Wise. The evil of that! why the evil of that appears to every eye:
the Heathens, that live like Beasts and Bruits in many things, do
abominate and abhorr such wickedness as this. Let a man but look
upon these things as he goes by, and he shall see enough in them
from the light of nature to make him loath so base a practice;
although Mr. Badman loved it.

Atten. But shew me something out of the Word against it, will you?

Wise. I will willingly do it. And first we will look into the Old
Testament: {107a} You shall, saith God there, do no
unrighteousness in Judgment, in mete-yard, in weights or in
measures, a just Ballance, a just Weight, a just Ephah, and a just
Hin shall you have. {107b} This is the Law of God, and that which
all men according to the Law of the land ought to obey. So again:
Ye shall have just Ballances, and a just Ephah, &c. {107c}

Now having shewed you the Law, I will also shew you how God takes
swerving therefrom. A false Ballance is not good; a false Ballance
is an abomination to the Lord. {107d} Some have just Weights but
false Ballances, and by vertue of those false Ballances, by their
just Weights, they deceive the Countrey: {107e} Wherefore, God
first of all commands that the Ballance be made Just: A just
Ballance shalt thou have. Else they may be, yea are, decievers,
notwithstanding their just weights.

Now, having commanded that men have a just Ballance, and testifying
that a false one is an abomination to the Lord, he proceedeth also
unto weight and measure.