do&rine or Worſhip. o Heb. The ful- neſs of thy ſeed, i. e. that ſeed when it is ripe and full. See Exod; 22. 29. Numb. 18. 27. p Either x. Naturally, corrupted or marred, whileſt one ſeed draws away the fat and nouriſhment of the Earth, from the other, and ſo both are ſtarved and ſpoiled. Or rather 2. Legally and Morrally, as being prohibited by Gods Law,and there- by made unclean ; as on the contrary, things are ſan#ified by Gods werd, allowing and improving them, 1 7im. 4. 5. Heb. be ſan#ifeed, or, be as # ſanfified thing, by an Elipſis of the particle, as, 7. e. un- lawful for the owners uſe, as things ſanCtified were. Or, ſan#ifying is put for polluting, by a figure called Euphemifſmus, which is fre- quent. in Scripture, as. when blefmg is put for curſmg, as Job 2.9. and in other Authors, as when they ule facred for exccrable.
Xo Thou ſbalt not plow with an ox and an aſs toge- ther 9+ Es
q Either r. Becauſe the one was a clean beaſt, the other unclean ; whereby God would teach men to avoid polluting themſelves by the touch of unclean perſons or things, 2 Cir. 6; 14.
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cauſe of their unequal ftrength, whereby the weaker, the aſs would
be opprefled and over-wrought. Or 3. Fos myſtical reaſons, of
which ſee on v. 9. and Levzt: 19: Ig,
x1 * Thou ſhalt not wear a garment of divers ſorts, * Lev.
as woolen and linen together. ..-: 19.10 12 Thou ſhalt make thee*fringes » upon the fourftquar- A wg
taeir remembrance, as it 1s expreſſed. Numb: 15: 38. and partly as a publick profeſſion of their Nation and Religion, whereby they might be diſcerned and deſtinguiſhed from ſtrangers, that fo they might be more circumſpett. to behave themſelves as became the people of God, and that they thould not be aſhamed ro own their God and Religion before all the World. s Theſe words are either reſtrictive ro the upper Garment wherewith the reſt were covered ; or argumentative, why they thould ufe theſe things, becauſe here- with they might poſſibly taſten their Garments, and prevent the uncovering themſelves, as might eaſily happen, when they wore no Breeches, but only looſe Garments. ' |
i2 If any man takea wife,and go in unto her ?, and hate her,
t (7.e.) Hath had carnal knowledge of her. :
14 And pive occaſions of ſpeech « againſt her, and bring up an evil name upon her,and fay,I took this wo- man, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid;
u Heb. of words, 3. e. of diſcourſes or diffamations.
15 Then ſhall the father of the dam/el, and her mo-
ther, take and bring forth rhe tokens of the damfels vir- . ginity x, unto the elders of the city, in the gate.