__ q.ßo Chap. 3 t. An Exos!irion noon the Books of J o E Vert.. e7. u pon forrow. Shee bath forrow enough for the Joffe of her hut- band, with whom the had lived com`ortably. Now every delay put upon her puts her in minde of that.lofle and makes that wound bleed afrefh. It was not thu; ( faith fhee ) when I had a hu: band, then I had no need to Waite, now I Waite and cannot get reliefe in my g,reetell needk kí:zg'llrates thou`.d be hushands to the widdow, and efpoufe their caufe ( according toface) with tenderises. God charged the Princes of Ifreel, with this fpeci .11 d:fe±1 of duty ( Ifa. t; 23.) Theyju 2ge net the f tther- Itg ;,, neither cloth the widdosver carafe cone unto them ; that is, they relufe ro receave andheart the widdows eaufe, they will not ad- mit it to come before them ; (;ice cannot bribe it to a hearing, and therefore it ftickes by the way, and comes not to a hearing. B t though men will not ;udge her caufe, yet God will (`l'fal OS. 5. ) Afather ofthefatberktre, a ?ridge ofthe xviddon',r to God in his holy habiti n. God is fo much the widdows Judge that he is fpo ken Of as if he werea Judge for none but widdows.And men are fo little inudging their caufe,as if they did not udge the wid_ dows caufeat all. The reiddaws carafe ( faith the Prophet) dots. not come before them. How greatly doe they fay le in duty who tank the eyes of the widdow to fay le, and who adde forrow to. their ílate,whofe flareat brft is a forrowfull one. This cruelty lob at once cloyed andabhorred, while he fayd., IfI have canted the eyes ofthe widdow tofay le. He proceeds to afurther teftimonyof bis tendernes to the poorein the words which follow. Verf.17. Or have eaten my morfell myfelfe alone , and thefa- - tberltfTe bath not eaten thereof In this verle 7o6 (hews both bis charity , and his hofpitality,, charity may be exercifed without doores, but hofpitality is exer- cited withindoores. And that hofpitality is bell which is allo an Mt ofcharity ; Nobs was fuck, He did not rate hie morfel himfelfe alone, there was hofpitality, And his guefts werenot, or not they only his rich and wealthy neighbours, but the fatherleffe, And nD ,ii44 thefatherlefe bath net eaten thereof, there was his charity, f uffum re: ef If I bave eaten my morfelmy felfe alone. enfant& quan- tum bacia fe A morfel is properly but fo much meare as we may put into teff. 1131. `poseo. the mouth at once; By which diminitive word, a Mortal or 4 Mahler,,
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