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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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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.
(7.) The Feoffee in Trust, who hath the Orphans Estate committed to him: He is deputed to be his Guardian, and manage his Estate for him; and he curtails the Estate, and gets a Fleece out of it for himself, and wrongs the Orphan. This is a Thief. This is worse than taking a Purse, because he betrays his Trust, which is the highest piece of Treachery and Injustice.
(8.) The Borrower, who borrows Money from others with an Intention never to pay them again. Psal. 37.21. The wicked borroweth and payeth not again. What is it but Thievery to take Money and Goods from others, and not restore them again? The Prophet Elisha bad the Widow sell her Oil, and pay her Debts, and then live upon the rest, 2 Kings 4.7.
(8.) The Borrower, who borrows Mony from others with an Intention never to pay them again. Psal. 37.21. The wicked borroweth and payeth not again. What is it but Thievery to take Money and Goods from others, and not restore them again? The Prophet Elisha bad the Widow sell her Oyl, and pay her Debts, and then live upon the rest, 2 Kings 4.7.
(9.) & Ult. The last sort of Thief is, the Receiver of stolen Goods. The Receiver, if he be not the Principal, yet he is Accessary to the Theft, and the Law makes him guilty. The Thief steals the Money, and the Receiver holds the Sack to put it in. The Root would die if it were not watered; and Thievery would cease, if it were not encouraged by the Receiver. I am apt to think he who doth not scruple to take Stolen Goods into his House, would as little scruple to take a Purse.