Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe : with his Vision of the angelick world . overing a juft Debtby a juff Law, where the Perfon is able, but un-willing, to be honed : But I think, purfuing theDebtor to all Extremities, to the turning his Wifeand Children into the Street, exprefsd m theScripture by, taking his Bed fiom under him; andby keeping the Debtor in Prifon, when really heis not able to pay it; there is fomething of Cruel-ty in ity and the honeft Man, I am fpeaking of,can never do it. Butfome may objeft, if I mud ferve all Man-kind, as I woul
Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe : with his Vision of the angelick world . overing a juft Debtby a juff Law, where the Perfon is able, but un-willing, to be honed : But I think, purfuing theDebtor to all Extremities, to the turning his Wifeand Children into the Street, exprefsd m theScripture by, taking his Bed fiom under him; andby keeping the Debtor in Prifon, when really heis not able to pay it; there is fomething of Cruel-ty in ity and the honeft Man, I am fpeaking of,can never do it. Butfome may objeft, if I mud ferve all Man-kind, as I would be fervd in like Cafe, then Imuif relieve every Beggar, and releafe every poorDebtors for if 1 was a Beggar, I would be re-lievd I and if I was In Prifon, I would be released ;and fo I mufl: give away all I have. This is inver-ting the Argument; for the Meaning is in theNegative ftill, Do not to another any Thing, orput no Hardfliip upon another, which you wouldnot allov/ to be juft, i£ you were in theirCafe. Honefty is Equity, every Man is Lord Chan-cellor to hinifelf I and H he would confulc thatD I Frinci- [38]. Principle within him, would find Reafon as fairan Advocate for his Neighbour, as for hijn^-felf: But I proceed. Of the Tryal (?/^ Honesty. jEceflity makes an honefl: Man a Knave;and if the World was to be the Judge,according to the common received No-tion, there would not be an honeft poorMan left alive. A rich Man is an honeft Man, no Ihanks tohtm; for he would be a double Knave to cheatMankind, when he had no Need of it: He hasno Occafion to prefs upon his Integrity, nor fomuch as to toucli upon the Borders of Di(hone-fly. Tell me of a Man, that is a very honeftMan y for he pays every Body pundually, runsinto no bodys Debt, does no Man any Wrong ivery well, V/hat Circumftances is he in ? Whyjhe has a good Eftate^ a fine yearly Income, andno Bufinefs to do. The Devil muft have full Pof-felTiQn of this Man, if he ftiould be a Knave s forno Man commits Evil for the
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