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And to come to the trial of this matter, let him think in him self, which taketh usury, that it is better to take to him self his own money, and to put away the gain of usury. But if he fail in faith, then shall he soon fall in these thoughts. If I should live not upon usury, but upon the stock, it could not sufficiently discharge my necessary expenses, throughout all my life, & then what could be ⟨image 29⟩left after my death unto my children and successors? where upon should they live, if I should spend all?

And to come to the trial of this matter, let hym thinke in him self, which taketh vsurie, that it is better to take to him self his own monei, and to put away the gayne of vsurie. But if he fayle in faith, then shall he soone falle in these thoughtes. If I shoulde lyue not vpon vsurie, but vpon the stock, it coulde not sufficientlye discharge my necessary expēses, throughout all my life, & then what coulde be ⟨image 29⟩left after my death vnto my chyldren and successors? where vpon shoulde they liue, if I should spēd all?

But these be thoughts not of faith, but of mistrust: and arguments of a mind so given to usury, that he supposeth, no way can be for him to live, if he must forsake usury.

But these be thoughtes not of fayth, but of mistrust: and argumēts of a minde so geuē to vsury, that he supposeth, no way can be for him to liue, if he muste forsake vsurie.

But they make this objection: That the Lord must not be tempted, as though it were a tempting of God by sure trust, according to Gods word, to hang upon his providence, and to forsake that kind of living, in the which men live idly, seeking by usury to have all things necessary. If it be a tempting of the Lord, not to live upon usury: what excuse is there for so many godly fathers, prophets, apostles and others, both of the