Nature of purity of heart.-I would have you attend to the full B.C. 1490. significance and extent of the term "holy." It is not abstinence "The chaste from outward deeds of profligacy alone-it is not a mere recoil mind, like a from impurity in thought. It is that quick and sensitive polished plane, delicacy to which even the very conception of evil is offensive; may admit foul thoughts withit is a virtue which has its residence within, which takes out receiving guardianship of the heart, as of a citadel or inviolated sanctuary, their tincture." in which no wrong or worthless imagination is permitted to Sterne. dwell. It is not purity of action that we contend for; it is "The heart of a exalted purity of heart-the ethereal purity of the third heaven; wise man should and if it is at once settled in the heart, it brings the peace, the triumph, and the untroubled serenity of heaven along with it-I flects every obhad almost said, the pride of a great moral victory over the ject without being sullied by infirmities of an earthly and accursed nature: there is a health any."-Confucius. and harmony in the soul; a beauty which, though it effloresces. in the countenance, and the outward path, is itself so thoroughly feminine, truth "Purity is the internal, as to make purity of heart the most distinctive evidence the masculine, of of a work of grace in time, the most distinctive guidance of a honour."-Hare. character that is ripening and expanding for the glories of h Chalmers. eternity." 66 a resemble a mirror, which re sacrifice a Is. liii. 7. c Mal. i. 14; Jo. d Le: iv. 24, 29, "The Hebrew expositors say that whatever evil; as it is said 10-13. (10) if.. flocks, etc., circumstances of offerer con- place of sulted he who could not afford a bullock might bring a sheep killing the or goat. bring.. blemish, whatever was brought must be perfect of its kind. (11) northward, the appointed place,ab See Bush. not eastward, as the heathen sacrifices." (12, 13) See vv. 8, 9. The offering without blemish (v. 10).-I. To teach self-denial in matters of religion; the best reserved for holy uses. II. To produce feelings of profound reverence for the holiness of God. If the offering, how much more the offerer to be without blemish. III. To lead the thoughts onward to the Perfect Sacrifice. Symbolic meaning of the north.-The north, in Scripture, seems sacrifice was connected with such of the governmental attributes of God as killed to the are especially adverse to the dark vapours and corruptions of southward of the altar was polearth. Thence He sends forth that clear and purifying wind luted (Maimonbefore which clouds and misty vapours disperse so as for the ides), and they light of heaven to shine in its clear, searching power-a power say that the north welcome to that which can bear inquisition and delight in is the symbol of being made manifest, but terrible to everything besides. Of the in Jer. i. 14, out north it is said: "And now men see not the bright light which of the north an is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. Fair evil shall break (golden) weather cometh out of the north: with God is excellent forth;' and that, because these majesty" (Job xxxvii. 21, 22). And again, "The north wind sacrifices driveth away rain" (Pr. xxv. 23). When Ezekiel was commis- offered to avert sioned to testify against the dark corruptions of Israel, and evil, they were killed beheld the glory of God in contrast therewith, "Behold, a whirl-northward of the wind came out of the north" (Ez. i. 4). And when he was altar (R. Menataught the manner in which Israel met these northward attri- chem). The north butes of God, he was brought to the door of the inner gate of the temple that looketh toward the north, and there was the seat of the image of jealousy, that provoketh to jealousy, occupying the northward gate of the altar to the exclusion of their God (Ez. viii. 3-5). And when the vision of judgment was given, whereby these iniquities were to be swept away, "Behold six it was regarded men came from the way of the higher gate which lieth toward as the source of the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand' (Ez. ix. 2). were therefore is in Hebrew tsaphon, the dark quarter, from tsaphan, to hide and it may be for (comp. ζόφος), this reason that evil."-Words worth. f B. W. Newton. B.C. 1490. birds for the sacrifice 14-17. (14) if fowls, Divine condescension meets the case of the poorest. turtle-doves, prob. the common turtle (turtur auritus). pigeons, prob. the blue rock pigeon (columba a Ps. xxii. 3, cxlv. schimperi): wild birds, yet selected. (15) wring.. head, 17; 1 Pe. i. 15, 16. rather, pinch it with his nail: not separate it fr. rest of body. "The sacrifice of (16) pluck.. crop,a etc., to render the sacrifice clean. (17) birds, Maimon-wood.. fire, etc., see vv. 8, 9. was one of the count the atten ides observes, Symbolic meaning of the east.-The east is the quarter that is most difficult especially connected with the glory of the God of Israel. "Afterservices of the ward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh sanctuary; and toward the east and behold the glory of the God of Israel came on this ac- from the way of the east, and His voice was like a noise of many tion of the priest waters, and the earth shined with His glory" (Ezek. xliii. 1, 2). was not less en- The east wind also is continually mentioned in the Scripture as grossed by the that which withereth and drieth up the powers of nature. poorest sacrifice than by the most east wind shall come-the wind of the Lord shall come up from splendid, the ne- the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain cessity of attend- shall be dried up" (Hos. xiii. 15). If the north directs our ing to minute thoughts to the searching power of the Divine holiness, which is duties of religion as light, the east directs us to the unearthly glory, in the was strikingly in- presence of which unaided nature cannot stand. Light may culcated."--Bush. search, but glory withers or consumes." details in the b B. W. Newton. "An CHAPTER THE SECOND. the meatoffering 1-6. (1) offer. . offering, lit. oblation of a meat-offering, fine flour, specification of quality, not quantity. (2) his .. a The Bedouins thereof, as a portion of the gift to be offered. memorial, i.e. use such a plate the handful. (3) remnant.. sons, the meat-offering designed of earthenware, in part for the sustentation of the priesthood. (4) oven, prob. which they call earthenware and portable. unleavened.. oil, usually baked that seems to be on the outside of the oven. (5) pan, or flat plate. (6) part, identical with break." τήγανον, the word here used by the LXX. Robinson, tajen, a name Bib. Res. i. 485; Harmer, Observations, i. 477. The meat-offering.-Consider this meat-offering as a type of our sanctification by the Spirit. Note I. The sufferings of Christ; as typified by "the fine flour," which was baked into a cake, and then broken and burnt upon the altar. II. The endowments of Christ, foreshadowed by "the oil." He was "sanctified by the The Bedouins Holy Ghost." III. The perpetuity of the new covenant, "salt." are in the habit IV. No corruption or sensuality to be mixed with the covenant, of breaking up "no leaven nor honey.' V. The delight which God takes in the warm and mix-services of His upright worshippers, "frankincense."c their cakes when ing the fragments Eastern ovens.-Mr. Jackson, in his journey overland from with butter, when India, gives an account of an Eastern oven, equally instructive that luxury can be obtained. and amusing, as it confirms the statements of ancient travellers, Robinson, ii. 118. and shows the surprising expertness of the Arabian women in c C. Simeon, M.A. baking their bread. "They have a small place built with clay, between two and three feet high, having a hole at the bottom "No quantity is for the convenience of drawing out the ashes, something similar here prescribed, to a lime-kiln." The oven (which he thinks the most proper free-will offer-name for this place) is usually about fifteen inches wide at top, ing; only it must and gradually widening to the bottom. It is heated with wood, be fine, no bran and when sufficiently hot, and perfectly clear from the smoke, in it; to show the purity of having nothing but clear embers at the bottom, which continue Christ's sacrifice to reflect great heat, they prepare the dough in a large bowl, and because it was a "The chaste Nature of purity of heart.-I would have you attend to the full B.C. 1490. significance and extent of the term "holy." It is not abstinence from outward deeds of profligacy alone-it is not a mere recoil mind, like from impurity in thought. It is that quick and sensitive polished plane, delicacy to which even the very conception of evil is offensive; may admit foul thoughts withit is a virtue which has its residence within, which takes out receiving guardianship of the heart, as of a citadel or inviolated sanctuary, their tincture." in which no wrong or worthless imagination is permitted to Sterne. dwell. It is not purity of action that we contend for; it is "The heart of a exalted purity of heart-the ethereal purity of the third heaven; and if it is at once settled in the heart, it brings the peace, the triumph, and the untroubled serenity of heaven along with it-Iflects every obhad almost said, the pride of a great moral victory over the ject without infirmities of an earthly and accursed nature: there is a health being sullied by any."-Confucius. and harmony in the soul; a beauty which, though it effloresces in the countenance, and the outward path, is itself so thoroughly feminine, truth "Purity is the internal, as to make purity of heart the most distinctive evidence the masculine, of of a work of grace in time, the most distinctive guidance of a honour."-Hare. character that is ripening and expanding for the glories of h Chalmers. eternity.h с wise man should resemble a mirror, which re sacrifice c Mal. i. 14; Jo. d Le: iv. 24, 29, 33, vii. 2. e Trapp. "The Hebrew expositors say that whatever 10-13. (10) if.. flocks, etc., circumstances of offerer con- place of sulted he who could not afford a bullock might bring a sheep killing the or goat. bring.. blemish, whatever was brought must be perfect of its kind. (11) northward, the appointed place,db See Bush. "not eastward, as the heathen sacrifices." (12, 13) See vv. 8, 9. The offering without blemish (v. 10).-I. To teach self-denial in matters of religion; the best reserved for holy uses. II. To produce feelings of profound reverence for the holiness of God. If the offering, how much more the offerer to be without blemish. III. To lead the thoughts onward to the Perfect Sacrifice. Symbolic meaning of the north.-The north, in Scripture, seems sacrifice was connected with such of the governmental attributes of God as killed to the are especially adverse to the dark vapours and corruptions of southward of the altar was polearth. Thence He sends forth that clear and purifying wind luted (Maimonbefore which clouds and misty vapours disperse so as for the ides), and they light of heaven to shine in its clear, searching power-a power say that the north welcome to that which can bear inquisition and delight in is the symbol of being made manifest, but terrible to everything besides. Of the in Jer. i. 14, out north it is said: "And now men see not the bright light which of the north an is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. Fair evil shall break (golden) weather cometh out of the north: with God is excellent forth;' and that, majesty" (Job xxxvii. 21, 22). And again, "The north wind sacrifices driveth away rain" (Pr. xxv. 23). When Ezekiel was commis- offered to avert evil; as it is said because these were therefore tsaphon, the dark quarter, from tsaphan, to hide (comp. ζόφος), sioned to testify against the dark corruptions of Israel, and evil, they were killed beheld the glory of God in contrast therewith, "Behold, a whirl-northward of the wind came out of the north" (Ez. i. 4). And when he was altar (R. Menataught the manner in which Israel met these northward attri- chem). The north is in Hebrew butes of God, he was brought to the door of the inner gate of the temple that looketh toward the north, and there was the seat of the image of jealousy, that provoketh to jealousy, occupying the northward gate of the altar to the exclusion of their God (Ez. it may be for viii. 3-5). And when the vision of judgment was given, this reason that whereby these iniquities were to be swept away, "Behold six it was regarded men came from the way of the higher gate which lieth toward as the source of the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand "evil"—Words (Ez. ix. 2). worth. f B. W. Newton. B.C. 1490. birds for the sacrifice 14—17. (14) if.. fowls, Divine condescension meets the case of the poorest. turtle-doves, prob. the common turtle (turtur auritus). pigeons, prob. the blue rock pigeon (columba schimperi): wild birds, yet selected. (15) wring.. head, 17; 1 Pe. i. 15, 16. rather, pinch it with his nail: not separate it fr. rest of body. "The sacrifice of (16) pluck.. crop,a etc., to render the sacrifice clean. (17) birds, Maimon-wood.. fire, etc., see vv. 8, 9. a Ps. xxii. 3, cxlv. ides observes, Symbolic meaning of the east.-The east is the quarter that is most difficult especially connected with the glory of the God of Israel. was one of the 28 "After services of the Ward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh sanctuary; and toward the east and behold the glory of the God of Israel came on this ac- from the way of the east, and His voice was like a noise of many tion of the priest waters, and the earth shined with His glory" (Ezek. xliii. 1, 2). was not less en- The east wind also is continually mentioned in the Scripture as grossed by the that which withereth and drieth up the powers of nature. "An poorest sacrifice east wind shall come-the wind of the Lord shall come up from than by the most splendid, the ne- the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain cessity of attend-shall be dried up" (Hos. xiii. 15). If the north directs our ing to minute thoughts to the searching power of the Divine holiness, which is duties of religion as light, the east directs us to the unearthly glory, in the was strikingly in- presence of which unaided nature cannot stand. Light may culcated."--Bush. search, but glory withers or consumes." b B. W. Newton. details in the CHAPTER THE SECOND. the meatoffering 1-6. (1) offer. . offering, lit. oblation of a meat-offering, fine flour, specification of quality, not quantity. (2) his.. a The Bedouins thereof, as a portion of the gift to be offered. memorial, i.e. use such a plate the handful. (3) remnant.. sons, the meat-offering designed of earthenware, in part for the sustentation of the priesthood. (4) oven, prob. which they call earthenware and portable. unleavened.. oil, usually baked tajen, a name that seems to be on the outside of the oven. (5) pan, or flat plate. (6) part, identical with break." τήγανον, the word here used by the LXX. Robinson, Bib. Res. i. 485; Harmer, Observations, i. 477. The meat-offering.—Consider this meat-offering as a type of our sanctification by the Spirit. Note I. The sufferings of Christ; as typified by "the fine flour," which was baked into a cake, and then broken and burnt upon the altar. II. The endowments of Christ, foreshadowed by "the oil." He was "sanctified by the The Bedouins Holy Ghost." III. The perpetuity of the new covenant, "salt." are in the habit IV. No corruption or sensuality to be mixed with the covenant, of breaking up "no leaven nor honey." V. The delight which God takes in the warm and mix-services of His upright worshippers, "frankincense."c their cakes when be obtained. ing the fragments Eastern ovens.-Mr. Jackson, in his journey overland from with butter, when India, gives an account of an Eastern oven, equally instructive that luxury can and amusing, as it confirms the statements of ancient travellers, Robinson, ii. 118. and shows the surprising expertness of the Arabian women in c C. Simeon, M.A. baking their bread. "They have a small place built with clay, between two and three feet high, having a hole at the bottom "No quantity is for the convenience of drawing out the ashes, something similar here prescribed, to a lime-kiln." The oven (which he thinks the most proper free-will offer-name for this place) is usually about fifteen inches wide at top, ing; only it must and gradually widening to the bottom. It is heated with wood, be fine, no bran and when sufficiently hot, and perfectly clear from the smoke, in it; to show the purity of having nothing but clear embers at the bottom, which continue Christ's sacrifice to reflect great heat, they prepare the dough in a large bowl, and because it was a means of the oil of His Spirit and incense of His mould the cakes to the desired size on a board, or stone, placed B.C. 1490. near the oven. After they have kneaded the cake to a proper (He. vii. 26) and consistence, they pat it a little, then toss it about with great of our services dexterity in one hand, till it is as thin as they choose to make it. through Him They then wet one side of it with water, at the same time wetting (Mal. iii. 1) by the hand and arm with which they put it into the oven. The side of the cake adheres fast to the side of the oven, till it is sufficiently baked, when, if not paid proper attention to, it would intercession." Trapp. fall down among the embers. If they were not exceedingly quick at this work, the heat of the oven would burn their arms; but they perform it with such amazing dexterity, that one woman d Paxton. will continue keeping three or four cakes in the oven at once, till she has done baking. This mode, he adds, requires not half the fuel that is consumed in Europe.d meat- 7-11. (7) frying pan," or pan. (8) he.. altar, to sig. the baked that it is all devoted. (9) memorial, see v. 2. (10) that.. left, etc., see v. 3. (11) honey,' wh., like leaven, might produce fermentation. a "There is in use among the Bedouins and others a shallow earthen vessel, somewhat resembling a frying pan, and which is used both for frying and for baking one sort of bread."—Bush. 6 Gal. v. 9; Mk. viii. 15; Lu. xii. The priest's portion. It was to be-I. The people's gift. In1. Obedience to the Divine will; 2. Respect for the priest's office. II. The residue of the offering: "that which is left." The priest, as a true servant, to think first of the great Master. Poisonous honey.-It should be mentioned that honey occasionally possesses very deleterious properties. Xenophon, in his history of the retreat of the Ten Thousand (Anabasis, bk. iv.), describes the honey of Trebizond as having produced the effect of temporary madness, or rather drunkenness, on the whole army who ate of it. Mr. Abbot, writing from Trebizond, in 1833, to the Secretary of the Zoological Society, observes that he has him-1; 1 Co. v. 8. self witnessed that the effects of this honey are still precisely the same as those which Xenophon describes, and he adopts the views propounded by Tournefort, in 1704, that the poisonous properties are consequent on the bees extracting the honey from the Azalea Pontica. Many other instances of poisonous honey are on record. a 12-16. (12) as.. first-fruits, ref. to the leaven and honey. but.. savour, see v. 11. (13) salt," the opposite to leaven, as it preserves fr. putrefaction and corruption. salt.. covenant, so called bec. incorruptible. (14) green.. fire, to admit of their being ground. (15) oil. . frankincense, "sig. the graces of God in Christ and His members, and the sweet odour of His oblation for us." (16) memorial, see v. 2. 66 benefits of . 9, "Signifying the perpetual Christ's death to all believers." Trapp. God."-Bush. of b Ac. ii. 27, iii. 15; Mk. ix. 49; Col. iv. 6. Green ears of corn to be offered.-For the purpose of bringing the ordinance here mentioned before you in the simplest manner, purity and perse"Salt sig. the we will notice-I. Its distinguishing peculiarities: the ears of vering fidelity necorn were to be green. II. Its special import. The green cessary in the ears, we think, are intended to denote the younger converts. Worshippers III. The instruction to be derived from it. It is highly instructive to-1. Parents; 2. Ministers; 3. Young people.d The sacrifice to be salted. The contrast in which "salt" is here set with "honey" (v. 11) sufficiently indicates its meaning. If honey gives to character an earthly sweetness, salt, on the be served with other hand, imparts a heavenly savour. If our characters have the first-fruits of it, they savour of God, not of men. "Let your speech be always rose of our chilour age, the primwith grace, seasoned with salt." The Holy Ghost, whom Christ dren."-Trapp. c Trapp. d C. Simeon, M.A. v. 14, "To sig. that God should |