The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

2. Make satisfaction unto those Men, whom thou hast wronged, if thou be•st able. And if thou dost injuriously or fraudulently detain or keep in thy possession, any Lands or Goods, that of right do belong to any Widow, or Fatherless Child, presume not, as thou tenderest thy Soul's health, to look Christ the righteous Judge in the face, unless thou dost first make a restitution thereof to the right owners; for the Law of God under the penalty of his curse, requireth thee to^* restore whatsoever was given thee to keep, or which was committed to thy trust, or whatsoever by robbery, or violent oppression, thou tookest from thy neighbour, with a fifth part for amends added to the principal. ²And unless that like Zaccheus thou dost make^† restitution of such Goods and Lands, according to God's Law, thou canst never truly repent, and without true Repentance, thou canst never be saved. But though by the temptation of the Devil, thou hast done wrong and injury; yet if thou dost truly ^brepent and make restitution to thy power, the Lord hath promised to be merciful unto thee, to hear the^c Prayers of his faithful Ministers for thee, ⟨p. 404⟩to forgive thee thy trespass and sin, and to receive thy Soul in the Merits of Christ's Blood, as a Lamb without blemish.

2. Make satisfaction unto those Men, whom thou hast wronged, if thou be•st able. And if thou dost injuriously or fraudulently detain or keep in thy possession, any Lands or Goods, that of right do belong to any Widow, or Fatherless Child, presume not, as thou tenderest thy Soul's health, to look Christ the righteous Judge in the face, unless thou dost first make a restitution thereof to the right owners; for the Law of God under the penalty of his curse, requireth thee to