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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.
The Scorpion embraceth a man sweetly with his legs, but in the mean while striketh him deadly with his tail. His face looketh amiably, his tail poisoneth. So an Usurer looketh fair, and giveth good words: but at the end he undoeth.
The Scorpion embraceth a man swéetely with his legges, but in the meane while striketh him deadly with his taile. His face looketh amiably, his taile poisoneth. So an Usurer looketh faire, and giueth good wordes: but at the end he vndoeth.
Who is st•ng by an Adder, he perceiveth no hurt: but feeleth a gentle beating of his veins with some delight, whereat he rejoiceth. After this he falleth into a slumber: then the poison worketh, overcometh him, and killeth him. Even so he that borroweth upon Usury, findeth himself wonderfully amended, and rejoiceth: but he is st•ng, and hath a deadly stroke. The poison will grow over him, he shall die in a slumber, and be undone before he is aware. So necessary is an Usurer for to relieve the poor and needy, as rust is to help iron, and as the m•the ⟨p. 131⟩is to help a garment: it eateth him through from one side to an other. Therefore sayeth Ambrose, Talia sunt vestra divites beneficia. Minus 1dates, & plus exigitis. Talis humanit as, ut spobetis etiam dum subvenitis. Such are the benefits that you rich men bestow: you give one little, and require much again. Such is your kindness, that you undo them whom ye help. And thus much of the ease that poor men find in borrowing upon Usury. They are bitten, and st•ng, and eaten up and devoured by it. Most men confess that this kind of usury is forbidden, because it relieveth not, but spoileth and consumeth. God take the liking of it out of all mens hearts, then shall they be the better able, to judge of the other sorts, which they yet think allowable.