Chap. z2. 4n Expofttian upon the Booke of J O B. Verf. 6. 51 at the hand ofhis brother, but he did as it were ruffs in upon him, and woke the pledge ; for fo tender was the Lord in re- ference co the poore of his people, or to thofe that fhould be in need to borrow of their brethren, and fo give a pledge for fecurity ; that he giveth this (pedal' order ( Deut. 24. i o.) When thou dolt lend thybrother any thing, thou fJsalt not goe into his hassle tofetch his pledge ( ie was not unlawfull to rtceiv.e a pledg . from his brother, but to goe into his houle was ag,aina the Law) but thou /halt ftandabroad, and the man ¡had bring it out to thee. Some cone °ive.that this was she fin charged upon fob; Thou hsft taken a pledgefrom thybrother, thouhalt n)t according to this exprefe Low : f g:,d tarriedforit; and fuppofing that Eliphae and ?,b lived before the giving of that Law yet the light of nature teacheth, that we fhould not preffe a man, or pull his pledge from him, but that the borrower (hould goe into his houle, and bringing his pledge, deliver it up freely w th his ownhand into the hand of the lender. It is an a(fliet on to have need to borrow, and therefore the borrower fhtuld be fo 1tfa pignorît e tenderly dealt with by the lender as nor to adde affi:ftion to áo. y cent hoc:inem him. Ir is a curtele to lend to him that is in need, but as 1 me viderw pignut in giving, fo moft in lending fpoyle ail the curtele of it ; non tam propria while they lend their money the; fnarch or gripe at their fe inane auferen runty; whereas theold Law laid ( the equity whereof, though mijerorde5i- not the formality, remaines to this day) Thou ¡hait not goe into tore, van, ac- thy brothers hhofe to fetch his pledge,but thou /hult fiordabroad and cipienduranon the xtan fha11 bring it out to thee. Some Critticks tells us that this debi- is fignified in theEtymologie ache Latine word, which figni. torso ruanu fies a pledge. Namely, the lender fhould not take but re- item e- p g y njm appeilatum ceive it from thehand of the borrower. It is the duty ofbor- e/i a pugno, roeerstro pty : The tricked borrovetb and payeth net quint,qu'a reo qua ( 7'fal. 37. 21.) The Apofiles rule to the Godly is; owe ne P1gnari da"tur, mama tradun- ovan any thing but to loveone another, (Rom. 13.8.)Now, as it is tkr. Cajus. the duty of the borrower to pay, fo of the lender to be mode- rate, and not to exaa or impofe heavily upon him, for the affu- ring of his payments.As he that buyeth fhould be as if he bought not, fo he that lends (hould be (in this relpe t ) at if he lent not; He (hould lend with fo much miidneffe and meekneffe offpirit, as ifhe gave, rather then lent ; or as if ( the contrary whereofSehmon found in his experience, Pro. 22. 7. ) himfelfe H z the
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