The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town…

And besides these House consuming Bad Orders, there is especially one Iniquity more which will horribly Endanger the Tabernacles, that are Guilty of it; and that is, proper Iniquity, I mean, Dishonesty. It was a Remarkable passage, in Zech. 5.2, 4. A Flying Roll, the Length thereof Twenty Cubits, the Breadth thereof Ten Cubits; This is the Curse that goeth forth; I will bring it ⟨p. 61⟩forth, saith the Lord of Hosts, and it shall enter into the House of the Thief, and the House of him that sweareth falsely; and it shall consume it, with the Timber thereof, and the Stones thereof. The Porch of the Temple, was, The Length thereof Twenty Cubits, and the Breadth thereof Ten Cubits: Now, 'tis Judged, there were men Employed as Trustees of the Money gathered for the Building of the Temple: but some of them were such Thieves as to convert part of this unto their own use, and yet they Swore Falsely, in swearing to the Truth of their Accounts. Now, says the Lord, If the Temple it self were a Roll, or a Book, filled with Curses, it could not Express more Curses, than I will swiftly bring upon the Houses of such Dishonest men. Truly, All Dishonesty in Dealings, does Endanger the Houses of the Dealers. Men that go to feather their Nests by any Dishonesty, do but carry Coals into them. The Flying Roll of the Curses from God, comes as a Fiery Roll, to consume the Houses of them that by Stealing, by Cheating, by Lying, propose to Enrich themselves.

And besides these House consuming Bad Orders, there is especially one Iniquity more which will horribly Endanger the Tabernacles, that are Guilty of it; and that is, proper Iniquity, I mean, Dishonesty. It was a Remarkable passage, in Zech. 5.2, 4. A Flying Roll, the Length thereof Twenty Cubits, the Breadth thereof Ten Cubits; This is the Curse that goeth forth; I will bring it ⟨p. 61⟩forth, saith the Lord of Hosts, and it shall enter into the House of the Thief, and the House of him that sweareth falsely; and it shall consume it, with the Timber thereof, and the Stones thereof. The Porch of the Temple, was, The Length thereof Twenty Cubits, and the Breadth thereof Ten Cubits: Now, 'tis Judg'd, there were men Employ'd as Trustees of the Money gathered for the Building of the Temple: but some of them were such Thieves as to convert part of this unto their own use, and yet they Swore Falsely, in swearing to the Truth of their Accounts. Now, says the Lord, If the Temple it self were a Roll, or a Book, filled with Curses, it could not Express more Curses, than I will swiftly bring upon the Houses of such Dishonest men. Truly, All Dishonesty in Dealings, does Endanger the Houses of the Dealers. Men that go to feather their Nests by any Dishonesty, do but carry Coals into them. The Flying Roll of the Curses from God, comes as a Fiery Roll, to consume the Houses of them that by Stealing, by Cheating, by Lying, propose to Enrich themselves.