the Rod, hath choſen it out, ard ftrikes with it, whether it hs 7,, ; an, Or Babylonian, or both at leverat times. This is the plain =_ on Senſe : others there are which are omitted, becauſe they ſaute — ftre Detign of this Work. 66 As 10 © || Are there yet k the treaſures of wickedneſs} j1 | = the houſe of the wicked m7, and the - ſcant meaſure x thay the. - 1 s abominable o? from kt After 10 many expreſs Laws, peremptorily forbidding, ſo mar nao unth Examples of Puniſhments on ſuch, after ſo many Reproofs, Menace; fey fltal and Exhortations ty ſo many Prophets, dare. you ſtill do fo unjuſtly 2 Pick to fl / Gotten by injurious oppre ſive Courſes, ill gotten Wealth, here a+ He, Han. led Treaſures of Wickedneſs ; the Wickedneſs wherewith they rake, "ou or Þ) their Wealth together is laid up with their Wealth,as the like is ſaja lea, rians, Fam. 5.3. m None have thought of reſtoring their ill gotten Googs Miſt? 1: the wicked Fathers, who heap'd them together, laid. them up ay * thong their Hcuſes, and the Children retain them z the #ouſe, i, e, Fami1 Fl, of theſe do as their Fathers, ſtore up Violence, and fo do direg} 13. thee contrary to the firſt Rule, ver. 7. do juſtly. » Which is leſs than 3-5, WINK Standard, vid, Am. $. 5+ by which theſe unrighteous Ones did both to offend againſt God, and cozen their Chapmen* 0 God abhors ſuch her Injuſtice, Prov. 11. 1» and 20, 10,23. and Deut. 25+ 12, 14, 15, 15 t Lay © It is moſt hateful in his Sight. ” the Fru 11 ||Shall I p count them pure q with * the wic.(|0:4 ſhall ro! ; . . couſe of ked balances r , and with the bag s of deceitfy}!*; F ghts t ! Str mich af Þ It may have ſome reference to the Prophet,as ſpeaking of himſelf i be diſap} appointed of God to he a Reprover, an impartial Cenſurer of the Sing ” be chear of this People ; when I am ſo to judge of them by their Doings, ſhall 7 lee thine flatter them,and ay they are better than they are ? But it better refers other G1 to God himſelf. q Approve, juſtify or acquit them, as if they were ie 16 0 righteous, and not worthy to be puniſh'd ? Shall I let them eſcape who 1] th are ſuch unjuſt Perſons ? This Queſtion implieth a ſtrong Negation, me 7 This kind is put for all the reſt, wherewith things bought and fold 0 thei were apportion'd, and by which Buyers and Sellers were aſcertain'q - ſolation how much they bought. s In which they both kept their Weights ſing h: at home, and carried them about with them. # eb. Stones of de. - nle ; cett ; they did ( as in many Places with us Men do ) uſe Stones for , on | Weights, and this unjuft People did cheat both at home and abroad, t | - both the Balance and its Weights were deceitful and condemned, Ley, The. 1 y I9. 35, 36. Deut. 25, I3, 14, 15, IG, Worſhin W 12 For 4 the rich Men x thereof y are full of yio- Serelucy lence z, and the inhabitants a thereof b have ſpo- very much ken lies c , and * their tongue - is deceitful in theirt MM £ins the i: mouth d. deat # This is given as an Evidence of the Truth of the Charge, ani 0 =—_ - of the juftnels of the Reſolution God had declared to puniſh then, c of = . x Who of all Men had leaſt Temptation to deal unjuftly, they weref whi pups well provided for, that without a Trade they might live, and in Tr- nn they T ding they ſhould haye been content with "ons Gain 3 they ſhould Houſe ry have been Examples of Charity and Bounty, but theſe are the Men feral 'f Pr deepeſt in this Guilt. » Of Feruſulem, Samaria, and of every trade 2nd ; po 0 City in the Land, + Full of Principles, Praftices and. Fruits of Vie 2 Kings wt lence and Rapine, their Minds inclined to Cheatings and Diſhonefty, ola $4 their Prattices managed with Fraud and Falſhood, and their Riches fead 6 bo = heap d up through Violence. @ The Diſeaſe is univerſal, not ome Him, co on few rich Men, but they that dwell in the City are wholly Opprefion; the -y ny or perhaps thus, who come to dwell among them ſoon caich the Dil ter did = ; eaſe, and learn theſe Ways. b Of all the Cities of the Land of C b end ps s, n441n. c Have accuſtomed themſelves to ſpeak Falſhood, there isno Of th 'F, : Truth in their Affirmations or Negations. 4 There's not a Man & eut, wry 2 k ”
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