A short and private discourse between Mr. Bolton and one M.S. concerning usury. PublishedA short and priuate discourse betweene Mr. Bolton and one M.S. concerning vsury. Published

Modica sunt, saith one, quae perdunt nos. They be those little Ones, that undo us. A moat in the eye, if it be not got out in time, may grow to a pin and web. A mans conscience may suffer shipwreck as well upon a sand, as upon a Rock. A Rock is a great One, a sand is a heap of little Ones. See my Exposition upon the Creed, pag. 134.

Modica sunt, saith one, quae perdunt nos. They be those little Ones, that undoe us. A moate in the eye, if it be not got out in time, may grow to a pin and web. A mans conscience may suffer shipwrack as well upon a sand, as upon a Rock. A Rock is a great One, a sand is a heape of little Ones. See my Exposition upon the Creed, pag. 134.

3. When men make question of moderate¹ Usury, whether that be lawful or not: They might as well make question, saith Chemnitius, whether moderate adultery, or moderate lying, or moderate theft is lawful: For as Adultery, as lying, as theft are things in themselves and unlawful, so is Usury.

3. When men make question of moderate¹ Usury, whether that be lawfull or not: They might as well make question, saith Chemnitius, whether moderate adultery, or moderate lying, or moderate theft is lawfull: For as Adultery, as lying, as theft are things in themselves and unlawfull, so is Usury.

1. 1Usura est peccatum non solùm in se, sed etiam secundum se, & ideo ex nullâ circumstantiâ benè potest fieri. Schoolemen.Vsura est peccatum non solùm in se, sed etiam secundum se, & ideo ex nullâ circumstantiâ benè potest fieri. Schoolemen.