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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
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That to oppress the poor is the highest and greatest oppression.
That to oppress the poore is the highest and greatest oppression.
It is our duty to Clothe the naked, how great then is their sin who strip the naked of their clothing? it is sinful & unjust violently to take clothes from him that hath greatest variety of clothing, we may not rob the rich, what is it then to take from them who have not? •oe (as we say) to rob the Hospital. Solomon (Prov. 28.3.) tells us of an oppression which is very grievous, and that is the oppression of a poor man, which is true both actively and passively, when the poor man is the oppressor, 'tis so, 'tis so also when the poor man is the oppressed. Solomon intends both, for he makes the poor to be the oppressed, and a poor man the oppressor. The poor man that oppresseth the poor is as a sweeping rain, which leaveth no food. 'Tis worse with the poor when the poor oppress them, then when the rich oppress them, the rich may oppress them much, but they come not so near, as when a poor man oppresseth; for as the imbecility of the oppressed poor man can give him no help, so the necessity of the oppressing poor man will show him no mercy. Nothing doth more harden the heart of a man then his own want, and he hath little feeling of another's misery, who is under the feeling of his own: He that hath nothing takes what he can get, and his own hunger devoureth all. The rich man oppressing the poor is a dashing rain, the great man oppressing the poor is a thundering rain, but the poor man oppressing the poor is a sweeping rain. As they who never knew poverty, so they who know it most, have the least stock of pity for the poor. Such are a sweeping rain indeed. There is a refreshing, a fattening, a filling rain, which the Lord sends upon the thirsty Earth, this produceth store of food. It rains corn and wine, milk and butter; There is also a ⟨p. 61⟩sweeping rain that takes away food, and destroys the fruits of the Earth. Such a rain is a poor man oppressing the poor. Want is the greatest spoiler.