A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 • SECTION 94

Part 94

← Life and Death of Mr. Badman

{84c} A contest betwixt Mr. Badman and his wife.

{85a} Ephes. 5. 28.

{85b} With what weapons Badman did deal with his wife.

{85c} Mr. Badmans heart discovered as to its enmity against the friends of his wife.

{86} Mark

{88a} New discourse of Mr. Badman.

{88b} Mr. Badman plays a new prank.

{89} Mr. Badmans perfection.

{90a} How Mr. Badman came to enjoy himself.

{90b} 2 Chron. 28. 22. 1 King 21. 25. Gen. 13. 13.

{90c} Job 21. 17.

{90d} There are abundance like Mr. Badman.

{91a} Pro. 24. 9.

{91b} He that would be bad is bad.

{91c} Matt 5. 28.

{91d} Pro. 23. 7. Mat. 5. Rom. 7. 7.

{92a} A bad heart makes a bad man.

{92b} 1 Sam. 24. 13. Mat. 7. 16, 17, 18.

{92c} Mar. 7. 20, 21, 22, 23.

{93a} Mr. Badman had an art to break, and to get money that way.

{93b} How he managed things in order to his breaking.

{93c} He breaks.

{94a} Mr. Badmans suger words to his Creditors.

{94b} Badmans friend.

{94c} What Mr. Badman propounds to his Creditors.

{94d} They at last agree, and Mr. Badman gains by breaking.

{95} There is no plea for his dishonesty.

{96a} An answer to two questions.

{96b} 1. Q[u]estion.

{96c} Levit. 19. 13.

{96d} The hainousness of this sin.

{96e} 1 Thess. 4. 6.

{96f} fair warning.

{97a} Colos. 3. 25.

{97b} Fair warning again.

{97c} He that designedly commits this sin is like the Devil.

{97d} 2. Question.

{98a} How those that are Banckrupts should deal with their consciences.

{98b} Good advice.

{98c} Rom. 12. 11.

{98d} 1 Tim. 5. 8.

{98e} Pro. 18. 9.

{98f} Good counsel again.

{99a} How to find that thy decay came by the Judgment of God, or by thy miscarriage.

{99b} Another question.

{99c} Pro. 10. 3. 1 Pet. 5. 6.

{99d} Lam. 3. 33.

{100a} Good advice again. Deut. 32. 15.

{100b} James 1. 9, 10.

{100c} Consider four things.

{100d} Job 1. 21. Chap. 2. 8.

{100e} Psal. 49. 6.

{100f} Jam. 2. 5.

{101a} Honest dealing with Creditors.

{101b} Pro. 16. 33.

{102a} Jer. 15. 10, 11. Pro. 16. 7.

{102b} A heavy blot upon Religion.

{103a} If Knaves will make profession their cloak to be vile, who can help it?

{103b} 1 Cor. 6. 8, 9, 10. 2 Tim. 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

{103c} Matt. 18. 6, 7, 8.

{103d} Let such be disowned of all good men.

{103e} Jer. 17. 11.

{104a} Ezek. 20. 38, 39.

{104b} 2 Cor. 7. 2.

{104c} Mar. 10. 19.

{104d} 1 Sam. 12. 3.

{104e} Ver. 4.

{105a} A question.

{105b} An answer.

{105c} 2 King. 4. 1, 2.

{105d} Hag. 1. 9.

{105e} God does sometimes blow upon his own people. How they should doe at that time.

{105f} Philip. 4. 12.

{106} More of Mr. Badmans fraudulent dealing. He used deceitful weights and scales.

{107a} Levit. 19. 35, 36.

{107b} Of Just weights and measures.

{107c} Ezek. 45. 10.

{107d} Pro. 20. 23. Chap. 11. 1.

{107e} The evil of deceitful Balances, Weights and Measures.

{107f} Deut. 25. 13, 14, 15, 16.

{108a} The Old and New Law commands all men to be honest and upright in their weights and measures.

{108b} Luke 6. 88.

{108c} Pat Scriptures for our purpose.

{109a} Where false weights and measures are to be found.

{109b} 1. With evil doers.

{109c} Mic. 6. 10.

{109d} 2. With the merciless and Oppressors.

{109e} Hos. 12. 7.

{109f} 3. With such as would swallow up the poor.

{109g} Amos 8. 4, 5, 6, 7.

{110a} 4. With impure ones.

{110b} Mic. 6. 11.

{110c} Dan. 5. 27.

{111a} How Mr. Badman did cheat, and hide his cheating.

{111b} Good Weights and a bad Ballance a deep piece of Knavery.

{112a} Mat. 23.

{112b} A cloak of Religion to blind Mr. Cheats Knavery.

{112c} Some plead Custom to cheat.

{112d} Deut. 16. 20.

{113a} They get nothing that cozen and cheat.

{113b} Mar. 9.

{113c} Prov. 10. 3. Jer. 15. 13. Chap. 17. 3.

{113d} Job 27. 17.

{113e} Pro. 13. 22.

{114a} More of Mr. Badmans Bad tricks.

{114b} Amos 8.

{114c} Another art to cheat withall.

{115a} Zeph. 1. 9.

{115b} Servants observe these words.

{115c} Of Extortion.

{115d} 1 Cor. 6. 9, 10.

{116a} Who are Extortioners.

{116b} Hucksters.

{116c} Pro. 22. 16, 22.

{117a} Deut. 23. 19.

{118a} Whether it be lawful for a man to make the best of his own. Proved in negative by 8 reasons.

{118b} Good conscience must be used in selling.

{118c} We must not make a prey of our neighbours Ignorance.

{118d} Nor of his Neighbours Necessity.

{119a} Nor of his Fondness of our commodity.

{119b} We must use good conscience in buying.

{119c} Gen. 23. 8, 9.

{119d} 1 Chron. 21, 22. 24.

{119e} Levit. 25. 14.

{120a} Charity must be used in our dealings.

{120b} 1 Cor. 16. 14.

{120c} 1 Cor. 13.

{120d} Ephes. 4. 25.

{120e} There may be and is sin in trading.

{121a} Matt. 7. 12.

{121b} A man in trading must not offer violence to the Law of nature.

{121c} Job. 37. 7.

{121d} We must not abuse the Gift we have in the knowledge of earthly things.

{121e} 1 Cor. 10. 13. (Don’t see where this fits into text. DP)

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