for ever] See Annot. on Exodus 12:14. seventh moneth] That is, as the Hebrewes call it, Tizri, answering to our September. upon the tenth day] The solemnitie began the ninth day at even; Chap. 23. 32. but the tenth day was most observable for the sacrifices of expiation, or atonement. afflict your soules] Though the affection to, and fruition of sin be pleasant, the humiliation for it is very bitter; and an affliction not of the body onely by fasting, Acts 27. vers. 9. but of the soule, by anguish and sorrow for sinne.