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The hand-maid of repentance. Or, A short treatise of restitution. Written by Arth
The hand-maid of repentance. Or, A short treatise of restitution. Written by Arth: Dent, Minister of Gods word at Southshoobery in Essex. As a necessary appendix to his Sermon of Repentance
London: printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorp, 1614
A TREATISE OF RESTITUTION. › Good fame and name.A TREATISE OF RESTITVTION. › Good fame and name.
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.
He that taketh any reward to do evil, if he have not done it, ought to make Restitution; but if it be committed, he is at liberty: howbeit S. Augustine be of opinion in his 54. Epistle: That an Advocate is ⟨image 18⟩bound to restore his Fee taken, for the defence of a bad matter.
He that taketh any reward to doe euill, if he haue not done it, ought to make Restitution; but if it be committed, hee is at liberty: howbeit S. Augustine be of opinion in his 54. Epistle: That an Aduocate is ⟨image 18⟩bound to restore his Fee taken, for the defence of a bad matter.
He that hindereth another in the free donation or collation of a Benefice, so it be done without violence and fraud; is not bound at all to satisfy for it; because as yet no right of title thereunto is gotten: Likewise he that procureth a will to be altered, and that with a crafty intention; yet because there is no settled right thereof, as being in the power of the testator to change it; the party so doing needeth not to make any satisfaction: according to sundry mens opinions.
He that hindreth another in the frée donation or collation of a Benefice, so it bee done without violence and fraud; is not bound at all to satisfie for it; because as yet no right of title thereunto is gotten: Likewise he that procureth a will to be altered, and that with a crafty intention; yet because there is no setled right thereof, as being in the power of the testator to change it; the partie so doing néedeth not to make any satisfaction: according to sundry mens opinions.