[ 1794] The Borrowers duty, and comfort.
A Poor Labourer being taken to fell Timber for the building of a house for the Children of the Prophets,* 1.1 As he was felling of a Tr••e, the Iron fell from the helve into the Water; Then he cryed, and said to Elisha, Alas, Ma∣ster,* 1.2 it was borrowed; as if the poor Man should say, The losse of the Axe-head doth not so much grieve me, as that I borrowed it, and must restore it again. Just thus must it be betwixt the Borrower and the Lender; the Borrower's care must be how to make Restitution; if he have not wherewithall, and therein if he speak simply from his heart,* 1.3 then si non effectu tamen affectu, If he cannot come any thing near to pay the whole debt, yet come as near as he can, he must shew his readinesse out of that little that is remaining, if not any thing near to a full, yet towards satisfaction; And then however perhaps it will not please Men, yet in having a good Conscience, God will be well pleased.