od.zs,t6. 047.13. `'B1i.33.Zó. ought not : for Tome vnacquainted withvs , maybevndertaken for in their_difireffes,when their needeBooth iu(ily require that helpe which we Cannot ofour felues minifter vnto them , and yet mayprocure byour word,at anothermans hand : and fome well knowne vinovs,and ofour neerefi kindred , maybe flran- gers in this cafe,yeathe better knowne , the more vnfit that we íhouldpromife forthern,hauing experience oftheir vnfufficien- cy,orvnfaithfulneffe. effndmakehim leaueagage that vnderta- kethfor a(grangewoman. A firange woman in the Scriptures, is vfually,and euerywhere, for ought we remember to thecon- trary,taken for an harlot, or vvhorifhwoman ; thefenfe feemeth tobe,that ifanymanwould offer togiue his word for an Har- lots debts , or take vpought in his ovine name to beflow ona Whore,he fhould not be taken , nor haue any thing lent vnto him,withouta morgage,or competent pledge , or fuch found fpecialty,as will certainely counteruaile the fumme which he is bound for. The libel ty and limitation offuretieihip hathbeene fomewhat more fpokenofinthe eleauenthChap.ver.I 5. ¶ They that rafhlycan themfelues intodebt, are not fo fauou- rably tobe dealt with , as they that fall thereinto throughne- cefiîtie. In thebehalfeofthepooreand needy, who were driuen to borrow for reliefeofthemfelues and their families,theLord gi- ueth that chargeto the wealthier fort : If thou (halt receiue to powne thegarment ofthy neighbour,reiforeit vnto him before the Sunnegoeth downerforthat onely is his cowering , that it his gar- ment for his sk,inne :wherein(hall he fleepe ? Therefore when bee cryeth tome,Iwill heare him,for I am mere( ll. And heere a- gainfilauifh and vnaduifed fureties,andborrowers , he warran- teth men,yea heperfwadeth them,yeahe layeth a commaunde- mentvpon them and repeateth the fame in the felfe fame words in the Chapter following, that they take their garments for pledges. And as heere he direð the creditórs what they íhould doe,fo hereafter he foretclleth fuch manner of fureties what theymuff looke for : but in the wayofadmonition,to the end they fhould preuent the perrill and trouble. Be not thou of them,faithhe,that touch the hand,nor among them that arefore- t)
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