4 0 010P, 24. An Expofitionupon the Bopk. of JOB. Verf 3. Fatherlefe. In the former verfe, where it is faid, They violently take away flock', andfeed thereof,there is no mention at all made, whole the flocks were, or from whom they took them. Wit here 74 kerns w lay the emphafis oftheir finne, not fo much upon what they drove away, as upon the perfon whole it was, which they drove away; They dive away not the great or the rich roans ffe, but the affe, of the fatherleffe, Theword fathertffs rnae. he taken two waye,,, either fiddly, for a child that is !etc without a father to take care ofhirn & provide for hirn:or feconelly,we may expound the word fatherlefje more largely for any cliat aee poor, and in diRreffe ; as was ffiewed (Chap. 22. 9 ) 1-teesi cruel are they,and hoy covetous are they, who will nor :pare he poor,no not poor Orphans 1 To take from the fatherleffe in either lence,aggravates the fin. Which aggravation of their fin is further prolecuted in the nextinftance of their oppreffion. They take away the widdowsOxefor apledge. What a pledge is bath been opened at the 22. Chap, ver. 6.. t is rot finfu:I to take a pledge ; but there is a twofold fin im- plyed in this place, while they are charged with taking the wid- dows xefor a pledge. in reference to the perfon of whom the pledge was taken, the widdow 5 Secondly, in reference to the thing which was taken for a pledge ; it was the widdows exe.For &pt. the oxe beingufed for labour in tilling the ground (a nioft need. piIì afiaen ti fary de) (hould not be taken or at left not detained as a pledge;. bovem "'fut. vi ° therefore we find that thofe things which were for neceffsry ufe te intburaeir a ' and lively hood,were for bidden to be taken for pledge Exed.22. overture. 2,6, 27.)or if they were taken they were prefently to he reftored x Nitfiacret:n d before the Sun went down. But thefe cruel men tookehe wid- arum acultatel dows oxe for a pledge,and reftored him not. We may alío under- /Tr rid it (as fome) that they woke the oxe as if it were a pledge, pafi jure eywo. right,orunder pretence andcolour of juffice(as b. clam inflar e- rliioren pigno ing her creditors) for a debt.And fo the whole proceeding is ex.- Tarentur. Bcz. pounded either oftyrants, that lay heavie taxes upon the poore gYafi fob q°9° people, and ifthey are notable to pay prefently take all away by den adore j.r . viduam autreine : or ofcommon extortioners, who lend money. or let grav pize,. leafes,aod upon every default ofpayment take the forfeiture,and .arry all away as due to chernfelves. Further,,
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