Chap. 24. An Expofttion upon the Bookf JO B. Verf r r. upon it ; he reckons to have is when he goeth home, therefore difappoint, himnot. It may be.a dangeretu thing to be a labourers purfs, bearerfir a night, if he drfire to have his hire and yrus able to pay it ; to deckle his wages upon thofe rermes is finfull, for he hath fer his heart upon it, and fully expeas it therefore difap- point him not, doe not make him afhamed dials hopes. This is the fin which lob defcribes here, the wicked take,ye exaC3 worke of the poore,and then take or deteitae their wages alfo.They muff make oglefor them, and tread their wino proles, andfiler thirfl. This fin cryeth, and this oppreffionmakes the poore groan, as it follows in the next vrrfe. 539 Vert, I 2. Mengroanout oftb( Citj,and thefoul ofthe wounded cryeth out, yet God layeth notfolly to thcm. This verle (hews two things ; firfl, the fad effeetts ofoppreftì on, it makes men groan and cry; fecondly, the frequent and long impunity of opprefTors ; yet god layeth not folly to them. (Mengroanout of the City. They vexnot onely the Country, but the City too ; for as be- fore he defcribed Country.oppreffors, fo now City oppreffors; oppreffìon is afinne that filleth both City and Country ; and FEhla adJio here we have, as it were,the conclufion, or a kind ofacclamation periora, upon thewhole matter. Would you know what work thefe men Merc: make ; they are fo high in their cruelty, that mengroan under ir. P8D eta'na. e The word which we tranflate togroan, doth not lignifie any kind do Igogtn/e0 ofg oane (for Tome cry before they are hurt) but that which is e;,n, Frngu,ru ur caused by the gr ateft hurt, and comes from the very bottom ofMien; morihun- the hew, even loch agroan as they give forth who are about to dr. Mere. dye. Men groanfrom Oat ofthe ('ity. This thews the impudence of thofe men in fin as well as their impunity. We might reafonably fúppofe, they would not dare to doe thus in the open City, though theyhad done it in a corner of the Country, where there were but few to take notice of them. To do thus in the City,in theeyes ofall men,is an argument that they had loft their rnodefty, as well as their honefty,and were re- Z a z 2. Solved
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