A25470:926
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
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.
1. The general Rule is this; That which it is not unreasonable for me to desire to gain by another, when I am to sell, that I should allow another to gain by me, when I am to buy; and that which it is not unreasonable, another should gain by me, when I am to buy, that, and no more I may gain by another, when I am to sell.
1. The general Rule is this; That which it is not unreasonable for mee to desire to gain by another, when I am to sell, that I should allow another to gain by mee, when I am to buy; and that which it is not unreasonable, another should gain by mee, when I am to buy, that, and no more I may gain by another, when I am to sell.
2. The propositions, which I shall lay down, for the further explication of this Rule, are these,
1. In buying and selling, such a proportion of gain may be taken, and ⟨p. 261⟩ought to be allowed, as is mutually and universally best. And this every man is presumed to desire, because this will be certainly good for every one, whereas if it be not universally good, it may be bad for any one, if it be not mutually so, it will be bad for me by turns.
1. In buying and selling, such a proportion of gain may bee taken, and ⟨p. 261⟩ought to bee allowed, as is mutually and universally best. And this every man is presumed to desire, because this will be certainly good for every one, whereas if it be not universally good, it may be bad for any one, if it bee not mutually so, it will bee bad for mee by turns.