John Trapp on Zechariah 7:10

Verſe 10. And oppreſſe not the widow nor the ſathe[illegible: 3 letters]ſe] Widows and Orphans are Gods clients, taken into his ſpecial protection.

the ſtranger] Whoſe right is ſo ſacred, ſaith one, that there was never ration ſo barbarous, that would violate the ſame.

nor the poor] whoſe miſery moves compaſſion without an Oratour. In the low countries they may not beg, but only look pittifully. To grinde the faces of ſuch is barbarous cruelty: to wrong them, or but wrangle with them, is called, man-eating, Pſal. 14.4.

and let none of you imagine evil againſt his brother in your heart.] For though you never act it, yet Fecit quiſque quantum voluit, ſaith Seneca It is ſaid, Joſh. 24.9. Balac aroſe and fought with Iſrael: And yet the ſtory ſaith nothing ſo. Sed fieri dicitur quod tentatur aut intenditur, ſaith Ribera upon Amos 9.5. Hec did not, becauſe he durſt not: yet he is ſaid to have done it, becauſe he had a mind to do it. A man may die of an inward bleeding: ſo of heart-ſinnes, which are majoris reatus, as we ſee in devils, though outward ſinnes are majoris infamiae, as the Schools well obſerve.