550 Ephefians, Chap.4. VIE R..28f. by abufe of lawful! meanes, thus our common banquerupts, out Players , our gamefters, our trades to no good purpole, God faith not in wandring idle, in playing, in gaming, in: doing that Gen.;.to, which is fìnfull, but in the fweate of thy brow thou:'Bolt eate thy ,bread; worke that which ìs goad, that thou mayfl rate thy ownebready fo that what ever they have not : working in fome good calling, is not their owne. z. Ifhavinga good trade, I abufe ir, ufc deceite in it, I am a theefe before God; ifone of%falfe weights, ineafures, fal- fifie wares,i fonely to fetch offhis neighbour,it is thcfr.Looke z King. 5.25. that Gebql got with telling a lye, he fiole, and was puni(hed accordingly: Levis. 19.11. Thou'halt not fleale, faith Mofes; beeex poundeth it in the next words, thou_Malt not deale'filfely,neither lyeene toanother togaine by : And Zeph. 3.1. God calleth ierufalem a robbing City,asif one fhouldcall London, aCity ofrobbers, becaufe they ufed rfai.37. :1. deceitfulneffe in theirdealings, and fo robbed one another. Thus bor- rowing is lawfull,tiuttoget my neighbours goods, that I may have to fpend on my lofts, or with a meaning to breake and make him take what I pleafe, it is groffe ftealth : many more innocent thceves are hanged,and according to law juftly: fo whenOne bypretence of dam- mages gettethmore then is his due, he ftealeth ir. Many make finch falleeftimates,that theywill askea Noble for nine pence; they might ! aswell fteale it by the high way : fo in way of reckoning, when ano- ther doth beare mycharge,todemand more thenmy confcience know-' eth is due, is theft. z; The fecond. way of ftealth is by with-holding that our neigh - By with-hot- bout fhould have, as to with-hold dues from the Common-wealth, ding that from the Church, from the poore; to with-holdwages from the which is an- thers. fervant, if it be but the leaf} fpace of time toh6tIoffe. Lev it. r9, 13.. Thewages of him that is hired _ball not abide wà thee all.night,tant :11 the morning. But efpecially this detaining is in things we finde; in things lent; in things committed to our truft,whenhe purloines this or that, whichhe hath in troll forthe goodofanother, and fohandles the thing that hegoeth away with the tweet of it; in not reftoring that we have unjuftly gotten of our neighbours. He that makethnot meanes that a thing he hath found may come backe to the owner, is a theefe. He that retornes not a thing he hath borrowed is a thcefe, yea it is Whatnot ea- notable wickedneffe, Pfàl. 37. zr. You will fay,Whatrevety one t {coringof a t..infw. No; for underftanding the truth it ftandcth thus : he that re- á` s fh°{;ii,'- ftoreth not the thing he hath borrowed, doth it either becaufe hecan- andwhac nor not, orhe will not, or heedeth it not: now the two latter is never with- out theft, the former maybe, which ifit be, we mutt confider, whe- ther theperfon when he didborrow this or that firmme, might law- fully borrow it, thatis,wherherheborrowed no more then bee law howhe might be able to relbre. z. Whether his inabilitybe cau- fedby Gods hand humbling him, or by his owne riot; if neither of chelebe found in him, then he is free, andhis debt goeth into a gift; if ,otherwife, he is a theefe in not repaying. So not to husband a thing commit-
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