CtU.'P . ). upon the Epiflle of J A M 1 s. ·to oppreffion of.Gods:fervancs; they are dear to him, Exod.2.24. and 3·7• ·God heard their groaning; and the cry of 'the children of .Jfrae/ u comeup unto me. So to oppn-ffion ofthe widows and fa• therlefs; £~:od.1z. 2 3. If thott afflict the Widow and the{atherhji, ~nd they cryunto me, 1 wiltfurel] ·hear their cr1 ': So Verf. 27. to ·taking the·neighbors neceffary garment to pledg,l will hear I:Ju cry, for 1am graciruu. In (bore, all fins that diflurb humane Sociery, that arc: committed with impudence and publiqae Hberty., that are d oflendit D~ · ·of fo hainous nature, tf\,at God in honour is b9und ali' it were to minm qu11"? in· -mark them out with fome fevere ·{hoke of vengeance, that are nrg- v _~tU punr~fllt, b b r f h d :r. f h r h ctzam gravz l.; leded y·men, · ecau1e ·o t e p'Ower an greatne1.s o t 01e t ac pt catom ·commit them, or ~lfe done ia fecret,and fo pa_fi humane cognizance, J;~~ns ;uod cl~~ as Cains munhermg of Ahel: [o all fins wh1ch are pafl the help of I?M' Sodoznorru11 the oppreffed,aU fuch fins are fa id to cry,not d.at God wanreth evi- a_d [e a[cmde– ·dence, or that his Jufl:ice needeth excitation, but bccaure fame ofd''!; l:oc.~ft. h fi d d V d . K d' . J 11:· I&Cff m~1 e;·:.,. . t ofe ms o evm are engeance, an ptovo e tvme nmce ro cordi; quirler:J take nG>tice of them ; and in other of thefe fins God is appealEd too mea fM.tdet r~t by the opprdied, as Wirnefs and Avenger; humane J ullice want- parcam, (ed ta• · ing will, or power, or fit means of convielion to proceed againfi ~c;z r~ccat~ru~ them. Be'fides; d this crying in fome cafes frleweth the unwilling- c a;o~ cogt~ar.. nefs of God to punifu, till he be follicited and urged thereunto by ~~::.~i,, r. de the importunity and provocation ofour own fins. Provid. • 3· AI all opprejfion cryeth to God, (o rjpeciul!y the oppr((fionofObfervat. 3~ .poorfervants, flnd thofe that live by hand] labour. ~ris twice repeated in the Text, which h11ve reaped Jour fields, and then again, the cryofthem Which havereaped: And the rea(on is, becaufe ~cis _··their life, and fo an act of the greatefi unmercifulnefs: And befides you difappoint them of the folace of their labours: See Deut. 24. 14, I) .He hathfet hit heart upon it; this is that he reckoneth upon, his wages at the end of the day. But youwill fay, How many ways may we opprefs the poor labou.rer? I anfwer, 1. When throcgh greatnefs you challenge their labours without reward; as the Gen– try ufe the Peafants of many Countri~; Jer.u.q. Wo be tohim that 11[eth I:Ju neighhor Without Wagn; meaning Jchojak.jm, who in his pompous l:)uildings ufed his Subjects labour '\:'fithout .hire. ~.Whenyou give themnot a proportionate hire,working upon their neceffities, for then a great part of their labour is without reward ; and ~cis flat Covetoufnefs toeexail allyour labours, when your re.:: e Ifai 5 s. 3 ward is f~tyand ~ort. 3• When by cunning yedefraud them of • Yyy their .
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