X02 Chap. 24. An Expotitian upon theBaakofJ O B. Verf. 4. charitableneffe to them,and irreligion towards God,to vific with trouble, to affliet and vexe the fatherleffe and the widdow. Fourthly, From the 'matter about which they finned ; The affe ofthefatkerleffe, and the oxe, or coop of the widdow. Obferve. That the left any thing isfor orabout whichwe fin, the greater. it thatfin. It fhewes that we valueGod little, and that we fet light by lais commands, that we regard neitherhis favour nor hi, anger,when we can doe evil! upon fuch poor accounts. That, by which many excufe theirfinne, encreafeth it. They will fav,'cwas a fmáll mat- ter, a little thing they Role, or tooke away , but to fin in a (mall matter may be found a great fin.What ? will you break through the holycommandsof God, and venture his difpleafure for a' trifle? though no man fhou'd encourage laimfelf to fin, becaufe he finncth for a matter of importance,yet there is not only more folly, but more finfulneffein finning for a little; Woe to chofe who fin fer the greateft advantages, but more woe to thole who value their fouls, and the laws of God fo little, as ro dik bey the one, and endanger the other, when fcarce any thing which the world calls advantage is to behad. Ir bathbeen laid ofold ; If faithor an oathbe to be broken, let it be brokenfor a Kingdonue; yet he will be found nogainer, who breakes bis oath to get all the Kingdom.'s ofthe world ; what (hall we fay then of thole poore low fpirited perlons, who fin(as we fay) for fix pence,and break the laws of God, for fo poora profit, as will hardlygive them a breake-fait. The finofchefe oppreffors is not yet full, fee more and greater abominations then thefe. Verf. 4. They turne the needy out of the way, the poore of the earthbide thern(elves together. The wordwhich.we tranflateneedy;fignifies to.defre;they who have many wants have many defires, and the fenfe ofour wantss is the fprirgofour defi =es;And though many whohave no want inoutward things are full ofdefires, yet the needyare properly the defircrs ; and whofoever defires much, either bath many wants, or is not fatisfiedwith his fulneffe. They
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