iIo The order oftke wile" delayanykindeofreaitution, fromone day to another. Prou.3 .28. SayNot to thy neigbbotir,Depart,andcome againe,tomorrow I willpayyon,when thoumaill doe it tben.Pfaltn.37. z i .7hewickedman borrovet b, and/mini; not againe,bou Mc rig"hteousùmercifull,and lendeth. 7. TopraCtife vfurie.Pfal z 5.5.whicb bathnotput bis money tovfurie. Exod.2 5. Iftbou lendeli money tomypeople, to theporemanwhichdtvelleth with thee, bee not tohimasNV vfiirer, lay not vfierie vponhint. Vfurieisa gaine exatiledby couenant,aboue the principall onely in lue,and recornpence ofthe lendingofit. Vfurie being confidered as it isthus defcri- bed,is quitecontrary toGods worde, and mayvery fitly bee tearmed biting lucre. Exod.zza4. /Toy, man bathborrowed any thingofanother,wbatfoeuer is bur't ordiethifthe owner ofthe thingbee not prefent, let himbee recompenfed. I T. Thebe prefent,recompence him not : ifit behiredfar price,it fildfor the fame price.Ezek.i 8.8. Hebathnotgimentovfurie, neither bath taken increafi. z.Cor.8.15.ATeither isit that other;Foci:Amidbeeafid,andyottgrieffedA+But wpm like conditionat this time,your abundancefupplieththeir lack:, that alfi theirabundancemaybeforyour lack!. : that theremaybe equalitie. And this vfurie , pofitiue lawes doe not onely refiraine, but not allow. Qua. Is it not law full to takeat force timeaboue the principali?eAnfwer. Yes furely,withthefe conditions: I. Ifaman takeheed that heexit& nothing, but thatwhich his debtercan get bygood and lawfull meanes. I J. Hee may :not take morethen. the gaine, naynot all thegaine, nor thatpart of thegaine which drinkethvp the lining ofhim that vfeth the money. I I I. Hoe mull lometiniesbee fofarre from taking gaine, that hemuffnot require théprinci- pall,ifhis debut be by ineuitable and iufl cafualties brought behinde,and it be alloptaine that he could not malte,nonot by great diligence, anycommoditie ofthe money borrowed. The reafons whya man may take fometimes abone -the priticiall, are ; î. That which the debtor mayglue, having himfelfe ata honeft gaine beiides,andnomananywaits endomaged,that thecreditormay fafely receitie. 2. It is connenient, that he which bath money lent him, and gainech by it, fhould (flew all poffible gratitude to him, bywhole goods he is inriched. 3. it isoften Qarthebenefit ofthe creclitor,tohaue thegoods inhis owne hands whichhelent. Obieji. Money is not finitfull , therefore it is vnlawfhll to receive more then wee lent out. Anfroer. Albeit money in itfelfe bee not fruitfull,yet it is made very fruitfull by theborrowers gooclvfi,as groundis,which is not fink- full,except it betilled. . Laft ofall,when aman detaineththe labourers wages.Iann.5.4.Behold, the hire ofthe labourers( which balm reapedyourfields,which ireyoukept backe fiaud)crieth,andthe crierofthemwhich hole reaped, are entredinto the eares of the Lordofhaafh. Vniutt dealingout ofbar9.,,aining,is likewifemanifold : I. To pronounce falfc fentenceor iudgement for a rewarder either profited ,or promifed.E- fay,
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