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(14) manner, to ſave them from a jail, or to ſupport the luxurious and abandoned lives they lead, having every delicacy in ſeaſon, with which their tables are furniſhed, and cellars ſtored as a bait to catch gudgeons, who are eaſily allured thereby—Their conſciences being feared, regardleſs of the cenſure of the world, or dictates of humanity, and plunged in different vices, without moral ſentiment or honour, is it to be wondered at, if even they cheat their father or brother at play, much leſs their friends, acquaintance, and mankind in general?

you aſſociate with Sharpers, you muſt not only expect, but deſerve, to be cheated by them for your credulity, inſufficiency, or ſtupidity: for who would go, with his eyes open, into a den of thieves, but in expectation of being robbed? Or, who would herd with Sharpers, and not expect to be cheated? Therefore, my advice is, to ſhun theſe reptiles of the creation, fraught with guile, and artful as the ſerpent, to delude. Beware of their converſation, ſhun their company, take no notice of their tricks and fancies, nor be baught with their wheedling profeſſions of friendſhip: liſten not unto them or their enticements, if you would