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

6. If Usury find a man rich, ^*yet it bringeth with it a pair of Cannibals chops, and many cruel teeth, to eat out the very Heart of His estate, except He cunningly heal Himself by some other covetous way, or unconscionable course. Hence it is that Saint Chrysostom compares Usury to an Asp, which together with the poison infuses a delightful sleep, but in that sweet insensibleness takes away life: So the Usurers money refreshes for a time, but by little, and little, sucks out the very life-blood of a mans estate. And that of Saint Basil to to those, that objected, That many by the employment ⟨p. 11⟩of money borrowed upon Usury, grew rich: But I think, ^*moe saith He, have come to the Halter. His meaning is, by paying Usury they have grown poor, and so fallen a stealing, and at last come to hanging. To speak more fitly to these sins: But I think moe have proved Bankrupts. And again, How many of your Usurers are free lenders to the poor, except it be in cunning, out of a deep Hypocrisy to colour their usurious cruelty?

6. If Usury finde a man rich, ^*yet it bringeth with it a paire of Canniballs chops, and many cruell teeth, to eate out the very Heart of His estate, except He cunningly heale Himselfe by some other covetous way, or unconscionable course. Hence it is that Saint Chrysostome compares Usury to an Aspe, which together with the poyson infufes a delightfull sleepe, but in that sweete insensiblenesse takes away life: So the Usurers money refreshes for a time, but by little, and little, sucks out the very life-bloud of a mans estate. And that of Saint Basil to to those, that objected, That many by the imployment ⟨p. 11⟩of money borrowed upon Usury, grew rich: But I thinke, ^*moe saith He, have come to the Halter. His meaning is, by paying Usury they have growne poore, and so fallen a stealing, and at last come to hanging. To speake more fitly to these sinnes: But I thinke moe have prooved Bankerupts. And againe, How many of your Usurers are free lenders to the poore, except it be in cunning, out of a deepe Hypocrisie to colour their usurious cruelty?