PAGE Q. 3. May one give money to see games or activities, bear- ibid. Q. 4. Is it lawful to play for money at cards, dice, lottery, &c.? ibid. ning, &c.? ...... Q. 6. If the loser prove angry and unwilling to pay, may I .... Q. 1. Must we seek out the loser to restore what we find?.. ibid. Q. 4. May I not keep it, if no owner be found? ibid. Q. 5. If others be present when I find it, may I not conceal, or keep it to myself? ...... ibid. Q. 6. Who must stand to the loss of goods trusted to another? ibid. Q. 2. May a merchant or ambassador leave his wife to live Q. 3. Is it lawful for young gentlemen to travel into other Tit. 2. Cases about Oppression, especially of tenants ...... Q. 2. May one take as much for his land as it is worth? .... Q. 5. May not a landlord that is in debt, or hath a payment to Q. 6. If I cannot relieve the honest poor without raising the rent of tenants that are worthy of less charity, may I do it? 360 Cases and Directions about Prodigality and sinful Waste 363 Q. 4. May we not in building, diet, &c. be at some charge for our delight, as well as for necessity? Q. 5. When are recreations too costly? Q. 6. When is apparel too costly? ... Q. 7. When is retinue, furniture, and other pomp too costly? 371 Q. 8. When is housekeeping too costly? ... ibid. PAGE Q. 14. May one give too much to the poor? ibid. Q. 15. May the rich lay out on conveniences, pomp, or plea- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Lawsuits and proceedings ibid. Q. 1. When is it lawful to go to law? Q. 2. May I sue a poor man for a debt or trespass? Q. 3. May I sue a surety whose interest was not concerned in Q. 6. May a rich man use his friends and purse to bear down a poor man that hath a bad cause? Q. 7. May one use such forms in lawsuits (declarations, an- ibid. Q. 11. May a witness conceal part of the truth? Q. 12. Must a judge or jury proceed' secundum allegata et Cases of Conscience and Directions against Backbiting, Slan- Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Backbiting and Evil-speaking ibid. ....... Q. 1. May we not speak evil of that which is evil? ibid. ibid. Q. 4. If I may not speak it, may I not believe them? ........ ibid. ibid. Q. 6. What if it be one whose reputation countenanceth his ill cause, and his defamation would disable him? Q. 7. If I may not make a true narrative of matters of fact, Q. 8. What if it be one that hath been oft admonished?.... Q. 9. Or one that I cannot speak to face to face? Q. 10. In what cases may we open another's faults? .......... ibid. Q. 11. What if I hear men praise the wicked, or their sins?.. Q. 12. Are we bound to reprove every backbiter? .......... 391 Tit. 2. Directions against Backbiting, Slandering, and Evil- ....... ibid. Cases of, and Directions against Censoriousness, and sinful Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Judging others Q. 1. Am I not bound to judge truly of every one as he is?.. Q. 3. How far may we censure on the report of others? Q. 5. Whom must we judge sincere and holy Christians? 400 Q. 6. Is it not a sin to err, and take a man for better than he is? ibid. PAGE Q. 8. Whom must I judge a true worshipper of God? Q. 9. Which must I take for a true church? Q. 10. Whom must we judge true prophets and true pastors Cases and Directions about Trusts and Secrets Tit. 1. Cases of Conscience about Trusts and Secrets Q. 1. How must we not put our trust in man? Q. 2. Whom to choose for a trust? .......... Q. 3. When may I commit a secret to another? Q. 4. Must I keep a secret when I am trusted with it, but Q. 5. What if a secret be revealed to me, without a desire to Q. 7. What if it be against the good of a third person? Q. 12. If a Papist or erroneous person intrust me to educate .... Q. 14. Must I wrong my estate to satisfy a dying friend in ... ibid. Q. 15. What if after the trust prove more to my hurt than ibid. |