202. II. Qeffionf,andCafe' ofConffence Chap. a2 Secondly by taking advantageof the Buyers fimplicity , or prefent neceffity thereby to take more for his commodity then it is worth : or when the feller knoweth that the buyer cannot make prefent payment , but muff take it upon day, he thereupon raifeth the price unreafonably, Grn.23 1 S LeT -5 14,i ,I Ama.r S. 5. III. Thirdly, in felling and delivering that whichhe knows to be bad ware in thi fubffance of it for good, and at the price of good : As when a man fells land töó which he bath not a good title, or which he hath formerly fold or morgaged without acquainting, the buyer with the morgage : Orin ware, when he fells bad for good, as copper for gold, &c. Fourthly, in felling and delivering that which he knows to be badand faulty in the quality of it forgood, and at the price of good, as lame, and unfound cartel for found , rotten flefh for wholefotne : rotten wares for found : ufing falfe lights, &c. Amos 8. 6. Fifthly , Deceiving the buyer in number , weight , or meafure , and yet taking the full price.: Forbidden, Lev.19.35,36, Dent. 25..t3, 14, 15. Ezek,45.Io. Mt6.6.io,I I. ?rov.I l .1. and 2o. o. weft. How elfedoth the feller finne by hurting his neighbour in his outward eflate ? Anfw. By railing the juft priceof things, or wracking them to fo unmieafu- rable a rate, as that thereby he opprefl'eth his neighbour. Forbidden, Lev. 25. 14,15,16. rThef.4.6. fgnificatmodemexcedere in augendee rerum preciis. Objea May I not male the befl ofmineown ? Anfw. No, he may not make whathe can of his own to the hurt, wrong,and oppreflion ofanother, it being againft Chrifts rule, t3Ylat.7. Ia. and that Gal. 5. 15. uef}. How then are we to prize the commoditieswhich we we fell? a lofw. Not according toour own greedy minde , bur according to the rule ofequity, i.e. according to the truevalue of the thing,and the benefitits like to yeeld to the buyer, Lev.25.14, &c. Sixthly, the buying and felling things unprofitable, and hurtful,as Cards,Dice, &c. Or things that tend meetly to maintain pride, and vanity : as painting , complexion, patches, &c. or tending meetly to maintaine fuperflition , as Beads, Croffes, Crucifixes , &c. Ifa. 55. a. eíll-ts 19. 24. See Elton on the Commandments. Queff. Whether may a man fell his wares as dear as hecan, andget what he can ofevery buyer? Anfw. For anfwer hereunto I lay down thefePropofitions. r. There isa due price tobe let upon every faleable commodity , elfe corn- merce amongft menwould be deftroyed : For ifevery man might fet what rate he pleafeth upon his land orgoods, where fhould he finde a buyer ? furely no- thing would follow but confufion, andwant : for then meetly extremity muff both make the market, and regulate ir. a. The due price is that which cuts equally, and indifferently betwixtthebuy- er, and feller, fo that the feller may have a moderate gaine, and the buyer a juft penny-worth. 3. In thofe countreys where there is a price let, by publick authority , upon marketable commodities, the way ofcommerce is eafie,and its fit that everyone fhould be kept dole to that rule. 4. Where all things are left arbitrary there were no living, iffome limits were not fet to the fellers demands. 5. Thefe lin- its muff be the ordinary price ufed in the feveral Countreys wherein they are fold, and the judgement of wife, experienced,and unconcerned perfons : and the well-flared confcienceof the feller. 6. If V. VI.
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