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The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded
The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propounded : more largely & clearly handled and explained / published by John Downame ...The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ...
London: printed by Willi, 1625
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.
Fourthly, All injurious & wrongful dealing in matter of contract, buying and selling, and such like: As first, excessive prices of things, not observing a proportion and equality in the contract, to be according to the need and profit of the buyer, as the Law doth specially provide: When sthou sellest ought to thy Neighbour, or buyest at thy Neighbours hand, ye shall not oppress one another: But according to the number of years after the Jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy Neighbour: also according to the number of years, thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt abate the price of it: for according to the number of increases doth he sell unto thee.
Fourthly, All iniurious & wrōgful dealing in matter of contract, buying and selling, and such like: As first, excessiue prices of things, not obseruing a proportion and equalitie in the contract, to be according to the need and profit of the buyer, as the Law doth specially prouide: When sthou sellest ought to thy Neighbour, or buyest at thy Neighbours hand, ye shall not oppresse one another: But according to the number of yeeres after the Iubile, thou shalt buy of thy Neighbour: also according to the number of yeeres, thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewnesse of yeeres thou shalt abate the price of it: for according to the number of increases doth he sell vnto thee.
Secondly, Usury condemned, Psal. 15. 5. He that giveth not his money to usury. And hereof also there is a Law,