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A15369	The debt book: or, A treatise vpon Romans 13. ver. 8 Wherein is handled: the ciuill debt of money or goods, and vnder it the mixt debt, as occasion is offered. Also, the sacred debt of loue. By Henry Wilkinson, Bachelor in Diuinity, and pastor of Wadesdon in Buckinghamshire.	Wilkinson, Henry, 1566-1647.	1625 (1625)	STC 25646; ESTC S114431	56,271	156

in euery commandement It is the * Col. 3. 14. bond of perfection quo omnia hominum inter se officia continentur coherent wherein all the duties which passe betweene men are comprehended and combined As faith is the bond of our vnion with Christ so is loue of our communion with our brethren the members of Christ in which two consists the perfection of the mysticall bodie It is called here the fulfilling of the Lawe both in this verse and in the tenth because qui diligit non vnum aliquod praeceptum obijt sed in genere praestitit quod lex iubet he that loueth obserueth not some one precept but performeth in generall what the Law inioineth but of this in the next place 4. Fourthly where loue is not the life of man is like a perpetuall tempest here rushing and there blustering here beating and there bearing downe all before it without this wee still doe liue in the gall of bitternesse and bond of iniquitie where this failes mischief comes in place thereof dissentions discords and such curses as accompany them Non euenissent Cyprian Ep. 8. fratribus haec mala si in vnum fraternitas fuisset animata Such euills had not befallen the brethren if the brotherhood had held together in one mind Let vs therefore nourish this precious charity in our hearts in obedience and true conformity vnto Christ as also for the worthinesse of the grace it selfe and for our owne refreshing and consolation in our pilgrimage here on earth CHAP. 13. Of the diuersities of loue and of the nature of Christian religious loue towards one another BVT that ye loue one another We haue a rule euen in moral discipline that the prayse of vertue consisteth in action This is as true of loue as of any other whatsoeuer * 1. Cor. 13. 13. in this preferred before faith and hope not simply but because it is diffusiue of it selfe to the vse of others whereas these are confined to the person of the beleeuer Wee haue also another rule that whatsoeuer wee would that men should doe vnto vs euen so should we do to them for this is the Law and the Prophets Mat. 7. 12. But wee desire that men should loue vs and accommodate themselues to our seruice therefore it is a naturall and a perpetuall debt to do the like vnto them Now that loue may be diffusiue of it selfe in precious streams and operatiue with approbation of God and of man let vs choose out among the seuerall kinds of loue 1. the most excellent in nature 2. the best esteem'd in quality 3. the most beneficial in the operations fruits of it For the first wee must obserue that there are diuerse kinds of loue as naturall affection whereby wee loue our Parents Children and Kindred Hee that hath not this is worse then brutish euen beasts cherish and suckle their young ones This though a Christian cannot want yet a reprobate may haue There is a ciuil loue the obligation whereof is domesticall or politicall societie Meere naturall men yeeld this for mutuall commodity and consolation There is a morall loue consisting in an exact compensation of affection with affection of benefite with benefite which falls short indeed of that loue which here we seeke as our Sauiour shewes Mat. 5. 46. 47. It may be in vnregenerate men yet it is a great furtherance to the producing and preseruing of the charity whereof we speake 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Nazian Nothing so auaileable vnto loue as compensation of affection which is expressed by mutuall offices Vis vt ameris ama Wilt thou be beloued then do thou loue Lastly there is a christian religious loue which is a sanctified affection wherby our hearts are ioyned either to our brethren in the faith in contemplation of Gods image in them shining in an eminency of Graces or in respect of the common hope of our calling declared by outward profession or else whereby we wish and doe good to our enemies in obedience to him who hath commanded vs so to doe There is not any kinde of these loues aboue mentioned but it is a debt and so is this christian religious loue also and must be duely paied First in respect of the communion of Saints there is one body one spirit one hope of our calling one lord one faith one baptisme one God and father of all Eph. 4. 4 5 6. If a * Eccle. 4. 12 three-fold cord bee not easily broken how much lesse this of loue in such a concurrence of inuincible obligations It must also be paied as an homage to God who will take no notice of our loue to him vnlesse we loue our neighbour Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe I am the Lord Leuit. 19. 18. as also 1 Ioh. 4. 20. Hee that saith hee loueth God and hateth his brother is a lyar Who so loueth not his brother whom he hath seene how can hee loue God whom bee hath not seene Thirdly it must bee paid in regard of mutuall offices and duties as of tender affections and earnest prayers for one another the intercourse whereof cannot be stopped among Christians Maior est fraternitas Christi quàm sanguinis Brotherhood in Christ is stronger then in blood If kinne will creepe where it cannot goe christian charity cannot chuse but be diffusiue of it selfe from the highest to the lowest * Psal 133. 2. 3. As the precious ointment from the head of Aaron to his beard and to the skirts of his garment as the dew of Hermon vpon the hill of Zion so this loue imparts it selfe by a co-operation of Gods spirit to the comfort and refreshing of high and low pertaining to the couenant Moreouer as in ciuill debts so also in sacred the paiment must be currant It is not the loue of brethren in euill bee it neuer so strong that will serue the turne such concord is a conspiracy as in * Gen. 34 25. Simeon and Leui in the outrage vpon the Shechemites It is not the doting of * Iudg. 16. 4. c. Num. 25. 15. Samson vpon Dalilah or of Zimry vpon Cosby be the men neuer so great that will serue the turne this is but carnall lust The currant loue which beares the stampe of the Sanctuarie must bee deriued * 1. Tim. 1. 5. from a pure heart a good conscience an vnfaigned faith this is the right myne out of which it must be taken And in this respect the christian loue doth as much surmount all carnall loues as gold or siluer doth copper or lead which makes mee wonder why we should bee so ambitious of the friendship and countenance of men notoriously sinfull seeing how much soeuer they are beloued of vs yet they can but giue vs drosse for gold chaffe for wheat True christian loue indeed as it is a noble heroicall grace so can it not proceed but from a sanctified originall CHAP. 14. The qualities of religious Loue. AS is

not continue in them page 1. CHAP. II. That we should owe no man any thing so much as lieth in vs. pag. 7. CHAP. III. The diuision of Debts and of the first kinde of ciuill Debts imposed by others namely Hereditary pag. 10. CHAP. IV. Of legall Debts and first to the Magistrate pag. 17. CHAP. V. Of Debts to the Minister of the Gospell pag. 24. CHAP. VI. Of Debts to the poore pag. 43. CHAP. VII Of Debts procured by our selues and first of necessary Debts pag. 55. CHAP. VIII Of voluntary Debts transient and permanent pag. 57. CHAP. IX A confutation of such Apologies as men pleade for their continuing in Debt p. 67. CHAP. X. Directions for auoiding Debt that it breake not vpon our estate pag. 79. CHAP. XI Directions how to get out of Debt if wee be already intangled pag. 100. CHAP. XII Of the sacred Debt of Loue that we ought to loue one another and why pag. 114. CHAP. XIII Of the diuersities of loue and of the nature of Christian religious loue towards one another pag. 119. CHAP. XIV The qualities of religious loue pag. 120. CHAP. XV. The effects of loue with rules to dispense the fruits thereof pag. 124. CHAP. XVI That loue is a fulfilling of the Law according to the measure of it and that yet hence it doth not follow that either the perfect fulfilling of the Law is possible in this life or that any can be iustified by the workes of the Law in this state of corruption pag. 134. THE DEBT BOOKE ROM 13. 8. Owe nothing to any man but this that ye loue one another for hee that loueth another hath fulfilled the Lawe CHAP. I. The words opened and a discourse touching Debts in generall with reasons why we should not continue in them IN the words before the Apostle exhorteth to render to euery man his due tribute custome honour and feare to whom they belong and in these things not to remaine debtors to any but so farre as in vs lyeth to yeeld to euery man his right from which particular enumeration he proceedeth here to the generall admonition to owe nothing to any man but loue this is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sayth Chrysostome a Debt neuer fully paid but alwaies to be yeelded and alwaies due the Argument is thus Debts must bee paid but loue is an vniuersall and a perpetuall debt therefore it must be yeelded to all the Verse is resolued into two propositions First wee must not be in debt in such things as can be discharged Secondly we must alwaies continue and keepe on foote the debt of loue A reason is annexed of the latter Proposition Hee that loueth another hath fulfilled the Lawe For the vnderstanding of the former proposition we must consider what Debt is Debitum est quicquid obligatione aliqua alteri praestatur Debt is whatsoeuer is performed to another vpon any bond or reasonable consideration Now as is the obligation such is the debt obligations are of three sorts of Nature of Grace and of Ciuill contract Bonds of Nature and Grace are perpetuall so long as the parties remaine as a child oweth a perpetuall respect to the Parents and they to him euen by nature so Christians are vnited in the bonds of grace which must not faile but ought to continue Yet the ciuill bonds of debt which come by borrowing and lending by buying and selling or any interchangeable duties and seruices doe then cease when they are payed and performed The proposition is to be vnderstood of this third kind of debt as we may see by the exception in the Text which keepes that debt on foot which cannot totally be discharged Now when he sayth Owe nothing to any man I took it not to be a simple prohibition of all ciuill debts which cannot bee auoided while humane contracts stand but it is an admonition duly and truly to discharge all such debts and so much as in vs lyeth not to continue in them Hortatur sayth Chrysostome vt nullius rei quám solius dilectionis debitores maneamus soluentes scilicet quicquid rerum aliarum aut officiorum debemus He exhorteth that wee remaine not debtors of any thing but of loue only paying forthwith whatsoeuer other things or duties wee do owe this doth Bucer follow and other the best Expositors The instruction is this That whatsoeuer ciuill debts or duties we owe to any we must truly and duely pay them and so much as in vs lyeth not continue vnder that bond and obligation Giue vnto Caesar that which is Caesars is an excellent rule Mat. 22. 21. and is it not euen as true and as good render to your neighbour that which is your neighbours If the work-man be worthy his wages Luke 10. 7. then euen the hireling must haue his due the poorest labourer his due specially the labourer in the Lords haruest If it be a brand by Gods Spirit vpon the wicked that he borroweth but paieth not againe Psal 37. 21. Then should euerie good man so much as in him lyeth pay euery man his owne and not willingly continue vnder the bond of debt First because debt consumes many a Reason 1 mans estate by the hard conditions vpon which they are constrained to borrow as vpon vsurious contracts or vpon cruell bargaines or vpon such pawns and Morgages and Obligations as vtterly vndoe a man in the forfeiture Secondly in many cases it is a seruile thing to be indebted and therefore when the Lord will set downe an vnderling hee describes him by being a borrower and not a lender Deut. 28. 43. Hee shall lend to thee but thou shalt not lend to him Salomon is more peremptory The borrower is a seruant to the lender Prou. 22. 7. supposing them equall before as we may see by his submissiuenesse and flatteries and obsequiousnesse and seruile obseruations By Debt a mans state and person is in a manner mancipated to the lender 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gifts for loane of money make free men seruants by turning as I conceiue the state of him that so borroweth from freedome to seruility Thirdly by long continuance of a debt freely lent the Lender may be damnified greatly by the Borrower A man by trading and turning the Stocke may raise maintenance to himselfe and such as depend vpon him whereas the money in another mans hand long deteined is like aburied Talent in respect of the owner Fourthly Debt may prooue vncomfortable fortable to a mans owne Conscience for what if payment be so long deferred till a man be not able to pay till he be compelled to ingage others what if it be deferred till a man dye then that which might haue beene satisfied by ones selfe will verie hardly bee discharged by his Executors A man well able to pay his owne debts may leaue an Heire that shal not be bound to pay Lands pay no debts or not in hast not at a mans neede Fiftly a man indebted cannot while he so continueth liue comfortably because