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Fair dealing between debtor and creditor. A very brief essay upon the caution to…
Fair dealing between debtor and creditor. A very brief essay upon the caution to be used, about coming in to debt, and getting out of it. Offered at Boston-lecture; 5. d. XI. m. 1715/16. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. ; [Two lines of quotation]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Gerrish, 1716
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The Sixth MAXIM.
If a Man be so far brought into Debt, as to become Insolvent, there is a Behaviour agreeable to […] Holy Religion, both by God and Men to be expected from him.
If a Man be so far brought into Debt, as to become Insolvent, there is a Behaviour agreable to 〈…〉 Holy Religion, both by God and Men to be expected from him.
Let our Debtors pay some Regard unto the Admonition of God our Saviour.
If it be through' any Real Default of yours, that such a Debt be come upon you. 'tis most certain, you ought with a deep Repentance, to abase your selves before God, and the World. Your Acknowledgements unto your Creditors particularly, ought to have such a sensible, and Ingenuous, and self abusing Repentance in them, that their Hearts towards you may be ⟨p. 20⟩mollified, by their seeing the Brokenness of yours. It is prescribed unto one in Debt; Prov. VI. 3. Do this now, my son: when thou art come into the hand of thy Friend, Go humble thy self.