his just debts. To wit, whether it was by his own remisness in his
Calling, by living too high in Dyet or Apparel, by lending too
ravishingly that which was none of his own, to his loss; or whether
by the immediate hand and Judgment of God.

If by searching, he findes, that this is come upon him through
remisness in his Calling, Extravagancies in his Family, or the
like; let him labour for a sence of his sin and wickedness, {98c}
for he has sinned against the Lord: First, in his being slothfull
in business, and in not providing, to wit, of is own, by the sweat
of his brows, or other honest ways, for those of his own house.
{98d} And secondly in being lavishing in Dyet and Apparel in the
Family, or in lending to others that which was none of his own.
This cannot be done with good conscience: it is both against
reason and nature, and therefore must be a sin against God. I say
therefore, if thus this debtor hath done, if ever he would live
quietly in conscience, and comfortably in his condition for the
future, let him humble himself before God, and repent of this his
wickedness. For he that is slothfull in his work, is brother to
him that is a great waster. {98e} To be slothfull and a waster
too, is to be as it were a double sinner.

But again, as this man should enquire into these things, so he
should also into this. How came I into this way of dealing in
which I have now miscarried? is it a way that my Parents brought me
up in, put me Apprentice to, or that by providence I was first
thrust into? or is it a way into which I have twisted my self, as
not being contented with my first lot, that by God and my Parents I
was cast into? This ought duly to be considered. {98f} And if
upon search, a man shall find that he is out of the place and