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A14900	Balletts and madrigals to fiue voyces with one to 6. voyces: newly published by Thomas Weelkes.	Weelkes, Thomas, 1575 (ca.)-1623.	1608 (1608)	STC 25204; ESTC S103041	2,366,144	144

shew-bread the active life of those which are given unto good workes by the golden candlesticke such as both in words and workes in contemplation and action doe shine as lights Ribera 6. But these mysticall diductions are somewhat curious Yet thus farre these typicall ceremonies may safely be extended the Arke signifieth the presence of God in Christ the table of shew-bread the family of Christ which is nourished and fed by him by the golden candlesticke the manner of administration in the Church is represented which the Lord doth illuminate by his Spirit Iun. in Analys Rupertus by the bread understandeth the true bread of life which is Christ Jesus so also Marbachius Ferus by the incense upon the bread collecteth that we must joyne prayer and thanksgiving with the preaching of the word by the crowne is signified the hope of everlasting life where wee shall sit downe at Christs everlasting table in heaven Simler By the twelve loaves the whole Israel of God which is fed by his word Borrhaius And they were taught hereby quod Deus panem larg●tur that God giveth bread and food Tostat. qu. 28. and that their very meat is consecrate unto God and therefore should feed soberly and reverently as in his presence Calvin And by the vessels of gold all Christians should learne ut dent operand ut vasa sint aurea non fictilia to doe their endevour that they may be vessels of gold vessels of grace and election not earthen vessels and vessels of wrath Osiander QUEST XLII Of the forme and fashion of the candlesticke Vers. 31. ALso thou shalt make a candlesticke of pure gold of worke beaten one with the hammer c. 1. Iosephus is deceived in his description who saith that this candlesticke was ex aur● fusili sed non solido of molten gold and not solid whereas it was of one solid worke beaten out with the hammer In another place also he saith it was made of iron covered with plates of gold If it be answered for Iosephus that he speaketh of some other candlesticke which was afterward made of iron it is not like that any time the Israelites were so destitute of gold but that they had sufficient to make one candlesticke Tostat. quaest 29. 31. 2. By this description of the candlesticke it is evident that the picture which is to be seene in Rome of the golden candlesticke which Titus brought from Jerusalem and carried in triumph is not right because it is not set forth with boules knops and flowers as this is Ribera 3. The fashion of the candlesticke was on this manner the shaft went upright and stood in the middest upon his feet and from this shaft went out 6. branches 3. on the one side and 3. on the other one above the other which went out by couples one on the one side and over against it one on the other side neither were they all of one length for the nethermost branches were longest and the uppermost shorter so that they all were of one height above Tostat. 4. The body or shaft had foure boules like unto open almonds and as many round knops and as many flowers And under the first knop came out the first two branches and so under the second and third and in the top after the branches were gone forth were the fourth boule knop and flower Beda So likewise in every one of the branches there were three boules as many knops and flowers R. Salom. and Montanus with whom agreeth the description in the Geneva Bibles make in every branch three boules but beside but one knop and one flower because vers 33. it is said three boules in the plurall and but one knop and one flower in the singular number But Lyranus with whom consent Cajetan Tostat. qu. 31. and Ribera thinke better that every boule had his knop and flower to be answerable to the worke of the shaft which had foure boules and as many knops and flowers vers 34. So also Beda 5. Beside Montanus is of opinion that the uppermost lilies or flowers served for the sockets or lampes where the oile was put to feed the light so also Pelarg. Genevens But the flowers only were made for ornament Calvin And beside the boules knops and flowers there were seven lampes as vers 37. after the description of the shaft and branches with their knops and flowers it is said Thou shalt make thee seven lampes thereof So Tostatus quaest 29. and Ribera and 1 King 7.29 mention is made of lampes beside the flowers which lampes were also made out with the hammer as the rest were for the whole candlesticke with every part thereof was appointed so to be made 6. But whereas it is added To give light toward that which is before it vers 37. Cajetanes and Oleasters observation is somewhat curious that because these lights shined directly to that part which was before it that is toward the table of shew-bread right over against it that every socket had r●strum in 〈◊〉 parte a certaine nosle hanging out whereby it cast light forward but indeed the meaning is that is was to cast light toward that which was before it that is every way as Iunius translateth QUEST XLIV Of the place where the candlesticke stood NOw further it is to be considered 1. That there was but one candlesticke in the Tabernacle made by Moses which was sufficient Salomon indeed afterward made ten lampes whereof five stood on the one side and five on the other 1 King 7.29 because the Temple was wider and larger Iosephus saith he made ten thousand candlestickes But it is like the place is corrupted and ten thousand put for ten 2. The place where this candlesticke was placed was not in the most holy place for thither the Priest went but once in the yeere but the lampes of the candlesticke were renued daily neither did it stand in the outward court which was open for then it had beene subject to wind and weather Ribera And there was the Altar of burnt offering whereon the fire burned continually and never went out Tostat. The place was therefore in the Sanctuary next unto the most holy place where because it was continually covered over there was necessary use of this light for the daily service and ministration of the Priests there Tostat. quaest 29. QUEST XLV Whether the candlesticke were made to Moses hand Vers. 37. ANd thou shalt make thee seven lampes c. 1. Here that slender conceit of the Jewes is confuted that thinke this candlesticke was made to Moses hand because it was so curious and full of worke that Moses could not tell how to make it for it is here directly said unto Moses Thou shalt make thee seven lampes if then he caused to be made one part of it it is certaine that he did so in the rest of the parts and afterward chap. 31.8 Bezaliel and Ah●liah were appointed among other things to make the candlesticke therefore the Jewes

obliqua that the sides went aslope Oleaster also is deceived who thinketh that as twenty cubits and foure postes are allowed for the East gate or entrance so fifteene cubits and three postes are allotted of each side for the North and South-gate or entrance whereas mention is made but of one gate of the court vers 16. and beside all this from vers 14. belongeth to the description of the East end the other three sides the South North and West are made an end of before 3. Now this gate was unlike the other both for the breadth it was twenty cubits broad the gate of the Tabernacle was but ten so that the whole Tabernacle might be seene and discerned of one standing in the gate of the court It was also unlike for the hangings for this was neither so plaine all of one colour as the hangings of the court it differed from them both in matter and forme they were only made of fine twined linen this of blew silke purple skarlet beside Cajetan Neither yet was it so curious as the curtaines of the Tabernacle which were wrought with Cherubims so was not this Tostat. qu. 27. It was set forth with divers kindes of pictures of flowers trees knots exceptis animantium formis the formes and shapes of living creatures only excepted Iosephus QUEST XVII Whether any of the lay people were admitted into the outward court THe outward court being thus described somewhat must be added concerning the use thereof 1. Some thinke that the Levites only were admitted to come into this court as the Priests of the second sort only went into the holy place and the high Priest only into the most holy place thus thinketh Ribera who would seeme to prove it by that place Exod. 40.8 because Moses is bid to hang up the hanging or vaile at the court gate which was made twenty cubits wide that the people might see the whole Tabernacle and not desire to come neere it But this place proveth no such thing it followeth not because a vaile was hung before the gate that therefore none of the people might come in the doore or entrance was made so wide that the people might not onely see the Tabernacle but it was so large because many were to enter that way and as Cajetane conjectureth it being twenty cubits wide it had quinque aditus in ingressu five passages in the entrance one betweene every two postes 2. Lippoman seemeth to be of the same opinion that none but of the tribe of Levi were suffered to enter Qu● haberent tam Tabernaculum quàm Sacerdotes cum Levitis in majori reverentia That they might have the Tabernacle and the Priests with the Levites in greater reverence But herein consisted rather the reverence to be shewed toward the Levites and Priests that they onely were appointed to minister before the Lord and to present the peoples offerings unto God and the like reverent estimation also they had of the Tabernacle that although they might see it and come neere it yet they might not enter into it 3. I rather thinke then with Tostatus that the people which came to offer were admitted into the court which was made so large Vt ipsi offerentes haberent locum in quo starent tempore sacrificiorum that the offerers might have a place to stand in in the time of their sacrifice● quaest 8. And that the people might come into this outward court it may thus further be proved 1 Deut. 12.18 it is said Thou shalt ●at it before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse thou thy sonnes and thy daughters c. This eating and standing before the Lord was coram Altari before the Altar as Tostatus well interpreteth 2. The people are commanded to bring their offerings and present them at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to the Priest Levit. 17.5 but they could not come to the doore of the Tabernacle but first they must enter into the court 3. This also appeareth by the practice of the people afterward 1 Sam. 1.9 Anna is said to have prayed before the Lord and Eli was not farre off sitting upon a stoole by one of the posts of the Temple which is like to have beene one of the postes or pillars of the outward court David also alludeth to this use and practice saying One day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere Psalm 84.10 Neither was David only privileged to enter into Gods courts but hee speaketh in generall of all the faithfull and true worshippers Blessed is he whom th●● chusest and causest to come to thee he shall dwell in thy courts which as Lippoman himselfe expoundeth is Membrum erit Ecclesiae tuae he shall be a member of thy Church 4. Beda also having reference unto this entrance and ingresse of the people into the court thus applieth it Atrium Tabernaculi exterius inciptentium rudime●ta demonstrat c. The outward court of the Tabernacle doth shew the condition of those which are beginners and newly entred into Gods Church Therefore Iunius judgement is here to be approved who thinketh that although afterward the courts were divided of the Levites apart and of the people apart and of the women by themselves yet in this Amb●latoria republica unum fuit atrium commu●e walking common-wealth as it were of the Israelites there was one common court for all So also Simlerus Populus in hoc ingrediebatur Into this outward court the people came c. QUEST XVIII Whether all the instruments of the Tabernacle were of brasse Vers. 19. ALL the vessels of the Tabernacle c. and all the pins thereof shall bee of brasse 1. Tostatus thinketh that some vessels belonging to the service of the outward court as for the ministry of the Altar were of gold as the bowles and goblets which were set upon the table of shew-bread which they used in the drinke-offerings And hee further is of opinion that some vessels of brasse served for the use of the inward Tabernacle as the fire pans which they carried fire in unto the Altar of incense But it is not like seeing such a curious distinction is made betweene the vessels of the Tabernacle and the vessels of the outward court that the one should be of gold the other of brasse and that the Ministers of both places were distinct for the Levites came not into the Tabernacle but ministred in the outward court It is like also that the vessels were appointed to their severall places and services that neither the brasen vessels were carried into the Tabernacle nor the gold vessels used abroad in the outward court 2. Some other thinke that all the vessels and instruments whatsoever belonging to the setting up or taking downe of the Tabernacle as the hammers mattockes spades were of brasse Lyran. Iun. But to what end then served the iron which afterward was consecrated to the use of the Tabernacle Iosh. 6.19 And they may