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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.
They which plead for Usury, object these arguments. First they 1say, God doeth allow some kind of Usury, for in Deut. 23. it is said of a stranger thou mayest take Usury. I perceive no scripture speaketh for Usurers. Of a stranger (saith God) thou mayest take Usury: but thou takest Usury of thy brother, therefore this condemneth thee, because thou usest thy brother like a stranger. Here stranger doth signify the Jews enemies, whom they were commanded to destroy: therefore mark how much this maketh against Usury, which they object for Usury. God doeth not license the Jews to take Usury of any, but their enemies whom they might kill: They might not be Usurers unto any, but to them of whom they might be destroyers, whom they might ⟨image 150⟩slay, of them only they might take Usury: showing that Usury is a kind of punishment, and such a kind of punishment, as if we are to kill a man, it were a very fit punishment for him, and therefore the Jews might take Usury of none, but them whom they might kill.
They which pleade for Vsurie, obiect these arguments. First they 1say, God doeth alow some kinde of Vsurie, for in Deut. 23. it is said of a stranger thou mayest take Vsurie. I perceiue no scripture speaketh for Vsurers. Of a stranger (sayth God) thou mayest take Vsurie: but thou takest Vsurie of thy brother, therefore this condemneth thee, because thou vsest thy brother like a stranger. Here stranger doth signifie the Iewes enemies, whome they were commaunded to destroy: therefore marke how much this maketh against Vsurie, which they obiect for Vsurie. God doeth not license the Iewes to take Vsurie of any, but their enemies whome they might kill: They might not be Vsurers vnto any, but to them of whom they might be destroyers, whome they might ⟨image 150⟩slay, of them only they might take Vsurie: shewing that Vsurie is a kind of punishment, and such a kind of punishment, as if we are to kill a man, it were a very fit punishment for him, and therefore the Iewes might take Vsurie of none, but them whom they might kill.