N01600:174
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of remarkables in the shipwreck of above one hundred pirates, who were cast away in the ship Whido, on the coast of New-England, April 26. 1717. And in the death of six, who after a fair trial at Boston, were convicted & condemned, Octob. 22. And executed, Novemb. 15. 1717. : With some account of the discourse had with them on the way to their execution. And a sermon preached on their occasion.
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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But then, he who Pilfers from his Neighbour, or privately takes any of his Possessions from him, without some Allowance from him for it; This is the proper Thief: All the World Brands him for such an one. What he gets, is most unquestionably not by Right. Neighbours must be some Way Agreed about it, before one may take what belongs unto another.
But then, he who Pilsers from his Neighbour, or privately takes any of his Possessions from him, without some Allowance from him for it; This is the proper Thief: All the World Brands him for such an one. What he gets, is most unquestionably not by Right. Neighbours must be some Way Agreed about it, before one may take what belongs unto another.
All Fraud in Dealing, must also be condemned as a sort of Theft. Cheating and Lying, in Dealing, is but Stealing. To warrant a thing for Sound, and Good, and so and so Valuable, when it may be known to be otherwise; To draw a thing out of another's hands by any False Talk about the matter; To use False Weights, and False Scales, and False Measures
All Fraud in Dealing, must also be condemned as a sort of Theft. Cheating and Lying, in Dealing, is but Stealing. To warrant a thing for Sound, and Good, and so and so Valuable, when it may be known to be otherwise; To draw a thing out of anothers hands by any False Talk about the matter; To use False Weights, and False Scales, and False Measures
This may be to get Riches; but it is […] by Right; You cannot think it is!
This may be to get Riches; but it is 〈…〉 by Right; You cannot think it is!