To the Kings most excellent Maiestie. The humble petition of two sisters the Church and Common-wealth: for the restoring of their ancient commons and liberties, which late inclosure with depopulation, vncharitably hath taken away: containing seuen reasons as euidences for the same.
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             To the Kings most excellent Maiestie. The humble petition of two sisters the Church and Common-wealth: for the restoring of their ancient commons and liberties, which late inclosure with depopulation, vncharitably hath taken away: containing seuen reasons as euidences for the same.
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             To
             the
             Kings
             most
             excellent
             Maiestie
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           HVMBLE
           PETITION
           OF
           TWO
           SISTERS
           ;
           THE
           CHVRCH
           AND
           Common-wealth
           :
           For
           the
           restoring
           of
           their
           ancient
           
             Commons
             and
             liberties
             ,
             which
             late
          
           Inclosure
           with
           depopulation
           ,
           
             vncharitably
             hath
             taken
          
           away
           :
           Containing
           seuen
           reasons
           as
           euidences
           for
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             PROV
             .
             14.
             28.
             
          
           In
           the
           multitude
           of
           the
           people
           is
           the
           honour
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           want
           of
           people
           ,
           commeth
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Prince
           .
        
         
           LONDINI
           ,
           Impensis
           GEORGII
           BISHOP
           .
           1604.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               TENEZ
               LE
               VRAY
            
             
               Exlibris
               Bibliothecoe
               Domesticoe
               RICHARDI
               TOWNELEY
               de
               Tonmeley
               In
               Agro
               Lancastrensi
               Armigeri
               Anno
               Aetatis
               .
               73
               Domin
               〈…〉
               702
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           MOST
           HIGH
           AND
           MIGHTIE
           PRINCE
           IAMES
           ,
           BY
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THat
           saying
           of
           Queene
           Hester
           to
           the
           most
           famous
           King
           Ahashuerosh
           ,
           (
           most
           dread
           Soueraigne
           )
           doth
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           enforce
           me
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           my
           humble
           Petition
           to
           your
           Highnesse
           :
           
             If
             we
             were
             sold
             to
             bee
             bondslaues
             ,
             or
             handmaides
          
           
           (
           saith
           shee
           )
           
             I
             would
             haue
             held
             my
             tongue
             ,
             although
             the
             aduersary
             
             could
             neuer
             recompence
             the
             King
             this
             losse
             :
             But
             let
             my
             life
          
           
           
             be
             giuen
             me
             at
             my
             request
             ,
             and
             my
             peoples
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           mightie
           Thorne
           sprung
           vp
           of
           late
           ,
           in
           diuers
           places
           of
           this
           Realme
           ,
           like
           to
           that
           cruell
           Haman
           ;
           which
           doeth
           not
           onely
           goe
           about
           to
           impouerish
           your
           Maiesties
           Subiects
           ,
           but
           quite
           to
           roote
           them
           out
           :
           I
           meane
           Inclosure
           of
           Fields
           and
           Commons
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Lords
           of
           Manours
           ,
           and
           Freeholders
           will
           haue
           all
           their
           landes
           which
           haue
           heeretofore
           lien
           open
           ,
           and
           in
           Common
           ,
           (
           so
           that
           the
           poore
           might
           enter
           Common
           with
           them
           )
           now
           laid
           together
           in
           seuerall
           .
           And
           hereby
           the
           poore
           cannot
           enioy
           their
           ancient
           Commons
           and
           liberties
           .
           And
           this
           cankred
           Thorne
           also
           deuoureth
           Gods
           people
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           inheritance
           ,
           as
           the
           Psalme
           teacheth
           vs
           ,
           
             Aske
             ofme
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             &
             I
             will
             giue
          
           
           
             thee
             the
             people
             for
             thine
             inheritance
             ,
             
             &c.
             and
             the
             vttermost
             parts
             of
             the
             earth
             for
             thy
             possession
             .
          
           Inclosers
           to
           maintaine
           their
           owne
           inheritances
           ,
           doe
           make
           no
           conscience
           to
           impaire
           this
           inheritance
           .
           Where
           God
           
           hath
           beene
           
             praised
             with
             many
             mouthes
          
           ,
           there
           now
           shreeking
           Owles
           ,
           and
           other
           vncleane
           birds
           make
           their
           nestes
           .
        
         
           It
           dishonoreth
           also
           your
           Maiesty
           ,
           and
           weakeneth
           your
           Highnesse
           power
           .
           For
           ,
           
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             people
             is
             the
          
           
           
             honour
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             saith
          
           Salomon
           ,
           
             and
             for
             want
             of
             people
             commeth
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Prince
             .
          
           But
           this
           Inclosure
           where
           it
           commeth
           ,
           dispeoples
           Townes
           ,
           as
           common
           experience
           lamentably
           teacheth
           .
           And
           whereas
           your
           Maiestie
           might
           haue
           had
           great
           choice
           of
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           able
           men
           for
           seruice
           in
           warre
           (
           if
           neede
           required
           )
           now
           there
           is
           almost
           none
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           but
           a
           Sheepheard
           and
           his
           dogge
           .
           This
           Inclosure
           
           also
           hurteth
           the
           commonwealth
           :
           
             For
             where
             no
             oxen
             are
             ,
             there
             the
             cribbe
             is
             emptie
             ,
             (
             saith
          
           Salomon
           )
           
           
             but
             much
             increase
             commeth
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             oxe
             .
          
           But
           inclosure
           decareth
           Tellage
           ,
           and
           turneth
           good
           arable
           land
           to
           Pasture
           .
           These
           Inclosers
           thinke
           that
           the
           gaine
           of
           their
           Pastures
           ,
           eaten
           with
           sheepe
           ,
           commeth
           more
           easily
           to
           them
           than
           being
           tilled
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           will
           neither
           plowe
           nor
           sowe
           themselues
           ,
           nor
           let
           their
           land
           to
           such
           as
           would
           till
           it
           :
           and
           so
           by
           this
           meanes
           they
           bring
           a
           dearth
           upon
           this
           Land
           ,
           
             which
             is
             one
             of
             Gods
          
           
           plagues
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           Cities
           and
           Townes
           Corporate
           are
           maintained
           by
           the
           Countrey
           :
           For
           the
           plowe
           maintaines
           all
           trades
           ,
           as
           Mercers
           ,
           Grocers
           ,
           Tanners
           ,
           shooemakers
           ,
           Glouers
           ,
           Smiths
           ,
           Taylors
           ,
           Ioyners
           ,
           Carpenters
           &c.
           
           But
           since
           Inclosure
           began
           ,
           all
           these
           Artificers
           prooue
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           
           haue
           such
           vtterance
           and
           returne
           for
           their
           wares
           as
           heretofore
           :
           because
           that
           husbandmen
           were
           wont
           to
           maintaine
           many
           seruants
           ,
           which
           did
           yeerely
           buy
           their
           wares
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           multitude
           of
           seruants
           inclosure
           needes
           not
           .
           Oh
           Inclosure
           then
           ,
           to
           be
           hated
           of
           all
           Gods
           children
           ,
           which
           deuoureth
           their
           fathers
           inheritance
           !
           and
           to
           be
           detested
           of
           all
           your
           Maiesties
           faithfull
           subiects
           ,
           which
           dishonoureth
           your
           Highnes
           ,
           by
           diminishing
           the
           people
           of
           your
           land
           ,
           and
           procureth
           your
           Maiesties
           destruction
           (
           as
           saith
           Salomon
           )
           and
           to
           be
           abhorred
           of
           all
           true
           harted
           English
           men
           ,
           which
           bringeth
           afamine
           ,
           one
           of
           Gods
           plagues
           vpon
           this
           our
           Common
           wealth
           .
           Nay
           ,
           which
           goeth
           about
           to
           impouerish
           our
           Grand
           mothers
           and
           most
           famous
           Cities
           .
        
         
           I
           knowe
           ,
           Inclosers
           can
           vrge
           many
           plausible
           reasons
           for
           themselues
           ,
           but
           their
           reasons
           are
           humane
           ,
           and
           not
           
           grounded
           on
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           These
           dangerous
           and
           desperate
           effects
           so
           apparantly
           spreading
           both
           into
           the
           hart
           of
           Gods
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           inforceth
           me
           ,
           humbly
           to
           present
           this
           my
           Petition
           to
           your
           most
           sacred
           Maiestie
           ,
           with
           these
           reasons
           against
           Inclosure
           .
           Least
           by
           holding
           my
           peace
           ,
           and
           suffering
           the
           Lords
           inheritance
           to
           
           be
           impaired
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           condemned
           at
           that
           day
           as
           an
           vniust
           Steward
           :
           and
           seeing
           your
           Maiesties
           power
           to
           be
           diminished
           ,
           and
           not
           giuing
           warning
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           reputed
           a
           faithlesse
           subiect
           to
           your
           Highnesse
           :
           and
           perceiuing
           the
           Common
           wealth
           hereby
           to
           be
           damnified
           and
           halfe
           beggered
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           esteemed
           an
           vnnaturall
           childe
           ,
           to
           this
           my
           most
           louing
           mother
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           also
           incouraged
           with
           confidence
           of
           your
           Gracious
           acceptance
           of
           this
           my
           humble
           suite
           ,
           with
           that
           
             (
             Mashall
          
           )
           your
           Maiesties
           godly
           and
           golden
           
           saying
           ,
           to
           your
           Princely
           sonne
           ,
           that
           hee
           should
           bee
           the
           poore
           mans
           King.
           The
           cure
           of
           this
           canker
           ,
           and
           the
           rooting
           out
           of
           this
           thorne
           ,
           will
           make
           glad
           your
           poore
           subiects
           hearts
           .
           For
           as
           we
           reade
           ,
           
             Salomons
             subiects
             were
             as
             many
             in
             number
             as
             the
             sand
             of
             the
          
           
           
             Sea
             ,
             eating
             drinking
             and
             making
             merrie
          
           ;
           And
           at
           this
           marke
           shoulde
           Christian
           Kings
           aime
           ,
           that
           their
           subiects
           should
           doe
           the
           like
           .
           But
           inclosure
           diminisheth
           the
           number
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           killeth
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           abridgeth
           both
           their
           mirth
           and
           maintenance
           :
           And
           your
           Maiestie
           being
           a
           second
           Salomon
           in
           this
           our
           Israel
           ,
           I
           most
           humblie
           craue
           your
           gracious
           and
           tender
           care
           heereof
           ,
           in
           your
           sacred
           session
           and
           high
           court
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           for
           that
           all
           your
           afflicted
           subiects
           ,
           are
           ready
           to
           crie
           with
           the
           Prophet
           .
           
             It
             is
             high
             time
             for
          
           
           
             thee
             Lord
             to
             lay
             to
             thine
             hand
             ,
             for
             they
             haue
             destroied
             thy
             law
             ,
          
           which
           
           is
           christian
           charitie
           .
           The
           Lord
           Iesus
           blesse
           your
           Maiestie
           with
           a
           long
           and
           prosperous
           raigne
           ,
           to
           the
           glorie
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           encrease
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           benefit
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           for
           his
           glorious
           names
           sake
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Maiesties
             most
             humble
             subiect
             ,
             FRANCIS
             TRIGGE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           GOod
           Christian
           Reader
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           seeme
           to
           thee
           ouer
           bitter
           or
           sharpe
           ,
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           thee
           to
           consider
           with
           thy selfe
           ,
           that
           ,
           that
           purgation
           which
           Galen
           the
           prince
           of
           Physitions
           commonly
           vsed
           ,
           was
           called
           Hiera-picra
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           holy-bitter
           ;
           And
           such
           also
           are
           Iesus
           Christs
           medicines
           ,
           which
           he
           applieth
           to
           our
           sicke
           soules
           :
           and
           that
           this
           is
           a
           canker
           that
           I
           goe
           about
           to
           cure
           ,
           &
           therfore
           as
           Chirurgerie
           teacheth
           ,
           lenitiues
           will
           doe
           no
           good
           ,
           but
           rather
           increase
           the
           venome
           thereof
           .
           Nay
           I
           beseech
           thee
           consider
           ,
           that
           I
           deale
           with
           the
           root
           of
           all
           euill
           ,
           couetousnesse
           ;
           and
           with
           that
           noisome
           pestilence
           that
           raigneth
           now
           in
           our
           age
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           Ieremie
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           had
           need
           of
           a
           sharpe
           hatchet
           ,
           to
           cut
           vp
           that
           root
           ,
           and
           of
           some
           forcible
           
           Mithridate
           to
           preserue
           frō
           that
           plague
           :
           of
           whose
           effects
           and
           infection
           and
           cure
           ,
           Ieremy
           writes
           thus
           :
           
             I
             will
             giue
             their
             wiues
          
           
           
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             their
             fields
             to
             heires
             ;
             for
             euery
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             euen
             from
             the
             least
             to
             the
             greatest
             ,
             is
             giuen
             to
             couetousnesse
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Prophet
             to
             the
             Priest
             ,
             euery
             one
             dealeth
             falsly
             .
          
           Here
           first
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           this
           noisome
           plague
           of
           couetousnesse
           ,
           that
           their
           wiues
           were
           giuen
           to
           others
           and
           their
           fields
           to
           heires
           :
           Here
           is
           also
           the
           infection
           or
           cause
           of
           these
           effects
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           all
           giuen
           to
           couetousnes
           &
           they
           all
           deale
           falsely
           .
           It
           is
           reported
           that
           we
           haue
           tasted
           those
           former
           fruits
           &
           effects
           ,
           for
           there
           died
           of
           the
           late
           plague
           many
           moe
           men
           than
           women
           :
           and
           is
           it
           not
           likely
           that
           the
           same
           effects
           sprong
           from
           the
           same
           roote
           ?
           and
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           let
           vs
           all
           beware
           of
           couetousnesse
           and
           falsehoode
           in
           our
           dealing
           .
           But
           the
           true
           cure
           of
           this
           plague
           which
           followes
           in
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           is
           taught
           vs
           by
           the
           contrary
           .
           
             For
             they
             haue
             cured
             the
             hurt
             of
             the
             daughters
             of
             my
             people
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           with
           
           
             sweete
             words
             ,
             saying
             peace
             peace
             when
             as
             there
             was
             no
             peace
             .
          
           Gods
           Ministers
           must
           
           cure
           this
           plague
           not
           with
           oyle
           :
           but
           with
           sharpe
           wine
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           here
           speake
           faire
           ,
           if
           they
           meane
           to
           doe
           any
           good
           ,
           but
           thunder
           .
           And
           therefore
           those
           nice
           eares
           that
           cannot
           abide
           their
           thunder
           ,
           shall
           die
           of
           this
           plague
           ,
           and
           perish
           in
           their
           sinnes
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           through
           humaine
           frailtie
           ,
           any
           faults
           haue
           escaped
           (
           as
           who
           is
           it
           that
           erres
           not
           ?
           )
           remember
           that
           lesson
           which
           nature
           teacheth
           ;
           That
           of
           all
           liuing
           creatures
           man
           doth
           most
           often
           twinckle
           with
           his
           eyes
           ,
           to
           teach
           him
           not
           to
           be
           a
           rigorous
           censurer
           of
           his
           brethren
           .
           Ponder
           wisely
           ,
           iudge
           charitable
           ,
           pardon
           curteously
           ,
           and
           if
           thou
           be
           sicke
           of
           this
           disease
           ,
           repent
           speedily
           .
           For
           God
           shakes
           his
           rodde
           ouer
           thy
           head
           euen
           now
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           draweth
           nigh
           .
        
         
           
             Thine
             in
             the
             Lord
             F.
             T.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           BRIEFE
           OF
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OF
           THIS
           TREATISE
           .
        
         
           
             1
             IT
             decaieth
             Tillage
             .
          
           
             2
             It
             dispeopleth
             Townes
             .
          
           
             3
             It
             is
             against
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             the
             Iewes
             .
          
           
             4
             It
             is
             against
             the
             state
             of
             Christs
             Church
             .
          
           
             5
             It
             is
             against
             Christian
             charitie
             .
          
           
             6
             It
             is
             against
             the
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             auncient
             liberties
             and
             customes
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             7
             Inclosure
             with
             depopulation
             is
             a
             sinne
             whereof
             God
             shall
             make
             especiall
             inquiry
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Iudgement
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           HVMBLE
           PETITION
           OF
           THE
           Church
           and
           common
           wealth
           ,
           with
           
             reasons
             out
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             against
             late
             inclosure
             and
             Depopulation
             of
             Townes
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             preoccupation
             of
             an
             obiection
             .
          
           
             WHereas
             this
             present
             treatise
             tendeth
             to
             the
             staying
             and
             decaying
             of
             Inclosure
             ;
             it
             is
             to
             be
             obserued
             and
             noted
             (
             most
             dread
             Soueraigne
             )
             that
             héere
             first
             I
             speake
             against
             late
             Inclosure
             ,
             not
             condemning
             the
             Inclosure
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
               Hartfordshire
               ,
               Deuonshire
            
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Woodland
             Countries
             ;
             wherein
             the
             beginning
             ,
             if
             the
             Woods
             had
             not
             béen
             inclosed
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             haue
             béene
             preserued
             ;
             and
             so
             as
             it
             may
             séeme
             ,
             the
             Inclosures
             there
             of
             necessitie
             haue
             euer
             
             since
             beene
             continued
             :
             for
             there
             ,
             euerie
             Lordship
             is
             charitably
             diuided
             amōgst
             the
             Tenants
             ,
             and
             tillage
             also
             in
             most
             of
             their
             Closes
             is
             maintained
             ,
             &
             Townes
             nothing
             d●speopled
             :
             although
             those
             Woodland
             and
             inclosed
             countries
             bee
             not
             so
             populous
             as
             other
             countries
             are
             .
             But
             I
             condemne
             our
             couetous
             &
             new
             deuised
             ●●closurs
             ,
             which
             cōuert
             champian
             and
             fruitfull
             soiles
             ,
             being
             good
             arrable
             ground
             ,
             to
             pasture
             ;
             casting
             halfe
             a
             cornefield
             to
             a
             sheepes
             pasture
             .
             And
             so
             thereby
             diminish
             Gods
             people
             ,
             and
             depopulate
             
             townes
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             ioine
             depopulation
             of
             towns
             ,
             and
             this
             new
             kind
             of
             Inclosure
             together
             :
             because
             the
             one
             of
             them
             doth
             follow
             the
             other
             commonly
             ,
             euen
             as
             necessarilie
             as
             the
             shadow
             doth
             the
             body
             :
             for
             although
             in
             some
             places
             where
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             put
             in
             practise
             (
             as
             our
             Inclosers
             can
             cunningly
             affirme
             )
             that
             all
             the
             houses
             remaine
             that
             haue
             been
             :
             yet
             there
             be
             not
             so
             many
             people
             in
             them
             as
             hath
             beene
             :
             because
             that
             tillage
             ,
             by
             meanes
             of
             their
             Inclosure
             is
             decaied
             ,
             which
             required
             many
             moe
             seruants
             to
             
             accomplish
             it
             ,
             then
             their
             pastures
             will
             doe
             to
             looke
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             thirdly
             ,
             whereas
             Inclosers
             distinguish
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             Inclosure
             ,
             but
             the
             couetous
             minds
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             pulleth
             downe
             townes
             .
             To
             this
             I
             answere
             ,
             that
             Inclosure
             is
             the
             meanes
             to
             pull
             them
             downe
             ;
             and
             depopulations
             follow
             Inclosure
             ,
             as
             an
             accident
             inseparable
             (
             as
             the
             Logicians
             call
             it
             .
             )
             For
             marke
             it
             who
             list
             ,
             where
             this
             Inclosure
             hath
             set
             in
             foot
             ,
             they
             shall
             sée
             houses
             fallen
             downe
             ,
             and
             lie
             in
             the
             dust
             :
             and
             shall
             I
             not
             héere
             rather
             beléeue
             mine
             eyes
             than
             their
             faire
             spéeches
             ?
          
        
         
           
             The
             first
             reason
             against
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             ,
             it
             decaies
             tillage
             .
          
           
             THe
             Heathen
             euer
             made
             great
             account
             of
             Tillage
             .
             Cicero
             writeth
             thus
             of
             Husbandrie
             :
             
               That
               of
               all
               things
            
             
             
               whereby
               any
               gaine
               is
               gotten
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               more
               excellent
               than
               Tillage
               ,
               nothing
               more
               commodious
               ,
               nothing
               more
               pleasant
               ,
               and
               nothing
               more
               fit
               for
               a
               Gentleman
               .
            
             O
             that
             our
             Gentlemen
             were
             of
             his
             mind
             .
          
           
           
             The
             noble
             men
             of
             Rome
             take
             the
             names
             of
             corne
             ,
             
               as
               
                 (
                 Fabij
              
               of
               Beanes
               ,
               and
            
             )
             
             
               (
               Cicerones
               )
               
                 of
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 Pease
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   (
                   Pisones
                
                 of
                 Baking
                 .
                 They
                 which
                 were
                 married
                 ,
                 had
                 a
                 garland
                 of
                 corne
                 carried
                 before
                 them
              
            
             .
             )
             Amongst
             the
             Romanes
             also
             ,
             him
             whom
             they
             called
             
               (
               Bonum
               Colonum
               )
               
                 A
                 good
                 plowman
                 ,
                 they
                 seemed
                 to
                 praise
                 exceedingly
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 he
                 that
                 did
                 not
                 till
                 his
                 land
                 well
                 ,
                 the
                 Censors
                 punished
                 him
              
            
             .
             Such
             Censors
             were
             to
             bée
             wished
             amongst
             vs
             ,
             to
             make
             vs
             till
             our
             land
             .
             It
             was
             also
             by
             law
             enacted
             amongst
             them
             ,
             
               that
               hee
               that
               came
               to
               take
               an
               amercement
               ,
               or
               penaltie
               ,
               should
               not
               take
               an
               oxe
               before
               a
               sheepe
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             
               that
               a
               man
               stealing
               by
               night
               ,
               corne
               that
               was
               sowen
               ,
               should
               be
               put
               to
               death
               with
               greater
               seueritie
               ,
               then
               an
               homicide
               .
            
             They
             cal
             
               Glory
               Adoriam
               of
               Ador
               ,
               which
               signifies
               corne
               .
               Plinie
            
             also
             writes
             thus
             of
             
             the
             fruitfulnesse
             of
             the
             earth
             :
             
               What
               was
               the
               cause
               that
               the
               earth
               was
               so
               fruitfull
               then
               ?
               because
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               that
               then
               the
               earth
               was
               tilled
               with
               the
               hands
               of
               Emperors
               .
               And
               it
               is
               not
               amisse
               to
               thinke
               ,
               that
               the
               earth
               did
               reioice
               then
               ,
               of
               her
               coulter
               ,
               and
               share
               ,
               being
               crowned
               ,
               and
               of
               her
               Plowman
               
               being
               a
               triumphant
               Emperor
               .
               They
               were
               then
               as
               carefull
               of
               plowing
               their
               lands
               ,
               as
               of
               waging
               their
               warres
               ,
               And
               they
               did
               as
               diligently
               order
               their
               fields
               ,
               as
               their
               camps
               .
            
             The
             like
             cause
             may
             bée
             assigned
             of
             the
             barrennesse
             of
             the
             earth
             in
             our
             daies
             .
             God
             plagues
             our
             contempt
             of
             tillage
             ,
             with
             penurie
             and
             scarcitie
             .
             Gentlemen
             now
             a
             daies
             ,
             thinke
             scorne
             of
             the
             Plough
             .
          
           
             Tillage
             was
             the
             first
             worke
             ,
             that
             was
             imposed
             vpon
             man
             ,
             after
             that
             he
             was
             banished
             out
             of
             
               Paradise
               .
               And
               God
            
             
             
               sent
               man
               out
               of
               the
               garden
               of
               Eden
               
                 (
                 Langabath
              
               )
               to
               serue
               ,
               to
               waite
               vpon
               ,
               to
               till
               the
               earth
               .
            
             And
             shall
             the
             best
             of
             vs
             all
             then
             thinke
             scorne
             of
             tillage
             ?
             Also
             this
             was
             that
             gracious
             promise
             made
             vnto
             Noah
             after
             the
             flood
             ,
             
               That
               heereafter
            
             ,
             
             
               seede
               time
               and
               haruest
               ,
               cold
               and
               heat
               ,
               sommer
               and
               winter
               ,
               day
               and
               night
               shall
               not
               cease
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               the
               earth
               remaineth
               .
            
             But
             if
             all
             men
             should
             follow
             Inclosers
             steps
             ,
             why
             then
             in
             all
             townes
             we
             should
             haue
             no
             tillage
             (
             or
             very
             little
             )
             but
             all
             shéepe
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             to
             contradict
             the
             ordinance
             of
             God
             ?
             But
             tillage
             
             is
             troublesome
             vnto
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             is
             a
             more
             gaineful
             and
             easie
             way
             ,
             as
             they
             doe
             imagine
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             passe
             not
             for
             that
             .
             Let
             all
             such
             great
             sheepe-maisters
             ,
             that
             are
             decaiers
             of
             tillage
             take
             héede
             ,
             which
             will
             haue
             no
             seede
             furrowes
             ,
             nor
             haruests
             ,
             nor
             greatly
             passe
             not
             for
             them
             :
             they
             contradict
             hoerein
             Gods
             ordinance
             ,
             as
             this
             place
             prooues
             .
             And
             after
             we
             read
             of
             Noah
             (
             as
             of
             an
             obedient
             subiect
             to
             God
             héerein
             )
             thus
             .
             
               And
               Noah
               began
               to
               be
               
                 (
                 Ish
                 Haadhmah
              
            
             )
             
             that
             is
             ,
             
               a
               man
               wholy
               giuing
               himselfe
               ,
               to
               labour
               in
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               he
               planted
               a
               vineyard
               .
            
             To
             plant
             a
             vineyard
             ,
             is
             correspondent
             in
             some
             countries
             ,
             to
             our
             sowing
             of
             corne
             ,
             and
             an
             acre
             of
             Mines
             yeeldes
             better
             increase
             ,
             then
             an
             acre
             of
             our
             Corne
             ,
             as
             I
             haue
             heard
             .
             Isaak
             also
             as
             heire
             of
             Noah
             ,
             did
             follow
             his
             steps
             ,
             and
             though
             a
             straunger
             in
             Aegypt
             ,
             yet
             we
             read
             of
             him
             thus
             .
             
               And
               Isaak
               did
               sowe
               corne
               in
               that
               countrie
               ,
               and
               he
               found
               in
               that
               yeere
               an
               hundred
            
             
             
               measures
               ,
               and
               God
               blessed
               him
               .
            
             Shall
             Isaak
             sowe
             ,
             being
             a
             stranger
             in
             Aegypt
             ,
             and
             not
             wée
             at
             home
             ?
             Did
             hée
             
             finde
             an
             hundred
             measures
             for
             one
             ?
             For
             so
             Munster
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             Chalde
             
             Paraphrast
             doth
             erpound
             this
             .
             And
             shall
             we
             say
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             finde
             no
             commoditie
             by
             tillage
             ?
             And
             it
             followes
             ,
             
               God
               blessed
               him
            
             ,
             a
             blessing
             of
             God
             followes
             tillage
             .
             They
             shall
             not
             thriue
             that
             decay
             it
             ,
             as
             erperience
             teacheth
             .
             
               God
               appeated
            
             
             
               to
               Gedeon
               as
               he
               was
               threshing
               ,
               and
               appointed
               him
               Iudge
               ouer
               Israel
               :
            
             And
             doth
             not
             this
             commend
             threshing
             ?
             Elizeus
             also
             whom
             God
             did
             chuse
             to
             bee
             a
             Prophet
             in
             Eliah
             his
             roome
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             maintainer
             of
             tillage
             :
             for
             thus
             we
             reade
             .
             
               And
               Eliah
               departed
               thence
               ,
               and
               found
               Elishah
               the
               sonne
               of
               Shaphat
               :
            
             
             
               who
               was
               plowing
               with
               twelue
               yoke
               of
               oxen
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               with
               the
               twelue
               .
            
             And
             was
             not
             Elizeus
             a
             great
             husbandman
             who
             had
             twelue
             yoke
             of
             oxen
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             many
             plowes
             going
             together
             in
             his
             field
             ,
             and
             many
             plowmen
             ,
             among
             whom
             after
             hée
             deuided
             those
             
               two
               oxen
               ,
               which
               he
               killed
               ?
            
             And
             doe
             not
             all
             these
             ,
             so
             beloued
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             giuing
             themselues
             so
             greatly
             to
             tillage
             ,
             commend
             it
             vnto
             vs
             ?
             shall
             we
             prefer
             
             pasture
             ,
             and
             neglect
             this
             ?
          
           
             Master
             Camden
             writes
             ,
             
               that
               in
               England
               were
               the
               stately
               Palaces
               of
               Lady
               Ceres
               ,
            
             
             meaning
             great
             Barnes
             of
             corne
             .
             Now
             we
             may
             see
             in
             some
             places
             ,
             some
             such
             great
             Barnes
             still
             ,
             and
             Inclosers
             makes
             them
             stande
             emptie
             .
             I
             know
             ,
             whereas
             1500.
             quarters
             of
             corne
             hath
             béene
             yéerely
             growing
             :
             since
             inclosure
             hath
             beene
             practised
             ,
             there
             groweth
             not
             now
             500.
             
             And
             againe
             he
             writes
             ,
             
               that
               England
               for
               corne
               was
               the
               onely
               storehouse
               of
               all
               the
               west
               Empire
               :
               And
               that
               out
               of
               England
               yeerely
               the
               Romanes
               transported
               400.
               shippes
               ,
               bigger
               then
               barkes
               ,
               laden
               with
               corne
               to
               relieue
               their
               souldiers
               ,
               that
               lay
               on
               the
               borders
               in
               Germany
               .
            
             In
             those
             daies
             England
             was
             able
             to
             relieue
             other
             countries
             with
             corne
             :
             but
             sometime
             now
             she
             is
             glad
             to
             buie
             corne
             of
             other
             countries
             her selfe
             .
             Inclosers
             haue
             partlie
             brought
             this
             to
             passe
             ,
             who
             had
             rather
             haue
             their
             wooll-houses
             filled
             with
             wooll
             ,
             then
             their
             Barnes
             with
             corne
             .
             O
             dishonorable
             children
             to
             their
             mother
             !
          
           
             The
             Preacher
             also
             in
             his
             booke
             
             writes
             verie
             excellently
             in
             the
             commendation
             of
             tillage
             .
             
               If
               in
               a
               countrie
            
             
             (
             saith
             hée
             )
             
               thou
               seest
               the
               oppression
               of
               the
               poore
               ,
               and
               the
               defrawding
               of
               iudgment
               and
               iustice
               ,
               be
               not
               afraide
               at
               the
               matter
               ,
               for
               hee
               that
               is
               higher
               then
               the
               highest
               ,
               regardeth
               ,
               and
               there
               be
               higher
               then
               they
               .
               And
               the
               aboundance
               of
               the
               earth
               is
               ouer
               all
               ,
               the
               King
               also
               consists
               of
               the
               field
               that
               is
               tilled
               .
               Salomon
            
             giueth
             an
             Item
             to
             all
             that
             deale
             hardly
             with
             the
             poore
             :
             
               how
               that
               the
               God
               of
               heauen
               beholdeth
               :
            
             Nay
             
               (
               Shomer
            
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             ,
             that
             is
             )
             
               marketh
               and
               keepeth
               in
               memorie
            
             all
             their
             dealings
             .
             
               And
               that
               the
               tillage
               of
               the
               earth
               surpasseth
               all
               ,
               and
               that
               euen
               the
               King
               thereby
               is
               maintained
               :
            
             by
             the
             foode
             that
             it
             ministreth
             ,
             to
             strengthen
             his
             people
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             multitude
             of
             valiant
             souldiers
             it
             affordeth
             for
             his
             warres
             .
             For
             as
             Plinie
             writes
             ,
             
               Most
               strong
               and
               valiant
               souldiers
            
             
             
               are
               made
               of
               husbandmen
               ,
               and
               come
               foorth
               of
               the
               countrie
               ,
               and
               which
               thinke
               no
               harme
               .
            
             And
             shall
             wée
             deale
             hardly
             with
             those
             ,
             that
             must
             fight
             and
             aduenture
             their
             liues
             for
             vs
             ?
             And
             shall
             wée
             not
             maintaine
             
             tillage
             ,
             the
             honorable
             mother
             of
             chiualrie
             ?
             Lechem
             in
             Hebrew
             signifies
             bread
             ,
             and
             Lacham
             to
             fight
             :
             They
             therfore
             which
             destroy
             bread
             ,
             destroy
             chiualry
             .
             Nay
             ,
             how
             can
             any
             christian
             truly
             say
             the
             Lords
             prayer
             ,
             and
             pray
             ,
             Giue
             
             
               vs
               this
               day
               our
               daily
               bread
               ▪
            
             that
             decaieth
             tillage
             ?
             Will
             he
             pray
             for
             bread
             ,
             and
             not
             vse
             the
             ordinary
             meanes
             to
             haue
             bread
             ,
             which
             is
             tillage
             ?
             This
             is
             plainely
             
               to
               tempt
               God.
            
             Will
             he
             haue
             God
             feede
             vs
             miraculously
             ,
             
               with
               Manna
            
             ,
             as
             hee
             did
             
             Israel
             in
             the
             wildernes
             ?
             In
             Canaan
             God
             
             will
             haue
             plowing
             and
             sowing
             vsed
             :
             
               And
               therefore
               after
               the
               children
               of
               Israel
               came
               into
               the
               lande
               of
               Canaan
               ,
            
             
             
               Manna
               ceased
            
             .
          
           
             That
             historie
             also
             of
             the
             plague
             in
             King
             Dauids
             daies
             ,
             must
             teach
             vs
             some
             
             thing
             :
             and
             therein
             ,
             that
             is
             especially
             to
             be
             marked
             ,
             
               to
               build
               an
               Altar
               ,
               in
               the
               threshing
               floore
               of
               Araunah
               .
            
             It
             should
             seeme
             that
             God
             loues
             threshing
             flooers
             ,
             and
             there
             hée
             will
             be
             praised
             .
             But
             Inclosure
             decaieth
             tillage
             ,
             and
             therefore
             God
             is
             not
             praised
             in
             our
             threshing
             fl●oers
             .
          
           
           
             This
             may
             be
             a
             cause
             of
             the
             plague
             
             amongst
             vs
             euen
             now
             .
             
               Let
               vs
               erect
               Altars
               in
               the
               threshing
               flooers
               of
               Araunah
               ,
            
             and
             the
             plague
             shall
             cease
             :
             Inclosers
             doe
             thinke
             that
             there
             are
             too
             manie
             men
             in
             this
             lande
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             decaie
             townes
             by
             their
             Inclosure
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             no
             great
             matter
             to
             ●e●aie
             a
             towne
             But
             God
             s●●th
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             now
             he
             beginneth
             to
             diminish
             the
             people
             of
             this
             land
             :
             hee
             may
             diminish
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             ;
             and
             he
             beginneth
             at
             the
             very
             head
             first
             .
          
           
             Couetousnesse
             
               which
               is
               the
               roote
               of
            
             
             
               all
               euill
            
             ,
             which
             our
             Sauiour
             describes
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             S.
             Paul
             to
             Timothie
             ;
             
             and
             pride
             ,
             
               which
               God
               hates
               and
               resists
            
             ,
             which
             Esay
             also
             paints
             out
             vnto
             vs
             in
             his
             third
             chapter
             at
             large
             ;
             &
             
               the
               taking
            
             
             
               Gods
               name
               in
               vaine
            
             ,
             for
             filthy
             lu●re
             .
             
               For
               which
               God
               wil
               not
               hold
               vs
               guiltles
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             because
             
               deceite
               and
               guile
               goe
               not
               out
               of
               our
               streetes
            
             ;
             And
             for
             that
             
               by
               our
               wicked
               liues
               Gods
               word
               is
               euill
               spoken
               of
               :
            
             These
             no
             doubt
             may
             séeme
             to
             bée
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             plague
             amongst
             vs
             ,
             God
             giue
             all
             men
             eies
             ,
             to
             see
             their
          
           
           
             sinnes
             and
             to
             amend
             them
             that
             the
             plague
             may
             cease
             ;
             and
             especially
             Citizens
             and
             such
             as
             inhabit
             in
             townes
             corporate
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             these
             sinnes
             commonly
             raigne
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             second
             reason
             against
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             dispeopleth
             townes
             .
          
           
             THe
             people
             are
             called
             Gods
             inheritance
             ,
             
               Aske
               of
               me
               &
               will
               giue
               thee
               
               the
               heathen
               for
               thine
               inheritance
               &
               the
               ends
               of
               the
               earth
               for
               thy
               possession
               .
            
             And
             again
             ,
             Behold
             (
             saith
             
               Dauid
               )
               childrē
               are
               
               the
               inheritance
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               &
               a
               reward
               the
               fruite
               of
               the
               wombe
               .
            
             He
             putteth
             behold
             before
             this
             his
             doctrine
             as
             though
             it
             were
             a
             strange
             thing
             and
             yet
             most
             true
             .
             Secondly
             he
             addeth
             
               that
               children
               are
               a
               reward
            
             :
             Inclosers
             manie
             times
             lacke
             this
             reward
             ,
             they
             loue
             the
             earth
             so
             wel
             that
             God
             wil
             not
             blesse
             them
             with
             many
             sonnes
             :
             Nay
             Dauid
             addeth
             ,
             
               Like
               as
               the
               arrowes
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Gyant
               ,
               so
               are
               the
               children
               of
               young
               men
               .
            
             Such
             arrowes
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             Gyants
             ,
             and
             many
             rich
             Farmers
             hauing
             tall
             and
             
             strong
             men
             to
             their
             sonnes
             ,
             wée
             might
             haue
             séene
             :
             But
             now
             ,
             where
             this
             late
             inclosure
             hath
             set
             in
             foote
             ,
             either
             there
             are
             no
             families
             left
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             are
             so
             pinched
             by
             great
             rents
             ,
             and
             pined
             with
             want
             and
             penurie
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             rather
             like
             prisoners
             ,
             then
             arrows
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             Gyant
             .
          
           
             Thus
             inclosure
             where
             it
             commeth
             dispeoples
             townes
             ,
             and
             impares
             the
             Lords
             inheritance
             .
             Therefore
             all
             his
             
               stewards
               and
               ministers
            
             ought
             to
             inueigh
             
             against
             this
             sinne
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             children
             ought
             to
             condemne
             it
             .
             Againe
             Dauid
             speaking
             of
             the
             reprobate
             and
             wicked
             giueth
             them
             this
             cognisance
             .
             
               Haue
               they
               
               no
               vnderstanding
               ,
               or
               will
               they
               not
               know
               ,
               or
               vnderstand
            
             (
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             )
             
               all
               they
               that
               worke
               wickednes
               ,
               who
               eate
               vp
               my
               people
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               would
               eate
               bread
               ?
               they
               haue
               not
               called
               vpon
               God.
            
             Here
             first
             we
             may
             note
             ,
             the
             obstinacie
             of
             these
             sinners
             ,
             and
             depopulators
             ;
             
               They
               will
               not
               know
               ,
               they
               will
               not
               be
               perswaded
               ,
            
             they
             will
             maintaine
             and
             defend
             their
             inclosures
             ,
             and
             depopulations
             ,
             say
             ,
             what
             one
             can
             against
             
             them
             ,
             yea
             and
             that
             out
             of
             Gods
             booke
             ,
             they
             will
             writhe
             all
             things
             to
             maintaine
             their
             couetousnes
             .
             Secondly
             the
             grieuousnesse
             of
             this
             sinne
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             small
             account
             that
             men
             make
             of
             it
             .
             They
             make
             no
             account
             ,
             nor
             no
             more
             conscience
             to
             depopulate
             townes
             ,
             and
             to
             consume
             men
             ,
             
               then
               to
               eate
               bread
            
             .
             They
             thinke
             that
             they
             may
             do
             it
             lawfully
             .
             But
             God
             tels
             all
             such
             héere
             by
             the
             Prophet
             Dauid
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             beare
             a
             shew
             of
             religion
             ,
             
               vet
               they
               haue
               not
               called
               vpon
               God
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             are
             plainely
             Atheists
             .
             For
             by
             a
             figure
             called
             Synecdoche
             ,
             the
             part
             is
             put
             for
             the
             whole
             ,
             ano
             inuoration
             of
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             put
             for
             all
             his
             religion
             .
             As
             
               Gen.
               12.
               8.
               1.
               
               Cor.
               1.
               2.
               
               Acts
            
             9.
             21.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             Dauid
             in
             another
             psalm
             toucheth
             narrowly
             these
             Inclosers
             and
             depopulators
             
             of
             townes
             ,
             speaking
             thus
             to
             God.
             
               Thou
               hast
               brought
               a
               vine
               out
               of
               Aegypt
            
             (
             saiih
             he
             )
             
               thou
               hast
               cast
               out
               the
               heathen
               ,
               and
               planted
               it
               .
            
             No
             doubt
             Dauid
             heare
             spake
             typically
             of
             the
             vine
             Christs
             Church
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             in
             our
             daies
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             Popes
             
             
               spirituall
               Aegypt
            
             ,
             as
             Saint
             Iohn
             termes
             
             it
             :
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             cast
             out
             those
             spirituall
             
               heathen
               that
               trampled
               with
               their
               feete
               ,
               the
               holy
               citie
               ,
               42.
               moneths
               .
            
             For
             what
             did
             they
             else
             in
             poperie
             ,
             but
             trample
             in
             Gods
             Church
             with
             their
             féete
             ?
             Their
             bodies
             were
             present
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             not
             their
             vnderstanding
             ,
             and
             therefore
             their
             hearts
             were
             away
             .
             For
             where
             vnderstanding
             is
             not
             ,
             there
             the
             heart
             cannot
             properly
             be
             said
             to
             be
             .
             And
             therfore
             their
             vnderstanding
             was
             away
             ,
             because
             Gods
             worde
             was
             read
             to
             them
             in
             a
             strange
             tongue
             ;
             and
             also
             they
             praied
             in
             a
             strange
             tongue
             .
             Except
             
             
               I
               know
               the
               power
               of
               the
               voice
               of
               him
               that
               speaketh
               ,
               I
               shall
               bee
               to
               him
               a
               Barbarian
               ,
            
             saith
             Saint
             Paul.
             And
             may
             not
             these
             be
             properly
             called
             heathen
             ,
             whom
             Saint
             Paul
             calleth
             Barbarians
             ?
             and
             may
             not
             these
             be
             said
             ,
             
               to
               trample
               in
               the
               holie
               citie
               ,
            
             when
             their
             bodies
             onely
             were
             present
             and
             their
             hearte
             were
             away
             ?
             
               God
               hath
               brought
               a
               vine
               out
               of
               Aegypt
               ,
               and
               hath
               expelled
               the
               heathen
               out
               of
               his
               holy
               citie
               ,
               and
               planted
               this
               vine
               in
               their
               place
               .
               He
               swept
               before
               the
            
             
             
             
               face
               of
               this
               vine
            
             ,
             with
             the
             winde
             of
             his
             spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             béesome
             os
             his
             worde
             ,
             clensing
             all
             the
             dust
             and
             sand
             of
             mans
             deuises
             ,
             giuing
             to
             it
             puritie
             of
             doctrine
             ,
             
               It
               filled
               the
               land
               .
               This
               vine
               spred
               her
               branches
               thorow
               the
               whole
               lande
               and
               that
               speedily
               .
            
             The
             Papists
             maruell
             :
             they
             neuer
             dreamed
             ,
             that
             this
             vine
             would
             haue
             spred
             her
             branches
             so
             far
             ,
             and
             wide
             .
             
               Nay
               the
               hilles
               were
               couered
               with
               the
               shadow
               of
               it
               .
            
             Manie
             noble
             men
             ,
             verie
             religiously
             and
             zealouslie
             professed
             this
             religion
             ,
             and
             dranke
             the
             
             comfortable
             wine
             of
             this
             vine
             .
          
           
             But
             héere
             now
             followes
             the
             mischiefe
             ,
             héere
             followes
             Sathan
             Jesus
             Christs
             enemie
             .
             
               But
               why
            
             (
             saith
             Dauid
             )
             
             
               hast
               thou
               pluct
               vp
               her
               hedge
               ,
               that
               euery
               one
               that
               goeth
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               hath
               a
               snatch
            
             (
             as
             we
             say
             )
             
               at
               this
               vine
               ?
               The
               wild
               Boare
               of
               the
               wood
               hath
               destroied
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               wilde
               beasts
               of
               the
               field
               ,
               haue
               eaten
               it
               vp
               .
               And
               the
               vineyard
               ,
               which
               thy
               right
               hand
               hath
               planted
               ,
               and
               the
               young
               vine
               which
               thou
               madest
               so
               strong
               for
               thine
               owne
               selfe
               ,
               It
               is
               burnt
               with
               fire
               and
               cut
               downe
               .
            
             What
             doth
             all
             this
             meane
             ?
             
             but
             that
             this
             vine
             ,
             by
             couetous
             and
             cruell
             landlords
             is
             lopped
             and
             diminished
             ,
             and
             burnt
             with
             the
             fire
             of
             couetousnes
             .
             Euen
             that
             vine
             ,
             which
             God
             himselfe
             planted
             so
             miraculously
             ,
             and
             had
             made
             
               so
               strong
               in
               faith
            
             ,
             to
             goe
             out
             of
             poperie
             ,
             
             and
             not
             to
             feare
             the
             Diuell
             .
             This
             beloued
             vine
             ,
             and
             this
             strong
             vine
             ,
             haue
             our
             wilde
             Boares
             deuoured
             ,
             and
             our
             fierie
             couetousnesse
             hath
             burnt
             vp
             ;
             for
             doe
             wée
             thinke
             that
             Dauid
             speakes
             of
             any
             materiall
             fire
             or
             vine
             ?
             Will
             God
             take
             this
             at
             their
             handes
             ?
             Doe
             they
             thinke
             ,
             that
             he
             makes
             not
             high
             account
             ,
             of
             euery
             christian
             soule
             ?
             and
             doe
             they
             not
             know
             ,
             
               that
               he
               will
               be
               praised
               with
            
             
             
               many
               mouthes
            
             ?
             And
             that
             Christ
             ,
             
               when
               he
               sawe
               the
               multitude
               went
               vp
               to
               the
               hill
               to
               preach
               ?
            
             and
             that
             hee
             knoweth
             ,
             how
             manie
             haue
             béene
             in
             townes
             ,
             in
             time
             of
             poperie
             ?
             and
             shall
             wée
             now
             in
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             impare
             his
             shéepe
             ?
             dare
             wée
             doe
             it
             ?
             surely
             hée
             will
             reuenge
             it
             .
             And
             let
             all
             such
             depopulators
             know
             ,
             
               that
               they
               are
               but
               trauellers
               by
               the
               way
               .
            
             They
             shall
             not
             long
             continue
             héere
             with
             their
             hedges
             .
          
           
           
             Ioab
             a
             bloudie
             warrier
             and
             souldier
             
             could
             say
             ,
             
               God
               forbid
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               deuoure
               or
               destroy
               the
               inheritance
               of
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             and
             shall
             professors
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             be
             guiltie
             of
             this
             sinne
             ,
             and
             depopulate
             townes
             ?
          
           
             It
             was
             one
             of
             Gods
             blessings
             which
             he
             promised
             to
             
               Abraham
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               
               greatly
               multiply
               his
               seede
               ,
               as
               the
               starres
               of
               heauen
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               sand
               which
               is
               vpon
               the
               sea
               shore
               .
            
             And
             doe
             we
             thinke
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             blessed
             ,
             which
             goe
             about
             to
             depriue
             him
             of
             this
             blessing
             ?
             And
             Esay
             likewise
             thus
             prophesieth
             of
             Christs
             Church
             ,
             
               I
               will
               power
               my
               spirit
               vpon
               thy
               seede
               ,
               and
               my
               blessing
               vpon
               
               thy
               buddes
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               grow
               as
               amongst
               the
               grasse
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               willowes
               by
               the
               riuers
               of
               waters
               ..
            
             By
             how
             many
             types
             here
             ,
             doth
             the
             Prophet
             expresse
             vnto
             vs
             Christs
             Church
             ?
             of
             seede
             ,
             of
             buddes
             growing
             amongst
             grasse
             ,
             and
             of
             willowes
             ?
             and
             doe
             not
             all
             these
             ,
             insinuate
             vnto
             vs
             a
             multitude
             ?
             They
             are
             not
             Christs
             friends
             but
             his
             enemies
             ,
             that
             doe
             not
             nourish
             and
             cherish
             this
             his
             seede
             ,
             in
             the
             besome
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             
             that
             doe
             not
             comfort
             these
             his
             buddes
             ,
             with
             the
             curtesie
             of
             their
             spéeches
             ,
             and
             which
             doe
             not
             water
             ,
             
               these
               his
               willowes
            
             ,
             with
             the
             continuall
             streame
             of
             their
             liberalities
             .
             This
             was
             the
             cause
             why
             Salomon
             desired
             wisdome
             of
             God.
             
               Thou
               hast
               made
               me
               King
               ouer
               a
               great
            
             
             
               people
               ,
               like
               to
               the
               dust
               of
               the
               earth
               .
               Giue
               me
               now
               wisedome
               ,
               and
               knowledge
               ,
               &c.
               
               Salomon
            
             was
             but
             a
             type
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             If
             that
             his
             subiectes
             were
             like
             to
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             what
             shall
             Jesus
             Christs
             subiects
             be
             likened
             vnto
             ?
          
           
             I
             reade
             in
             a
             booke
             of
             the
             
               Suruey
               of
            
             
             
               France
               ,
               
                 made
                 by
              
               Bodinus
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 daies
                 of
                 King
              
               Henry
               
                 the
                 second
                 ,
                 besides
                 Burgundie
                 there
                 were
                 numbred
                 in
              
               France
               27.
               
                 thousand
                 villages
                 with
                 steeples
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 another
                 suruey
                 of
              
               France
               ,
               
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 raigne
                 of
              
               Charles
               
                 the
                 ninth
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 found
                 that
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 inhabitants
                 there
                 ,
                 were
                 aboue
                 15.
                 millions
                 of
                 men
                 .
              
            
             Did
             the
             French
             thus
             glory
             in
             their
             multitudes
             of
             people
             ;
             and
             shall
             not
             we
             much
             more
             in
             England
             ,
             séeke
             to
             maintaine
             ours
             ?
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             cannot
             but
             take
             away
             
             some
             stumbling
             blockes
             :
             for
             these
             Inclosers
             perchaunce
             will
             flatter
             themselues
             and
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             but
             a
             small
             village
             that
             they
             haue
             dispeopled
             ,
             or
             a
             small
             farme
             or
             cottage
             that
             they
             haue
             decaied
             or
             pulled
             downe
             ;
             and
             what
             doe
             you
             make
             so
             much
             to
             doe
             thereof
             ?
             But
             let
             all
             such
             know
             ,
             that
             
               little
               Zoar
               saued
            
             
             Lot
             :
             and
             Nazareth
             that
             obscure
             citie
             whereof
             Nathaniell
             said
             ,
             
               can
               any
               good
               come
               out
               of
               Nazareth
               ,
            
             it
             nursed
             our
             Sauiour
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             gaue
             him
             a
             name
             which
             from
             his
             crosse
             to
             this
             day
             is
             honorable
             .
             And
             Saint
             Paul
             teacheth
             vs
             plainely
             ,
             
               that
               God
               hath
               chosen
               the
            
             
             
               weake
               things
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               to
               confound
               the
               mightie
               things
               ;
               and
               vile
               things
               ,
               and
               things
               which
               are
               despised
               ,
               hath
               God
               chosen
               .
            
             And
             dare
             any
             contemne
             or
             make
             light
             account
             of
             that
             ,
             nay
             destroy
             that
             which
             God
             hath
             chosen
             and
             maketh
             great
             account
             of
             ?
             Out
             of
             that
             little
             village
             or
             poore
             cottage
             which
             he
             hath
             decaied
             (
             whosoeuer
             hée
             is
             )
             might
             haue
             come
             one
             as
             good
             as
             himselfe
             .
             what
             may
             I
             say
             then
             of
             great
             husband
             townes
             where
             many
             rich
             farmers
             ,
             and
             
             cottages
             are
             decaied
             ?
             Would
             any
             of
             vs
             willingly
             haue
             the
             little
             finger
             of
             his
             hand
             cut
             off
             ?
             no
             more
             no
             doubt
             ,
             will
             Jesus
             Christ
             suffer
             one
             poore
             cottage
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             as
             it
             were
             his
             little
             finger
             )
             to
             bée
             cut
             off
             ,
             vnpunished
             without
             repentance
             .
             There
             was
             a
             statute
             made
             of
             late
             ,
             for
             the
             maintainance
             of
             tillage
             ,
             and
             reedifying
             farmes
             decaied
             :
             It
             is
             to
             bée
             feared
             that
             God
             hath
             obserued
             how
             diligent
             some
             were
             to
             sée
             the
             poore
             whipped
             ,
             by
             a
             statute
             made
             at
             the
             same
             time
             :
             and
             how
             slacke
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             that
             other
             act
             of
             reedifying
             &
             plowing
             .
          
           
             Another
             stumbling
             blocke
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             will
             say
             they
             must
             néedes
             maintaine
             their
             states
             .
             And
             this
             cloake
             couers
             all
             their
             pride
             ,
             and
             couetousnes
             .
             But
             let
             all
             such
             know
             that
             reason
             thus
             ;
             Must
             they
             impare
             the
             Lords
             inheritance
             to
             maintaine
             their
             estates
             ,
             euen
             they
             whom
             the
             Lord
             himselfe
             hath
             aduanced
             ?
             they
             had
             better
             to
             be
             as
             poore
             as
             Lazarus
             in
             state
             and
             condition
             :
             nay
             ,
             
             they
             had
             better
             neuer
             haue
             béene
             borne
             ,
             then
             to
             exault
             themselues
             to
             impare
             his
             inheritance
             .
             Oh
             let
             these
             men
             of
             all
             
             others
             take
             héede
             of
             this
             ingratitude
             .
             Let
             the
             example
             of
             King
             Saul
             terrifie
             them
             ,
             who
             being
             made
             of
             a
             poore
             acorne
             ,
             a
             mightie
             oake
             ,
             
               and
               of
               a
               seeker
               of
               his
               fathers
               asses
               ,
               the
               first
               King
               of
               Israel
               ,
            
             yet
             afterwards
             for
             his
             vnthankefulnes
             
             and
             disobedience
             ,
             
               he
               and
               all
               his
               posteritie
               was
               quite
               reiected
               of
               God
            
             
             
               for
               euer
               from
               the
               kingdome
            
             .
          
           
             Let
             Jesus
             Christs
             example
             teach
             and
             moue
             them
             ,
             who
             to
             doe
             vs
             good
             did
             not
             respect
             his
             estate
             ,
             
               being
               equall
               with
               God
            
             (
             as
             Saint
             Paul
             teacheth
             vs
             ,
             )
             but
             
             
               humbled
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               became
               as
               a
               seruant
               .
               He
               washed
               his
               apostles
               feete
               ,
               and
               became
               obedient
               to
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Crosse
               .
            
             And
             what
             is
             the
             greatest
             of
             our
             estates
             in
             comparison
             of
             his
             ?
             Surely
             euen
             like
             a
             little
             mould-hill
             to
             a
             mountaine
             .
             And
             shall
             we
             thinke
             much
             ,
             to
             impaire
             our
             estates
             to
             doe
             our
             brethren
             good
             ?
             nay
             shall
             we
             hurt
             them
             to
             maintaine
             it
             ?
             nay
             shall
             we
             dishonour
             God
             ?
             Oh
             not
             Christs
             disciples
             ,
             but
             Mammons
             worldlings
             !
             There
             were
             as
             many
             noble
             men
             and
             gentlemen
             in
             England
             heretofore
             ,
             as
             are
             now
             ,
             and
             of
             as
             
             great
             estate
             :
             and
             how
             did
             they
             maintaine
             themselues
             ?
             They
             did
             not
             in
             the
             Popes
             darke
             kingdome
             depopulate
             townes
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             in
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ?
             Can
             we
             maintaine
             our
             estates
             by
             no
             way
             else
             ,
             but
             by
             imparing
             the
             Lords
             inheritance
             ?
             let
             that
             be
             farre
             from
             vs.
             If
             Inclosers
             would
             be
             content
             with
             the
             auncient
             apparrell
             ,
             and
             houses
             and
             dyet
             of
             their
             ancestors
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             not
             ashamed
             of
             their
             lands
             ;
             they
             néede
             neuer
             raise
             rents
             ,
             nor
             improue
             their
             lands
             .
          
           
             They
             which
             stand
             so
             much
             on
             this
             point
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             maintaine
             their
             estates
             ,
             know
             not
             what
             humilitie
             is
             .
             All
             Christs
             disciples
             
               must
               be
               humble
            
             .
             
             And
             humilitie
             is
             to
             descend
             a
             degree
             or
             two
             from
             our
             estate
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             seeke
             to
             maintaine
             it
             :
             Surely
             that
             is
             a
             spice
             of
             pride
             .
             The
             daunger
             and
             grieuousnes
             of
             this
             sinne
             makes
             me
             in
             all
             humilitie
             to
             write
             thus
             .
             It
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             that
             God
             may
             now
             complaine
             as
             he
             did
             in
             the
             daies
             
               of
               Ieremie
               :
               Can
               a
               virgin
               forget
               
               her
               ornament
               ,
               or
               a
               bride
               her
               attire
               ?
               yet
               my
               people
               haue
               forgotten
               me
               ,
               
               daies
               without
               number
               ,
            
             who
             haue
             adorned
             and
             maintained
             them
             .
             
               Why
               do
               you
               as
               it
               were
               now
               at
               last
               ,
               begin
               to
               make
               your
               waies
               good
               againe
               ,
               to
               purchase
               my
               loue
               ?
               yea
               euen
               heerein
               ,
               thou
               declarest
               ,
               that
               thy
               waies
               are
               euill
               .
               For
               in
               thy
               wings
               are
               found
               the
               blood
               of
               soules
               ,
               of
               poore
               innocents
               .
               Thou
               hast
               not
               found
               them
               with
               mattockes
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
            
             such
             as
             are
             mentioned
             in
             Gre●us
             ,
             
               where
               theeues
               are
               said
               with
               mat●od●●s
               
               to
               digge
               thorow
               walles
               ,
               and
               to
               〈◊〉
               into
               houses
               by
               night
               ,
            
             but
             about
             all
             〈…〉
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             no
             doubt
             wi
             〈…〉
             ter
             instruments
             ,
             euen
             to
             pu●●
             〈◊〉
             
             houses
             and
             townes
             .
             
               And
               yet
               th
               〈…〉
               because
               I
               am
               guiltlesse
               ,
               surely
               〈…〉
               shall
               turne
               from
               me
               .
               Behold
               I
               wi
               〈…〉
               with
               thee
               into
               iudgement
               ,
               because
               the●
               saiest
               ,
               thou
               hast
               not
               sinned
               .
            
             Incl●s●●s
             are
             as
             guiltie
             of
             these
             sinnes
             ,
             as
             were
             those
             Jewes
             .
             For
             after
             their
             inclosure
             ,
             
               they
               will
               goe
               about
               to
               make
               good
               their
               waies
               ,
            
             and
             they
             will
             giue
             some
             poore
             widowes
             ,
             cowegates
             in
             their
             closes
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             
               to
               purchase
               Gods
               fauour
               ,
               whereas
            
             (
             as
             those
             Jewes
             had
             )
             
             
               they
               haue
               the
               blood
               of
               poore
               innocent
               soules
               in
               their
               wings
               and
               worships
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             and
             they
             haue
             also
             in
             their
             hands
             
               not
               mattockes
            
             ,
             but
             greater
             instruments
             then
             those
             ,
             euen
             to
             pull
             downe
             farmes
             and
             townes
             .
             And
             yet
             neuerthelesse
             they
             saie
             (
             as
             the
             Jewes
             did
             )
             
               that
               they
               are
               not
               guiltie
               .
               Therefore
            
             (
             saith
             God
             )
             
               I
               will
               enter
               into
               iudgement
               with
               them
               .
            
             And
             this
             may
             séeme
             to
             be
             another
             cause
             ,
             of
             the
             p●ague
             amongst
             vs
             at
             this
             day
             .
             We
             sinne
             
               in
               wordly
               cares
               ,
               and
               in
            
             
             
               excesse
               in
               our
               diet
            
             ,
             whereof
             our
             blessed
             Sauiour
             biddes
             vs
             take
             héede
             :
             we
             excéede
             in
             our
             stately
             buildings
             ,
             which
             the
             
             Prophet
             Esay
             and
             Ieremie
             plainely
             reprooue
             :
             we
             sinne
             
               in
               vanitie
               of
               apparell
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Prophet
             Zephanie
             condemnes
             ;
             and
             we
             account
             these
             no
             sins
             :
             wée
             say
             
               that
               we
               are
               guiltles
               and
               therefore
               doth
               God
               enter
               with
               vs
               into
               iudgement
               :
            
             whereas
             it
             is
             the
             first
             lesson
             that
             the
             Apostle
             Saint
             Peter
             giues
             vs
             which
             liue
             in
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             
               be
               sober
            
             ,
             and
             kéepe
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             
             that
             holie
             meane
             in
             all
             our
             worldly
             cares
             ;
             in
             our
             diet
             ,
             in
             our
             apparell
             ,
             in
             
             our
             buildings
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             furniture
             of
             our
             houses
             ,
             and
             to
             conclude
             ,
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             which
             followes
             in
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             shall
             proue
             them
             guiltie
             and
             condemue
             them
             .
             
               Why
               labourest
               thou
               so
               much
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             
               to
               change
               thy
               
               waies
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               them
               seeme
               good
               ?
               thou
               shalt
               be
               confounded
               of
               Aegypt
               ,
               as
               thou
               art
               also
               confounded
               of
               Ashur
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             the
             dead
             Paganes
             condemne
             thee
             ,
             so
             shall
             the
             blind
             Egyptians
             and
             Papists
             condemne
             thee
             also
             .
             And
             héere
             first
             ;
             did
             the
             Paganes
             deale
             so
             hardly
             with
             their
             tenants
             ?
             Pharaoh
             the
             Egyptian
             ,
             may
             teach
             all
             Inclosers
             and
             Landlords
             ,
             christian
             charitie
             ,
             and
             the
             communicating
             of
             their
             lands
             and
             commodities
             to
             their
             tenants
             .
             Behold
             (
             saith
             
               Ioseph
               )
               I
               haue
               bought
               you
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               your
               land
               for
               Pharaoh
               ,
               and
               foure
               parts
               
               shall
               be
               yours
               ,
               for
               the
               seede
               of
               your
               field
               ,
               and
               for
               your
               meate
               ,
               and
               for
               them
               of
               your
               household
               ,
               &
               for
               your
               children
               to
               eate
               .
            
             Here
             first
             we
             may
             note
             ,
             that
             this
             Egyptiā
             king
             ,
             would
             haue
             tillage
             maintained
             :
             Then
             ,
             that
             although
             
               he
               had
               purchased
               
               their
               land
               ,
            
             yet
             he
             dealt
             courteously
             with
             his
             tenants
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             care
             ,
             both
             of
             
               the
               seede
               of
               their
               land
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               families
               :
            
             and
             shall
             not
             Christians
             much
             more
             haue
             this
             care
             of
             their
             brethren
             ,
             whose
             land
             comes
             by
             inheritance
             ?
             He
             gaue
             them
             seede
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             required
             but
             
               a
               fift
               part
               for
               his
               rent
               :
            
             Oh
             easie
             rent
             !
             this
             shall
             condemne
             one
             day
             our
             couetous
             rents
             ,
             and
             cruell
             exactions
             at
             our
             brethrens
             hands
             .
             This
             mercifull
             Pharaoh
             was
             blessed
             of
             God
             :
             but
             
             his
             couetous
             successor
             ,
             that
             laid
             heauie
             burdens
             on
             Gods
             people
             ,
             and
             said
             as
             Inclosers
             say
             now
             ,
             
               The
               people
               are
               too
            
             
             
               much
               idle
               ,
               they
               must
               haue
               more
               worke
               imposed
               vpon
               them
               ,
               was
               drowned
               in
               the
               Sea
               :
            
             let
             them
             chuse
             now
             ,
             whether
             of
             these
             they
             will
             followe
             .
             Such
             a
             good
             landlord
             also
             was
             Iob
             ,
             not
             in
             Iewrie
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             land
             of
             
               Hus.
               If
               my
               land
               rise
               against
            
             
             mee
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               and
               the
               furrowes
               thereof
               weepe
               and
               waile
               :
               and
               if
               that
               I
               haue
               eaten
               of
               the
               heart
               thereof
               without
               money
               ,
               or
               haue
               made
               the
               soules
               of
               the
               masters
               thereof
               pant
               :
               Then
               let
               thistles
               growe
               in
               stead
               of
               wheate
               ,
               and
               cockle
               in
               
               stead
               of
               barly
               :
            
             Héere
             wée
             may
             first
             note
             that
             
               Iob
               neuer
               eate
               the
               strength
               or
               heart
               of
               his
               land
               ,
            
             but
             hée
             paied
             for
             the
             plowing
             of
             it
             ,
             contrarie
             to
             many
             Landlords
             amongst
             us
             ,
             who
             will
             let
             their
             lands
             at
             great
             rents
             ,
             and
             will
             make
             their
             tenants
             plow
             with
             them
             
               (
               gratis
            
             )
             and
             for
             nothing
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             he
             cals
             his
             
               tenants
               masters
               of
               his
               land
            
             :
             but
             many
             amongst
             us
             make
             their
             tenants
             by
             their
             excessiue
             payments
             ,
             as
             good
             as
             bondslaues
             .
             
               They
               did
               not
               so
               much
               as
               once
               pant
               or
               blow
               in
               the
               tilling
               of
               it
               ,
            
             they
             plowed
             it
             ioyfully
             ,
             and
             at
             their
             ease
             .
             But
             many
             tenants
             now
             adaies
             ,
             doe
             not
             onely
             pant
             at
             their
             plowes
             ,
             but
             sigh
             ,
             caring
             how
             they
             may
             pay
             their
             rents
             .
          
           
             Iob
             also
             
               did
               neuer
               eate
               his
               morsell
               alone
            
             ;
             
             if
             he
             had
             but
             one
             dish
             ,
             the
             poore
             had
             euer
             some
             part
             thereof
             :
             and
             shall
             Inclosers
             thinke
             much
             to
             yeeld
             unto
             them
             some
             part
             of
             their
             grasse
             ?
             shall
             they
             shut
             them
             out
             of
             their
             fields
             ,
             whom
             hee
             admitted
             daily
             to
             his
             table
             ?
             And
             if
             perchance
             they
             thinke
             that
             this
             was
             uery
             much
             ,
             and
             that
             euery
             one
             is
             not
             bound
             to
             doe
             so
             :
             let
             them
             marke
             well
             that
             
             Saint
             Iohn
             in
             his
             epistle
             doth
             charge
             euery
             Christian
             to
             doe
             more
             than
             this
             :
             
               If
               that
               thou
               hast
               the
               worlds
               good
               ,
               and
               see
               thy
               brother
               want
            
             (
             saith
             hée
             )
             and
             
             
               shuttest
               vp
               thy
               verie
               entrals
               ,
               or
               bowels
               from
               him
               ,
               how
               dwelleth
               the
               loue
               of
               God
               in
               thee
               ?
            
             If
             thy
             brother
             beg
             of
             thée
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             denie
             him
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             by
             this
             place
             thou
             art
             plainely
             commaunded
             ,
             if
             thou
             seest
             him
             want
             ,
             though
             hée
             holde
             his
             peace
             ,
             and
             craue
             nothing
             of
             thée
             ,
             to
             help
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             in
             opening
             thy
             purse
             to
             giue
             him
             money
             ,
             
               but
               in
               opening
               thy
               verie
               bowels
               vnto
               him
               ;
               and
               in
               doing
               to
               
               him
               ,
               as
               thou
               wouldest
               haue
               done
               to
               thine
               owne
               selfe
               .
            
             Then
             if
             so
             be
             that
             his
             ●owe
             lacke
             grasse
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             not
             let
             her
             common
             in
             thy
             pastures
             ?
             If
             he
             lacke
             an
             house
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             not
             prouide
             one
             for
             him
             ?
             Nay
             Saint
             Iohn
             teacheth
             thée
             plainley
             héere
             ,
             to
             doe
             more
             for
             him
             then
             all
             these
             ;
             
               euen
               to
               receiue
               him
            
             ,
             not
             into
             thy
             fields
             ,
             or
             house
             ,
             but
             (
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             )
             
               into
               thine
               owne
               bowels
            
             :
             and
             this
             was
             that
             common
             salutation
             among
             the
             Jewes
             (
             like
             unto
             our
             good
             morrow
             )
             
               your
               soule
               liueth
               in
               me
            
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             
             
               by
               the
               salutation
               of
               Anna
               to
               Elie
               ,
               and
               the
               salutation
               of
               Gedeon
               to
            
             
             
               the
               Angell
            
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             
               I
               wish
               to
               you
               euen
               as
               to
               my
               owne
               soule
            
             ;
             
             For
             so
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             tert
             .
             Oh
             that
             this
             salutation
             were
             pronounced
             dayly
             ,
             not
             in
             mouth
             onely
             ,
             but
             in
             our
             dealings
             practised
             amongst
             vs
             Christians
             ,
             which
             no
             doubt
             ought
             to
             be
             ;
             as
             both
             Saint
             Paul
             and
             Peter
             ,
             doe
             commaund
             all
             Christians
             .
             
               Fulfill
               my
               ioy
            
             (
             saith
             Saint
             
               Paul
               )
               that
               ye
               be
               like
               minded
               ,
               or
               of
               one
               minde
               together
               :
            
             And
             
             Saint
             
               Peter
               ,
               finally
               be
               yee
               all
               of
               one
               minde
               .
            
             
          
           
             Such
             a
             mercifull
             man
             was
             Mordoche
             the
             Jew
             ,
             of
             whom
             we
             reade
             thus
             ,
             
             
               And
               Mordoche
               the
               Iew
               was
               second
               to
               Ahashuerus
               ,
               and
               great
               amongst
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               and
               accepted
               
                 (
                 Ratsu
              
               )
            
             such
             a
             one
             as
             his
             brethren
             would
             haue
             wished
             ,
             
               who
               procured
               the
               wealth
               of
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               spake
               peaceably
               to
               all
               his
               seede
               ,
            
             who
             though
             háe
             were
             lately
             aduanced
             ,
             to
             dignitie
             and
             worship
             ,
             yet
             vsed
             not
             these
             meanes
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             his
             estate
             .
             Oh
             that
             Inclosers
             who
             professe
             the
             
             name
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             would
             imitate
             this
             Jew
             !
             As
             for
             the
             blinde
             Egyptians
             ,
             that
             
             is
             the
             Papists
             ,
             how
             they
             haue
             excelled
             Inclosers
             in
             the
             workes
             of
             charitie
             ,
             euery
             towne
             almost
             tells
             thée
             :
             which
             townes
             they
             haue
             left
             to
             their
             successors
             ,
             
               like
               the
               winges
               of
               a
               doue
               which
            
             
             
               is
               couered
               with
               siluer
            
             :
             and
             Inclosers
             plucke
             away
             these
             golden
             fethers
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             leaue
             them
             not
             so
             good
             as
             they
             found
             them
             .
             Thus
             Inclosers
             may
             plainely
             sée
             ,
             how
             that
             not
             only
             dead
             Assur
             ,
             but
             blinde
             Egypt
             also
             doth
             confound
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             Inclosers
             alledge
             that
             saying
             of
             the
             gospell
             ,
             
               Is
               it
               not
               lawfull
               for
               me
            
             
             
               to
               doe
               with
               mine
               owne
               as
               I
               list
               ?
            
             They
             must
             remember
             ,
             that
             parable
             represents
             vnto
             vs
             that
             great
             Landlord
             of
             all
             Landlords
             ,
             the
             king
             of
             heauen
             ;
             he
             may
             say
             so
             only
             ,
             and
             none
             else
             .
             They
             must
             also
             remember
             that
             saying
             of
             the
             Psalme
             :
             
               And
               he
               gaue
               them
               the
               lands
               of
               the
               heathen
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               they
               tooke
               the
               labour
               of
               the
               people
               in
               possession
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               keepe
               his
               statutes
               and
               obserue
               his
               lawes
               .
            
             God
             hath
             giuen
             them
             the
             earth
             in
             deed
             :
             
             but
             vpon
             this
             condition
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             kéepe
             his
             lawes
             ,
             and
             
               his
               lawe
               is
            
             
             
               Christian
               charitie
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             third
             reason
             is
             ,
             that
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             against
             the
             common
             wealth
             of
             the
             Iewes
             .
          
           
             GOd
             said
             to
             
               Abraham
               ,
               Get
               thee
               out
               of
               thy
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               from
               thy
            
             
             
               kindred
               ,
               &
               from
               thy
               Fathers
               house
               ,
               vnto
               the
               land
               that
               I
               will
               shew
               thee
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               make
               thee
               a
               great
               nation
               ,
               and
               will
               blesse
               thee
               ,
               and
               will
               make
               thy
               name
               great
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               be
               a
               blessing
               .
            
             All
             Christians
             must
             be
             
               Abrahams
               sonnes
            
             ,
             
             and
             account
             this
             commaundement
             of
             God
             spoken
             vnto
             them
             ,
             and
             goe
             out
             (
             by
             their
             loues
             ,
             affections
             ,
             studies
             &
             cares
             )
             of
             their
             father
             Adams
             house
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             wor●●
             ;
             and
             liue
             héere
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             as
             their
             father
             Abraham
             did
             ,
             like
             poore
             pilgrims
             and
             trauailers
             :
             and
             then
             shall
             God
             blesse
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             a
             blessing
             ,
             euen
             the
             very
             members
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             who
             also
             when
             as
             he
             was
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             followed
             those
             very
             steps
             of
             
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             liued
             here
             as
             a
             trauailer
             or
             pilgrime
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             a
             Citizen
             ,
             or
             as
             an
             inhabiter
             .
             But
             how
             contrarie
             is
             this
             doctrine
             to
             the
             practise
             ,
             and
             very
             spéeches
             of
             these
             Inclosers
             ,
             who
             say
             ,
             Is
             it
             not
             lawfull
             for
             vs
             to
             vse
             the
             earth
             to
             the
             most
             aduantage
             ?
             This
             is
             their
             maxime
             and
             principle
             :
             but
             Abraham
             and
             Saint
             Paul
             doe
             tell
             them
             ,
             
               that
               they
               should
               vse
               it
               as
               though
               they
               vsed
               it
            
             
             not
             .
             That
             they
             should
             vse
             it
             as
             wise
             trauailers
             doe
             their
             Innes
             in
             their
             iourneis
             ,
             who
             séeke
             not
             for
             gaine
             or
             superfluitie
             there
             ;
             who
             care
             for
             no
             more
             then
             will
             serue
             their
             turnes
             .
             Let
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             the
             earth
             séeke
             to
             make
             their
             most
             aduantage
             thereof
             :
             But
             
             all
             Christians
             who
             dwell
             therein
             as
             Pilgrims
             ,
             séeke
             for
             no
             more
             then
             will
             serue
             their
             turnes
             ;
             let
             them
             goe
             out
             of
             their
             countries
             in
             hart
             and
             affection
             ,
             with
             Abraham
             their
             father
             ,
             and
             be
             Hebrues
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               passengers
               with
               him
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Hebrue
             word
             signifies
             ;
             and
             not
             Canaanites
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             marchants
             ,
             whose
             trade
             is
             in
             this
             life
             .
             Thus
             much
             
               Abraham
               ,
               the
            
             
             
               father
               of
               the
               faithfull
               Iewes
            
             ,
             and
             the
             bery
             
             name
             of
             the
             Hebrues
             doth
             teach
             them
             a
             lesson
             worth
             the
             learning
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             the
             sinne
             of
             our
             age
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             too
             much
             in
             loue
             with
             this
             earth
             ,
             more
             than
             our
             forefathers
             ,
             nay
             more
             than
             Pagans
             haue
             béene
             .
          
           
             The
             Jewes
             whose
             fields
             lay
             together
             ,
             
             did
             not
             inclose
             them
             :
             as
             the
             
               field
               of
               Boaz
            
             ,
             which
             lay
             altogether
             and
             yet
             was
             not
             inclosed
             ,
             plainely
             proues
             .
             Their
             
               Orchards
               and
               Vineyards
            
             were
             walled
             about
             ;
             their
             
               common
               fields
               were
               bounded
            
             
             
               with
               stones
               or
               mountaines
               :
               But
               our
               righteousnesse
               must
               exceede
               theirs
               ,
            
             and
             
             therefore
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             inclose
             .
          
           
             Among
             the
             Jewes
             also
             ,
             
               euery
               yeere
            
             
             
               the
               poore
               might
               gleane
               in
               their
               fields
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               commaunded
               not
               to
               rake
            
             
             
               them
               too
               cleane
               ,
               but
               to
               leaue
               somthing
               for
               the
               poore
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               gather
               in
               the
               outsides
               of
               their
               fields
               ,
               but
               to
               leaue
               them
               also
               for
               the
               poore
               .
               Boaz
               did
               very
               notably
               fulfill
               this
               lawe
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             
               euery
               seuenth
               yeere
               what
               grew
               in
               their
               corne-fields
               of
               it
               owne
               accord
               ,
               they
               were
               commaunded
               to
               saue
               ,
               and
               to
               suffer
               the
               poore
            
             
             
               to
               gather
               and
               reape
               it
            
             .
             And
             doth
             not
             this
             
             plainly
             commend
             and
             commaund
             tillage
             ?
             
               The
               poore
               must
               haue
               some
               thing
               left
               them
               euery
               yeere
               for
               to
               gleane
               ,
               and
               they
               must
               haue
               euery
               seuenth
               yeere
               all
               the
               whole
               croppe
               that
               grew
               of
               it
               owne
               accord
               .
            
             And
             were
             not
             the
             Jewes
             then
             bound
             to
             sowe
             their
             fields
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             poore
             in
             
               Iewry
               had
               good
               and
               plentifull
               gleanings
               left
               them
               euery
               yeere
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               croppe
               of
               rich
               mens
               lands
               euery
               seuenth
               yeere
               ?
            
             But
             Inclosers
             will
             cut
             short
             all
             this
             ,
             for
             neither
             will
             they
             sowe
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             so
             bar
             them
             of
             their
             gleaning
             and
             reaping
             ;
             or
             if
             they
             sow
             any
             small
             quantitie
             ,
             they
             will
             rake
             so
             cleane
             ,
             that
             the
             poore
             shall
             get
             very
             little
             that
             commeth
             to
             gleane
             after
             their
             rakers
             .
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             Ieremie
             doth
             prophesie
             of
             the
             returne
             of
             the
             Jewes
             from
             Babylon
             out
             of
             captiuitie
             ,
             and
             vnder
             the
             type
             of
             them
             ,
             of
             Christs
             Church
             thus
             .
             
               O
               virgine
               Israel
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               adorned
            
             
             
               with
               the
               Timbrell
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               goe
               forth
               with
               the
               dance
               of
               them
               that
               be
               ioyfull
               :
               Thou
               shalt
               yet
               plant
               vines
               on
            
             
             
               the
               mountaines
               of
               Samaria
               and
               the
               
               planters
               that
               plant
               them
               ,
               shall
               make
               them
               common
               .
            
             As
             Christs
             Church
             
               hath
               a
               common
               Father
            
             ,
             and
             
               a
               common
               Sauiour
            
             ,
             and
             
               common
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             and
             
               a
               common
               countrey
            
             ,
             and
             
               a
               common
               inheritance
               in
               heauen
            
             :
             so
             on
             earth
             she
             should
             also
             haue
             a
             brotherly
             communitie
             in
             her
             earthly
             affaires
             ;
             and
             she
             should
             make
             her
             grapes
             cōmon
             .
             This
             did
             the
             Jewes
             in
             the
             shadow
             ;
             and
             shall
             not
             Christians
             doe
             thus
             much
             more
             in
             the
             cléere
             sunne-shine
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ?
          
        
         
           
             The
             fourth
             reason
             ;
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             against
             the
             estate
             of
             Christs
             Church
             and
             kingdome
             .
          
           
             ESay
             thus
             prophesieth
             of
             it
             :
             Violence
             
             
               and
               hard
               dealing
               shall
               no
               more
               be
               heard
               of
               in
               the
               land
               ,
               neither
               desolation
               nor
               destruction
               within
               thy
               borders
               ,
               but
               thou
               shalt
               call
               saluation
               thy
               wals
            
             (
             of
             a
             word
             deriued
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             )
             and
             
             
               praise
               ,
               thy
               gates
            
             .
             Our
             wals
             should
             taste
             of
             the
             loue
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             like
             him
             ;
             they
             shuld
             all
             be
             built
             of
             frée
             stones
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             flint
             stones
             ;
             and
             all
             our
             gates
             
             should
             be
             praise
             ;
             we
             should
             neuer
             set
             foote
             out
             of
             doore
             ,
             but
             we
             should
             be
             merry
             and
             ioyfull
             :
             And
             are
             Inclosers
             tenants
             of
             this
             kingdome
             ?
             Is
             not
             their
             hard
             dealing
             and
             violence
             almost
             in
             all
             places
             complained
             of
             ?
             Are
             not
             their
             desolations
             and
             pulling
             downe
             of
             farmes
             apparant
             in
             euery
             mans
             eyes
             ?
             Are
             the
             wals
             and
             dwelling
             houses
             of
             their
             Tenants
             built
             of
             frée
             stone
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             of
             flint
             stone
             ?
             Doe
             their
             rents
             taste
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             of
             worldly
             couetousnesse
             ?
             Are
             the
             doores
             of
             their
             Tenants
             houses
             praise
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             lamentation
             ,
             sighing
             and
             mourning
             ?
          
           
             Add
             againe
             ,
             he
             describes
             vnto
             vs
             the
             estate
             of
             Christs
             Church
             ,
             thus
             :
             
               The
               Wolfe
               shall
               dwell
               with
               the
               lambe
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             ,
             
               the
               Cow
               and
               the
               Beare
               shall
               feede
               ,
               their
               yong
               ones
               shall
               lye
               together
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             This
             communitie
             of
             dwelling
             ,
             Inclosers
             do
             somtimes
             take
             away
             in
             Christs
             Church
             :
             for
             they
             will
             haue
             no
             man
             almost
             dwell
             néere
             them
             .
             We
             may
             sée
             many
             of
             their
             houses
             built
             alone
             ,
             like
             hauens
             nests
             ,
             no
             birds
             building
             néere
             them
             :
             but
             especially
             this
             community
             of
             
             féeding
             ,
             they
             like
             not
             of
             .
             They
             will
             eate
             their
             pastures
             by
             themselues
             ,
             they
             will
             haue
             none
             to
             enter
             common
             with
             them
             .
             Geminianus
             a
             very
             learned
             man
             ,
             agreeing
             herein
             with
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             ,
             writes
             thus
             very
             excellently
             ;
             
               Good
               men
            
             
             
               euer
               loue
               a
               common
               and
               sociable
               life
               ,
               and
               they
               flie
               singularities
               or
               solitarinesse
               by
               the
               example
               of
               Bees
               :
               For
               Bees
               ,
            
             as
             Ambrose
             writes
             ,
             
               doe
               chuse
               vnto
               them
               a
               common
               mansion
               or
               dwelling
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               all
               shut
               vp
               with
               one
               doore
               ,
               and
               they
               all
               labour
               together
               ;
               their
               meate
               is
               common
               ,
               as
               also
               their
               worke
               ;
               as
               they
               worke
               together
               so
               also
               they
               eate
               together
               .
               Their
               occupation
            
             (
             as
             I
             may
             so
             tearme
             it
             )
             
               is
               common
               ,
               and
               their
               gaine
               is
               common
               ,
               and
               their
               swarming
               is
               common
               .
            
             And
             hath
             God
             giuen
             Bées
             these
             excellent
             vertues
             in
             vaine
             ,
             or
             for
             themselues
             only
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             to
             teach
             men
             Christian
             charity
             ,
             and
             humane
             society
             ?
             Such
             angrie
             creatures
             doe
             thus
             loue
             ,
             and
             liue
             in
             common
             together
             ,
             and
             shal
             not
             much
             more
             men
             ,
             to
             whom
             God
             hath
             giuen
             no
             stings
             ?
             Nay
             Christians
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             hath
             giuen
             that
             louing
             and
             sociable
             doue
             
             of
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ?
          
           
           
             The
             Prophet
             Micah
             also
             thus
             describes
             vnto
             vs
             the
             estate
             of
             all
             Gods
             people
             in
             his
             Church
             .
             
               But
               they
               shall
               sit
               
               euery
               man
               vnder
               his
               vine
               ,
               and
               vnder
               his
               Figge
               tree
               ,
               and
               none
               shall
               make
               them
               afraid
               :
               for
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Lord
               hath
               spoken
               it
               .
            
             Where
             the
             Hebrewe
             word
             
               (
               Charadh
            
             )
             signifies
             to
             mooue
             one
             with
             thought
             ,
             and
             care
             .
             All
             shall
             liue
             merily
             in
             Christs
             Church
             ;
             they
             shall
             neuer
             feare
             thought
             nor
             care
             ,
             much
             lesse
             taste
             of
             it
             .
             And
             doe
             not
             Inclosers
             ,
             not
             onely
             make
             their
             Tenants
             feare
             thought
             and
             care
             ,
             but
             also
             fill
             their
             heads
             with
             it
             ?
             England
             hath
             béen
             famous
             throughout
             all
             Christendome
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               merie
               England
            
             :
             but
             couetous
             Inclosers
             haue
             taken
             this
             ioy
             and
             mirth
             away
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             may
             be
             now
             called
             sighing
             or
             sorrowfull
             England
             .
          
           
             In
             England
             we
             haue
             euer
             had
             thrée
             States
             ,
             
               Lords
               Spirituall
               ,
               Temporall
               ,
               and
               the
               Commons
               .
            
             And
             these
             Commons
             are
             diuided
             againe
             into
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               Yeomen
            
             ,
             and
             Husbandmen
             .
             But
             in
             other
             Countreyes
             there
             is
             no
             Yeomanrie
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             England
             .
             In
             France
             
             all
             are
             Gentlemen
             ,
             or
             Pesants
             :
             In
             Denmarke
             all
             are
             Noblemen
             ,
             or
             Rustici
             ,
             as
             they
             tearme
             them
             :
             And
             in
             
               High
               &
               Lowe
               Germanie
            
             there
             are
             the
             Nobilitie
             ,
             and
             the
             Boores.
             So
             that
             ,
             Gentlemen
             which
             are
             Inclosers
             ,
             ouerthrowing
             the
             Yeomanrie
             ,
             and
             decaying
             the
             Communalty
             ,
             doe
             blotte
             out
             the
             ancient
             glory
             of
             England
             :
             for
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             by
             the
             strength
             and
             hands
             of
             these
             two
             ,
             haue
             béen
             heretofore
             euer
             obtained
             ,
             our
             admirable
             conquests
             ,
             and
             most
             famous
             victories
             throughout
             all
             Christendome
             .
             So
             that
             now
             these
             Inclosers
             doe
             goe
             about
             to
             make
             England
             as
             barbarous
             ,
             and
             as
             weake
             in
             this
             respect
             ,
             as
             other
             nations
             .
             Nay
             let
             them
             take
             héed
             that
             they
             prooue
             not
             themselues
             Egyptians
             :
             for
             not
             the
             countrey
             ,
             but
             the
             conditions
             &
             maners
             ,
             are
             wont
             to
             giue
             names
             .
             As
             we
             may
             learne
             out
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             ,
             whereas
             
             he
             calles
             the
             Noblemen
             of
             Iewrie
             Princes
             of
             Sodome
             ;
             and
             the
             people
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             Gomorah
             :
             though
             neither
             they
             nor
             their
             ancestors
             were
             borne
             there
             .
             So
             I
             feare
             we
             haue
             some
             Landlords
             of
             Aegypt
             in
             England
             :
             for
             
               (
               Mitsraijm
            
             )
             the
             
             name
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             in
             our
             language
             is
             as
             much
             to
             say
             ,
             as
             an
             Afflicter
             ,
             or
             one
             that
             makes
             another
             sorrowfull
             :
             and
             are
             not
             these
             Inclosers
             Egyptians
             then
             ,
             which
             pinch
             ,
             and
             vexe
             their
             brethren
             ?
             Let
             them
             take
             heede
             ;
             the
             name
             agrées
             vnto
             them
             :
             let
             them
             feare
             the
             punishment
             ;
             God
             is
             the
             same
             God
             still
             .
             He
             that
             heard
             the
             grones
             ,
             and
             sighes
             of
             his
             
             people
             in
             Aegypt
             ,
             and
             came
             downe
             to
             deliuer
             them
             ,
             will
             no
             doubt
             doe
             the
             same
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             I
             haue
             heard
             of
             an
             olde
             prophesie
             ,
             that
             
               Horne
               and
               thorne
               shall
               make
               England
               forlorne
               .
            
             Inclosers
             verifie
             this
             by
             their
             shéepe
             and
             hedges
             at
             this
             day
             .
             They
             kill
             poore
             mens
             hearts
             ,
             by
             taking
             from
             them
             their
             auncient
             commons
             ,
             to
             make
             shéepe
             pasture
             of
             ;
             and
             by
             imposing
             vpon
             them
             great
             rents
             ,
             and
             by
             decaying
             tillage
             ;
             so
             that
             now
             they
             are
             forlorne
             hauing
             no
             ioy
             to
             liue
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             And
             according
             to
             these
             shadowes
             ,
             Saint
             Iohn
             describeth
             to
             vs
             the
             truth
             of
             Christs
             Church
             :
             
               But
               if
               that
               we
               walke
            
             
             
               in
               light
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               as
               he
               is
               in
               light
               ,
               we
               
               haue
               fellowship
               one
               with
               another
               ,
               and
               the
               blood
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               his
               Sonne
               cleanseth
               vs
               from
               all
               our
               sinnes
               .
            
             Here
             is
             ,
             euen
             to
             force
             vs
             to
             the
             communicating
             of
             our
             vile
             earth
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             the
             communicating
             of
             Jesus
             Christs
             most
             pretious
             blood
             :
             as
             though
             they
             which
             would
             not
             maintaine
             this
             christian
             communion
             and
             fellowship
             among
             themselues
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             partakers
             of
             that
             .
             They
             are
             not
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             children
             of
             the
             diuell
             ,
             that
             walke
             not
             in
             this
             light
             :
             they
             are
             not
             of
             Gods
             familie
             and
             Church
             ,
             but
             of
             Sathans
             Synagogue
             ,
             that
             haue
             not
             this
             fellowship
             among
             themselues
             .
             And
             Saint
             Paul
             commaunds
             Timothie
             ,
             and
             
             in
             him
             all
             ministers
             ,
             to
             teach
             rich
             men
             the
             same
             lesson
             ;
             
               Charge
               them
               that
               be
               rich
               in
               this
               world
               that
               they
               be
               not
               high
               minded
               ,
               &c.
               but
               to
               be
               very
               ready
               to
               giue
               and
               to
               be
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               making
               common
               their
               talents
               among
               their
               brethren
               :
            
             but
             Inclosers
             doe
             not
             so
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             point
             :
             Esay
             in
             his
             prophesie
             ,
             may
             séeme
             to
             teach
             ,
             and
             touch
             vs
             also
             very
             narrowly
             ,
             that
             haue
             liued
             
             vnder
             the
             gratious
             raigne
             of
             Quéene
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             doe
             now
             liue
             vnder
             the
             happie
             and
             religious
             gouernment
             of
             King
             Iames
             :
             for
             he
             also
             prophesied
             in
             the
             daies
             of
             godly
             Ezechias
             ,
             to
             whom
             
             both
             these
             may
             be
             compared
             .
             And
             God
             there
             complaines
             ,
             
               that
               when
               as
               he
               had
               planted
               a
               most
               plesant
               vine
               in
               Iewrie
               ,
               and
               had
               hedged
               it
               from
               the
            
             hands
             of
             the
             enemie
             ,
             
               and
               had
               picked
               out
               of
               it
            
             
             stones
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             many
             vnprofitable
             members
             and
             traytors
             ,
             
               and
               when
               he
               had
               planted
               a
               wine-presse
               in
               it
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             famous
             Schoole
             of
             the
             Prophets
             which
             
             should
             yéeld
             vnto
             them
             the
             most
             pleasant
             wine
             ,
             
               and
               also
               had
               built
               in
               the
               middest
               of
               it
               a
               stately
               tower
               of
               defence
               ,
            
             euen
             a
             most
             godly
             and
             mightie
             Prince
             and
             Magistrate
             :
             yet
             for
             all
             these
             benefits
             ,
             when
             as
             he
             looked
             for
             swéete
             grapes
             at
             their
             hands
             ,
             they
             brought
             forth
             sower
             grapes
             .
             And
             hath
             he
             not
             bestowed
             all
             these
             former
             benefits
             and
             blessings
             vpon
             vs
             in
             England
             ?
             He
             is
             very
             vnthankfull
             ,
             or
             starke
             blind
             that
             will
             not
             acknowledge
             this
             :
             and
             yet
             for
             all
             these
             benefits
             these
             Inclosers
             (
             with
             those
             
             vnkinde
             Jewes
             )
             yéelde
             sower
             grapes
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             these
             sower
             grapes
             are
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             after
             most
             manifestly
             sheweth
             vs.
             
               Woe
               vnto
               them
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
             
               that
               ioyne
               house
               to
               house
               ,
               and
               lay
               field
               to
               field
               ,
               till
               there
               be
               no
               place
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               be
               placed
               by
               your selues
               in
               the
               middest
               of
               the
               earth
               .
            
             Is
             not
             this
             the
             marke
             that
             inclosers
             doe
             aime
             at
             ,
             to
             be
             placed
             alone
             by
             themselues
             on
             the
             earth
             ?
             But
             to
             such
             stragling
             shéepe
             ,
             from
             the
             holy
             fellowship
             of
             the
             Lords
             flocke
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             here
             ,
             cryeth
             woe
             .
             And
             are
             not
             these
             plainely
             the
             grapes
             that
             Inclosers
             doe
             yéelde
             ,
             to
             ioyne
             field
             to
             field
             ?
             and
             these
             ,
             they
             account
             gainefull
             and
             pleasant
             grapes
             .
             Oh
             men
             desperately
             sicke
             ,
             whose
             mouthes
             are
             thus
             out
             of
             taste
             ;
             And
             doe
             they
             thinke
             that
             God
             will
             take
             these
             grapes
             at
             their
             hands
             ?
          
           
             What
             talke
             they
             of
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             their
             land
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             worth
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             ?
             let
             them
             praise
             God
             that
             they
             enioy
             it
             .
             If
             he
             had
             not
             hedged
             it
             about
             ;
             not
             long
             since
             ,
             the
             cruell
             Spaniard
             had
             deuoured
             vs
             all
             .
             Oh
             ,
             remembring
             this
             ,
             let
             them
             offer
             swéete
             and
             most
             pleasant
             grapes
             
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             deale
             as
             mercifully
             with
             their
             poore
             Tenants
             as
             is
             possible
             .
             All
             the
             mercy
             which
             they
             can
             shew
             ,
             is
             nothing
             to
             that
             mercie
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             shewed
             to
             them
             already
             ;
             nay
             ,
             to
             that
             he
             must
             shew
             to
             them
             hereafter
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             shal
             be
             damned
             .
             And
             let
             them
             take
             héede
             ;
             
               for
               with
               what
               measure
               they
               
               doe
               now
               meate
               ,
               shall
               be
               measured
               to
               them
               againe
               :
            
             as
             it
             was
             done
             to
             that
             rich
             man
             ,
             
               who
               ,
               as
               he
               would
               not
               giue
               a
               crum
            
             
             
               or
               droppe
               here
               on
               earth
               ,
               so
               he
               could
               not
               haue
               one
               crumme
               or
               droppe
               of
               comfort
               then
               graunted
               him
               in
               hell
               :
            
             though
             he
             could
             cry
             
               father
               Abraham
            
             neuer
             so
             loud
             ,
             his
             vncharitable
             and
             vnmercifull
             faith
             could
             doe
             him
             no
             good
             ;
             no
             more
             shall
             theirs
             profit
             them
             :
             Let
             all
             men
             marke
             this
             well
             ;
             
               It
               is
               written
               for
               our
               learning
               .
            
             
             And
             let
             them
             marke
             well
             what
             measure
             of
             mercie
             they
             now
             giue
             ;
             and
             let
             them
             be
             sure
             ,
             that
             they
             giue
             measure
             enough
             :
             for
             ,
             without
             all
             doubt
             ,
             at
             that
             day
             ,
             they
             shall
             receiue
             the
             same
             againe
             .
             And
             I
             pronounce
             vnto
             them
             ,
             that
             ,
             doe
             what
             they
             can
             ,
             they
             shall
             stand
             neede
             of
             it
             all
             .
             Let
             them
             not
             flatter
             themselues
             
             in
             doing
             some
             small
             trifles
             ,
             and
             in
             giuing
             the
             paring
             of
             their
             nailes
             ,
             and
             those
             things
             which
             they
             may
             well
             spare
             :
             for
             as
             Saint
             Peter
             tels
             vs
             ,
             
               at
               that
               day
            
             
             
               the
               iust
               man
               shall
               scarcely
               be
               saued
               :
            
             and
             then
             what
             case
             shall
             vnmercifull
             men
             be
             in
             ?
          
        
         
           
             The
             fifth
             reason
             is
             ,
             that
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             against
             Christian
             charitie
             .
          
           
             SAint
             Paul
             saith
             ,
             
               Charitie
               seeketh
               not
               her
               owne
               things
               ,
               but
               euery
               man
               also
            
             
             
               the
               things
               of
               other
               men
            
             .
             But
             these
             Inclosers
             respect
             onely
             their
             owne
             commodities
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             against
             charitie
             .
             It
             was
             the
             voyce
             of
             Cain
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Sheth
             ,
             nor
             of
             Gods
             Church
             ,
             
               am
               I
               my
               brothers
               keeper
            
             ?
             And
             euen
             at
             this
             
             day
             they
             are
             of
             Cains
             petegrée
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Gods
             familie
             ,
             that
             haue
             no
             care
             of
             the
             wealth
             and
             welfare
             of
             their
             brethren
             .
          
           
             This
             Inclosure
             is
             also
             against
             the
             loue
             which
             Jesus
             Christ
             commaunded
             and
             shewed
             towards
             vs
             ;
             
               Yee
               know
               the
               grace
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             (
             saith
             
             
             Saint
             
               Paul
               )
               that
               he
               being
               rich
               ,
               for
               your
               sakes
               became
               poore
               ,
               that
               you
               through
               his
               pouertie
               might
               be
               made
               rich
               .
               And
               I
               giue
               you
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               my
               counsell
               ,
               and
            
             
             
               mine
               aduise
               herein
            
             .
             This
             is
             also
             that
             law
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             Christ
             ,
             which
             he
             so
             straitely
             commaunds
             all
             his
             ,
             
               To
               loue
            
             
             
               one
               another
               ,
               as
               he
               hath
               loued
               them
               ,
            
             and
             that
             with
             a
             repetition
             .
             This
             is
             Saint
             Pauls
             aduise
             ;
             for
             our
             brethrens
             sakes
             ,
             
             euen
             to
             become
             poore
             to
             doe
             them
             good
             .
             But
             Inclosers
             doe
             not
             thus
             ,
             they
             séeke
             their
             owne
             wealth
             and
             riches
             ,
             therefore
             they
             contradict
             both
             our
             Sauiours
             law
             ,
             and
             Saint
             Pauls
             aduise
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             comfortable
             words
             of
             our
             blessed
             Sauiour
             ,
             euen
             the
             first
             and
             most
             ioyfull
             message
             that
             he
             sent
             to
             his
             Apostles
             after
             his
             resurrection
             were
             these
             ,
             
               Goe
               to
               my
               brethren
               and
               say
               vnto
               them
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               ascend
               vnto
               my
               Father
               and
               to
               your
               Father
               ,
               to
               my
               God
               and
               to
               your
               God.
            
             Oh
             ioyfull
             newes
             !
             Shall
             we
             not
             beleeue
             this
             ?
             And
             if
             we
             doe
             ,
             shall
             we
             not
             account
             indéede
             all
             Christians
             now
             our
             brethren
             ?
             euen
             our
             most
             néere
             and
             déere
             brethren
             ?
             which
             brotherhoode
             our
             Sa-Sauiour
             
             Jesus
             so
             dearely
             bought
             ,
             euen
             by
             his
             most
             precious
             death
             ;
             and
             shall
             we
             not
             deale
             with
             them
             as
             with
             our
             brethren
             ?
             But
             Dauid
             in
             the
             person
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             Christ
             complaines
             ,
             
               that
               he
               is
               become
               a
               stranger
               to
               his
               brethren
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               an
               aliant
               to
               his
               mothers
               children
               .
            
             And
             is
             not
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             in
             his
             members
             amongst
             vs
             ,
             in
             this
             state
             euen
             now
             ?
             and
             may
             he
             not
             séeme
             to
             make
             the
             same
             complaint
             ?
             Whosoeuer
             lets
             a
             farme
             ,
             or
             sels
             any
             thing
             to
             his
             brother
             ,
             doth
             he
             not
             deale
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             with
             a
             stranger
             ?
             doth
             he
             not
             make
             him
             pay
             for
             it
             to
             the
             vttermost
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             sometimes
             more
             then
             it
             is
             worth
             ?
             A
             Turke
             might
             haue
             it
             as
             cheape
             at
             our
             hands
             as
             a
             Christian
             .
             And
             may
             not
             Jesus
             Christ
             then
             iustly
             say
             ,
             that
             
               he
               is
               become
               a
               stranger
               to
               his
               brethren
               ?
            
             surely
             as
             great
             a
             stranger
             ,
             in
             his
             members
             to
             Christians
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             in
             his
             owne
             person
             to
             the
             Jewes
             .
             For
             
               as
               they
               gaue
            
             
             
               him
               vineger
               and
               gall
               to
               drinke
            
             ;
             so
             many
             now
             giue
             to
             their
             brethren
             ;
             and
             especially
             Inclosers
             giue
             this
             drinke
             to
             their
             poore
             tenants
             .
          
           
           
             And
             here
             we
             may
             note
             that
             excellent
             propertie
             of
             true
             charitie
             that
             she
             is
             alwaies
             hard
             to
             her selfe
             ,
             that
             she
             may
             be
             bountifull
             to
             others
             .
             
               So
               was
               the
               widow
            
             
             
               of
               Sareptah
               ,
            
             that
             she
             might
             féede
             
               Elias
               ;
               and
               so
               was
               that
               widow
               in
               the
               Gospell
               ,
            
             
             which
             our
             Sauiour
             so
             highly
             commends
             ;
             
               That
               she
               might
               giue
               some
               thing
               into
               the
               Treasurie
               of
               God
               ,
               she
               gaue
               all
               her
               liuing
               ,
            
             and
             punished
             her selfe
             .
             So
             was
             that
             Samaritan
             and
             that
             stranger
             amongst
             the
             Jewes
             
               (
               whose
               example
               all
            
             
             
               that
               will
               be
               accounted
               neighbours
            
             our
             Sauiour
             commaunds
             to
             follow
             )
             
               to
               that
               wounded
               man.
               He
               set
               him
               on
               his
               owne
               beast
               :
            
             he
             went
             a
             foote
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             tooke
             paines
             that
             he
             might
             ride
             .
             So
             were
             all
             the
             Church
             of
             Macedonia
             ,
             as
             Saint
             Paul
             sheweth
             ,
             
               in
               their
               extreame
            
             
             
               pouertie
               rich
               in
               liberalitie
               to
               the
               poore
               ,
            
             They
             pinched
             themselues
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             liberall
             to
             them
             .
             Doe
             Inclosers
             follow
             these
             examples
             ?
             doe
             they
             pinch
             themselues
             that
             they
             may
             doe
             their
             brethren
             good
             ?
             Shall
             not
             all
             these
             examples
             ,
             of
             Jewes
             ,
             widowes
             ,
             strangers
             ,
             and
             Macedonians
             mooue
             them
             ?
             
             They
             doe
             quite
             contrarie
             ;
             and
             they
             thinke
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             doe
             it
             lawfully
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             may
             seeke
             their
             owne
             commoditie
             howsoeuer
             that
             their
             brethren
             fare
             :
             surely
             this
             is
             not
             charitie
             .
             All
             Gods
             creatures
             may
             seeme
             to
             teach
             vs
             
             this
             lesson
             ,
             as
             Virgils
             verses
             auouch
             .
             The
             sheepe
             beareth
             not
             his
             fleece
             ,
             nor
             the
             oxe
             his
             yoake
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             nor
             the
             Bées
             hord
             vp
             their
             honey
             ,
             but
             all
             for
             our
             vse
             .
             Nay
             ,
             those
             exceilent
             creatures
             ;
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             the
             Moone
             ,
             and
             stars
             ,
             how
             continually
             doe
             they
             runne
             their
             courses
             ,
             for
             our
             commoditie
             ?
             And
             shall
             not
             we
             take
             paines
             and
             pinch
             our selues
             to
             doe
             our
             brethren
             good
             ?
             And
             will
             not
             Inclosers
             learne
             this
             lesson
             being
             taught
             it
             by
             so
             many
             schoole-masters
             ?
             I
             am
             verely
             perswaded
             that
             God
             hath
             sent
             of
             late
             vnseasonable
             weather
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             hay-haruest
             ,
             to
             teach
             Inclosers
             what
             an
             acre
             of
             their
             inclosed
             pasture
             ground
             (
             which
             they
             doe
             make
             so
             great
             a
             reckoning
             of
             )
             is
             worth
             .
             For
             the
             hay-haruest
             ,
             which
             yeeldes
             meate
             for
             their
             sheepe
             ,
             hath
             beene
             lately
             vnseasonable
             and
             wet
             :
             but
             the
             corne
             
             haruests
             which
             yéeldes
             meate
             for
             his
             
             
               sheepe
               (
               the
               poore
            
             )
             the
             Lord
             hath
             blessed
             :
             Or
             else
             no
             doubt
             ,
             if
             the
             corne
             haruest
             had
             bin
             as
             wet
             as
             the
             hay
             haruest
             was
             ,
             there
             would
             haue
             béen
             a
             great
             dearth
             of
             corne
             ,
             to
             the
             vndooing
             of
             the
             poore
             .
             But
             our
             most
             louing
             God
             ,
             to
             declare
             the
             loue
             that
             he
             beares
             to
             his
             owne
             shéepe
             :
             &
             the
             small
             care
             in
             comparison
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             of
             their
             shéepe
             ;
             hath
             as
             it
             were
             plagued
             the
             hay-haruest
             of
             their
             sheep
             ,
             and
             blessed
             the
             corne-haruest
             of
             his
             own
             sheepe
             ;
             for
             
               nothing
               chanceth
               in
               vaine
            
             .
             And
             
             therefore
             whereas
             Inclosers
             doe
             vrge
             ,
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             the
             benefit
             of
             Inclosure
             ,
             and
             that
             an
             acre
             of
             their
             inclosed
             medow
             and
             pasture
             ,
             is
             worth
             thus
             much
             ;
             they
             must
             consider
             ,
             y
             t
             vnles
             God
             send
             seasonable
             weather
             ,
             it
             may
             prooue
             almost
             worth
             nothing
             :
             they
             must
             learne
             to
             let
             God
             haue
             a
             chief
             part
             of
             their
             rents
             reserued
             to
             him
             .
             Vnlesse
             
             
               he
               keepe
               for
               vs
               the
               appointed
               weekes
               of
               the
               haruest
               ,
            
             as
             Ieremic
             teacheth
             ,
             what
             is
             all
             our
             land
             and
             labour
             taken
             about
             it
             worth
             ?
             No
             doubt
             our
             ancestors
             had
             consideration
             hereof
             ,
             in
             letting
             their
             
             lands
             ;
             which
             were
             so
             easily
             rented
             ,
             that
             the
             tenant
             might
             haue
             the
             rent
             what
             weather
             soeuer
             God
             sent
             :
             and
             this
             was
             Christian
             charitie
             .
             But
             this
             charitie
             is
             now
             vanished
             out
             of
             the
             world
             :
             The
             Incloser
             will
             haue
             his
             great
             rent
             ,
             hée
             will
             not
             abate
             one
             penie
             what
             weather
             soeuer
             come
             .
             One
             writes
             
               that
               the
               poore
               hus●andman
               is
               more
               cruelly
               dealt
               withall
               than
               the
               as●e
               ;
               whom
               his
               master
               ,
               if
               that
               the
               weather
               or
               the
               way
               proue
               not
               conuenient
               and
               good
               ,
               will
               ease
               of
               his
               burden
               .
            
             But
             Husbandmen
             ,
             come
             faire
             come
             foule
             weather
             ,
             are
             nothing
             pitied
             ;
             they
             must
             beare
             still
             their
             accustomed
             burdens
             ,
             be
             they
             neuer
             so
             great
             .
          
           
             This
             practise
             of
             Christian
             charitie
             was
             vsed
             in
             the
             Primitiue
             church
             .
             
               And
               the
               multitude
               of
               them
               which
               beleeued
            
             
             (
             saith
             S.
             
               Luke
               )
               were
               of
               one
               heart
               ,
               and
               of
               one
               soule
               ;
               neither
               any
               of
               them
               said
               or
               accompted
               ,
               that
               that
               which
               he
               possessed
               ,
               was
               his
               own
               ;
               but
               they
               had
               all
               things
               common
               .
               Common
            
             like
             Christians
             ,
             not
             like
             Anabaptists
             :
             common
             in
             vse
             ,
             not
             in
             propertie
             .
             For
             Ananias
             possession
             
             was
             his
             owne
             ,
             to
             haue
             either
             kept
             or
             
             sold
             it
             ,
             as
             Peter
             told
             him
             .
             So
             was
             also
             all
             other
             mens
             possessions
             and
             goods
             ,
             but
             no
             man
             accompted
             it
             as
             his
             owne
             .
          
           
             
               Lodouicus
               Viues
            
             ,
             a
             very
             learned
             man
             ,
             thus
             describes
             Christian
             charitie
             :
             
               To
               loue
            
             ,
             saith
             hée
             ,
             
               is
               the
               happiest
               and
               the
            
             
             
               best
               thing
               in
               the
               world
               :
               and
               therefore
               God
               and
               Angels
               are
               most
               happie
               and
               blessed
               ,
               who
               loue
               most
               .
               And
               to
               hate
               is
               the
               worst
               and
               most
               miserable
               thin
               in
               the
               world
               :
               and
               for
               this
               cause
               the
               denils
               are
               most
               miserable
               .
            
             And
             after
             ,
             lest
             any
             man
             should
             coine
             to
             himselfe
             a
             counterfeite
             Christian
             charitie
             ;
             
               This
               true
               charitie
               makes
               all
               thinges
               equall
               ;
               where
               that
               flourisheth
               ,
               no
               man
               desireth
               to
               be
               preferred
               before
               another
               ,
               no
               man
               will
               desire
               to
               take
               away
               any
               thing
               from
               him
               that
               he
               loueth
               ,
               when
               as
               he
               accompts
               that
               he
               himselfe
               hath
               whatsoeuer
               his
               friend
               hath
               :
               no
               man
               will
               goe
               to
               law
               with
               him
               ,
               whom
               he
               loues
               :
               none
               will
               thinke
               that
               he
               can
               receiue
               any
               iniurie
               at
               his
               hands
               ,
               and
               therefore
               neuer
               thinkes
               on
               reuenge
               :
               no
               man
               will
               enuie
               him
               ,
               whom
               he
               loues
               ;
               nor
               any
               man
               is
               glad
               of
               the
               harmes
               of
               him
               that
               is
               his
               friend
               ,
               nor
               is
               agrieued
               at
               his
               welfare
               .
            
             But
             contrariwise
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             saying
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ;
             
             
               He
               reioyceth
               with
               them
               that
               reioyce
               ,
               and
               weepes
               with
               them
               that
               weepe
               ,
            
             
             &
             
               that
               not
               fa●nedly
               or
               counterfeitly
               .
               but
               from
               his
               very
               heart
               .
            
             Because
             
               loue
               makes
               all
               things
               common
               ,
               and
               atcompts
               that
               his
               owne
               which
               is
               his
               whom
               he
               loueth
               .
            
             Thus
             
               Lodouicus
               Viues
            
             describes
             Christian
             charitie
             .
             And
             how
             farre
             off
             are
             Inclosers
             
             from
             this
             ?
             Saint
             Paul
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               if
               he
               had
               all
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               all
               faith
               ,
               euen
               to
               remooue
               mountaines
               ,
               yet
               without
               this
               charitie
               he
               were
               nothing
               before
               God
               :
            
             And
             what
             are
             Inclosers
             then
             ,
             that
             are
             destitute
             of
             all
             these
             gifts
             ,
             and
             lacke
             this
             charitie
             ?
             Let
             them
             marke
             this
             well
             ,
             that
             this
             i●well
             Charitie
             ,
             one
             day
             before
             the
             Maiestie
             of
             God
             ,
             shall
             be
             more
             worth
             than
             all
             their
             golde
             ,
             and
             great
             rents
             and
             reuenues
             .
             This
             is
             the
             charitie
             of
             all
             the
             Saints
             in
             heauen
             .
             For
             although
             
               there
               be
               differences
               of
               ioyes
            
             ,
             
             yet
             the
             Saints
             which
             haue
             lesser
             ioyes
             ,
             accoūt
             those
             ioyes
             ,
             through
             charity
             ,
             also
             theirs
             ,
             which
             their
             brethren
             doe
             enioy
             .
          
           
             Now
             is
             fulfilled
             that
             prayer
             of
             
               Dauid
               ,
               It
               is
               time
               for
               thee
               Lord
               to
               put
               to
               thy
               hand
               ,
               for
               
                 (
                 Hephiru
              
               )
               they
               haue
               abrogated
               ,
            
             
             
             
               they
               haue
               made
               no
               account
               of
               thy
               lawe
               .
            
             And
             what
             is
             Christs
             law
             but
             
             charitie
             ?
             And
             that
             not
             any
             charitie
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             charitie
             as
             he
             hath
             shewed
             towards
             vs
             ;
             &
             as
             
               Lodou●cus
               Vi●es
            
             here
             hath
             described
             to
             vs.
             But
             
               it
               is
               time
               for
               God
               to
               put
               to
               his
               hand
               ,
            
             for
             this
             charity
             is
             vanished
             ,
             is
             abrogated
             ,
             is
             made
             no
             account
             of
             ,
             many
             thinke
             that
             it
             concernes
             them
             not
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             very
             Pagans
             haue
             had
             this
             charitie
             ,
             and
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             wanted
             the
             eye
             of
             faith
             ,
             they
             haue
             mounted
             vp
             herein
             
             (
             like
             blinde
             Hawkes
             )
             farre
             higher
             than
             some
             Christians
             ,
             especially
             than
             Inclosers
             .
          
           
             
               Cymon
               
                 the
                 Athenian
                 commaunded
                 all
                 hedges
                 and
                 pales
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 away
                 from
                 his
                 grounds
                 ,
                 that
                 both
                 Citizens
                 and
                 strangers
                 whosoeuer
                 ,
                 that
                 stood
                 in
                 neede
                 ,
                 might
                 haue
                 more
                 free
                 accesse
                 into
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 gather
                 Ap●les
                 and
                 corne
                 .
              
            
             And
             Photion
             the
             Athenian
             said
             ,
             
               That
               a
               man
               had
               as
               good
               pull
               downe
               Churches
               and
               Altars
               ,
               as
               take
               mercie
               from
               amongst
               men
               .
            
             And
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
            
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               then
               he
               waxed
               rich
               ,
               when
               as
               he
               did
               any
               man
               good
               .
            
             And
             
             wil
             Inclosers
             come
             behind
             any
             of
             these
             ?
             will
             they
             inclose
             ?
             
               Cymon
               
                 the
                 Athenian
                 would
                 not
                 doe
                 it
                 .
              
            
             Will
             they
             not
             deale
             charitably
             in
             letting
             of
             their
             farmes
             to
             their
             brethren
             ?
             Phocion
             tels
             them
             ,
             
               that
               they
               had
               as
               good
               pull
               downe
               Churches
            
             Doe
             they
             account
             the
             money
             in
             their
             coffers
             their
             treasures
             ?
             Caesar
             ,
             that
             proud
             Romane
             Emperour
             shall
             condemne
             them
             ;
             he
             thought
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             rather
             
               that
               which
               he
               had
               bestowed
               liberally
               .
               Traiane
            
             the
             Emperour
             was
             accompted
             
               the
               ioy
               of
               mankinde
               ,
               because
               that
               he
               neuer
               sent
               any
               man
               sad
               home
               .
            
             Oh
             that
             all
             Landlords
             were
             Traianes
             !
             They
             should
             bee
             more
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             more
             to
             bee
             a
             Christian
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             a
             Traiane
             ;
             and
             Saint
             Paul
             wills
             all
             Christians
             to
             
               walke
               worthy
               of
               their
            
             
             vocation
             .
             The
             name
             of
             a
             Christian
             is
             
             the
             honorablest
             and
             bountifullest
             name
             in
             the
             worlde
             .
             Christians
             take
             their
             names
             ,
             of
             the
             anointing
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
             And
             what
             then
             can
             be
             more
             honourable
             
             and
             bountifull
             ?
             
               Octauius
               Caesar
               
                 ●ccompted
                 that
                 day
                 lost
                 ,
                 wherein
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 good
                 to
                 no
                 man.
              
            
             Oh
             that
             all
             Landlords
             would
             spend
             their
             daies
             thus
             ,
             in
             deuising
             
             the
             good
             of
             the
             townes
             ,
             whereof
             they
             are
             Landlords
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             impouerishing
             of
             them
             !
             Then
             we
             should
             haue
             a
             flourishing
             Church
             ,
             and
             a
             rich
             Common-wealth
             .
             P●olome
             also
             King
             of
             Aegypt
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               he
               had
               rather
               make
               others
               rich
               ,
               than
               be
               rich
               himselfe
               .
            
             Oh
             that
             Inclosers
             were
             of
             this
             minde
             Curius
             also
             the
             Romane
             hauing
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             golde
             offered
             him
             of
             the
             Samnites
             ,
             
               ●had
               rather
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               haue
               the
               possessors
               of
               the
               gold
               Mine
               ,
               than
               their
               gold
               .
            
             O
             wise
             Curius
             he
             had
             rather
             haue
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Samnites
             ,
             than
             their
             heapes
             of
             golde
             .
             Oh
             that
             Inclosers
             were
             in
             this
             point
             but
             as
             wise
             as
             he
             !
             The
             day
             will
             come
             when
             the
             prayers
             of
             tenants
             ,
             shall
             doe
             their
             Landlords
             more
             good
             than
             their
             great
             payments
             now
             .
             For
             that
             saying
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             shall
             stand
             good
             ,
             whēas
             they
             with
             their
             chests
             full
             of
             gold
             and
             siluer
             shall
             perish
             ;
             
               Make
               you
               friends
               of
               your
               vnrighteous
               māmō
            
             ;
             
             
               that
               when
               as
               you
               shall
               depart
               hence
               and
               faile
               in
               your
               account
               ,
               they
               may
               receiue
               you
               into
               euerlasting
               Tabernacles
               .
            
             And
             our
             Sauiour
             addes
             an
             Emphasis
             or
             a
             
             Memorandum
             (
             as
             we
             say
             )
             to
             this
             his
             sentence
             ;
             
               (
               And
               I
               say
               vnto
               you
               )
            
             as
             though
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             Marke
             this
             well
             ,
             all
             you
             rich
             men
             ,
             whom
             God
             hath
             enriched
             with
             his
             talents
             :
             Herein
             follow
             that
             same
             vniust
             Steward
             ,
             and
             
               make
               you
               friends
               of
               the
               poore
               ;
               that
               when
               you
               shall
               depart
               hence
               ,
               &
               God
               shall
               call
               you
               to
               an
               account
               of
               your
               stewardships
            
             (
             as
             y
             e
             great
             rich
             man
             did
             his
             steward
             ,
             and
             shall
             faile
             therin
             ,
             the
             best
             of
             you
             al
             ,
             euen
             as
             he
             did
             )
             
               the
               poore
               may
               receiue
               you
               into
               euerlasting
               tabernacles
               .
               Make
               the
               poore
               as
               waters
               to
               cast
               your
               bread
               on
               ,
            
             as
             y
             t
             Preacher
             counselleth
             you
             :
             that
             you
             may
             find
             it
             again
             ,
             
             whē
             as
             you
             shal
             stand
             in
             need
             ,
             after
             
             
               many
               daies
               :
               and
               as
               stones
               to
               powre
               your
               oyle
               vpon
            
             ;
             as
             did
             Iacob
             the
             Patriarch
             ;
             that
             when
             you
             shall
             die
             ,
             you
             may
             
               sleepe
               quietly
            
             as
             hée
             did
             being
             aliue
             ;
             and
             sée
             
               that
               ladder
            
             Jesus
             Christ
             
               reaching
               from
               earth
               to
               heauen
            
             .
             For
             that
             strange
             fact
             of
             Iacob
             containes
             in
             it
             some
             great
             mysterie
             .
             And
             may
             not
             that
             ladder
             signifie
             faith
             ,
             &
             this
             powring
             oile
             on
             the
             stone
             ,
             mercie
             ?
             So
             that
             we
             must
             ioyne
             to
             the
             ladder
             of
             faith
             ,
             the
             oyle
             of
             mercie
             if
             we
             
             meane
             to
             ascend
             vp
             to
             heauen
             .
             Or
             if
             that
             
             stone
             signifie
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             are
             not
             the
             poore
             his
             members
             ?
             and
             doe
             not
             they
             which
             shew
             mercie
             vnto
             them
             ,
             powre
             their
             oile
             on
             Jesus
             Christs
             feet
             ,
             as
             Mary
             
             
               did
               in
               the
               gospel
            
             ,
             &
             as
             it
             were
             on
             stones
             ?
             Such
             an
             heire
             of
             Iacob
             ,
             was
             Dauid
             ,
             who
             of
             himselfe
             writes
             thus
             ;
             Know
             
             
               yee
               that
               the
               Lord
               
                 (
                 Hiphlah
              
               )
               hath
               as
               a
               wonderfull
               and
               pretious
               thing
               chosen
               to
               himselfe
               
                 (
                 Chasidh
              
               )
               the
               mercifull
               man.
            
             And
             he
             concludes
             ,
             
               I
               will
               lay
               me
               downe
            
             
             
               in
               peace
               and
               take
               my
               rest
               ,
            
             as
             though
             mercifull
             men
             onely
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             power
             their
             oyle
             on
             stones
             ,
             as
             Iacob
             did
             ,
             should
             take
             their
             rest
             ,
             and
             sléepe
             sweetely
             .
             For
             that
             sentence
             also
             shall
             stand
             good
             ,
             wherein
             consistes
             one
             maine
             point
             (
             next
             faith
             )
             of
             our
             saluation
             :
             
               Blessed
               are
               the
               mercifull
               ,
               for
               they
               shall
               obtaine
            
             
             
               mercy
               ;
               and
               iudgement
               mercilesse
               shall
               be
               to
               him
               that
               hath
               shewed
               no
               mercy
               ,
            
             as
             S.
             Iames
             teacheth
             vs.
             But
             Inclosers
             ,
             I
             thinke
             ,
             neuer
             remember
             that
             day
             :
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             would
             prefer
             prayers
             before
             payments
             ,
             and
             the
             harts
             of
             their
             tenants
             ,
             with
             that
             courteous
             
             Romane
             Curius
             ,
             before
             their
             heapes
             of
             golde
             and
             siluer
             .
             O
             blind
             couetousnesse
             !
             O
             blinde
             Inclosers
             !
             more
             blinde
             than
             Grecians
             ,
             more
             blinde
             than
             Romanes
             ,
             nay
             ,
             more
             vncharitable
             and
             cruell
             than
             very
             Infidels
             .
             Nature
             teacheth
             ,
             that
             the
             wilde
             figge
             tree
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             planted
             neere
             vnto
             the
             figge
             tree
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             make
             it
             more
             fruitfull
             :
             and
             shall
             not
             these
             Heathen
             or
             Pagans
             ,
             who
             are
             wilde
             figge
             trées
             in
             comparison
             of
             vs
             Christians
             ,
             make
             vs
             excell
             in
             good
             works
             ?
             shall
             their
             figges
             be
             sweeter
             than
             ours
             ?
             O
             degenerate
             and
             wilde
             Christians
             !
          
           
             God
             by
             his
             Prophet
             Ieremie
             (
             saith
             ,
             
               Goe
               to
               the
               isles
               of
               Chittim
               ,
               and
               behold
            
             ;
             
             
               and
               send
               vnto
               Kedar
               ,
               and
               take
               diligent
               heede
               ,
               and
               see
               whether
               there
               be
               such
               things
               .
            
             Our
             most
             gratious
             God
             ,
             compares
             his
             people
             of
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             with
             the
             Paganes
             :
             And
             will
             he
             not
             much
             more
             compare
             vs
             christians
             with
             them
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             a
             shame
             for
             vs
             to
             be
             ouercome
             of
             them
             in
             charitie
             towards
             our
             brethren
             ?
             Surely
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             ,
             in
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             they
             shall
             condemne
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             sixt
             reason
             :
             this
             Inclosure
             is
             against
             the
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             auncient
             customes
             and
             liberties
             of
             England
             ,
          
           
             GOds
             Ministers
             may
             make
             that
             complaint
             of
             Inclosers
             ,
             that
             Iacob
             made
             of
             
               Laban
               :
               Thou
               hast
               now
               changed
            
             
             
               my
               wages
               ten
               times
            
             :
             So
             haue
             they
             changed
             the
             auncient
             liuings
             of
             Gods
             Ministers
             .
             But
             in
             all
             their
             exchanges
             it
             hath
             fallen
             out
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             commonly
             in
             casting
             of
             mettals
             :
             that
             which
             hath
             comne
             in
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             hath
             not
             béen
             so
             good
             as
             was
             the
             former
             .
             Their
             summes
             of
             money
             which
             they
             doe
             now
             alowe
             ,
             are
             not
             so
             good
             in
             value
             ,
             as
             were
             heretofore
             tithes
             in
             kinde
             :
             and
             againe
             ,
             the
             money
             due
             is
             not
             so
             easily
             obtained
             at
             their
             hands
             .
             And
             thus
             they
             doe
             not
             onely
             
               mussell
               the
               mouthes
               of
               Gods
            
             
             Oxen
             ,
             which
             doe
             tread
             out
             his
             Corne
             ,
             but
             also
             impouerish
             them
             yéerely
             more
             &
             more
             by
             this
             their
             inclosure
             ;
             and
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             accounted
             Laban
             ,
             
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             will
             séeme
             white
             and
             religious
             .
          
           
             Hierome
             ,
             of
             couetous
             Patrons
             ,
             and
             laie-men
             which
             studie
             to
             get
             into
             their
             
             hands
             Ecclesiasticall
             liuings
             ,
             writes
             thus
             :
             
               They
               which
               serue
               at
               the
               Altar
               ,
               let
               them
               be
               partakers
               of
               the
               Altar
               :
               Therefore
               because
               Priests
               were
               wont
               to
               pray
               for
               all
               them
               ,
               whose
               almes
               and
               oblations
               they
               doe
               receiue
               ,
               with
               what
               face
               dare
               laie
               men
               ,
               either
               themselues
               eate
               ,
               or
               grant
               to
               others
               ,
               the
               oblations
               which
               Christians
               doe
               offer
               for
               their
               sinnes
               ,
               when
               as
               it
               becommeth
               not
            
             
             
               them
               to
               pray
               for
               the
               people
               ?
               For
               this
               cause
               ,
               (
               O
               glorious
               Father
               )
               we
               ought
               to
               excommunicate
               those
               presumptuous
               persons
               for
               euer
               ;
               that
               others
               might
               be
               afraid
               ,
               and
               that
               these
               things
               might
               be
               no
               more
               done
               in
               the
               Church
               .
            
             O
             grieuous
             sinne
             ,
             which
             Hierome
             saith
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             excommunicated
             for
             euer
             !
          
           
             And
             here
             first
             ,
             the
             poore
             husbandmen
             and
             cottagers
             ,
             may
             complaine
             vnto
             your
             Maiestie
             of
             the
             payments
             of
             the
             Subsidie
             inflicted
             vpon
             them
             ;
             that
             whereas
             there
             hath
             béene
             rich
             farmers
             
             in
             euery
             Towne
             to
             pay
             it
             ,
             now
             those
             townes
             inclosed
             being
             dispeopled
             ,
             and
             those
             rich
             farmers
             which
             were
             wont
             to
             pay
             it
             ,
             being
             fled
             away
             ,
             the
             payments
             thereof
             are
             imposed
             on
             poore
             men
             :
             who
             being
             but
             tenants
             ,
             and
             hauing
             but
             a
             small
             flocke
             of
             cattell
             (
             and
             perchance
             a
             great
             familie
             to
             maintaine
             )
             are
             enforced
             to
             be
             three
             pound
             men
             in
             the
             Subsidie
             booke
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             mannor
             ,
             or
             Frée-holder
             ;
             being
             their
             Landlords
             ,
             liuing
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             hauing
             fiue
             hundred
             or
             a
             thousand
             shéepe
             ,
             in
             the
             said
             Lordship
             (
             which
             they
             haue
             inclosed
             and
             improued
             )
             and
             perchance
             fiftie
             or
             a
             hundred
             cattell
             ,
             will
             pay
             nothing
             towards
             the
             payment
             of
             the
             same
             .
             Pleading
             for
             themselues
             ,
             that
             by
             law
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             assessed
             and
             bound
             to
             pay
             but
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             is
             where
             they
             inhabit
             .
             And
             so
             they
             vsing
             and
             enioying
             the
             profits
             and
             commodities
             of
             the
             farmes
             which
             they
             haue
             decayed
             ;
             and
             also
             eating
             with
             their
             cattel
             ,
             the
             chiefe
             commoditie
             of
             the
             field
             ;
             will
             beare
             no
             part
             of
             that
             dutie
             with
             their
             poore
             tenants
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             repine
             
             and
             murmur
             .
             Nay
             (
             that
             which
             is
             the
             last
             refuge
             )
             if
             the
             townes
             inclosed
             be
             so
             poore
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             pay
             the
             Subsidie
             ;
             they
             will
             vse
             meanes
             to
             mitigate
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             some
             townes
             néere
             adioyning
             ,
             helpe
             to
             beare
             out
             the
             burden
             of
             those
             townes
             ,
             that
             they
             haue
             decayed
             and
             dispeopled
             by
             their
             inclosure
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             poore
             also
             may
             complaine
             of
             Inclosers
             for
             taking
             away
             their
             Common
             :
             for
             herein
             they
             are
             ,
             first
             impious
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             iniurious
             to
             their
             Auncestors
             ,
             and
             distoyall
             to
             the
             Kings
             prerogatiue
             royall
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             God
             himselfe
             may
             séeme
             to
             haue
             giuen
             some
             Commons
             ,
             as
             appeares
             in
             Holland
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Marsh
             in
             Lincolneshire
             ,
             and
             Holdernes
             in
             Yorkeshire
             ,
             and
             in
             Kent
             ,
             where
             many
             miles
             of
             ground
             haue
             béen
             added
             by
             the
             Sea.
             Secondly
             ,
             some
             people
             of
             godly
             disposition
             ,
             and
             great
             possessions
             ,
             dying
             without
             issue
             ,
             haue
             giuen
             large
             Commons
             in
             diuers
             places
             ,
             as
             in
             Yorkeshire
             ,
             a
             great
             Common
             called
             
               Walling
               Fenne
            
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             Kings
             haue
             giuen
             Commons
             also
             .
          
           
           
             William
             Conqueror
             gaue
             Commons
             and
             other
             liberties
             :
             so
             that
             Lords
             of
             Mannors
             did
             not
             appoint
             them
             ,
             and
             therefore
             at
             their
             pleasures
             may
             not
             take
             them
             away
             .
             And
             they
             were
             giuen
             as
             it
             should
             seeme
             ,
             vpon
             these
             considerations
             :
             First
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             the
             poore
             men
             that
             fought
             for
             him
             :
             for
             all
             were
             not
             Gentlemen
             in
             that
             great
             armie
             of
             the
             Conqueror
             .
             And
             as
             gentlemē
             had
             lordships
             bestowed
             vpon
             them
             for
             their
             seruice
             ,
             so
             no
             doubt
             ,
             the
             poore
             had
             Cōmons
             giuen
             to
             them
             also
             for
             the
             same
             cause
             :
             that
             a
             poore
             man
             prouiding
             onely
             meate
             for
             his
             Cowe
             against
             winter
             ,
             was
             assured
             to
             haue
             her
             kept
             and
             fedde
             on
             the
             Commons
             all
             the
             summer
             for
             nothing
             ;
             and
             so
             might
             be
             the
             better
             imployed
             about
             his
             Maiesties
             warres
             ,
             so
             often
             as
             néede
             did
             require
             :
             whereas
             now
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             the
             poore
             man
             is
             forced
             to
             pay
             very
             dearely
             for
             the
             summer
             Common
             or
             pasture
             for
             his
             Cowe
             (
             ouer
             and
             besides
             his
             house
             rent
             )
             which
             in
             times
             past
             he
             had
             belonging
             to
             his
             house
             for
             his
             said
             rents
             .
             And
             so
             the
             care
             for
             the
             prouision
             for
             his
             family
             being
             great
             ,
             makes
             
             many
             not
             to
             be
             so
             forward
             to
             warres
             ,
             as
             they
             both
             would
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             
               Boterus
               Benesius
            
             ,
             writing
             of
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             and
             strength
             
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             consistes
             on
             the
             poore
             Husbandman
             ,
             Cottager
             ,
             and
             common
             Souldier
             ,
             reports
             thus
             ;
             Although
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               the
               English
               men
               are
               able
               to
               bring
               into
               the
               field
               2000.
               
               Launces
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               number
               of
               light
               horse
               ,
               yet
               the
               horsemen
               of
               England
               haue
               neuer
               wonne
               to
               themselues
               such
               credit
               and
               praise
               in
               war
               ,
               as
               the
               footemen
               haue
               done
               .
               King
               Edward
               the
               third
               ,
               who
               made
               so
               many
               voyages
               into
               France
               ,
               and
               obtained
               there
               so
               many
               victories
               ;
               to
               declare
               in
               which
               of
               his
               forces
               he
               most
               trusted
               ,
               forsooke
               his
               horsemen
               ,
               and
               went
               on
               foote
               amongst
               his
               common
               Souldiers
               .
               But
               contrariwise
               the
               Frenchmen
               ,
               because
               they
               will
               not
               haue
               their
               common
               people
               giue
               themselues
               ouermuch
               to
               warlike
               affaires
               (
               lest
               they
               should
               forsake
               and
               contemne
               their
               handicrafts
               and
               occupations
               ,
               and
               so
               ,
               by
               being
               souldiers
               ,
               waxe
               proude
               ;
               to
               which
               thing
               the
               Frenchmen
               are
               very
               much
               inclined
               )
               put
               all
               their
               strength
               of
               their
               warres
               in
               horsemen
               ,
               which
               for
               the
               most
               part
               consists
               of
               Noble
               men
               .
            
             The
             
             common
             Souldier
             heretofore
             hath
             béen
             for
             warres
             ,
             the
             glory
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             this
             author
             affirmes
             ;
             &
             by
             him
             England
             hath
             won
             so
             many
             great
             victories
             ,
             and
             obtained
             such
             great
             glory
             and
             fame
             ;
             and
             shall
             he
             now
             be
             despised
             ?
             Nay
             shall
             he
             in
             some
             places
             be
             rooted
             out
             ?
             What
             is
             this
             else
             ,
             
               but
               to
               put
               out
               Samsons
               eyes
               ,
            
             the
             strength
             
             and
             glory
             of
             our
             land
             ,
             and
             
               to
               cut
               off
               his
               haire
            
             ?
             To
             doe
             this
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             
               true
               Israelites
            
             ,
             
             
               but
               vncircumcised
               Philistimes
            
             .
             What
             will
             our
             riches
             do
             vs
             good
             ,
             if
             we
             lacke
             men
             to
             kéepe
             them
             ?
             As
             the
             body
             cannot
             consist
             without
             legges
             &
             armes
             ,
             so
             neither
             the
             Common-wealth
             without
             Husbandmen
             ,
             Labourers
             ,
             &
             Souldiers
             .
             Surely
             ,
             they
             which
             will
             not
             maintaine
             these
             armes
             and
             legs
             ,
             which
             must
             fight
             and
             runne
             for
             them
             ,
             are
             euill
             members
             of
             this
             Common-wealth
             .
             If
             the
             legges
             of
             our
             bodies
             be
             weake
             ,
             how
             will
             we
             complaine
             ?
             or
             if
             our
             armes
             be
             out
             of
             ioint
             ,
             what
             speed
             will
             we
             make
             to
             haue
             them
             put
             into
             the
             ioint
             again
             ?
             and
             shall
             we
             not
             nourish
             bountifully
             these
             legges
             ?
             shall
             we
             suffer
             these
             armes
             to
             be
             out
             of
             ioint
             ?
             And
             here
             as
             Gods
             word
             
             may
             séeme
             to
             be
             the
             most
             strong
             ligament
             ,
             so
             in
             some
             sort
             these
             Commons
             
             may
             seeme
             to
             bee
             the
             sinewes
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             :
             For
             ,
             as
             our
             armes
             are
             ioyned
             to
             our
             bodies
             by
             sinewes
             and
             ligaments
             ,
             so
             no
             doubt
             these
             armes
             were
             tied
             in
             the
             beginning
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             by
             their
             Commons
             bestowed
             vpon
             them
             .
             For
             benefits
             are
             the
             strongest
             bonds
             to
             binde
             men
             withall
             ,
             as
             the
             Heathen
             haue
             taught
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             may
             seeme
             they
             were
             ordained
             for
             common
             workes
             :
             For
             so
             haue
             Churches
             béen
             repaired
             ,
             and
             bridges
             built
             ,
             and
             high
             waies
             made
             &
             maintained
             .
             They
             would
             lay
             a
             péece
             of
             their
             Common
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             wen
             ,
             or
             for
             meadow
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             profit
             thereof
             being
             solde
             ,
             performe
             any
             common
             worke
             ;
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             ,
             such
             like
             workes
             cost
             the
             poore
             of
             the
             Towne
             very
             little
             .
             And
             hereof
             (
             as
             appeares
             nowe
             )
             comes
             the
             ridges
             and
             furrowes
             in
             ancient
             Commons
             ,
             which
             proueth
             that
             for
             such
             purposes
             they
             haue
             béene
             sowne
             .
             And
             the
             like
             good
             would
             come
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             if
             that
             they
             were
             vsed
             so
             still
             .
             
             Whereas
             now
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             where
             these
             Commons
             are
             takē
             away
             by
             Inclosure
             ,
             euery
             penie
             comes
             out
             of
             the
             poore
             mans
             purse
             ;
             and
             hauing
             no
             common
             stocke
             ,
             hardly
             any
             common
             worke
             can
             be
             brought
             to
             passe
             ,
             as
             in
             times
             past
             hath
             beene
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             a
             part
             of
             these
             Commons
             were
             the
             Kings
             high
             waies
             ;
             which
             name
             plainely
             argues
             ,
             that
             Kings
             were
             the
             authors
             of
             thē
             ,
             as
             of
             all
             other
             Commons
             .
             
               And
               those
               which
               are
               leading
               from
               one
               Market
               towne
               to
               another
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               two
               hundred
               foote
               broade
               ,
            
             (
             as
             appeareth
             by
             a
             Statute
             of
             Winchester
             13.
             made
             in
             1.
             
             Ed.
             5.
             )
             which
             were
             large
             and
             safe
             ,
             that
             your
             Maiestie
             might
             passe
             the
             countrey
             in
             progresse
             with
             your
             traine
             ;
             and
             your
             Subiects
             trauell
             without
             danger
             .
             But
             now
             Inclosers
             haue
             so
             pinched
             them
             in
             ,
             by
             their
             ditches
             and
             hedges
             ,
             allowing
             but
             24.
             for
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             your
             Maiestie
             cannot
             passe
             in
             their
             waies
             and
             lanes
             ,
             vnlesse
             they
             throwe
             open
             their
             hedges
             againe
             for
             that
             time
             ,
             as
             experience
             lately
             hath
             prooued
             .
             Neither
             can
             your
             poore
             Subiects
             
             trauel
             with
             their
             weake
             beasts
             without
             danger
             ,
             the
             waies
             being
             thereby
             made
             straite
             and
             narrow
             ,
             and
             therefore
             deepe
             and
             dangerous
             ;
             neither
             without
             danger
             of
             their
             liues
             ,
             both
             by
             forestalling
             of
             théeues
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             opening
             the
             dangerous
             gates
             .
             The
             poore
             Cottager
             had
             his
             Common
             allowed
             him
             also
             (
             as
             should
             séeme
             )
             for
             his
             paines
             taken
             in
             mending
             of
             these
             high
             waies
             ,
             which
             now
             Inclosers
             haue
             quite
             spoyled
             ,
             by
             pinching
             them
             in
             :
             but
             the
             burthen
             doth
             remaine
             on
             poore
             mens
             backs
             still
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             forced
             to
             doe
             their
             common
             daies
             ,
             as
             before
             ,
             and
             yet
             their
             Common
             is
             taken
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             Lords
             of
             Mannours
             ,
             and
             Frée-holders
             ,
             who
             haue
             their
             Commons
             ,
             and
             should
             also
             worke
             their
             common
             daies
             ,
             and
             for
             euery
             plow-land
             they
             holde
             ,
             either
             in
             Tillage
             ,
             or
             Pasture
             ,
             should
             find
             one
             Cart
             or
             draught
             ,
             to
             leade
             stones
             and
             rubbish
             towards
             the
             repairing
             of
             high
             waies
             ;
             doe
             now
             of
             late
             ,
             in
             many
             places
             (
             where
             Tillage
             is
             conuerted
             to
             Pasture
             )
             where
             heretofore
             ,
             there
             hath
             beene
             thirtie
             draughts
             or
             Carts
             in
             a
             
             towne
             ,
             which
             did
             performe
             their
             common
             daies
             ,
             skant
             finde
             tenne
             :
             and
             he
             that
             hath
             decayed
             fower
             or
             fiue
             draughts
             ,
             skant
             sends
             one
             to
             kéepe
             his
             common
             daies
             .
             And
             hereof
             it
             comes
             ,
             that
             high
             waies
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             are
             not
             so
             well
             maintained
             ,
             as
             heretofore
             they
             haue
             béene
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             if
             these
             Commons
             had
             béene
             appointed
             by
             the
             Lords
             of
             Mannors
             ,
             then
             as
             mens
             natures
             in
             all
             ages
             haue
             béene
             diuers
             ,
             so
             these
             Commons
             would
             also
             ,
             in
             some
             places
             haue
             béene
             better
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             some
             worse
             :
             but
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             proportion
             of
             the
             towne
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             liberall
             and
             bountiful
             :
             declaring
             themselues
             to
             be
             beames
             comming
             from
             the
             same
             Sunne
             ;
             I
             meane
             from
             the
             rich
             liberalitie
             of
             the
             Kings
             maiestie
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             tenure
             in
             England
             called
             
               Bassa
               tenura
            
             ,
             now
             called
             Copie
             hold
             :
             and
             these
             had
             their
             fréedomes
             according
             to
             the
             custome
             of
             the
             Mannor
             .
             There
             was
             another
             tenure
             called
             Tenure
             of
             villenage
             ,
             and
             these
             had
             neither
             libertie
             of
             Commons
             ,
             nor
             of
             
             their
             very
             bodies
             ,
             and
             seede
             .
             And
             this
             may
             bee
             an
             euident
             argument
             ,
             that
             Kings
             gaue
             these
             Commons
             :
             for
             those
             which
             had
             offended
             his
             Maiestie
             most
             greeuously
             ,
             he
             made
             them
             villens
             ,
             and
             depriued
             them
             of
             the
             auncient
             liberties
             ,
             which
             all
             his
             other
             people
             enioyed
             .
             So
             that
             as
             this
             villenage
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             King
             inflicted
             vpon
             some
             :
             So
             no
             doubt
             the
             former
             liberties
             and
             priuileges
             also
             ,
             were
             by
             Kings
             giuen
             and
             bestowed
             .
             But
             Inclosers
             now
             ,
             for
             no
             cause
             of
             disobedience
             ,
             but
             for
             their
             owne
             priuate
             lucres
             ,
             take
             from
             their
             tenants
             ,
             that
             which
             Kings
             did
             not
             ,
             but
             vpon
             great
             offences
             committed
             against
             their
             person
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             auncient
             law
             ,
             (
             in
             regarde
             
             that
             tenants
             complained
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             Mannors
             for
             inclosing
             as
             should
             séeme
             of
             their
             Commons
             )
             by
             which
             it
             was
             enacted
             that
             Lords
             should
             leaue
             sufficient
             Common
             for
             their
             tenants
             ,
             with
             sufficient
             egresse
             and
             regresse
             :
             And
             ,
             that
             being
             performed
             ,
             they
             might
             (
             as
             should
             séeme
             )
             make
             their
             commoditie
             of
             the
             rest
             .
             But
             if
             that
             their
             
             egresse
             and
             regresse
             were
             any
             thing
             hindred
             by
             the
             deforceors
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             had
             not
             sufficient
             pasture
             ;
             that
             thē
             they
             should
             recouer
             their
             seison
             by
             the
             view
             of
             Jewrors
             ;
             so
             that
             by
             their
             discretions
             and
             othes
             ,
             they
             shall
             haue
             sufficient
             Common
             and
             pasture
             with
             egresse
             and
             regresse
             ,
             and
             the
             dissesors
             should
             bée
             amerced
             and
             render
             damages
             .
             This
             auncient
             statute
             plainely
             proues
             ,
             that
             Lords
             in
             euery
             towne
             ,
             should
             leaue
             to
             their
             tenants
             sufficient
             Common
             .
             And
             therefore
             doe
             they
             not
             breake
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             law
             ,
             which
             inclose
             ,
             leauing
             no
             Common
             at
             all
             ?
          
           
             These
             Inclosers
             take
             vpon
             them
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             were
             ,
             not
             Lords
             of
             Mannours
             ,
             but
             rather
             kings
             ;
             and
             doe
             make
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             a
             new
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             forme
             of
             gouernment
             in
             townes
             wherein
             they
             are
             Lords
             .
             They
             will
             haue
             no
             Common
             left
             at
             all
             .
             And
             wheras
             there
             hath
             béene
             common
             Leas
             and
             Meadow
             (
             which
             hath
             béen
             without
             memory
             of
             man
             yéerly
             letten
             ,
             and
             the
             profit
             thereof
             hath
             béen
             imployed
             towards
             the
             repaire
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             
             good
             and
             Christian
             vses
             )
             they
             will
             now
             take
             them
             away
             as
             waste
             due
             to
             themselues
             ,
             except
             there
             can
             be
             good
             euidence
             in
             writing
             to
             shew
             for
             the
             same
             .
             They
             alter
             &
             change
             the
             ancient
             high
             waies
             ;
             so
             that
             trauellers
             and
             strangers
             sometimes
             without
             danger
             ,
             cannot
             come
             to
             their
             townes
             .
             They
             will
             haue
             no
             common
             Neat-heards
             ,
             nor
             Hog-heards
             ,
             nor
             Pinder
             in
             their
             townes
             ,
             by
             which
             poore
             men
             haue
             liued
             ,
             &
             had
             a
             stay
             and
             maintenance
             ,
             both
             for
             themselues
             ,
             and
             families
             ,
             though
             impotent
             ,
             and
             not
             able
             for
             other
             works
             .
          
           
             Philarchus
             testifieth
             ,
             
               that
               the
               beanes
               of
               Aegypt
               ,
               were
               first
               sowen
               in
               Aegypt
               ,
               and
               that
               if
               so
               be
               they
               were
               sowen
               in
               any
               other
               countrey
               ,
               they
               would
               grow
               in
               none
               but
               there
               .
               But
               after
               in
               a
               certaine
               Fenne
               of
               Epirus
               ,
               nigh
               vnto
               a
               riuer
               of
               Thesposia
               ,
               called
               Thyramnis
               ,
               in
               the
               daies
               of
               King
               
                 Alexander
                 Pyrrhus
              
               ,
               two
               yeeres
               together
               they
               grewe
               ,
               and
               brought
               foorth
               their
               fruit
               very
               pleasantly
               :
               but
               when
               as
               King
               Alexander
               set
               a
               guard
               to
               keepe
               and
               watch
               them
               ,
               that
               none
               should
               take
               of
               them
               ,
               nor
               come
               into
               the
               Fenne
               ,
               the
               Fenne
               was
               dried
               vp
               ,
               neither
               brought
               
               they
               foorth
               any
               more
               fruit
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               Edipso
               also
               there
               appeared
               a
               certaine
               cold
               water
               running
               out
               of
               a
               spring
               ,
               not
               farre
               from
               the
               sea
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               they
               that
               were
               sicke
               were
               very
               much
               holpen
               .
               Insomuch
               that
               many
               out
               of
               farre
               countreyes
               ,
               came
               thither
               to
               drinke
               of
               that
               water
               .
               But
               whenas
               the
               captaines
               and
               gouernors
               of
               King
               Antiochus
               ,
               began
               to
               pinch
               them
               of
               this
               water
               ,
               and
               commaunded
               to
               giue
               them
               of
               another
               water
               to
               drinke
               ,
               quite
               contrarie
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               the
               spring
               by
               and
               by
               dryed
               vp
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               Troas
               it
               was
               lawfull
               for
               any
               man
               to
               fetch
               
                 Salem
                 Tragosoeum
              
               (
               Troy
               salt
               )
               but
               when
               as
               King
               Lisimachus
               made
               them
               pay
               for
               it
               ,
               straightway
               the
               sault
               vanished
               away
               :
               but
               afterwards
               ,
               hee
               wondering
               at
               that
               strange
               alteration
               ,
               hee
               made
               the
               place
               free
               agame
               ,
               and
               the
               sault
               also
               increased
               againe
               .
               
                 Athenaeus
                 lib.
                 3.
                 cap.
              
            
             1.
             reports
             all
             these
             histories
             .
             And
             doe
             we
             not
             thinke
             then
             ,
             that
             God
             mislikes
             these
             couetous
             men
             ,
             that
             for
             their
             owne
             priuate
             lucre
             and
             gaine
             ,
             doe
             take
             Commons
             from
             men
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             if
             he
             plagued
             them
             ,
             that
             thus
             dealt
             with
             Pagans
             ,
             who
             were
             his
             enemies
             ;
             doe
             we
             thinke
             that
             he
             will
             allowe
             of
             
             them
             that
             deale
             so
             hardly
             with
             Christians
             and
             with
             his
             owne
             Children
             ?
             
          
           
             T●llie
             by
             the
             light
             of
             nature
             could
             say
             ,
             
               Iustice
               vsed
               things
               common
               ,
               as
               common
               ;
               and
               things
               priuate
               as
               her
               owne
               :
            
             and
             shall
             not
             we
             much
             more
             doe
             so
             ?
             But
             the
             men
             of
             our
             age
             ,
             account
             it
             wisedome
             to
             looke
             narrowly
             into
             Commons
             ;
             and
             if
             men
             cannot
             shew
             good
             euidence
             for
             them
             ,
             they
             take
             them
             away
             .
             
               The
               earth
               is
               subiect
            
             
             
               to
               our
               vanities
               ,
               against
               her
               will
               ,
            
             as
             Saint
             Paul
             teacheth
             vs.
             And
             what
             is
             she
             now
             then
             ,
             doe
             we
             thinke
             ,
             at
             our
             vncharitable
             ditches
             and
             hedges
             ,
             made
             to
             the
             hurt
             of
             our
             brethren
             ?
             And
             what
             these
             vanities
             are
             ,
             Salomon
             may
             seeme
             to
             teach
             vs
             ,
             Eccles
             .
             2.
             4.
             5.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             God
             himselfe
             may
             séeme
             by
             his
             secret
             prouidence
             (
             which
             no
             doubt
             doth
             gouerne
             all
             things
             :
             who
             ,
             contrarie
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             Jewes
             fields
             ,
             hath
             entermingled
             our
             Lands
             together
             )
             to
             haue
             forbidden
             this
             our
             inclosure
             .
             No
             man
             almost
             can
             Inclose
             in
             Champian
             countries
             ,
             with
             out
             great
             exchange
             :
             and
             doe
             we
             thinke
             that
             this
             intermingling
             our
             Lands
             thus
             together
             ,
             was
             done
             in
             
             vaine
             ?
             God
             also
             by
             that
             miraculous
             moouing
             of
             the
             ground
             at
             Kinnastone
             in
             Herefordshiere
             ,
             may
             séeme
             to
             haue
             condemned
             Inclosure
             :
             no
             doubt
             it
             taught
             some
             thing
             .
             
               The
               ground
               mooued
            
             
             
               from
               his
               own
               place
               ,
               carying
               sheepe
               &
               sheepe-coats
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               trees
               and
               high
               waies
               :
               it
               ouerthrew
               Kingston
               Chappell
               ,
               and
               changed
               Tillage
               into
               Pasture
               .
            
             Howsoeuer
             some
             here
             will
             giue
             their
             naturall
             causes
             ,
             or
             make
             no
             account
             hereof
             ;
             héere
             was
             plainely
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             extraordinary
             working
             for
             our
             learning
             :
             this
             thing
             chaunced
             not
             in
             vaine
             .
             And
             the
             like
             strange
             alteration
             vpon
             the
             earth
             ,
             is
             wrought
             by
             Inclosers
             .
             They
             change
             auncient
             and
             accustomed
             high
             waies
             ,
             they
             turne
             Tillage
             into
             pasture
             ,
             they
             carrie
             sheepe
             and
             Shéepeheards
             with
             them
             .
             And
             Churches
             nowe
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             thorough
             depopulation
             ,
             may
             become
             Chappels
             ;
             Inclosers
             haue
             so
             greatly
             diminished
             Gods
             people
             .
             Nay
             ,
             the
             Caterpillers
             which
             God
             sent
             ,
             not
             many
             yéeres
             since
             ,
             on
             thornes
             and
             hedges
             ,
             which
             did
             eate
             off
             all
             the
             leaues
             of
             them
             in
             summer
             ,
             may
             they
             
             not
             séeme
             to
             condemne
             Inclosers
             ?
             GOD
             hath
             by
             many
             miracles
             condemned
             the
             sinnes
             of
             our
             age
             .
             As
             our
             couetousnesse
             
               by
               a
               childe
               that
               was
            
             
             
               borne
               with
               a
               golden
               tooth
            
             .
             And
             why
             may
             he
             not
             condemne
             this
             our
             couetous
             inclosing
             ,
             and
             exchanging
             the
             auncient
             customes
             and
             vses
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             euen
             by
             this
             miraculous
             and
             strange
             mouing
             thereof
             ?
          
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Moore
             a
             great
             common-wealths
             
             man
             ,
             and
             very
             expert
             in
             the
             lawes
             of
             England
             ,
             writes
             thus
             of
             Inclosure
             .
             
               Your
               sheepe
               I
               say
               which
               were
               wont
               to
               be
               milde
               and
               gentle
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               fed
               with
               so
               small
               cost
               ,
               now
               as
               it
               is
               reported
               haue
               begun
               to
               be
               so
               wild
               &
               rauenous
               of
               late
               ,
               that
               they
               eate
               vp
               euen
               men
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               make
               waste
               and
               depopulate
               townes
               .
               For
               ,
               in
               what
               parts
               of
               your
               Realme
               growes
               finer
               wooll
               ,
               and
               therefore
               of
               better
               price
               ,
               there
               Noblemen
               and
               Gentlemen
               ,
               yea
               and
               some
               Abbots
               (
               holy
               men
               I
               assure
               you
               )
               not
               being
               content
               with
               the
               yearely
               rents
               and
               commodities
               ,
               which
               were
               wont
               to
               be
               payed
               out
               of
               farmes
               vnto
               their
               ancestors
               ;
               and
               not
               content
               ,
               themselues
               to
               liue
               idlely
               and
               pleasantly
               ,
               and
               to
               doe
               no
               good
               
               to
               the
               common
               wealth
               ,
               vnlesse
               also
               that
               they
               should
               hinder
               and
               hurt
               it
               ;
               that
               they
               may
               leaue
               nothing
               but
               reape
               all
               commodities
               into
               their
               owne
               hands
               :
               They
               inclose
               all
               their
               pastures
               ,
               they
               pull
               downe
               houses
               ,
               they
               ouerthrow
               townes
               ,
               leauing
               the
               Church
               onely
               for
               to
               croowe
               vp
               their
               sheepe
               in
               .
               And
               as
               though
               your
               forrests
               and
               parkes
               had
               not
               spoyled
               ground
               enough
               amongst
               you
               ,
               these
               holy
               men
               turne
               into
               a
               wildernes
               all
               dwelling
               houses
               ,
               and
               whatsoeuer
               heretofore
               hath
               beene
               tilled
               .
               And
               therefore
               one
               insatiable
               glutton
               and
               most
               pestilent
               plague
               to
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               ioyneth
               fields
               together
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               inclose
               within
               one
               hedge
               some
               thousand
               acres
               .
               The
               husbandmen
               are
               either
               thrust
               out
               of
               their
               inheritances
               ,
               or
               else
               being
               by
               craft
               beguiled
               ,
               or
               by
               force
               oppressed
               ,
               or
               depriued
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               else
               wearied
               with
               iniuries
               and
               compelled
               to
               sell
               them
               .
               Therefore
               howsoeuer
               these
               wretches
               doe
               flit
               ,
               men
               ,
               women
               ,
               husbands
               ,
               wiues
               ,
               blinde
               men
               ,
               and
               widowes
               ,
               fathers
               with
               their
               young
               children
               ,
               with
               a
               greater
               ,
               than
               a
               rich
               family
               (
               for
               husbandrie
               stands
               in
               neede
               of
               many
               )
               they
               flit
               I
               say
               from
               their
               knowne
               and
               accustomed
               dwellings
               ,
               and
               they
               can
               finde
               no
               
               place
               where
               to
               put
               in
               their
               heades
               ;
               They
               sell
               all
               their
               stuffe
               when
               as
               they
               must
               needes
               be
               thrust
               out
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               not
               worth
               much
               if
               that
               they
               could
               tarry
               and
               get
               a
               good
               chapman
               for
               it
               )
               they
               sell
               it
               I
               say
               almost
               for
               nothing
               .
               And
               when
               as
               by
               wandring
               a
               while
               they
               haue
               spent
               that
               ,
               what
               must
               they
               needs
               doe
               then
               ,
               but
               either
               steale
               ,
               and
               iustly
               be
               hanged
               for
               their
               labours
               ,
               or
               else
               wander
               vp
               and
               downe
               and
               begge
               ,
               and
               then
               also
               are
               cast
               into
               prison
               as
               vagrant
               persons
               ,
               seeing
               no
               man
               will
               set
               them
               a
               worke
               ,
               when
               as
               they
               doe
               most
               willingly
               offer
               their
               seruices
               ?
               For
               now
               there
               is
               nothing
               to
               be
               done
               about
               husbandrie
               ,
               wherein
               they
               haue
               beene
               brought
               vp
               all
               their
               liues
               ,
               when
               as
               there
               is
               nothing
               sowen
               .
               For
               now
               one
               Sheepeheard
               ,
               and
               one
               Neat-heard
               is
               sufficient
               to
               looke
               to
               that
               ground
               with
               cattell
               ,
               to
               the
               tillage
               whereof
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               beare
               corne
               ,
               many
               mens
               hands
               and
               labours
               were
               required
               .
               And
               by
               this
               meanes
               it
               commeth
               to
               passe
               ,
               that
               in
               many
               places
               Corne
               waxeth
               very
               deare
               .
            
          
           
             We
             may
             note
             here
             first
             ,
             how
             that
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               More
            
             ,
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             yet
             touched
             this
             sinne
             ,
             euen
             in
             Abbots
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             darkenes
             of
             Poperie
             :
             and
             
             shall
             not
             we
             condemne
             it
             in
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ?
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             affirmes
             that
             it
             makes
             beggers
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             makes
             théeues
             ,
             and
             causeth
             a
             dearth
             of
             corne
             in
             our
             land
             ,
             nay
             ,
             it
             pulleth
             downe
             Townes
             .
             If
             in
             his
             daies
             it
             wrought
             these
             mischiefes
             ,
             when
             as
             it
             began
             but
             to
             set
             in
             foote
             into
             this
             Common-wealth
             :
             what
             hath
             it
             done
             since
             ,
             which
             hath
             growne
             to
             the
             very
             heart
             thereof
             ?
             nay
             ,
             what
             will
             it
             doe
             in
             the
             ende
             ,
             if
             it
             procéede
             as
             it
             hath
             begun
             ,
             if
             some
             stay
             and
             remedie
             be
             not
             had
             ?
             It
             will
             no
             doubt
             begger
             and
             quite
             decay
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             England
             .
             How
             many
             farmes
             now
             ,
             stand
             emptie
             since
             Inclosers
             began
             ;
             or
             onely
             with
             some
             seruants
             in
             them
             ;
             which
             dare
             giue
             nothing
             not
             knowing
             their
             maisters
             pleasure
             ?
             so
             hospitalitie
             is
             quite
             thereby
             decayed
             .
             How
             many
             poore
             men
             lacke
             worke
             ,
             as
             threshers
             ;
             and
             poore
             women
             ,
             as
             spinners
             ;
             and
             doe
             complaine
             for
             lacke
             of
             their
             accustomed
             workes
             ?
             and
             how
             many
             poore
             mens
             children
             are
             inforced
             to
             begge
             or
             else
             liue
             idely
             ,
             which
             heretofore
             where
             tillage
             was
             maintained
             
             were
             taken
             into
             seruice
             ,
             to
             driue
             the
             plough
             ,
             or
             to
             keepe
             cattell
             ,
             &
             thereby
             in
             time
             grew
             to
             be
             good
             members
             in
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             which
             Inclosers
             néed
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             seauenth
             reason
             ;
             This
             Inclosure
             with
             depopulation
             is
             a
             sin
             whereof
             God
             shall
             make
             speciall
             inquirie
             at
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             written
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             Genesis
             ,
             
             that
             the
             
               earth
               was
               full
               of
               crueltie
            
             ,
             and
             that
             that
             was
             the
             principall
             cause
             of
             the
             drowning
             thereof
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             that
             this
             shall
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             burning
             thereof
             :
             as
             appeareth
             in
             the
             25.
             of
             
               Math.
               verse
               42.
               43.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             Dauid
             thus
             manifestly
             
             prophesieth
             of
             Christs
             comming
             to
             iudgement
             .
             
               The
               Lord
               shall
               arise
               ,
               and
               haue
               mercie
               vpon
               Syon
               ,
               for
               the
               áppointed
               time
               is
               come
               ;
               for
               all
               thy
               seruants
               haue
               great
               pleasure
               in
               her
               stones
               ,
               and
               it
               pitieth
               them
               to
               see
               her
               in
               the
               dust
               .
               And
               all
               nations
               shall
               feare
               thy
               name
               O
               Lord
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               kingdomes
               of
               the
               earth
               
               thy
               glorie
               :
               for
               the
               Lord
               doth
               builde
               Syon
               and
               he
               will
               be
               seene
               in
               his
               glorie
               .
               He
               hath
               had
               respect
               vnto
               the
               prayer
               of
               
                 (
                 Hangareger
              
               )
            
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             
               of
               the
               poore
               afflicted
               ;
               and
               he
               hath
               not
               despised
               their
               supplication
               .
               This
               shall
               be
               written
               
                 (
                 Ledhor
                 acharon
              
               )
               for
               the
               last
               generation
               of
               the
               world
               .
               And
               the
               people
               created
               shall
               praise
               the
               Lord.
            
             Here
             we
             may
             marke
             first
             ,
             that
             this
             Psalm
             prophesies
             of
             our
             daies
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             lesson
             concernes
             vs.
             
               The
               time
               is
               now
               come
               for
               God
               to
               arise
               to
               iudgement
               ,
               and
               to
               haue
               mercie
               vpon
               Syon
               .
            
             And
             then
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             written
             for
             vs
             that
             liue
             in
             the
             ende
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             Oh
             that
             we
             would
             marke
             it
             !
             The
             lesson
             is
             this
             ;
             
               that
               all
               Gods
               seruants
               rather
               delight
               in
               the
               stones
               of
               Syon
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
             in
             the
             Lords
             shéepe
             and
             faithfull
             seruants
             ,
             more
             than
             in
             their
             flockes
             of
             sheepe
             ,
             or
             in
             their
             braue
             walles
             and
             high
             Towres
             ;
             
               and
               it
               pitieth
               them
               to
               see
               these
               stones
               troden
               vnder
               foote
               and
               lye
               in
               the
               dust
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               made
               no
               account
               off
               :
            
             And
             that
             in
             the
             Sun-shine
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             
               when
               all
               nations
               shall
               feare
               
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               earth
               his
               glory
               ,
               by
               the
               preaching
               of
               his
               word
               .
               But
               God
               doth
               build
               Syon
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               seene
               in
               his
               glorie
               .
            
             There
             be
             some
             as
             should
             seeme
             that
             haue
             pulled
             downe
             Syon
             ,
             and
             Gods
             Church
             ,
             and
             these
             his
             stones
             :
             But
             
               God
               himselfe
               will
               build
               it
               vp
               againe
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             
               and
               will
               be
               seene
               in
               his
               glory
               .
            
             Let
             all
             depopulators
             of
             townes
             themselues
             build
             vp
             the
             Lords
             Syon
             and
             farmes
             againe
             ,
             least
             if
             that
             they
             suffer
             
               God
               to
               build
               them
               ,
               when
               as
               he
               comes
               in
               his
               glorie
               ,
            
             that
             his
             building
             be
             too
             costly
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             cost
             them
             not
             some
             hundreth
             pounds
             of
             money
             ,
             which
             now
             perchance
             they
             are
             loth
             to
             disburse
             ,
             but
             the
             damnation
             of
             their
             soules
             .
             
               For
               God
               hath
               a
               regard
               vnto
               the
               prayer
               
                 (
                 Hangaregar
              
               )
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               of
               the
               poore
               afflicted
            
             that
             is
             trampled
             vnder
             foote
             and
             made
             no
             account
             of
             ,
             but
             is
             as
             a
             broome
             ,
             (
             as
             that
             word
             signifieth
             )
             
               and
               hath
               not
               despised
               their
               supplications
               .
               The
               iust
               men
               should
               florish
               in
               Gods
               house
               like
               
               to
               Palme
               trees
               :
            
             and
             we
             haue
             made
             them
             like
             broome
             ,
             euen
             béesomes
             to
             swéepe
             
             and
             make
             cleane
             our
             houses
             .
             And
             doe
             we
             thinke
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             not
             reuenge
             this
             ?
             Who
             sées
             not
             such
             broomes
             almost
             in
             euery
             place
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             many
             good
             farmes
             pulled
             downe
             ,
             and
             lye
             in
             the
             dust
             ,
             to
             swéepe
             and
             beutifie
             ,
             and
             build
             ,
             a
             new
             braue
             and
             stately
             house
             ?
             Let
             all
             such
             as
             make
             the
             
               Lords
               Palmes
            
             ,
             their
             broome
             béesomes
             to
             swepe
             their
             houses
             with
             all
             ,
             take
             héede
             :
             at
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             God
             shall
             search
             out
             diligently
             for
             all
             such
             ,
             and
             without
             spéedy
             repentance
             and
             planting
             his
             palmes
             againe
             shall
             cast
             them
             into
             hell
             .
             
               This
               is
               written
               for
               the
               last
               generation
               as
               
                 Arias
                 Montanus
              
               translates
               it
               :
               and
               doth
               it
               not
               concerne
               vs
               ?
            
          
           
             And
             a
             people
             
               (
               Nicrah
            
             )
             created
             ,
             shall
             praise
             the
             Lord.
             
               This
               word
               Nicrah
               also
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               a
               people
               created
            
             ,
             doth
             most
             manifestly
             portray
             out
             vnto
             vs
             our
             daies
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             God
             was
             not
             seene
             ,
             was
             as
             no
             body
             ,
             
               was
               in
               the
               wildernes
            
             :
             
             and
             now
             God
             hath
             as
             it
             were
             created
             it
             againe
             ,
             and
             brought
             it
             into
             light
             :
             and
             
               this
               people
               shall
               praise
               the
               Lord.
            
             Nay
             ,
             to
             confound
             Popery
             ,
             all
             Gods
             people
             
             are
             created
             againe
             to
             good
             works
             :
             there
             
             is
             no
             naturall
             faculties
             remaining
             in
             them
             to
             doe
             good
             as
             the
             Papists
             teach
             .
             
               The
               people
               created
               shall
               praise
               the
               Lord.
               God
               ceased
               his
               creation
               of
               natural
               things
               the
               seauenth
               day
            
             as
             we
             reade
             in
             Genesis
             .
             
             And
             therefore
             the
             Prophet
             Dauid
             no
             doubt
             meanes
             another
             spirituall
             creation
             and
             the
             
               regeneration
               of
               our
            
             
             Soules
             :
             And
             to
             this
             place
             (
             for
             all
             Scripture
             
               hath
               a
               most
               pleasant
               and
               sweete
               harmonie
               
               in
               it selfe
            
             (
             if
             any
             one
             doe
             marke
             it
             )
             doth
             Saint
             Paul
             allude
             ,
             when
             as
             he
             
             saith
             
               we
               are
               created
               in
               Iesus
               Christ
               to
               good
               works
               .
            
          
           
             And
             Esay
             also
             prophesieth
             in
             the
             ende
             
             of
             the
             world
             of
             such
             couetous
             worldlings
             .
             
               The
               earth
               also
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               playeth
               the
               hypocrite
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               inhabitants
               thereof
               ,
               for
               they
               haue
               transgressed
               the
               lawes
               ,
               they
               haue
               changed
               the
               ordinances
               ,
               and
               customes
               ,
               and
               they
               haue
               broken
               the
               euerlasting
               couenant
               :
            
             here
             is
             plainely
             set
             downe
             ,
             why
             the
             earth
             doth
             not
             now
             of
             late
             ,
             yéelde
             her
             accustomed
             increase
             :
             Because
             the
             inhabitantes
             thereof
             ,
             
               haue
               changed
               the
               ordinances
               
               of
               their
               Ancestors
               and
               haue
               broken
               
               the
               law
               of
               nature
               in
               not
               louing
               their
               like
               :
            
             nay
             ,
             
               the
               euerlasting
               couenant
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               not
               louing
               their
               brethren
               ,
               as
               
               Iesus
               Christ
               our
               most
               blessed
               Sauiour
               hath
               loued
               vs.
               
            
          
           
             But
             if
             that
             Inclosers
             will
             here
             attribute
             the
             barrenuesse
             of
             the
             earth
             to
             other
             causes
             :
             yet
             let
             them
             marke
             what
             goeth
             before
             .
             Behold
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             
             
               the
               Lord
               will
               make
               emptie
               the
               earth
               
                 (
                 Bokek
              
               )
               and
               hee
               will
               vnhedge
               and
               vnwall
               it
               .
            
             The
             nature
             of
             which
             word
             ,
             Mercerus
             declareth
             vnto
             vs
             thus
             .
             Videtur
             
             
               ex
               locis
               in
               quibus
               inuenitur
               ,
               significare
               dissipare
               seu
               effringere
               quod
               clausum
               &
               munitum
               erat
               ,
               vt
               omnium
               iniu●ijs
               pateat
               :
               
                 It
                 seemes
                 by
                 the
                 places
                 wherein
                 it
                 is
                 found
                 ,
                 to
                 signifie
                 to
                 disperse
                 and
                 breake
                 vp
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 inclosed
                 and
                 fenced
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 now
                 lie
                 open
                 to
                 the
                 iniuries
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             doth
             not
             this
             most
             manifestly
             touch
             Inclosers
             and
             their
             hedges
             ?
             Nay
             Esay
             addeth
             
               (
               Vangiua
               Paneha
            
             )
             he
             shall
             make
             crooked
             her
             face
             :
             No
             doubt
             that
             was
             straight
             before
             .
             For
             
               (
               ngaua
            
             )
             signifies
             
             
               to
               peruert
               or
               make
               a
               straight
               thing
               seeme
               crooked
               .
            
             And
             may
             not
             this
             note
             also
             their
             straight
             chaine
             lines
             drawen
             on
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ?
             For
             otherwise
             the
             fare
             of
             the
             earth
             cannot
             bee
             made
             crooked
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             the
             24.
             
             Chapter
             of
             Esay
             concernes
             vs
             that
             liue
             in
             the
             ende
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Jewes
             onely
             but
             as
             types
             of
             vs
             ,
             these
             circumstances
             may
             seeme
             to
             prooue
             .
             First
             because
             the
             Prophet
             speaketh
             
               of
               the
               earth
            
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Jewry
             .
             Then
             ,
             that
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               that
               the
               earth
               shall
               deceiue
               the
               expectation
               of
               the
               Tillers
               thereof
               ,
            
             which
             I
             thinke
             was
             neuer
             more
             truely
             verified
             ,
             than
             now
             in
             our
             daies
             .
             Then
             also
             because
             the
             Prophet
             teacheth
             ,
             
               That
               they
               shall
               breake
               in
               those
               daies
               the
               euerlasting
               couenant
            
             of
             God
             made
             to
             vs
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             which
             couenant
             wee
             haue
             broken
             ,
             in
             not
             obseruing
             
               Christian
               charitie
            
             ,
             
             
               which
               is
               the
               onely
               lawe
               thereof
               .
            
             Nay
             besides
             all
             these
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             addeth
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               God
               of
               Israell
               shall
               be
               praised
               in
               the
               Isles
               of
               the
               sea
               .
            
             And
             againe
             ,
             
               From
               the
               vttermost
               parts
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               we
               haue
               
               heard
               praises
               ,
               euen
               glory
               to
               that
               iust
               .
            
             And
             who
             is
             that
             iust
             ,
             but
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ?
             whom
             Steuen
             also
             honoureth
             with
             that
             
             title
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             name
             describes
             vnto
             vs.
             The
             Prophet
             also
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               the
               earth
               shall
               reele
               too
               and
               fro
               like
               a
               drunken
               man.
            
             And
             what
             is
             this
             else
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             Saint
             Luke
             teacheth
             vs
             ,
             That
             
             
               in
               the
               ende
               of
               the
               world
               men
               shall
               be
               at
               their
               wits
               ends
               ,
               not
               knowing
               what
               shall
               come
               to
               passe
               in
               the
               world
               ?
            
             And
             lastly
             ,
             
               The
               bl●shing
               of
               the
               Sunne
               and
               Moone
               ,
               when
               the
               Lord
               of
               hosts
               shall
               raigne
               in
               Sion
               ,
               and
               in
               Ierusalem
               ,
               and
               glory
               shall
               be
               before
               his
               Auncients
               :
            
             what
             doe
             all
             these
             meane
             ,
             but
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             
               true
               Sunne
            
             to
             iudgement
             ?
             And
             the
             glorie
             
             of
             the
             newe
             Moone
             ,
             that
             is
             of
             the
             Church
             triumphant
             ,
             at
             whose
             presence
             ,
             our
             
               Sunne
               and
               Moone
               shall
               blush
            
             ?
             And
             
             what
             meanes
             the
             
               raigning
               of
               God
               in
               Sion
               ,
               and
               in
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             but
             that
             we
             all
             ,
             both
             Jewes
             and
             Gentiles
             
               shall
               be
               one
               
               sheepefold
            
             vnder
             one
             shéepheard
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ?
             And
             
               glory
               before
               his
               ancients
               ,
               which
               they
               shall
               euer
               see
               :
            
             what
             is
             it
             else
             ,
             but
             eternall
             glory
             ?
             
             Sibylla
             also
             séemes
             herein
             to
             agrée
             with
             the
             Prophet
             Esay
             ,
             and
             to
             point
             at
             our
             hedges
             now
             in
             the
             ende
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             who
             speaking
             of
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             daies
             before
             it
             ,
             writes
             thus
             :
             
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 .
                 
                 
              
            
          
           
             Doth
             not
             the
             plainely
             héere
             name
             hedges
             ?
             yea
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             Inclosers
             voe
             hope
             for
             ,
             that
             the
             ground
             so
             inclosed
             shall
             not
             yéeld
             more
             fruits
             ?
          
           
             Sibylla
             also
             prophesies
             most
             truly
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Crosse
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             comming
             to
             iudgement
             ,
             in
             those
             her
             most
             famous
             Arrostick
             verses
             ,
             which
             she
             made
             concerning
             him
             ,
             as
             no
             man
             can
             deny
             :
             and
             doe
             we
             thinke
             that
             the
             rest
             of
             her
             prophesies
             ,
             especially
             the
             remnant
             of
             those
             her
             Acrosticks
             ,
             
             concerning
             the
             state
             of
             the
             world
             before
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             as
             true
             ?
             In
             those
             her
             verses
             of
             the
             condition
             and
             state
             of
             the
             world
             before
             that
             day
             ,
             she
             writes
             thus
             :
             
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 .
                 
                 
              
            
          
           
             And
             here
             first
             let
             vs
             marke
             that
             she
             saith
             ,
             
               that
               the
               earth
               by
               sweating
               ,
               shall
               giue
               a
               token
               of
               the
               iudgement
               .
            
             Let
             couetous
             Landlords
             and
             Inclosers
             ,
             which
             ouerburthen
             their
             tenants
             take
             héede
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             not
             the
             causes
             of
             this
             her
             sweating
             :
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             the
             earth
             properly
             cannot
             be
             said
             ,
             to
             sweate
             of
             her
             own
             nature
             ,
             being
             of
             constitution
             the
             briest
             element
             ;
             nay
             drier
             than
             any
             dogge
             ,
             which
             as
             both
             Philosophie
             and
             experience
             teacheth
             ,
             doth
             neuer
             sweate
             .
             And
             after
             she
             prophesieth
             thus
             :
             
               
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 .
                 
              
            
          
           
             And
             secondly
             ,
             whereas
             she
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               the
               world
               shall
               be
               a
               Thorne
               or
               Briar
               ,
            
             as
             Castalio
             translates
             it
             :
             doth
             she
             not
             plainely
             signifie
             men
             ,
             who
             shall
             become
             like
             to
             thornes
             and
             briars
             ,
             which
             shall
             pricke
             mens
             handes
             that
             deale
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             shall
             catch
             vnto
             themselues
             all
             that
             they
             can
             get
             ,
             and
             shall
             euen
             pul
             mens
             coates
             from
             their
             backs
             ?
             For
             as
             concerning
             materiall
             briars
             and
             thornes
             ,
             the
             world
             was
             neuer
             so
             cleansed
             of
             them
             as
             at
             this
             day
             ;
             which
             euery
             man
             is
             carefull
             to
             roote
             vp
             for
             hurting
             their
             shéepe
             .
             But
             those
             other
             spirituall
             briars
             which
             Sibylla
             meaneth
             ,
             growe
             in
             many
             places
             very
             plentifullie
             .
             But
             let
             all
             such
             briars
             take
             héede
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             not
             burned
             in
             hell
             fire
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             to
             let
             Sibylla
             passe
             ,
             doth
             not
             our
             Sauiour
             himselfe
             prophesie
             of
             the
             daies
             of
             the
             sonne
             of
             man
             ,
             before
             the
             ende
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             And
             doth
             he
             not
             plainely
             teach
             vs
             ,
             
               That
               they
               shall
               bee
               
               like
               the
               daies
               of
               Noah
               ,
               and
               of
               Lot
               ,
               before
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               olde
               world
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               the
               burning
               of
               Sodome
               ?
               How
               that
               they
               shall
               eate
               and
               drinke
               ,
               and
               marry
               ,
               and
               build
               ,
               and
               plant
               in
               those
               daies
               ?
            
             and
             the
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             which
             Saint
             Mathew
             vseth
             ,
             teacheth
             vs
             ;
             that
             not
             the
             vse
             ,
             
             but
             the
             extraordinary
             abuse
             of
             all
             these
             things
             is
             héere
             signified
             .
             And
             those
             words
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             which
             S.
             Luke
             vseth
             ,
             
             plainely
             prooue
             that
             according
             to
             these
             particulars
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             generall
             securitie
             onely
             (
             as
             some
             would
             faine
             haue
             it
             )
             is
             meant
             by
             all
             these
             .
             And
             are
             not
             our
             hedges
             now
             extraordinary
             ?
             Now
             liued
             all
             our
             Ancestors
             without
             them
             ?
          
           
             And
             our
             Sauiour
             in
             this
             his
             doctrine
             ,
             may
             séeme
             to
             agrée
             with
             the
             Prophet
             Ioell
             ;
             who
             of
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             
             and
             of
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             world
             at
             that
             day
             most
             manifestly
             prophesieth
             thus
             .
             
               The
               earth
               shall
               be
               as
               the
               garden
               of
               Eden
               before
               him
               ,
               but
               behinde
               him
               it
               shall
               be
               a
               desolate
               wildernes
               .
            
             What
             doth
             th●●
             garden
             signifie
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             earth
             then
             shall
             haue
             great
             cost
             bestowed
             vpon
             her
             ;
             and
             shall
             be
             hedged
             in
             as
             we
             vse
             
             to
             doe
             our
             gardens
             If
             the
             Lord
             when
             he
             comes
             shall
             destroy
             the
             garden
             ,
             let
             the
             gardiners
             take
             heede
             ;
             for
             their
             destruction
             shall
             be
             without
             all
             doubt
             the
             greater
             .
             Let
             them
             willingly
             throwe
             open
             their
             gardens
             and
             closes
             againe
             ,
             that
             God
             doe
             not
             throw
             them
             into
             hell
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             this
             prophesie
             of
             Ioel
             concernes
             vs
             &
             our
             daies
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             Assirians
             against
             the
             Jewes
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             cōmandement
             in
             the
             
             first
             verse
             of
             this
             second
             chapter
             seemeth
             very
             euidently
             to
             proue
             ,
             where
             the
             Prophet
             saith
             ,
             
               Blow
               vp
               the
               trumpet
               in
               
                 Syon
                 .
                 Syon
              
            
             is
             taken
             vsually
             for
             Christs
             church
             as
             we
             reade
             .
             
               Esa
               .
               2.
               v.
               3.
               
               Ps
               .
            
             87.
             2.
             
             And
             the
             trumpet
             signifies
             the
             preaching
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             
               those
               senē
               Angels
               which
               did
               blow
               their
               trumpets
            
             from
             
             Jesus
             Christs
             ascension
             to
             his
             comming
             to
             iudgement
             .
             No
             doubt
             as
             Syon
             is
             not
             
             heere
             to
             be
             ment
             literally
             :
             so
             neither
             the
             trumpets
             .
             But
             that
             which
             Ioel
             here
             saith
             ,
             
               Blow
               vp
               the
               trumpet
               in
               Syon
               for
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               at
               hand
               ,
            
             is
             all
             one
             with
             that
             which
             our
             Sauiour
             saith
             in
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             
               The
               Gospell
               shall
               be
            
             
             
             
               preached
               ,
               and
               then
               shall
               the
               ende
               come
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             Saint
             Peter
             in
             the
             Acts
             applieth
             some
             part
             of
             Ioels
             prophesie
             to
             Christs
             
             first
             comming
             ,
             as
             
               the
               sending
               downe
               of
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               vpon
               the
               Apostles
            
             ;
             &
             some
             part
             thereof
             to
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             
               when
               as
               the
               Sunne
               shall
               be
               darkned
               and
               the
               Moone
               turned
               to
               blood
               .
            
             And
             shall
             we
             say
             ,
             that
             this
             prophesie
             concernes
             not
             vs
             ?
             Nay
             we
             in
             our
             fasts
             apply
             the
             turning
             to
             the
             Lord
             with
             fasting
             
             &
             wéeping
             vnto
             our
             daies
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             as
             it
             were
             the
             medicine
             :
             And
             shall
             we
             not
             apply
             the
             sinne
             and
             sore
             which
             Ioel
             there
             toucheth
             ,
             and
             that
             garden
             of
             Eden
             also
             to
             our
             daies
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             Saint
             Paul
             telleth
             vs
             plainely
             
               that
               all
               things
            
             
             
               chanced
               to
               the
               Iewes
               typically
               ,
               and
               are
               written
               for
               our
               learning
               ,
               on
               whom
               the
               ends
               of
               the
               world
               are
               come
               .
            
             And
             will
             any
             man
             say
             then
             ,
             that
             this
             prophesie
             of
             Ioel
             concernes
             vs
             not
             ?
             Shall
             we
             not
             learne
             something
             thereby
             ?
             And
             also
             the
             same
             reason
             may
             be
             alleaged
             concerning
             the
             13.
             
             Chap.
             of
             Esay
             ,
             which
             hereafter
             I
             also
             alleage
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             let
             all
             the
             Lords
             watchmen
             
             giue
             these
             Inclosers
             and
             gardiners
             
             warning
             before
             ,
             while
             
               it
               is
               called
               to
               day
            
             ,
             least
             they
             repent
             to
             late
             
               with
               Diues
               in
               hell
            
             .
             So
             their
             blood
             shall
             be
             
             vpon
             their
             owne
             heads
             ,
             for
             surely
             
               Gods
               word
               is
               truth
            
             .
             And
             as
             the
             land
             shall
             be
             most
             assuredly
             a
             garden
             before
             the
             face
             
             of
             the
             Lord
             at
             that
             day
             ,
             so
             there
             shall
             be
             some
             gardiners
             .
          
           
             The
             Gospell
             also
             condemnes
             this
             Inclosure
             .
             Our
             Sauiour
             prophesieth
             ,
             
             that
             in
             the
             ende
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             
               the
               charitie
               of
               many
               shall
               waxe
               colde
               ,
            
             which
             argueth
             a
             precedent
             heate
             .
             And
             may
             not
             these
             Inclosers
             fulfill
             this
             prophesie
             ,
             who
             haue
             some
             charitie
             in
             them
             ;
             but
             not
             the
             charitie
             of
             their
             ancestors
             ?
             But
             
             
               he
               that
               continues
               to
               the
               ende
               in
               the
               faith
               of
               the
               Gospell
               working
               through
               feruent
               and
               Christian
               charitie
            
             (
             such
             charitie
             as
             Christ
             himselfe
             shewed
             towards
             vs
             and
             
             also
             commanded
             )
             
               he
               shall
               be
               saued
            
             ,
             saith
             our
             Sauiour
             ,
             and
             none
             else
             .
             Therefore
             
             let
             Inclosers
             take
             héede
             which
             haue
             not
             this
             charitie
             .
          
           
             Saint
             Paul
             also
             prophesieth
             thus
             of
             the
             latter
             times
             ;
             that
             in
             the
             last
             daies
             
             
             shall
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               dogged
               times
            
             :
             for
             as
             Gellius
             notes
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               is
               referred
               to
            
             
             
               the
               most
               keene
               and
               fierce
               nature
               of
               dogges
               :
            
             And
             he
             willeth
             Timothie
             to
             
               know
               this
            
             ,
             
             as
             a
             thing
             most
             certaine
             .
             And
             doth
             not
             this
             touch
             Inclosers
             ,
             who
             catch
             and
             snatch
             all
             they
             can
             from
             their
             brethren
             for
             their
             owne
             lucre
             sake
             ?
          
           
             But
             although
             this
             had
             béene
             enough
             to
             haue
             declared
             them
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             yet
             that
             which
             followes
             paints
             them
             vnto
             vs
             liuely
             :
             for
             many
             shall
             be
             (
             saith
             Saint
             Paul
             )
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               louers
               of
               themselues
               ,
               and
               louers
               of
               money
               .
            
             By
             what
             two
             marks
             ,
             could
             he
             haue
             expressed
             Inclosers
             more
             manifestly
             ?
             these
             two
             loues
             raignes
             in
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             loue
             of
             their
             brethren
             is
             quite
             banished
             out
             of
             their
             harts
             .
             Nay
             ,
             these
             Inclosers
             are
             (
             as
             it
             followes
             also
             in
             the
             Apostle
             )
             
               disobedient
               to
               their
               parents
            
             :
             in
             not
             obeying
             after
             their
             deaths
             ,
             their
             charitable
             customes
             which
             they
             commaunded
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             liues
             obserued
             .
             
               So
               did
               not
               the
            
             
             Rechabites
             .
          
           
             The
             Apostle
             Saint
             Peter
             of
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             writeth
             thus
             :
             
               The
               end
               of
            
             
             
             
               all
               things
               is
               at
               hand
               ,
               be
               yee
               therefore
               sober
               ,
               and
               pray
            
             ;
             (
             not
             on
             the
             day
             time
             only
             ,
             but
             euen
             with
             our
             blessed
             Sauiour
             
               in
               the
               night
               )
               but
               aboue
               all
               things
               haue
               feruent
            
             
             
               loue
               among
               you
               ;
               for
               Christian
               charitie
            
             (
             as
             an
             effect
             of
             faith
             )
             
               shall
               couer
               a
               multitude
               of
               sinnes
               .
            
             For
             the
             faithful
             ,
             and
             mercifull
             mens
             sinnes
             are
             couered
             and
             
             not
             mentioned
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             in
             the
             Gospel
             .
             But
             to
             goe
             on
             with
             our
             Apostle
             ;
             
               Let
               euery
               man
               as
               he
               hath
               receiued
               the
               gift
               ,
               so
               minister
               the
               same
               as
               good
               Stewards
               of
               the
               manyfold
               graces
               of
               God.
            
             Why
             
             should
             Saint
             Peter
             here
             make
             mention
             of
             Stewards
             but
             that
             as
             sh
             〈…〉
             séeme
             he
             did
             foresée
             in
             the
             spirit
             ,
             that
             some
             at
             the
             ende
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             should
             forget
             themselues
             to
             be
             stewards
             ;
             and
             deale
             here
             with
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             earthly
             things
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             were
             chiefe
             Lords
             of
             them
             :
             whereas
             Saint
             Peter
             telleth
             them
             heere
             p●a●ely
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             but
             péere
             Stewards
             .
             And
             Dauid
             himselfe
             though
             a
             king
             acknowledged
             the
             same
             :
             
               That
               the
               earth
               is
               the
               Lords
               and
               all
               that
            
             
             
               therein
               is
            
             .
             Nay
             ,
             Cyrus
             that
             great
             Persian
             Monark
             confesseth
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Lord
               
               God
               of
               heauen
               hath
               giuen
               him
               all
               the
            
             
             
               kingdomes
               of
               the
               earth
            
             ,
             as
             to
             a
             frée-holder
             ,
             or
             Steward
             .
             Let
             all
             Landlords
             learne
             this
             lesson
             ,
             and
             remember
             it
             wel
             ,
             against
             the
             the
             day
             of
             Judgement
             ;
             and
             deale
             like
             stewards
             ,
             and
             not
             like
             Lords
             ,
             with
             Gods
             people
             .
             God
             no
             doubt
             shall
             make
             enquirie
             at
             that
             day
             how
             they
             haue
             dealt
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             conclude
             that
             of
             this
             sinne
             of
             depopulation
             of
             townes
             ,
             shall
             be
             especiall
             inquirie
             made
             at
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             Esay
             speaking
             of
             that
             
             day
             writes
             thus
             :
             
               Behold
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               commeth
               ,
               cruell
               with
               wrath
               and
               fierce
               anger
               ,
               to
               lay
               the
               earth
               waste
               .
               And
               he
               shall
               destroy
               her
               sinners
               out
               of
               her
               .
            
             What
             should
             the
             Prophet
             meane
             by
             those
             
               (
               Chatteah
               )
               
                 her
                 sinners
              
            
             but
             these
             Inclosers
             ,
             who
             are
             too
             much
             in
             loue
             with
             the
             earth
             ?
             Nay
             saith
             God
             ,
             
               I
               will
               cause
               the
               arrogancie
               of
               the
               proud
               to
               cease
               
                 (
                 Gaauath
                 Ngaritsim
              
               )
            
             the
             pride
             of
             these
             terrible
             men
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             durst
             speake
             against
             ,
             or
             speake
             vnto
             .
             And
             I
             
               will
               make
               a
               man
            
             (
             saith
             God
             )
             
               more
               precious
               
               than
               fine
               gold
               ,
               euen
               a
               man
               aboue
               the
               wedge
               of
               the
               gold
               of
               Ophir
               .
            
             There
             shall
             be
             some
             at
             that
             day
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             this
             place
             ,
             that
             shall
             make
             no
             account
             of
             men
             ,
             which
             shal
             depopulate
             townes
             .
             God
             telleth
             all
             such
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             make
             a
             man
             ,
             euen
             one
             man
             (
             whereas
             they
             haue
             thought
             it
             a
             light
             matter
             ,
             to
             depopulate
             townes
             and
             to
             roote
             out
             many
             men
             )
             more
             pretious
             ,
             than
             
               a
               wedge
               of
               gold
            
             .
             And
             what
             is
             all
             their
             wooll-money
             to
             a
             wedge
             of
             gold
             ?
             One
             man
             is
             more
             worth
             than
             
               a
               wedge
               of
               gold
            
             ,
             much
             more
             then
             ,
             than
             all
             their
             wooll-money
             ;
             God
             himselfe
             hath
             spoken
             it
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             if
             Inclosers
             and
             depopulators
             of
             townes
             ,
             meane
             to
             be
             saued
             at
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             :
             let
             them
             willingly
             cast
             open
             their
             closes
             againe
             ,
             and
             reedifie
             the
             farmes
             ,
             they
             haue
             decayed
             .
             It
             makes
             no
             matter
             for
             the
             charge
             of
             hedging
             (
             which
             they
             shall
             loose
             )
             that
             they
             haue
             beene
             at
             .
             And
             let
             them
             banish
             their
             shéepe
             out
             of
             their
             pastures
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             fill
             the
             Lords
             townes
             and
             shéepefolds
             ,
             
               with
               his
               sheepe
               againe
            
             ,
             and
             that
             spéedily
             ,
             
             least
             the
             Lord
             comming
             to
             Judgement
             doe
             condemne
             them
             ,
             
               as
               cruell
               and
            
             
             
               couetous
               tyrants
            
             .
             Fnd
             let
             them
             now
             preferre
             euen
             one
             man
             ,
             before
             a
             wedge
             of
             gold
             ,
             least
             hereafter
             God
             doe
             teach
             them
             this
             lesson
             in
             hell
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             too
             late
             for
             them
             to
             learne
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             most
             humbly
             desire
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             all
             Gods
             children
             would
             beware
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             not
             giltie
             of
             that
             woe
             which
             Esay
             proclaimeth
             .
             
               Woe
               to
               them
            
             
             
               that
               speake
               good
               of
               euill
               ,
               and
               euill
               of
               good
               ,
               which
               put
               darknes
               for
               light
               ,
               and
               light
               for
               darknesse
               ,
               that
               put
               bitter
               for
               sweete
               ,
               and
               sweete
               for
               bitter
               .
            
             And
             that
             all
             Gods
             faithfull
             seruants
             ,
             would
             remoue
             that
             great
             sinne
             farre
             from
             them
             ,
             which
             Ieremy
             layed
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Iewes
             :
             
             that
             they
             would
             not
             
               bend
               their
               tongues
               like
               bowes
               ,
               to
               maintaine
               lies
               :
            
             but
             that
             they
             would
             (
             that
             which
             Saint
             Iames
             teacheth
             them
             )
             
               lay
               a
               part
               all
               filthinesse
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               superflu●tie
               of
               wickednesse
            
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             sinne
             ,
             when
             they
             néede
             not
             sinne
             .
             But
             that
             
               they
               would
               receiue
               with
               meekenesse
               the
               word
               that
               is
               grafted
               in
               them
               which
               is
               able
               to
               saue
               their
               
               soules
               .
            
             The
             Lord
             Jesus
             
               open
               the
               eyes
               and
               turne
               the
               hearts
            
             of
             all
             Inclosers
             ,
             
             that
             they
             may
             let
             the
             gréeuousnesse
             of
             this
             the●●
             sinne
             ,
             and
             repent
             with
             spéede
             ,
             
               while
               it
               is
               called
               to
               day
               :
            
             (
             Least
             with
             those
             〈◊〉
             
               and
               c
               〈…〉
               tous
               tyrants
            
             which
             
             Esay
             speaketh
             of
             ,
             they
             he
             
               visited
               of
               God
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             haue
             〈◊〉
             workes
             looked
             into
             ,
             and
             be
             〈…〉
             ely
             punished
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Judgement
             )
             for
             his
             glorious
             name
             sake
             :
             to
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             be
             all
             praise
             honor
             and
             glory
             now
             and
             for
             euer
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A13968-e160
           
             Hest
             .
             7.
             4.
             
          
           
             Verse
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             Pro.
             14.
             28.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             14.
             9.
             
          
           
             Eze.
             14.
             13.
             
          
           
             I
             know
             where
             ther
             hath
             beene
             before
             Inclosure
             320.
             communicāts
             :
             but
             now
             there
             be
             scant
             160.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Kin.
             4.
             20
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             126.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A13968-e620
           
             Ier.
             8.
             10.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             11.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A13968-e910
           
             Exo.
             14.
             13.
             
          
           
             Cicero
             lib.
             1
             offi●
             .
          
           
             Plin.
             lib.
             18.
             cap.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ibidem
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             23.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             22.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             9.
             20.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             26.
             12.
             
          
           
             Munster
             in
             eundem
             locum
             .
          
           
             Iud.
             6
             ▪
             11.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             19.
             19.
             
          
           
             Camden
             Britan.
             p.
             3.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Plin.
             lib.
             18.
             cap.
             5.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             16.
             15
             
          
           
             Ios
             .
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             14.
             18.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             106.
             vers
             .
             30.
             
             Phinehas
             stoode
             vp
             and
             executed
             iudgement
             and
             the
             plague
             was
             staied
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             20.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ia.
             4.
             6.
             
             Esa
             .
             〈◊〉
             .
             16.
             17.
             
             &c.
             Exod.
             20.
             7.
             
             Psal
             .
             55.
             10.
             2.
             
             Sam.
             12.
             14.
             1.
             
             Tim.
             6.
             1.
             
             Tit.
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             127.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             80.
             8.
             
          
           
             Reu.
             11.
             28.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             14.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             80.
             12.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             5.
             9.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             28.
             2.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             12
             
             Mat.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             20.
             20.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             22.
             17.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             44.
             3
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chr.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mundus
             imper
             .
             Rex
             .
             gall
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             19.
             20
             
             Luk.
             4.
             16.
             
             Ioh.
             1.
             46.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.
             27
             28.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             20.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             9.
             26.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             16.
             18.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             Math.
             11.
             29.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             2.
             32.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             22.
             2.
             
          
           
             As
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             21.
             34.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             2.
             15.
             
             Ier.
             22.
             14.
             
             Zeph.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Verse
             36.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             47.
             23.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             14.
             27.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             31.
             39.
             
          
           
             Job
             31.
             17.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             12.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             1.
             15.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Hest
             .
             10.
             3.
             
          
           
             Apo.
             11.
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68.
             13.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             20.
             15.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             115.
             44.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             13.
             34.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             14.
             3.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             14.
             21
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             22.
             24.
             
             Esay
             .
             5.
             2.
             
             Pro.
             24.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iosh
             .
             15.
             45.
             
             Deut.
             27.
             11
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             20
             
          
           
             Exo
             23.
             10.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             19.
             9.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             24.
             19
             
             Leuit.
             25.
             
          
           
             Iere.
             31.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             60.
             18.
             
          
           
             I●shu●gatha
             .
          
           
             Gemin
             .
             lib.
             4.
             cap.
             11.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Micah
             .
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             102.
             27.
             
             Exod.
             3.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             6.
             17
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             19.
             20.
             2.
             
             King.
             2.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Math.
             7.
             2.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             21.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             13.
             5
             
             Phil.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             4.
             9.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13.
             34.
             
             Ioh.
             15.
             12.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             10
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             20.
             17.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             69.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             26.
             34.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             17.
             15.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             21.
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             10.
             37.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             2.
             
          
           
             Sic
             vos
             non
             vobis
             vellera
             fertis
             oues
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             29.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             5.
             24.
             
          
           
             Act.
             4.
             32.
             
          
           
             Act.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             Introduct
             .
             adsapient
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             15.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             13.
             1
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.
             41.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             126.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13.
             34.
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             27.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             2.
             27.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             15.
             9.
             
          
           
             Eccle.
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             28.
             12.
             18.
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             2.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             12.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             4.
             3.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             7.
             
             Iam.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             31.
             41
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             9.
             
          
           
             Hier.
             part
             .
             3.
             tract
             .
             4.
             epist
             .
             10.
             ad
             Damas
             .
          
           
             Alludit
             ad
             illud
             1.
             
             Iohanis
             5.
             16.
             
             Orans
             pre
             fraire
             peccatore
             dat
             vitam
             .
          
           
             Mund.
             Imp.
             Rex
             .
             Angl.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             16.
             21.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             1.
             47.
             1.
             
             Sam.
             17.
             36.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             20.
             
             Hen.
             3.
             4.
             13
             
             Edw.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             6.
             9.
             
             Offic.
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             20.
             
             &
             23.
             
          
           
             Stow
             Anno
             Dom.
             1571.
             
             Anno
             E
             〈…〉
             z.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ruland
             .
             de
             dente
             auree
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             1.
             
             V.
             topia
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             102.
             16.
             
          
           
             Raisu
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             92.
             12.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             24.
             5.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             13.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13.
             34.
             
             Ose
             .
             2.
             15.
             19.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             24.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mercer
             .
             in
             lex
             .
             Pagn
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Act.
             7.
             52.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             21.
             26
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             29
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             16.
             
          
           
             Sibyll
             .
             Orac.
             lib.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               In
               English
               thus
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 earth
                 shall
                 be
                 equally
                 common
                 to
                 all
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 walles
                 or
                 hedges
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Neither
                 being
                 diuided
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 then
                 ,
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               in
               the
               daies
               before
               the
               iudgement
               )
               
                 shall
                 it
                 yeelde
                 more
                 fruits
              
               .
            
          
           
             Sibyll
             .
             Orac.
             lib.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               In
               English
               thus
               :
            
             
               
                 When
                 as
                 the
                 earth
                 in
                 sweating
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 signe
                 of
                 the
                 iudgement
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               In
               English
               thus
               :
            
             
               
                 All
                 the
                 whole
                 world
                 shall
                 be
                 vntilled
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 into
                 a
                 briar
                 or
                 thorne
                 .
              
               
               And
               may
               not
               héere
               the
               first
               worde
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               vntilled
               ,
               séeme
               to
               touch
               Inclosers
               that
               will
               not
               till
               the
               earth
               ?
            
          
           
             Luc.
             17.
             26.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             38.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             17.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             10.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             14.
             
          
           
             Act.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             16.
             24.
             
             Ezec
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Ioh.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13.
             34.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gellius
             lib.
             4.
             cap.
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tit.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             35.
             6.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Luc
             6.
             12.
             1.
             
             Pet
             4
             8.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             4
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             24.
             1.
             
          
           
             Esd
             .
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             13.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             27.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             5.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             9.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             1.
             18
             
             Psal
             .
             85.
             4.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             3.
             14.
             
             Esa
             .
             13.
             11.