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B00562	Two godlie and fruitful treatises of the foule and grosse sinne of oppression. The one taken out of the exposition vppon the fift chapter of Nehemiah, written by that worthy bishop and faithfull pastor of the church of Durham, Master Iames Pilkinton. The other published of late by Robert Some Doctor of Diuinitie.	Pilkington, James, 1520-1576.; Some, Robert, 1542-1609.	1585 (1585)	STC 19929.5; ESTC S94728	18,655	46

for he heapeth vnto him-selfe wrath against the day of wrath and of the declaration of the iust iudgement of God There were neuer any oppressours so many and mighty but at the length they were met with Gods iudgements haue feete of wooll but they haue armes of brasse It is long God begin but when he striketh he payeth home Esay chap. 30. ver 14. Wo vnto them that imagine iniquity worke wickednes vpon their beds Iere. 5. when the morning is light they practise it because their hand hath powre and they couet fields and take them by violence and houses and take them away so they oppresse a man and his heritage therefore thus saith the Lord behold against the family haue I deuised a plague whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes Mich. 2. ver 1.2.3 God be mercifull vnto vs and make vs afraid of his iudgements 7. Oppressours haue no Religion in them GOd Looked for iudgement Esay 5.7 but behold oppression for righteousnes but behold a crying c. Iudgement righteousnes are the true fruits of Gods religion therefore oppression is no branch of Gods Religion and consequently the oppressour is voyd of all religion Doe not all the workers of iniquitie know that they eate vp my people as they eate bread they call not vppon the Lord Psal 14. ver 4. Opperssours call not vppon the Lord therefore they are void of religion for inuocation is a principall and necessarie fruit of religion If the oppressours say that they stretch out their hands and make manie prayers I graunt they doe so but Almightie God giueth them this answeare I will hide mine eyes from you I will not heare Esay 1.1 for your handes are full of blood I will be a swift witnesse against those that wrongfully keepe back the hirelings wages and vex the widow 〈◊〉 3.4 and fatherles and oppresse the stranger and feare not me saith the Lord of hosts c. They which oppresse others feare not God 〈◊〉 3.5 therfore they are voyd of Religion If they say they feare God they deserue no credite because their doings confute their speech A good tree bringeth forth good fruits and a iustifying faith appreereth by good workes The former gouernours did burthen the people 〈◊〉 5.15 but so did not I saith Nehemiah because of the feare of god If Nehemiah did neither oppresse nor deale hardly because he feared God it is manifest that oppressours feare not God and therefore are voyd of religion When he that is Iosias iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore he prospered was not this because he knew me saith the Lord But thine eyes and thine heart he speaketh to Ioachim the King of Iuda are but onely for thy couetousnes and for to shed innocent blood and for oppression c. Iosias was a singuler defence to the oppressed because he did know and feare God Ioachim was a notable oppressour because he did neither know nor feare God that is to say because he was voyd of Gods religion This which I haue set downe against oppression may serue for oppressours to looke vpon to reforme themselues by If it worke their good it is happy for them If it doe not let them remember that dye they must and that after death they shall haue a fearefull iudgement The best aduise that I can giue to them which are oppressed is that they desire the magistrate to be their defence If by this ordinary meanes they cannot compasse their owne they must patiently beare iniuries and commit their cause to almighty God Psal 56. who hath their flittings in his register and their teares in his bottell and will be surely but yet iustly reuenged of their Oppressours Veritas dulcis est amara Quando dulcis est parcit quando amara curat Aug. Epist 211. ad Romulum