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Scripture rules to be observed in buying and selling. By Mr. Christopher Love, late…
Scripture rules to be observed in buying and selling. By Mr. Christopher Love, late minister at Lawrence-Jewry, London.
London, : s.n., 1652
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SCRIPTURE-RULES to be observed in Buying and Selling. › Rules concerning Buying Commodities.
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Rules concerning Buying Commodities.
1. IF you would not transgress Scripture rules in buying; then first take heed that you do not discommend those Commodities that are very good, which you are about to buy, that so you may bring down the price of the Commodity, and get it for less than it is worth: There is a known place of Scripture for this, in Prov. 20.14. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. People in Solomons time they were so wicked, that when they came to the market to buy any thing, the buyer he would discommend the Commodity, and say, It was naught, though it were very good and saleable; but when the seller was gone, then he would boast of what a good penny worth he had bought, and the like.
2. Do not make vows and protestations, that you will give no more for a Commodity, than what you have first offered, when afterwards you will give more. This is a very common thing with Trades-men: You shall have a man come to a shop, and cheapen a Commodity, and the buyer he will say, He will not give a farthing more, and the seller will say, He will not take a farthing less, and yet both the buyer […] ••ller takes […]. Now, this is no other than a palpable and downright lye.