23o whereinlits ate exile? RigiiMn,res,whkb SPrm.i°, dealings, wh ch are juflitiab;e, from particular reafons , not obvious ro any man, who is unfeen in the way of Trade. BeCdes,there are ma- ny Cafes fall under this queftion which are very nice, but of great con - fequenc.e, and thegreater caution and tendernefs ought to be tiled in the refolution of them, 1ecaufe they are matters of conftant praaife, and the grearefl part of mankinde are concerned in them ; now it is a dangerous thing , to miffake in thofe things , in which many perlons are tnterefled, efpecially if they be things offuch a vafl difference, as Good , and Evil , Right, and Wrong are : For if that be de:ermin'd to be lawful, which is unlawful, men are led into Sin; if that be de- termined to be unlawful,which is lawful,men are led into a Snare; for if thisdetermination be to the prejudice of then in their callings , it is an hundred ro one , but common exa141p1e and private interea, will make many continue in that pradlife; and then the mifchief is this, though men do that which is lawful and right , yet they are fiag,gered by the authority and confidenceof him, who hath deter- minad it unlawful ; and fo have forme relund}ancy in their Confci- ences in the doing of it, and this by accident becomes a great fin to them; andwhen upon a Sick-bed, or any other occafion, they come to be touched with the fenfe of lin, this will be matter of greater hora ror and affrighrment to them, than a real fin which they committed ignorantly, and were afterwards convinced of. Upon all thele confi- derarions,I ought toproceed with great warinefs, in the anfweringof this queftion, therefore I fhall content my felf with fpeaking thole thingswhich are clear and evident, though they be but general, rather then venture out of my depth, bydefcending into particulars, and fuch things as are out of my notice. I (hall therefore, I. Laydown the General Rule. 2. Some `Propofatious which may tend to the explication of ir, 3. Some fpecial Rules, for the dire6ting of our Commerce and in- tercourfe. I. Thegeneral Rule is this ; nitwhich it is not unreafonable forme tode/ire togain by another, when Iam tofell, that I fhould allow another to gainby me, when I am to buy ; and thatwhich it isnot tenreafonable,another fhouldgain by me,when Ian; to baay,chat, andno more 1 maygainby another, when I am tofell. 2. The Propofitions, which I (hall laydown, for the further explica- tion of this Rule, are thefe, z. In Buyingand Selling , filch aproportion of gainmay be taken, and ought -'''AIR11111116K .- 1
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