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The Debt Book

Published: 1625
Length: 26,918 words
Reading: ~2 hours
Divisions: 20

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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.

London Printed by R. B[adger] and G. M[iller] for Robert Bird, and are to be sold in Cheap-side at the signe of the Bible 1625.

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DedicationTO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY Prince CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of great Brittaine, France and Ireland,…
Table of contentsTHE Contents of the Chapters in this Treatiſe, vpon Rom. 13. 8. Owe nothing to any man, but this, that ye…
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Chapter 1CHAP. I. The words opened; and a diſcourſe touching Debts in generall, with reaſons why we ſhould not…
Chapter 2CHAP. 2. That we ſhould owe no man any thing.
Chapter 3CHAP. 3. The diuiſion of debts, and of the first kinde of debts, impoſed by others, namely, Haereditary.

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Chapter 6CHAP. 6. Of Debts to the poore.
Chapter 7CHAP. 7. Of Debts procured by our ſelues: and first of neceſſary Debts.
Chapter 8CHAP. 8. Of Voluntary Debts, tranſient and permanent.
Chapter 9CHAP. 9. A confutation of ſuch Apologies as men plead for their continuing in debt.
Chapter 10CHAP. 10. Directions for auoiding of Debt that it breake not vpon our estate.
Chapter 11CHAP. 10. Directions how to get out of Debt, if wee be already intangled.
Chapter 12CHAP. 12. Of the ſacred Debt of Loue, that we ought to loue one another, and why?
Chapter 13CHAP. 13. Of the diuerſities of loue, and of the nature of Chriſtian religious loue, towards one another.
Chapter 14CHAP. 14. The qualities of religious Loue.
Chapter 15CHAP. 15. The effect of loue, with rules to diſpenſe the fruits thereof, and a complaint for the neglect of…
Chapter 16CHAP. 16. That loue is a fulfilling of the Law according to the meaſure of it, and that yet hence it doth…
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Author: Henry Wilkinson Sr (1566–1647)
Imprint: London Printed by R. B[adger] and G. M[iller] for Robert Bird, and are to be sold in Cheap-side at the signe of the Bible 1625.
Extent: [16], 144 [i.e. 140], [2] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 25646 · ESTC S114431
Source: TCP A15369
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

The Debt Book

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