Chap. 3 r. Ass expoltion upon the Rook of . J o B. Vert 2'r. fo fcandal;a'd at this parabolical hiftory,that his anger was great- ly kindled, and prefently favore a fentence of death againft the mm that had fodone. And finely if Davidwas fo offended with that mam hofpitality , God will not b: pleated with thole mens charity, who givereliefeout of that which they have wrongfully gotten. To feed the hungry and cioath the naked at other mens colt, is not to honour God but tomocke him. 'Tis a great wick- edneffe to doe Injuttice that we may doe acts of charity : And whenmen have deferved the curie ofmany by griping, then to hope for the bleffing of tome by giving. Wee mutt not bechari- table with other mens fleeces,,nor fleece others (aswe fay) that wee may be charitable. Shall we furnith our felves by cruelty toperforme workes ofpity ? and when wee have fleecedothers byharfh, rigid, extortingcourfes, (hall we then hope tomakea. mends for all, by fending a partof our fleece to the poore? How unacceptable (hall I fay, or rather how abominable is this chari- ty to God ! Take heed ofcloathing any by making others naked;. Givenot that bread to the poore, whichyou have unduly gained though from the rich. What is wrongfully gotten muft be refto- red ; and if we can neyther find thofe whomwe have wronged, nor their heyres to reftore it to,then the poor are tl eirheyres,as was (hewed at the 18th verte ofthe GothChap.And what(in that cafe) you give the poore,muft not be given to them asan Aimes, . but as their dues; not at all, in a way of charity, but of Juftiae. Or not as that which you have a liberty togive, but as that which you have no liberty to keepe. Looke then that the fleece which warmes the loynes of the poore man comes from the backe ofyour owne fheepe. See how Exac9 this holy man was in all his wayes ; he gave all manner of charity, and he gave to all; and it was pure charity, he gave his owne. To cleare which yetfurther,7ob having thus protefted for his charity to the poore, . protefts againft all manner ofinjuftice towards the poore. Verf. Z I. IfIhave lifted top my hand againft the fatherleffe, when Ifan, myhelpein the gate. To lift up the hand in Scripture is taken fometimesin a good, and fometimes inan evill fence ; there is a lifting upof the hand for ; and there is a lifting up of the hand againft. Morediftindly ; Firft, in agood fence To lift up the hand is a
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