Chap. 34. Au Expofation upon the Book_ of J o B. Verf.28. 7 21 Beheld thehire of the labourers whichhave reaped downeyour fields, which is ofyouksyt bac!¿byfraud,cryeth,and the errs of themwhich have reapedare entred into the ears of the Lord of Sabaeth. As the poore labourers cryed, fo their hire that was detained cryed alto. The loud cry both of the oppreffedand ofoppreffion is often re- ported and recorded inScripture, read(Erod: z. z 3. Lam: 1. 17. chap: 2. i 8. PP!: 86. sq..) The oppreffed who cry are in a fad condition, but the condition of oppreflors who make the poor cry is much more fad; For,as the text hash it, Thecry of thepere cometh up to Clod. ThoughGod ihould not come down to that, yet that cometk up to God. And when it is fayd thecry comethup to him , and not he at the cry. This intimates the cry of oppreffion, a very loud cry, that's a loud cry that alcends up to heaven ; Cities wal- led up to heaven,are high-walled Cities, and cryes reaching up to heaven, are high-flrained cryes. The breach ofa commandemenc makes a great crack, efpecially when it is fuch abreach as makes the poore cry too. If aGreat houfe, or a Tower fall fuddenly, what anoyfe doth it make ? Certainly the unjufl pulling downe of any poore man, is like the fall of a great houfe, or of a tower, it makes a noyfe that reacheth up to heaven; he doth not fpeakof Gods coming downe. When Cain had Bailie his brother Abe, the Lord fayd ( Gen: 4. to. ) Thevoyce ofthy brothers Hood cry_ eth unto mefrom the ground ; and fo the cryof Sodom came up to God, ( Gen: 18. z t.) The fall of a poore man makes a report as farre as heaven. Among men the fall of Princes and mightymen, makes a huge noyfe,all the world is filled with the fall of a Prince, 'cis told every where, A great Prince is fallen. But I tell you the fall ofa poore godly man, of the meanefl of the fervants of God, makes a greater cry then the fall of the greateft Prince in the world who is not fo. The fall of apoore man bythe oppreffion of the wicked,poffibly is no: heard a mile from the place where it was done on Batch, yet it reacheth up to heaven; oppreffion huh not only a voyce, but avery loud voyce. To wrong a rida man, who can beare the wrong and be a rich man Hill, is a fin which bath a voyce in it ; but the fin which the Scripture faith bath a cry in it, is the oppreffing of a poore man. There is no liberty gi- ven to wrong a rich man, and that would be confderei ; Some z z z take
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