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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48431	The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.; Works. 1684	Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.; G. B. (George Bright), d. 1696.; Strype, John, 1643-1737.	1684 (1684)	Wing L2051; ESTC R16617	4,059,437	2,607

Heathens that is lost p p p p p p Nedarin cap. 3. hal 4. It is lawful for Publicans to swear that is an Oblation which is not that you are of the Kings retinue when you are not c. that is Publicans may deceive and that by Oath VERS XVIII 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth c. THESE words depend upon the former he had been speaking concerning being loosed from the office of a brother in a particular case now he speaks of the Authority and Power of the Apostles of loosing and binding any thing whatsoever seemed them good being guided in all things by the Holy Ghost We have explained the sense of this Phrase at Chap. XVI and he gives the same Authority in respect of this to all the Apostles here as he did to Peter there who were all to be partakers of the same Spirit and of the same Gifts This power was built upon that noble and most self-sufficient Foundation Joh. XVI 13. The Spirit of Truth shall lead you into all Truth There lies an Emphasis in those words Into all truth I deny that any one any where at any time was led or to be led into all Truth from the Ascension of Christ unto the worlds end beside the Apostles Every holy man certainly is led into all truth necessary to him for salvation but the Apostles were led into all truth necessary both for themselves and the whole Church because they were to deliver a rule of Faith and Manners to the whole Church throughout all Ages Hence whatsoever they should confirm in the Law was to be confirmed whatsoever they should abolish was to abolished since they were endowed as to all things with a Spirit of Infalibillity guiding them by the hand into all truth VERS XIX 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. That if two of you shall agree upon earth c. AND these words do closely agree with those that went before There the speech was concerning the Apostles determination in all things respecting men Here concerning their Grace and Power of obtaining things from God I. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Two of you Hence Peter and John act joyntly together among the Jews Acts II. III. c. and they act joyntly among the Samaritans Acts VIII 14. and Paul and Barnabas among the Gentiles Acts XIII 2. This bond being broke by Barnabas the spirit is doubled as it were upon Paul II. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Agree together That is to obtain something from God which appears also from the following words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Touching any thing that they shall ask suppose concerning conferring the Spirit by the imposition of hands of doing this or that Miracle c. VERS XX. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For where two or three are gathered together in my name there I am in the midst of them THE like do the Rabbins speak of two or three sitting in Judgment that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The divine presence is in the midst of them VERS XXI 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Shall I forgive him until seven times THIS Question of Peter respects the words of our Saviour Ver. 15. How far shall I forgive my brother before I proceed to the Extremity What Seven times he thought that he had measured out by these words a large Charity being in a manner double to that which was prescribed by the Schools q He that is wronged ● Maimon in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cap. 5. say they is forbidden to be difficult to pardon for that is not the manner of the seed of Israel But when the offender implores him once and again and it appears he repents of his deed let him pardon him and whosoever is most ready to pardon is most praise worthy It is well but there lies a snake under it r r r r r r Bab. Jomah fol. 86. ● For say they they pardon a man once that sins against another Secondly they pardon him Thirdly they pardon him Fourthly they do not pardon him c. CHAP. XIX VERS I. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He came unto the coasts of Iudea beyond Iordan IF it were barely said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Coasts of Judea beyond Jordan by the Coasts of Judea one might understand the bounds of the Jews beyond Jordan Nor does such a construction want its parallel in Josephus for Hyrcanus saith he built a fortification the name of which was Tyre 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Between Arabia and Judea beyond Jordan not far from Essebonitis a a a a a a Antiq. lib. 12. chap. 5. But see Mark here Chap. X. 1 relating the same storie with this our Evangelist 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He came saith he into the coasts of Judea taking a journey from Galilee along the Country beyond Jordan VERS III. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause OF the causes ridiculous shall I call them or wicked for which they put away their wives we have spoke at Chap. V. ver 31. We will produce only one example here 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 When Rabh went to Darsis whither as the Gloss saith he often went he made a public proclamation What woman will have me for a day Rabh Nachman when he went to Sacnezib made a public proclamation What woman will have me for a day The Gloss is Is there any woman who will be my wife while ● tarry in this place The Question here propounded by the Pharisees was disputed in the Schools and they divided into parties concerning it as we have noted before For the School of Shammai permitted not divorces but only in the case of Adultery the School of Hillel otherwise b b b b b b See Hierof Sotah fol. 16. 2. VERS VIII 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Because Moses for the hardness of your hearts suffered c. INterpreters ordinarily understand this of the unkindness of men towards their wives and that not illy but at first sight 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hardness of heart for the most part in Scripture denotes rather obduration against God than against men Examples occur every where Nor does this sense want its fitness in this place not to exclude the other but to be joyned with it here I. That God delivered that rebellious people for the hardness of their hearts to spiritual fornication that is to Idolatry sufficiently appears out of sacred Story and particularly from these words of the first Martyr Stephen Acts VII 42. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. God turne d and gave them up to worship the host of heaven c. And they seem not less given up to carnal fornication if you observe the horrid records of their Adulteries in the holy Scripture and their not less horrid allowances of divorces and polygamies in the books of the Talmudists so that the Particle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉

at Let us now view him tugging day and night at these Studies and especially take notice of that excellent method he proposed to himself for the prosecuting them with the more fruit and advantage Which was to Note 1. Whatsoever any way tended to illustrate the Phrase or Story of the New Testament 2. Whatsoever tended to the better knowledge of the places in the Land of Canaan And 3. whatsoever related to History and especially that of the Jews And to acquaint you more particularly how he ordered himself in taking up these notices he used large Note-books in Folio And therein he digested what he intended to Note as he read the Talmuds and other Jewish Books under such Titles as these Quaedam de Terra Israelitica sparsim collecta Things scatteringly collected concerning the Land of Israel And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Quaenam What was the Land of Israel And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Things appropriated to the Land of Israel And there is an Alphabet by him framed in this method A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 B 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 C 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 K 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 D 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 E 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Graec. G 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 H 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 L 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A c. Under which according to their initial Letters he used to reduce all places of the Holy Land mentioned in the Talmud and something of their Situation or History with references unto the page of the Tracts where they were mentioned And lastly There is another Title viz. Places in Babylonia under which he collected the Names and Stories of Towns or Cities in that Country also He was very curious indeed in tracing the Countries and places mentioned in Scripture and especially wherein the Jewish Nation were any ways concerned This sufficiently appears in his laborious Disquisitions premised before each of his Hebrew and Talmudical Exercitations And in one of his Note Books he is tracing with much accuracy the Marches of Israel out of Egypt under this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Motions and Stations of Israel in their March out of Egypt Pity it is it was not perfected by him He read over both Talmuds often and with great deliberation as appears from several of his Paper Books in which are many rough Notes of the Contents thereof taken by him at several times and sometimes short Observations of his own thereupon He seemed to have had a Design of publishing a brief account of the Jerusalem Talmud and of the chief matters whereof it treats from Tract to Tract For there is such a thing fairly written out by him in Latin bearing this Title Index aliqualis Talmudis Hierosolymitani But it is imperfect reaching but to the seventh Tract of the first Classis He was as studious of the Sacred Chronology of the Old and New Testament as we have seen he was of the Chorography of the Holy Land as accounting this highly necessary to the understanding of the Scriptures When it was once debated by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster in what parts of Learning the Candidates for holy Orders should be examined and some were for waving the trying them in Scripture Chronology Doctor Lightfoot urged the necessity of it in order to the apprehending the sense of the Sacred Volumes alledging that he held that he read not Scripture who was not expert in Chronology And he prevailed in that debate His abilities in that sort of Learning may be seen in several of his Works published and in divers rude Essayes in MS. He had long and very carefully searched into the Translation of the LXX and compared it verse by verse with the Hebrew Original as appears by his MS. under this Title Discrepantiae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LXX a textu Hebraeo with brief Notes here and there And under another Title viz. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LXX he enumerates all their errors throughout the whole Translation and them he makes to be very many in this method Inaniter addita Periculose decurtata Sensum clarum obsuscantia Vitiantia pulchrum Reddita in sensum alienum Reddita in sensum plane contrarium Reddita in sensum nullum Traditiones Judaicas redolentia Hebraica retenta Reddita pro fama gentis Pro fama textus Paraphrases Propria nomina facta Appellativa Numeri male calculati Locorum nomina recentiora Vocales male Lectae Literae male Lectae Sensus foedatus Variatio nominum Versus male conjuncti c. And accordingly under each of these Heads the places of Scripture so mistaken are by him disposed which are infinite Which cost him no small pains By these things it appears he was no good friend to the LXX It was great pity he lived not to digest into a just Volume these his careful Studies concerning the LXX as he intended to do and had begun it in Latine in three or four Chapters written fair with his own hand carrying this Title Disquisitio modesta de LXX de Versione Graeca and had likewise consulted the great Buxtorph about this his purpose He was also well seen in Josephus He seems to have communicated his own Josephus with Notes of his own written in it unto Monseir Petit a Learned Man of Nismes in France who had laboured hard in preparing a good Edition of that useful Author For Anno 1666. in a Letter June 12. from Dr. Worthington to him speaking concerning Petit he hath these words I doubt not but when you have your own Josephus returned you will meet with some observations of your own noted in him Another French Man about the year 1666. viz. Monseir Le Moyn reputed to be one of the Learnedest Men in France and Minister of the Protestant Church at Roan laboured in the same work that Petit before had done And for the furthering of his design he wrote to the said Learned and Pious Doctor Worthington that if he had any thing for the benefit of that Edition to impart it Whereupon he applies himself to his old Friend Doctor Lightfoot who as he tells him was well versed in Josephus that he would assist him with his hints and short observations upon the doubtful passages in that Author a thing that he knew would be very acceptable unto that Learned Man What the issue of this request was appears not only we know the Doctor did not use to be backward in communicating any knowledge he had who had so freely yielded his assistance to the Polyglot Bible to the Heptaglot Lexicon and the Synopsis of the Criticks as we shall see by and by We are sure Monseir Le Moyn made great use of what the Doctor had before published especially in the Chorographical Century before S. Matthew where he had occasion to speak to several places in Josephus And so he writes expresly to Doctor Worthington speaking of his Notes and Exercitations upon Josephus In iis utor saepissime