1>ire8ions fo_r:.]l!fjice in (pntraEJs. ~HAP. XIX. General DireEJions and particular [afes of Confcience , about ComraEJs in gene. ral, and about 'Zluyi1~ mzd SeUmg, '13orrowing a1zd Lendilzg·,. Ufury , &c. in partiwlar. Tit. t. General DireEiiom againft injuriouo '13argaining'and [ozitr~Els. · .. , IIJ ,, BEfidcs the la!\ Directions Chap. 18. take thcfc as more nearly pertincn~ to this cafe. . §. 1. DireCI. I· See 'b.Jt yuur hlartJ h.ave the two great principles of Jufticedeeply and habitu.slly DueQ. I· innaturalized or radicated in them: viz.1he true Love of your ndghboser, and the Deny:~/ of your ftlf: :which in o»e precept are caUtd, The Lovi11g of you} ntigb!Jour ar your fe/f. For then you will be heed from the Inclin:lrion to injuries and fraud, and from the power of. rho{! temptations, .which carry men to thefe fins, They will be contrary to your habitual will or inclination; and you will bemore fiudious to help your neighbour, than to get fiotri him. . §· 2· Dir.cd:. z. Yet dl) 1wt conttnt yo:tr felf.with the[e habits, hut he Jure to eaU them up to all, Vuel1• 2· when ever you bave any bargaining with otherr; and let a fuithf:tl Confcience be to you as a Crytr tiJ proclaim Gods Laws, andf:;y toyott, NowrememberLoveandSelfdinyal, and Do as yourvoicld be done by. If AlexaiJder Severtu {o highly valued this Caying, £2.!!..od tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne fictrH; as to make it his Motto, and write and engrave if on his doors and buildings (having learned it .. of fome Chrifiians or Jews, faith Lampri.diM); What a crime ancl ihame is it for Chrifis own profet\ •Difcipks neither to learn or love it. Put home the queflioil when you have any bugaining_ wich others, How would 1 be dealt with my fdf, if my cafe were the fame withhis? §•,. Direct. 3· When the Tempter drarvetb you to think. only of yrmr ~Wil commodity a;zd g:Jin, re 4 Dir:tl. 3• membet how much more yau wiU lofc by fin, :than )OJ~r gai.n c.m a1ry w.r.ty amount tv. [f Ac:J/1, Gthe:::.i, .Ahab, JttdM, 6'"c. had forefccn the end, 2nd the greatncfs of their loCs, it would havt: curb~d their covetous detircs. Believe Gods Word from the bottom of your heart, that .you 1hall lcfe things eternil if you finfuHy get things temporal, and then you will not m:1ke hafie m fuch a bargain, to win the world and lofe your fouls. • §. 4· DireCt. 4· Vnderjlandyour neighbour I cafe arig}n, and mr:ditatc oH bi1 J.,a;•ts and inte-..dl. You Dirctl. +– think what you want your fclf; but you think not whether his watlts with whom you deal) may 1~0t be as great as yours : Confider what his commodity coUeth him: or what th<: toil of tht worl{mans labour is: What houfe rent he hath to pay, and what a family to maintain ? and whether all this can be well done, upon the utes that you ddire to trade wirh him. And do not bcli:ve everycommon report, of his riches, or of the price of his commodity; For fame in fuch cafes is frequer.t 4 ly falfe. §. S• Direct. S· Regard the publick. good above your own commodity. Ir is not llwful to take up Dirct:J. 5• or keep up any oppreffing monopoly or Trade ; which tendeth to enrich you by the lofs of the Com– mon-wealth or of many. p. 6. Dire&. 6. 'therefore h.1vt a Jpecial regard to the Laws of the Countrcy wl1erc y(Ju liVe: both Diretl. 6. as to your Trade it fetf, and ar tothe price of what you fell or buy. 1-'or the Law is.mad~ for- the publick benefit, whi.;h is w be preferred before any private mans~ And when the Law cloth dir~dly or indireCtly fet rates upon labours or commodities, ordinarily they muit be obfcrved ; or elfe you will cOmmit rwo fins at once, lnjury and Difobedi'ence. §. 7· Direct.7· Aifo have fpeci.Jt rcfpel1 to the common eftimate, and to the M.Jrk._-et·price. Though DircU. 7• it be not alwayes to be our Kt,le, yet ordinarily it muft be a conliderable pnl of it; and of gr.::at regard. §. 8. Djrc,c:t. S. Let not imprttdwt tinlzifzg maize you fcem more covetous tlla;, you are. Some im- Dird1. So prudent perfons cannot tell how to make theix markets wichom {0 many words,, even abouc a penny or a triflt:, that it makcth others think them covetous, when it is rather want ot wit. The app~arance of evil mufi beavoided. I have known fome that are ready to give: a pound to a chariublc ufe at a word, who will yet ufe fo many wotds for a penny in cheir bargaining, as makerh them deeply ccnfured and mifunder!\ood. If you (ce caufe to br<ak for a penny or a limll matrer, do it
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