“Here there is an evil grant to either, to giver and to recipient.  To the latter, it brings ruin on his property; to the former, on his soul.  The husbandman, when he has the ear in store, does not search also for the seed beneath the root; you both possess the fruit and cannot keep your hands from the principal.  You plant where there is no ground.  You reap where there has been no sowing.  For whom you are gathering you cannot tell.  The man from whom usury wrings tears is manifest enough; but it is doubtful who is destined to enjoy the results of the superfluity.  You have laid up in store for yourself the trouble that results from your iniquity, but it is uncertain whether you will not leave the use of your wealth to others.  Therefore, ‘from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away;’ Matt. v. 42. and do not give your money upon usury.  Learn from both Old and New Testament what is profitable for you, and so depart hence with good hope to your Lord; in Him you will receive the interest of your good deeds,—in Jesus Christ our Lord to Whom be glory and might for ever and ever, Amen.”