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A caveat for the covetousA caveat for the couetous
A caveat for the covetous. Or, A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, upon the fourth of December, out of Luke. 12. 15. By William Whately, preacher of the word of God, in BanburyA caveat for the couetous. Or, A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, vpon the fourth of December, out of Luke. 12. 15. By William Whatelie, preacher of the word of God, in Banbury
London: printed by T. Snodham for Thomas Man, 1609
M. WHATELIES SERMON, PREACHED AT PAULS CROSS.M. VVHATELIES SERMON, PREACHED AT PAVLES CROSSE.
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and he that will divide the sweet, must also divide the sower: he ⟨p. 67⟩that will take of the good success, must also take of the bad: and the light of religion will not suffer him that hath any of it, to deny this principal of charity; that Christians must serve one another in love, and not themselves alone in self-love; both which principals are directly contrary to the very trade of the usurer, for he makes sure for himself to have a part only and infallibly in the profit, and therefore serves himself alone, and also his brother; and for this cause the usurer is set among those that cannot come to dwell in the mountain of God, which be should not be, were he not unjust. So then, the usurer whether he do it plainly or underhand, as men have a thousand policies to cover their sin in this respect, must undergo the imputation of living by wrong and injury.
and hee that will diuide the sweet, must also diuide the sower: hee ⟨p. 67⟩that will take of the good successe, must also take of the bad: and the light of religion will not suffer him that hath any of it, to deny this principall of charitie; that Christians must serue one another in loue, and not themselues alone in self-loue; both which principals are directly contrary to the very trade of the vsurer, for he makes sure for himselfe to haue a part onely and infallibly in the profit, and therefore serues himselfe alone, and also his brother; and for this cause the vsurer is set among those that cannot come to dwell in the mountaine of God, which bee should not be, were hee not vniust. So then, the vsurer whether he doe it plainly or vnderhand, as men haue a thousand policies to couer their sinne in this respect, must vndergoe the imputation of liuing by wrong and iniurie.
A third uniustice in any man, is, to withhold dues from those to whom they belong, as debts, wages, and the goods of orphans, and such things as have been given for charitable uses, and the like. These be so openly evil, that I see not how any man can open his mouth with