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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	love_v	neighbour_n	self_n	2,652	5	9.4322	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06112	A very fruitful & godly exposition vpo[n] the. xv. Psalme of Dauid called Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle. Made by M. Ihon Epinus, preacher to the churche of Hamborough: and translated oute of Latin into English by N.L.	Aepinus, Johann, 1499-1553.; Lesse, Nicholas.	1548 (1548)	STC 166.5; ESTC S101644	95,234	320

money the circumstances thereof do make it sinne and greuous of it selfe it is none As to sell the vse of thy money to hym which is in necessitie being of the two first sortes of mē which we haue declared and also bicause it is solde against the commune lawe The state condition qualitie of the person declareth this cōtract to be lawful or vnlawful whē a mā frō ryches falleth to pou●●tie In this cōtract a mā with cōsciēce cā not demaūd any gaine or vātage bicause this maner of cōtract of bying the vse of money in courtes of cōscience is not called bying sellyng but taketh an other name of it is called a lone or money lent in the which thinge lent borowed the vse of the thing ought not to be solde Also it is against natury t that thinge which is spent cōsumed or lost of it selfe encreaseth not nor bryngeth any maner of fruite of his owne nature to the detter should brynge lucre and gayne to the creditour that is to hym whiche deliuered the money For it is synne and repugnant to the lawe of nature in thys cause to sell the vse of any thynge when with the vse of the thynge the thynge also it selfe is wasted cōsumed of his owne nature or to speake more playnely when the vse of the thynge is the spendyng wastyng of the thyng whose vse is solde These thynges wel weighed cōsidered it is manifest cleare that the purchasing of lādes is allowed by the authoritie of the whole Empire that it is not cōtrary to the lawe of nature nor none other lawe nor yet repugnāt to the maynteynaunce of felowshyp amicable societie of mā in thys lyfe all maner suspication of vsury by the authoritie of the sayed counsel beinge taken away from it Some men there be which do doubt Interest whether a man may loke demaunde amendes recōpence for the dammage losse whiche he hath susteyned in forbearyng the money which he did lende longar then the tyme that it was lent for or whē the man whiche dyd borowe the money dyd not accordynge to his promise paye it agayne but differred the payment therof lōgar thē w●as promised to the losse hinderaunce hurt of the lēder whether in this case it shoulde be vsury to demaūde any recōpence yea or naye For asmuche as thys is aboute the question of lendynge whiche ought to be free wythout vantage gayne it is thoughte that it should be vsury Although that enterest as well as vsury is bought that thing which is lent yet there is greate difference betwene them For an action which is taken for interst is for the dammage losse whiche the creditour doeth susteyne that he may be saued harmeles Contrary wyse anaction of vsury is for no dāmage whiche the creditour hath had or susteyned but for gayne vātage whiche he woulde haue In thys matter the mynde iudgemente of the ciuile lawe must giue to vs lyght what is to be done whiche allowe●h recōpensation making of amendes for so much dāmage hurt as the creditour hath susteyned which recōpence is called the interest whiche sentence minde is cōfourme agreable to reason For it is agaynste all reason that the thyng lent should be dāmage to the lender that the good wy● of the lendar and his good deede should be recōpēsed wyth an euyl turne and hurtes Matk● Howe be it I woulde counsel euery godly man what soeuer the law doth permit graūt suffre for to followe that thyng which shal stāde with equitie charitie For this is the most surest best waye Thys haue I spoken of vsury of purchasynge of lades tenementes Nowe let vs returne againe to the text The texte And hath not takē any gyftes or rewardes agaynste the innocent Those gyftes and rewardes which are giuē for tokens of loue and friend shyppe amonge friendes and louers are not ment nor blamed by these wordes of the Psalmist but suche gyftes and rewardes wherby the innocētes dosuffre dāmage and hurt wherby also right equitie and iustice are abused and peruerted B●●ynst i●dg●s whiche do take giftes wherby the ●nnocentes a●● 〈…〉 〈…〉 Therfore it is spoken openly and manifestly of those gyftes which are taken to the hurtes and wronge of the innocent of hym which is wyth out blame By these sentences wordes of the Psalme al they are iudged to eternall damnation which for theyr owne profite and vantage do giue sentence agaynst ryght and iustice whiche do mayn teyne and prolonge vniust suetes whiche do counterfeite iuste causes and quarels for theyr owne lucre and vantage finally who so euer doth wronge and hurt the innocent for to get any gaine or profite therby It is generally spokē it perteyneth to al states degrees and ordres of lyfe to all maner of men and not to Iudges and rulers onely Lykewyse as he is giltie of eternall damnation whiche hath receiued any reward against the innocent The giuer as well as the ●eceyuer is thr●●tened so is he also whiche hath giuen the rewarde to do the innocent harme which doth giue I saye that by his brybes he might corrupt iustice and ryghtuousnes to that hurt of his neighbour Thys man doth agaynste the precepte of god which precept doth cōmaūde brotherly loue wyth all puritie sincerenes whiche cōmaūdeth vs to loue oure neyghboure as oure owne selues and to do to hym as we woulde be done to The Lorde doth not permit to quite euyl for euyll hurte for hurte one euyll worde for an other much les doth he permit and suffre that we shal sclaunder the innocent that we shal seeke to hurte hym wyth oure brybes For asmuche as we nowe do talke of rewardes and giftes it is often tymes had in question whe ther the magistrates or any other officer Whether it be lawfull for a Iudge to take any gi●●● at 〈◊〉 before whom causes beinge in controuersie vse to be decided to be made an ende of by iudgementes wyth a good conscience without the wrath and vēgeaūce of God either before the cause is hearde or after the sentence is gyuen and pronounced may take of both or either of the seuters any rewardes and gyftes In answeryng to thys question the craftie and vngracious imagination of men may obiecte many thynges whiche shall seme and appeare to be according to right and equitie but the doubte question of this matter cā not be dissolued and cōcluded wyth vncerteyne darke mistie opinions of mē wyth their cōiectures and persuasions deuised to maynteyne their fylthy lucre and gayne but by the manifest scriptures opē lawes which are cōfourme and agreable to reason Thys is wythout all doubte that al maner of Iudges and magistrates are forbiddē to take gyftes and rewardes for thys cause and ende that they shoulde not beinge corrupted giue no wronge iudgemēt and sentence that they should not haue any