Hag: 1:1: Mark 16:2.And the chief care was about the fixſt-born,who were inveſted with ſingular piiviledges, and were Types of "; ©" Or 2.any of them, for the words a.e general,and ſo the praftice may \{eem to have been,Ruth 3. and the reaſon of the Law may ſeem to be in a great meaſure the ſame, which was to keep up the diſtin- Qtion as of Tribes and Families, that ſo the Meſſias might be diſco vered by the Family from which he was appointed to proceed, © alſo of Inheritances, which were divided among all the Brethren the firſtborn having only a double Portion. » Heb. no ſon. But ſos is oft put for any child, Male or Female, both in Scripture and other Authors; and therefore the Hebrew no ſon is rendred no child here. is it is in effe&,Mot;22:24: Mark 12:19: Luke 20: 28. And indeed this Caution was not neceſſary,when there wzs a daughter, whoſe child might be adopted into the Name and Family of its Grandfather. o (7. e.) To one of another Family, as that word is oftuſed. p Except he was married himſelf, as may appear by other Scriptures, and by the reaſon of the thing, and, as ſome add; from rhe Phraſe of dwelling tegether, to wit, in their Fathers Family.
6 And it thal be rb? the firſt-born which ſhe beareth, ſhal ſucceed inthe names of his brother q which is dead, that his name be not pur out of [Iſrael y.
q Shall be called and reputed his ſon. See Ruth 4. 17. r That a Family be not loſt. So this was a proviſion that the nuinber of their Families might not be diminiſhed. . |
7 And if the man like nor to take his || brothers wife, | Or, next | then let his brothers wife go up to the gate, unto the e]- kinſman's _ | ders, and ſay, * My husbands brother refuſeth to raiſe »#- up unto his brother a name s in Iſrael : he will not per-
form the duty of my husbands brother. s To revive his Brothers Name and Memory. _
8 Then the elders of his ciry ſhal call him, an dſpeak unto him # ; and ifhe ſtand to zt , and ſay, I like not to take her: - Fg
t To convince lan of the duty, and perſwade him to it. « If he obſtinately refuſe it. | "-
9 Then ſbal his brothers wife come unto him in the preſence of the elders, and looſe his ſhoe from off his foot x, and ſpit in his face y, and ſhal anſwer, and ſay, So ſhal it be done unto that man, that will not build up
z his brothers houſe. Sx | HAST .
x Partly, as a ſign of his reſignation of all his Righr to the Wo- man, and to her husband's Inheritance ; for as the Shoe was a ſign of ones Power and Right, Pſal. 60. 8 and 168. 9g. ſo the parting with the Shoe was a token of the Alienation of ſuch Right;and that he would not and henceforth might not enter upon his brethers land ; and partly as a note of Infamy, to ſignifie that by this unn#- tural and diſingenuous aftion he was unworthy to be amongſt Free- men, and fitto be reduced to the condition of the meaneſt Servants . or Captives, whouſed to go barefoot, ſa. 20. 2,4; yAs a returis of his contemptupon himſelf. See Numb. 12. 14. 1a.5o. 6. Mat.'26. 67. and 27, 30. This was not done, Ruth 4. either becauſe he wis. nota Brother, but a remoter Kinſman, and ſo deſerved leſs ſhame; or becauſe Ruth did not profecute him tothe utmoſt, but freely con-. ſented to this exchange. z A Phraſe oft uſed for the Procreation of _ Children, and the encreaſe of a Family. See Gen. 16. 2. Exod. 1.21. 1 King, 11. 38, 1 Chron. 17. 25. _OE OS:
1s And his nameſhal z becalled in Ifrael,The houſe of him that hath his ſhoe looſed. s
a (3. e.) His perſon, names being oft fterity alſo. So it was a laſting blor, |
11: When men ſtrive together one with another, and the wife of the One draweth near for to deliver herhus- band out ef the hand of him that ſmitech him, and puts tcth forth her hand, and taketh him by the ſecrets:
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F It ſeems not ſuperſtition, but prudent caution, when the Fews | |
|. T2 Then thou ſbalt cut off her hand ; thine 8ye ſhal not pity her c,
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- op. XPVI. ? | b Partly beeauſe of the great thiſchief {he dif to him, both to his Perſon and Poſtericy, ad pittly ro deter alt Women from all 1m- modeſt and impudent carriages, ahd to ſecuire that modeſty, which is indeed the guardiari of aff rhfie Yirtues, as immodeſty is an inlet to all Vices, as the fad experictice of this degenerate age ſhews;and therefore it is riot fringe char it is ſo ſeverely reſtrained and pu- wthed. « Which thou wite be very apt to do, becauſe of the infir- mity of her Sex and the urgency, of the occaſion, this being done for the neceſſary preſervation of her Husband. : 13 Thou jhalt not have in thy bag + divers weights, (35,36. 2 greatanda ſmall d. | Heb. a @ The great, cither to buy with, or openly ro make ſhew of; the | Hopes s ſmall, for their private uſe in ſelling. | [fone 14 Thou thalt not have in thine houſe | divers mea- [+ Heb. a» ſures, a great and a ſmall. ;
Ephab and 1; But thou ſhalt have a perfe& and juſt weight, a * perfetand juſt meaſure ſbalt thou have: that thy days | may belengthned in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. | ! *pro.12.z. 16 For * all that do ſuch things, aud all that do un- WH rigtiteouſly;are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
* Ex.15.8. 17 * Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the _—_ way, when ye were c6me forth out of Egypt e. | -e Which circumſtance greatly aggravates their fin, that they | vr 40 do thus to a people, who had been long exerciſed with ſore = - affli&ions, to whom pity and help was due by the Laws of Nature | and Hu ahity, and for whoſe Reſcue God had inſo glorious a man-
ner appeared, which they could nor be ignorant of. So this was ' barbarouſheſs to Iſrael, and ſetting the great Jehovah at defiance.
18 How he met thee by the way,and ſmore the hind- molt of thee f, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou waft faint and gunry : -and he feared not God.
FfWhich God permitted,both for the puniſhment of /ſraelsſins, and to harden and prepare them for the diffcultics of their Expedition. ie os». Therefore it ſhal be, * when the LORD thy God - 39415:3- hath given thee reſt from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to poſſeſs it ; zhat theu ſhalt blot out the
remembrance of Amalck. g from under heaven, thou
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gs Which was in great meaſure done afrerward. Sce 1 Sam. 15. and 27.8. and 3o. I, 17. 1 Chron. 4. 43. Efth. 9. 12, 13.
2 baba 4 CH AP. XXVL.