paffible; and cannot fafely be left to Heirs and Executors: Who may defeat the good Refolutions of the Penitent. Scriptures concerning Refti R tution. Ender to all their Dues Rom. 13. 7. Let no man go beyond and defraud his Brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the Aven ger of all fuch. I Theff. 4. 6. If thou fell ought unto thy Neighbour, or buyeft ought of thy Neigh bour's hand; ye shall not oppress one another. Lev. 25. 14. Thou shalt not have in thy Bag divers Weights; a great and a Small. 1 Thou shalt not have in thine boufe divers Meafures; a great and a Small. Deut. 25. 13, 14. A falfe Balance is Abomination to the Lord. Prov. II. I. Divers Weights, and divers Meafures, both of them are alike Abomination to the Lord. Prov. 20. 10. The Wicked is he that borroweth, and payeth not again. Pfal. 37.21. If a man borrow ought of his Neighbour, and it be hurt or Dye, the Owner thereof being not with it, he shall furely make it good. Exod. 22. 14. He fhall Reftore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep or the thing left which he found: Or all that about which he hath Sworn fally. Levit. 6. 4, 5. And Samuel faid unto all Ifrael, Behold, here I am; Witness against me before the Lord, and before his Anointed: Whofe Ox have I taken: Or whofe Afs have I taken: Or whom have I Defrauded? Whom have I Oppreffed? Or of whofe hand hand have I received any Bribe, to blind mine Eyes therewith: and I will restore it you. 1 Sam. 12. I,.3. Zacheus stood, and faid unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my Goods I give to the Poor and if I have taken any thing from any Man by falfe Accufation, I reftore him Four-fold. Luk. 19. 8. If the Wicked restore the Pledge, give again that he hath Robbed; walk in the Statutes of Life without committing Iniquity; he shall furely Live, he shall not Die. None of his Sins that he hath committed, fhall be mentioned unto him he hath done that which is lawful and right; he fall furely dive. Ezek. 33. 15, TỐ VÀ H Scriptures concerning Backbiting and Slandering. S. Peak not Peak not evil one of another. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evilSpeaking, he put away from you, with all malice. Eph. 4. 31. He that uttereth a Slander, is a Fool. Prov. 10. 18. Whofo privily Sandereth his Neighbour, him will I cut off. Pfal. 101.5. 1 Lord, who shall abide in thy Tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy Hill ? Even he that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor taketh up a reproach against his Neighbour. Pfal. 15. 1, 3. Thou shalt not go up and down, as a Tale-bearer among thy People. Levit. 19. 16. Where Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: So where there is no Tale-bearer, the ftrife ceafeth. Prov. 26. 20. A Whisperer Separateth chief Friends. Prov. 16. 28. A Prayer for Reftitution. O Most Juft and Holy God; who hast commanded me to make Restitution to All thofe I have any ways wronged; Give me Grace, I befeech thee, that in whatever Inftance I have Injured my Neighbour, either in his Soul, his Body, his Eftate, or Good Name, I may beg his Pardon. And as I have Opportunity, let me make him Satisfaction and Reparation to the utmost of my Power. And where my own Power and Ability fails, do thou, O Bleffed Lord, according to thy accustomed Goodness, make him a full K 4. |