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Wise. The evil of that! why the evil of that appears to every eye: the
Heathens, that live like Beasts and Bruits in many things, do abominate
and abhorr such wickedness as this. Let a man but look upon these
things as he goes by, and he shall see enough in them from the light of
nature to make him loath so base a practice; although Mr. Badman loved
it.
Atten. But shew me something out of the Word against it, will you?
Wise. I will willingly do it. And first we will look into the Old
Testament: {107a} You shall, saith God there, do no unrighteousness in
Judgment, in mete-yard, in weights or in measures, a just Ballance, a
just Weight, a just Ephah, and a just Hin shall you have. {107b} This
is the Law of God, and that which all men according to the Law of the
land ought to obey. So again: Ye shall have just Ballances, and a just
Ephah, &c. {107c}
Now having shewed you the Law, I will also shew you how God takes
swerving therefrom. A false Ballance is not good; a false Ballance is
an abomination to the Lord. {107d} Some have just Weights but false
Ballances, and by vertue of those false Ballances, by their just
Weights, they deceive the Countrey: {107e} Wherefore, God first of all
commands that the Ballance be made Just: A just Ballance shalt thou
have. Else they may be, yea are, decievers, notwithstanding their just
weights.
Now, having commanded that men have a just Ballance, and testifying
that a false one is an abomination to the Lord, he proceedeth also unto
weight and measure.
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