Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small;
{107f} that is one to buy by, and another to sell by, as Mr. Badman
had. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and
a small, (and these had Mr. Badman also) but thou shalt have a
perfect and a just weight; a perfect and a just measure shalt thou
have, that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, (that is, that
use false Weights and Measures) and all that do unrighteously are
abomination to the Lord. See now both how plentiful, and how
punctual the Scripture is in this matter. But perhaps it may be
objected, that all this is old Law, and therefore hath nothing to
do with us under the New Testament. (Not that I think you,
neighbour, will object thus:) Well, to this foolish objection, let
us make an Answer. First, he that makes this objection, if he doth
it to overthrow the authority of those Texts, {108a} discovereth
that himself is first cousen to Mr. Badman: For a Just man is
willing to speak reverently of those commands. That man therefore
hath, I doubt, but little conscience, if any at all that is good,
that thus objecteth against the Text: but let us look into the New
Testament, and there we shall see how Christ confirmeth the same:
Where he commandeth that men make to others good measure, including
also that they make good weight; telling such that doe thus, or
those that do it not, that they may be encouraged to do it; Good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men
give into your bosom; for with the same measure that ye mete
withall, it shall be measured to you again: {108b} To wit, both
from God and man. For as God will shew his indignation against the
false man, by taking away even that he hath, so he will deliver up
the false man to the Oppressor, and the Extortioner shall catch
from him, as well as he hath catched from his neighbour; therefore