(qlfe,;inriching examinati<Jn. 13.1 . poore and helpleff'e.,·becaufe alfwrong, violence, robbery and oppreillon exerdfed towards them~ , are ver:ygrievous, and indeed crying f.innes. And n6tonely in that refpefr cloth the Lord fomerimes mention the poore& needy in the prohibition of , Ufurylbut alfo becaufe thofe onely who h.ave need have JUfl: occafion to borrow : And as the needy have mofr oceafion to borrow; fo are' rhey mo:t fubjefr to the oppreffions, injuries_, crueltiesof the wealthy ; for as wee commonly fay 'I the weakefl: goes to the walsi.and where the hedge is Iowefr~ there everyone goeth over.This anfwer I have received from aworthya~d)ndicious Divine. Or perhaps heewill relie himfelfe upon the opi· nion of moderne Divines, who feeme to give al– lowance to Ufury : For any fhew ·or iliadow of defence will ferve the turne tO·fatisfie an unrege– nerate heart) when it is refolvedh devoted and· endeared ro a finne. But this is but aweake and poorepropto veattJre the .weight of his falvation . upon. Why doth he not to the priva.re judgements of thofe few, -o~pofe the judgem.ents of many more worthy and learned men in this age, the re . fiitrlonies ofall the learned in formfr .ages, lx>th Chriftians and Heathf;ns, the cenfures of Coun .. 1 eels, the amhority of the \Vordof God. But in .. deed and truthhe.very fearfnlJydece i ve s him felfe:~ even in this !tarring- hole ro; !or thofe fewDi.. vines which feeme to allow it, doe byno meanes approve thar Uftuy\vhich is ufually pracrifedio the · world. But theyde~le wi th ir, as ·PhyGtians with poyfon~ which by mingling andcornpom'1dlng i r; make
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