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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1651
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 7: VER. 7.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Or otherwise, They love to oppress: Trades-men oppress 1their debtors, when they have gotten poor men into their debts then they will make them that they shall buy 2of them, and of none other, and so will put off any of their braided ware to them, and put it off at a deer rate. You will say, We sell it them, yea, but you force them to buy of you; for if they should go from you, then you fall upon them, and put them into prison, or evil entreat ⟨p. 315⟩them some other way. This is to love to oppress, to take the advantages of mens necessities when they are grown poor. Certainly these things are grievous to the Spirit of God, and are abominable in the eyes of God, these are rebuked here, and that you may see that there is a great deal of evil in these Balances of deceit, and oppression in trading, do but consider these particulars.
Or otherwise, They love to oppress: Trades-men oppress 1their debtors, when they have gotten poor men into their debts then they will make them that they shall buy 2of them, and of none other, and so will put off any of their braided ware to them, and put it off at a deer rate. You will say, We sell it them, yea, but you force them to buy of you; for if they should go from you, then you fall upon them, and put them into prison, or evil intreat ⟨p. 315⟩them some other way. This is to love to oppress, to take the advantages of mens necessities when they are grown poor. Certainly these things are grievous to the Spirit of God, and are abominable in the eyes of God, these are rebuked here, and that you may see that there is a great deal of evil in these Ballances of deceit, and oppression in trading, do but consider these particulars.
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