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An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…
An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reverend Father John Jewel ... ; whereunto is adjoined a very necessary table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reuerend Father Iohn Ievvel ... ; vvhereunto is adioined a very necessarie table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.
London: printed by Ralfe Newberie, 1584
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Let us see farther, what are the fruits which come of Usury. For perhaps it doeth some good, and you may think, that many are the better for it. These therefore are the fruits. It dissolveth the knot and fellowship of mankind: it hardeneth mans heart: It maketh men unnatural, and bereaveth them of charity and love to their dearest friends. It breedeth misery, and provoketh the wrath of GOD from heaven. It consumeth rich men, it eateth up the poor, it maketh bankrupts, and undoeth many households. The poor occupiers are driven to flee, their wives are left alone, their children are helpless, and driven to beg their bread, through the unmerciful dealing of the covetous Usurer.
Let vs see farther, what are the fruits which come of Vsurie. For perhappes it doeth some good, and you may thinke, that manie are the better for it. These therefore are the fruites. It dissolueth the knotte and felowship of mankinde: it hardeneth mans heart: It maketh men vnnaturall, and bereaueth them of charitie and loue to their dearest friendes. It bréedeth miserie, and prouoketh the wrath of GOD from heauen. It consumeth rich men, it eateth vp the poore, it maketh bankerupts, and vndoeth manie housholdes. The poore occupiers are driuen to flée, their wiues are left alone, their children are helplesse, and driuen to begge their breade, through the vnmercifull dealing of the couetous Usurer.
When David layeth out the wickedness of the country where he was persecuted, he saith 1of them, Non defecit Usura & dolus in plateis eorum, Usurie & deceit departeth not from their streets, one seeketh to spoil and eat up an other. These are the commodities and the fruits of Usury. Such is Usury in the middest of a City, and such good it worketh, as fire doth, when it is set to the roof of a ⟨p. 117⟩house, or as the plague doth, when it is taken to the middest of the body and toucheth the hart.
When Dauid laieth out the wickednesse of the country where he was persecuted, he saith