Selected quad for the lemma: money_n
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A70290
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Usury explain'd, or, Conscience quieted in the case of putting out mony at interest by Philopenes.
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J. D. (John Dormer), 1636-1700.
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1695
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Wing H3249; ESTC R12079
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testament_n the_o reverence_n and_o compliance_n due_a to_o god_n word_n in_o holy_a writ_n take_v place_n of_o all_o reason_n and_o authority_n hitherto_o make_v use_n of_o nor_o can_v any_o human_a law_n or_o custom_n though_o seem_o tend_v to_o the_o public_a welfare_n be_v of_o force_n in_o opposition_n to_o divine_a command_n for_o as_o tertullian_n solid_o determin_n ad_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la operis_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la majestas_fw-la divinae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la imperantis_fw-la quam_fw-la utilitas_fw-la servientis_fw-la the_o majesty_n of_o divine_a power_n the_o command_a authority_n precede_v the_o utility_n of_o he_o that_o serve_v it_o be_v but_o rational_a therefore_o that_o i_o shall_v confer_v what_o have_v be_v say_v with_o those_o text_n of_o scripture_n in_o which_o usury_n be_v condemn_v to_o the_o explain_v how_o far_o they_o relate_v to_o our_o case_n the_o first_o passage_n be_v exod._n 22._o v._o 25._o si_fw-mi pecuniam_fw-la mutuam_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o thou_o lend_v money_n to_o any_o of_o my_o people_n be_v poor_a that_o dwell_v with_o thou_o thou_o shall_v not_o urge_v they_o as_o a_o exactor_n nor_o oppress_v they_o with_o usury_n the_o second_o be_v levit._fw-la cap._n 25._o v._n 35._o si_fw-mi attenuatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o thy_o brother_n be_v impoverish_v and_o weak_a of_o hand_n and_o thou_o receive_v he_o as_o a_o stranger_n and_o sojourner_n and_o he_o live_v with_o thou_o take_v no_o usury_n and_o ver._n 27._o thou_o shall_v not_o give_v he_o thy_o money_n to_o usury_n and_o a_o overplus_n of_o the_o fruit_n thou_o shall_v not_o exact_v of_o he_o the_o three_o be_v deut._n c._n 23._o v._n 19_o non_fw-la faeneraberis_fw-la fratti_fw-la tuo_fw-la etc._n etc._n thou_o shall_v not_o lend_v to_o thy_o brother_n money_n to_o usury_n nor_o corn_n nor_o any_o other_o thing_n but_o to_o a_o stranger_n this_o be_v whatever_o moses_n have_v leave_v in_o his_o law_n touch_v usury_n the_o two_o first_o place_n be_v but_o a_o explanation_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n both_o conditional_a and_o no_o absolute_a command_n the_o condition_n be_v if_o thou_o lend_v which_o imply_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o precept_n of_o lend_v but_o that_o be_v not_o all_o the_o condition_n require_v to_o the_o guilt_n of_o usury_n as_o the_o word_n lie_v be_v not_o mere_o of_o lend_v but_o lend_v to_o the_o poor_a and_o weak_a of_o hand_n viz._n not_o able_a to_o work_v from_o they_o to_o take_v more_o than_o be_v lend_v be_v oppression_n prohibit_v under_o the_o notion_n thou_o shall_v not_o oppress_v they_o to_o the_o poor_a little_a suffice_v for_o their_o present_a want_n and_o to_o require_v sole_a repayment_n of_o they_o be_v more_o than_o to_o take_v interest_n for_o great_a sum_n from_o the_o sufficient_a the_o law_n therefore_o aim_v not_o the_o least_o at_o the_o case_n we_o be_v in_o for_o who_o put_v out_o money_n to_o poor_a and_o weak_a of_o hand_n few_o or_o none_o and_o yet_o the_o law_n condemn_v only_o such_o of_o inhumanity_n as_o do_v by_o still_v this_o usury_n neshec_n a_o ravenous_a bite_n or_o the_o bite_n of_o a_o dog_n a_o name_n perfect_o misbecome_v the_o practice_n of_o put_v out_o money_n profitable_a to_o all_o party_n concern_v and_o no_o wonder_n if_o usury_n as_o express_v in_o law_n ground_v so_o just_a a_o detestation_n of_o it_o in_o holy_a father_n move_v they_o to_o so_o frequent_a and_o vehement_a invective_n against_o it_o the_o plainess_n of_o the_o expression_n in_o the_o law_n have_v encourage_v some_o to_o fix_v all_o usury_n upon_o the_o oppression_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o will_v incline_v i_o to_o do_v the_o same_o do_v not_o evidence_n of_o reason_n the_o light_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n extend_v its_o notion_n yet_o far_o to_o a_o gain_n make_v pure_o for_o lend_v the_o three_o place_n in_o deuteronomy_n though_o somewhat_o vary_v in_o word_n contain_v no_o more_o than_o the_o former_a this_o i_o make_v out_o first_o from_o the_o title_n occasion_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o book_n second_o from_o the_o text_n itself_o the_o title_n of_o the_o book_n give_v by_o the_o rabbin_n be_v misne_v a_o reiteration_n of_o the_o law_n and_o by_o the_o septuagint_n deuteronomium_fw-la signify_v a_o second_o law_n not_o as_o different_a from_o the_o former_a publish_a on_o mount_n sina_n but_o as_o be_v a_o repetition_n of_o it_o see_v theodoret._n q._n 1._o in_o deut._n s._n austin_n q._n 49._o s._n athanasius_n galeato_fw-la in_o prologo_fw-la galeato_fw-la in_o synopsi_fw-la s._n i_o word_n it_o thus_o deuteronomium_fw-la 2da_fw-la lex_fw-la &_o evangelicae_fw-la legis_fw-la prefiguratio_fw-la nun_n sic_fw-la habet_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la prima_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la nova_fw-la sint_fw-la omne_fw-la de_fw-la veteribus_fw-la deuteronomy_n prefigure_v the_o evangelical_n law_n have_v it_o not_o the_o first_o thing_n after_o such_o a_o manner_n that_o of_o old_a they_o seem_v new_a and_o this_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o different_a and_o stately_a tone_n moses_n take_v in_o this_o book_n when_o after_o 40_o year_n travel_v and_o glorious_a achievement_n be_v upon_o his_o departure_n for_o a_o better_a life_n he_o to_o a_o new_a people_n their_o progenitor_n be_v decease_v make_v a_o second_o promulgation_n of_o the_o law_n but_o more_o emphatical_o to_o ratify_v the_o covenant_n between_o god_n and_o that_o people_n by_o the_o title_n therefore_o of_o the_o book_n it_o be_v occasion_n and_o intent_n the_o law_n write_v in_o it_o in_o substance_n vary_v nothing_o from_o itself_o give_v in_o the_o former_a this_o 2_o be_v make_v out_o from_o the_o text_n itself_o for_o the_o negative_a thou_o shall_v not_o lend_v to_o usury_n be_v no_o more_o than_o equivalent_a to_o the_o conditional_a if_o thou_o lend_v thou_o shall_v not_o take_v usury_n and_o so_o it_o be_v coincident_a with_o the_o former_a whether_o this_o law_n be_v only_o judicial_a as_o the_o knight_n will_v have_v it_o proper_a to_o the_o jew_n or_o moral_a extend_v itself_o to_o all_o mankind_n i_o examine_v not_o but_o suppose_v it_o moral_a yet_o it_o nothing_o affect_v the_o case_n of_o put_v out_o money_n without_o oppression_n or_o injury_n the_o law_n thus_o expound_v afford_v we_o in_o few_o word_n a_o general_a and_o true_a construction_n to_o the_o many_o and_o vehement_a expression_n of_o the_o prophet_n against_o usury_n for_o the_o prophet_n though_o inspire_v to_o be_v the_o preacher_n and_o interpreter_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o they_o be_v no_o giver_n of_o a_o new_a law_n wherefore_o our_o saviour_n mat._n 22._o put_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n usury_n therefore_o with_o they_o must_v signify_v no_o more_o than_o what_o be_v write_v in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n according_a to_o these_o s._n basil_n gloss_n the_o 5_o verse_n of_o the_o 14_o psalm_n and_o david_n in_o the_o 71_o ps-verse_n 13._o by_o the_o word_n he_o shall_v spare_v the_o poor_a and_o needy_a give_v we_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o follow_a verse_n from_o usury_n and_o iniquity_n he_o shall_v redeem_v their_o soul_n as_o psal_n 54._o he_o join_v usury_n with_o guile_n neither_o do_v the_o place_n in_o ezek._n c._n 18._o much_o exaggerated_a to_o little_a purpose_n by_o du_fw-fr tertre_fw-fr express_v any_o thing_n not_o mention_v in_o the_o law_n for_o that_o more_o or_o increase_v there_o mention_v and_o in_o other_o place_n be_v the_o same_o specify_v in_o the_o law_n for_o usury_n forbid_v under_o the_o proper_a name_n of_o neshec_n and_o the_o mild_a of_o tarbith_n or_o increase_n give_v it_o by_o the_o jew_n as_o be_v remark_v in_o the_o 2d_o chapter_n a_o honest_a increase_n and_o upon_o just_a consideration_n be_v not_o where_o blame_v christ_n indeed_o to_o who_o all_o power_n be_v give_v in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n abrogate_a the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o some_o judicial_a of_o the_o old_a testament_n may_v have_v establish_v a_o peculiar_a as_o to_o the_o present_a cafe_z but_o his_o divine_a wisdom_n left_a thing_n as_o to_o that_o point_n in_o the_o state_n they_o be_v declare_v only_o when_o question_v by_o a_o saucy_a doctor_n matt._n 22._o that_o on_o charity_n the_o whole_a law_n depend_v and_o the_o prophet_n so_o that_o if_o the_o put_v out_o money_n be_v no_o aggrievance_n by_o consequence_n not_o against_o charity_n as_o to_o law_n and_o prophet_n it_o rest_v good_n chap._n xii_o vsury_n consider_v as_o to_o the_o new_a testament_n the_o single_a text_n make_v to_o the_o present_a purpose_n be_v luke_n c._n 6._o v._n 35._o mutuum_fw-la date_n nihil_fw-la inde_fw-la sperantes_fw-la lend_v hope_v nothing_o thereby_o this_o passage_n however_o so_o much_o insist_v upon_o gives_z little_a assistance_n to_o such_o as_o be_v averse_a to_o the_o put_v out_o money_n at_o use_n our_o saviour_n in_o that_o chapter_n intermix_a many_o thing_n of_o
counsel_n with_o other_o of_o precept_n be_v please_v to_o peruse_v it_o this_o say_n divine_n hold_v to_o be_v only_o of_o counsel_n and_o the_o conjunction_n of_o lend_v with_o other_o work_n which_o be_v not_o of_o precept_n be_v no_o feeble_a confirmation_n of_o it_o verse_n 29._o it_o be_v say_v unto_o he_o that_o smite_v thou_o on_o the_o one_o cheek_n offer_v also_o the_o other_o and_o verse_n 30._o give_v to_o every_o man_n that_o ask_v this_o lay_v no_o obligation_n of_o give_v no_o more_o do_v the_o first_o of_o lend_v beside_o reason_n dictate_v the_o proposition_n to_o be_v capable_a of_o restriction_n for_o though_o a_o lender_n be_v bind_v to_o hope_v no_o increase_n by_o lend_v he_o may_v hope_v for_o a_o requital_n of_o gratitude_n friendship_n or_o a_o like_a return_n this_o indeed_o as_o be_v of_o less_o perfection_n than_o to_o hope_v it_o from_o god_n we_o be_v counsel_v to_o abstain_v from_o by_o hope_v nothing_o from_o man._n otherwise_o why_o may_v not_o the_o unnamed_a contract_n do_v ut_fw-la des._n i_o give_v to_o be_v give_v to_o as_o well_o hold_v good_a be_v authorize_v by_o christ_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n if_o word_n be_v take_v as_o write_v give_v and_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o you_o but_o no_o need_n of_o all_o this_o this_o particle_n thereby_o moderate_v and_o restrain_v the_o negative_a nothing_o so_o that_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n as_o i_o apprehend_v contain_v both_o counsel_n and_o precept_n counsel_n in_o the_o affarmitive_a part_n lend_v out_o of_o the_o case_n of_o necessity_n in_o case_n of_o necessity_n precept_n and_o prohibition_n in_o the_o negative_a part_n hope_v nothing_o thereby_o viz._n for_o lend_v three_o other_o place_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n present_v themselves_o the_o first_o mat._n 25._o v._n 27._o in_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o talent_n thou_o ought_v therefore_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o the_o idle_a servant_n to_o have_v put_v my_o money_n to_o the_o banker_n and_o then_o at_o my_o come_n i_o shall_v have_v receive_v i_o own_o with_o usury_n the_o second_o be_v luke_n the_o 19_o v._o 23._o where_o the_o noble_a man_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n utter_v himself_o wherefore_o then_o give_v not_o thou_o my_o money_n into_o the_o bank_n that_o at_o my_o come_n i_o may_v have_v require_v i_o own_o with_o usury_n my_o intent_n go_v no_o far_a than_o to_o show_v by_o these_o parable_n how_o the_o put_v out_o money_n at_o use_n be_v customary_a among_o the_o jew_n a_o parable_n be_v the_o application_n of_o a_o well_o know_v thing_n as_o the_o put_v out_o money_n be_v to_o aless_n know_v as_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n the_o parable_n moreover_o represent_v unto_o we_o a_o twofold_a gain_n the_o one_o of_o trade_n the_o other_o by_o put_v out_o money_n at_o use_n the_o omission_n of_o this_o as_o obvious_a and_o of_o less_o trouble_v as_o also_o less_o profit_n be_v reproach_v to_o the_o idle_a servant_n usury_n in_o that_o place_n be_v take_v in_o a_o good_a sense_n as_o interpreter_n observe_v it_o have_v then_o be_v a_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o put_v out_o money_n have_v it_o be_v usury_n so_o to_o do_v express_o against_o law_n christ_n so_o zealous_a in_o the_o reform_a of_o other_o disorder_n have_v never_o pass_v so_o great_a a_o one_o in_o silence_n the_o three_o place_n matth._n the_o 21th_o and_o jo._n the_o 2._o relate_v the_o execution_n do_v by_o our_o saviour_n upon_o the_o banker_n in_o the_o temple_n have_v scarce_o a_o shadow_n of_o difficulty_n that_o comportment_n of_o he_o have_v proceed_v from_o the_o abhorrence_n not_o of_o usury_n but_o of_o the_o profanation_n of_o the_o temple_n as_o appear_v from_o his_o word_n make_v not_o the_o house_n of_o my_o father_n a_o house_n of_o trading_n st._n paul_n in_o his_o first_o to_o the_o corinthian_n chap._n 6._o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o exclude_v from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n specify_v thief_n and_o avaricious_a but_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o the_o putter_n out_o of_o money_n the_o true_a son_n of_o usury_n be_v comprehend_v in_o theft_n and_o avarice_n for_o avarice_n be_v the_o parent_n of_o extortion_n fraud_n and_o other_o unlawful_a deal_n and_o therefore_o extortioner_n be_v name_v there_o for_o such_o be_v the_o violence_n of_o avarice_n where_o it_o reign_v that_o it_o murder_v all_o thought_n of_o charity_n and_o breed_v such_o a_o passion_n for_o lucre_n that_o it_o catch_v at_o all_o mean_n just_o or_o unjust_a and_o one_o of_o its_o proper_a effect_n questionless_a be_v usury_n a_o disposition_n of_o this_o nature_n constitute_v a_o habitual_a usurer_n its_o execution_n and_o actual_a more_o than_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v cull_v out_o of_o scripture_n as_o to_o the_o true_a conception_n of_o usury_n so_o frequent_o and_o severe_o reprove_v by_o holy_a father_n out_o of_o who_o monsieur_n du_n tertre_n have_v hand_v the_o choice_a place_n to_o i_o wherefore_o my_o next_o work_n be_v to_o give_v they_o their_o true_a construction_n that_o by_o mistake_n they_o may_v not_o work_v upon_o the_o weak_a art_fw-la iii_o of_o the_o case_n as_o to_o church_n testimony_n of_o father_n council_n and_o pope_n answer_v chap._n xiii_o citation_n of_o the_o latin_a father_n as_o beyond_o all_o doubt_n holy_a father_n be_v give_v to_o the_o church_n for_o interpreter_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n and_o true_a sense_n of_o scripture_n so_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n interpret_v they_o and_o be_v to_o be_v their_o final_a rule_n and_o judge_n as_o well_o as_o we_o some_o thing_n be_v speak_v by_o they_o orator_n like_a other_o dogmatical_o dictate_v of_o the_o first_o nature_n be_v no_o way_n obligatory_a saying_n of_o the_o second_o be_v yet_o no_o far_o bind_v than_o the_o church_n accept_v of_o they_o i_o say_v not_o this_o that_o i_o meet_v with_o any_o one_o quotation_n that_o condemn_v the_o common_a practice_n but_o only_o to_o give_v a_o true_a account_n how_o far_o their_o authority_n reach_v they_o general_o run_v down_o usury_n viz._n either_o take_v interest_n for_o lend_v or_o extortion_n and_o he_o that_o put_v out_o his_o money_n at_o reasonable_a rate_n can_v be_v say_v to_o receive_v mere_o for_o lend_v or_o to_o extort_v a_o regard_n also_o be_v to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o time_n and_o circumstance_n in_o which_o they_o write_v money_n then_o run_v at_o cent._n per_fw-la cent._n and_o heathenish_a custom_n of_o exact_v upon_o the_o poor_a still_o be_v in_o vogue_n these_o reason_n may_v influence_n their_o zeal_n and_o give_v fire_n to_o their_o vehement_a expression_n and_o though_o chief_a respect_n be_v to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o primitive_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o we_o be_v not_o to_o lose_v the_o esteem_n due_a to_o those_o who_o according_a to_o the_o apostle_n god_n have_v place_v in_o his_o church_n from_o time_n to_o time_n to_o succeed_v they_o nor_o ought_v they_o to_o be_v slight_v with_o the_o lessen_v character_n of_o a_o few_o casuist_n as_o du_fw-fr tertre_fw-fr make_v bold_a to_o do_v the_o casuist_n be_v divine_v neither_o a_o few_o but_o the_o great_a part_n and_o the_o learn_a on_o which_o we_o ground_n ourselves_o as_o to_o the_o case_n the_o holy_a father_n most_o quote_v be_v st._n amb._n in_o his_o book_n upon_o tobias_n the_o title_n of_o his_o 14._o chap._n be_v de_fw-fr vsura_fw-la divina_fw-la lege_fw-la prohibita_fw-la of_o usury_n forbid_v by_o the_o divine_a law_n there_o he_o thus_o define_v quod_fw-la cunque_fw-la sorti_fw-la accedit_fw-la vsura_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la velis_fw-la ei_fw-la nomen_fw-la imponas_fw-la whatever_o accrue_v to_o the_o principal_a be_v usury_n call_v it_o as_o you_o please_v and_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n expound_v that_o passage_n of_o deut._n non_fw-la feneraberis_fw-la fratti_fw-la tuo_fw-la sed_fw-la alieno_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o lend_v money_n for_o usury_n to_o thy_o brother_n but_o to_o the_o stranger_n quis_fw-la erat_fw-la say_v he_o tunc_fw-la alienegena_n nisi_fw-la amalec_fw-la nisi_fw-la amorrhaeus_n nisi_fw-la hostess_fw-la ibi_fw-la usuram_fw-la exige_fw-la cvi_fw-la merito_fw-la nocere_fw-la desideras_fw-la cvi_fw-la jure_fw-la inferuntur_fw-la arma_fw-la huic_fw-la legitime_fw-la indicantur_fw-la vsura_a ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la usuram_fw-la exige_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la crimen_fw-la occidere_fw-la vbi_fw-la jus_fw-la belli_fw-la ibi_fw-la etiam_fw-la jus_fw-la usurae_fw-la who_o be_v then_o the_o stranger_n but_o amalec_n but_o the_o amorrhaeans_n but_o a_o enemy_n from_o he_o who_o just_o thou_o desire_v to_o harm_n exact_v usury_n take_v usury_n from_o he_o who_o it_o be_v not_o a_o crime_n to_o kill_v where_o there_o be_v right_o to_o war_n there_o then_o be_v right_o to_o usury_n so_o far_o st_n amb._n after_o his_o eloquent_a manner_n in_o a_o transport_v of_o zeal_n for_o these_o word_n of_o he_o contain_v much_o matter_n of_o