A12367:303
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.
I know beside, that it is a common 1saying, if there were no buyers, ⟨image 160⟩there would be no sellers, if there were no bribe givers, there would be no bribe takers. But in this case it may be rather said, if 2there were no takers, there would be no givers, for the giver doeth not make the receiver to take, but the receiver doth make the giver to give, because he will not lend unless the other will give him for the lone: therefore as we say, the receiver makes a thieves: so I may say, the receiver of Usury makes the giver of Usury. Therefore I would be loth to compare them which are constrained to borrow upon Usury, unto them which did buy in the temple, and were not constrained more than they which sold in the temple. Much less may I compare them which give Usury, unto them which take Usury: for there is as great ⟨image 161⟩odds between them, as there is between giving and taking, or between covetousness and necessity, for one is covetousness, and the other is necessity. He which lendeth for Usury, lendeth for covetousness, but he which borroweth upon Usury, borroweth for necessity.
I know beside, that it is a common 1saying, if there were no buyers, ⟨image 160⟩there would be no sellers, if there were no bribe giuers, there would be no bribe takers. But in this case it may be rather sayd, if 2there were no takers, there would be no giuers, for the giuer doeth not make the receiuer to take, but the receiuer doth make the giuer to giue, because he will not lende vnlesse the other will giue him for the lone: therefore as we say, the receiuer makes a theese: so I may say, the receiuer of Vsurie makes the giuer of Vsurie. Therefore I would be loth to compare them which are constrained to borrow vppon Vsurie, vnto them which did buy in the temple, and were not constrayned more than they which solde in the temple. Much lesse may I compare them which giue Vsurie, vnto them which take Vsurie: for there is as great