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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
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.
6. The sixth affliction of poverty is, every one will be bold to afflict, wrong, tread upon the poor man, Psal. 10.2, 8, 6, 14. the wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. his eyes are fiercely set against the poor, he catcheth the poor when he draweth him into his net, men are bo•d to injure the poor, because they know they are not able to revenge themselves, […] they think no body else will, they think not of God that he hath taken the […] of the poor, and that he will behold their mischief, and ⟨p. 38⟩spite, Psal. 10.14. thou hast seen it, for thou beholdest mischief and spite to require it, with thy hand, the poor committeth himself to thee, thou art the helper of the Fatherless, Am. 2 6. Thus saith the Lord▪ for three Transgressions of Israel and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes, thus they dealt with Jesus Christ, and most severely hath the Lord visited the Jews for such injuries done unto our Lord Jesus.
6. The sixth affliction of poverty is, every one will be bold to afflict, wrong, tread upon the poor man, Psal. 10.2, 8, 6, 14. the wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. his eyes are fiercely set against the poor, he catcheth the poor when he draweth him into his net, men are bo•d to injure the poor, because they know they are not able to revenge themselves, 〈…〉 they think no body else will, they think not of God that he hath taken the 〈…〉 of the poor, and that he will behold their mischief, and ⟨p. 38⟩spight, Psal. 10.14. thou hast seen it, for thou beholdest mischief and spight to require it, with thy hand, the poor committeth himself to thee, thou art the helper of the Fatherless, Am. 2 6. Thus saith the Lord for three Transgressions of Israel and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes, thus they dealt with Jesus Christ, and most severely hath the Lord visited the Iews for such inuries done unto our Lord Iesus.