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image of God created he him.--Gen. i. 27.
Now, therefore. behold, the cry of the children
of Israel is come unto me, and have also seen the
oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Come now therefore, and | will send thee unto
Pharaoh, that thou may est bring forth my reople
the children Of Israel out Of Egypt-Ex. iii. Q, 10
! Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the SER
want which is escaped from his master unto thee:
he shall dwell with thee even among you, in that
place which he shall choose in one of thy gates
where it liketh him best, thou shalt not Cypress
him.-Deut xiii. Is, l6.
! Thou shalt not oppress hired servant that is
poor and needy, whether he be of thySbrethren
or of Thy strangers that are in thy land within tiny
gates, at his day thou shalt give him his hire, nei
tber shall the sun go down upon it; lest he cry
against thee unto the Lord and it be sin unto thee
-Deut. xiv. IA, Is.
The Lord also will be refuge Cor the oppress
ed, refuge in times of trouble. When he
maketh inqu;siion for blood, he remem bereth
them; he forgette;h not the cry Of the humble
Psalm, ix. 8, II.
For the oppression of the poor, for the signing
of the needy, now will arise. saith the Lord |
will set him in safety from him that puffeth at
nlul.-Isalm XII. D,
lie shall judge the poor of the people, he shall
save the children of the needy, and shall break in
pieces the ppressor.--Psam lxxii. 4.
The Lord oxeCuteth righteousness and Judgment
for all that are oppressed Psalm Gill. 6.
Deliver me from the oppression of man, so will
keep thy precepts,-Psam cxix. 1874
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none
Of his ways.-Prov. ill., 81,
lie that oppresseth the poor reproachet th his
Maker; but he that honoreth him hath mercy on
the poor.-Prov. xiv. 81
Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither
Cypress the afflicted in the gate; for the Lord will
plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that
spoiled them.-Prov. xii. %, %.
So l returned and considered all the oppressions
that done under the sun, aud behold, the tears
Ot such rs were oppressed, and they had com
fUrter; and on the side of their oppressors there
was power; but they had no comforter. Where
fore praised the dead which are already dead,
than the living which are yet alive .-Eccles.
Iiv. l, 2.
Ii thou seest the oppression Of the poor, and
violent perverting of judgment and justice in a.
province. marvel not at the matter for he that is
higher than the highest regardeth; and there tie
higher than they.-Eccles. v. g.
Surely oppression maketh wise man mad; and
il gift destroy eth the heart rt--Ecclos. vii. 7.
Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of
your dongs from before mine eyes, cease to do
evil; learn to do well; seek Judgment, relieve the
oppressed judge the iatherless, plead for the wild
owls. i. 10. II.
For the vineyard Of the Lord cf hosts is the
house Of Israel, and the men Of Judah his pleas
ant pans and he looked for judgment but behold
oppression; for righteousness, Tut behold a cry
| ls.v.7.
| Is not this the fast that have chosen? to loose
the bands Of wickedness, to undo the heavy bur
dens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye
break every yoke? Is it nos to deal thy bread to
the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are
cast out TO thy house? when .hou seeat the naked
that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thy
self from thine own nosll?-ls. lyiii. 6, I.
house of David thus saith the Lord:--Execute
judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is
spoiled out Of the hand Of the opprcssor, lest my
fury 20 out like fire, anu burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.--
Jer. xxi. r.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by un.
righteousness, and mis- chambers by wrong; that
useth his neighbOr's service without wages, and
giveth him not for his work.-Jer. xxi. l3.
As for his father, because he cruelty oppressed,
spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which
is not good among his people, 10, even he shall die
in his iniquity.--Ezek. XVIII. Is.
The people Of the land have used oppression,
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor
and needy; yea, they have oppressed the stranger
wrongfully. And | sought for man among them,
that should make up the hedge, and stand in tho
gap before me for the land, that should not des,
troy it; but found none. Therefore have pour
ed out my Indignation upon them; have consum.
ed them with the fire of my wrath; their own way
have reconpensed upon their heads, saith the
Lord God-Ezok xii. 20, 81.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that
men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for
this is the law aud the prophets Matt viii II.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in
this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself-
Gal. v. a.
Masters, give unto your servants that which is
ust and equal; knowing that ye also have Mas
ter in lleayen.-Col. iy. |.
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound
with them; aud them which suffer adversely, as
being yourselves also in the body Heb, xiii. 3.
Behold, the hirs OF the laborers who have reap
ed down your fields, which is of you kept back by
fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have
reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord Of
ISabaoth.-James, v. 4.
And. behold, come quicky and my reward il
with me, to give every man according as his work
shall be,--Rev. xii IL.