234 wherein tá4 044 Ri hteo ri withal) when they happen, then fome chink is is enough to allow for ofic. lib. 3. therm in the price , but I chin',c Tully bath determined it better, Ne quidomnino quod venditurnovit empty ignores, that thebuyer fhould not be left ignorant of any thing that the feller %news : And this feems reafon- able, for I know not but another man may value thole fiul.s higher than I do ; however it is not fo fair for me to make another mans bar- gain. 2. Impofeupon no mansxecejpty. If a man mull needs buy now, or of thee,becaufe noneelfe is neer,tnake no advantageof this. 3. When Gods providence bathput into thy hands fume great opportu- nity and advantage ( as by the intervention of forne unexpected Law, by a fudden War or Peace betwixt Nations, or by forne other cafualty) do not f retch ít to the :small. Fortanam reverencer hak , ufe this provi- dential advantage modeflly, contïdering that he whole bl:.fsing gave thee this opportunity,can blafl thee a thoufand wayes. 4. Zlfe plainnefs in allyotsr dealings : This the Roman Laws called bo- n;s fide agere ; Do not difparage another mans commodity,or raife your own befides truth, this is finful; do not infìnuate a commendation or difparagement indireály,thereby to lead a man into an error, that you may draw on a bargain the more earl ; do not (as your phrafe is) ask or bidmuch out of the way, for if this be not Limply unlawful, yet it Bothnot become an honed man : We commend the Quakers, becaufe they are at a word in all their dealings; we would be loath not tobe counted as good Chritliians as they are ; let us then do as good things as they do, efpeciallywhen weaccount thole things praife worthy , and I am fure this is no wayes contrary to Nice, and Hone/7y, and [ruth I know nothing that gives fo real a reputation to that SeCf , as this pra- dlife, and would it not adorn thofe who account themfelves the more fober Chriflians : if we praife this in others; let us prat}ife it in our felves. We are apt to value our (elves much by our Orthodox fudge- ments , but let us take heed that SeEtaries do not confute us by their. Orthodox lives. For the fake of Religion Next toyour Confciences, in allyour dealings, tenderyour reputation, for, quod confcientiacif apud De- um,edfama eft apud hemtnes, that which confcience is in reference to God, thatour reputation is in refpeEl ofmen. 5. Inmatters ofvanityand fancy, and things whichhave no certain tfii- :nation,ntfemoderation ; and fo much the rather, becaufe in thefe thou art left tobe thyown Judge. 6. Do not go to the utmoft of things lawful. He that will al4vayes walk apon the brink, is in great danger of falling down : he that will do
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