A25470:927
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.
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.
2. That proportion of gain which allows a reasonable compensation for our time, and pains, and hazard, is universally and mutually best. If the compensation be unreasonably great, it will be bad for the buyer, if unreasonably little, it will be bad for the seller, if equal, and reasonable, it will be good for all.
2. That proportion of gain which allows a reasonable compensation for our time, and pains, and hazard, is universally and mutually best. If the compensation bee unreasonably great, it will be bad for the buyer, if unreasonably little, it will be bad for the seller, if equal, and reasonable, it will be good for all.