256 C H A P.4. An Expofitioss vpon th e fsrfl V It a.6 There is another price, which they call pretium efwg- mentatum or mudtiplicatum 5 fò called, becaufe in refpee of forbearance, it is augmented aboue the worth of the thing in extremity. Whether is this kind of filling for day a breach of Iuflice e The generali attfwer is, that it is an apparant violation of Iuftice commutative, becaufe equality is not kept betwixt the thing and the price. Howbefr, there are of opinion, refpet} may be had to mens po(lible or probable damages and looke what da- mage in probability the Seller may fuiaine by inch for- bearance, for it, the Seller may prouide in enentum; by adding to thepriceaboue the worth. But if gaine bee that is aymed at therein, the contra& cannot be excufed ofiniuftice, being meerly vfurious. And of the firft (nne againft Iuflice,by ouer- reaching,thus farce. The helper forward of it, is Fraud ; whereof, fee. Annot. ad Rom. 1.29. To (et downe the feuerall forts of deceit vied in matters of contra&, were infinite, and in truth impoflible 5 fo witty is the world growne to de- ceiue their Brother,their owne Fathers,as we fay in the Prouerbe, in the iiTue, as lames fpeakes, theirornefoules; out of which ill manners of men, haue growne many good Lawes for Weights and Meafures, &c. yet neuer was there Law of man fo cautelous and prouident, as to preucnt all particulars; the fubtle wit of men whetted from Hell, is fo nimble to deuife cuafions, that not with- out Cade their Trades are called Crafts, Myfteries; as is Paid of Antichriftianifine, Mjfteriesefiniquiy : particu- lars are numberlelle. Darke (hops, faire fpeeches, falle fingers. proteftations, fwearings, for- fwearings ; all that Mans, or Deuills fubtlety can deuife, are frequent a mongft men to deceiue. Alas, what is become of that ancient fimplicity, fo much commendedin our Fore-fa- thers ? How is it, that Prouerbs fo Heatheni(h, are now currant amongft Chriftians ? Plaine- dealing, wee fayy,is heft, but whofò vfeth ire muff dye a Beggar.Such indeed are
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