Chap. 3 t. Au Expofition upon the Stoke of J o a. Verf. 38. neffe eryeth, or caryeth the cryofthofe that have been wronged up into the eaves ofGod, and begga, yea folicits that he would doe them right. As oppreffionmakes men cry and complaint, fo oppreffion it felfe doth cry and complain; when the opp eff d fit do' ne mourning and crying, then oppreffion cryes; And though the mooches of the oppreffed fhould be ftopt, fo that theycannot cry yet the mouth of oppreffitora cannot he ff:opt from crying. And if the finofoppreffion cry how much more doe the oppreffed cry ? lithe land or houfe which is unjufïly ta- ken away, cryeth, how much more doe they cry from whom thefe have been ur;jufily takenaway ?Thus oppreffion cryes and the opprr fled cry, and what with the one or t'other cry, w.r be- tween both cryes, there's noend of crying till the cry or conti- nual) clamour ofthat fin come up with importunity beforeGod the righteous Jndge,tn whom irengeaece beloe geth,and whowill fpeedily avenge his Elea who cry unto him day and right, thetegb he beare I-'g pith them (Luke ;8.7.) that is, though he delay that excel!. ion of the Judgement cryed for fo long, that in mans account it be reckoned very long, and is long indeed confidering how fuddsine and prefent a ft oake, that oppreffion deferved. The opp.eflim ofthe people of God in Egypt cryed, and they cryed coo ; The Lord heard both the voece oftheir oppreffion, and their voyce who were opprefled (Ex d:3. 7.) And the Lord fayd, I have{ /sorely f eene the a f iúion ofmy pe ple, which are in E- gypt, andhave heard their cry by reafon of their raske maßers ; for Iknow their forroms. And as the Lord heard the cry of his people when they were oppreffed by the Egyptians; fo he bids them take heed ofoppreffingone another, for he would quickly heare the cry ofany, efpecially of the poore that fhould be op- preffed by them ( Exod: 22. 22, 23:) 7'e/hall not affidl. any mid- dew orfatberlefe child; ifthou ofi£f them in any wife,and they cry at all unto me, Iwill Purely heare their cry, There are three things in this monition which exceedingly heighten the fence which God bathofanywrong done to the poore;Firft (faith the Lord) If thou afJleï0 them in anywife ; that is, in any kind or in any de- gree;.Secondly, Ifthey cryat all unto me ; that is, ifthey make any the dealt moanor complaint to me ; then, Thirdly, Iwile furely beare; the Lord doth not fay peradvënture or probably I may beare, but furely, or doubtleffe, I will beare, that is, make their oppreffors fmart for it. D d d d d Fourth. 753
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