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             A target for tillage briefly containing the most necessary, pretious, and profitable vse thereof both for king and state. By Iohn Moore Minister of Gods word, and Parson of Knaptoft in Leicestershire. Anno 1611.
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           A
           TARGET
           FOR
           TILLAGE
           ,
           BRIEFLY
           CONTAINING
           THE
           MOST
           NECESSARY
           ,
           PREtious
           ,
           and
           profitable
           vse
           thereof
           both
           for
           king
           and
           state
           .
        
         
           By
           
             IOHN
             MOORE
          
           Minister
           of
           Gods
           word
           ,
           and
           Parson
           of
           Knaptoft
           in
           Leicester
           shire
           .
           Anno
           1611.
           
        
         
           
             PROV
             .
             14.
             4.
             
          
           Where
           no
           oxen
           are
           ,
           there
           the
           crib
           is
           emptie
           ;
           but
           much
           increase
           cometh
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           oxe
           .
        
         
           
             RA.
             SPEI
             ..
             AN
             CHO
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Imprinted
           for
           WILLIAM
           IONES
           .
        
         
           1612.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           VVORSHIPFVLL
           ,
           SIR
           WILLIAM
           TVRPIN
           knight
           ,
           &c.
           his
           approued
           good
           friend
           and
           Patron
           ,
           the
           increase
           of
           all
           Gods
           blessings
           and
           graces
           with
           the
           sound
           ioy
           and
           peace
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           be
           multiplied
           
             continually
             through
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           PErusing
           my
           paper
           notes
           ,
           and
           finding
           some
           heads
           of
           doctrine
           touching
           this
           argumēt
           of
           tillage
           ,
           deliuered
           vpō
           occasion
           of
           my
           calling
           to
           the
           publike
           place
           :
           &
           withall
           considering
           ,
           and
           vnfainedly
           
           bewailing
           the
           hard
           hap
           of
           the
           generall
           expected
           hope
           ,
           for
           the
           necessarie
           redresse
           of
           the
           dangerous
           decay
           thereof
           ;
           as
           a
           welwiller
           of
           the
           common
           good
           of
           my
           coūtry
           ,
           I
           haue
           added
           these
           my
           second
           thoughts
           to
           my
           former
           meditations
           ,
           to
           be
           (
           if
           may
           be
           )
           as
           a
           further
           spurre
           for
           the
           more
           speedy
           reforming
           of
           this
           grosse
           abuse
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           a
           Christian
           warning
           to
           preuent
           a
           further
           mischiefe
           .
           VVhich
           my
           best
           endeauour
           I
           present
           to
           you
           (
           right
           worshipfull
           )
           not
           onely
           as
           a
           pawne
           of
           greater
           duties
           purposed
           for
           your
           kind
           deserts
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           I
           am
           perswaded
           
           of
           your
           innocencie
           and
           harmelesnesse
           herin
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           the
           honestie
           and
           vprightnesse
           of
           your
           hart
           for
           your
           countries
           good
           .
           For
           howsoeuer
           some
           in
           secret
           may
           vncharitably
           censure
           you
           ,
           and
           put
           you
           in
           the
           catalogue
           of
           the
           iustly
           accused
           :
           and
           so
           nibble
           at
           your
           credite
           ,
           as
           one
           not
           altogether
           free
           from
           this
           great
           offence
           :
           Yet
           dare
           I
           be
           bold
           to
           ingage
           my
           poore
           credite
           ,
           that
           whatsoeuer
           action
           of
           yours
           hath
           but
           a
           shew
           of
           any
           hinderance
           ,
           you
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           redresse
           ,
           and
           most
           willing
           to
           redeeme
           with
           any
           tolerable
           priuate
           losse
           for
           the
           publicke
           
           gaine
           .
           And
           so
           beseeching
           the
           almighty
           to
           increase
           your
           loue
           to
           our
           Church
           and
           common-wealth
           ,
           that
           still
           you
           may
           procure
           the
           profite
           and
           welfare
           of
           them
           both
           ,
           by
           all
           possible
           purpose
           and
           practise
           ;
           I
           commend
           you
           to
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           with
           the
           good
           successe
           of
           this
           needfull
           businesse
           .
           From
           my
           poore
           study
           in
           Sheas
           by
           this
           of
           Aprill
           .
           1611.
           
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             throughly
             deuoted
             in
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             IOHN
             MOORE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           CONscionable
           Reader
           .
        
         
           MY
           purpose
           is
           not
           (
           discreet
           Reader
           )
           here
           to
           pleade
           with
           pen
           and
           paper
           for
           the
           belly
           and
           back
           of
           Libertines
           and
           Epicures
           ,
           of
           Swilbolles
           and
           Swaggerers
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           other
           idle
           drones
           ,
           and
           wretched
           Atheists
           ,
           neglecting
           all
           lawfull
           callings
           and
           Christian
           meanes
           ,
           to
           liue
           orderly
           and
           honestly
           either
           in
           Church
           or
           common-wealth
           .
           All
           these
           I
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           wasters
           and
           spoylers
           of
           our
           country
           ,
           worse
           by
           many
           degrees
           ,
           then
           any
           depopulators
           ,
           oppressors
           or
           decayers
           of
           tillage
           :
           (
           which
           yet
           I
           no
           further
           iustifie
           then
           did
           the
           Prophets
           Sodome
           and
           Gomorrah
           before
           Ierusalem
           ,
           
           for
           her
           rebellions
           against
           the
           Lord
           )
           for
           these
           I
           assure
           thee
           do
           good
           to
           
           none
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           themselues
           ,
           nothing
           at
           all
           regarding
           the
           priuate
           or
           publike
           good
           :
           but
           making
           hauocke
           of
           the
           creatures
           ,
           do
           liue
           of
           the
           labours
           of
           other
           men
           for
           the
           present
           time
           ,
           and
           surfetting
           vpon
           Gods
           blessings
           ,
           do
           take
           a
           course
           to
           bring
           the
           whole
           world
           to
           confusion
           ,
           and
           so
           with
           all
           expedition
           to
           haue
           the
           earth
           for
           their
           intollerable
           loosenesse
           to
           spew
           them
           out
           .
           
           Our
           land
           swarmeth
           too
           full
           of
           such
           vermine
           ,
           who
           like
           the
           grashoppers
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           
           begin
           to
           couer
           the
           face
           of
           our
           countrey
           ,
           eating
           vp
           al
           the
           fruite
           they
           can
           come
           by
           ,
           that
           no
           greene
           thing
           shall
           grow
           by
           their
           wils
           ,
           and
           so
           darken
           the
           land
           and
           obscure
           the
           glory
           thereof
           .
           So
           that
           looke
           what
           left
           of
           the
           palmer
           worme
           (
           the
           oppressors
           
           of
           the
           land
           )
           that
           haue
           these
           malt-worms
           deuoured
           ,
           and
           the
           residue
           of
           those
           canker-wormes
           and
           cormorants
           ,
           haue
           these
           caterpillers
           consumed
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           this
           viperous
           brood
           and
           wicked
           generation
           haue
           mutually
           conspired
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           destruction
           ,
           yet
           a
           mightie
           consumption
           of
           
           our
           deare
           common-wealth
           ,
           the
           damme
           and
           nourse
           of
           vs
           all
           .
           I
           abhorre
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           damnable
           crue
           ,
           and
           cursed
           company
           of
           drunkards
           and
           belly
           gods
           ,
           whom
           the
           diuell
           hath
           taught
           a
           new
           trade
           of
           eating
           and
           drinking
           by
           measure
           ,
           and
           methode
           .
           Their
           yards
           of
           cups
           ,
           and
           order
           of
           carowsing
           with
           such
           low
           courtesie
           ,
           &
           salutations
           of
           their
           honest
           mates
           absent
           ;
           after
           an
           idolatrous
           sort
           prostrating
           themselues
           to
           their
           Bacchus
           and
           bellie-god
           ,
           I
           shame
           to
           dilate
           .
           Besides
           the
           tricke
           of
           Tobacco
           to
           temper
           their
           westie
           brains
           ,
           and
           to
           adde
           both
           pleasure
           and
           thirst
           to
           
           their
           vnmeasurable
           desire
           of
           drinking
           .
           I
           cannot
           reckon
           vp
           the
           thousands
           of
           mault
           and
           good
           graine
           ,
           wasted
           and
           hellishly
           spent
           by
           these
           
             Helluoes
          
           and
           
             Harpies
             .
          
           All
           these
           .
           (
           I
           know
           )
           abhorre
           the
           plough
           ,
           and
           are
           enemies
           to
           the
           state
           :
           who
           yet
           (
           I
           confesse
           )
           in
           their
           high
           talke
           do
           iustifie
           tillage
           ,
           and
           wil
           be
           ready
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           to
           reforme
           the
           decay
           thereof
           ,
           with
           spade
           and
           peckaxe
           .
           The
           humours
           of
           any
           such
           
           I
           detest
           to
           please
           ,
           as
           being
           most
           horrible
           .
           Here
           onely
           I
           solicite
           the
           pitifull
           case
           of
           painfull
           plowmen
           ,
           tradesmen
           ,
           and
           poore
           labourers
           ,
           not
           able
           by
           their
           paines
           ,
           and
           gaines
           ,
           to
           furnish
           their
           families
           with
           sufficient
           food
           ,
           who
           sometimes
           for
           want
           thereof
           ,
           breake
           out
           into
           fearefull
           clamors
           against
           the
           tyrannous
           dealing
           of
           vniust
           inclosers
           and
           needlesse
           ouerthrowers
           of
           tillage
           ,
           who
           are
           here
           onely
           taxed
           .
           Neither
           am
           I
           so
           senslesse
           ,
           simply
           to
           condemne
           all
           kind
           of
           pastures
           and
           feedings
           ,
           knowing
           that
           euery
           creature
           in
           the
           kinde
           haue
           their
           proper
           place
           and
           portion
           of
           the
           earth
           allotted
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           Besides
           the
           Christian
           libertie
           of
           men
           to
           vse
           them
           for
           their
           best
           gaine
           and
           good
           .
           Yet
           doth
           God
           allow
           such
           care
           of
           sheepe
           and
           oxen
           ,
           that
           Christian
           men
           shall
           be
           forgotten
           ?
           and
           
           that
           so
           much
           prouision
           shall
           be
           made
           for
           these
           ,
           that
           the
           poore
           shall
           want
           their
           food
           ?
           God
           forbid
           .
           I
           know
           there
           is
           a
           profitable
           vse
           of
           hedging
           and
           ditching
           for
           the
           diuision
           of
           mownds
           ,
           and
           propertie
           of
           
           mens
           right
           &
           inheritance
           ;
           not
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           necessary
           prouision
           of
           wood
           ,
           maintainance
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           increase
           of
           many
           other
           profits
           amongst
           neighbours
           ,
           who
           otherwise
           (
           perhaps
           )
           would
           proue
           contentious
           and
           iniurious
           one
           towards
           another
           :
           yet
           quite
           to
           hedge
           out
           the
           poore
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           meanes
           to
           ouerthrow
           the
           plough
           ,
           is
           a
           hellish
           practise
           .
           And
           thus
           hauing
           vnfolded
           my
           mind
           and
           true
           meaning
           ,
           I
           commit
           thee
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           in
           his
           hand
           to
           make
           them
           pliable
           to
           his
           seruice
           and
           publicke
           good
           ,
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           common-wealth
           .
        
         
           
             Thine
             in
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             IOHN
             MOORF
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PRINCIPALL
           points
           of
           the
           Treatise
           following
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             fruite
             and
             profite
             of
             honest
             labour
             and
             husbandrie
             ;
             it
             yeeldeth
             plentie
             and
             abundance
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             earth
             vsed
             in
             her
             kind
             is
             verie
             sufficient
             to
             relieue
             all
             the
             inhabitants
             thereof
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             is
             no
             worldly
             blessing
             comparable
             to
             the
             excellent
             fruits
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             tillage
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Gods
             wonderfull
             wisedome
             and
             prouidence
             for
             the
             preseruation
             of
             the
             societie
             and
             fellowship
             of
             mankind
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             inferiors
             cannot
             be
             without
             the
             superiours
             ,
             no
             more
             can
             these
             without
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             singular
             vse
             and
             necessitie
             of
             tillage
             ;
             kings
             themselues
             cannot
             be
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             6
             There
             is
             no
             ground
             or
             field
             so
             necessarie
             and
             fruitefull
             as
             that
             which
             is
             in
             tillage
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           TARGET
           FOR
           TILLAGE
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           abundance
           of
           the
           earth
           is
           ouer
           all
           :
           the
           king
           also
           consisteth
           by
           the
           field
           that
           is
           tilled
           .
           Ecclesiastes
           cap.
           5.
           vers
           .
           8.
           
        
         
           KIng
           Salomon
           after
           his
           
           most
           fearefull
           fall
           ,
           recouering
           himselfe
           by
           true
           repentāce
           (
           throgh
           Gods
           grace
           and
           powerfull
           working
           of
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           )
           doth
           testifie
           by
           this
           booke
           the
           vndoubted
           markes
           thereof
           to
           Gods
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           againe
           in
           his
           old
           age
           he
           was
           reconciled
           and
           receiued
           .
           And
           purposing
           herein
           to
           set
           out
           the
           true
           happinesse
           and
           felicitie
           of
           Gods
           children
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           confute
           all
           contrarie
           opinions
           of
           the
           conceited
           vanities
           of
           men
           concerning
           the
           same
           ;
           which
           he
           had
           
           proued
           so
           to
           be
           by
           his
           owne
           too
           deare
           experience
           :
           And
           hauing
           in
           the
           former
           chapters
           by
           an
           argument
           of
           inductiō
           ,
           strongly
           concluded
           against
           many
           particular
           actions
           and
           things
           so
           highly
           esteemed
           and
           valued
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           cometh
           now
           in
           order
           to
           examine
           the
           trade
           of
           husbandrie
           and
           tillage
           .
           As
           if
           one
           should
           haue
           demanded
           of
           him
           :
           But
           what
           say
           you
           Salomon
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           abundance
           and
           plentifull
           increase
           of
           the
           fruites
           of
           the
           earth
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           good
           husbandrie
           and
           tillage
           ?
           Indeed
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           I
           must
           needs
           confesse
           that
           the
           abundance
           of
           the
           earth
           is
           ouer
           all
           ,
           that
           
           there
           is
           no
           worldly
           thing
           so
           necessary
           and
           profitable
           to
           the
           naturall
           life
           and
           being
           of
           mankind
           ;
           &
           that
           euen
           kings
           themselues
           and
           the
           greatest
           potentates
           of
           the
           earth
           haue
           neede
           of
           the
           poore
           husbandmans
           trauell
           and
           toyle
           in
           tilling
           of
           the
           ground
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           fruites
           thereof
           are
           farre
           to
           
           he
           preferred
           before
           gold
           ,
           siluer
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           worldly
           pelfe
           :
           yet
           with
           the
           rest
           they
           haue
           their
           miseries
           and
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           can
           in
           no
           wise
           make
           vs
           truly
           blessed
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           these
           words
           containe
           a
           
           commendation
           of
           the
           husbandmans
           life
           and
           calling
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           three
           respects
           .
           First
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           subiect
           
           of
           his
           labour
           ,
           being
           the
           earth
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           manner
           and
           kind
           of
           
           his
           labour
           ,
           which
           is
           tillage
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           for
           the
           fruite
           that
           followeth
           his
           pains
           ,
           which
           is
           here
           set
           out
           and
           amplified
           :
           first
           ,
           by
           the
           quantitie
           ,
           yeelding
           abundance
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           qualitie
           ,
           being
           ouer
           all
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           two
           respects
           .
           First
           ,
           for
           the
           excellency
           and
           preciousnesse
           thereof
           surmounting
           all
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           communitie
           and
           vniuersall
           vse
           thereof
           ,
           fit
           and
           sufficient
           for
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           those
           not
           the
           basest
           ,
           but
           the
           highest
           kings
           themselues
           .
        
         
         
           The
           summe
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           
           aboundant
           and
           plentifull
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           (
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           tillage
           )
           are
           an
           incomparable
           earthly
           blessing
           ,
           without
           the
           which
           ,
           neither
           king
           nor
           state
           can
           be
           maintained
           .
        
         
           
             And
             the
             abundance
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             &c.
          
           The
           husbandman
           by
           his
           tillage
           and
           
           labour
           hath
           abundance
           :
           whence
           we
           learne
           the
           fruite
           and
           profite
           of
           honest
           labour
           and
           husbandrie
           ;
           it
           yeeldeth
           plentie
           and
           abundance
           .
           He
           which
           tilleth
           the
           land
           shall
           be
           satisfied
           with
           
           bread
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           followeth
           the
           idle
           shall
           be
           filled
           with
           pouertie
           ,
           viz.
           he
           that
           painfully
           trauelleth
           in
           his
           lawfull
           calling
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           and
           vphold
           the
           state
           wherewith
           God
           hath
           blessed
           him
           ,
           shall
           haue
           abundance
           of
           all
           necessarie
           and
           good
           things
           :
           but
           such
           as
           are
           idle
           shall
           be
           poore
           and
           miserable
           ,
           
           for
           beggerie
           is
           their
           end
           .
           The
           sower
           went
           out
           sow
           ,
           and
           although
           his
           labor
           
           and
           seed
           were
           the
           same
           ,
           yet
           the
           soyle
           
           was
           not
           alike
           ,
           but
           the
           good
           ground
           made
           him
           amends
           ,
           that
           his
           trauell
           was
           not
           in
           vaine
           ,
           where
           some
           one
           corne
           yeelded
           an
           hundred
           fold
           ,
           some
           sixtie
           ,
           some
           thirtie
           :
           for
           he
           that
           soweth
           
           liberally
           shall
           reape
           plentifully
           .
           And
           those
           that
           break
           vp
           the
           fallow
           ground
           and
           sow
           in
           righteousnesse
           ,
           shall
           surely
           reape
           after
           the
           measure
           of
           mercie
           :
           and
           God
           will
           raine
           downe
           a
           blessing
           vpon
           their
           paines
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           truly
           
           alludeth
           and
           applyeth
           it
           to
           spirituall
           indeauours
           .
        
         
           One
           reason
           hereof
           is
           Gods
           blessing
           
           vpon
           his
           owne
           ordinance
           ,
           in
           prospering
           both
           the
           worke
           &
           the
           workeman
           .
           The
           blessing
           of
           the
           Lord
           (
           saith
           
           Salomon
           )
           maketh
           rich
           ,
           not
           mans
           wit
           ,
           and
           labour
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           meanes
           .
           And
           he
           onely
           shall
           with
           ioy
           eate
           the
           
           fruite
           of
           his
           hands
           that
           feareth
           God
           ,
           and
           is
           blessed
           :
           for
           otherwise
           it
           is
           in
           vaine
           to
           rise
           early
           ,
           and
           to
           lie
           downe
           
           late
           ,
           and
           to
           eate
           the
           bread
           of
           sorrow
           :
           
           our
           paines
           are
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           our
           carke
           and
           care
           to
           no
           end
           :
           though
           we
           eate
           and
           fret
           our
           hearts
           with
           worldly
           griefe
           ,
           for
           the
           bettering
           of
           our
           estate
           :
           all
           the
           meanes
           we
           can
           vse
           shall
           be
           mis-spent
           &
           vnprofitable
           ,
           without
           Gods
           speciall
           blessing
           be
           present
           with
           vs.
           He
           that
           planteth
           and
           he
           that
           watereth
           
           are
           nothing
           of
           themselues
           ,
           but
           God
           alone
           ,
           who
           by
           his
           gracious
           blessing
           giueth
           a
           most
           happy
           increase
           .
           For
           as
           the
           earth
           is
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           the
           
           fulnesse
           thereof
           :
           so
           he
           maketh
           it
           barren
           and
           fruitfull
           at
           his
           pleasure
           .
           Beware
           therefore
           (
           saith
           Moses
           to
           Israel
           )
           lest
           thou
           say
           in
           thine
           heart
           ,
           My
           
           power
           and
           the
           strength
           of
           my
           owne
           hands
           hath
           prepared
           me
           this
           abundance
           ,
           but
           remēber
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Lord
           thy
           God
           that
           giueth
           thee
           power
           to
           get
           substance
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           the
           earth
           is
           such
           ,
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           
           Gods
           curse
           vpon
           the
           same
           ,
           for
           mans
           
           sinne
           ,
           that
           now
           by
           nature
           it
           is
           so
           barren
           and
           fruitlesse
           ,
           that
           except
           Adam
           and
           his
           brood
           get
           their
           bread
           with
           
           the
           sweate
           of
           their
           browes
           ,
           the
           earth
           will
           yeeld
           them
           nothing
           but
           briers
           &
           brambles
           ,
           thornes
           and
           thistles
           ,
           &c.
           
           Force
           it
           they
           must
           by
           their
           great
           toile
           and
           trauell
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           will
           not
           be
           fruitfull
           .
           So
           that
           now
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           diligent
           
           maketh
           rich
           ,
           but
           a
           slothfull
           hand
           maketh
           poore
           .
           Such
           onely
           as
           with
           diligence
           and
           honest
           labour
           go
           about
           their
           businesse
           and
           affaires
           ,
           God
           will
           blesse
           :
           but
           such
           as
           are
           giuen
           to
           idlenesse
           and
           sloth
           (
           neglecting
           their
           duties
           ,
           or
           trusting
           to
           vnlawfull
           and
           indirect
           courses
           )
           shall
           surely
           want
           and
           come
           to
           nought
           .
           I
           passed
           (
           saith
           Salomon
           )
           by
           the
           field
           of
           the
           slothfull
           ,
           and
           
           lo
           it
           was
           growne
           with
           thornes
           ,
           and
           nettles
           had
           couered
           the
           face
           thereof
           ;
           I
           considered
           it
           well
           ,
           I
           looked
           vpon
           it
           ,
           and
           receiued
           instruction
           .
           See
           the
           confusion
           that
           idlenesse
           worketh
           ,
           and
           
           the
           bitter
           fruits
           thereof
           ,
           barrennesse
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           beggery
           to
           the
           person
           ,
           euen
           to
           such
           as
           haue
           the
           meanes
           and
           vse
           them
           not
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           as
           the
           sight
           hereof
           was
           for
           Salomons
           learning
           ,
           so
           let
           it
           be
           for
           
           our
           instruction
           :
           that
           we
           vse
           all
           diligence
           and
           industrie
           in
           our
           places
           and
           callings
           ,
           vpon
           the
           poore
           meanes
           that
           God
           hath
           lent
           vs
           to
           that
           end
           .
           Let
           vs
           as
           Gods
           stewards
           be
           painfull
           &
           faithfull
           in
           our
           places
           ,
           vse
           his
           gifts
           and
           graces
           
           well
           ,
           employ
           our
           talents
           to
           his
           gaine
           and
           glory
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           our
           owne
           
           good
           .
           For
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           shall
           be
           giuen
           ,
           and
           to
           him
           that
           is
           negligent
           &
           
           carelesse
           ,
           and
           so
           wanteth
           and
           hath
           not
           ,
           shall
           in
           the
           end
           that
           litle
           be
           taken
           away
           which
           he
           hath
           .
           And
           seeing
           that
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           diligent
           maketh
           rich
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           promiseth
           a
           blessing
           to
           his
           owne
           ordinance
           ,
           and
           hath
           sanctified
           all
           lawfull
           meanes
           for
           the
           remouing
           of
           the
           curse
           ,
           let
           vs
           be
           carefull
           
           thus
           to
           auoide
           it
           ,
           and
           obtaine
           a
           blessing
           :
           for
           God
           the
           good
           housholder
           cannot
           abide
           to
           see
           any
           man
           stand
           idle
           
           in
           the
           market
           place
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           but
           thrusts
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           sends
           them
           into
           his
           vineyard
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           that
           
           will
           not
           worke
           must
           not
           eate
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           reproueth
           those
           that
           
           thinke
           their
           owne
           industry
           sufficient
           to
           make
           them
           rich
           ,
           and
           procure
           them
           food
           :
           whereas
           all
           the
           meanes
           in
           the
           world
           is
           in
           vaine
           without
           his
           blessing
           and
           care
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           let
           those
           of
           the
           Ministery
           
           learne
           ,
           that
           as
           their
           office
           and
           calling
           is
           a
           spirituall
           husbandry
           and
           a
           painfull
           plow
           ,
           so
           it
           must
           be
           throughly
           
           followed
           :
           for
           who
           so
           slacketh
           his
           
           hand
           from
           his
           plough
           ,
           and
           looketh
           backe
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           shall
           quickly
           make
           balkes
           ,
           and
           so
           procure
           a
           barrennesse
           of
           his
           soyle
           .
           And
           as
           Gods
           word
           
           is
           the
           onely
           seed
           that
           they
           must
           sow
           :
           so
           let
           them
           be
           carefull
           for
           the
           prospering
           
           and
           preseruation
           of
           the
           same
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           .
           And
           then
           let
           them
           not
           be
           discouraged
           ,
           but
           comfort
           themselues
           (
           in
           this
           thankelesse
           calling
           to
           the
           world
           )
           by
           the
           example
           and
           experience
           of
           the
           poore
           husbandman
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           do
           their
           dutie
           they
           shall
           haue
           abundance
           of
           fruit
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           .
           And
           although
           the
           soyle
           of
           mens
           soules
           by
           nature
           be
           both
           barren
           and
           fruitlesse
           of
           good
           :
           yet
           their
           labour
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           vaine
           in
           the
           Lord.
           The
           husbandman
           must
           
           labour
           before
           he
           receiue
           the
           fruites
           ,
           he
           must
           plow
           and
           sow
           ,
           &c.
           before
           he
           can
           looke
           for
           his
           crop
           and
           happy
           haruest
           .
           He
           must
           waite
           for
           the
           precious
           
           fruite
           of
           the
           earth
           :
           he
           goth
           forth
           weeping
           
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           to
           low
           his
           seed
           :
           but
           at
           the
           appointed
           time
           returneth
           with
           ioy
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           his
           sheaues
           ;
           he
           may
           sow
           in
           teares
           ,
           but
           he
           shall
           reape
           in
           ioy
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           abundance
           of
           fruite
           
           
           being
           attributed
           to
           the
           earth
           ,
           it
           further
           teacheth
           vs
           :
           that
           the
           earth
           vsed
           in
           the
           kind
           is
           very
           sufficient
           to
           relieue
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           thereof
           .
        
         
           God
           no
           sooner
           had
           made
           man
           ,
           but
           he
           prouided
           meate
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           for
           man
           ;
           yea
           for
           men
           and
           beasts
           and
           all
           liuing
           creatures
           in
           their
           kind
           .
           First
           ,
           God
           gaue
           man
           life
           vpon
           the
           
           earth
           ,
           and
           then
           gaue
           him
           liuing
           out
           of
           the
           same
           .
           So
           carefull
           was
           God
           for
           mans
           sustenance
           ,
           that
           the
           things
           which
           should
           maintaine
           him
           were
           made
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           produced
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           for
           his
           prouision
           .
           See
           Gods
           wonderfull
           and
           particular
           prouidence
           herein
           for
           all
           liuing
           creatures
           .
           God
           sendeth
           the
           springs
           into
           
           the
           vallies
           ,
           which
           run
           betweene
           the
           mountaines
           ,
           to
           giue
           drinke
           to
           all
           the
           beasts
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           to
           quench
           the
           wild
           Asses
           thirst
           :
           where
           likewise
           the
           fowles
           of
           the
           heauen
           do
           dwell
           ,
           and
           sing
           among
           the
           branches
           .
           He
           maketh
           
           also
           grasse
           to
           grow
           for
           the
           cattell
           ,
           and
           hearbes
           for
           the
           vse
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           being
           strengthned
           by
           the
           vertue
           of
           those
           herbes
           and
           fruite
           of
           trees
           (
           his
           first
           appointed
           food
           )
           might
           bring
           
           foorth
           by
           his
           labor
           and
           trauell
           ,
           bread
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           sustenance
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           (
           husbanded
           and
           tilled
           in
           the
           sweate
           of
           mans
           face
           )
           that
           so
           both
           mā
           
           and
           beast
           may
           haue
           all
           manner
           of
           food
           ministred
           vnto
           them
           out
           of
           the
           ground
           ,
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           life
           .
           Yea
           God
           prouideth
           wine
           (
           saith
           
           Dauid
           )
           to
           glad
           mans
           heart
           ,
           and
           oyle
           
           to
           make
           his
           face
           to
           shine
           ,
           and
           bread
           to
           strengthen
           his
           heart
           .
           No
           prouision
           is
           wanting
           ,
           either
           for
           his
           necessitie
           ,
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           profite
           :
           for
           all
           the
           earth
           is
           filled
           with
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           workes
           :
           So
           much
           as
           the
           birds
           haue
           their
           nests
           and
           foode
           in
           the
           high
           trees
           and
           Cedars
           of
           Libanon
           ,
           and
           the
           Storke
           her
           
           dwelling
           in
           the
           Firre
           tree
           .
           The
           Goats
           Roes
           ,
           Does
           ,
           and
           Conies
           ,
           are
           not
           forgotten
           :
           
           
           for
           whom
           he
           hath
           made
           the
           mountains
           and
           rocks
           for
           their
           refuge
           &
           reliefe
           .
           Thus
           is
           the
           whole
           earth
           ful
           of
           thy
           riches
           ,
           ô
           Lord
           ,
           all
           creatures
           in
           their
           kind
           waite
           vpon
           thee
           ,
           thou
           giuest
           them
           meate
           in
           due
           season
           ,
           and
           they
           gather
           it
           :
           thou
           openest
           thy
           hand
           and
           they
           are
           filled
           with
           good
           things
           ,
           Glory
           be
           to
           thee
           for
           euer
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           reason
           why
           God
           hath
           
           made
           the
           earth
           so
           plentifull
           for
           all
           kinde
           of
           prouision
           ,
           is
           ,
           for
           that
           as
           he
           hath
           ordained
           it
           to
           be
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           the
           mother
           of
           al
           liuing
           creatures
           here
           below
           :
           so
           likewise
           hath
           he
           fitted
           and
           furnished
           it
           to
           be
           as
           an
           able
           and
           tender
           nourse
           to
           suckle
           them
           (
           as
           I
           may
           so
           speake
           )
           with
           her
           breasts
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           vp
           and
           sustaine
           them
           .
           And
           therfore
           when
           through
           drought
           and
           dearth
           it
           fails
           therin
           &
           deceiueth
           the
           inhabitants
           ,
           Men
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           shal
           lament
           for
           the
           teats
           ,
           euen
           for
           the
           
           pleasant
           fields
           and
           the
           fruitfull
           vine
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           doctrine
           serueth
           ,
           first
           ,
           to
           confute
           the
           muttering
           and
           murmuring
           
           of
           wicked
           &
           vnreasonable
           people
           ,
           that
           blame
           the
           earth
           for
           her
           barrennesse
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           of
           the
           vnkindnesse
           of
           the
           times
           and
           seasons
           .
           But
           misery
           (
           saith
           Eliphaz
           to
           Iob
           )
           cometh
           
           not
           out
           of
           the
           dust
           ,
           neither
           doth
           affliction
           spring
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           but
           man
           is
           born
           to
           trauel
           as
           the
           sparks
           fly
           vpward
           .
           The
           cause
           then
           of
           all
           wants
           and
           defects
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           is
           not
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           vs
           ,
           who
           haue
           angred
           the
           Lord
           by
           our
           sinnes
           :
           for
           as
           sparkes
           come
           frō
           the
           hote
           fire
           ,
           so
           doth
           sinne
           proceede
           from
           our
           corrupt
           nature
           ,
           which
           procureth
           Gods
           curse
           vpon
           the
           whole
           earth
           and
           our selues
           .
           So
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           :
           A
           fruitfull
           land
           God
           maketh
           
           barren
           ,
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           them
           that
           dwel
           therein
           .
           And
           he
           threatneth
           by
           Moses
           that
           for
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           
           heauens
           that
           are
           ouer
           their
           head
           shall
           be
           brasse
           ,
           and
           the
           earth
           that
           is
           vnder
           
           
           their
           feete
           ,
           iron
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           heauens
           shall
           giue
           them
           no
           more
           moisture
           for
           increase
           ,
           then
           if
           they
           were
           of
           brasse
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           earth
           for
           want
           of
           raine
           should
           be
           as
           iron
           ,
           and
           so
           altogether
           vnfit
           to
           yeeld
           them
           any
           fruite
           .
           Againe
           ,
           it
           is
           many
           times
           mans
           idlenesse
           and
           slothfulnesse
           that
           causeth
           barrennesse
           and
           want
           :
           and
           the
           cruelty
           of
           oppressors
           in
           decaying
           of
           needfull
           tillage
           ,
           that
           procureth
           penury
           .
        
         
           This
           point
           also
           serueth
           to
           condemne
           
           all
           wretched
           Atheists
           ,
           who
           so
           mightily
           cry
           out
           and
           complaine
           of
           the
           increase
           of
           mankind
           ,
           supposing
           the
           earth
           cannot
           suffise
           them
           ;
           praying
           stil
           for
           plagues
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           haue
           plenty
           .
           And
           what
           is
           this
           else
           but
           to
           raile
           against
           heauen
           ,
           and
           so
           hellishly
           to
           blaspheme
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           hoasts
           himselfe
           ?
           and
           to
           make
           the
           earth
           (
           so
           kind
           and
           fruitfull
           )
           as
           an
           vnnaturall
           mother
           and
           stepdame
           to
           the
           creatures
           ?
        
         
         
           
             Is
             ouer
             all
             :
          
           That
           is
           ,
           excelleth
           all
           other
           increase
           .
           Whence
           we
           learne
           in
           
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           worldly
           blessing
           to
           the
           excellēt
           fruit
           of
           the
           earth
           by
           meanes
           of
           tillage
           .
           Now
           to
           omit
           many
           thousand
           commodities
           which
           the
           ground
           bringeth
           forth
           ,
           &
           to
           come
           to
           our
           bread
           which
           the
           earth
           procureth
           by
           corne
           and
           grain
           arising
           from
           husbandry
           and
           tillage
           :
           what
           is
           able
           to
           weigh
           with
           this
           blessing
           in
           the
           ballance
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           necessary
           for
           the
           life
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           teaches
           vs
           to
           pray
           especially
           for
           it
           ,
           not
           so
           
           much
           as
           once
           mentioning
           any
           other
           thing
           ?
           For
           what
           are
           gold
           and
           siluer
           ,
           pearls
           and
           pretious
           stones
           to
           this
           our
           daily
           bread
           ?
           And
           therfore
           it
           is
           rightly
           called
           the
           staffe
           of
           bread
           ,
           being
           the
           
           stay
           of
           our
           life
           ,
           as
           the
           staffe
           to
           the
           impotēt
           &
           aged
           ;
           which
           God
           threatneth
           
           to
           breake
           when
           he
           will
           punish
           a
           wicked
           people
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           shal
           eate
           their
           bread
           by
           weight
           with
           care
           :
           and
           on
           
           
           the
           contrary
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           blesse
           the
           bread
           and
           water
           of
           those
           that
           serue
           him
           :
           so
           that
           they
           shall
           eat
           their
           bread
           
           with
           plenteousnesse
           .
           Therefore
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           when
           the
           vallies
           shall
           be
           couered
           with
           corne
           ,
           men
           shall
           shout
           for
           ioy
           and
           sing
           ;
           yea
           and
           all
           the
           creatures
           shall
           clap
           their
           hands
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           in
           their
           kind
           ,
           and
           reioyce
           with
           mirth
           ,
           when
           our
           garners
           and
           corners
           
           of
           our
           houses
           are
           ful
           with
           diuers
           sorts
           of
           store
           (
           the
           want
           whereof
           causeth
           the
           husbandman
           to
           be
           ashamed
           :
           )
           
           this
           is
           a
           blessed
           thing
           euen
           in
           the
           censure
           of
           Gods
           Prophet
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           reason
           why
           this
           plentifull
           
           kind
           of
           increase
           is
           so
           incomparable
           ,
           is
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           welnigh
           the
           life
           &
           liuing
           of
           man
           and
           beast
           .
           And
           for
           this
           bread
           in
           particular
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           strength
           of
           
           mans
           heart
           ,
           &
           the
           stay
           of
           his
           life
           as
           we
           haue
           heard
           ;
           euen
           Esau
           that
           wretched
           reprobate
           being
           almost
           famished
           for
           want
           of
           food
           ,
           could
           say
           ,
           Giue
           me
           
           
           bread
           ,
           and
           take
           my
           birthright
           :
           what
           is
           it
           to
           me
           being
           almost
           dead
           ?
           And
           how
           pitifull
           is
           Ieremies
           complaint
           for
           his
           desolate
           people
           in
           the
           famine
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           food
           ?
           All
           the
           people
           sigh
           
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           and
           seeke
           their
           bread
           ,
           they
           haue
           giuen
           their
           pleasant
           things
           for
           meate
           ,
           to
           refresh
           their
           soule
           .
           The
           children
           and
           sucklings
           swoone
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           they
           haue
           said
           to
           their
           mothers
           ,
           where
           is
           bread
           and
           drink
           ,
           when
           
           they
           gaue
           vp
           the
           ghost
           in
           their
           mothers
           bosome
           ?
           They
           that
           did
           feede
           delicately
           ,
           perish
           in
           the
           streets
           :
           they
           
           that
           were
           brought
           vp
           in
           scarlet
           ,
           embrace
           the
           dung
           .
           The
           Nazarites
           that
           were
           purer
           then
           the
           snow
           ,
           whiter
           
           then
           the
           milke
           ;
           that
           were
           more
           ruddy
           in
           body
           then
           the
           red
           pretious
           stones
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           polished
           Saphir
           ;
           their
           skin
           ,
           now
           for
           want
           of
           food
           ,
           
           cleaueth
           vnto
           the
           bones
           ,
           and
           withereth
           like
           a
           stocke
           ,
           their
           visar
           is
           now
           blacker
           then
           a
           coale
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           that
           
           are
           slaine
           with
           the
           sword
           ,
           are
           better
           then
           they
           that
           are
           killed
           with
           hunger
           ,
           
           for
           they
           fade
           away
           as
           they
           were
           striken
           through
           for
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           field
           .
           So
           sharpe
           are
           these
           euill
           arrowes
           of
           
           famine
           for
           want
           of
           food
           and
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Hunger
           pierceth
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           with
           as
           sensible
           a
           pain
           as
           doth
           the
           sharpe
           point
           of
           a
           dagger
           or
           dart
           ,
           because
           it
           directly
           fighteth
           against
           the
           life
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           he
           dieth
           a
           most
           painfull
           death
           (
           though
           not
           so
           violently
           )
           whose
           deadly
           wounds
           do
           longer
           pricke
           him
           .
           A
           shorter
           punishment
           (
           though
           heauier
           )
           doth
           not
           kill
           the
           heart
           so
           much
           as
           that
           which
           is
           of
           longer
           continuance
           ,
           though
           lighter
           .
           Therefore
           to
           auoide
           this
           extremitie
           of
           famine
           ,
           the
           poore
           people
           are
           constrained
           
           to
           gage
           their
           houses
           &
           their
           vineyards
           and
           their
           land
           ,
           to
           take
           vp
           corne
           for
           their
           family
           .
           And
           the
           Egyptians
           gaue
           to
           Ioseph
           for
           corne
           and
           
           bread
           ,
           not
           onely
           all
           their
           money
           that
           
           they
           could
           make
           ,
           but
           sold
           to
           him
           their
           Horses
           ,
           Asses
           ,
           Sheepe
           ,
           &c.
           yea
           themselues
           as
           seruants
           and
           slaues
           to
           Pharaoh
           for
           want
           of
           bread
           .
           And
           Elies
           sonnes
           will
           bow
           for
           a
           morsell
           of
           
           bread
           :
           and
           therefore
           Iacobs
           suite
           to
           God
           in
           his
           iourney
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           if
           God
           
           would
           but
           onely
           giue
           him
           bread
           to
           eate
           ,
           and
           clothes
           to
           put
           on
           ,
           that
           then
           he
           should
           be
           his
           Lord
           and
           God
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           vse
           is
           ,
           to
           teach
           vs
           :
           first
           ,
           that
           whensoeuer
           God
           pincheth
           vs
           with
           
           the
           want
           of
           this
           blessing
           of
           bread
           and
           store
           of
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           then
           in
           anger
           he
           threatneth
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           our
           liues
           ,
           shooting
           his
           euill
           arrowes
           of
           famine
           to
           wound
           our
           very
           
           soules
           .
           Euill
           indeed
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           euill
           effects
           and
           consequents
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           we
           must
           learne
           to
           set
           a
           greater
           price
           ,
           and
           farre
           more
           highly
           
           to
           esteeme
           and
           value
           these
           outward
           blessings
           of
           increase
           ,
           that
           whensoeuer
           
           the
           Lord
           doth
           loade
           the
           earth
           with
           plentifull
           store
           of
           fruits
           ,
           and
           maketh
           pleasant
           fields
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           to
           laugh
           vpon
           vs
           :
           when
           he
           bursteth
           the
           wine-presse
           ,
           
           and
           filleth
           our
           storehouses
           ,
           that
           then
           (
           I
           say
           )
           we
           enlarge
           our
           hearts
           and
           haue
           store
           of
           praises
           for
           him
           .
           And
           as
           these
           earthly
           blessings
           manifest
           his
           loue
           and
           care
           to
           vs
           :
           so
           let
           vs
           expresse
           our
           kindnes
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           our
           publishing
           and
           proclaiming
           of
           our
           thankfulnesse
           ,
           in
           remembrance
           of
           his
           mercies
           .
           Let
           vs
           say
           with
           the
           Princely
           Prophet
           ,
           What
           shall
           we
           render
           to
           the
           
           Lord
           for
           all
           his
           benefits
           towards
           vs
           ?
           &c.
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           it
           serueth
           to
           reproue
           all
           carnall
           
           Epicures
           &
           vnthankfull
           Atheists
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           are
           fed
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           &
           swim
           in
           their
           delights
           &
           pleasures
           ,
           make
           their
           belly
           their
           god
           ,
           and
           their
           
           flesh
           their
           shrine
           ;
           that
           fling
           out
           their
           heeles
           like
           wilde
           colts
           and
           fat
           horses
           that
           are
           prouender
           prickt
           ,
           against
           
           their
           rider
           :
           that
           are
           more
           vnkind
           then
           the
           Oxe
           and
           the
           Asse
           that
           know
           their
           maisters
           crib
           ;
           yet
           these
           men
           that
           are
           
           fed
           so
           full
           ,
           and
           fare
           so
           finely
           (
           being
           so
           kindly
           nourished
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           will
           not
           know
           him
           ,
           but
           rebel
           against
           him
           ;
           &
           like
           to
           Bores
           in
           the
           franke
           ,
           &
           swine
           at
           mast
           ,
           wallowing
           and
           tumbling
           in
           their
           owne
           dung
           of
           their
           vncleannes
           ,
           neuer
           regard
           nor
           look
           vp
           to
           the
           store
           house
           of
           heauen
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           haue
           their
           food
           and
           fulnesse
           .
           Like
           filthy
           Sodomits
           ,
           their
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           leades
           them
           to
           fulnesse
           of
           idlenesse
           ,
           
           villany
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           vncleannesse
           :
           not
           vnlike
           the
           carnall
           Israelites
           whom
           God
           had
           fed
           with
           the
           fruite
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           caused
           to
           sucke
           honey
           out
           
           of
           the
           stone
           ,
           and
           oyle
           out
           of
           the
           hard
           rocke
           ,
           butter
           of
           kine
           ,
           and
           milke
           of
           sheepe
           ,
           with
           the
           fat
           of
           lambes
           and
           Rams
           fed
           in
           Bashan
           ,
           and
           Goats
           ;
           with
           the
           fat
           of
           the
           graines
           of
           wheate
           ,
           and
           the
           red
           licour
           of
           the
           grape
           had
           he
           filled
           
           them
           .
           But
           he
           that
           should
           haue
           bin
           vpright
           ,
           when
           he
           waxed
           fat
           spurned
           with
           his
           heele
           ;
           thou
           art
           fat
           ,
           thou
           art
           grosse
           ,
           thou
           art
           laden
           with
           fatnesse
           ;
           therefore
           he
           forsooke
           God
           that
           made
           him
           ,
           and
           regarded
           not
           the
           strong
           God
           of
           his
           saluation
           .
           Neither
           let
           any
           man
           loath
           Gods
           good
           creatures
           ,
           or
           despise
           any
           or
           the
           least
           ,
           for
           the
           abundance
           thereof
           ,
           nor
           yet
           abuse
           them
           to
           licenciousnesse
           (
           as
           the
           manner
           of
           many
           is
           )
           in
           drunkennesse
           and
           gluttony
           ,
           in
           chambering
           &
           wantonnesse
           ,
           (
           adding
           drunkennesse
           to
           thirst
           )
           or
           yet
           
           without
           due
           respect
           ,
           in
           bestowing
           them
           vpon
           their
           hounds
           ,
           dogs
           ,
           and
           horses
           ,
           lest
           in
           the
           time
           of
           necessitie
           they
           be
           not
           forced
           earnestly
           to
           desire
           but
           the
           superfluity
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           heretofore
           they
           haue
           giuen
           to
           their
           beasts
           .
           So
           was
           the
           prodigall
           person
           
           plagued
           ,
           (
           not
           keeping
           himselfe
           at
           home
           )
           nor
           content
           with
           Gods
           blessings
           in
           his
           fathers
           house
           ,
           but
           running
           
           riot
           ,
           wandering
           ,
           &
           wasting
           his
           wealth
           and
           honesty
           ,
           was
           forced
           in
           the
           famine
           to
           scramble
           with
           the
           swine
           which
           he
           kept
           ,
           for
           their
           food
           ,
           which
           yet
           was
           glad
           of
           the
           huskes
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           eaten
           the
           kernell
           .
        
         
           
             The
             king
             consisteth
             by
             the
             field
             that
             is
             tilled
             .
          
           viz.
           Hath
           need
           of
           the
           husbandmans
           
           labour
           to
           till
           the
           earth
           by
           the
           fruits
           whereof
           he
           and
           his
           ●ubiects
           are
           maintained
           .
           Whence
           we
           may
           further
           obserue
           Gods
           wonderful
           
           wisedome
           and
           prouidence
           for
           the
           preseruation
           of
           the
           societie
           and
           fellowship
           of
           mankind
           :
           that
           as
           the
           inferiors
           cānot
           be
           without
           the
           superiors
           ,
           no
           more
           can
           these
           without
           the
           other
           ;
           euen
           the
           king
           himselfe
           hath
           need
           of
           the
           rusticke
           carter
           and
           clowne
           (
           as
           he
           is
           miscalled
           )
           to
           till
           the
           ground
           .
           As
           there
           must
           be
           such
           as
           rule
           ,
           without
           confusion
           of
           all
           things
           :
           so
           there
           must
           be
           such
           as
           will
           obey
           .
           As
           there
           be
           maisters
           ,
           so
           there
           must
           be
           seruants
           .
           The
           
           king
           cannot
           go
           to
           plow
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           will
           consist
           and
           be
           vpholden
           with
           his
           subiects
           ,
           the
           land
           must
           needs
           be
           husbanded
           .
           As
           God
           hath
           appointed
           to
           euery
           one
           their
           place
           ,
           so
           he
           hath
           fitted
           them
           with
           seuerall
           qualities
           and
           gifts
           ,
           and
           enioyned
           them
           speciall
           employments
           for
           the
           common
           good
           .
           There
           is
           the
           head
           and
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           many
           members
           :
           yet
           euerie
           one
           hath
           his
           peculiar
           place
           ,
           euery
           one
           his
           office
           and
           order
           for
           the
           common
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           The
           eye
           cannot
           
           say
           to
           the
           head
           ,
           nor
           the
           head
           to
           the
           feete
           ,
           I
           haue
           no
           need
           of
           you
           .
           All
           is
           not
           an
           eye
           nor
           an
           eare
           ,
           &c.
           
           Yea
           those
           
           members
           that
           are
           reputed
           the
           basest
           and
           vilest
           ,
           nature
           hath
           most
           honored
           and
           respected
           .
           As
           without
           all
           the
           members
           the
           body
           is
           vnperfect
           :
           so
           without
           these
           necessary
           callings
           the
           body
           politick
           of
           the
           commonweath
           is
           lame
           .
           So
           is
           it
           also
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           Are
           all
           Apostles
           ,
           are
           all
           Prophets
           ,
           are
           
           all
           teachers
           ?
           No
           ,
           God
           hath
           ordained
           some
           Prophets
           ,
           some
           Euangelists
           ,
           some
           Pastors
           and
           Teachers
           ,
           for
           the
           
           worke
           of
           the
           Ministerie
           ,
           and
           edification
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           grow
           vp
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           head
           ,
           vnto
           a
           perfect
           man
           ,
           and
           vnto
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           age
           of
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           The
           reason
           of
           which
           doctrine
           is
           for
           that
           it
           specially
           maketh
           for
           Gods
           
           glory
           ,
           whose
           wisedome
           and
           prouidence
           is
           seene
           in
           this
           goodly
           order
           of
           all
           his
           creatures
           ,
           when
           as
           we
           see
           and
           behold
           how
           he
           hath
           made
           euery
           one
           so
           profitable
           in
           their
           place
           ,
           and
           nothing
           in
           vaine
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           mutuall
           helpe
           and
           good
           each
           to
           other
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           will
           haue
           it
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           linke
           vs
           all
           together
           in
           loue
           and
           
           care
           one
           of
           another
           .
           This
           debt
           is
           alwaies
           owing
           ,
           and
           must
           still
           be
           paide
           
           amongsts
           Christians
           ,
           not
           onely
           for
           the
           community
           of
           nature
           ,
           but
           for
           
           that
           our
           God
           hath
           made
           vs
           so
           seruiceable
           and
           profitable
           in
           our
           seuerall
           places
           ,
           and
           for
           one
           anothers
           vse
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           conclude
           ,
           God
           hath
           so
           fitted
           
           vs
           to
           serue
           one
           anothers
           turne
           ,
           to
           humble
           the
           highest
           ,
           standing
           sometime
           in
           need
           of
           the
           meanest
           poore
           man.
           Euen
           the
           king
           hath
           need
           of
           the
           very
           clown
           ,
           &
           noble
           Naaman
           of
           his
           
           slauish
           handmaid
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           beate
           downe
           our
           pride
           and
           selfloue
           ,
           who
           otherwise
           would
           not
           be
           beholding
           to
           any
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           God
           our
           maker
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           shift
           for
           our selues
           .
        
         
           The
           vse
           is
           ,
           first
           ,
           for
           our
           instruction
           
           to
           teach
           vs
           to
           know
           that
           we
           are
           not
           borne
           for
           our selues
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           good
           of
           our
           brethren
           .
           Our
           graces
           and
           gifts
           are
           not
           our
           owne
           ,
           but
           giuen
           vs
           of
           God
           to
           the
           edification
           of
           others
           ;
           which
           therfore
           must
           make
           vs
           to
           leane
           and
           looke
           one
           towards
           another
           in
           the
           time
           of
           need
           ,
           when
           iust
           occasion
           serueth
           :
           The
           superiour
           to
           respect
           the
           inferiour
           ,
           
           the
           rich
           the
           poore
           ,
           the
           wise
           the
           ignorant
           ;
           and
           so
           with
           holy
           Iob
           to
           be
           eyes
           to
           the
           blind
           ,
           and
           feet
           to
           the
           
           lame
           ,
           and
           a
           father
           to
           the
           poore
           .
           If
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           I
           did
           contemne
           the
           iudgement
           of
           my
           seruant
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           maid
           ,
           when
           they
           did
           contend
           with
           me
           :
           what
           shall
           I
           do
           when
           God
           standeth
           
           vp
           against
           me
           ?
           what
           shall
           I
           answer
           ?
           He
           that
           hath
           made
           me
           ,
           hath
           he
           not
           made
           him
           ?
           hath
           not
           he
           alone
           fashioned
           vs
           in
           the
           wombe
           ?
           So
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           inferreth
           vpō
           the
           former
           point
           ,
           that
           we
           reioyce
           with
           them
           that
           reioyce
           ,
           and
           weepe
           with
           them
           that
           
           weepe
           ,
           that
           we
           be
           of
           like
           affection
           one
           towards
           another
           ,
           not
           high
           minded
           ,
           nor
           wise
           in
           our
           owne
           conceit
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           it
           serueth
           to
           reproue
           all
           
           such
           as
           abuse
           their
           headship
           and
           preheminence
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           by
           this
           pretence
           go
           about
           to
           trample
           all
           their
           inferiours
           vnder
           foote
           ,
           who
           vrge
           the
           dutie
           of
           others
           ,
           &
           neglect
           their
           own
           .
           
           Am
           not
           I
           a
           king
           ,
           a
           Lord
           ,
           a
           maister
           ?
           Am
           I
           not
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           a
           Landlord
           ,
           a
           father
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           dost
           thou
           know
           me
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           but
           doest
           thou
           know
           thyselfe
           and
           God
           ;
           and
           why
           he
           hath
           preferred
           and
           promoted
           thee
           ?
           Namely
           to
           do
           good
           and
           no
           harme
           ,
           to
           helpe
           and
           not
           to
           hurt
           ?
           Knowest
           thou
           not
           that
           there
           is
           a
           King
           of
           kings
           ,
           &
           a
           Lord
           of
           lords
           ?
           My
           brethren
           (
           saith
           Iames
           )
           be
           not
           many
           
           maisters
           ,
           knowing
           that
           we
           shal
           receiue
           the
           greater
           condēnation
           .
           Speak
           
           not
           euill
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           grudge
           not
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           lest
           ye
           be
           cōdēned
           :
           behold
           the
           Iudge
           standeth
           before
           the
           doore
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           the
           Apostle
           exhorteth
           the
           Hebrewes
           ,
           
           that
           they
           despise
           not
           their
           teachers
           ;
           (
           for
           that
           they
           watch
           for
           their
           soules
           )
           so
           let
           not
           the
           highest
           Potentate
           ,
           and
           greatest
           men
           in
           place
           ,
           contemne
           the
           poore
           husbandman
           that
           laboureth
           for
           their
           bodies
           .
           God
           will
           haue
           a
           mutuall
           subiection
           amongst
           all
           ,
           and
           a
           reciprocall
           
           respect
           ,
           and
           reflection
           of
           the
           beames
           of
           loue
           ,
           and
           all
           holy
           duties
           ,
           amongst
           Christian
           brethren
           .
           From
           which
           iniunction
           ,
           Christ
           Iesus
           himselfe
           was
           not
           exempted
           ,
           who
           washed
           his
           Disciples
           feete
           ,
           to
           teach
           them
           humility
           ,
           
           who
           became
           poore
           to
           make
           
           vs
           rich
           ,
           &c.
           
           Surely
           he
           hath
           borne
           our
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           carried
           our
           sorrowes
           ,
           and
           so
           must
           we
           beare
           one
           anothers
           
           burthens
           ,
           and
           so
           fulfill
           the
           law
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             The
             king
             consisteth
             by
             the
             field
             that
             is
             tilled
             .
          
           viz.
           Neither
           he
           nor
           his
           subiects
           can
           liue
           without
           tillage
           :
           whence
           obserue
           the
           singular
           vse
           and
           necessity
           
           of
           tillage
           .
           Kings
           themselues
           cannot
           be
           without
           it
           ,
           neither
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           owne
           estate
           ,
           nor
           their
           subiects
           :
           for
           as
           all
           must
           haue
           food
           and
           sustenance
           ,
           so
           must
           the
           necessary
           meanes
           therunto
           be
           vsed
           and
           embraced
           .
           The
           sweet
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           will
           not
           now
           be
           gotten
           without
           the
           sweat
           of
           mans
           
           face
           .
           Adam
           himselfe
           the
           hei●e
           of
           all
           
           the
           world
           ,
           must
           first
           till
           the
           ground
           ,
           before
           he
           haue
           his
           food
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           he
           ,
           but
           his
           heires
           must
           go
           to
           plow
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           haue
           any
           profite
           .
           Neither
           was
           it
           infamous
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           for
           the
           greatest
           men
           of
           renown
           ,
           to
           be
           seen
           &
           very
           expert
           in
           this
           trade
           of
           tillage
           .
           It
           was
           Noahs
           calling
           ,
           as
           before
           ,
           so
           after
           
           the
           floud
           .
           And
           to
           passe
           ouer
           the
           Patriarches
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           as
           Isaac
           ,
           Elisha
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           :
           Christ
           himself
           is
           not
           ashamed
           to
           call
           his
           Father
           an
           
           husbandman
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           title
           of
           Gods
           Ministers
           ,
           they
           are
           Gods
           husbandmen
           ,
           his
           people
           their
           field
           and
           husbandry
           ,
           and
           his
           word
           and
           the
           obedience
           thereof
           ,
           the
           seed
           &
           fruite
           of
           their
           labors
           .
           Yea
           God
           himselfe
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           teacher
           of
           the
           trade
           ,
           in
           the
           Prophesie
           of
           Esay
           :
           Doth
           the
           plowmā
           
           plow
           all
           the
           day
           to
           sow
           ?
           doth
           he
           open
           &
           break
           the
           clods
           of
           his
           ground
           ?
           When
           he
           hath
           made
           it
           plaine
           ,
           will
           he
           
           not
           then
           sow
           the
           Fitches
           ,
           and
           cast
           in
           Wheate
           by
           measure
           ,
           and
           the
           appointed
           Barley
           and
           Rie
           in
           their
           place
           ?
           For
           his
           God
           doth
           instruct
           him
           ,
           to
           haue
           discretion
           ,
           and
           doth
           teach
           him
           .
           Who
           then
           dare
           despise
           this
           necessary
           calling
           ,
           whereof
           God
           is
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           the
           knowledge
           whereof
           he
           himselfe
           is
           the
           teacher
           ?
           and
           not
           rather
           glorifie
           God
           who
           giueth
           seed
           to
           the
           sower
           ,
           
           skill
           to
           the
           plower
           ,
           and
           increase
           to
           his
           labour
           ,
           to
           rid
           the
           earth
           from
           the
           curse
           of
           penurie
           and
           barrennesse
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           this
           sanctified
           meanes
           to
           make
           it
           yeeld
           food
           for
           mans
           reliefe
           ?
           But
           howsoeuer
           great
           men
           haue
           vndergone
           this
           calling
           (
           to
           omit
           the
           ancient
           and
           famous
           houses
           of
           the
           Romans
           recorded
           in
           histories
           ,
           being
           called
           Cicerones
           ,
           Fabij
           ,
           Pisones
           ,
           of
           the
           graine
           they
           sowed
           ,
           and
           labour
           they
           delighted
           in
           ,
           )
           this
           is
           most
           sure
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           neuer
           any
           mighty
           Potentates
           ,
           which
           maintained
           not
           the
           plow
           ,
           
           whether
           Pagans
           or
           Professors
           .
           Pharaoh
           that
           Egyptian
           king
           how
           famous
           
           was
           he
           for
           his
           treasury
           of
           corne
           ,
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           throughout
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           becoming
           a
           nourse
           to
           all
           nations
           ,
           and
           the
           keeper
           aliue
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           it
           is
           recorded
           of
           Nebuzaradan
           
           the
           king
           of
           Babels
           steward
           ,
           after
           the
           sacking
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           that
           he
           left
           of
           the
           poorer
           sort
           (
           no
           doubt
           by
           the
           kings
           cōmandemēt
           )
           to
           dresse
           the
           vineyards
           ,
           and
           to
           till
           the
           land
           .
           So
           Vzziah
           
           the
           king
           of
           Iuda
           ,
           not
           onely
           builded
           towers
           ,
           but
           increased
           plowmen
           ,
           and
           dressers
           of
           vines
           ,
           without
           the
           which
           it
           had
           bene
           in
           vaine
           ,
           to
           haue
           medled
           with
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           added
           of
           this
           his
           indeauor
           and
           care
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           loued
           husbandry
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           Princes
           guards
           and
           troopes
           at
           home
           ,
           besides
           their
           huge
           hoasts
           and
           scattering
           armies
           abroad
           ,
           to
           be
           maintained
           without
           the
           plow
           ?
           For
           if
           in
           the
           multitude
           
           of
           the
           people
           the
           honor
           of
           the
           
           king
           consisteth
           ,
           for
           the
           want
           whereof
           he
           cometh
           sodainly
           to
           destruction
           :
           and
           if
           many
           people
           cannot
           be
           maintained
           without
           much
           food
           :
           and
           if
           much
           prouision
           of
           food
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           come
           by
           ,
           but
           by
           much
           tillage
           (
           since
           the
           plow
           according
           to
           the
           prouerbe
           ,
           bringeth
           enough
           ;
           )
           then
           must
           this
           consequent
           be
           as
           necessary
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           king
           himselfe
           ,
           nor
           his
           subiects
           and
           followers
           ,
           can
           be
           vpholden
           without
           much
           tillage
           :
           for
           what
           can
           the
           king
           do
           when
           he
           wanteth
           food
           for
           his
           people
           ?
           As
           the
           king
           of
           Israel
           said
           to
           a
           woman
           in
           the
           siege
           of
           Samaria
           ,
           crying
           out
           to
           him
           ;
           saying
           ,
           Helpe
           my
           Lord
           ô
           king
           :
           Seeing
           the
           
           Lord
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           doth
           not
           succor
           thee
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           helpe
           thee
           with
           the
           barne
           or
           with
           the
           winepresse
           ?
           And
           how
           fearefull
           &
           lamentable
           was
           the
           estate
           of
           the
           honorable
           Lords
           and
           delicate
           Ladies
           in
           the
           siege
           of
           Ierusalem
           ,
           for
           
           
           want
           of
           food
           as
           before
           we
           obserued
           ?
        
         
           The
           reason
           is
           Gods
           ordinance
           &
           iniunction
           ,
           that
           Adam
           &
           all
           his
           issue
           
           shall
           labor
           for
           their
           liuing
           ,
           and
           so
           prouide
           their
           bread
           with
           painfulnesse
           &
           sorrow
           ,
           a
           iust
           reward
           for
           sinne
           .
           Man
           I
           cōfes
           ,
           liues
           not
           by
           bread
           alone
           :
           yet
           as
           the
           end
           of
           Gods
           prouidence
           is
           ,
           that
           man
           should
           liue
           ,
           so
           the
           meanes
           of
           his
           prouidence
           is
           ,
           that
           mā
           should
           liue
           by
           bread
           :
           which
           bread
           must
           needs
           be
           got
           by
           his
           trauell
           and
           tillage
           .
           A
           corporall
           substance
           is
           to
           be
           maintained
           by
           corporall
           sustenance
           ,
           &
           as
           mā
           at
           the
           first
           was
           takē
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           so
           will
           God
           haue
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           to
           be
           his
           food
           as
           the
           fruite
           of
           his
           trauell
           :
           that
           so
           by
           the
           bread
           of
           the
           earth
           our
           bodies
           of
           earth
           may
           be
           norished
           &
           relieued
           .
           Our
           mortal
           life
           is
           vpholden
           by
           earthly
           meanes
           ,
           and
           as
           meates
           are
           ordained
           
           for
           the
           belly
           ,
           and
           the
           belly
           for
           meates
           :
           so
           death
           shall
           dissolue
           both
           it
           and
           them
           to
           earth
           againe
           .
        
         
         
           The
           consideration
           whereof
           must
           
           cause
           vs
           with
           all
           chearefulnesse
           to
           honour
           God
           in
           the
           meanes
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           vse
           them
           to
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           our
           necessary
           good
           .
           He
           that
           will
           eate
           must
           labour
           in
           a
           lawfull
           calling
           ,
           and
           get
           his
           liuing
           by
           his
           Christian
           painfulnesse
           .
           The
           slothfull
           man
           lusteth
           ,
           and
           his
           
           soule
           hath
           nought
           :
           he
           will
           not
           plow
           because
           of
           winter
           ,
           therefore
           he
           shall
           
           beg
           in
           sommer
           ,
           and
           haue
           nothing
           .
           Therefore
           loue
           not
           sleepe
           ,
           lest
           thou
           
           come
           to
           pouerty
           ,
           but
           open
           thy
           eies
           ,
           &
           thou
           shalt
           be
           satisfied
           with
           bread
           .
           His
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           slothfull
           person
           shall
           fall
           into
           extreme
           pouertie
           :
           and
           though
           he
           beg
           to
           get
           his
           liuing
           ,
           yet
           men
           shall
           haue
           no
           remorse
           of
           his
           miserie
           .
           And
           therefore
           such
           carelesse
           persons
           must
           take
           heed
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           apply
           their
           businesses
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           haue
           plenty
           and
           abundance
           ,
           against
           the
           time
           of
           need
           :
           for
           as
           much
           food
           is
           in
           the
           field
           of
           the
           poore
           ;
           so
           is
           the
           field
           
           
           destroyed
           without
           discretion
           .
           Be
           the
           ground
           neuer
           so
           barren
           ,
           yet
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           it
           will
           yeeld
           the
           poore
           husbandman
           increase
           enough
           ,
           by
           his
           diligent
           labour
           in
           tilling
           ,
           and
           sowing
           the
           same
           in
           due
           season
           .
           And
           many
           a
           one
           (
           who
           hath
           a
           good
           stocke
           &
           fruitfull
           soyle
           )
           by
           neglecting
           the
           meanes
           ,
           and
           not
           ordering
           things
           aright
           ,
           waste
           all
           that
           they
           haue
           ,
           and
           come
           greatly
           behind
           hand
           .
           For
           he
           that
           will
           not
           sow
           ,
           shall
           not
           mow
           ;
           and
           iustice
           it
           is
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           men
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           will
           not
           worke
           ,
           shall
           not
           eate
           .
           Christians
           
           must
           not
           now
           looke
           for
           miracles
           ,
           but
           vse
           all
           lawfull
           and
           ordinary
           meanes
           for
           meate
           :
           Christ
           would
           not
           turne
           stones
           into
           bread
           (
           as
           the
           diuel
           would
           
           haue
           him
           )
           but
           reacheth
           vs
           to
           be
           diligent
           in
           our
           callings
           (
           though
           without
           carking
           and
           distrustfull
           care
           )
           and
           then
           
           sufficient
           for
           the
           day
           will
           be
           the
           trauell
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           reproueth
           and
           condemneth
           
           
           all
           such
           as
           hinder
           this
           abundance
           of
           Gods
           blessings
           ,
           by
           intercepting
           ,
           or
           vtterly
           abolishing
           this
           mystery
           of
           tillage
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           all
           such
           persons
           as
           decay
           both
           houses
           and
           husbandries
           ,
           that
           lay
           the
           land
           waste
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           make
           it
           a
           wildernesse
           in
           regard
           of
           men
           ,
           fit
           only
           for
           a
           few
           such
           monsters
           in
           mens
           shape
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           their
           cattell
           which
           they
           desire
           to
           keepe
           ;
           hauing
           rooted
           out
           men
           (
           the
           image
           of
           the
           eternall
           God
           ,
           )
           turned
           houses
           into
           bushes
           ,
           and
           poore
           people
           into
           sheepe
           ,
           preferring
           the
           fellowship
           of
           beasts
           before
           the
           societie
           of
           men
           ,
           made
           like
           to
           God.
           Such
           kind
           of
           spoylers
           of
           their
           countrey
           may
           in
           stead
           of
           their
           neighbours
           (
           whom
           they
           haue
           rooted
           out
           )
           salute
           their
           oxen
           ,
           sheepe
           and
           horses
           ,
           which
           they
           haue
           nourished
           &
           increased
           .
           A
           fearefull
           wo
           is
           pronounced
           against
           all
           such
           as
           thus
           dwell
           alone
           with
           the
           destruction
           of
           their
           brethren
           :
           Ioyning
           house
           to
           house
           ,
           
           and
           field
           to
           field
           ,
           till
           there
           be
           no
           place
           for
           the
           poore
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           be
           placed
           by
           themselues
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           This
           is
           in
           mine
           eares
           (
           saith
           
           the
           Lord
           of
           hoasts
           )
           and
           for
           this
           shall
           their
           owne
           houses
           one
           day
           be
           desolate
           ,
           and
           their
           great
           and
           stately
           pallaces
           without
           inhabitant
           .
           These
           are
           wasters
           of
           their
           countrey
           ,
           who
           delight
           rather
           in
           Abimelechs
           plow
           ,
           to
           
           sow
           the
           land
           with
           salt
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           did
           the
           city
           )
           to
           make
           it
           barren
           and
           fruitlesse
           ,
           then
           with
           good
           seede
           of
           corne
           and
           graine
           for
           the
           plentifull
           prouision
           of
           food
           for
           Gods
           people
           :
           and
           take
           greater
           pleasure
           to
           sow
           the
           soyle
           with
           the
           innocent
           blood
           of
           their
           poore
           brethren
           ,
           then
           in
           procuring
           the
           meanes
           of
           abundance
           of
           bread
           ,
           by
           good
           husbandry
           and
           tillage
           ;
           and
           so
           in
           Gods
           account
           do
           make
           their
           possessions
           fields
           of
           blood
           ,
           purchased
           in
           effect
           
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           liues
           of
           Gods
           inheritance
           ,
           for
           the
           want
           of
           food
           .
           
           And
           to
           speake
           the
           best
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           seed
           which
           they
           sow
           in
           such
           waste
           &
           decayed
           places
           ,
           is
           for
           the
           most
           part
           no
           better
           then
           sheep
           tritles
           and
           dung
           of
           their
           beasts
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           pastures
           profitable
           onely
           for
           themselues
           .
           If
           beasts
           (
           saith
           one
           )
           could
           speake
           ,
           they
           
           would
           exclaime
           against
           such
           men
           ,
           &
           call
           them
           beasts
           ,
           or
           worse
           then
           beasts
           ,
           who
           onely
           rauen
           when
           they
           are
           hungry
           ,
           and
           being
           ful
           do
           spare
           their
           prey
           .
           
           But
           these
           neither
           full
           ,
           nor
           fasting
           ,
           wil
           abstaine
           from
           deuouring
           One
           forrest
           is
           sufficient
           for
           many
           Elephants
           and
           beasts
           of
           diuers
           kinds
           to
           liue
           in
           ,
           &
           to
           feed
           together
           .
           In
           the
           woods
           and
           wildernesse
           are
           an
           vnknowne
           number
           of
           Beares
           ,
           Wolues
           ,
           &
           Tigers
           ;
           of
           Lions
           ,
           Leopards
           ,
           and
           Panthers
           ,
           to
           omit
           so
           many
           Ostriches
           ,
           Dragons
           ,
           Satyres
           ,
           &
           serpents
           .
           All
           these
           (
           after
           a
           sort
           )
           endure
           one
           another
           ,
           &
           liue
           together
           in
           their
           seuerall
           continent
           :
           yet
           these
           most
           cruell
           and
           vnreasonable
           oppressours
           ,
           
           as
           wilde
           Bores
           roote
           vp
           the
           forrest
           of
           their
           countrey
           and
           cōmonwealth
           ,
           and
           like
           Wolues
           ,
           delight
           in
           the
           deuouring
           o●
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           their
           owne
           flesh
           and
           proper
           nation
           .
           Their
           woods
           and
           parkes
           ,
           and
           pastures
           ,
           will
           not
           suffise
           them
           ,
           but
           still
           they
           pale
           in
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           .
           One
           Lordship
           ,
           one
           country
           ,
           nay
           a
           whole
           world
           (
           I
           warrant
           you
           )
           will
           not
           stanch
           and
           quench
           the
           hellish
           thirst
           of
           these
           insatiable
           cormorants
           .
           They
           licke
           vp
           the
           poore
           and
           
           their
           possessions
           ,
           as
           the
           Oxe
           doth
           the
           grasse
           ;
           they
           eate
           them
           vp
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           
           bread
           ,
           and
           yet
           like
           greedy
           dogs
           can
           neuer
           be
           satisfied
           .
           This
           is
           the
           generation
           
           that
           the
           wise
           man
           speaketh
           of
           ,
           whose
           teeth
           are
           as
           swords
           ,
           and
           their
           chawes
           as
           kniues
           ,
           to
           eate
           vp
           the
           afflicted
           
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           from
           amongst
           men
           ,
           that
           tread
           vpon
           the
           poore
           ,
           and
           take
           from
           them
           burdens
           
           of
           wheate
           ;
           such
           as
           buy
           the
           poore
           for
           siluer
           ,
           and
           the
           needy
           for
           shoes
           :
           
           such
           as
           plucke
           off
           their
           skin
           from
           thē
           ,
           and
           the
           flesh
           from
           their
           bones
           ,
           and
           
           chop
           them
           in
           peeces
           as
           for
           the
           pot
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           flesh
           within
           the
           cauldron
           .
           The
           Lord
           hath
           sworne
           by
           the
           excellency
           of
           Iacob
           :
           surely
           I
           wil
           neuer
           forget
           any
           of
           their
           workes
           .
           Shall
           not
           the
           land
           tremble
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           euerie
           one
           that
           dwelleth
           therein
           mourne
           ?
           Thou
           
           hast
           consulted
           shame
           to
           thine
           owne
           house
           ,
           by
           destroying
           many
           people
           ,
           &
           hast
           sinned
           against
           thine
           owne
           soule
           :
           for
           the
           stone
           shall
           cry
           out
           of
           the
           dust
           ,
           
           and
           the
           beame
           out
           of
           the
           timber
           shal
           answer
           it
           :
           Wo
           be
           to
           him
           that
           buildeth
           a
           towne
           with
           bloud
           ,
           and
           erecteth
           a
           citie
           by
           iniquitie
           .
           The
           iawes
           of
           these
           Lions
           would
           be
           broken
           by
           godly
           
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           oppressed
           people
           (
           that
           are
           as
           their
           prey
           )
           would
           be
           plucked
           out
           of
           their
           teeth
           .
           But
           they
           are
           great
           ones
           ,
           and
           feare
           not
           the
           Princes
           sword
           ;
           yet
           let
           them
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           great
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           
           righteous
           iudge
           ,
           and
           a
           reuenger
           of
           these
           wrongs
           :
           who
           one
           day
           will
           proceed
           against
           them
           ;
           whose
           word
           hath
           passed
           sentence
           already
           ,
           neither
           will
           it
           be
           long
           before
           the
           execution
           come
           .
           They
           couet
           fields
           ,
           and
           take
           them
           by
           
           violence
           ,
           and
           houses
           ,
           and
           take
           them
           away
           ;
           so
           they
           oppresse
           a
           man
           and
           his
           house
           ,
           euen
           a
           man
           and
           his
           heritage
           .
           Therfore
           thus
           saith
           the
           Lord
           against
           this
           family
           ,
           I
           haue
           deuised
           a
           plague
           whereout
           ye
           shall
           not
           plucke
           your
           neckes
           .
           Though
           such
           men
           dwell
           in
           desolate
           cities
           where
           none
           inhabite
           but
           themselues
           ,
           and
           where
           houses
           
           are
           brought
           to
           ruinous
           heapes
           ,
           which
           they
           caused
           by
           depopulation
           and
           oppression
           of
           the
           poore
           ;
           yet
           shall
           they
           not
           be
           rich●
           ,
           nor
           their
           substance
           continue
           ,
           neither
           shall
           they
           bring
           their
           sumptuous
           houses
           to
           perfectiō
           :
           the
           flame
           shall
           drie
           vp
           his
           branches
           ,
           &
           he
           shall
           go
           away
           with
           the
           breath
           of
           his
           mouth
           :
           feare
           shall
           dwell
           in
           his
           
           house
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           none
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           brimstone
           shall
           be
           scattered
           vpon
           his
           
           habitation
           ;
           his
           rootes
           shall
           be
           dried
           vp
           beneath
           ,
           and
           aboue
           shall
           his
           branches
           be
           cut
           downe
           ,
           his
           remembrance
           shall
           perish
           from
           the
           earth
           ,
           &
           he
           shall
           haue
           neither
           sonne
           ,
           nor
           nephew
           ,
           amongst
           his
           people
           ,
           nor
           any
           posteritie
           in
           his
           dwellings
           .
           Surely
           such
           are
           the
           habitations
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           place
           of
           him
           that
           knowes
           not
           God.
           Yet
           these
           men
           will
           not
           be
           reclaimed
           ,
           still
           they
           build
           with
           one
           consent
           the
           towers
           of
           confusion
           ;
           they
           will
           not
           be
           hindered
           and
           stayed
           ,
           but
           Gyant-like
           make
           warre
           against
           God
           
           and
           the
           good
           of
           their
           countrey
           ,
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           confusion
           vpon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           &
           so
           openly
           in
           effect
           publish
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           they
           neither
           feare
           God
           in
           heauen
           ,
           king
           on
           earth
           ,
           nor
           diuell
           in
           hell
           :
           and
           proclaime
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           feare
           of
           God
           before
           
           their
           eyes
           .
           But
           a
           fire
           shall
           consume
           
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           haue
           deuoured
           substance
           ,
           
           so
           they
           shall
           vomite
           vp
           their
           sweet
           morsels
           ,
           for
           God
           shall
           draw
           it
           out
           of
           their
           bellies
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           haue
           vndone
           many
           ,
           &
           forsaken
           the
           poore
           ,
           and
           spoyled
           houses
           which
           they
           built
           not
           :
           so
           surely
           shall
           they
           feele
           no
           quietnesse
           in
           their
           body
           ,
           neither
           shall
           they
           reserue
           of
           that
           which
           they
           desired
           :
           the
           heauens
           shall
           declare
           their
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           the
           earth
           shall
           rise
           vp
           against
           them
           .
           This
           is
           the
           portion
           of
           wicked
           men
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           heritage
           that
           they
           shall
           haue
           of
           him
           :
           for
           desolation
           and
           destruction
           are
           in
           
           their
           paths
           ,
           and
           the
           footesteps
           whereby
           you
           might
           trace
           thē
           ,
           are
           wasting
           ,
           spoyling
           ,
           and
           ruinating
           whole
           houses
           and
           families
           .
           Like
           Rauens
           they
           build
           their
           houses
           high
           ,
           and
           loue
           to
           liue
           alone
           ;
           and
           like
           deuouring
           Kites
           ,
           that
           prey
           vpon
           the
           carkasses
           of
           the
           poore
           .
           No
           seed
           can
           grow
           ,
           for
           these
           Crowes
           ,
           in
           the
           furrowes
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           
           nor
           scant
           in
           the
           church
           ,
           if
           they
           might
           haue
           their
           wils
           .
           For
           hauing
           destroied
           the
           commonwealth
           ,
           they
           seize
           vpon
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           hauing
           wasted
           and
           taken
           away
           the
           bread
           of
           men
           ,
           they
           challenge
           the
           bread
           of
           God
           ,
           yea
           the
           shewbread
           and
           consecrate
           things
           ,
           
           most
           vnlawfull
           for
           them
           to
           haue
           .
           They
           seeke
           to
           liue
           of
           the
           altar
           though
           
           they
           belong
           not
           to
           the
           altar
           ,
           but
           rather
           take
           a
           couse
           to
           ouerthrow
           the
           whole
           seruice
           and
           sacrifice
           ,
           and
           the
           seruants
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           wold
           more
           chearefully
           and
           painfully
           attend
           vpon
           it
           .
           Dauid
           would
           not
           drink
           
           that
           water
           which
           was
           drawne
           with
           such
           danger
           out
           of
           the
           well
           of
           Bethlehem
           by
           his
           Worthies
           ,
           though
           he
           longed
           and
           thirsted
           after
           it
           ;
           yet
           he
           powred
           it
           out
           ,
           for
           an
           offering
           vnto
           the
           Lord
           :
           but
           these
           men
           (
           though
           they
           haue
           no
           need
           )
           will
           drinke
           and
           carouse
           (
           in
           the
           consecrate
           vessels
           )
           not
           water
           ,
           but
           wine
           ,
           (
           adding
           drunkennesse
           
           
           to
           thirst
           )
           though
           it
           be
           to
           the
           
           destruction
           and
           hazard
           of
           themselues
           &
           Gods
           seruants
           .
           Oh
           how
           much
           better
           had
           it
           bin
           for
           such
           ,
           rather
           to
           haue
           spilt
           it
           on
           the
           ground
           with
           remorse
           (
           as
           a
           note
           of
           repentance
           )
           then
           in
           the
           end
           to
           be
           sure
           to
           drinke
           the
           dregs
           of
           
           Gods
           fearefull
           cup
           of
           vengeance
           ,
           as
           a
           iust
           reward
           of
           this
           sinne
           ?
           Yet
           see
           a
           little
           further
           the
           dropsie
           of
           these
           mens
           minds
           ,
           and
           their
           horsleach
           humour
           ,
           
           that
           makes
           their
           hearts
           as
           a
           graue
           after
           all
           vnlawfull
           gaine
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           deuouring
           hell
           that
           will
           neuer
           be
           cloyed
           :
           
           they
           clayme
           all
           for
           their
           common
           ,
           the
           whole
           world
           is
           not
           spacious
           &
           wide
           enough
           for
           their
           walke
           .
           These
           Moles
           (
           to
           speake
           the
           truth
           )
           vndermine
           the
           foundatiō
           both
           of
           Church
           &
           cōmon
           wealth
           ,
           Prince
           &
           people
           :
           for
           though
           the
           king
           and
           subiects
           consist
           by
           the
           field
           that
           is
           tilled
           ,
           yet
           still
           they
           decay
           it
           ,
           &
           lay
           the
           earth
           waste
           ,
           ouerthrowing
           poore
           mens
           plows
           in
           euery
           place
           ,
           
           not
           letting
           so
           much
           as
           a
           poore
           Mill
           to
           wagge
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           are
           ready
           to
           take
           their
           tole
           (
           most
           basely
           and
           busily
           )
           of
           euery
           poore
           mans
           bag
           ;
           taking
           both
           tole
           and
           tithes
           :
           all
           is
           fish
           that
           cometh
           to
           their
           net
           ,
           and
           a
           prey
           for
           their
           teeth
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           once
           fasten
           their
           tallants
           ,
           &
           tentors
           on
           the
           same
           .
           Is
           there
           no
           balme
           in
           Gilead
           ?
           is
           there
           
           no
           Physition
           there
           ?
           Why
           then
           is
           not
           the
           health
           of
           the
           daughter
           of
           my
           people
           recouered
           ?
           But
           why
           speake
           I
           so
           lowd
           and
           earnestly
           to
           the
           back
           and
           belly
           ,
           that
           haue
           no
           eares
           ?
           Alas
           I
           see
           no
           salue
           sufficient
           to
           heale
           this
           sore
           ,
           no
           medicine
           auaileable
           to
           cure
           this
           maladie
           .
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           looke
           vnto
           our
           God
           who
           is
           the
           alone
           Physition
           sufficient
           ,
           and
           most
           excellent
           at
           such
           a
           desperate
           disease
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           he
           seemeth
           to
           distinguish
           betweene
           field
           and
           field
           ,
           as
           expressing
           
           his
           mind
           ,
           what
           field
           he
           meaneth
           that
           bringeth
           forth
           such
           abundance
           ,
           
           so
           necessary
           ,
           &
           sufficiēt
           for
           the
           king
           &
           his
           subiects
           :
           we
           learn
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           
           that
           there
           is
           no
           ground
           or
           field
           so
           necessary
           and
           fruitfull
           as
           that
           which
           is
           in
           tillage
           .
           The
           seed
           which
           the
           sower
           
           went
           out
           to
           sow
           in
           good
           ground
           (
           by
           his
           good
           husbandry
           ,
           labour
           ,
           and
           Gods
           blessing
           vpon
           the
           same
           )
           for
           one
           corne
           yeelded
           an
           hundred
           fold
           ,
           for
           some
           other
           ,
           sixtie
           fold
           ,
           and
           for
           another
           thirtie
           .
           And
           it
           is
           reported
           of
           
           Isaacks
           crop
           of
           sowing
           seed
           ,
           in
           the
           land
           of
           Abimelech
           king
           of
           the
           Philistians
           ,
           that
           he
           reaped
           the
           same
           yeare
           an
           hundreth
           sold
           by
           estimation
           :
           so
           the
           Lord
           blessed
           him
           ,
           saith
           the
           text
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           who
           is
           able
           to
           reckon
           vp
           the
           great
           increase
           of
           corne
           and
           graine
           that
           God
           doth
           raise
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           by
           this
           his
           blessed
           ordinance
           of
           tillage
           and
           good
           husbandrie
           ,
           filling
           our
           houses
           ,
           barnes
           ,
           and
           garners
           ,
           besides
           our
           rickes
           ,
           houels
           ,
           stackes
           ,
           &
           heapes
           of
           graine
           without
           number
           and
           measure
           ,
           
           sometimes
           gathered
           and
           got
           together
           in
           one
           land
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           Egypt
           )
           and
           sufficient
           to
           serue
           and
           prouide
           for
           not
           only
           one
           country
           but
           many
           nations
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           Ioseph
           :
           who
           gathered
           wheate
           like
           to
           the
           sand
           of
           the
           sea
           ,
           in
           multitude
           out
           of
           measure
           ,
           vntill
           he
           
           left
           numbring
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           without
           number
           .
        
         
           The
           reason
           why
           such
           abundance
           
           of
           fruite
           proceedeth
           of
           tillage
           ,
           is
           first
           ,
           the
           naturall
           barrennes
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           Gods
           curse
           vpon
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           manssinne
           ,
           which
           now
           without
           painfull
           plowing
           will
           not
           be
           profitable
           and
           plentifull
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           vppon
           his
           owne
           ordinance
           ,
           when
           man
           
           doth
           diligently
           and
           chearefully
           submit
           himselfe
           vnto
           the
           same
           ,
           in
           the
           Christian
           vse
           thereof
           ,
           as
           more
           largely
           was
           shewed
           before
           in
           the
           reasons
           of
           the
           second
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           Which
           serueth
           to
           confute
           the
           
           proud
           conceite
           of
           many
           gracelesse
           Graziers
           ,
           and
           the
           presumptuous
           resolution
           of
           many
           greedie
           decayers
           of
           tillage
           ,
           which
           set
           their
           acres
           decayed
           at
           such
           an
           incomparable
           valuation
           ,
           so
           exceedingly
           multiplying
           their
           rents
           and
           reuenewes
           .
           Their
           great
           stockes
           and
           store
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           cattell
           ,
           so
           easily
           heeded
           ,
           and
           maintained
           ,
           without
           great
           charge
           or
           toile
           ,
           makes
           now
           their
           present
           state
           (
           as
           they
           suppose
           )
           vnmatchable
           :
           so
           that
           now
           they
           scorne
           at
           Iobs
           wealth
           (
           like
           Atheists
           )
           being
           farre
           beyond
           him
           ,
           in
           oxen
           ,
           sheepe
           ,
           &
           all
           kind
           of
           cattell
           .
           Yet
           here
           (
           I
           assure
           them
           )
           is
           some
           difference
           ,
           that
           his
           land
           cried
           not
           out
           against
           him
           ,
           nor
           
           the
           furrowes
           thereof
           made
           any
           complaint
           in
           his
           conscience
           :
           and
           that
           he
           neuer
           eat
           the
           fruites
           thereof
           without
           siluer
           ,
           nor
           grieued
           the
           soules
           of
           the
           maisters
           thereof
           ,
           as
           these
           men
           do
           in
           euery
           place
           .
        
         
           Their
           innumerable
           tods
           of
           wooll
           ,
           
           their
           heards
           and
           droues
           of
           fallings
           sufficient
           for
           the
           seruice
           of
           Court
           and
           countrey
           ,
           they
           esteeme
           to
           be
           an
           incomparable
           credit
           ,
           and
           gaine
           .
           Nay
           some
           of
           thē
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           short
           course
           ,
           they
           auoid
           the
           curse
           of
           digging
           &
           deluing
           in
           the
           
           earth
           ,
           of
           plowing
           and
           sweating
           for
           their
           liuing
           ,
           so
           iustly
           enioyned
           them
           of
           God
           to
           sinfull
           man.
           Thus
           they
           dare
           open
           their
           mouth
           not
           onely
           against
           
           men
           ,
           but
           euen
           against
           their
           Maker
           ,
           and
           heauen
           it selfe
           .
           These
           men
           wil
           liue
           by
           their
           own
           wits
           and
           waies
           ,
           despising
           Gods
           will
           and
           word
           ,
           which
           they
           cast
           behind
           them
           .
           Yet
           here
           let
           me
           reason
           a
           little
           with
           this
           greedie
           
           gripe
           ,
           and
           decayer
           of
           tillage
           for
           his
           owne
           priuate
           gaine
           .
           What
           field
           is
           so
           fruitfull
           as
           that
           which
           is
           tilled
           ?
           the
           abundāce
           of
           this
           earth
           is
           ouer
           al
           (
           saith
           he
           that
           is
           wiser
           then
           the
           wisest
           of
           thē
           all
           )
           whose
           experience
           so
           dearely
           bought
           ,
           far
           surpasseth
           their
           conceits
           ;
           
           who
           tried
           all
           their
           vanities
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           trust
           his
           resolution
           ,
           and
           assuredly
           preferre
           it
           before
           all
           others
           .
        
         
           These
           kind
           of
           men
           (
           perhaps
           )
           reason
           well
           for
           their
           owne
           persons
           and
           places
           :
           but
           where
           is
           their
           care
           for
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Gods
           people
           ;
           for
           the
           Church
           and
           commonwealth
           ?
           Their
           fields
           (
           I
           confesse
           )
           find
           many
           beasts
           ,
           but
           the
           field
           that
           is
           sowne
           ,
           feedeth
           both
           men
           and
           beasts
           .
           And
           here
           note
           thy
           charitie
           toward
           thine
           owne
           flesh
           :
           Thou
           carest
           for
           cattell
           ,
           and
           art
           carelesse
           
           of
           Christians
           .
           Thou
           art
           kinde
           to
           thy selfe
           ,
           and
           regardest
           not
           the
           state
           of
           the
           king
           and
           his
           subiects
           ,
           that
           consist
           by
           the
           field
           that
           is
           tilled
           .
           But
           let
           the
           very
           beasts
           conuince
           thee
           ,
           the
           Bees
           ,
           and
           all
           creatures
           in
           their
           kinde
           who
           are
           not
           made
           for
           themselues
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           common
           good
           .
           The
           sheepe
           yeeld
           both
           fell
           and
           flesh
           ,
           the
           birds
           and
           beasts
           ,
           their
           yong
           ones
           and
           themselues
           ;
           
           the
           Bees
           their
           honey
           ,
           the
           Oxe
           treadeth
           out
           the
           corne
           ,
           and
           the
           horse
           
           beareth
           many
           heauy
           burthens
           ,
           and
           al
           the
           creatures
           helpe
           for
           the
           common
           seruice
           ,
           and
           reliefe
           of
           mankind
           :
           yet
           thou
           alone
           amongst
           the
           rest
           (
           &
           worse
           in
           this
           respect
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           )
           seekest
           onely
           thine
           owne
           gaines
           ,
           and
           liuest
           to
           thy selfe
           ,
           with
           the
           hurt
           of
           all
           others
           .
        
         
           But
           admit
           thou
           hadst
           thine
           owne
           will
           ,
           in
           turning
           commons
           into
           pastures
           ,
           and
           tilled
           fields
           into
           closing
           for
           thy
           cattell
           ;
           where
           in
           the
           end
           wold
           be
           thy
           bread
           ,
           without
           plowing
           and
           seedes
           time
           ?
           Therefore
           when
           God
           would
           take
           away
           the
           curse
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           bringeth
           in
           this
           blessing
           ,
           that
           seedes
           time
           and
           haruest
           ,
           cold
           and
           
           heate
           ,
           sommer
           and
           winter
           ,
           day
           and
           night
           should
           not
           ceasse
           ,
           whilest
           the
           earth
           remained
           .
           But
           these
           men
           by
           their
           crueltie
           would
           bring
           all
           to
           confusion
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           cannot
           stand
           ,
           
           if
           they
           be
           not
           stayed
           .
           And
           so
           iustly
           incurre
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           people
           :
           for
           as
           a
           blessing
           shall
           be
           vpon
           the
           
           head
           of
           him
           that
           selleth
           corne
           :
           so
           he
           that
           withdraweth
           it
           ,
           the
           people
           will
           curse
           him
           :
           for
           as
           the
           one
           prouideth
           for
           their
           necessitie
           ,
           so
           the
           other
           mercilesse
           men
           (
           by
           decaying
           of
           tillage
           ,
           and
           keeping
           in
           of
           corne
           )
           do
           procure
           poore
           mens
           miserie
           .
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           such
           a
           cursed
           sinne
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           the
           corne
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           dearth
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           dearer
           ,
           that
           so
           men
           may
           vtter
           the
           very
           reffuse
           of
           their
           graine
           at
           any
           
           rate
           :
           as
           those
           tyrannous
           oppressours
           did
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           Nehemia
           ,
           who
           caused
           their
           brethren
           to
           gage
           their
           
           lands
           ,
           vineyards
           ,
           and
           houses
           ,
           yea
           to
           sell
           their
           sonnes
           ,
           and
           themselues
           as
           slaues
           ,
           for
           corne
           :
           how
           much
           more
           intollerable
           an
           oppression
           is
           it
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           all
           necessary
           meanes
           of
           prouision
           ,
           by
           tillage
           and
           husbandry
           ?
           For
           if
           these
           men
           might
           preuaile
           ,
           no
           corne
           
           would
           be
           come
           by
           for
           any
           coine
           ,
           for
           any
           suite
           or
           seruice
           ,
           for
           any
           pricke
           or
           prise
           .
           For
           where
           no
           oxen
           are
           ,
           there
           the
           crib
           is
           emptie
           ,
           but
           much
           increase
           
           cometh
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           oxe
           .
           Where
           the
           means
           of
           good
           husbandrie
           is
           neglected
           ,
           there
           is
           want
           of
           necessaries
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           diligent
           tilling
           of
           the
           land
           by
           teames
           and
           strong
           cattell
           fit
           for
           plowing
           ,
           there
           is
           plentie
           and
           abundāce
           both
           for
           man
           &
           beast
           .
           How
           can
           such
           men
           pray
           ,
           Giue
           vs
           this
           day
           our
           daily
           bread
           ,
           that
           daily
           take
           away
           
           the
           meanes
           of
           bread
           ?
           Will
           they
           haue
           their
           bread
           ,
           and
           not
           vse
           the
           means
           for
           bread
           ,
           which
           is
           tillage
           ?
           Is
           not
           this
           in
           plaine
           dealing
           to
           tempt
           the
           Lord
           ?
           
           Will
           they
           haue
           God
           to
           feede
           them
           miraculously
           ,
           with
           Manna
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           Israel
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           to
           manifest
           
           his
           power
           ?
           No
           ,
           no
           ;
           in
           Canaan
           God
           will
           haue
           plowing
           and
           sowing
           vsed
           ,
           &
           therefore
           when
           Israel
           came
           thither
           Manna
           ceassed
           .
           I
           spare
           here
           to
           speake
           
           
           how
           these
           vnnaturall
           oppressours
           of
           their
           brethren
           ,
           cause
           the
           people
           (
           many
           times
           )
           to
           murmure
           against
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           blaspheme
           his
           name
           .
           Besides
           the
           strange
           rebellions
           ,
           and
           outragious
           vproares
           and
           vprisings
           against
           their
           Prince
           and
           countrey
           .
           But
           is
           it
           not
           a
           wonder
           (
           to
           vse
           the
           words
           
           of
           no
           meane
           man
           in
           his
           time
           )
           that
           sheepe
           that
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           so
           milde
           and
           gentle
           ,
           and
           fed
           with
           small
           cost
           ,
           should
           now
           become
           so
           wild
           and
           rauenous
           ,
           to
           eate
           vp
           men
           ,
           and
           lay
           waste
           whole
           countries
           ?
           For
           these
           men
           (
           that
           enclose
           all
           the
           commons
           )
           they
           pull
           down
           houses
           ,
           they
           ouerthrow
           towns
           leauing
           Churches
           to
           stand
           alone
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           seruing
           only
           as
           a
           pen
           for
           their
           sheep
           .
           And
           so
           causing
           poore
           mē
           of
           all
           sorts
           to
           flit
           frō
           their
           dwellings
           ,
           &
           many
           of
           thē
           ,
           finding
           no
           houses
           to
           hide
           their
           heads
           in
           ,
           do
           fall
           to
           sell
           their
           goods
           &
           houshold
           stuffe
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           (
           hauing
           nothing
           left
           )
           are
           forced
           to
           
           steale
           ,
           &
           so
           iustly
           be
           hanged
           for
           their
           labor
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           go
           wandring
           abrode
           ,
           as
           vagrant
           persons
           ,
           neuer
           set
           on
           work
           :
           there
           being
           now
           small
           businesse
           ,
           so
           many
           good
           husbandries
           and
           tillages
           being
           mightily
           decaied
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           vnnaturall
           (
           saith
           another
           )
           to
           turn
           men
           out
           to
           bring
           in
           sheep
           ?
           Yet
           if
           they
           wil
           needs
           maintaine
           large
           pastures
           ,
           and
           stocke
           them
           with
           sheepe
           ,
           remember
           what
           God
           saith
           by
           Ezechiel
           :
           The
           sheepe
           of
           my
           pasture
           are
           men
           ,
           &
           we
           
           are
           his
           people
           and
           the
           sheep
           of
           his
           pasture
           ;
           and
           the
           image
           of
           God
           in
           one
           
           man
           is
           more
           worth
           then
           al
           the
           sheepe
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Therfore
           to
           conclude
           with
           exhortation
           ,
           
           let
           such
           as
           beare
           the
           face
           and
           haue
           the
           feature
           of
           mē
           ,
           ceasse
           now
           to
           be
           such
           monsters
           any
           more
           :
           let
           not
           those
           that
           are
           called
           ,
           and
           would
           needs
           be
           accompted
           Christians
           ,
           be
           worse
           then
           Cannibals
           .
           Let
           them
           learne
           of
           sauage
           beasts
           ,
           to
           spare
           their
           owne
           
           sexe
           .
           Yea
           let
           them
           know
           and
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           all
           creatures
           here
           below
           ,
           are
           a
           thousand
           fold
           farre
           inferiour
           to
           him
           that
           is
           fashioned
           so
           like
           to
           the
           very
           Creator
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           all
           other
           things
           were
           made
           to
           serue
           .
           And
           since
           that
           God
           and
           nature
           enioyne
           them
           this
           duty
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           seruiceable
           for
           the
           best
           good
           of
           their
           poorest
           brethren
           ,
           and
           still
           remember
           that
           the
           earth
           is
           no
           step-dame
           if
           it
           be
           not
           abused
           ,
           nor
           our
           God
           any
           niggard
           (
           in
           prouiding
           for
           many
           millions
           of
           men
           and
           beasts
           )
           if
           his
           owne
           sanctified
           means
           be
           not
           despised
           .
           Let
           them
           not
           therefore
           now
           labour
           any
           longer
           to
           reduce
           the
           world
           to
           a
           confused
           Chaos
           ,
           by
           inuerting
           ,
           deforming
           ,
           and
           quite
           defacing
           the
           most
           sweete
           and
           amiable
           order
           that
           God
           hath
           instituted
           .
           Let
           not
           the
           Courtier
           (
           I
           say
           )
           contemne
           the
           Carter
           ,
           by
           whose
           toile
           and
           tillage
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           both
           king
           and
           state
           consisteth
           .
           And
           as
           they
           loue
           the
           
           life
           and
           honour
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           so
           let
           them
           labour
           to
           vphold
           the
           plow
           ,
           the
           abundant
           profite
           whereof
           surpasseth
           all
           .
           Let
           them
           tender
           the
           state
           of
           the
           countrey
           ,
           Church
           ,
           and
           commonwealth
           ,
           wherein
           they
           liue
           and
           breathe
           ,
           the
           life
           of
           God
           and
           nature
           .
           So
           shall
           they
           be
           free
           from
           great
           offences
           ,
           most
           iustly
           ministred
           by
           their
           former
           wicked
           wayes
           ,
           to
           al
           sorts
           of
           men
           that
           hither
           to
           haue
           sustained
           the
           smart
           threof
           .
           So
           shal
           God
           be
           better
           serued
           ,
           Christian
           Magistrates
           &
           Ministers
           more
           worthily
           and
           honourably
           maintained
           and
           respected
           :
           and
           (
           which
           is
           a
           ioy
           surmounting
           all
           )
           they
           shal
           haue
           profit
           sufficient
           ,
           with
           sound
           peace
           of
           conscience
           ,
           besides
           the
           praise
           and
           prayers
           of
           all
           that
           feare
           the
           Lord
           ;
           in
           steed
           of
           many
           bitter
           curses
           ,
           most
           iustly
           caused
           by
           their
           former
           wicked
           courses
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A07668-e180
           
             Ezec.
             16.
             48.
             56.
             
             Esa
             .
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             18.
             25.
             
             &
             20.
             22.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             10.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Iocl
             .
             1.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             19.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A07668-e410
           
             Coherence
             .
          
           
             Sence
             .
          
           
             Diuision
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Summe
             .
          
           
             Doctrine
             1.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             26.
             19.
             
          
           
             Prou
             23.
             21.
             
          
           
             Math.
             13.
             23.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             6.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             10.
             12.
             
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             10.
             22.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             128.
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             117.
             2.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             24.
             1.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             8.
             17.
             18
             
          
           
             Reason
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen
             3.
             17
             ,
             18
             19.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             10.
             4.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             24
             30
             ,
             31.
             32.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.
             5.
             
          
           
             Math.
             25.
             29.
             
          
           
             Math.
             20.
             34.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Thes
             .
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Vse
             3.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             9.
             62.
             
          
           
             Math.
             13.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.
             58.
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             126.
             6.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             30
             31.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             104.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             See
             Tremel
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             104.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             17.
             18.
             
          
           
             23.
             24.
             27.
             28.
             31.
             
          
           
             Reason
             .
          
           
             Esay
             .
             32.
             12.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             107.
             34.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             28.
             23.
             
          
           
             Agge
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             3.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             26.
             26.
             
          
           
             Esay
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ezeck
             .
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             23
             26.
             
             Leuit.
             26.
             15.
             
             Psal
             .
             65.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             144.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ioel
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             104.
             15.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             25.
             32.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             1.
             11.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             2.
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             Verse
             7.
             
          
           
             Verse
             8.
             
          
           
             Verse
             9.
             
          
           
             Ezeck
             .
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             Nehem.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             47.
             15.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             2.
             36.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             28.
             20.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Ezeck
             .
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             116.
             12.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             19.
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.
             32.
             
             Esay
             22.
             13.
             
          
           
             Esay
             1.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ezech.
             16.
             49.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             32.
             13.
             14
             15
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29
             :
             19.
             
          
           
             Luk
             15.
             24.
             26.
             
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             17.
             21.
             
          
           
             Verses
             2●
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             Eph
             4.
             12.
             23.
             14.
             
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           
             Reason
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             8.
             
          
           
             Reason
             3.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             5.
             3.
             5
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Iob
             29
             15
             ,
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             31.
             13.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             12.
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Iames
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             &
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb
             ,
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.
             9.
             
             Esay
             53.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             2.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             5.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             9.
             20.
             
             Gen.
             26.
             12.
             1.
             
             King.
             19.
             19.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             15.
             1.
             
          
           
             Esay
             28.
             24.
             25.
             26.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             47.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             25.
             12
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chro.
             26.
             10
             
          
           
             Prou.
             14.
             28.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             6.
             27.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             4
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             20.
             4.
             
          
           
             &
             20.
             13.
             
          
           
             Prou.
             13.
             23.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Thess
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Math.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Math
             6.
             34.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             5.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             Iudg.
             9
             45.
             
          
           
             Math.
             27.
             8.
             
             Act.
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             Bernard
             .
             in
             Cant.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Num.
             22.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             59.
             14.
             15
             
          
           
             Prou.
             30.
             14.
             
          
           
             Amos.
             5.
             11.
             
             &
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mich.
             3.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Amos
             8.
             7.
             8.
             
          
           
             Hab.
             2.
             10.
             11.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             29.
             17.
             
          
           
             Micha
             .
             2.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             15.
             28.
             29
             30.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             18.
             15.
             16
             17.
             19.
             21.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             20.
             15.
             19.
             20.
             27.
             29.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             59.
             7.
             8.
             9
             
          
           
             Leuit.
             21.
             6.
             8.
             17.
             21.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             23.
             15.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             5.
             23.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             75.
             8.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             30.
             15.
             
          
           
             Esai
             .
             5.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             8.
             22.
             
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             6.
             
          
           
             Math.
             13.
             18.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             26.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             41.
             49.
             
          
           
             Reason
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             31.
             38.
             39
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             17.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             7●9
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             50.
             17.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             9.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             9.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             8.
             22.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             Amos.
             8.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             5.
             3.
             5.
             8.
             9
             
          
           
             Prou.
             14.
             4.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             11.
             
          
           
             Math.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             16.
             15.
             
          
           
             Iosh
             .
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Lib
             1.
             
             Vtop
             .
             Tho.
             Moore
             .
          
           
             Ezech.
             34.
             31.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             95.
             7.
             
             &
             100.
             3.
             
          
           
             Conclusion
             .