burnt] Burning was the severest kinde of death: to this the Priests daughter was doomed when others were not, for fornication only, to die at all; Exod. 22. 16, 17. now since this penalty was not imposed with any especiall respect to age or sexe, it is like, the Priests wife or son, if guilty of the same sinne, was to be punished in like sort, because of the dishonour done to the Priesthood by their meanes; for which cause the connivence, or indulgence of old Eli to his wicked sons was the more displeasing to God.