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

These three precedent, are the most ordinary starting Holes, the Usurers haunt: Others are sometimes urged; but not with that pertinacy, and confidence. Such as these:

These three precedent, are the most ordinary starting Holes, the Vsurers haunt: Others are sometimes urged; but not with that pertinacy, and confidence. Such as these:

I deal, saith the Usurer, as I would be dealt¹ with; and do as I would be done by: And therefore all that while, I hope I do no wrong. I would willingly pay ten in the hundred, if I had need, and then why may I not take so.

I deale, saith the Vsurer, as I would be dealt¹ with; and doe as I would bee done by: And therefore all that while, I hope I doe no wrong. I would willingly pay ten in the hundred, if I had need, and then why may I not take so.

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1. That royal Principle of Nature, Do as¹ thou wouldst be done by: must be expounded and understood according to the Grounds of a good Conscience, Dictates of right reason, and Rules of a just and rectified will: not out of the mists and miseries of a depraved and exorbitant judgement. Otherwise, Abimelech, Saul, and others of that desperate Rank, and resolution, might conclude that it were lawful for them to kill other men, because they were willing to be killed themselves: See