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The trades-man's calling being a discourse concerning the nature, necessity, choice, &c. of a…
The trades-man's calling being a discourse concerning the nature, necessity, choice, &c. of a calling in general : and directions for the right managing of the tradesman's calling in particular / by Richard Steele ...
London: printed by J.D. for Samuel Sprint, 1684
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THE Tradesman's Calling. › Chapter 5 › Section 3: Of Justice in a Trade.
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3. This Justice consists in using exact Weights and Measures. And that not out of fear of the Officers, but out of love to Justice. For without these, your Commerce is a perfect Cheat; the Buyer goes away satisfied, that he hath so much as he bargained for, for his Money, when indeed he hath not. See how punctual the Law of God is in this matter, Deut. 15. 13, 14, 15, 16. Thou shalt not have in thy Bags divers Weights, a great (to buy with) and a small (to sell with.) Thou shalt not have in thy House divers Measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just Weight, a perfect and just Measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an Abomination unto the Lord. Here's the Law, and the Sanction: The Law shines with its own Evidence; so just and honest, and yet to strengthen it, the greatest Encouragement is given to the Obedience of it, and the greatest Check to the contrary. The Lord is a God of Justice, and there is no Unrighteousness in him. He hates all such Workers of Iniquity.
3. This Justice consists in using exact Weights and Measures. And that not out of fear of the Officers, but out of love to Justice. For without these, your Commerce is a perfect Cheat; the Buyer goes away satisfied, that he hath so much as he bargain'd for, for his Money, when indeed he hath not. See how punctual the Law of God is in this matter, Deut. 15. 13, 14, 15, 16. Thou shalt not have in thy Bags divers Weights, a great (to buy with) and a small (to sell with.) Thou shalt not have in thy House divers Measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just Weight, a perfect and just Measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an Abomination unto the Lord. Here's the Law, and the Sanction: The Law shines with its own Evidence; so just and honest, and yet to strengthen it, the greatest Incouragement is given to the Obedience of it, and the greatest Check to the contrary. The Lord is a God of Justice, and there is no Unrighteousness in him. He hates all such Workers of Iniquity.