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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.
Chrysostom likewise, In his sensibilibus pecunys 1prohibuit ne quis usuram acciperet, &c. God hath forbidden that no man shall take Usury, in this sensible, or common money. Why? because either of them is much hindered. He that oweth money is made poorer, and he that lendeth it, by this kind of enriching himself, increaseth the number of his sins. Again he saith, Sicut fermentum modicum quod 2mittitur in multam farinam totam consper sionem corrumpit, &c. Even as a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump of dowe, even so Usury, when it cometh into any mans house, draweth all his substance, and changeth it into debt.
Chrysostome likewise, In his sensibilibus pecunys 1prohibuit ne quis vsuram acciperet, &c. God hath forbidden that no man shall take Vsurie, in this sensible, or common monie. Why? because either of them is much hindered. Hee that oweth money is made poorer, and he that lendeth it, by this kinde of enriching himselfe, encreaseth the number of his sinnes. Againe he saith, Sicut fermentum modicum quod 2mittitur in multam farinam totam consper sionem corrumpit, &c. Euen as a little leauen leaueneth the whole lump of dowe, euen so Vsurie, when it commeth into anie mans house, draweth all his substance, and chaungeth it into debt.
- 1H•m. 41. in 18. genes.
- 2H•m. 12. in 5. Mat.
He that is an Usurer, wisheth that all others may lack and come to him and borrow of him: that all others may lose, so that he may have gain. Therefore our old forefathers so much abhorred this trade, that they thought an Usurer unworthy to live in the company of Christian men: they did excommunicate him. They suffered not an Usurer to be a witness in matters of Law. They suffered him not to make a testament, and to bestow his goods by will. When an usurer died, they would not suffer him to be buried in places appointed for the burial of christians. So highly did they mislike