Ver.  17.  Thou  jl)alt  not  hate  thy  brother  in  thine  heart.  ~]  yerfe
When  thy  Brother  hath  done  thee  any  wrong,  do  not
conceal  a  fecret  hatred  againft  him  in  thy  Bread,  but
tell  him  plainly  of  bis  Fault,  as  the  next  words  feem
todire£h  It  appears  by  this,  they  were  ill  Interpre
ters  of  the  Law,  who  thought  it  forbade  only  exter
nal  Afts  of  fin,  but  not  evil  Affections,  which  were  not
executed,

Thou  Jhalt  In  any  wife  rebuke  thy  neighbour.]    Time
after  time  ( if  he  will  not  be  fenfible  of  it  at  firft  )  ar
gue  the  cafe  with  him,  and  reprove  him  for  his  fault*
And  if  he  will  not  amend,  do  it  publickly,  (  as  the
Vulgar  Latin  interprets  it  )  and  bring  him  before  the
Judges.    So  R.  Lev?,  Precept.  CCXVIIL    But  he  ex
tends  this  to  all  fins,  whether  againft  God,  or  againft
themfelves:  which,  he    thinks,  they  were  bound  to
reprehend  privately,  and  then  publickly,  if  the  Offen
ders  did  not  grow  better.
