Scripture rules to be observed in buying and selling. By Mr. Christopher Love, late…

7. Be not among the first that shall raise the price of a Commodity; this I hinted to you before, in Prov. 11.26. He that withholdeth corn the people shall curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

7. Be not among the first that shall raise the price of a Commodity; this I hinted to you before, in Prov. 11.26. He that witholdeth corn the people shall curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

8. Be not so eager in selling of your Commodities, that you cannot content yourselves to sell on the six days of the week, but you must sell on the Sabbath Day likewise; be not like those in Amos. 8.5. saying, When will the new moon be over, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath be over, that we may set forth wheat? and so in Neh. 13.15. In those days, saith the Prophet saw I in Judah, some treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading Asses, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Now, this is against your common selling-houses, and shops of mean trades, that sell by retail, that make nothing of selling small trifling things on the Sabbath Day but this is a great sin.

8. Be not so eager in selling of your Commodities, that you cannot content yourselves to sell on the six dayes of the week, but you must sell on the Sabbath Day likewise; be not like those in Amos. 8.5. saying, When will the new moon be over, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath be over, that we may set forth wheat? and so in