Chap. Expojircon npon the Book of 10 B Verf, t t. wine, but they have no wine to quer ch t heir tt irft ; t,ote cruell men neither gave them wine nor oylc (in fpecie, or) in kir d but used them as Poets feine of Tantahu, who wa> let in a river of water up to his chin, but could not reach it,fo the rich Tantaliz'd the poor, calling them to worke all day in their o} le fats, and wine preffes, and yet lent them home hungry and thirfty ; or they-Cent them home without that which is virtually or amounts to wine and oyle, that is, their wages, or reward; they gave them not that.which their fcrvice deferved. This is that fpeciall oppref. fion, which, Iconceive, 3b intended in this place, Moth to dilco- ver and reproove,the unconfiderablenefe and cruelty of the rich towards the po.rr labouringman. Hence ob,erve. That to deteine the wages of the labouring man is aprovoking opprefon . When men carry fheaves,and yet are hungry,when they make oyle, and tread the wine prelle, and yet (uffer-thirfl,this is acry- ingfinne. TheLord forbad this expref elÇ' (Dent. 24. 14, i5,) Thou (halt not oppreffe an hiredfervar.t, that ïs poore, and needy, whether he be of thybrethren, cr ofthefirangers which are in thy land, within thygates, at his day, thou fhalegive him his hire, nei- ther float! the Sungoe down upon it, for he is poore, and jettetia bis heart upon it, lefi be cry againfi thee to the Lord, and it befin unto thee. TheLaw al fo faith ( Dent. 25. 4.) Thou(halt not muzle the mouth of the ox that treadeeh out the corne. Which though the Apoftie applyeth in twoplaces (t Cor. 9.9. t Tim. 5. 18. ) to (hew the equity ofit , that they who labour in the word and doetrirae, or preach the Go(pei (which is fpirituall food,the food of foules) (hould be comfortably fupplyed with temporali food, the food oftheir bodies (though, I fay ) the Apofile doth pecu- liarly apply it to this fort of labourers,yet it is extendible to all boneft labourers inwhat kind or way foever,For if the mouthof the labouringoxe fhould not be muzled, then much more the mouth ofa labouring man fhould not be muzled, that reaps the iconic, and treadeth the wine. preffe, that is, Inch fhould not be lent away hungryand thirfty. The Prophet ( ?er. 22. 13 .)thun- dosout a threatning againfi chofe who deale thus with the la- bturet ; ice to him that barildr his hotofe dy unrighttoufntÇe, and his
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