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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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Now when Riches are not got Honestly, they are got Sinfully. If they are not got by Right, they are got by Sin. The Law of the Glorious God is, Thou shalt not Covet. But there is an Evil Covetousness in them, who get Riches, and not by Right. The Law of the Glorious GOD is, All things that you would have men do to you, do ye even so to them. They who get Riches, and not by Right, are those, who do not as they would be done unto. The Law of the Glorious GOD is, That no man over-reach, or defraud his Brother in any matter. They who get Riches, and not by Right, are such as Over-reach and Defraud their Brethren. Yea, O ⟨p. 50⟩Man, What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly? Such Laws of the Only wise God, cannot without the most insolent Folly be trampled on.
Now when Riches are not got Honestly, they are got Sinfully. If they are not got by Right, they are got by Sin. The Law of the Glorious God is, Thou shalt not Covet. But there is an Evil Coveteousness in them, who get Riches, and not by Right. The Law of the Glorious GOD is, All things that you would have men do to you, do ye even so to them. They who get Riches, and not by Right, are those, who do not as they would be done unto. The Law of the Glorious GOD is, That no man over-reach, or defraud his Brother in any matter. They who get Riches, and not by Right, are such as Over-reach and Defraud their Brethren. Yea, O ⟨p. 50⟩Man, What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly? Such Laws of the Only wise God, cannot without the most insolent Folly be trampled on.
But Secondly; If Men will get Riches and not by Right, Let us enquire, Whether they don't lose more than they get. If they do so, 'tis most evidently an Egregious Folly which they are guilty of. Now, O Man, by unjust Gain, increasing thy Substance, Come and see me state thy Accounts, and from thy most certain Losses, learn how foolishly thy Business has been carried on.