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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	according_a	church_n	word_n	5,622	5	4.1542	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07941	Of the lawful and vnlawful vsurie amo[n]gest Christians, added by Wolfgang Muscul vnto the ende of his booke vppon the Psalmes; De usuris ex verbo Dei. English	Musculus, Wolfgang, 1497-1563.; T. L., fl. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 18310; ESTC S105482	21,399	82

of your father c. Bryng therfore vnto this rule of Christian righteousnesse those whyche lende vpon vsury and see howe farre they be from the rule of Chrystes word which is so sette vnto all Chrystyans that except they do coÌ„forme theÌ„selfes vnto it they ought to be rekoned amoÌ„g sinners not amoÌ„g Gods childreÌ„ yea they bee not so iuste as sinners For so much rightuousnes is attributed vnto synners that the lend with out vsury that they desier to receiue nothinge in the sted of lukar but onely that whiche they did lend Therefore by thys confereÌ„ce we whych loke vnto the rightuousnes of Chrystes kyngedoÌ„e vnto the prescriptioÌ„ of christes words and vnto the professyd of christian religioÌ„ may easely iudge how vnlawful vsury is vnto theÌ„ whych haue yelded them selues vnto chryste and would be taken to be chrystyans It is not belongyng vnto vs to iudge others It belongeth to a ChristiaÌ„ to answer to his professioÌ„ not otherwise to iudge of things whether they lawful or vnlawful but acording to the prescription of Christs doctrine and not so to behaue hymselfe in the triall of rightuousnes as afore a worldly iudge but as in the sight of god that he may be quitt of vnrightuousnes Wherefore agreably wyth holye scriptures and Chrystes wordes we coÌ„clude that that vsury which marueylously in thys last time hath growen in the church of Christ is not lawfull but damnable and very farre from the profession of Chrysts rightwisnes How wicked a thyng vsury is to be seen in it selfe any maÌ„ may easely iudge excepte onelye suche menne as thinke the sauour of lukar to bee swete of what thyng soeuer it is gotten the eies of whose myndes be vtterly blinded wyth the loue of couetousues First the vice of couetousnesse hath euer been iudged most vyle not onely amongest Chrystyans but also amongest heathens And that is the rote of vsurye Take away the loue of money couetousnes we shal haue no vsurers in Christes churche Secondarelye who doeth not see howe wicked a thyng it is to hunte for gayne gotten by the laboure and swete of others For vsurie whyche is geuen commeth not of the care trauell of the vsurer but of hym that payeth foenus vantage Thirdly thys is farre from equite that the vsurer wythout any losse or danger of his mony receiueth lukar so that he is in dauÌ„ger of no daÌ„mage what soeuer chaÌ„ce of the dice coÌ„meth but the miserable maÌ„ which paieth vsurie is forced to beare the losse of misfortune and chance He hath all the hurte that happeneth the vsurer hath no thyng but the gayne that is taken and the stoke that is saued Fourthly Thys is also more ouer that howe greate vsurie and how many yeares so euer the detter paieth yet not wtstanding the whole stok remaineth is nothiÌ„g lesned or worne by occupyinge But howe sore these thiÌ„ges dooe greue the mind decaye the abilite of the payer I nede not to geue ani aduertisemeÌ„t seyng by experieÌ„ce the thing is euideÌ„t WheÌ„ he that is in such case perceaueth that thys pestileÌ„t euil can not be ouercomeÌ„ theÌ„ being vtterly discouraged he forsaketh wyfe childreÌ„ leaueth what other goods so euer he hath vnto the vnsaciable violeÌ„t couetous vsurer So .1 Sam .22 We reade that they did which oppressed with det coÌ„ueihed theÌ„selues vnto Dauid an exile Such sightes wheÌ„ as magistrates winke godlye men beholde dayly afore theyr eies with sorow sighinge And that which is most greuous in the saÌ„e season wheÌ„ as such vsurers ought to haue no place amongst citizeÌ„s then doe they inioye honours in the church and in the citie Â¶ But the vsurer replyeth IT is saith he common in euery mans mouth He that is willing hath no wrong I send for no man I force no maÌ„ to take money of me Thei coÌ„e of their own accord thei take my money do not aske it of any other coÌ„dicioÌ„ but only of vsury What do I in thys case offende Let them leaue me my money to my selfe if the daÌ„mage of vsurye be so greuous vnto theÌ„ I answer these are the sayinges not of a christian man but of a very heathen yea of him that hath no mynde of man Nede is a sharpe shaft These wretches forced by nede come vnto thee of whose wretchednesse thou cruelly filthely takeste thy vantage The vsurer replieth agiÌ„e But when as they receiued mony of me vpon condicioÌ„ of vsury thei wer glad and dyd geue thankes What iniure can thys be whyche causeth gladnes and thankes geuyng I answere that these wretches reioyce geue thaÌ„ks not because they doe fele a benifite but because they suppose that by thys domage of vsurye they maye ease the greuous necessyte whyche doeth oppresse them presently Surely they desier rather simpli to borow money thaÌ„ to take it vpoÌ„ vsurye But for because so gret inhumanite preuaileth that they can no where finde such liberalite as lendeth frely they ar glad to take money vpoÌ„ vsury but thys kynde of gladnes at the last turneth into greatest heauines And wheÌ„ they fle froÌ„ charibdis thei fal into scilla froÌ„ the roke into the gulfe Chrisostome doeth well coÌ„pare this gladnes of takyng vsurye moneye vnto the bitynge of a serpente called aspis for euen as he whyche is bitteÌ„ of the Aspis doeth gladlye fal onslepe by the swetnesse of deadly sluÌ„ber dieth because in sleping the poison passeth to euerye meÌ„ber so he that taketh money of the vsurer is preseÌ„tly glad as though he had a benefite howbeit vsuri hauing spedy passage to all that he hath turneth all into det And Cato the elder being demauÌ„ded what it was to take vsurye answered the same that it is to kill a maÌ„ Thirdly they which seme to haue some tast of Christes gospel do bryng that not by thee which they may amende theÌ„ selues but by the which they would cloke their vngodlynes but al the suÌ„me of the law and the prophets as Christe witnesseth staÌ„deth in this that what I would should be done vnto me the same I doe also vnto others Vnto mi self I wold wish no other coÌ„dicioÌ„ but for one hundreth florens to repay euery yeare fiue What sine is it for me theÌ„ to take so much of others For I my selfe take vpon thys condicion so oft as nede is So many I geue to others and agayne so many I take of others I answer it is moste vngodlines to abuse Chrystes word which ar so coÌ„pared to mainteine not couetousnes but brotherli loue Thou as is euideÌ„t dost the same toothers whiche thou requirest of others If thou do this of a charitable sprit set thiself in the place of the pore nedye cloth thiself with the affectioÌ„ of hys nede thinking what thou beyng in his case woldest that the rich shold do vnto the whether that thei shold leÌ„d vnto the with vsury or wtout vsury Vndoubtedly thou wouldest rather wtout vsury For that

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