from him. Now, · cC;;mmands to do~,as weewould bee done vnto: .and therefore this, that heewould~bee fo dealt witball, bindshim eo deale fo.; and ifhedoe not, hee finnes againll his owne confcience, and that !hall bee fuffici~l!t to condemne him. So for wages, he that doth not pay hts fer- . uants or the hireli~g his due wages,_ in .due time, witl;tout fhifting ~r putting'"'off from time to tim~, bee i~ guilcie of t~he breach ofthi;scomnl3undement. Thts delay Is thecuery (though onedoepurpg{c to pay them ~Jl! and that rather yvich the moH 1 than tokeepe anybacke) tfhe be poore and not able to forbeare this -protraCtion from time to time. This is forbidden, :Leuit.I9· I 3•. Thou 'foalt tlot rob thy ne;gh– !lour, faich ,God.Butonemight fay;ldo not rob him,neither . will; for he lhall hauc his goods fafe enoughby mee, I tNill take nothing from him that is his: then faith he againe, Let not thehireling/·wllges reff r ith thee till morning; as ifheehad f-aid, You doe no[ take his money: yetifyou keepe it from him;I account it robberie~Forat the end ofhis worke,lhould · be the beginning and performing of his wages; therefore after the wotke is d~ne, let not the wages tarryone day in yourpurfe, for it is none ofyours, it is yeur hirelings. Deut. · 2.4. I 4.1 )~ ThDu /hAl! n1t ~pprejfe anhired foruant thAt u nee– Jie. 1 ..ho11 fo~rltgi~te him hu hirefor the l4J, neither {hallthe fonne go d9wne vpDn it:for he i4poore and the1·ewitb foflaineth hehu life. Ifone be poore and in diflreffe, and cannot en– dure delay, but is put ~ohis lbiftes,and made toendurebun- . ger andcold, and to go from himwith anheauyheart,when bee is not paid,and with a l1ghnot knowingwhat to doe for 'reliefe; this is both cruelty in that he keepes that from him that lho~:~ld maintaine his life:and it is theft alfo,in that it re.- doundcth.tQ thehi~o:at1ce ofhif!1 .tOwh~m it apperteid,eth• . So that kmd ~f ihtfcmg and putnng off the hireling with fuch delayes, JS a fault that makes a manguiltyoftheft be:.. fo reGtld.Thus much for the things forbidden in this Com– mandement~ . , .. 1Inward, The t~ingscommanded, are~i~her :Or __ - . .. ·· · ,.. Outward• . : . X 3 'I ' The •
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