IV. In deeds: 1. To fight with, or to beat our neighbour, and to maim his body. Levit. 24. 19, 20. If any man cause any blemish in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him, breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. 2. To procure any way the death of our neighbour, whether it be by the sword, famine, or poison. Gen. 4.8. Cain rose up against his brother, and slue him. 3. To exercise tyrannous cruelty in inflicting punishments. Deut. 25.3. Forty stripes shall he cause him to have, and not past, least if he should exceed, and beat him above that with many stripes, thy brother should appear despised in thy sight. 2. Cor. 11. 24. Of the Jews I received five times forty stripes save one. 4. To use any of Gods creatures hardly. Proverb. 12.10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel. Deut. 22.6. If thou find a birds nest in the way, in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young, but shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee, that thou mayest prosper and prolong thy days. 5. To take occasion by our neighbours infirmities, to use him discourteously, and to make him our laughing stock, or taunting recreation. Levit. 19 .14. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind. 2. King. 2. 23. Little children came out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Come up thou baldhead, come up thou baldhead. 6. To injury the impotent, feeble, poor, strangers, fatherless or widows. Exod. 22.21,22. Thou shalt not do injury to a stranger, neither oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not trouble any widow or fatherless child. 25. Thou shalt not be an usurer unto the poor. We then injury these: 1. If we pay not the labourer his hire. Deut. 24.14. Thou ⟨p. 75⟩shalt not oppress an hired servant that is needy and poor, neither of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is within thy gates. 15. Thou shalt give him his hire for his day: neither shall the sun go down upon it: for he is poor, and therewith sustaineth his life: least he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 2. If thou restore not the pledge of the poor. Exod. 22.26,27.
IV. In deedes: 1. To fight with, or to beat our neighbour, and to maime his bodie. Leuit. 24. 19, 20. If any man cause any blemish in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him, breach for breach, eie for eie, tooth for tooth. 2. To procure any way the death of our neighbour, whether it be by the sword, famine, or poison. Gen. 4.8. Cain rose vp against his brother, and slue him. 3. To exercise tyrannous crueltie in inflicting punishments. Deut. 25.3. Fourtie stripes shall he cause him to haue, and not past, least if he should exceede, and beate him aboue that with many stripes, thy brother should appeare despised in thy sight. 2. Cor. 11. 24. Of the Iewes I receiued fiue times fourtie stripes saue one. 4. To vse any of Gods creatures hardly. Prouerb. 12.10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast, but the mercies of the wicked are cruell. Deut. 22.6. If thou finde a birds nest in the way, in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young, or egges, and the damme sitting vpon the young, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take the damme with the young, but shalt in any wise let the damme goe, and take the yong to thee, that thou maist prosper and prolong thy daies. 5. To take occasion by our neighbours infirmities, to vse him discourteously, and to make him our laughing stocke, or tanting recreation. Leuit. 19 .14. Thou shalt not curse the deafe, nor put a stumbling blocke before the blinde. 2. King. 2. 23. Little children came out of the citie, and mocked him, and saide vnto him, Come vp thou baldhead, come vp thou baldhead. 6. To iniurie the impotent, feeble, poore, strangers, fatherlesse or widowes. Exod. 22.21,22. Thou shalt not doe iniurie to a straunger, neither oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Yee shall not trouble any widow or fatherles childe. 25. Thou shalt not be an vsurer vnto the poore. We then iniurie these: 1. If we pay not the labourer his hire. Deut. 24.14. Thou ⟨p. 75⟩
