A12367:272
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…
A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of usury. By Henry Smith.A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged after. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of the Lords Supper, and another of vsurie. By Henrie Smith.
London: printed by Thomas Orwin for Thomas Man, 1591
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.
Some will not take Usury, but 1if you have not present money to pay for their wares, they will set a high price of them, for the forbearing of the time, and so they do not only sell their wares, but they sell time too: that is, they do not only sell their own, but they sell Gods own. Therefore one saith of these, When he selleth the day he selleth the light, and when he selleth ⟨image 147⟩the night he selleth rest: therefore when he would have the light of heaven, and the rest of Paradise, it shall be said unto him that he hath sold both already. For he sold light when he sold the day, and he sold rest when he sold the night: and therefore now he can have neither light nor rest.
Some will not take Vsurie, but 1if you haue not present money to pay for their wares, they will set a high price of them, for the forbearing of the time, and so they doo not onely sell their wares, but they sell time too: that is, they doo not onely sell their owne, but they sell Gods owne. Therefore one saith of these, When he selleth the day he selleth the light, and when hee selleth ⟨image 147⟩the night hee selleth rest: therefore when he would haue the light of heauen, and the rest of Paradise, it shall be said vnto him that he hath solde both alreadie. For he solde light when he sold the day, and he solde rest when he sold the night: and therefore now he can haue neither light nor rest.
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There be other Usurers which 1will not lend themselves, but give leave to their wives, and they play like hucksters, that is, every month a penny for a shilling, which is one hundred for another in the year.