Chap. 24. An Expfetion" upon the Bookof J O S. Y Ef. 4. 503 They turne the needy out ofthe tray. The Prophet (.4mes, Chap. 2. 7. ) rcprovirg the Princesof Ifrael, faith, they turne afide the way ofthe meeh,,or(as others ren- der) of thepear 40a/tilted. That feeech oldie Prophet teems to be ofneer allyarce ifnot altogether the fame in fence with this of 70b,They turne the reedy out tf"the way. What way this fhould be is expounded foureor five waves. Fitti, Some take it metaph_rically, for a moral] way. And Diveriere fe- that, fire, the wayof righteouineffe and equity. And the wicked return ero- turne the needy out of that way, either, f utt, by their evil) ex- a, / "f`°` amples, or fecondly, by their threatnings and perfecutions. The tinfoil prafticesof men in power, lead the needy, or the inferior fort into the pre&iceofthe fame fins.And the oppreltions ofthe mighty doe evencompel theneedy to turneafide from the eightkraf Nora- wayofgetting their livings, to Pealing and living by fpoile and tut de via tent, rapine, as they themfelves doe. When rich men oppreffe thepirrat =* div:rre, poore, they turne the poore eitherto begging, or theeving. re ad fiara d When menare vexed and molelted in honeft wayes,thty lie under perjurra, > agreat temptation to turne and betake themfelves to thofe ways p e which are d,fhoneft. Paul faith of himfelfe being a perfecutcr, denriaa . that he compelled the prófeffors of the Gofpel to blafpheme, (Aar 26. i t .) and this be effected in one or both the way es above fpecified, either firft, by his example, he beinga blafphe- mer (as he confeffed, r Tine. r. a 3) they imitated him in btaf- pheming or fpeaking evil of the wayes of God,and of his people: or, fecondly, he did it by his cruelty, vexing them fo in the pro- feffionofChrift, that force who were unfetied fell away, and blafphemed the name ofChrift, whom they had profeffed. But though this be a truth,yet I (hall not give it as the intent of this place. Therefore Secondly, They turne the needy out ofthe way ; that is, eut of the way ofthat jùflice or right which is due to them. And fo it Detererxnr i poenreJ d via fuites well with what he Paid before;chey drive away the aft of,upa, Arnim :. the fatktrleft, &c. and they turne the needy out ofthe way ; that 'ra pro jire. is, from: what is his right, or from all means ofrectavering his 5%"ili"4 right. Thirdly, They turne the needy out ofthe way; that is, out of the way oftheir lively-hood ä;wc commonlyempire, howBoth futh
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