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Thine eyes and thy heart are not but for covetousness and oppression. They shall not lament for him: He shall be buried with the burial of an ass.

xxx. 20. I will punish all that oppress them.

See deliverances from national oppression : Exod. iii. 9. Deut. xxvi. 7. Judg. ii. 16. 18. iv. 3.-vi. 9.--Ch. vii. and viii.-x. 8. 12. -2 Kings xiii. 4. 23. Isa. lii. 4.

Ezek. xviii. 12, 13. 18. He hath oppressed DUTIES OF THE RICH TOWARD the poor and needy, &c.-hath given forth upon usury-hath spoiled his brother by violence he shall die in his iniquity.

Mic. ii. 2, 3. They covet fields, and take them by violence. Therefore, saith the Lord, Against this family do I devise evil. Isa. v. 8. See Eccl. v. 8. Also Isa. i. 17. Hos. xii. 7. Amos iv. 1, 2. Hab. ii. 6. Zeph. i. 9. Acts vii. 26. 1 Cor. vi. 8.

CLXI. Prayers for the oppressed. Ps. xvii. 9. Keep me from the wicked that oppress me.

xlii. 9. Why go I mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy? Ps. xliii. 2.—lv. 3. xliv. 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

liv. 2, 3. Hear my prayer, O God, For oppressors seek for my soul.

lxxiv. 21. O let not the oppressed return ashamed.

cxix. 121. Leave me not to my oppressors. Ver. 122.

Ver. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man.

Isa. xxxviii. 14. O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me.

CLXII. Promises to the oppressed. Ps. ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed.

x. 18. Thou wilt judge the oppressed. xii. 5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, will I arise, saith the Lord.

xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, and from him that spoileth him?

Ixxii. 4. He shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. -Ver. 14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

ciii. 6. The Lord executeth judgment for all that are oppressed. Ps. cxlví. 7.

Isa. ix. 4. Thou hast broken the rod of his oppressor, &c.

xiv. 2. They shall rule over their oppressors. xix. 20. They shall cry to the Lord, because of the oppressors, and he shall deliver them.

liv. 14. Thou shalt be far from oppression and from terror.

Jer. 1. 33, 34. They were oppressed. Their Redeemner will plead their cause. See Ezek. xlv. 8. Zech. ix. 8.

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THE POOR.

CLXIII. Hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. Given to hospitality. Ver. 8. 1 Tim. iii. 2.

1 Pet. iv. 9. Use hospitality one toward another, without grudging. Ver. 10.

Heb. xiii. 2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers.

1 Tim. v. 10. If she have lodged strangers. 19. Acts x. 23.-xxviii. 7. 3 John 5, 6. See instances of hospitality, Gen. xviii. 1 to

CLXIV. Lending without usury. Exod. xxii. 25. If thou lend to any of my people that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. See Lev. xxv. 35, 36, 37. Deut. xv. 7 to 11.xxiii. 19, 20. Ps. xv. 5. Prov. xxviii. 8. Ezek. xviii. 8. 13. 17.-xxii. 12, 13.

Ver. 26. If thou take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him by that the sun goeth down. Deut. xxiv. 6. Job xxxi. 16.

Ps. xxxvii. 26. The righteous is ever merciful and lendeth; his seed is blessed.

cxii. 5. A good man sheweth favour and lendeth.-Ver. 9. His righteousness endureth for ever. 2 Cor. ix. 9.

Prov. iii. 28. Say not to thy neighbour, Go, Gal. vi. 10. and come again; when thou hast it by thee.

Matt. v. 42. Give to him that asketh thee;

and from him that would borrow of thee, turn

not thou away.

Acts iv. 32. They that believed had all things

common.

CLXV. Giving alms: promises. Ps. xxxvii. 21. The righteous sheweth mercy and giveth.-Ver. 24. The Lord upholdeth him. xli. 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor. Ver. 2, 3.

cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever. 2 Cor. ix. 9.

Prov. iii. 9. 27. Honour the Lord with thy substance. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.-Ver. 10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, &c.

xi. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, &c.-Ver. 25. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered himself also.

xiv. 21. He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Ver. 31. He that honoureth his Maker, hath mercy on the poor.

xix. 17. He that hath pity on the poor, lendeth to the Lord; and that which he hath given will he repay him.

xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the

poor.

xxviii. 27. He that giveth to the poor shall not lack.

xxix. 7. The righteous considereth the cause of the poor.

Eccl. xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Isa. xxxii. 8. The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.

Iviii. 6, 7. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? [saith the Lord:] To deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ?— Ver. 9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will

answer.

Ver. 10, 11. If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring whose waters fail not. Ver. 12. See Job xxxi. 16 to 20, and ver. 32. Ezek. xviii. 7. Hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment. Ver. 9. He shall surely live, saith the Lord.

Mark x. 21. Jesus said, Sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. Luke xii. 33.-xviii. 22. xii. 42-44. A poor widow threw in two mites. Jesus said, This poor widow hath cast in more than they all. She did cast in all that she had. 2 Cor. viii. 12.

Luke iii. 11. Jesus said, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat let him do likewise.

vi. 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you. xi. 41. Give alms of such things as you have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

xx. 35. Support the weak. It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Eph. iv. 28. Give to him that needeth.

1 Tim. vi. 17-19. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Heb. xiii. 16. To do good and communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

CLXVI. Alms to be done in secret. Matt. vi. 1. Do not your alms before men, to be seen of them.

Ver. 3, 4. When thou doest thine alms, let let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth, &c.; that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

with simplicity. Rom. xii. 8. He that giveth, let him do it

CLXVII. To be given to the poor of every Luke vi. 30. Give to every denomination. man that asketh.

Ver. 35, 36. Love your enemies, and do good, and ye shall be the children of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and the is merciful. See an instance, chap. x. 29 to 38. evil. Be ye therefore merciful as your Father Rom. xii. 20. If thine enemy hunger, feed him.

Gal. vi. 10. Let us do good unto all men, especially to them who are of the household of faith.

CLXVIII. To be given to poor Christians especially. Matt. x. 42. Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. Mark ix. 41. See above, Gal. vi. 10.

Matt. xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's remarkable sentence at the day of judgment, and the reasons given for it.

Rom. xii. 13. Distributing to the necessity of saints.

1 Cor. xvi. 2. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him. Mark iii. 4. For is lawful to do good on the sabbath. See instances of such liberality to Saint Paul, and other saints: Rom. xvi. 2. Phil. iv. 10. 2 Tim. i. 16. 18. Heb. vi. 10. 3 John 5, 6.-Collections made for the saints at Jerusalem; Rom. xv. 26. 1 Cor. xvi. 3. 2 Cor. 8th and 9th chapters.

xiv. 13, 14. When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.it And thou shalt be blessed; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. xvi. 9. Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness.

Acts x. 2. Cornelius gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.-Ver. 4. The angel said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up as a memorial before God.

GOD'S CARE OF THE POOR. CLXIX. Promises to the poor. Job v. 15,

16. He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

xxxvi. 15. He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. Ps. ix. 18. The needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

lxviii. 10. Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

lxix. 33. The Lord heareth the poor. Ixxii. 3. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.-Ver. 12, 13. He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

cii. 17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

cvii. 41. He setteth the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. cix. 31. He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill.

cxxxii. 15. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

cxl. 12. The Lord will maintain the right of the poor.

Isa. xiv. 30. The first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety.

Jer. xx. 13. Sing unto the Lord; praise ye the Lord, for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evil-doers.

Isa. xxxii. 7. The instruments of the churl are evil to destroy the poor. Prov. xxiii. 7. Eat, saith he, but his heart is not with thee.

James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto him, Depart in peace, be you warmed, and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things that be needful, what doth it profit?

1 John iii. 17. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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CLXXI. Duties toward them, and threatenings against those that oppress them. Exod xxii. 21. Thou shalt not vex a stranger nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ch. xxiii. 9. 12. Lev. xix. 33.

Exod. xxii. 22-24. Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your children shall be fatherless.

Lev. xix. 10. Thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger. Deut. xxiv. 20, 21.xxvii. 12.

Ver. 34. The stranger that dwelleth with you, shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself.

xxiii. 22. When ye reap the harvest of your

Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son, remem-land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the ber, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

James i. 9. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted.

ii. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him? Ps. lxxiv. 21.

CLXX. Of the uncharitable to the poor. Deut. xv. 9. Beware of hardness of heart toward thy poor brother. Ch. xxiv. 15.

Prov. xi. 26. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him.

xvii. 5. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker.

xxi. 13. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself and shall not be heard. Ver. 10. 26.

xxviii. 27. He that hideth his eyes from the poor, shall have many a curse.

corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger. Ch. xxv. 6. Deut. xxiv. 19. Ruth ii. 2, 3.

Deut. i. 16. Judge righteously between every man and the stranger.

x. 19. Love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

xxiv. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judg ment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment to pledge. Ch. xxvii. 19. Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.

Job xxiv. 3. 9. The wicked drive away the ass of the fatherless, and take the widow's ox for a pledge. They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. (Ver. 21.) Ver. 23, 24. God's eyes are upon their ways: They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

xxix. 12, 13. I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

xxxi. 16, 17. 21, 22. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail.-If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade.-Ver. 32. The stranger did not lodge in the street, but I opened my door to the traveller.

Ps. xciv. 6. The proud slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.-Ver. 10. He that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct you?

Prov. xxiii. 10, 11. Enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their Redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause.

Isa. i. 17. Judge the fatherless; plead for the widow.-Ver. 23, 24. They judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Therefore, saith the Lord, I will ease me of mine adversaries. Jer. v. 28, 29.

x. 1, 2. Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees. That widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless. Matt. xxiii. 14.

Jer. vii. 6, 7. If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless and the widow; then will I cause you to dwell in this place. Ch. xxii. 3. Zech. vii. 10.

Ezek. xxii. 7. In thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger, they vexed the fatherless and widow.-Ver. 15. I will scatter them among the heathen. Ver. 29. 31.

xlvii. 22. Give the stranger his inheritance. Ver. 23.

Mal. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against those that oppress the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right.

Ixviii. 5. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widow, is God in his holy habitation.

cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the strangers, and relieveth the fatherless and widow. Prov. xv, 25. The Lord will establish the border of the widow.

Ezek. xi. 16. Thus saith the Lord God, Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me.

Hos. xiv. 3. In thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Ps. xxvii. 10. See 1 Kings viii. 43. 2 Chron. vi. 33.

NINTH COMMANDMENT.

WITNESS-BEARING.

CLXXIII. Of witness-bearing; false swearing, &c. Exod. xx. 16. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Deut. v. 20. Matt. xix. 18. Rom. xiii. 9.

Numb. xxxv. 30. One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Deut. xvii. 6.

Deut. xix. 15. One witness shall not rise

up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sinneth; out of the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Matt. xviii. 16. 2 Cor. xiii. 1. 1 Tim. v. 19.

Ver. 16. 19. If a false witness rise up against any man, to testify against him that which is wrong; (Ver. 17, 18.) Then shall

1 Tim. v. 3. Honour widows that are wi-ye do unto him, as he thought to have done dows indeed.

Ver. 16. If they have widows, let them relieve them.

James i. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. See Luke iv. 25.

CLXXII. Promises to the stranger, fatherless and widow. Deut. x. 18. The Lord doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger in giving him food and raiment.

Ps. x. 14. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ver. 18.

unto his brother; so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.-Ver. 21. Life shall go for life, eye for eye, &c.

Lev. v. 1. If a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness whether he hath seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Prov. vi. 16. 19. These things doth the Lord hate: A false witness that speaketh lies, &c.

xiv. 5. A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness will utter lies.

Ver. 25. A true witness delivereth souls, but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

xix. 5. A false witness shall not be unpunished. Ver. 9.

xxi. 28. A false witness shall perish. xxiv. 28. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without a cause. See Prov. xii. 17. xix. 28.-xxv. 18. Matt. xv. 19.

Instances: Of false witness given against Naboth, 1 Kings xxi. 7, &c.—Against David, Ps. xxvii. 12.-xxxv. 11.-Against Christ, Matt. xxvi. 60.-Against Stephen, Acts vi. 13.

CLXXIV. Lying forbidden; truth commanded. Lev. xix. 11. Ye shall not lie one to another. Zech. viii. 16, 17.

Ps. xxxiv. 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile. 1 Pet.

iii. 10.

Prov. iv. 24. A froward mouth and perverse lips put far from thee.

Eph. iv. 15. Speaking the truth in love,

grow up unto Christ.

Ver. 25. Putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour.

Col. iii. 9. Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man. Isa. xxxiii. 15. Prov. xii. 17. 19.

See Ps. xv. 2.

CLXXV. Lying abhorred by God and good men. Prov. vi. 16, 17. These things doth the Lord hate: A lying tongue, &c. xii. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight. Job xxvii. 4. Job said, My lips shall not speak wickedness, neither my tongue utter deceit.

Ps. ci. 7. David said, He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

cxix. 29. Remove from me the way of lying. Ver. 163. I hate and abhor lying. Prov. viii. 7. Wisdom said, My mouth shall speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

xiii. 5. A righteous man hateth lying.

thy tongue frameth deceit. Ver. 21. I will reprove thee, saith the Lord.

lii. 2-4. Thy tongue deviseth 'mischief like a sharp razor working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.Ver. 5. God shall destroy thee for ever. smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. (Ver. 12, 13. 15.) Ver. 23. Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction.

lv. 21. The words of his mouth were

the womb, they go astray speaking lies. Their
Iviii. 3, 4. The wicked are estranged from
cxl. 3. 9.) Ver. 6, 7. Break their teeth, O
poison is like the poison of a serpent. (Ps.
like waters.
God, in their mouth. Let them melt away

swords are in their lips.
lix. 7. They belch out with their mouth;

Ver. 12, 13. For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for cursing and lying which they speak, consume them in wrath.

lxii. 4. They delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.Ver. 3. Ye shall be slain all of you.

lxiii. 11. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

cix. 2. They have spoken against me with a lying tongue : let them be condemned. Ver. 7.

cxx. 3, 4. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of juniper.

Prov. x. 18. He that hideth hatred with

Isa. Ixiii. 8. My people (saith God) are lying lips is a fool. children that will not lie.

CLXXVI. Satan, and his children, are liars. John viii. 44. The devil abode not in the truth; he is a liar, and the father of it. Ver. 45.

Acts v. 3. Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? See Isa. xxviii. 15. 17.-lix. 3, 4. Jer. xxiii. 14.

CLXXVII. Threatenings and prayers against liars. Ps. v. 6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing.

xxxi. 18. Let lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things, proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

xxxvi. 1. There is no fear of God before his eyes.-Ver. 3. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit.-Ver. 12. They are cast down, they shall not arise. Ps. x. 7.

19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and

xii. 13. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. Ch. xvii. 20. Ver. 19. A lying tongue is but for a mo

ment.

xvii. 7. Lying lips become not a prince. xix. 5. He that speaketh lies shall not escape; he shall perish. Ver. 9.

Ver. 22. A poor man is better than a liar. Ver. 1.

xxi. 6. Getting treasures by a lying tongue, is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek

death.

xxvi. 18, 19. As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death: so is he that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Ver. 23. Lying lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. Ver. 24, 25, 26. 28.

Isa. Ivii. 11. Of whom hast thou been afraid,

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