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And therefore as he giveth Judges his Deputies a special charge of such. ^uDefend the poor, and the fatherless; see that the afflicted and needy have justice: deliver the poor and the needy; rescue them ⟨p. 83⟩out of wicked mens hands. So to all others he giveth a caveat concerning them, to take heed how they wrong them: ^xVex ye not any widow, or poor fatherless child. And where ought is done contrary to³ this his inhibition, he taketh special notice of it, and threateneth in severe manner to avenge it. ^yThou seest it, saith the Psalmist, and viewest oppression and wrong, to take the matter into thine hands. And, ^zIf you vex or oppress any such, saith God, and they call or cry to me, I will not fail to hear them: But I will draw near unto you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness (there shall need no further proof nor pleading, I hear and see all my self, I see your wrong, and hear their cries) against those that vex and oppress such; and fear not me: saith the Lord of hosts.

And therefore as he giueth Iudges his Deputies a speciall charge of such. ^uDefend the poore, and the fatherlesse; see that the afflicted and needy haue iustice: deliuer the poore and the needy; rescue them ⟨p. 83⟩out of wicked mens hands. So to all others he giueth a caueate concerning them, to take heed how they wrong them: ^xVex ye not any widow, or poore fatherlesse childe. And where ought is done contrary to³