...weight is his delight. To do judgment and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Wo to him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; who uses his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work. The grace of God,...

...eighth commandment, and all the other sacred precepts of which we will quote some of the principal. Woe unto him that buildeth his house, by unrighteousness...wrong ; that useth his neighbour's service, without ivages, and giveth him not for his ivorkf* — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor...

...needy from judgment, and to take away the right fromthe poor of my people," &c< Isa. 10. 1—3. " Wo to him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong: that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not for his work," &c. "Did not thy father," &c., "...

...break every yoke." Isalali Ivlli. 4—7. " Wo unto him that bulldeth his house by unrighteousness, that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work." Jeremiah xxll. 12, 17. " Weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you." James v. 1— «....

...delivered would add to its offensiveness. The very timbers and stones of the palace would seem to echo, " Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong." The contrast, too, which the prophet drew between Josiah the temperate, the just, the beneficent, and...

...gold, thou art my confidence." It may be, that in self-condemnation he now felt the woe pronounced on him " that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that usct.h his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work : " and it may be, that...

...house upon the sand." It was against such professors that the wo was denounced by the prophet, — " Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness,...service without wages, and giveth him not for his work." Jer. xxii. 13. John. But does not this strike at the root of involuntary slavery, .which many professors...

...he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 If 3u z~ ;H| Ʋ C | = Cp f@ xV' Ȩ ) sߐ @< c ` q _ /T ; 14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and "large chambers, and cutteth him out 'windows ; and...

...it be sin unto thee. (Deut. xxiv. 14, 15.) Woe unto him, saith the Lord, by the mouth of Jeremiah, that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his...service without wages, and giveth him not for his work. (Jer. xxii. 13.) Owe no man any thing, but to love one another, saith Saint Paul : for he that loveth...

...stranger, the fatherless nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. Jer. xxii, 3. 7. Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work. Jer. xxii, 13. 8. But thine eyes...