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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.
Thus when they are cursed of God, they shall curse one another, curse the Lord for condemning them, curse their sins for accusing them, curse their parents for begetting ⟨image 158⟩them, and curse themselves, because they cannot help themselves. As they which are blessed do nothing but bless, so they which are cursed do nothing but curse. This is the second Usury which the Usurer shall receive of God, after he hath received Usury of men, then the name of Usury shall be fulfilled, as it signifieth biting, so when it hath bitten other, it shall bite the Usurer too, and never rest biting; then they shall wish that they could restore again as Zacheus did, and 1shall not restore because their money is gone. Therefore if Christ be come to your hearts, as he came to Zacheus house, restore now as Zacheus did, and escape this judgment. This is the end of the Usurer and his money, if they stay together till death, yet at last there ⟨image 159⟩shall be a division. The Devil 2shall take his soul, the earth shall take his body, the strangers shall take his goods, and the mourners shall rejoice under their blacks, and say, Wickedness is come to the grave. Therefore, if thou wouldest not be counted an Usurer then, refrain to be an Usurer now, for they which are Usurers now, shall be counted Usurers then. Thus you have heard the Usurers payment.
Thus when they are cursed of God, they shall curse one another, curse the Lord for condemning them, curse their sinnes for accusing them, curse their parents for begetting ⟨image 158⟩them, and curse themselues, because they cannot helpe themselues. As they which are blessed doe nothing but blesse, so they which are cursed do nothing but curse. This is the second Vsurie which the Vsurer shall receiue of God, after he hath receiued Vsurie of men, then the name of Vsurie shall be fulfilled, as it signifieth biting, so when it hath bitten other, it shall bite the Vsurer too, and neuer rest biting; then they shall wish that they could restore againe as Zacheus did, and