Deuteronomy 15

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

A poor man] Private poor rather then publick beggars were, and still will be among Gods people, Matth. XXVI. 11.

Deuteronomy 15:17

For ever] Ever, hath reference, sometimes to a long time, indefinitely, Exod. XXI. 6. 1 Sam. I. 22. and XXV II. 12. 2 King. V. 27. 2 Chron. XIII. 5. Psal.

XXXVII. 18, 27. and LXXXIX. 1 Esay XIII. 20. and XIV. 20. and XXV. 8. and XXXIII. 20. and XXXIV. 10. Jer. VII. and XVII. 4, 25. and XXV. 5. and XXXI. 40. and XXXV. 19. and L. 39. and LI. 26, 62. Lam. V. 20. Sometimes to the terme of a mans life. 1 Kings I. 31.

Dan. III. 9. Josh. 8. 28. Gen. XLIII. 9. 1 Sam. I. 22. 1 Chron.

XXVIII. 4. Psal. XXXVII. 27, 29. and CXIX. 44, 98. Esay XXXII. 17. Sometimes to the year of Jubile, As in this Text, and Exod. XXI. 6. compared with Levit.

XXV. 40. Sometimes to so long as the conditions annexed to a thing are observed, 2 Chron. XX. 7. 1 Sam. II. 30. Sometimes to the continuance of a State of politie, Num. X. 8.

See the Annotations on 1 Kings VIII. 13. Sometimes to the Time and Coming of the Messiah, 1 Chron. XV. 2. and XVII. 12, 14, 22, 23, 27. and in many places of the Prophets. Sometimes to eternity, Exod. III. 15. and XV. 18. Deut.

XXXII. 40. Luke I. 33. And so never is taken sometimes for a long time: sometimes for almost all times of a mans life, Luke XV. 29. Sometimes for a mans life, 2 Sam. XII. 10. Sometimes for eternity.