C u AP.4.., EpJile to the Theffalonians. VaR.6. contrae, we refile& not the value Natural!; but ef}ecme the worth by conueniency for vfe. In Nature, more ex- cellent is one Sparrow, or Gnat, the meanefi liuing crea- ture,then Pearles or Diamonds:Life and Sente are things of more excellency, thentwfeother oftñorc iworthisbretd creatures ; yet according , then thoufànds of there animalcrsla. The value in refpe& ofvie, is thus deemed. Firf},ac- cording to the vertuoutitetre of the thing, and the reali properties it hath to be auaileable and of force for vfe. So a cloth fubtlantiall and skilfully wrought, is of more worth, then that which is tleighted. A beafif}rong and nimble for labour,b.etter then a weakeor dull Atre:their reali properties make them more fit for vfe, and fo of more value. Secondly:, it is attended according to fcarcity and rarenetre of commodities. Times of fcarcity, make times ofdearth. In Samaria, during the liege, Rn a t/iffes herd a 2,7010.4. was worth fourefcore pieces offiluer: a Cab of Doues dung, worth flue peeces of fluer. In che fame place, the liege díf- b 2 King.. 18. blued, a meafure b of fine flower is fold for one Shecle, two mea/ures of Barley fer one Shecle. Thirdly,accordingto the mind of the Seller or Buyer, and that contentment or pleafance bee conceiues in the thing. Fourthly, to thefe may be addcd,cotiimon eflimation; according whereto the price of molt things is vfùally iudged of. Fiftly, there bee that annexe conlïderacion of Places and Countries ; which affoords no (mall variety of price and worth, in things thus exchanged. To thefe all or time, luflice cotpmutatiue requires the price to be pro- portioned ; fo that if the Seller exa& a price notably ex- ceeding the worth of the thing;or the Buyer giue a price fcienter, far inferior to the due value,both are fáid in this kind to puer- reach. This is the general! rule to be obfer- ued in matters of contra &. A{ 283
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