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The practise of the banckrupts of these times in whom are considered, 1. Their fraudulent and deceitfull actions. 2. The evills accompanying their courses. 3. Laws and punishments ordain'd to curbe them. 4. The charitable cure of so great an evill. A worke now very necessaary. Written in Latine by Mr Dainel Sauterius, and made to speake English for the generall good of all commerce.
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Sauter, Daniel.
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STC 21779; ESTC S101653
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walketh and therefore hee is to be admonished to avoid falshood in his speech and to think with himselfe that to a Cic. Offic. 3. lye to beguile to supplant others by cunning to deceive them for his owne profits sake is in no wise incident to a good man and that a fraudulent b Mich. 6. tongue hath its residence only in the mouth of the wicked The Persians and Indians so detested lying that they put it in the rank of the greatest Crimes And enacted a law that hee c Alex. of Alex B. 6 c 10. which deceived his Clyent and thrice abused him by lying should be enjoyned silence for all his life time and should bee uncapable of all magistracy and honor Artaxerxes d Ibidem so wonderfully hated lying that hee commanded a lyers tongue to be fastned to a post with three nailes Apaminondas e Ibidem was so serious a lover of truth that hee never spake a false word no not in jest The f Erasm in Adag Athenians forbad lying in markets or places of Commerce because it is never more frequent or impudent any where than there and what doth more become a reasonable man than g Cic. Offic. B. 1. to make use of true reason and speech and in all things to have an eye and due regard to truth And on the contrary it is as unbeseeming a man to deceive and beguile as to dote and not to be himselfe Much more should a Christian be of this mind Speech was h Plat in Tim. given us of God that mutually we might unfold and declare our mindes one to another and therefore a good man i Nigid in Agell 11. B. will avoyd lying and a prudent man ever tell the truth Especially as saith Lactantius He that k Of true worship B. 6. is a worshipper of the true God should take heed that hee never bee found to lie with an intent to deceive or wrong others for it is a foule fault that he who maketh truth his study in any thing should deale falsely and depart from that truth which he pretendeth to follow after In this path of Justice all vertues there is no place left for lying Therefore he who is a true just traveller therein will not only say with Lucilius a man must not lye to his friend and familiar but further add and resolve that no man ought to lye to any other man no not to one wholy unknowne to him no not to his enemy or at any time suffer his tongue which should be the interpreter of his heart to be at variance from his meaning and thoughts Every deceiver l Prov. 11. is an abomination to the Lord wherfore let us follow the Apostles rules And lie m Col. 3.9 not one to another but laying n Ephes 4.25 aside false speaking utter the truth each man to his neighbour for we are members of one another 6. Banckrupts ought to shun Covetousnes Sixthly the Banckrupt ought to abandon all Covetousnesse and to have a lowly minde and to be well content with his estate for a Covetous purpose to bee rich is a great spurre and provocation to much injustice they that be sick of this malady fall into tentation and snares and into many foolish and hurtfull lusts 1 Tim. 6.9 The wages of deceit which caught Balaam will chaine up these men to their confusion Let a man be a slave to these covetous and furious desires Jud. 11. they will drawe him into destruction and perdition for the love c 1 Tim. 6.10 of money is the root of all evill after which while some coveted they erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many forrowes Wherefore as much detest them as thou wouldest the Egyptian theeves d Senec. ep 51. who pretend love and imbrace strangers with an intent to strangle them Let thy desires e Idem epist 11. be moderate thence canst thou not fall Wee erre f Horat. carm 3. in calling him rich who possesseth much that name is better placed on him who wisely useth Gods gifts and hath skill patiently to beare poverty A man is so much the happier by how much his fardell is shorter trussed up for his journey Why then should any man covetously thirst after riches A little h Psal 37.16 which the righteous hath is better than great plenty of the wicked yea better is a little with feare of the Lord than great treasure where there is vexation and iniquity Wherefore i Heb. 11.6 let your Conversation be without Covetousnes for by conquering a Covetous and high spirit you shall possesse a larger Kingdome than if you should raigne over Lybia and the furthest parts of the world Northward Horat. 2. Carm. and make both India's doe you homage 7. Banckrupts must shunne perjury and keep covenant Seventhly Banckrupts ought to shunne perjurie and performe their Covenants For perjury is a sinne abominated a Erasm de ling. by the heathen among whom this speech I swore with my tongue b Euripid. in Hippol. my minde is unsworne was held most wicked and unjust much more should a Christian take heed of all manner of perjurie Heare how some Nations punished it Among the Indians c Alex. of Alex B. 6. c 10. hee who was convicted of perjury was punished by having his fingers and toes cut off By the Egyptian lawes perjured men d Deod B. 2. Alex. B. 10. had their heads cut off because they were guilty of a double crime First for violating their dutie and faith to God Secondly for not holding and observing fidelitie with men which is the greatest bond of humane society And even e Idem Alex. at this day the humane punishment is disgrace and infamie the divine punishment of perjurie is destruction That men may seriously avoid both Let every man esteeme more his God than his gold and Godlinesse than gaine and ever observe faithfull dealing in all his actions The Romans were so carefull of their fidelity that they founded a Temple of Fides or True Dealing in their Citty to teach all men to expresse faithfulness in all their words deeds And that fidelity might bee inviolably observed by the Romans Numa g Plutarch their King consecrated the right hand to it Let then Christians take heed of a slippery and unconstant fidelity in their right hand and to play fast and loose at pleasure in their speeches Let their breasts be purged of this filth that they may be Temples of God glittering and adorned with the resplendant rayes of faithfulnesse and truth 8. Banckrupts must deale justly in all their courses Eighthly the Banckrupts ought to observe just dealing in all their Courses It is a most undoubted truth that it is impossible intirely a Tacit. Ann. to observe just dealing where a man hath an eye to the greatnesse of his gaines Let each man