4. An honest man therefore would be ashamed to ask, where is the harm in robbing such a father? His own reason, if he had any at all, would give him a speedy answer. But _you_ are a Christian: are you not? You say, you believe the bible. Then I say to _you_, in the name of God, and in the name of Christ, _Thou shalt not steal_. Thou shalt not take what is not thine own, what is the right of another man. But the duties appointed by law are the King’s right, as much as your coat is _your_ right. He has as good a right to them, as _you_ have to this: these are his property, as much as this is yours. Therefore you are as much a thief if you take his duties, as a man is that takes your coat. 5. If you believe the bible, I say to _you_, as our Saviour said to them of old time, _Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and unto |God| the things that are |God|’s._ If then you mind our Saviour’s words, be as careful to _honour the King_, as to _fear_ God. Be as exact in giving the king, what is due to the king, as in giving God what is due to God. Upon no account whatever rob or defraud him of the least thing which is his lawful property. 6. If you believe the bible, I say to _you_, as St. _Paul_ said to the ancient Christians, _Render unto all their dues_: in particular, _Custom to whom custom is due, tribute to whom tribute_. Now custom is by the laws of _England_ due to the king. Therefore every one in _England_ is bound to pay it him. So that robbing the king herein, is abundantly worse than common stealing, or common robbing on the highway. 7. And so it is, on another account also: for it is a _general_ robbery: it is, in effect, not only robbing the king, but robbing every honest man in the nation. For the more the king’s duties are diminished, the more the taxes must be increased. And these lie upon us all: they are the burden not of some, but of all the people of _England_. Therefore every smuggler is a _thief-general_, who picks the pockets both of the king, and all his fellow-subjects. He wrongs them all; and above all, the honest traders: many of whom he deprives of their maintenance: constraining them either not to sell their goods at all, or to sell them to no profit. Some of them are tempted hereby, finding they cannot get bread for their families, to turn thieves too. And then _you_ are accountable for _their_ sin as well as your own: you bring their blood upon your own head. Calmly consider this, and you will never more ask, “What harm there is in smuggling?”