In any of these three cases, a man was to confess his •inne, when he brought his trespass-offering, and the offering was not accepted without confession: Lev. 5. 5. And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing. And he shall bring his trespass-offering, &c. nThis confession was made in the Priests hearing, and not to God alone, as Mr Prynne affirmeth Vindic. pag. 17. For, 1. It was a ceremonial Law, concerning the external worship of God, and a part of the Law of trespass-offerings. He might as well have said, that the Trespass-offering was made to God alone, without the presence of the Priest or any other▪ 2. He himself doth not deny (but intimate) that till such confession was made, a man was not admitted to make atonement by trespass-offerings. And so do the Jews understand the Law of confession, as we shall hear by and by. Now how could it be known, whether a man had confessed any thing at all, if it was secretly, and to God alone? 3. The sins to be confessed, were oft times scandalous and known to others, (as hath been cleared.) Therefore the confession was to be known to others also. 4 That this confession (not private and auricular, but public and penitential) was made in the Temple, ⟨p. 76⟩before and in the hearing of the Priest, I prove from Philo the Jew. In his book de sacr. Abelis & Caini, at the close, speaking of the Levites ministry, he saith, that he did execute and perform [Greek or Hebrew], all those services which belong to a perfect Priesthood, and to the bringing of man to God, whether by burnt-offerings, [Greek or Hebrew] aut pro peccatis quorum paenitet saith Gelenius the Interpreter, meaning the trespass-offerings. But observe further, he speaks of the penitential part, as a public thing, or rather of the public declaration of repentance. Repentance of sins, that is, repentance declared or professed (which was in the confession joined with the trespass-offerings) was one of the chief things about which the Levitical ministry was exercised: which is the clear sense of the place. More plainly, the same Philo lib.
In any of these three cases, a man was to confesse his •inne, when he brought his trespasse-offering, and the offering was not accepted without confession: Lev. 5. 5. And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confesse that he hath sinned in that thing. And he shall bring his trespasse-offering, &c. nThis confession was made in the Priests hearing, and not to God alone, as Mr Prynne affirmeth Vindic. pag. 17. For, 1. It was a cereomoniall Law, concerning the externall worship of God, and a part of the Law of trespasse-offerings. He might as well have said, that the Trespasse-offering was made to God alone, without the presence of the Priest or any other▪ 2. He himselfe doth not deny (but intimate) that till such confession was made, a man was not admitted to make atonement by trespasse-offerings. And so doe the Jewes understand the Law of confession, as we shall heare by and by. Now how could it be knowne, whether a man had confessed any thing at all, if it was secretly, and to God alone? 3. The sinnes to be confessed, were oft times scandalous and knowne to others, (as hath been cleared.) Therefore the confession was to be knowne to others also. 4 That this confession (not private and auricular, but publique and penitentiall) was made in the Temple, ⟨p. 76⟩before and in the hearing of the Priest, I prove from Philo the Jew. In his booke de sacr. Abelis & Caini, at the close, speaking of the Levites ministery, he saith, that he did execute and performe 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, all those services which belong to a perfect Priesthood, and to the bringing of man to God, whether by burnt-offerings, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 aut pro peccatis quorum paenitet saith Gelenius the Interpreter, meaning the trespasse-offerings. But observe further, he speaks of the penitentiall part, as a publique thing, or rather of the publique declaration of repentance. Repentance of sinnes, that is, repentance declared or professed (which was in the confession joyned with the trespasse-offerings) was one of the chiefe things about which the Leviticall ministery was exercised: which is the cleare sence of the place. More plainly, the same Philo lib.
- nBucer. scripta Anglicana▪ pag. 310. Nunc autem legimus▪ Lev. 4, 5. & 6. Deum populo suo ordin•sse ac mandasse: si quos de populo, de sacerdotibus, aut principibus, aut si etiam populus universus aliquid fortè deliquisset contra mand•a sua, seu •aciendo quae ipse vetuerat, seu omittendo quae praeceperat; ut tales ante see in ecclesia sua, & coram sacerdote comparerent, ibi peccatum suum confiterentur, veniam pererent, oblations suas offerrent, & hoc modo per sacerdotem recoaciliationem consequerentur. idque haud dubiè non absque seria humiliation, planctu, & jejunio.Bucer. scripta Anglicana▪ pag. 310. Nunc autem legimus▪ Lev. 4, 5. & 6. Deum populo suo ordin•sse ac mandasse: si quos de populo, de sacerdotibus, aut principibus, aut si etiam populus universus aliquid fortè deliquisset contra mand•a sua, seu •aciendo quae ipse vetuerat, seu omittendo quae praeceperat; ut tales ante se in ecclesia sua, & coram sacerdote comparerent, ibi peccatum suum confiterentur, veniam pererent, oblationes suas offerrent, & hoc modo per sacerdotem recoaciliationem consequerentur. idque haud dubiè non absque seria humiliatione, planctu, & jejunio.
