204 Queffioni, and Cafe, ofConfcience Char. 22. rely uponhis own judgement, hoping tomake a gaine by his bargain , becaufe the feller out of conscienceof the imperfcâion , fees it ( as he ought ) at the lower rate , and thereupon makes up the match,and will Rand to all hazards , I fee no reafonwhy the feller maynot receive his full price : But ifit be dan- gerous to the buyer (as if the horfe be fubjctt toperillous [lasting , or Rumbling: or if the land be liable to a litigious claime, &c.) the feller is bound in con- fcience at lean after the bargain) to reveale it, that the buyer may provide to prevent the mifchief as much as may be. But if the feller [hall ufe art tocover the defects ofhis commodity , or[ball mixe faulty wareswith found that they may patle undifcovered,'he is more faulty then his wares , and makes an ill bargain for his fold. Quell. What general rulesare to be obferved in buyinc and felling? I, finfm. Fiat, that it's not lawful for a Chriaian Chapman to thrive by fraud. II . Secondly, that hemay not fell upon other tearmes then he would with to buy. III. Thirdly, that his profit mutt be regulatedby his confcience, not his confci- ence byhis profit. IV. Fourthly, that he is bound toprevent the buyers wrong, or if heedlefly done to fatisfie it. V. Fifthly, that he ought to affe& rather to behones then rich. Vi. Sixthly , thatbeing a member of a community both civil , and Chrifli- an , he ought to be tender of another mans indemnity no leffe then of his own. Quell. whether may a man fell hù Commodities the dearer for giving dares of payment ? App. For anfwer hereunto we mull remember that thereare (according to theCafuilh) three Rragesof prices. r. The higher, which they call Rigorous. 2. The mean. 3. The towel. If theft keep within due bounds , though the highea be hard, yet it is not unjut , and ifthelowelt be favourable , yet it is not always neceffary. If rhenyou proportion but a jut1 price to the time, andworth Some lbor of time for theimeanand thelonger, delay for the highef ,fI feprice ot wherein youdo offend. Quell. What reafon may be rendred to prove this lawful ? Amp. It is not metre time which is here fet to fate which were odious in any Chrifian to bargain for : but there are two other confidcrations which render it lawful: I. The hazard ofmoney agreedupon, which often comes thou in the pay- prove bankrupts: fomas much loffehereby comes mma yitimesc o ,p P the confident feller, whence is that proverb, Abird in the hand is worth two in the bulb. z. The ceffarion of that gain which theMerchant might have made of his money in the mean time, whichprobably might havebeen greater then thepro- f portion ofthe raifedprice canamount to. Quell. what if the feller be occasioned to call for his moxey,bürt driven to it by forme emergent neeeffity, or drawn by the opportunity of a moregainful bargain , before the time wherein it is due ? Arfw. He ought then to makean abatement proportionable to that time prevented, and that by reafon of the inconvenience , or loft which the buy- er futlaines, who may hereby be put upon Rraits, and inconveniences in getting in the money before the time appointed. $ut what quantity is to be allowedon the one _part ; or defalked on the other , is only to be moderated
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