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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.
GOD is the Lord. We are but servants: he hath made us, and not we our selves: we are but as clay in his hands: we can not repeal the law that God hath established: we must obey it. We may not do the things that seem good in our own eyes, they may deceive us: but we must do whatsoever GOD biddeth us to do, and forsake to do those things which he forbiddeth.
GOD is the Lorde. We are but seruauntes: hée hath made vs, and not we our selues: wee are but as claie in his handes: wee can not repeale the lawe that God hath established: wée must obey it. We may not do the thinges that séeme good in our owne eyes, they may deceiue vs: but we must doe whatsoeuer GOD biddeth vs to doe, and forsake to doe those thinges which hée forbiddeth.
Thus much for an entry to those, which ⟨p. 128⟩can bring so good reasons, for so il a matter.
Thus much for an entrie to those, which ⟨p. 128⟩can bring so good reasons, for so il a matter.
Many defend their Usury, by that liberty which they think they have, to use their goods in such sort, as seemeth best to themselves, and is most to their advantage. May I not, say they, do with mine own goods what I will? this would they not say, if they were of him, which hath said by his holy Apostle, Let every man, as he hath 1received the gift, so minister the same one to an other, as good disposers of the manifold grace of GOD. It is the law of nature, that no man abuse the things that are his, to the hurt and hinderance of an other. May a man take his own dagger, and therewith commit murder? or may a man take of his own fire, and therewith burn his neighbours house? He that said, Thou shalt not kill, hath also said, Thou shalt not steal: thou shalt not commit Usury: thou shalt not defraud thy brother in bargaining. He is not unrighteous, that he will judge the murderer, and will not condemn the Usurer. In that day the Usurer shall know, whose money it was, wherewith he defrauded his brother. His money shall not help him, he shall have no shift to convey himself from the wrath of God: he and his