~-3.14: ·. Theeighth .Commttndemtnt. { · amongmen, hecaufe it takcth' fomc lhcw o't warrant from the law oftn.en,but-Gods law will aHow·itnocolour~So SA- . . ./~mo11 fpeak.es oftheft bybuyi .gand felling; It h'--t1DIIght, it · Pro.~?·r:.t· 14 nought,ftuth thebuyer:6ut after hebo11ffeth: fuch aswil de• .'rhcftm· 1r. 1· b ~ ~~ · a h · r • . bu~ingand pre,ueat 11ng a ?ucmea1ure, a~u aga.mn t e1t con1ctence felling. . a~a.. knowledge,tf~hey be eo buy.: bmtfth~ybe t~fell, .they wlll extoll and pratfe the fame dung, farre b'eyot'td that they -know and bee perfvvaded it is worth. Thefe·and fuch like pratHfes are clofe &colourable, that mas law doth not take ,fo much·hold vpon,but Gods law dotb forbid .&codemne. · Thefr with ' - AnotherJand the laH kind of fiealth is without all colour · · :f:a~~our ·oflaw,whenone will haue it,becaufe he will, though he .can :s.sam.a.16 alleadge noCbadow ofright or ti tle to it. As, by violent and .tlrongharid,to take 1way that belongs not to him. Thiswas the Gn ofl?p_hni andPhinea&, ~~oviolently robbed ·the pcQ– l · .. ··.ple,in their facrifices and offerings: and ifthepeop~e faid, I . .prayyou let God benrfl ferued, and,let things be done ac; .cording eo the law; Nay,would they fay, but ifyou will not :giue it vs,we will take it whether you will or ne. Heere they cou:ld pleade no mannerofiiuerell, and therefore it is faidJ The finofthe young men was great in the fight ofGod: fo, to fleale by the high-way fide,and to take away mens catteiJ ,or any fuch likecomrnodities.This is akoowne fin. Andbecaufe fuch commonly,being conuictedofthe fa&, haue no– .thing to fay in defence ofthe finne,they are foondl brought .to repeotance.Orifthey donot fo,.then God will find them ,guiltie,and giue them their itjfl'recompence, whichhehath threataed·againfi them, 1:Cor.6.Io. Thcrcfore·thisii hccre .paffed ouer briefely. '· :' · Anotherkiniloffleafing, which isdone wichout colour .. ofright;is triore priuyand dofe (the former wasviolent and open) and that is either by taking or retaining. By taking, · when one laies theeuifh hands on that thing\\ hich his con;. fcience tellei him rhat hehath no right vntq, but it belongs _ alt~getherV.ntaanothe-r. Of this theft the Prophet fpeak~~, Zac.5. rh~t the CHr(e ofG.d liki 11 flJing ~~~~k.! comu vpo, thi .h•llfot~{the theife. Zach.s .1.,;,4.verf.![ee ~tftying "''ke, thl /engtll thereofi4 'Z.O• ,,;bit~,A•dirlildth'fit 1 o. Thenfoid het r ~nil
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