0 E B r O R 
 
 AJi D 
 
 CREDITOR 
 
 Made EAS Y: 
 
 OR, 
 
 The Judgment of the Unmer¬ 
 ciful Demonftrated, 
 
 • I N. A, 
 
 SERMON. 
 
 By LVKE MIL BOV R'ME t 
 
 ter of the Church of ENG L AND< I 
 &f~ S, M- - fit’(trj'w 
 
 APrg 
 
 ^ vf- /;• j 
 
 Blejfed are the Merciful^ for they (hail obtain Mercy 
 Matth. v. 7. 
 
 L 0 N D 0 N: 
 
 Printed for Samuel Manfnfo at the tfhtp ag^tirtfl the 
 Royal Exchange in Gornhill ^ 1709.' I 
 
JAMES ij. 13 . 
 
 He fhtiU have ’judgment without Mercy, who hath 
 Jhewed no Mercy. 
 
 B Y Judgment in the Text, is meant, The detei mining Saltern 
 at the Great Day. Judgment with Mercy , is the Jujlification 
 and Glorification of the Faithful, exemplify’d in the BkfFing 
 pronounced on the fide of the Sheep at the Right Hand of 
 the Supream Judge, Come ye Blejfed Children of my Father, 'receive the 
 Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the World. Judgment 
 without Mercy , is the Sentence of Eternal Damnation denounced a- 
 gaintl the Goats on the Judges Left Hand, exemplify’d in thofe 
 terrible Words, Depart ye Curfed into Everlajling Fire, prepared for 
 the Devil and his Jvgcls. 
 
 The Determination of the Apoftle in thefe Words, refers to the 
 Wife and Learned, particularly to the lawful Paftors of the Cbiijlian 
 Church, who permit fucir Members of the Flock of Chrift, as are 
 Ignorant and Unlearned, to go on m the ways of Sin, without 
 Reproving or Teaching them better; or without Ihewing any Mer¬ 
 cy to their Souls. 
 
 It refers to the Rich and Wealthy, who fee the Poor ip a naked, 
 deiiitute, ftarving Condition; and may, perhaps, give them the 
 Comfort of a few good Words, but neither Feed, nor Cloath, nor 
 any ways provide for them. . . 
 
 It refers to the Great and Powerful , to Men of Interefl and in Au¬ 
 thority, who often fee their InfeiioUr Brethren wrong’d, .abus’d, 
 opprels’d, crulh’d to pieces by uncompaffionate and domineering 
 Wretches, who lludymuch to advance their own Greatnefs, and to 
 fatisfy their unreafonable Lulls, but never ufe their Authority or 
 Interell to deliver their poor Brethren out of the cruel Hands of 
 the Oppreffor. 
 
 And it refers, and that in the firft meaning of the Text, to thofe 
 Unchrijlian Creditors, who know that fomeof their unfortunate Deb¬ 
 tors aie utterly uncapable of latisfying their Expectations oi De¬ 
 mands ; and yet are lb far from commifeiating their Melancholic 
 Circumllances, or from fparing them, that they are immediately 
 for taking them by the Throat, and for calling them into Prifon 
 till they have paid the utmolt Farthing, tho’ their very Imprifon- 
 ment makes the Difcharge of their Debts imptadicabk. 
 
 A: ‘ The 
 
4 Debtor and Creditor made Eafy : Or, 
 
 TheGrear, the Rich, the Learned, as concern’d in this Text, I 
 have nothing to do with at prelent: But of the hit kind of Per- 
 £ons,«pr the Mcrcilcfs Creditors, I lhail now take Xotice : The Im¬ 
 piety and Inhumanity of the lalt having brought a horrible Scan¬ 
 dal upon the whole nation, and having made our Foie&i Neigh¬ 
 bours look upon the Engiijb, efptcially among their am Counay- 
 wen, as fo many Pikes in a River,-pr Sharks-at Sea, who devour all 
 their fellow Creatures with ah inexpreffible Greedinel’s; or likefo 
 many baibarous Cannibals,, feeding altogether upon. Man’s Plelh, 
 and whofpare thole who are fo un’fbitunate as to be concern’d with 
 them, no mote than a.Midnight \v olf,or a Hungry Vulture, would 
 
 they are'concern'd with,''however piriening their Circtmillances 
 frciv Iv. m rile nr.vVrvlf of ti rir Pmi-rr. and are willing to do ailV 
 
 I. fairly and Impartially pate the Cafe between Debtot ami Cre¬ 
 ditor, lo as.every one may know what God ana the common Inte- 
 reits of Human Sc.iety Htjuiie at tire Hands of both. 
 
 l. I flrail conhdi-r tiiole Pi evocations which D’Jhn'eft and Vttjtttl 
 Ucbrqis giec ts rb-i. C;\ Ia which thole Debtois whole AcUr 
 
The, Jjtdgmntof the Unmerciful demon fir ated. ’5 
 
 -•mis : and 'Intentions - have always been; Jutland Hbh'ett- oftentimes 
 ; come to fare the worfe:; And ffliall make fuch Conclutions from 
 i.iwhat thall be-faid on thefe Heads, as-may. fer-ve to■ advaiVce- 1 Hoiiefty 
 , on the Debtor's, and Charity-on tip Creditor?! parr. - 
 
 1 1. I ihall Fairlyand Impartially Jlatc.the Cafe htwehvDcbtor ami 
 
 • Creditor , fo as every one.may kno vr-.wlmt G)d and'the common 1 Infe- 
 . rejls of Human-Society, .require at both their Hands.-And to begin 
 r. with the Creditor : Of Him it's requit’d, • - .f n hi .;v 
 •. Ji.JThat He.fioull not'take any Unlawful Mvlnltdge‘of : 'the/ieal 
 : Necejjit.ies of fuel) as He's concern'd, with.’.: Thefe Jdvantagis^ifeUn- 
 : lawful whicharife from the JFeaknefs and Ignorance of aiibthep* As 
 -when-the Creditor puts off III, or Damag’d, or Umnercnaiitable 
 Goods, for Goods; well Condition’d; and of Ready and'-f requerit 
 Demand,, and the Buyer knows-no better, burtakes' them isTuch. 
 
 , It’s true, there’s a-kind of Proverb among Traders, thatf/w/e who 
 -. buy. the Devil , mnfiifelLthe Devil ; And the-meaning df'That Pro- 
 . .verb may hold good under fome particular Limitations A$j'• if I, 
 
 - after the bell Caie.I can take, fo infpect fuch or fuch Goods; am 
 yet impos’d upon, ; andcheated, I may'fell 1 thofe Goods-again to 
 
 - another without Injuttice, proyided.always rhat I fairly and can- 
 edidly let the Buyer know what the.Goods are, and in wliat they 
 ,-are.defedlive, and fell them to Him at a Price proportibiVd’to the 
 
 real Value.of the Goods. It’s not enough for me to leave him to 
 -find;out whether they are Good or;no ; has, rt may b'ejihe did of 
 -whom I bought: them atfirlfFor tho’y perhaps, Tpveteiid to great 
 J.Skilf iu.the Commodity. I traffick for,"' and; fancy that-iio Body can 
 -trick me, .or deceive.me, .yet whenI; come to examine iny'>Bargain, 
 -and find I really, am cheated and abufed, -I 'prefeiitlyTbndhde.tliat 
 ■liheiScller. was a CoziningcJinconfcionablbKhave , and tefdlve never'to 
 •/buy of .him again; unlefs I have ,fom‘e \profpecl of being reveng’d 
 lon hiiiij'hy .pay.iugTiim.in; his own-coin-.-i. If now, Itctiafge him 
 who has impos’d upon me with Cheating and Knavery, tiien' Tput 
 ^hellhiTie.Charadters:of'a7(f«a»g.aw(i:rrf Cheat uporihny felfJ'ivhen. I 
 -i'put/offi.the Tame Goods.at as- greatand ; -unreafbnabfe a Price to anct- 
 -viier... He who knowingly cheats me, yisiguiltyof a great-8iiv and 
 therefore, to be fure,.it;I cheat another in the.'fame oianuetf Tcah 
 ,neyer be innocent., ...d 1 .' u\ :• zr: j-.l- ' ... , hi Inf. yih >c 
 
 • Again, Thole UHantages. are .Unlawful, which arife'duVof'tlie 
 dependant Jlate-ofHbe. poor Debtor...: The Debtor, 1 Hr-may lie-'hands 
 ,inHeed of the Creditoris/Favour,-of Support, or-Iiiteieil-i'dividme ■ 
 .particular Occaiion ';cror;* ft»’s: poffible,.:heMnay' expe& fame 1 |reat - 
 ,matter fromhim, and therefore, lie'dares not iefufe-Whaf'thb-'Seiief 
 .offers him,, tot tear .of difobliging-;hiih'f; To that id luch'-a'Cafe a. 
 ■IVIan inuil .ihut his Eyes to his oty.ri undoing', only tor fear of being- 
 undone. Such Unlawful Advantages are^iven lbmetimesby-the 
 Debtors engaging' lumlelf'.hpGIandeJlmror Private Contrails to 
 meddle in inch things as are forbidden, by. the Raws of the Couu- 
 ' ' ' ' ' W 
 
t -6 Debtor and Creditor wadffiEafy:: Or, " 
 
 try where he Trades : The Buyer takes off. the .Sellers hand Pra- 
 libited, Contraband, Stollen, or Unlawful and Unwarrantable Goods ; 
 upon which the Debtor lives at the Mercy of another, always in 
 fear of being difcover’d, . .while, if the worit come to the worit, 
 the Creditor knows how to fave himfelf well enough, by clapping 
 
 • a large Pee. into the Hands of n'terjur'd Officer. Where any or all 
 . thefe Circumitances meet with iomething of Poverty, or want of 
 
 Credit, there he who takes .Advantage of, fuch Wants, and will 
 liot give him he Trades with any Credit, but. upon fuch Terms as 
 ■mutt be definitive either to his Soul, or. to his Fortunes ; where 
 Tilings are fo-managed, there the Creditor has no'right fo much as 
 . to the- Name of a Chrifiian :;Every Claim he makes in. fuch a Cafe 
 is fcandalous and abominable ; and Rigour in extorting thofe Ad¬ 
 vantages, is an unpardonable Aggravation ;'of his Wickednefs. 
 
 (z.J That Creditor is Unmerciful, or ihews no. Mercy, in the fenfe 
 . of the Apoitle, who makes deceitful and over-reaching Bargains, 
 
 . which, : it may be, he endeavours to palliate with the pretty JName 
 of Out-witting, with thofe Perfons whom lie’s concern’d with. 
 And here wicked Men too frequently endeavour' to draw their 
 Chapmen into Sin, and then puniih them for their Sin, by fon)e 
 greater and more malicious Sins of their own... Thus: the crafty Mer- 
 
 • chant will frequently tempt the Perfon,. whom: he defigns to impofe 
 on, to excefs of Drinking ; and depends on that too true Proverb, 
 
 . When the Wine's in, the Wit's out.. And when he has brought the 
 
 • Poor Man to be no longer Mailer of his own Reafon, he'may, fa¬ 
 tten upon him what Goods he pleafes, and at what Rates foever 
 he thinks fit: And the Wretch, who when he comes to himfelf, 
 can remember nothing of what he. did, ,yet,. probably,, dares hot 
 deny his own Hand or Seal Or if he fliould, it would he to little 
 
 f iipofe, while Knavijb Dealers, never want Confederates in their 
 rauds, or Knights of the Pofi:,. fuch Witneffes as will: fwear 
 .through any Thing, rather than lofe the ..Caufe .of their Liberal 
 
 Retainer. ..• • •• 
 
 A thoufand fcandalous Artifices, indeed,..are made.ufe of. by 
 .thofe who have dilhnneit.Defigns and Intentions, to impofe jupon 
 -their Neighbours; andtheiyil,agree, many times, to deliver, luch 
 Commodities, to pay,fuch Bills,,to give sluch Ditcharges, as they 
 really and in Juilice ought to do ; But when the Time is come, 
 theyjcaunpt find iin. their Hearts to he nue. and -faithful to fuch 
 their own Reaionable Engagements y by which Methods they often 
 mine the.Bbfinels,,and the.Credit,.of fuch ,as.could fcarcckeep 
 their Heads above water before.!: And yet none .will be more rigid 
 to exaft fuch Bargains from.'thofe whom they have. enliiared than 
 iiich Men ; none are more Mercilefs than Cheats ;for when they 
 have once laid common.Honefiy and fifiiceaftde, fo tar as .to cheat,or 
 defraud in a Bargain or Agreement, it’s 'noLreafonable to exjieft that 
 they Jhoiild Jhew the Tendernefs and Conipaffion of Chrifiians. - They nei¬ 
 ther ,dare. nor will let fuel! Fraudulent Agreements reft, unlefs they 
 . ,. have 
 
The Jadgweiit of IheVntitemfitl demoftfi^ated.' f 
 
 have a certain 1 Profpe&of pinching the poor deluded Chapman 
 more feverely, and with lefs fufpiciop, by their pretended Pati¬ 
 ence.; other.wife, they?ll ilrike while the Iron’s hot, tiiey’linot 
 give the Sufferer time to bethink hirafelf a little, to confult with 
 his Friends, or to fee what- Help.the Law will afford him agaiiiit 
 an apparent and notorious Cheat; fuch aConcelfion would expofe 
 the Falfe Dealer too:much, it would lay open thofe dark and fecref 
 Methods by which fuch Sons of Wickednefc proceed ; fcr, how ' 
 privately foever Unconfciohable Knaves may carry Matters, ' Time' 
 brings them all to Light by, degrees, and: both the Lion’s Skin and.’ 
 the Fox's Tail , are oftentimes drawn over the Ears, of the petend- 
 ihgAfs, and he who was delign’d to be made a Prey to Villains, 
 may, by gaining Time, extricate himfelf out of the Snares of the,. 
 Trapanner. If liich time of Enquiry cannot be obtain’d, fome Per- , 
 fons who are fo caught, will rather make good their pretended 
 Bargain, tho’it may be. to the Ruine of their prefeht Fortunes, 
 than own their.p.wii Folly and Inadvertency which could befpfoon, 
 and fo Ihamefully impos’d on. 
 
 ■ ( 5.) ThokTraders or Creditors are Men without Mercy, who inhere, 
 they lend Money , or fell Goods for Money, and give Credit to the Buy¬ 
 ers, will force the Debtor, not only to fay a juft and legal Ufe or hue- 
 reft, but will fqneeze him with the utvioft Severity and ffl'egcil Extor¬ 
 tion. I know fome very Good and Wife, as well as Learned Menl 
 have condemn’d all Ufury jn general as Unlawful or Sinful in ip fslf :. 
 But, with all Refpect to the blames of Great and Worthy Men, I ( 
 cannot but affert, their Notion in the Cafe is a grofs Miftake, and 
 theReafons.they give for it,' when duly examin’d, are of little; 
 weight or force ; and while they think their .Notion fitted "to eal'e 
 fome who are In very difficult Worldly Circumitaaces, it would, if 
 feverely practiced, bring a fudden Ruin,upon the generality of our 
 Widows and Orphans, which wo found Opinion, whenprolecuted,' 
 can ever do; and it would reduce three parts in four of anyTra-’ 
 ding City; or Is ation, to Difficulties never to be conquer’d',:,"Which 
 if this weie a proper Place for it, might eafily be demohltratedj 
 j It’s wo Sin barely to take Ufe or Inter eft. for Money, ’ any more than 1 
 it'saSin to take Kent for aHoufe or Land bonghtwith thefamJtbnpj 
 and Where li. upon a particular Emergency, have a clear prqlpecVof 
 immediate extraordinary Gain, without putting tlie .Cnea't upon 
 any Body, and know; that my giving an exiraordinaryfftreiMityi to,a ! 
 Banker, or other Money'd Man, can do me no Hurt, 'hiXbyhis Help; 
 can.purchale whatiaim'atThere if I, upon' fuchan'Occafiorij 
 offer more of Intereft to the Banker, 6$ fo much'‘l$dj^ , -s&t'.'h*Vd 
 occafion to, take up, than the Law,, according tojtlie Rigoilr df itj 
 allows; foils l voluntarily and of my felf offer XwM]wirt&rdh(ar\ 
 Intereft j and jio Man is. bound to acc.omfnodate mif.ryith lo much 
 Money; and: if he would, without asking iiiy J^ea;ye; ' might laj 
 out his Money oh the lame Oocafion for his owil proper'Advantage: 
 There, and;:iafuch;aCafe, Iara.bpundrto mah/gdpfny own Prof oh 
 
8 '-'Bebm\:d«d£fedher;mde'Eaj^yfi K 0r^-->\ >' 
 
 /j/j $■ the Perfon fupplyiiig me may remit what-he. will of his. own; 
 Right, but r l£ he requires my, fill! Agreement, .what I offer’d be-*.; 
 ’ cbnies'-aijw.fl Dne-to the PerfoivI agreed with : The receiving of .it . 
 is «o Extortion in the Lender, nor- has anyi Limitation of Inteiefl ih-i 
 far-ticidar‘National Statutes Any . ^hctt or Concern .in, this Matter- i 
 But-where 'any - Man Lends Money, or gives.Ctcdit out of pretended’: 
 .Zindnefsforyqs making a-Trade of it, .upon 'fnjjicient Real or Perfonal: 
 Security Y { t here for fitch a'-Man-itofake more ofrjnteteft than the.haw', 
 of the Nation -ordinarily allows, : ~u-Ext6rtioit i . .and a .very-.great Sinp : 
 againftnli ibe'-Rulesdf- Equity'-and JuJliee,yand -all the known Laws of 
 God.and'Mein. ■ This Dealing' -is: like a Cancerous.Humour, in the; 
 Flefh, which frets, corrupts iuidcbnfumes the whole-Body.It’s a: 
 Practice which eflecluallydeyouis Houfes and .Lands,.' Living Men. 
 and all their.Families.- ; And though, perhaps, if, I had ftictiaSum „ 
 in iny own hand, I'might-have-met with fome. accidental Oppor-;./ 
 tunity to-have made a greater Improvement:of, it Lawfully, than, 
 the ordinary Interell amounts To',-: yet-luch. a- Thing being purely; 
 Fortuitous, and every, whit as likely to mifs as toihit, :th'at Pre-.; 
 tence is no Excufeat all-torfuoh Extortion.- -ArtKfsz\\.iamnable 
 Extortioii lies ‘ not only-iti- exuding more Intereft for -Money. Lenh 
 than is alloired by Law, '-butUn forcingitwith all the .Violences 
 of wrefled 1 Law out of-the.Hands of- thole whole mean.Circumr. 
 llances'iender, them incapable of anfwering . the Creditor’s unrea— 
 fonible' Demands, or detendlhg- themleives shorn -the Injultice.'of. 
 them. 1 This Extortion, is a Sin never-to. he.forgive-ii-mthout. feriom 
 Repentahleficmda faithful and efftSSive'-Keftitutioft Jhfe Praiticeoh 
 it is'incohfiilent with Merc-yj and with the.Gharader of a Difcipler 
 of jefus’Chrift. - But, '• -■ -i ....... 
 
 ' (1}D Thole are tlie mofc Basharovs- and Unmerciful of all:others who. 
 make itfe'-bf either-Fbi'ce or 'Art '-to bring-others, to .iadue Bonds and‘, 
 ©A/i;jrtJio')ifio' : t/jeta J 'c/t'ei, ; as'High-wayMeir generallydo.when.they 
 threaten the 1 poor Travell&r ; till they make.hinijfet his,Hand.to. 
 whkt'fhejf pleafe, only todave-his own Life. f There -ik- others:as,. 
 great'Cheats md Robbers as-the ><n ft-of High-way .Men, who never. 
 Hazard - theurowivPerlpus as-thole Padders do,-; sand yet put-Men 
 into ,a's tfrrible Frights,’as if-they had'Swords of. Piltols attually: 
 clap’d r -td : tneir -Boldins,' till they can bring them.to- fome’Dange-; 
 rousaiidThijuft Compliance.- L Men in Drink-,.Meniir Paffion,;and; 
 Men Wti6' : '‘ate 1 unacquainted- with, the Worldy. are. apt ,to.expofe; 
 themlelyes to very great -Inconveniencies, 1 . and .to. give -Knaves and. 
 Villains "Gppofninitib'tb rtiine them. And: there are few who keep, 
 fudlVa ilfkf guard upon themlelves,-- butvhat t.heyialllometimes 
 into Lxcliirrors or Mifprijionsf as others, who happen;to be privy 
 to t tethy may take unhhppy Advantages qf. . . . Any of sthefe are.al-, 
 ways liable to the Stroke's of Treachery arid Malice^ ‘ and: are ,fre¬ 
 quently obliged to purchafe their Peace ofiluch as lye, in :wait.;tb. 
 catch’ any Advantage at-a'very dear.Ratey aiid yejr, ;wnenith«q?».- 
 hdVfe i hride : -the'Puichale} ;j th(iy-livein-p(;rpetuaHFearsiaiid.-,U.neah': 
 
The ; - 7 § 
 
 0 e{jet ’’'fariLofe whb have-rib. Meicy'have ufuallf ;ds‘little Faith or Hf? 
 %Ur ; nor can you put any Confidence 'in fuehpMenj' which they 
 will not frefpafs upon on a fair Opportunity without any 'Scruple 
 or Hefitaiices: How maiiy are thferb who take the faiTie, Advan¬ 
 tages oft he NeCeJJitiesand entangled drcumflanccs of.helplifs Widows and 
 Vrplrns ?; How many are there who prey upon ibni/g JJars orGevtle- 
 men of Eftates, tempting them to Extravagancies,' ’ feeding- theiif 
 with Money, and at lalt tearing them and their 1 Fortunes td pieces,-- 
 by Virtue oi fome uriadvis'd Signing,'Sealing and Delivering to thttiL'^ 
 And, as if all this were 1 hot enough , there are 1 -too many ; wh£ 
 can eafily' forge or counterfeit the Hands iivd Seals bf'.fuch as, afret 
 fome little Acquaintance with them, they haVe'Very honesllj ddom’i 
 to Ituine, and have their Knighti of the Pa/ml Ways-inPdy, and 
 always ready' to' Sv ear to any thing which fuch their Patron's 
 ihall fet , ! oir foot; By means of Which dejperdte Hellifh Wretches; 
 many Hpnejl : tind Worthy Men come to lie devour'd, 'Vi'hen they are 
 wholly' ignorant and unlufpicibus of their Danger! s Such. things! 
 indeed vi'ere always odiousamong’ Heathens whir wife QreHisfil; and: 
 are'more than execrable, among fuch. as we can-'lgyordni' and Bar¬ 
 barousHattons : A generous Greek or a Roman would have abhcr’d 
 filch'Practices, a Malmmetdn would be alham’d of. fhemj and a Wild 
 ift/brica'ii.Vquld be perfectly affrighted at the very’Propdfal of tlveurf jE 
 only amdhg.'us, who call.oik [elves Clrijlians , 1 it’s hbrotiotts and irrf-' 
 deniable,’' that our very Coiirts- of Judicature thafe :; Places,-' whither 
 £cCordihg;tb Our Country Conliitutiori we gOupdbr-JSiticq dn'd fbt 
 Tiidguieiit 1 , aib too frequently troubled with thfile aicuffed-'Vehriihe.- s 
 'Xbv-.'Fprgersiindf'ititeJfes both are filch as haVefilff tiidiijfefves td . 
 •Hbil; qiiij!’that;'tliey may Have thti : Devil’s AlMsmie ',fo deftro? 
 their Brethren'i 11 They are billing'Me Damn'd to ; ferve their Ma¬ 
 ilers, rind fty’ei> think ofj tlieToriiieifits of Hell.” till They begin tb 
 feel' theiri/ 1 ..Tiiefe are fbrrie .of* tliqfe ugly Grfmesfwith which too' 
 liiaiiy of .fhbfeyhi?/jo are, '-ahd : of thofe vh 'rdontt be^eiUdli; ire 
 deeply 'tainted y • they are Cririies which Men-of'eitherCompafflotv 
 or J ullice 1 wbiihi'abhor; but which the cruelaiid unmerciful,- whb 
 lVave : nb : Feafs|bf'Hell nor Hopes'of Heaven j love and live by them.- 
 \Ve ; a'fe;n6hf-‘''- ;; | i; • ■'. r . . 
 
 \^^b^6^^thoftFrt^MUih[^h-tHppnefi^-ihi Vnjiift Debit¬ 
 ors give id theirCrCditors, and for iMiofe lakes, If hole, wnofe Acli- 
 Ons aiid Intentions were al drays juft and righteous,oftenfiiiiis come tO 
 fare the-wurfef-And they arefuch as tliel'e; ’ • ' . 
 
 (1.1 That Debtor lhamefully provokes his Creditoftd 'deal fev'ertlf 
 with fnrhf Who -iias taken a greaii'deaf of Pains toget Ciedit witir 
 lhch ax he deii'giisto be concern’d dr it If, and' yet,- thp’.h'e's in a tail 
 way “of Thriving, . and has 'rfeVer- been p'inch’dby any particular 
 Lolfes or Dildhers, puts off his Creditor! who demands iio liiore third 
 what's rigidfdrid in a-regulat Manner, from time to'time; and as it 
 commonly happens,- to his very great Dif.appointment and Prejudices. 
 i\6vr this ‘way -of dealing, as'-it is very unjuft, ;; lb it’s of very 
 
JO Debtor and Creditdr mdeEafy: Or, 
 
 niifchievous Coiifequence ; fo> it makes many Creditors, who were 
 other wile very ready to comider the Circun fiances of their hoveft and 
 .corfcientions Debtors, 'and to treat them with a great deal oi' Pati¬ 
 ence and Companion, Where they were under any DTilier, or Dif¬ 
 ficulties, to -now niore inconfiderate and Hard-Hearted than they 
 would have been, ho Man, who is of an honeft Pi maple, will 
 even gralp.at that Credit which he knows he cannot anfwer : The Man, 
 who lays but a narrow Foundation, yet if he lays it well and 
 ilrong, may laife a, firm and lofty, tho’ not a fpacious Building up • 
 on it, and in time may lately add both to the Foundation and the 
 Supcifbuduie: But he, who lays a wide and large Foundation 
 jit to build a Palace on, and lias nothing to carry on the Super- 
 diiuiture with, piopuuiunJ'le to Inch a foundation, grows juftly 
 lidiculous, and if others lol’e by him, odious to hit. Neighbours. 
 No Flan can reatonabiy pierend to an imploring Credit in the World, 
 who is not fit it3u.il to Ins ft rmifes and Jg) cements to the utmoft of 
 his Power : ug where he fails in'any particular, does it not with 
 Jrieh Ctrcvmjiimecs Ax that all the World may lee it was not his Fault 
 "ti at ire liii d,' and that it is not Ins Deiign to injure any Man. 
 In Well a Gale II'fe and Good Men w:!l nevci be inexonrie. 
 
 He who tnilU me, doubileis has a Change upon his own Hands, 
 and many Occalions of txpence as .well as I, who am nulled by 
 'hint y and if I. make (itch a Profit by what I trade with him in, or 
 by that Btrfinefs and Credit widen i leave in the World, as enables 
 me to fuppoit my lelf and Family, I ougiit to remember that he, 
 whom I deal with, ought to live by the Profit of what he fells to 
 me, as well ’as I endeavour to live and thrive by what I fell to 
 others. There may be fume particular Incidents in the Courfe of Bu- 
 finels, which may render me, at leait for the prelent, uncapable of 
 doing what I acknowledge I ought in Juilice to do, but thefe, as 
 I laid before, are inch as may eafily be laid open in the View of 
 the World, and then that Creditor, who dejircs topafsfor a Chrifim, 
 will conftder my Cafe as if it were his own, which' it might have 
 been, as well as mine, and will not prefs too hard upon me. But 
 where ihelV efts and Delays are only Rnavijb and unnecejfary, and 
 T-.non 1 keep up lire fame Port, and make confiderable Advantages 
 of my v.Uud Bunnell at the lame time, I cannot complain reafona- 
 biy oi Haidihip ami Severity, if he makes me fenlible of the In- 
 juiiice I do him, mid if lie make ufe of fuch Means, as the Law 
 puts into iiis Hands to make me honeil, and careful to difeharge 
 .my juit Obligations. 
 
 ( z-j It's sgic.u Ihxeocai ion to an otiierwife well inclin’d Creditor , 
 when th Debtor fills Uni off, and will not difeharge the Debt due to him, 
 mi I'i'-ii.r.e :.j purjuiiwjoiiie other vay great, but very uncertain Piofit, 
 with that .U.nmvrUeh the Qeditoi has Occalhn for, and which ought 
 to be.fUd at jach c.Jbfb a tine, aeroidiug to Agreement and theujual 
 Rules of 'Lane andLuj.ncj's. This is a common, but by no meant jup- 
 Jahie V.adiee: and .Men perhaps will exclaim mightily againit luch 
 
The Judgment of the Unmerciful demonftrated . • ; 
 
 a Creditor, who foil forbid his Debtor to do fo, .or whoniali, hh\ 
 der him in his imaginary PnTpeit of Gail), by fna.p Demands:,: 
 what is due to himlelf. It’s true, that if I, as a Debtor, propel',: 
 the Matter to my Creditor as a feifible Project, and can convince 
 him that my Piofpcft of Advantage is no k-nfelefs Chimera, but a 
 plain and eafily intelligible Method of more titan ordinary lawful 
 Profit, and if my Cieditor, upon the Cafe fairly laid before him, 
 is fatisfied that my Projed is really good and feilible, and will be 
 content to tairy a longer time for what’s his Due, only that I may 
 have the better Opportunity to pi ofecute the Matter j if things be fo, 
 then what I do in the Cafe is no Wrong to him u ho has given me 
 Ciedir; but then again I’m engaged by fo much the iironger Obliga¬ 
 tions of Jufiice and Gratitude, to make hall to dilchaige my Debt 
 to lo kind a Creditor as foon as poiftble. Such lair Dealing, if it 
 were more common, would encourage Trade and Honefty together ; 
 and it would make Men much Ids fufpicious, and abundantly 
 more helpful to one another, than they ufually are. 
 
 I have known Men in Great Bnfmefs themfelves, and who had the 
 "World before them, who having a tight Notion of things, have 
 been very ejfy in fuch Cafes as this mention’d, who have of them¬ 
 felves forborn their own juft Demands only to give an Opportunity 
 to their Young but indullrious and well meaning Debtor to enrich 
 liimfelf; but all this is only afree Kindnefs, which nothing but 
 their own Tendernefs and good Nature, or a juft Reflection upon 
 what they could willi for themfelves, could move them to: Rut 
 where this Favour cannot be obtain’d, and in Dome Cafes it may 
 be very umeafonable to defile it, if I will yet run tile Rifque, and 
 launch out into new Adventures without the Content of thofe to 
 whom I’m engaged, I cannot complain juftly, if I meet with (bme« 
 what of rough Ufage from my Cieditor: Whitt I do without Confent , 
 let my Pretences be never fo fair and flaufible , is no better than down¬ 
 right Robbery ; I retain that which belongs to my Creditor fraudu¬ 
 lently, and by Violence, and I lay it out as l pleafe, and as if the 
 Moneytrae my own, tho’ it really belongs to another. And thofe, 
 who make ufe of inch fneaking and dilhonelt Artifices, are fooften 
 dilappointed of thole mighty Advantages they pretended to, that, 
 inftead of growing Rich, and able to drive a greater Trade, they 
 frequently grow lefs able to fatisfy their injur’d Creditors than 
 they were before, and lb that proves the Occafion of their Ruine, 
 which they once dream’d ftiould have been tfie Foundation of their 
 Fortunes. This Practice is by no means to be jultified. 
 
 (1-) It’s a Courfe very wicked, as well as very Provoking, for One 
 who is in Debt, and who intends to be fo, as deligning to dive into as 
 much Bufinefs as poilible, to make fraudulent Conveyances of thfir 
 Real or Pci final Eflates toOthcis, let them be Friends, Wives, Chil¬ 
 dren, or whatlbcver Relation they may hand in to him, and fo to' 
 transfer, what Jbould fay his real Debts to thojc to whom, it may be, he 
 owes Nothing, Flow frequent tiiefe Frauds are in tills Populous 
 B i City, 
 
12 . •' 
 
 Pity, and in Other Parts of the Kingdom is both ihameful and 
 fcandalous to mention ; how fuch frauds are managed I heed not 
 defcribe •, • I am afraid that there are tbo many. who hear me this 
 Pay, who underhand .well enough what this Artifice means : To 
 be lure the.'Defign of it can never be honell, or fit to be own’d by 
 any, wftocall tiiemfelves Chriiliaiis 1 : And it’s no Wonder to fee , 
 -jthat neither the Perfon acting fo deceitfully, or contriving it, nor 
 the’Child, nor the Wife nor the Friend' nor any other, drawn in 
 to be Parties’hi fo abomin’able'a Cheat, can ever Profptr. 
 
 . If Other Men in Bufmefsgive me Cridit, it’s on the Suppojition, that ' 
 Til deal ju/tly with them, and pay Jmejlly and regularly for what I fo 
 take up : And I cannot be' ignorant', that if any Man fufpedted I 
 had a fraudulent' Defigii upon him, he’d have a care of himfelf, and 
 never be cpncerh’d with me. But it may be tiiy .Merchant has im? 
 pcs’chiipon','' and cheated me ? and on' that Reafon I may think to 
 ibelter- my felf under that Ola Proverb, that — To deceive the Deceiv- 
 er ii no-Deceit.-— But the’Proverb; how’common foever it. may be, 
 is a guffs Miftake,’ and whiclj'the leaft Reflettiqn;'will convince me 
 or- atiy -Man living of. F.or, ’ 'if another by’deceiving me makes 
 him’elf guilty of a great Sin, then if I deceive hiin; .1 my felf can 
 hev er-'be innocent, fince'jt’s the vtijjtt of Cheating which h the S,n t 
 let the Reajmyor Motive to it he what 'it will. ‘ 'But what Society can 
 iver hold together long ? What mutual CQiifi’dende'dn'there ever 
 be between Man and Man, if it bi lawtuftor metofekfeover toa- 
 hother, it maybe* aii uhcoucern’d Perlbn’.all that Security,' which my 
 Creditor depeh'dsupohfbr my payingtiim, tor fuch'M'bii'ey or Goods 
 as I have had^ front him ? If ideal To bujuitly with" him, with 
 yrUotn I’m paiticulafly conce’rn’d'in'Trade, how can-‘I coinplaiu if 
 another leryes me in the lame; niaiirier ? Perliaps’i’ll {head, that 
 what I do is only to provide fomtlnvgfdr viy JFife and Family , in cafe 
 theworlt, as they Cay, fl.ould coine to the wdrlt : For a Man to 
 provide fo'r.his-Family is doubtlefs a very commendable Care. But 
 that it may be a Lawful 'Care,-', the Proviffon fo' madfe muft be out 
 of iijy'dwii proper'Ttirfe, dmiiiotduf of tide furfes-of others.’ I 
 ought to-be diligent ah'd indiiltrious inhny Calling, it be ft a law- 
 ful-One, and if 1-add Honelty’to my Diligence, ' God'will blefs my 
 Labour?,’ and he’ll. provide abundantly for my 'Widow and my 
 Children, tlio’ i maybe able to leave them very little. But an 
 Inheiitance of'Curfes both from God and Man is a.d’ilpal Provi¬ 
 sion tor Polterity ; and nothing elfe can be expected' from tuch foul. 
 Practices.’ Thad better' leg-from Door to Door, '{hail inherit an 
 Eflate gottcn-ly Fralid and W’icliedndfst It’s forthelake of fuch 
 Wretches* That many poor and .unfortunate,' but welLmeaping 
 Debtors meer with’ Tiarftnefsahd Severity from their Creditors. '' 
 ’' (4‘) 'Thofe Debtors take a Vciy pievokhig Courfe , 'who are either evga- 
 gek iugreat Dijficuliicsorlave very little BuJincJ's,' and cbhfe<.|iientiy a 
 yeryiiatrow lifetime ';'for fitch'Deb'ltifs- ‘to live alt ait highland extrava - 
 gently'expcnfve'Rai'e y fuch a Rate as it, may' be tueir Creditors,' 
 : ^ - ■ • ' - '' - t lio’ 
 
The Jndgm 0 .of^ihe VtimPcyfulgkmnfirated. .*3 
 
 ,*hq’ fuch.as have a large and found Bottom and are Men ofoTem- 
 persjgenerous enough, -yet,are too wife'to, adventure at. ThisiWay 
 of ’Livingiot thofewho had but a weak Foundation, no.extradrdi¬ 
 nary Flow of Bufinefs, or are yet but young-in the World, .looks 
 ■very fifpicioujly. Every .one is ready to ask what Fund'the'Perfon 
 , has to make good foch large Spendings ? - Whether: he pays well-or 
 not ? And if he does pay well, fhey’l enquire, whether he be no 
 f oilier, Clipper, Foiger, High- way-man. Receiver of Stolen Goods, See. ;? 
 .’If‘in, their Judgments, they can clear, him from any luch Imputa¬ 
 tion,; then they prefently conclude, tliat —Such large Spendings can 
 have hut fum'd Remains— That he’s never likely to thrive, who lives fo 
 'much beyond bis Income. — Such Talk alarms the -Creditors and if 
 the Man prove a Bankrupt at lall, asit’s very likely lie Ihould,- no 
 Eye. pities him, and the Creditors are ready to. extend their Ri¬ 
 gour even to his Innocent Children, who top often luifer very deep • 
 ly for the Thoughtlefnefs and Folly of their Parents. - , • : ■ 1 1 
 I don’t pretend by what I fay to recommend Griping or Coyetonfnefs 
 to my, or. to perhvade any Man to llarve himtelf or nis Family by a. 
 niggardly way of Living: No; there is a middle Way between Covetoufiefr 
 mid Prodigality, between Pining and Extravagancy.. When a.Man and 
 ■thofe of his Family go and fare according to their Station and De¬ 
 gree, and to their Circumftances in the World,, he’s jultly valued, 
 ■and much Good is expededof him; 'if any-fevere Providence aver- 
 take lilm, he meets with Pity and Compaffion from all good Men. 
 The cruel Creditor, who will not.ipafe him, is curs’d and hated by 
 every one, who has obferv’d the Wife Management and Frugality of 
 .the undojie Man. Otherwife the Modify Btau, whole Head, it may be, 
 colls almolt as much as would l'erve fo flop the Mouths of fomeof 
 his l'evereft Creditors, when lie comes to a Poor.Habir, and a de- 
 jeded Look: The formerly patch'd and.Paintedhady when fhecomes 
 to her*Rags, and walhesher mournful Face oftener with herTears 
 than her colllybeautifying Waters; the Children, for-whom, lately, 
 ‘Hashing was thought good or dear enough, are almolt dellitute of Bread 
 to.fatisfy Hunger, or Cloaths to cover Hakednefs ; when things 
 come once to this pafs, they become a Reproach and By-word toall 
 who know them; their former Pride ajidfrefeut Mifery are eqiially re- 
 ifleftedon: And if the hard-hearted Creditor leizes all, llrips them of 
 all, claps the weak-headed Spendthrift info Prifon, and keeps him 
 there, the Common World lcarce knows how. to excufe the. One, 
 or to condemn the other. . 
 
 y. The Debtor fometimes provokes hiswell minded Creditors ly cheating 
 'and- abvfing One of them to fatisfy the Other, .or as weufe to fay. in 
 the Proverb,— By Robbing Peter to pay Paul.— In which Proceeding 
 too, the heft and mojl houejl Man, he who has been the trueftand Hit 
 kindeh Friend, is commonly the greatefi Sufferer. The Krnvify Debtor 
 generally l'uppofiiig that Man the fittelt to be abufed, who,is the 
 yeadiell to null him, and the llowell to fulped him. If I have to 
 do with an active, jealous, lharp Man, Une who keeps a.’fleady 
 
p^ x r ^•^:i^ek^Aa^^ye'ditoi , L ' 
 
 Eye"upon me and my Management^ I’il'be - fdre'to keep touch with 
 him, BecaufeTm afraid^of'him,- I’nvdfraid he’ll find me tripping, 
 i£ I' don’t 1 walk very'exaltly' before him' v Biit'my geneim undiftgn- 
 wg-Q#ilitor<is in my-E-ileehuh good. lioneft-ftntple- Fellow- andythere- 
 ifore that I may fectire my felf-the better horn the other, I’ll tlirttft 
 my fell’ ev.ery Day'farther-into'Debt with him,, farther, than' I am 
 •able, or than I ever intend to pay ; and .all this only becaufe he’s 
 fogoyd-, fo innocent, and Co much my Friend. But now what 
 can'beibafer than fuch Dealing ? And how Often are Men df the 
 belt Natures andfofteft Tempers in the World-exafperated by fuch 
 unworthy. Praftices ? And' fuch, when once‘throughly heated, 
 •grow the molt implacable of all others. ' It’s enough indeed to dif- 
 ■ courage all thofe, who confult only with Flelh and Blood from all 
 the Expreffions of Kiiidnefs and. Mercy : It’s enough to make them 
 conclude of all whom they- are concern'd- with, as Kmg-Jame's the 
 I. did of-the Prefbytentnis iifhis time,- That they are ri-People never 
 'to he obliged—And when they once find their Notion confirm’d® by 
 , -their .own unhappy ■Experience, what Confequence that'may have, 
 tand how much-Mifchief it may bring upon the honelt and innocent 
 Xineed not mention, , - •• • •• • 1 7 
 
 - .’-(6,) -When Men multiply and encredfe' then Debts as far as they can 
 pojjiblyrfmd Credit, at-fuch'time its-thty know themfelves to be in ridel 
 cliningConditiov, and not capable of paying the Moiety of what they, 
 ow’ib'efo «,:* wherf they take l’uch Meafures, they are giiilty-of 
 the foil leftmd viottprovokiig Fillany in-Matters of Lade arid Worldly 
 S#/ne/r,! that wicked' Men Can-pitch upon. ■ A good -and<cdnfchenti- 
 ous Ghraftidn, when he’s-'&ruih’d by tlleThevitable Blows of'Provi* 
 dence,! will-endeavour to do-'as little '''Hurt, and to as few 1 'Of his 
 Neighbours-as he caillp' he’ll blulh to-fee them,-and beg theirPar- 
 donsjafithoul'and-rimes^'fevenwhen'tlifey-have eompouiided ;, with 
 himj' landiwill take'care to Ihew himfelf- worthy- of- the-Favour 
 ffiowii him; ^whether he-'Ctintinue in a mean •indigent- Condition, 
 qttakei footing.in Oainj- andgrow pr&fpetOus-and.luceefsfubbn his 
 reengaging in the World. But he, who -r-uns'iip to tbe J Ears- in 'Debt 
 wheniliehjuftiiutimngaway, -puts on the Humour ; of Herod the Great’, 
 King! of; at the' Birthof our Saviour, 1 ’who : ordered'• all the 
 
 Jewifb/. Nobility, to bemiurder-’d upon the firft News of- Iris-Death • ■ 
 that the.-Jctw,. tho ?i -tliey--hated himpmirglit-'have lome caufe to 
 ^iodrniatiliisJFuneral''';ci , oif.hofe Meri-'ehdeavdut :; -tO‘ crufn as many 
 as they can with their Fall, that if. their Creditors will-not pity 
 them, 'yep they-may■ be'toueh’-d’ with lohw 'Melancholy Thoughts, 
 cm Account.ofJthemfelVes'ah'd th'eir'bwiiV Families,- who.are often 
 hpraedjundertheit Riiiuesim- v • •; 
 
 -'•TheTSun,' .'we fayj--m'fever-<looks fo'-big,.- as when'he’s lull going 
 dowjr-4 ''and d'ilceriiing'-Me'h are. apt to tliinkj' that t/w/e, who pup 
 bv fp faftfoTunufUalr.^uantities of Money or Goods, wilifoon be going.'. 
 Now.-ifiC/jsa/i)(giiiletEtliS;Occalion of‘it'lse-what it will, 1 is 1 a-Sin in 
 itifelfti to uke.tbis'.'Courfe if the’way- tarender-it unpardonable!- "It’s 1 
 ■ - ' ' juft 
 
The 15 
 
 juft as if a Man, who, had;all,hisiLife,pm^ been a notorious-, Sin- ; 
 neiylhould, when he 'finds ^Deatli "caning ppori ‘him,eild'eavbliii. 
 to redouble his; Career in V/cicednefs, aildjto draw in aU %^b.]ro; 
 the fame ,Guilt, left: oth§rwife I19 ffiouWJhot be fufe ehotighof 
 Rverlailing Damnation. , The Laws of .other,.Countries, ' iffdcially 
 of fitch as are much concern’d in iWdeiarul 
 and other Methods like [it Capital,, and if, they 'can. find 
 rials,^ they'remove them out of the World^ as a common h'ttffafiCe ^ 
 an$ our own Late Lditu have.piade 'fuch Praftice Felony, wiiimfBtf 
 nift-df' Clergy,- and they,/wild go about ^o.'bl'unt'the Edge ofTufch' 
 Laws, :; while it may be they 1 :can take bff'.HjghT^vay-mfeti ana‘ Bum 
 glars witli 'Severity enough, are 119 Friends'id either Jffllice'bf 
 Charity, but.leem to. act upon 
 
 kn^ih of thofe,•Bankrupts, \yhom fhdy ought to!pdriiiljf ? ‘'. 
 thing can. be pleaded; in-Behalf of Common Cheats and "Khfves, 
 from .any. Merit of their“pwn * nor can. they'' with 1 any Re'afdh bpin-^ 
 pl"ain:of ' the Rigour of yneir, Creditors,'' hour, harlhly .Tbey.ef' they 
 may/feemto deal with.them,\ fince Death pr-Confinment'hhidciJihei>i 
 from doing more Mifclneft,. ana the Creditors Jn fuch Cafes ire like 
 Men’ who draw in their own Defence", ‘ when Matters.' ftand’ for 
 that' they ; mult 'either ‘kili ‘pi be kill’d. ^dcV Unhappy ^rikdhes 
 make,510 ufe.of Confeiencej; nor.do they at'hU'.obey the Dictsiibs'cif 
 itj! and, when they, fail, they fall linpiued; and .unregardedietreW 
 thekindeft of their hieighbours. V. V'''. . ' H;'; '/.’ 
 
 - ’Ifhus have 
 
 vflderwfidi.Circumfiaiices the.One flows no. Mercy,, aitd'the Other ''did 
 femes fflAe ... I lhall iiow!.ftiew youj wlidt ilk good Chrijliaii'-'dtii 
 Chriflian and.'a Creditor, diigjjt to do, both 'with'fefpelt'fo filch ifybtiH 
 tCehtors as are Chettts, diidfitch.of them as are .boiieft' arid kilifniicfc 
 pled Men ;.that fuck Creditors themfelves' lhaynohfall under th^ 
 Apoftle’s Sentencej !aini have'judgment without ..Mtrcj, hecdilfefhey 
 flmfio 'Mercy., And here .with Reipedl to; KnaVeS ail'd’ Chekfo'. ;! ;J' v: 
 
 1...ivT^io’j a Knavfl ^eftori'cbhfider’dj'ih himfelf’de/erddf theui- 
 mofl Severity .of the Law,’.ftt eveif Creditor, 'who 'is a fndere'ChHJlipt 
 wqR&Fltn that tie extreme. Rigour of the Law is exlreke.'hptjtice^ 
 \Vhere'a.Debt can really be recovered by Severity, ..but hot with¬ 
 out’ it!; rbr fuch Meii who are able, but Will not dd JuRice Wiihd 
 out,Fofce,_ we ;can offer nothing toward a Mitigation 2 ': -Where’ 
 hpthiiigjCaii be gotten by Severity, tho’ it may be my own ffecef-:' 
 Rue’s may cry aloud, there it’s to nopurpofe to proceed ! auy farther 
 againlt the Criminal, than barely to prevent his doing rndfe CI Mif-' 
 cnief.. Otherwife I mull Remember, That I dm a ;Chrislian : y Liefl- 
 and Blood may call for. Revenge, but Chrijlianity, like the'Blbod'df 
 its Founder, crys only, for Mercy and Forgivenefs., My Rule, 1 as a 
 Ciiriftian, "is to,do, not as I am, but as'I would (fowe'fh ! But 
 have not finn’d, i. e .-.I liave'not wrong’d fo many, as my Debtor 
 has done ; Be it fo ! It’s Cod’s Grace howeyer, which'has pre- 
 ferv’d me from trefps.ftjhg in rhe fame way5 he has not- let Trie fall 
 
i6 • ‘ 'J3el^ Made Eajy : Or,. — 
 
 into ftleli.Temptations as my unhappy Debtor has done-; had lie 
 leftme to my 1 'elfj I liad beeri as bate, as full of Fraud and Fil¬ 
 ially as. the wbrft oRhofe have been, with whom-I am l'o'angry: 
 Again 1 plead again!! ifty'Debtor, how kind I;have been to him, 
 that T haVe exercis’d Abundance of Patience with him, that I 
 liaVe gotten very little 'by 
 
 . There may be feme Allowance of fuch a Plea with refpeft to the 
 Perfoh of the Debtor; but I ought to’ think again, God has done 
 abundantly more for me, than I can pretend to have done tor any 
 Mali living, how highly foever I fancy I hate'obliged him; and I 
 have made worfe Returns to God, than the moit diriiigenuous of 
 tlioie I’ve oblig’d could ever do to me.Do I then expeit Forgiveiiefs at 
 ilieHaiidof God ? I never pray to him in niy Bleffed Maher’s Words,' 
 butil beg that God would forgive me niy Debts and Trefpdjfes, dt lfor¬ 
 give them who are Debtors to, or trcfpdjfersdgainjl me. And When I 
 pray,to, ,1 Teal my ovvii Doom, and declare iny felf willing to dye 
 unpardori’d by Heaven, or to receive Jtidgkcnt from Heclveh without. 
 Mercy, becaufe I fhew none : Becattfe Ldom forgive my Brother his 
 Debts or Trefpffes. I carinot pray with Hqpes of being heard; nor. 
 hear .with Thoughts' of"’being;Edity’d; nor communicate Without 
 iufuring my own Eternal'Damnation without Charity; arid forme 
 to pretend to 'Charityj' “without fliewingall that ,Mercy° ; to the 
 \vbril of Men, which they are 1 capable off,-is to pretend fa what’s 
 impoffible; it’s. to. mock God, to affront all Wnb have any titfe 
 fenfe of Religion.' Ro; he cannot liope for Mercy who 'cihiiot 
 forbear Revenge : "Arid'tiio’ 'the Criminal’s Carriage niriy'defeivd 
 no Pity either for hiinfeTf,or'iiis Miierable Family,- yet the Love, 
 pf .that Jelris, who redeem’d me'from Hell, ought to redeem-eVeif 
 
 a Cheat from iihulacableReftiitmerit. ’ . 
 
 % The ChriJtwi 'Creditbr, with refpeft to the KnnvijlrDebtor,. 
 ought' , tq conlider‘,'that lie goes very far, whenever turns ; ffe'yflh is 
 4 » ill' Man zb day may Have 'A new Heart 'aid be 'f ome a new Mail to mor- ■ 
 >Wi- Is lie. then,' whb' is ; iny Dehtbr," fricii an ill Man ? I' ouglit'to 
 pray and to pray tlie 'uiore earneltiy for’liis Gonverfion and Amend-' 
 nienf, 1 uiilefs 1 would have his “Soul and'Body damn’d fbgetHer; 
 Biirto talk of Playing for his Amendment, and to put hiih'ouf’ofa 
 Capacity of {hewing liis Repentance iri any thing but Words, which 
 won’t coirimence Actions Withoift Encouragement, is to do as they 
 to .Charles the V.' Emperor of Genhiiiy, did : by Clement theVII, 
 then Bifhop of Rome,:w\w order’d Players to be made thro’ Spain, 
 Italy, Germany, and other of his Dominions, for the Pope’s Deliver¬ 
 ance, while it was that Emperor himi'elf, who kept him'clofe Pri- 
 foner, and might have let him afLiberty, whenever he pleas’d ; 
 arid is 'not all tnis only to make a Jeff of Religion ? And dbes that 
 Man put a lels Affront upon the Great God of Heaven and;Earth, 
 who pretends to Pray for the Repentance and Reformation of his dijho- 
 nejl and ungrateful Debtor, who ules.all the Barbarous' Methods 
 polfible to uilcourage iiim from any luch Reformation ? 
 
The Judgment of theZlttmereifid dem'tifthated. \*j 
 
 Wefee tint when the. JEeak-headed Piodigal.hnd (pent all that" 
 Portion which he laid claim to, yer his Comtdjjiovtite Father tho’ 
 never fo juftly, angry with him for his Extravagance, did riot go' 
 about to make him defperate by ill Wage : No.; bur he received 
 and embraced him kindly, and indeed, as a Compaflionate Father 
 ought to do. Nay, and the Prodigal’s Elder Brother , who was 
 highly offended at his Father’s Kindnefs to fo lewd a Spend thrift,' 
 yet he was not. fo cruel or unnatural as to advife him to; call the 
 Poor Bankrupt into. PriCon, to keep him there fo long as to nmki 
 Dice of his Bones , to let hmft&rve or rot. there ; and we do not find 
 any Intimation, as if the Father's Goadnefs tear loft upon. the returns- 
 ivg-Prodigal. It’s true, Confinement to the narrow. Walls of a 
 Mfon has made many, open their Eyes, and'has not.'only made 
 them good Husbands and thrifty Managers afterward, but it had 
 made them good Men,; Men as eminentfor their -Virtues and Dif* 
 dipline, as they were before for their. Extravagance, and Folly! 
 
 And' where either Friends or Strangers, out of Compaffion to their 
 Poor Families,' have at- their own Charge treed them from rhe ini 
 cxorahle Violence, of their, unmerciful. Creditors ;, the. releas'd Prifoneisj 
 by -Gratitude: to .their -Deliverers, Rate deraonftrated what fife. 
 Creditors- themfelves. might have expeiled from them upon the 
 fame Terms. may la& my Son.feverely. for his- Amendment, but 
 I-muff not whip him to Death on, that . Pretence ; I may give hint 
 Phylick- for fiiciuBod Jly Diltempers as.lre ipayi labour under; but f 
 may.-not -potion hira.tto.cure him;... A. Good.Cliriftian Creditor yiiU. 
 iithigU. Gompajjm-.with ffvftice, and while he corrects a Knave for 
 his Amendment, .he . won't ufe his. Neighbour. barbaroUily to his.ut-r 
 fer.Ruine.. 
 
 —But-now, as fox Dehors.who ar&honeft dnd filtere in thin Intaif 
 lions and Endeavours / but are render'd ivfohent by. the Strikes of Prof 
 viience , by inevitable.Loifes and Incumbfances, - fuch as, Loffes af 
 Sea, Loffes by Fire,! Loffes .by. the Rapine of Arms. in fuch Cohn- „■ 
 tries: as are.the.Seats, of War, .Loffes by the Bankrupts, of Cheats • 
 or-Knayes -whom .they nulled,, Long-Siekneffes in their Families/ 
 where their Cireumffauces. ate but poor and low, or being robb’d 
 and-'ffripp’d of alL by Unmerciful Thieves and Bfuglajs,' fftcJ 
 Wljere tKings ,have .happen’d thus, every good Man ought to put. 
 a - great deal- of, Deference between thefe and thofe fpoken of 
 before. "^ 2 o the.affiiSed PityJhonli be Jbownly their, Frienijs, and none 
 hu Barlarians.wiftgo alout to break the bruifed Reedl— With' refpefi 
 to fuoh therefore,. .the,pifij»C/ji i//M;; muff remember, ; . . 
 
 '• (t.) -That io he cruel , or. unmerciful to-.fitch aDebtor, as is not in 
 fol-qent hy his own Fault or Mifmanagemetit , is a direS Contrad 0 ion fo 
 
 tbie Law of Qod.. God- would not -permit the Jews to refiife fo' lend fo- 
 
 their,Poor Bretjiren.whyt they wanted, or to keep their, Pfidge for 
 Payment If them a{l Night, tho’they, knew them Unable, to pay,' or 
 that the Jubilee,was ai.Maiid, w.heii all Debts were ter be releas’d/, 
 
 But: it’s- the inhumane. Culfem of feme afo.ohg ifoy. >Vho-yet edit 
 •; 'C ‘ ihiit- 
 
l8 .. debtor andCreditdrmade Ettfy : Or, 
 
 themfelves Chifiians, That if a Perfon of real Worth and unble- 
 milh’d Reputation meet with an.unfufpedled Lofs, by which his 
 "W orldly Eilate is dangeroufly Ihaken, inflead. of. pitying his Lot, 
 or thinking how they would defire to be dealt with themfelves-in 
 a like Exigence,- to fall foul upon him, to. tear him all to pieces, 
 that he may never recover the dreadful Blow ; as if lie was only like 
 a-dead Garcafe call out into the Fields to be devour’d by Dogs and 
 Ravens ;. and' :can fuch Unckriftian Chriftians ever look for Mercy 
 at the Hand.ofa juft:Godi? Devils may as ieafonably exped it as 
 they, and they'll find it as foon. •, ,i. 
 
 - It was one particular Article of that Reformation which Nehe~ 
 miab endeavour’d among the Jews after their Return from the Gap- 
 tivity o(,Babylon,. that They Jhoitld not exatt-.every Belt, iN'ehem. 
 to. zt. That this Reformation was not to affed the Jews only, but all 
 fuch as pretended to be Followers of Chrift, our Saviour himfelf 
 demonitrates in that Venable, Mattli. x8. 2?. When one of his 
 Servants was brought to the King, who ow’d him Ten Thoufand, 
 Talents , avail Sum, and which he was by mo means able to pay: 
 The. King, prefently takes the Advantage of the Law, and .com¬ 
 mands him to be fold, and his Wife and Children, and all that he 
 had, mnd Payment to be made: Row in all this there was no 
 Wrong offer’d but when the.Servant fell down and worlhip’A 
 his Prince, begg’d that He’d be patient, and promis’d to pay 
 him all in time, the King was not inexorable, but prefently./ooi’d 
 him, and forgave him all tie Debt : And thus God deals with us 
 miferable Sinners: we owe. him more than we can ever pay, but 
 if we*throughly humble our. felves before, him, ( he accepts.our 
 Humility, and forgives our Sins. But the forgiven Servant prefently 
 meets with One of his Fellow Servants, who ow’d him but an Hun-' 
 dred Pence-, he demands his Money roughly and prefently: His Fel¬ 
 low Servant is as humble to him as he had been to his Mailer, 
 gives him a Promife of paying him all, which was more likely to 
 be-kept ;but the f»getfuiCreditor‘has no Patience,- 'but immedi¬ 
 ately throws him into Prifon, there to lye till he Ihould pay the 
 Debt. Thus we deal with One another, and yet we .area// Fellow- 
 Servants,, and all liable to the fame Severity. But.what’s the : Event, 
 of all: The King hears of his Servants cruel A<ffion, he’s Enraged 
 at it, fends for him, rates him as he deferves; and -r-0 thou wic- 
 k 'ed'Servant, fays he, Did not 1 forgive thee all that Debt becaufetlm 
 'defiredft me^and Jhouldft not their alfo have had companion on,thy Fel¬ 
 low-Servant as I had pity upon Thee? WhatExpoitulation eould 
 have been more realbnable ? . The Conclufion is, — The King , hit 
 'Lord was wroth,,and delivered Him to the Tormentors till he jhould pay 
 all that was due to him. Owv Saviour's Inference from .the whole is, 
 —So alfo, pall your Heavenly Father do unto you, if you forgive,not 
 'every one bis Brother his Trefpajfes, Non-Payment of, a juft Debt is S, 
 Trefpafs aghinft the-Laws■ of,Godand Man,, when Providenceonly . dip 
 dies the-Debtor to difeharge --his Duty, there r that .Creditor who is ri- 
 
'•gii aiid'inexorable., will hi dimmed for Ever •• be flows iioMeic), ail'd 
 -lie' (ball lave 'Judgment without Mercy. ' . 
 
 - (-l.) To deal ligorouily with fuchpooi Debtors , as aredifabled to 
 ' difcharge theirDebts by '-'the vifible Strokes of' Providence 'is- trgaYnft the ■ < 
 Law Mid Prattice of all Nations, and againft the Original'ppjigH ard 
 Meanim of our own. - Frauds and Cheats are puniffl’d' iirFo'ieign 
 Countries with the utmoit Severity, as they jultiy deferve./ Such 
 Crimes aie Capital in the United Provinces, and they arc fd llnwby 
 our latejl Statutes about Bankrupts ^\tho’ tliofa, as well as'pther<G)«J 
 Laws feem to have been made only that they might be broken. . But 
 'where the Man’is undone without his own Fault, any farther 
 than as Sin in - general is the meritorious Caufe of all Afflictions, 
 there Foreign Nations will not permit their'Citizens to rot.in najly 
 Goals, or to ftarve under the Unmerciful Hands of Brutal''Keepers. 
 But where the Debtor appears honeit, though unfortunate!, • lie wall 
 -foop be'free,' as well as liandfomly maintain’d by the Creditor 
 while lie’s confined to a Prifon ; he {hall have a certain Fund Out 
 of his former Efiate to'begin the World with again; that he may 
 he encourag’d to be Iiiduiuious'iiv fuch Bufinefs as he falls into, , 
 f that he may fupport his Family, be ufeful to the Publick, and it 
 may' be pay that 'whole Debt, for the Moiety of- which or lefs. he 
 had compounded in liis'Neceffity. , • .. .. 
 
 •' - This is the commendable Care of our Foreign Neighbours,' and 
 doubtlefs aw owivLaws about Bankrupts were deftgn’d not only to 
 punify Cheats and. Villains , but to enedwage the lionefl bu.t unfortu¬ 
 nate : Tho’ too many of fhe long Robe —turn Judgment into JVorm- 
 word, and■ leave off Righteoufnefs in the Earth,— As the Prophet ex- 
 . preffes it, Jmos 5. 7, And confequently 'our Statutes are wrelted 
 contrary to the’’meaning of the Two Houfes, who drew them up* 
 and of the Sovereign, who pafs’d, them into Laws: By! which 
 Management Honefly is no ProteSion ; to -Inch as ufe it, nor Knavery 
 fo very dangerous to thole who practice it. If Sir Edw.. Cook lays 
 ■ right,. — That the Laws 'of England 'are founded upon the Word of 
 , God, and .the higheft Reafon in the World .I’m fure that-neither 
 ‘ Realoii nor God s Word allow anyMan' to opprefs thpfe tipoii whoni 
 God’s Hand is very heavy already:' Subli ’Meii.and'tljeif iF^dilies 
 are the proper Objects of our Pity not bf diir Severity.part'd'fho’ 
 thofe,'.wlio opprefs them', may efcape : the Lalh of ftijman'e.,.L'aws 
 i'ti tills World, which does nor happeii alway^'neither, yet they'll 
 find it hard to efcape the Damnation of Hell. ' V, •... 
 
 (%.') The Rigour of Creditors to. Innocentbut Unhappy Debtors, is 
 -very often the Ruble of their Bodies and’, their 'Souls as 'Well "as off theif 
 Eftates', which no Man of a Chriit-ian Spirit’;can'''eye'?‘tltfpk,',of. 
 without Horrour: Ail'd it mult be a 
 
 Grace which can.prevent it. When I’m conlcibti^'tq njy feif tfiat 
 1 never meant to'dye in Debt to any Man, 'that I never was idle,-, 
 ora Spendthrift,- of a Prodigal; 'that 1 took all that Care ana 
 Pains, which'a juft andihonelt Man ayas capable off, ‘to keep even 
 
 4 ' C z wty 
 
.20 • . Debtor and Creditor made EaJ) r Or, ‘ 
 
 •i villi the World •, that neither my- own; nor my Families Pride or 
 ^Extravagance bi ought me behind, hand in the World ; but that 
 it was only the Hand of God which touch’d me, or the unfufi- 
 nected Treachery or V'illany of others ‘which ruin’d me : And 
 ‘when, after all this, I fee my felf confin’d to a Hell upon Earth, 
 a difmal Prifon, with Company only fit for Devils ; when I fee 
 what’s left‘of my Elute Jipiandcr'd away, and divided among Coiif- 
 mifiioners mid JJjignecsf mitead of being difirihited proportionally 
 among my Creditors ; when I find my mil'erable, Family ilarving and 
 -'my felf-unable to help them', '.tho’ healthy and capable enough of' 
 alfilling them, if I had but'my Liberty , when I take a View of 
 my felf in this Condition, how inuit it ; grate upon my Natural 
 .Temper ? Flow near mult it bring ine to extreaui Defperation r 
 What then but extraordinary Grace can prevent my falling in with 
 Brutus his Conclufioii, Thdt'Viitue or downright Honejly and Inte¬ 
 grity is but mi empty Name, and deceives all thofewbo depend upon it 
 ■And when'I once come to fitch'a Conclufioii, how ready will cor¬ 
 rupt Nature in me.be to take every Staunch Goal Birds Advice, to 
 Engage my'feJf in all manner of Wickednefs, if I live ever to get 
 my Liberty again, to let up the Trade of Cheating, as if I’de be re¬ 
 venged 'that , way of the inhumane World, tho’ 1 deftroyed-my 
 felf intoihe Bargain-; or, 1 may be tempted. t;o reiign my felf up 
 to a confin'd Lifie, lit down quietly a Beggar and a Prifoner ; xegaid 
 iio Duties to God or 'Man, but live a Sot andt.dytf a Beall? Hoiy 
 fcafily too may my -unhappy Family be driven by fuch barbarous 
 Wage lip'on - deflrucHye Cpnrfes nieerly to get Bread ?'. Says become 
 Thieves of Vagabonds, Daughteis become . common 'Whores'and 
 Proflitutes, Wives Bawds or Shop-iifters ? It’s tiue' all fuch Crimes, 
 whatever their Circuiiiilances may be, will be. ine'xcufable iri themT 
 But their Guilt'will lie very heavy upon thnfe Creditors at the hit 
 Day, whofe tinreafonable Cruelty forced them upon fuch' delperate 
 Courfe’s. : •- - \ ' 
 
 (fi.) Exfream Severity with Hoveft M.n, who are rendred infolvent 
 yieerly b'y.ihs. Strckci'of Providence, brings the weighty And terribleCur- 
 fes of the Poor', the'Fatlerlcfs and the Widow'upon the-hard hearted, 
 and umnetcifnl Creditor. 'God has called himfelf, The Father of the 
 F'atherlefsj to pi ovide for them, and the Judge of the Widows, to 
 vindicate them from the Hand of the Opprellor. And lie who is 
 it Chrifiian indeedy can never plfeafe hinifelt with an Opinion,' That 
 God will take ii6 notice of Kim, tho’ He deals never lo bafbaroully 
 with them;; The Man, who has Ipfi Jil, by Fire, by'Water, by Thieves, 
 Ty Plunderers, 'by theVillany of greater Banknipts, is Innocent, his 
 yfi&h Innocent, his Children are Innocent 1 , but if any will fay, 
 that the Judgment-he lyes Under is 'due to his oT their Sins, .then, 
 Let Him wbo isffiitbout Sin throw the FirB Stone at them ; if-no-lueh 
 particular'Charge can be laid againit them, can any Man Opprefs 
 fo many'Iphoceiits together,-and .yet hope to efcape the Vengeance 
 pf'God? No -certainly'* for for the Opprejfion of the Poor, for 
 
 « -. V. . : 1. , . «J. ; C ,kg 
 
The Judgment of the Unmerciful demnpated. r 2 t 
 
 jheSkhhiy of the Needy, now mil l arife, faith the. Lori, .and fit 
 ■.Him in lafetyfrom Him who puffed at'Him, — Pfal, fa. 5. Arid again, 
 —The Lord rclieveth the Fatheiiefs and the Widow, hit tht Way of the 
 .Ungodly, or the Opprejfor, He turneth iipfidedown, — Pfal. *46* 9. 
 
 And what, tho) Vehgeance l'eems to he very flow lit its'Motions, 
 at prelent, it will be fure and heavy enough at daft : It may be 
 feme who have fwallowed up many a poor Debtor, 'who have de¬ 
 vour'd many a Widow and her helplefs Children, who have defray'd ma¬ 
 ny a.rajh and inconftderate young Heir, by inveigling therii into 
 Bebt, and incouraging them in Extravagance and Prodigality, and 
 .at lait, have ftriprthem of All they had ; it may be, fuch Wret¬ 
 ches may think to fham the World with their^rtflt Liberalities 
 ■to Churches, to Prifons or Hofpitals, and that God Will'be eafily 
 -fatisfied with fucli amends for Fraud, Cruelty, and Rapine bilt-thofe 
 .who depend on the Merit of luch Aitions, will find themfclves ift 
 ,the fame Clafs with thofe, againtt whom our Saviour denounces fo 
 ■many Woes — Js devouring Widows Houfes, and for appetence'-making 
 'long Prayers. — It was a noble EJea which holy fob inside for hiol- 
 ■feif, Job. 21. i 6 . If I have with-held the 'Poor from their defire, or 
 ■have caufed the Eyes of theWidow to fail, if l have feen any f erip for 
 want of Cloathing, or any Poor without Covering-: Jf Thave lifl'upny 
 Handagainft the Fatheiiefs, whenlfaw inyHelp in the Gated, Mil let 
 mine Arm fall from thejhoulder.Blade, and mine Jnubebrokell from 
 •the Bone. —fob being confeious of his own Integrity, coUld ; make 
 this Declaration without fear; buthovv/eHJarethereiii'ii'ij City 
 •or Kingdom, who would not be as much afraid of makiiig fiich ano- 
 ther," as a Whore in Ifrael, would 'have -been afratd' of' tryiiig the 
 Water of Jealoujie ? For my part, I wotild clioofeho meet a Lyoii 
 in his Rage, or a Bear in his fury, rattier than to ho any thing 
 that anight bring the Curies of fuch uiifortunate lnhoceuts uponmy 
 Hpad. ' '..v " 1 '' 
 
 5. Js ah Argument to rtf rain all Chrifirin Creditors from fbomvg any 
 ynkindnefs to their •boliiftf but infdlvent Debtors, Net'fitch Creditors 
 make the Cafe of-their Debtors their 1 own. Let them luppofethem* 
 felves Impoverifhed and Difabled by rhefame fevere Dilpeiifations 
 of Providence: Would they, in fucli a cafe, be willing to be 
 thrown into a nafty Goal thelnfelves ? Would they be willing to 
 fee their poor Families forced to live upon tlfe Alms of theParifh, 
 Who had'once held up their Heads as High as any in it, or Starve? 
 Would theybe willingto liemade whollyufelefs in' the World, 
 to have Heads arid Hands fit ror Bufinefs,. and yet to be fliiit tig 
 from all Bufinefs ? To be eonfeious to themfelvesofno Fraud, nci 
 Dilhonefty, :no Extravagance, and yet to have'the Portion only of 
 Spend-thrifts, Cheats, and Villains ? If Men would’beg'eameftiy 
 OfGod that-Wd divert fuch Judgments from their Heads, can they 
 tiiink it juft'to-endeavour ro bring down the fame judgments upon 
 tlfe. Heads-of 1 their-Brethren ? How many Citizen: have thrown 
 kyay 'their own Debts, ai\d have made others,. •Who'cotfld worfe 
 - r ! :i ■ •' - • - bear 
 
22 Debtor and Creditor made Ettfy : Or, 
 
 bear it, lofe theirs, only by taking the firft Advantages again ft 
 their Debtors, by falling upon them fuddainly, and barbarouily; 
 .when by the exercife only of fo much Patience as is rejnir d in every 
 ferious Chrrjlran, they themfelve.-, and all concerned witluhem, 
 might have been paid the utmoft Farthing ? And are not Inch In¬ 
 humane Creditors the gnatefi Cheats of aii Are they nor in reality 
 more unjuft than the very worft of ail their Debtors r I’m fure, 
 they Ihow more Malice, Ill Nature, Stubbornnefs and Brutality, 
 ■than the veryelt Knave they have to do with ever thought of. 
 
 And ought not Juch Beajts of Pny as tnefe to be taken notice of 
 by our National Laws as leverely as the Bafejl of. Bankrupts ? Are not 
 they Perfons who drive many upon firming againll Cod. only that 
 they may the better fupport themfelves againfi or wider the violence 
 of Men ? Do they not diive Men of otherv/ift better Inclina¬ 
 tions upon that Rei'olution, —We will fall into the Hands of the Lord, 
 and not into the Hands of Men, for as his Majefty is jo is his Mercy, 
 —Ecclef. a. 18., But luppol’e our fccular Politicians, negligent in the 
 Matter that our Temporal Laws are all ajhep, oi thai Bribes Jbbuld 
 pit out the Eyes of our Difpcnfcrs of Jnjlice '( Ought not the Paftors 
 and Goienmrs of the Church, to take Cognizance ol iuch Wicked- 
 nefs and,Inhumanity. We would foibiu a known Murderer's en¬ 
 trance into a Worlhipping- Chrii.ian Conguguicn, as one whole 
 Prefence would have as fatal an influence r.} on tiiem, as that of 
 Sacrilegious Jchan had upon the lion ol if-acl. The Dijcipline 
 of the Primitive Church fcLv: r„,v lr:,i w tet.h*. to enter into the 
 .Walls of the Houfe of Cod , am. ■;/; -i.m Chinch agrees with the 
 Primitive in that Opinion, Tiyt ail /..■-! Barbarians are unfit to ap¬ 
 pear in that Holy Place. And inc.e- d, now, can lie lift up clean 
 Hands and a pure Heart to-Coo in prayers, who, as I may jultly 
 exprefs it, hasthe.Blood of fo many Innocents, hanging about him? 
 How can that Man praife God witn a lincere Heart for any outward 
 Blefllngs bellowed upon him, who turns them all into Curfes to 
 himfelf and other', by cruel Rapine and Oppreflion ? How can he 
 Edifie by the Word of God Bead or Pleached, who ads perpetually in 
 contradidion to it, and lhews no Love, no Companion, no Cha¬ 
 rity to his Brethren ? And, above all, How dates that Man' ap¬ 
 proach the Table of the Lord, the Lead of Love, who is doath’d with 
 cruelty , and girt about with unfparing Malice, and.rcfolute Uncha- 
 ritahlemfs ? What can fuch a Wretch exped, but to Eat and Drink 
 Us own Damnation n that Heavenly Table, where thofe who are 
 duly prepared, are the happy Partakers of Inimoital Life and Love. 
 
 Aiid are not they poflefled with a -Dcrilip; courage, who hear the 
 C lurches Exhortation and Warning to the Worlhipping Affembly. 
 —That None who have done any Wrong of Injury to others, or who are 
 guilty of any grievous Crime, Jhduld dare to approach God's Holy Jltars 
 without Repentance and Satisfaction ,— and yet can offer themfelves to 
 that tremendous Ordinance, and teem content with the Lot of Ju¬ 
 das, and to bepojfejfcd by the Devil, provided, they may but «i* 
 
The Judgment of fhe Vnmemful demonfirated. 25 
 
 tirely mine their unhappy Neighbours ? Such Men may indeed out-- 
 br-ave-the Laws of a Nation , and- inapofe upon the molt watchfdGo?, 
 vertmrs and Pafiors. of the.Church'^ they, may out-face the Mgiejlf 
 of a Ghriftran Congregation. They may defie Vengeance, and ruflfup¬ 
 on God’s Anger, with as little Fear 'or .Thought, as a Horfe ruftt- 
 es-into-the Battel"; 'but in' fjjite- of all' their impious. Darings 
 —Their "Judgment now. of a:long tmie ling/eth .not, and their jDamatioh 
 Jlumheth not. i Pet. if 3. Such Creditors may. be Cringed toi, 
 Flatter’d, Appiauded.here^ but the great Judge ; of.all M?h caii “ 
 Bot be impos’d on ; Nor will .that Qqd.pafs by, their Debts to Ifim, 
 who. will not forgive: thofe who 'are in.debted.to them.]Who can give 
 an y Comfort, to fuch Heathens on their-Ijleath'Beds ? sWlftf.:Priei- 
 can be faithful to hislrufi, and hold fuch, a Man in hand that it’s 
 poffible he may be fayed? If any .can: flatter them fo ; far,; tt'wiiT 
 prove .but an empty ■ Compliment. God: will not fay jmen , to athofe 
 Prayers which aje-put.up; for them, tho? in the Cburches.lfardsJ 
 There’s no Jbiahani’s Bofom for the Cruel and Uncqmpaffionate te, 
 telt in, but all They fall- Have. Judgment without Mercy, who have- Jbew- 
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