tompare.;cut. l$.19,:a.o. and " Leuit.t5 35-36. Stro.:., .rhe Saint.r --------~------------------------ ' ·ora CurreOogge~ itfnatchc:sourapeeceoutof his · we~ 'th ~ora \Vafpe,irfiings hirnoneway orother in his efiare.Or it may be he will bringan excepti– on our ofExor/.1 2.:> 5· Bf:.levit.z 5·3 5'•that Ufury is forbidden towards the poore,and rherfore it is law- . full towards the rich; but rliis evafionis frivolous; for Deut. 2 3·19. there is nomention of th€ poore~ but ail Ufary is forbidden-rewardsabrother, whe- · ther he be rich or poore, me~ningbybrother, any, either Ifraelice or Profelite; or as Ckmens Alexaft– drittw fpeaks" ~~~u>-ov ii ·aut~;.1'4lr.cov~ And in the other pl11ces ofScripture,as Pfal. r5· Pro.z 8_~Ezech.I8.2 :z. all Ufury and incre.afe is abfo1utely, and generally ' without condition or limitation forbidden& con– demned in thefe twoplaces,viz.Exod. 2 z.an9LeiJit. 2 5.menrion is made ofthe poore& ne'edy,becaufe ·the Commandement ofloane ·is efpecia1Jy made ·' 1 for tbeir good 5 andbecaufeUfmy isexacted from ·them, is afinne more grievous and hatefull. Bur if we may ~!-.tns conclude from hence, we may nor take Ufurypf ~ poore man, therefore we may t<\lke I •it of the rich, then by 'the (ame reafon .weemay 1cpndude,, wromg is not to bee done to the pooreJ ·to the·widdow, the fatherleffe or ffran~er ;.there– :: fore wrongmay be done to the rkhJto. the married · wife, to·thechildren that have their parents living, (o rhofe-who benot firangers : Or when Sa!otJIO?J fa ith,: rob not the ponre_, becaufe he is poore, wee might inferre therefore, thou maifr rob the richJ becau.fe he isrich: Btatthe L6rdoftentimt::~when be fpeakethaga}flft the tans of vhe G:xth anddghth Commandements;)makethexpre!fementionofthe · poor~
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