They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
Ver. 7. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing] viz. By denying and detaining from them what they have earned, wherewith they should provide them garments, which are so called, quasi gardments: because they serve to guard men's bodies from the injury of the weather. They cause them to lodge naked, because they have no clothing, so some read the text; they lay them open to the pinching cold of the night. And what a misery it is to lie cold and wet, and not to have wherewith to keep us warm and dry, in winter season especially, who knows not? Hic disce Deo gratus esse, saith Lavater. Here then learn thankfulness to God, thou that hast not only a warm and wholesome lodging room, but also good store of bedclothes; and those of the better sort too. Abuse not these blessings to pride and luxury, lest God turn in upon the spoilers and plunderers, who may leave thee little enough; leave thee nudum tanquam ex mari, as they did many in these late shredding and stripping times, Ezekiel 25:4. God threateneth to send the men of the East to dwell (as so many Lord Danes) in their palaces, and to eat their milk, &c. When the children play with their meat, and cast it to the dogs, what can the father do less than bid take away?