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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
A short and private discourse between Mr. Bolton and one M.S. concerning usury. Published by E.B. by Mr. Bolton's own copyA short and priuate discourse betweene Mr. Bolton and one M.S. concerning vsury. Published by E.B. by Mr. Boltons owne coppy
London: printed by George Miller, 1637
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.
1. What will not Covetousness catch at, to1 nourish its greedy, and cruel humour? Nesheck is the common, and ordinary name whereby all Usury is signified in the Hebrew Tongue. ⟨p. 12⟩And doth Metaphorically intimate, and import the aggravation of the sin, not a distinction of the kinds of Usury. Epithets and Originals serve more to amplify and exaggerate, then to distinguish. See T. pag. 53. Hence it is also that Usury in the Chaldee is called [Greek or Hebrew] Chabulia, i. e. Perditio, quòd omnes opes perdat & devastet.
1. What will not Covetousnesse catch at, to1 nourish its greedy, and cruell humour? Nesheck is the common, and ordinary name whereby all Usury is signified in the Hebrew Tongue. ⟨p. 12⟩And doth Metaphorically intimate, and import the aggravation of the sinne, not a distinction of the kindes of Usury. Epithets and Originals serve more to amplifie and exaggerate, then to distinguish. See T. pag. 53. Hence it is also that Usury in the Chaldee is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Chabulia, i. e. Perditio, quòd omnes opes perdat & devastet.
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2. The Scriptures condemn not only Nesheck, but also Tarbith. And that not only in the Comments of the Prophets: Ezech. 18. 17. And 22. 12. Prov. 28. 8. But in the very Text of the Law it self,