Chap. 29. an Expofiriort be Book ofJ O s. Verf. 17. and feet to the lame , rhac is,I was alike helpful to all who needed my help ; tohere he ìaith, I brake the Jaws of the wicked, that is, of all the wicked. VVhence Noce ; Jtellice is impartial inpranifhirg,as well ae in relciving. If men be wicked, be they wh/ they will, rich or poor, high or lo.v,. be they met in relation, or be they far off, a Magtftratc fhould fay in chat cale (as the Lord did concerning Coniati, fer. 22. 24.) Though ye wereax theBeet en 'upright hand, yet woKld Iplucky u thence: or as Saul (t Sam. 54.39.) Though it be in Jo- whet,. /my fon,he /hall ferrety dye. As the day of the Lord is againft the high hills, and agarn!t the Mouncaines, that is , againLt the greateft of the wicked , fo fhould the day of man be too, pike muff Nuns fin in Scarlet,as well as a fin in Ruffet;a fin in robes, as well If a fin in ragas. As death goes with an equal loor, and knocks at the door of Princes, as well as at the Cottages of the poor, fo muti juttice, it moll break the teeth of the wicked,whe- ther they dwell in a Cottage or in a pallace, chats all one to J12-. (lice. VVhen Yob found any who were wicked, and had done wickedly, he never demur t d upon the matrer,nor conferr'd with flefh and blood, but did his duty, he braat their jaws, and pluck- ill thefpoyle out ofhie teeth. But what did Job with the fpoyle, when he had plucked it out of the teeth of the wicked?did he put it in his own pocket ?iurely no, but he re(toted it to the grieved and oppreffed party. What is wrongfully taken away, Jultice returns to the perfons wronged. A> Jot}ice will not fuller the wicked to go away with the fpoyle of the innocent, fo Jullice will nor go away with the fpoyle, but caufeth the fpayler to refund it to the ufe of the fpoyled. M gi- liirates mull be careful! of the fpoyle when they pluck it out of the teeth of the wicked, they mutt not pur it into their own col- fers;They char do fc,deferve rather to be called wicked Brooker!,, thenBreakers ofthewicked. Such as chafe cake vengeance for their own advantage, not for theirs who arc wronged, and (erve their own bellies, rather then the Common- wealth, whole fervents they are. From the whole verrc take there threeLitres. 55t
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