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Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things
Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things: or, the doctrine of regeneration, the new birth, the very beginning of a godly life. Delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for I.A., 1650
Appendix › Chapter 2 › Section 9 › For the duties here required.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
For the duties here required.
Say, Hast thou ever, by all good means, furthered the outward estate of thy self and of thy neighbour?
Say, Hast thou ever, by all good means, furthered the outward estate of thy self and of thy neighbor?
Or for the sins here forbidden.
Say: First, Hast thou not sometimes got thy living by an unlawful calling? Secondly, hast thou not impoverished thy self by idleness, luxurious, or unnecessary expenses? Thirdly, hast thou not withheld from thy self, or others, that which should have been expended? Fourthly, hast thou not gotten, or kept thy neighbours goods by falsehood, or force, and made no restitution? Fifthly, hast thou not stolen by usury, or oppression, or fraud, in buying or selling, an abomination unto the Lord? Sixthly, hast thou not robbed God of his tithes and offerings by sacrilege or simony? 1Seventhly, hast thou not some way or other impaired thy neighbours state? If in any of these thou hast transgressed, then hast thou broken this Commandment, Thou shalt not steal.