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Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things…
Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceding.Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceeding.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1721
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BUT, Secondly; There are those which are Oppressions without a Figure; Oppressions in the strict import of the Term; And these are Oppressions that have Injustice in them. We are Oppressed, when we are unjustly and unfairly dealt withal. The Injured are the Oppressed. There is that which is called, Psal. CXIX. 134. The Oppression of Man. This Oppression always carries Injustice in it. There is the Gain of Oppression. There is a Leviathan, who is eminently esteemed, The Oppressor. 'Tis the Man who uses Extortion in his Dealings; the Man, who takes Advantage upon the Necessities of other Men, to compel them unto unconscionable Difficulties; the Man, who detains the hire of the Labourers, and the Just Dues of the Necessitous, till they make a Cry. We read of such an one, Hos. XII. 7. He Loves to Oppress. There are Oppressions in all Cruel Usages. Every Cruelty, tho' to the most abject of ⟨image ?⟩Creatures, is an Oppression. A Slave barbarously dealt withal, may say, O Lord, I am oppressed. They also that are Abused, and Slandered, in their Names, and unjustly Reproached; these may say, O Lord, I am oppressed. Unjust Representations made of Men, are Oppressions upon them. A Man, who is treated as an Offender, when it may truly be said, This man has done nothing amiss! This man may say, O Lord, I am oppressed. When Affront, Contempt, Indignity is cast upon a Man, who deserves another manner of Treatment, he is an oppressed man. And if the man who is unrighteously dealt withal, be basely deserted, by those that ought to appear for his defence and service; If he be deprived of Remedies to defend himself the oppression then becomes yet more notorious & conspicuous. God will look upon it! But that I am to tell you, in the Second Proposition.
BUT, Secondly; There are those which are Oppressions without a Figure; Oppressions in the strict import of the Term; And these are Oppressions that have Injustice in them. We are Oppressed, when we are unjustly and unfairly dealt withal. The Injured are the Oppressed. There is that which is called, Psal. CXIX. 134. The Oppression of Man. This Oppression always carries Injustice in it. There is the Gain of Oppression. There is a Leviathan, who is eminently esteemed, The Oppressor. 'Tis the Man who uses Extortion in his Dealings; the Man, who takes Advantage upon the Necessities of other Men, to compell them unto unconscionable Difficulties; the Man, who detains the hire of the Labourers, and the Just Dues of the Necessitous, till they make a Cry. We read of such an one,