Chap.i2. An Expoftion upon the Bookof JOB. Verf.6., t99 I have not Rained my tradingand commerce with any fuch foul fad i confefs I.have ufed force fubtieties andrtlieghts, I have a little helped my feif by art, try calling is a myftery, and if.I deal mifteriouíly in it for my own advantage, whocan blame me for Ex eo facile non that?I am fure nonecan charge me with any openwrongor rob- *12' pe'ne nma bet mall m labour the hall findnone iniquity. And it appears peçcdi re_ yr .y i' . % .Y P um, tuomibz plainly that I have done no fuch thin,;,for thu't were fin, that. is , b:ns eft : Na,,. puni liment would follow fuch iniquity , whereas I thrive and Rúi reiAnt eos profper : fuch fates they make whohave foto.' their confciences. To i'lef imptt- clear this fence obferve what the prophet faith in the former. ne nGae on 1, verfe; Re is a Merchant, the balances ofdeceit are in his hnnd,he nit. J 'n., in 1ác, loveth to opprefs : When a buyer comes to him for a commodity he weighed] it out fairly in the balance; there's no iniquity; but there is deceit in the balance, or hebath abagge of-deceitful weights, thats iniquity. To deceive with weights is Robbery, as well as to take by force; a man may Rob with a pair ofballances or a meet-wand in his hand, as well as with a (word or piitel in his hand. Both or either of thofe Robbers may be underitòod here. Laftly, Some in Read ofRobbers, read, Rich men. Rich men are called Robbers , not as if a man could not be rich_without. Robbery ( The bleíiing of God , not their wronging ofmen makes many Rich ; A diligent hand, not a violent nor a fraudu- lent hand, inriches many) but rich men are called Robbers , be- caufe many ifnot molt rich men , are (in one of there fences) Robbers, ór becaufe Riches are alwaysa provocation to Robben ry, yea and a help to it. For as in one refpeft poverty is a temp- tation to Robbery,(Prov.3o.9:) Feedme with food convenientfor arae,lefl I be poorandieal:as poverty is a temptation unto fealing,,, fo are Riches. He that bath power, hopes he may opprefs, and go unpunihied. Some durft not opprefs but for the lhelter ofan high place.. APirate taken at Sea,and condemned by Alexander, laid unto him, I amconder nedfor Robbingat Sea in a little Ship,_ but. those Rebbefi at Landall the world over, andareapplauded : There aremore whoSteal by reafon oftheir abundance, then by reafon oftheir want; what they have, gives them ability to Rob 4 for more. ii iv o The Tabernacles ofRobbers,w1 ether of the one kind,or of the ievit,p,r other, profper. The Original fignifies not only a thriving ut m tapb9rems a peaceable condition They and their Stoln goods lye(for a fait. jzj`asa time)
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