SECTION 3 



THE SINS THAT CRY TO HEAVEN FOR VENGEANCE 



There are four sins that are said to cry to 

 heaven for vengeance, vis.: (i) Wilful murder; 

 (2) Sodomy; (3) Oppression of the poor; (4) 

 Defrauding laborers of their hire. 



The Schoolmen enumerate these sins in the 

 following distich : 



Clamitat ad caelum vox sanguinis et sodomorum, 

 Vox oppressorum, merces detenta laborum. 



This classification is based upon Scripture. 

 Gen. IV, 10: 'The Lord said to Cain: . . . What 

 hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood 

 crieth to me from the earth." Gen. XVIII, 20 

 sq. : 'The Lord said: The cry of Sodom and 

 Gomorrah is multiplied, and their sin is become 

 exceedingly grievous." Gen. XIX, 13 the angels 

 tell Lot that they will destroy Sodom, "because 

 their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath 

 sent us to destroy them." Ex. Ill, 7 Jehovah 

 says to Moses : "I have seen the affliction of my 

 people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry be- 

 cause of the rigor of them that are over the 



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