LEADER 02822nam 2200433 n 450 001 996391073303316 005 20221108104702.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000667213 035 $a(EEBO)2264207741 035 $a(UnM)99828213 035 $a(UnM)9927812900971 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000667213 100 $a19950404d1679 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 00$aUsury stated overthrown: or, usuries champions with their auxiliaries, shamefully disarmed and beaten$b[electronic resource] $eby an answer to its chief champion, which lately apeared in print to defend it. And Godliness epitomized by Christopher Jelinger, M.A. Beza upon Matth. May a man with a safe conscience lend upon usury? No surely. And holy Usher, Arch-Bishop of Armagh, in his Body of divinity, pag. 300. Q. What is that which we call usury? It is lending in expectation of certain gain. So he well stateth it against usury ill stated by T. P. Q. What do you think of it? If we speak of that properly, which the scripture condemneth, it is a most wicked and unlawful contract; which if we live and die in, without repentance, we are excluded out of the Kingdom of Heaven. Psal. 15.1,5. Ezek. 18.12,13. and chap. 22. But there is much questioning, which is that usury which the scripture condemneth. Therefore it will be our wisdom wholly to forbear it, and not to put our souls, which are of more value than the whole world, upon nice discourses, and subtil distinctions. Thus this holy man 210 $aLondon $cprinted for J. Wright, at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill, and J. Sampson, next the Wonder-Tavern in Ludgate-Street$d[1679?] 215 $a[30], 242, 161-285, [3] p 300 $aA reply to: T. P.'s "Usury stated" of 1679, which in turn was an attack on Jelinger's original treatise against usury, "Usury cast", published in 1676 as part of his "Three treatises". Cf. Wing P122 and Wing J547. 300 $aPublication date conjectured by Wing. 300 $aLast leaf blank. 300 $aWith an index, pp. 277-283. 300 $aLacking signatures S-Z; text apparently complete. 300 $aCopy cataloged mis-printed: p. 283 between pp. 281-282. 300 $aReproduction of the original in the Goldsmith's Company Library, University of London. 330 $aeebo-0058 606 $aUsury$vControversial literature$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aInterest rates$zEngland$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aUsury 615 0$aInterest rates 700 $aJelinger$b Christopher$0845473 801 0$bCu-RivES 801 1$bCu-RivES 801 2$bCStRLIN 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996391073303316 996 $aUsury stated overthrown: or, usuries champions with their auxiliaries, shamefully disarmed and beaten$92341643 997 $aUNISA