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Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan
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wrong that he has done them.

2. Let him proffer them all, and the whole all that ever he has in
the world; let him hide nothing, let him strip himself to his
raiment for them; let him not keep a Ring, a Spoon, or any thing
from them.

3. If none of these two will satisfie them, let him proffer them
his Body, to be at their dispose, to wit, either to abide
imprisonment their pleasure, or to be at their service, till by
labour and travel he hath made them such amends as they in reason
think fit, (only reserving something for the succour of his poor
and distressed Family out of his labour, which in Reason, and
Conscience, and Nature, he is bound also to take care of:) Thus
shall he make them what amends he is able, for the Wrong that he
hath done them in wasting and spending of their Estates.

By thus doing, he submits himself to Gods rod, commits himself to
the dispose of his Providence; yea, by thus doing, he casteth the
lot of his present and future condition into the lap of his
Creditors, and leaves the whole dispose thereof to the Lord, {101b}
even as he shall order and incline their hearts to do with him.
And let that be either to forgive him; or to take that which he
hath for satisfaction; or to lay his body under affliction, this
way or that, according to Law; can he, I say, thus leave the whole
dispose to God, let the issue be what it will, that man shall have
peace in his mind afterward. And the comforts of that state,
(which will be comforts that attend Equity, Justice, and Duty,)
will be more unto him, because more according to Godliness, than
can be the comforts that are the fruits of Injustice, Fraudulency,
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