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Show ( 110 ) SanCluary, they have done Violence to the Law· Your Cafe at rhis Day. ~-~~e 1 fafe Nor will that Pretence in your Order cover ~0 ;a;ng, you, viz,. the Paying of Debrs,-JYhich 2vas made Debts, upon the account of Debts.-And rhefe being Debrs ~veighecl (by the Fines) and they having not where- ' 10 the Bfal- withal, Therefore we Sell them for their Debrs.-- m~o • the san- For, to Sell for Bond-men and Bond-women, m auary. no Cafe were the lfraelites ; nor to Rule over one anorher with Rigom-, Ye fhall not, &c. as aforefaid. And as for the Selling rhat the Ifraelites might do, it was rhus : If a Thief be found breaking up, and be {mitten that he Dye, there fha!l no Blood bt fhed for him : If the Sun be rifen upon him, there Jhall be Bloorl ~Jed for him, for be Jhould make full Re(fitution : If he have nothing, then be {hall be Sold for hi4 Theft, Exod. 11. 2, J· Were thefc fuch? Did ye take them breaking up, and Stealing? Then ye had f<)merhing ro fay, and fome Pretence why ye thould Sell rhcm; buc to Sell Men, for Debts pretended, there can be no jufi: Caufe. · Now, what is this, as co the Jufiification of your Selling of thefe to anf wer your Fines, which you laid upon them, when the Law of Go~ lays none ? And for Meering roge[her, winch they that feared the Lord, often did, and fpake often one to a?Jother; ~Znd the Lord hearkned, tznd beard, and a Book of Remembrance ?vas 7vritten before him, for them that feared the Lord, and that thouYsht upon his Name : And they ~uzll be mine, [t~ith the Lord of Hefti, in that Day, when I make 11p my Jewels ; anJ I '1llilt (pare them, fH a Ma.,_ fptzreth his DW1J Son that ferveth him. And this wm, when the Proud were called Happy; yea, when they that work' d Wickednefs were j'et up ; and they that tempted God. were cTJm deli7Jered, Mal. 3· r ), !6, ( JIJ) i 6, 17. Read the Place, and your fe1ves, and them therein. And not forfaking the Aflembling ~f rour [elves together, fH the ma·nner of fome i1 ( faid che Apotlle to the True Church of Chrifr, which is in God ) but Exhorting one another, by hlrJJJ much the more 111 you fee the Day approaching, Heb. 10. 2). And rhey met every firfr Day of the Week at Corinth. And at TrotU on the firfi: Day of the Week. · And the fame Day at Evening, being the firf! Day of the Week, when the Door.J ,vere jhut where the Di(ciples were a.ffembled, for fear of the Jews, came Jefu.r and ftoocl irt the mid(f, tJnd faith unto them, Peace be unto you : And when be had fo faid, he {1u·wed them hi& Hands and bi4 Side, John 1.0. 19, 1.0. After Jefus was Rifen, they met together from Houfe to Houfe. And thofe that were Converted, denyed the Idols Temples, and met noc in them: Yet were nor the one or the orher Fined, and afcer fuch a manner as ye have done ro the Servants of the ~ord, and for fpeaking one to anorher as aforefaid; and for meeting rogether,ranfacking their Efiares ; breaking open their Houfes, carrying away their Goods and Catcle, dll ye have lett none; then their wearing Apparel, and then (as in Plimouth-Government) their Land ; and when ye have lefc them nothing, Sell them for this which ye call Debt, a People who are HarmJefs; who are Innocent, who Defraud nor, nor Opprefs, nor do others Wrong; your Brethren, of your felves, of the fame Nadon and Country, Inhabitants long together in the Country, where ye are known one to another, and they ro be of Unblamable Converfations, Fellow-Sut:. ferers, and in t~e fame Condemnation. 0 ye Rulers of Bof/on ! Ye Inhabicants of the Maf!achufets! What lhalll fay unto you ? Whereunto 1hall I liken ye? And. |