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             A Scripture-vvord against inclosure, viz. such as doe un-people townes, and un-corne fields as also against all such that daub over this black sinne with untempered morter / by John Moore ...
             Moore, John, 1595?-1657.
          
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             1656.
          
           
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           Inclosures -- Great Britain.
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             A
          
           SCRIPTURE-VVORD
           AGAINST
           INCLOSURE
           ;
           
             Viz
             :
          
           Such
           as
           doe
           Un-People
           Townes
           ,
           and
           Un-Corne
           Fields
           .
           
             As
             also
             ,
          
           Against
           all
           such
           ,
           that
           daub
           over
           this
           black
           Sinne
           with
           untempered
           morter
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           MOORE
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           
             Knaptoft
          
           in
           
             Leicester-shire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Isaiah
             5.
             20.
             
          
           Woe
           unto
           them
           that
           call
           evill
           good
           ;
           and
           good
           ,
           evill
           :
           that
           put
           darknesse
           for
           light
           ,
           and
           light
           for
           darknesse
           ;
           that
           put
           bitter
           for
           sweet
           ,
           and
           sweet
           for
           bitter
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Anthony
             Williamson
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Queens
           Armes
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           1656.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           his
           Highnesse
           the
           Lord
           PROTECTOUR
           of
           England
           ,
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           his
           most
           Honourable
           Councell
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Highnesse
           ,
        
         
           IN
           this
           discourse
           I
           plead
           the
           
             cause
          
           of
           the
           
             Publique
             and
             Poore
          
           of
           your
           
             true-hearted
          
           County
           of
           
             Leicester
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Counties
           adjacent
           .
           Else
           (
           had
           it
           been
           any
           thing
           of
           private
           interest
           )
           my
           hand
           and
           heart
           would
           have
           trembled
           to
           have
           put
           any
           thing
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           to
           turn
           off
           your
           eye
           but
           a
           few
           minutes
           ,
           from
           the
           wonderfull
           weighty
           affaires
           of
           these
           three
           Nations
           ;
           which
           are
           all
           Incumbents
           upon
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           Councell
           .
           The
           onely
           wise
           ,
           great
           ,
           good
           God
           support
           you
           with
           his
           owne
           wisdome
           ,
           counsell
           ,
           and
           strength
           .
           Though
           the
           main
           of
           my
           businesse
           is
           for
           soules
           ,
           even
           to
           get
           out
           of
           
           them selfe
           ,
           world
           ,
           sinne
           and
           Devil
           ,
           and
           to
           get
           in
           God
           ,
           Christ
           ,
           grace
           and
           the
           Gospel
           :
           Yet
           I
           have
           borrowed
           some
           weeks
           (
           which
           by
           double
           pains
           ,
           I
           blesse
           God
           I
           have
           repayed
           )
           to
           wait
           upon
           Parliaments
           formerly
           ,
           
           and
           now
           upon
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           Councel
           with
           Petitions
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           ruine
           of
           my
           Countrey
           (
           which
           is
           dear
           unto
           me
           )
           so
           endeavoured
           &
           indangered
           by
           self-ish
           men
           truly
           delineated
           in
           these
           Papers
           :
           whatsoever
           specious
           pretences
           may
           be
           made
           to
           the
           contrary
           of
           
             Regulated
             Inclosure
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             may-be
             Inclosure
             ,
          
           without
           ruine
           either
           of
           
             Publick
             or
             Poor
             .
          
           In
           these
           
             Inland
             Countyes
          
           wofull
           experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           so
           .
           And
           that
           
             Inclosure
          
           is
           now
           making
           ,
           is
           likely
           to
           be
           in
           time
           as
           desolating
           as
           any
           ,
           if
           not
           speedily
           prevented
           by
           your
           Highnesse
           and
           Councell
           .
           Such
           
             Incolsurists
          
           in
           the
           very
           making
           of
           them
           ,
           having
           
           no
           respect
           to
           the
           Publique
           ,
           or
           right
           in
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           .
           As
           in
           the
           severall
           Petitions
           from
           
             Leicester-shire
          
           now
           before
           you
           it
           appears
           :
           which
           Petitions
           your
           Highnesse
           (
           our
           hearts
           rejoyce
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           blesse
           God
           for
           you
           )
           without
           delay
           heard
           ,
           and
           referred
           to
           your
           Councell
           :
           which
           also
           they
           have
           read
           and
           committed
           to
           the
           Lord
           Viscount
           
             Lisle
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             Gilbert
             Pickering
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Strickland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Charles
             Wolsley
          
           or
           any
           two
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           are
           speedily
           to
           speake
           with
           the
           parties
           that
           attend
           the
           businesse
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           of
           the
           matter
           therein
           contained
           ,
           and
           to
           offer
           to
           the
           Councell
           what
           they
           shall
           conceive
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           thereupon
           .
           And
           as
           your
           
             Leicester-shire
          
           Petitioners
           have
           petitioned
           
             your
             Highnesse
             ,
             and
             Councell-men
             upon
             earth
             ;
          
           so
           they
           daily
           Petition
           the
           
             High
             God
             of
             heaven
          
           to
           incline
           your
           hearts
           to
           
           relieve
           the
           oppressed
           of
           these
           Inland
           Counties
           .
           And
           truly
           God
           hath
           set
           it
           upon
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           That
           you
           are
           
             (
             Hester
             4.
             14.
             )
             Come
             to
             the
             rule
             of
             this
             nation
             for
             such
             a
             time
             as
             this
             .
          
           And
           my
           soul
           wrestles
           with
           my
           God
           that
           you
           may
           still
           be
           serviceable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           the
           Publique
           and
           the
           Poore
           ,
           till
           you
           goe
           away
           hence
           and
           shall
           be
           seen
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           then
           be
           gathered
           to
           our
           Christ
           ,
           who
           then
           shall
           say
           ,
           
             Mat.
             25.
             35
             ,
             36.
             &c.
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             receive
             a
             kingdome
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             .
             I
             was
             hungry
             and
             you
             gave
             me
             meat
             ,
             thirsty
             and
             you
             gave
             me
             drinke
             ,
             naked
             and
             you
             cloathed
             me
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Amen
           saith
           the
           soul
           of
           him
           who
           is
        
         
           
             As
             your
             Highnesse
             most
             humble
             servant
             ,
             so
             also
             the
             Churches
             ,
             the
             Publiques
             ,
             and
             the
             Poors
             ,
             John
             Moore
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           An
           Advertisement
           of
           three
           things
           ,
           to
           such
           Reader
           ,
           who
           as
           he
           loves
           God
           ,
           loves
           his
           Neighbour
           also
           .
        
         
           
             FIrst
             ,
          
           if
           thou
           chance
           to
           meet
           with
           a
           Book
           ,
           called
           
             [
             A
             Vindication
             of
             Regulated
             Inclosure
             :
             ]
          
           thou
           hast
           very
           
             little
          
           reason
           to
           believe
           
             much
          
           in
           it
           .
           The
           man
           speaks
           of
           what
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           what
           usually
           is
           .
           He
           hath
           fancyes
           ,
           notions
           and
           dreams
           of
           Innocent
           Inclosure
           both
           from
           Depopulation
           and
           Decay
           of
           Tillage
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Townes
           he
           names
           to
           be
           free
           ,
           they
           are
           grosly
           guilty
           either
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           or
           of
           both
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           whereas
           that
           Book
           tells
           thee
           ,
           That
           such
           desolations
           are
           
             Vitia
             Personarum
             non
             rei
             ,
          
           It
           is
           the
           fault
           of
           the
           Persons
           and
           not
           of
           the
           Thing
           .
           I
           must
           confesse
           with
           him
           they
           are
           
             vicious
             persons
          
           indeed
           that
           produce
           such
           Inclosure
           .
           What
           better
           
             issue
          
           can
           we
           look
           for
           from
           such
           
             Parents
             ?
          
           Inclosure
           ,
           making
           of
           hedges
           and
           ditches
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           sinne
           ,
           but
           such
           inclosure
           that
           is
           destructive
           to
           Publique
           ,
           and
           Poore
           is
           a
           crying
           sinne
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           complaine
           not
           of
           inclosure
           
             in
             Kent
             or
             Essex
             ,
          
           where
           they
           have
           other
           callings
           and
           trades
           to
           maintaine
           their
           Country
           by
           ,
           or
           of
           places
           neer
           the
           sea
           or
           City
           ,
           but
           of
           inclosure
           in
           the
           Inland
           Countreys
           ,
           which
           takes
           away
           Tillage
           ,
           the
           onely
           Trade
           generall
           they
           have
           to
           live
           on
           ;
           and
           whereby
           they
           are
           so
           beneficiall
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           times
           of
           scarcity
           .
           Pray
           with
           me
           ,
           
             God
             speed
             the
             Plough
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thy
             Friend
             ,
             if
             thou
             be
             so
             to
             the
             Publique
             and
             the
             Poore
             ,
             John
             Moore
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Scripture-word
           against
           Inclosure
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Amos
             ,
             ch.
             2.
             ver.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Thus
               saith
               the
               LORD
               ,
               for
               three
               transgressions
               of
               
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               and
               for
               foure
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               turn
               away
               the
               punishment
               thereof
               ,
               because
               they
               sold
               the
               righteous
               for
               silver
               ,
               and
               the
               poor
               for
               a
               payre
               of
               shooes
               .
            
             
               That
               pant
               after
               the
               dust
               of
               the
               earth
               on
               the
               head
               of
               the
               poor
               ,
               and
               turn
               aside
               the
               way
               of
               the
               meek
               .
            
          
        
         
           THe
           Lord
           assist
           me
           his
           poor
           
             under
             sheepherd
          
           with
           his
           own
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           deale
           as
           faithfully
           and
           plainly
           with
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           
             Amos
          
           an
           honest-hearted
           
             heardsman
             ,
          
           and
           GOD's
           Prophet
           dealt
           with
           
             Israel
             .
          
        
         
           For
           
             England
          
           (
           especially
           
             Leicester-shire
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           Counties
           round
           about
           )
           stands
           
             now
          
           as
           guilty
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           of
           the
           sinnes
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           
             Israel
          
           did
           
             then
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           may
           justly
           say
           to
           us
           ,
        
         
           For
           three
           transgressions
           ,
           and
           for
           four
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           turn
           away
           the
           punishment
           thereof
           ,
           because
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Text
           contains
           
             Israels
             sinne
             ,
             and
             Israels
             punishment
             .
          
           I
           shall
           first
           open
           the
           sinnes
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           if
           
             England
          
           be
           not
           as
           guilty
           as
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           why
           should
           not
           she
           partake
           
           of
           the
           same
           punishment
           ?
           I
           entreat
           therefore
           ,
           as
           I
           open
           the
           sinnes
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             bear
             in
             your
             minde
             the
             Inclosure
             in
             the
             middle
             of
          
           England
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           
             three
             transgressions
             ,
             and
             for
             four
             ?
          
           In
           plain
           tearms
           is
           meant
           ,
           adding
           of
           sinne
           to
           sinne
           ,
           
             Isa.
             30.
             1.
          
           and
           transgression
           to
           transgression
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           
             Tremellius
          
           expounds
           three
           and
           four
           transgressions
           ,
           
           that
           is
           saith
           he
           ,
           for
           very
           many
           .
           A
           finite
           number
           is
           put
           for
           an
           indefinite
           .
           And
           then
           God
           seemed
           to
           speak
           thus
           ,
           If
           
             Israel
          
           had
           had
           a
           moderation
           in
           sinning
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           turoed
           away
           their
           punishment
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           been
           moderate
           in
           punishing
           ;
           but
           since
           to
           three
           sinnes
           they
           have
           added
           four
           ,
           and
           to
           many
           they
           daily
           adde
           more
           ,
           I
           am
           determined
           to
           perfect
           my
           judgements
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           avenged
           on
           them
           once
           for
           all
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           take
           three
           and
           four
           for
           seven
           :
           Know
           we
           
             seven
          
           is
           eminently
           in
           Scripture
           put
           for
           a
           
             multitude
             .
          
           So
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           2.
           5.
           
           (
           saith
           
             Hannab
             )
             The
             barren
             hath
             born
             seven
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             many
             ,
          
           and
           is
           become
           a
           mother
           of
           many
           children
           .
           
             Seven
             devils
             were
             cast
             out
             of
             the
             woman
             ,
             Luke
             8.
             2.
          
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           multitude
           .
           
             The
             just
             falleth
             seven
             times
             a
             day
             ,
             Prov.
          
           24
           16.
           that
           is
           ,
           often
           :
           so
           the
           sense
           is
           ,
           They
           multiply
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           multiply
           my
           judgments
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           we
           may
           expound
           for
           
             three
             transgressions
             ,
             and
             for
             four
             ;
          
           by
           the
           
             twelfth
             verse
             of
             this
             Chapter
             .
          
           Whereas
           here
           he
           complains
           of
           
             three
             transgressions
             ,
             and
             foure
             ;
          
           so
           there
           he
           complains
           ,
           
             I
             am
             pressed
             under
             you
             as
             a
             cart
             is
             pressed
             with
             sheaves
             :
          
           Now
           this
           is
           a
           plain
           Countrey-comparison
           :
           When
           we
           load
           a
           cart
           ,
           we
           begin
           with
           a
           few
           sheaves
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           with
           two
           ,
           or
           three
           ,
           or
           four
           ;
           and
           so
           goe
           on
           to
           lay
           on
           more
           sheaves
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           till
           we
           over-load
           ,
           and
           are
           ready
           to
           presse
           the
           cart
           into
           pieces
           .
           So
           
             Israel
          
           layd
           on
           one
           sheaf
           after
           another
           ,
           one
           sinne
           after
           another
           ,
           still
           burthening
           God
           with
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           that
           he
           seems
           to
           groan
           under
           the
           burthen
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           is
           weary
           to
           bear
           them
           any
           longer
           .
           
             Isaiah
             1.
             24.
             they
             make
             him
             sigh
             .
             Ab
             ,
             I
             will
             ease
             me
             of
             my
             adversaries
             ,
             and
             avenge
             me
             of
             mine
             enemies
             .
          
           I
           can
           hold
           my
           hands
           no
           longer
           for
           their
           multiplied
           transgressions
           .
        
         
           They
           sold
           the
           righteous
           for
           silver
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           for
           a
           payre
           of
           shooes
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           put
           that
           of
           our
           Prophet
           
             (
             Amos
             8
             ,
             6.
             )
          
           to
           these
           words
           
           of
           selling
           the
           Righteous
           that
           they
           may
           buy
           the
           Poore
           for
           silver
           ,
           &c.
           
           They
           buy
           and
           sell
           the
           righteous
           Poor
           for
           silver
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           gain
           and
           profit
           ,
           use
           them
           they
           doe
           as
           they
           use
           their
           beasts
           ,
           keep
           them
           or
           put
           them
           off
           for
           their
           advantage
           .
           So
           long
           as
           serviceable
           ,
           drudge
           them
           ,
           rack
           their
           rents
           ,
           buy
           them
           to
           get
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           sell
           them
           ;
           yea
           ,
           away
           with
           them
           out
           of
           house
           and
           harbour
           ,
           town
           and
           field
           ,
           take
           away
           their
           calling
           ,
           and
           livelyhood
           that
           should
           maintain
           themselves
           ,
           wives
           ,
           and
           children
           ,
           &c.
           
           When
           lesser
           gain
           comes
           in
           by
           them
           ;
           They
           sell
           them
           or
           buy
           them
           upon
           that
           account
           as
           may
           serve
           their
           turns
           
             (
             Judas-like
             )
          
           to
           fill
           the
           bagge
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           more
           account
           of
           them
           than
           a
           payre
           of
           shooes
           ,
           yea
           old
           shooes
           that
           they
           cast
           to
           the
           dunghill
           .
        
         
           That
           pant
           after
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           on
           the
           head
           of
           the
           poore
           .
        
         
           
             That
             pant
             after
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           
           That
           is
           ,
           (
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Caryll
          
           )
           exceedingly
           desire
           and
           long
           for
           it
           .
           As
           
             David
          
           describes
           his
           holy
           desires
           ,
           
             Psal.
             42.
             1.
             
             As
             the
             Hart
             panteth
             after
             the
             water-brooks
             ,
             so
             panteth
             my
             soul
             after
             thee
             O
             God
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           extremely
           desire
           thy
           presence
           and
           communion
           with
           thee
           :
           even
           as
           the
           Hart
           being
           hunted
           and
           heated
           desireth
           the
           waters
           .
           Thus
           they
           panted
           after
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           after
           those
           things
           which
           are
           but
           as
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           or
           whose
           originall
           and
           matter
           is
           but
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           gold
           ,
           of
           silver
           .
           These
           are
           but
           the
           refined
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           But
           whose
           dust
           did
           they
           pant
           after
           ?
           It
           was
           the
           dust
           upon
           the
           
             head
             of
             the
             poor
             .
          
           If
           they
           did
           but
           see
           a
           poor
           man
           to
           have
           gotten
           a
           little
           about
           him
           ,
           though
           onely
           enough
           to
           keep
           life
           and
           soule
           together
           ,
           to
           preserve
           himself
           and
           his
           family
           from
           starving
           ,
           or
           begging
           ,
           they
           presently
           panted
           after
           it
           :
           they
           were
           passionately
           desirous
           of
           it
           :
           they
           cast
           about
           how
           to
           get
           it
           .
           They
           who
           are
           inflamed
           with
           covetousnesse
           are
           busie
           
             to
             finde
             out
             ,
          
           and
           having
           found
           out
           ,
           are
           greedy
           
             to
             pursue
          
           all
           advantages
           and
           occasions
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           though
           it
           be
           with
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           poor
           .
           They
           are
           glad
           to
           get
           something
           even
           from
           them
           ,
           who
           (
           according
           to
           common
           speech
           )
           have
           nothing
           .
           They
           scrap't
           from
           them
           who
           have
           but
           scraps
           to
           live
           on
           .
           Thus
           sweetly
           hath
           that
           heavenly
           man
           interpreted
           these
           words
           to
           our
           hand
           .
        
         
           And
           turn
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           .
        
         
           That
           is
           ,
           
             first
          
           they
           turn
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             ,
          
           
           which
           is
           the
           means
           of
           recovering
           their
           right
           .
           They
           cannot
           have
           that
           justice
           and
           right
           
             done
          
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           
             due
          
           unto
           them
           .
           By
           reason
           of
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           estates
           and
           power
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           they
           stop
           the
           current
           of
           justice
           and
           equity
           ,
           whereby
           these
           meek
           ones
           should
           be
           delivered
           from
           their
           oppressours
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           they
           turn
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           take
           away
           the
           way
           of
           their
           
             livelyhood
             .
          
           We
           use
           commonly
           to
           aske
           this
           Question
           ,
           How
           doth
           such
           a
           man
           live
           ?
           And
           't
           is
           answered
           ,
           He
           lives
           in
           a
           very
           good
           way
           ,
           he
           hath
           such
           a
           way
           of
           living
           ,
           such
           a
           trade
           ,
           calling
           ,
           or
           profession
           ,
           that
           's
           his
           way
           .
           Thus
           to
           turn
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           ,
           is
           to
           put
           them
           besides
           the
           way
           of
           getting
           their
           bread
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           themselves
           ,
           wives
           ,
           and
           children
           with
           necessary
           provisions
           .
        
         
           To
           take
           away
           the
           calling
           they
           live
           by
           ,
           is
           a
           turning
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           to
           all
           purposes
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           they
           turn
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           .
           Why
           ?
           what
           is
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           ?
           The
           Psalmist
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             Psal.
             25.
             9.
          
           it
           is
           Gods
           way
           ,
           the
           meek
           he
           will
           teach
           his
           way
           .
           Now
           these
           great
           ones
           either
           
             first
          
           force
           them
           to
           make
           shipwrack
           of
           faith
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           or
           
             else
          
           undoe
           them
           if
           they
           will
           not
           consent
           unto
           them
           in
           their
           unjust
           and
           uncharitable
           designes
           .
           And
           so
           of
           necessity
           these
           meek
           ones
           must
           be
           
             undone
          
           either
           
             in
             the
             inward
             ,
             or
             outward
             man
             .
          
           Or
           else
           
             secondly
             ,
          
           they
           become
           tempters
           unto
           these
           meek
           ones
           by
           their
           often
           alluring
           perswasions
           and
           ill
           egging
           ,
           or
           else
           by
           their
           ill
           examples
           to
           turn
           them
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           .
        
         
           Thus
           having
           explained
           the
           Text
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           shew
           ,
           That
           
             England
          
           (
           especially
           
             Leicester-shire
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Counties
           adjacent
           )
           is
           as
           guilty
           of
           the
           sinnes
           in
           the
           Text
           
             now
             ,
          
           as
           
             Israel
          
           was
           
             then
             :
          
           yea
           ,
           especially
           in
           that
           
             aggregated
          
           sinne
           of
           
             Inclosure
             ,
          
           viz
           :
           
             such
             as
             doth
             un-people
             Towns
             ,
             and
             un-corn
             Fields
             ,
          
           which
           I
           chiefly
           intend
           in
           this
           present
           
             discourse
             .
          
           And
           that
           principally
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           so
           many
           ready
           to
           make
           Helmets
           to
           save
           this
           great
           
             Goliah
          
           sinne
           ,
           
             harmlesse
             ;
          
           making
           this
           great
           sinne
           a
           little
           sinne
           ,
           and
           so
           at
           last
           no
           sinne
           at
           all
           .
           For
           indeed
           ,
           
             all
             the
             workmen
             of
             this
             occupation
             rise
             up
             together
             ,
             crying
             ,
             Great
             is
             the
             Diana
             of
             Inclosure
             ,
             because
             by
             this
             craft
             we
             have
             our
             wealth
             ,
             Acts
             19.
             25.
             
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           defend
           it
           they
           
             prate
          
           much
           ,
           and
           
             print
          
           something
           :
           yet
           I
           never
           
           heard
           of
           any
           so
           
             audaciously
             impious
          
           as
           to
           
             preach
          
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           such
           Inclosure
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           shew
           that
           this
           Inclosure
           is
           not
           a
           single
           sinne
           ,
           but
           will
           admit
           for
           the
           aggravation
           of
           it
           all
           those
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           
             black
             circumstances
          
           in
           the
           Text
           :
           And
           then
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           transgression
           for
           which
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           turn
           away
           the
           punishment
           thereof
           .
           Now
           then
           it
           is
           my
           businesse
           to
           
             rip
          
           up
           such
           Inclosure
           ,
           and
           to
           manifest
           how
           many
           sins
           lye
           within
           the
           
             bowells
             of
             this
             monster
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           for
           the
           proof
           I
           shall
           bring
           herein
           ,
           it
           is
           undeniable
           .
           Such
           inclosure
           shall
           be
           discovered
           by
           his
           
             bloody
             hands
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           very
           
             Fact
             be
             found
             guilty
             .
          
           If
           the
           
             Lord
             PROTECTOR
             his
             Highnesse
             ;
             and
             most
             Honourable
             Councel
             should
             impannel
             a
             Jury
             of
             all
             the
             honest
             hearts
             in
          
           Leicester-shire
           ,
           
             and
          
           North-hampton-shire
           ,
           
             and
             Counties
             adjacent
             ,
             they
             must
             bring
             therein
             a
             Verdict
             against
             such
             Inclosure
             ,
             guilty
             of
             Depopulation
             and
             decay
             of
             Tillage
          
           generally
           ,
           very
           few
           if
           any
           at
           all
           excepted
           .
           Our
           proof
           is
           
             De
             Facto
             :
             it
             is
             so
             .
          
           Behold
           it
           with
           your
           eyes
           .
           Oh
           wofull
           
             experience
             !
          
           And
           that
           Inclosure
           is
           
             now
          
           about
           in
           
             Leicester-shire
          
           is
           like
           to
           be
           as
           sordid
           and
           base
           as
           any
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           if
           not
           worse
           :
           for
           ,
           Depopulation
           comes
           by
           degrees
           ;
           in
           the
           next
           generation
           ,
           if
           not
           present
           .
           Behold
           what
           desolation
           of
           houses
           and
           tillage
           of
           Farmers
           ,
           Cottagers
           ,
           Men-servants
           ,
           Mayd-servants
           ,
           &c.
           which
           all
           lived
           by
           the
           Plow
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           hasten
           for
           the
           Conviction
           of
           such
           Inclosure
           to
           be
           guilty
           as
           asoresaid
           .
           And
           for
           such
           conviction
           I
           shall
           follow
           the
           method
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           those
           sinnes
           lye
           in
           order
           there
           :
        
         
           For
           three
           Transgressions
           of
           Israel
           and
           for
           four
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           turn
           away
           the
           punishment
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           It
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           that
           if
           such
           as
           make
           such
           Inclosure
           be
           guilty
           of
           all
           the
           sinnes
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           three
           transgressions
           and
           of
           foure
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           opened
           )
           they
           adde
           sinne
           to
           sinne
           ,
           they
           accumulate
           very
           many
           sinnes
           ,
           they
           commit
           a
           multitude
           of
           sinnes
           :
           To
           three
           sinnes
           they
           adde
           foure
           ,
           they
           presse
           God
           as
           a
           cart
           is
           pressed
           with
           sheaves
           ,
           
             Amos
          
           2
           12.
           laying
           on
           one
           sheafe
           after
           another
           ,
           burthening
           God
           with
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           serve
           with
           their
           sinnes
           .
           But
           the
           former
           is
           true
           ,
           Therefore
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           three
           transgressions
           and
           of
           four
           .
           We
           shall
           prove
           the
           former
           true
           in
           the
           ensuing
           particulars
           of
           the
           Text
           .
        
         
         
           They
           sold
           the
           righteous
           for
           silver
           .
        
         
           That
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           put
           to
           this
           
             selling
          
           of
           the
           righteous
           for
           silver
           ,
           the
           
             buying
          
           of
           the
           poore
           for
           silver
           ,
           
             Amos
             8.
             6.
          
           they
           make
           chaffer
           and
           merchandize
           of
           them
           for
           gain
           and
           profit
           :
           they
           use
           them
           as
           they
           doe
           their
           beasts
           ,
           
             keep
          
           them
           or
           
             put
          
           them
           off
           for
           advantage
           :
           they
           buy
           them
           ,
           and
           sell
           them
           ,
           as
           may
           best
           serve
           their
           turns
           to
           get
           by
           them
           .
           But
           what
           is
           that
           they
           thus
           buy
           and
           sell
           the
           righteous
           for
           ?
           
             For
             silver
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           advantage
           ,
           profit
           ,
           gain
           .
           
             Oh
             base
             !
          
           And
           then
           why
           such
           Inclosure
           made
           I
           pray
           you
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           for
           silver
           ,
           advantage
           ,
           gain
           ?
           Doth
           not
           silver
           ,
           filthy
           lucre
           lye
           at
           the
           bottome
           ?
           Doe
           they
           not
           call
           such
           Inclosure
           an
           
             Improvement
          
           of
           their
           lands
           ?
           We
           shall
           
             gaine
             by
             it
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           
             treble
          
           our
           rents
           .
           Hence
           those
           
             Heathenish
          
           speeches
           of
           theirs
           .
           
             May
             I
             not
             make
             the
             best
             of
             mine
             own
             ?
             May
             I
             not
             doe
             what
             I
             list
             with
             mine
             own
             ?
             Who
             shall
             hinder
             us
             ?
          
           And
           they
           say
           of
           their
           estate●
           ,
           as
           he
           in
           
             Psal.
             12.
             4.
          
           of
           his
           tongue
           ,
           
             Our
             estates
             are
             ours
             ,
             Who
             is
             Lord
             over
             us
             ?
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           whereas
           thou
           talkest
           of
           thine
           own
           :
           that
           although
           thou
           art
           a
           
             civill
             Owner
             ,
          
           yet
           thou
           art
           a
           
             spirituall
             Vsurper
             .
          
           Thou
           must
           look
           whether
           thou
           hast
           right
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Conscience
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Law
             .
          
           Whether
           thou
           hast
           right
           in
           the
           
             Consistory
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           
             Common
             pleas
             of
             men
             .
          
           What
           ,
           mayest
           thou
           doe
           with
           thine
           own
           what
           thou
           listest
           ?
           No
           :
           thou
           must
           doe
           what
           God
           would
           have
           thee
           to
           doe
           with
           it
           .
           He
           is
           thy
           
             Soveraigne
             Lord
          
           of
           whom
           thou
           holdest
           all
           
             in
             chief
             .
          
           Thou
           art
           but
           his
           
             Steward
             ,
          
           and
           he
           hath
           committed
           to
           thee
           all
           these
           Talents
           of
           thy
           Estate
           ,
           and
           one
           day
           thou
           must
           give
           an
           account
           of
           thy
           
             stewardship
             ,
          
           viz
           :
           whether
           thou
           hast
           improved
           these
           talents
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           thy
           own
           )
           but
           to
           thy
           heavenly
           Masters
           advantage
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           all
           with
           whom
           thou
           livest
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           saints
           ,
           and
           to
           thy
           own
           poor
           soules
           advantage
           .
           What
           ,
           mayest
           thou
           doe
           with
           thy
           own
           what
           thou
           listest
           ?
           No
           :
           He
           that
           is
           Lord
           over
           thee
           ,
           and
           hath
           made
           thee
           rich
           ,
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             17.
             and
             hath
             given
             thee
             all
             things
             richly
             to
             enjoy
             ,
          
           hath
           layd
           a
           
             charge
          
           upon
           thee
           (
           in
           the
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           &
           19
           verses
           )
           what
           thou
           shouldest
           doe
           with
           all
           he
           hath
           given
           thee
           ,
           even
           
             To
             doe
             good
             ,
             to
             be
             rich
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             ready
             to
             distribute
             ,
             willing
             to
             communicate
             ,
             laying
             up
             unto
             thy selfe
             a
             sure
             foundation
             against
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayest
             lay
             hold
             on
             eternall
             life
             .
          
           Oh!
           what
           a
           sandy-foundation
           doe
           these
           
           build
           on
           for
           eternall
           life
           ,
           who
           walk
           contrary
           to
           this
           charge
           ?
           &c.
           What
           ,
           mayest
           thou
           doe
           with
           thine
           own
           what
           thou
           listest
           ,
           and
           improve
           it
           to
           thine
           own
           advantage
           ?
           No
           :
           hear
           that
           complaint
           ,
           
             Phil.
             2.
             21.
             
             All
             seek
             their
             own
             ,
             not
             the
             things
             that
             are
             Jesus
             Christs
             .
          
           I
           tell
           thee
           Jesus
           Christ
           must
           share
           with
           thee
           in
           land
           ,
           house
           ,
           food
           ,
           clothing
           ,
           (
           
             Mat
             25.
             41.
          
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Chap
           :
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           his
           members
           :
           or
           else
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ye
             cursed
          
           must
           be
           your
           eternall
           doome
           .
           But
           may
           I
           not
           improve
           mine
           owne
           estate
           to
           my
           best
           advantage
           ?
           No
           :
           thou
           must
           have
           a
           care
           of
           thy
           brothers
           also
           ,
           
             Phil.
             2.
             4.
             
             Look
             not
             every
             man
             on
             his
             own
             things
             ,
             but
             every
             man
             also
             on
             the
             things
             of
             others
             ,
          
           even
           that
           they
           may
           thrive
           as
           thy self
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           have
           not
           touched
           this
           sin
           in
           this
           particular
           to
           the
           
             quick
             .
          
           Thou
           must
           then
           ask
           this
           Question
           ,
           may
           I
           not
           
             improve
             mine
             own
             to
             the
             hurt
             and
             damage
             of
             others
             ?
          
           But
           here
           I
           know
           thou
           wilt
           
             startle
             ,
          
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Whose
             hurt
             ?
             Whose
             damage
             ?
          
           I
           will
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           thou
           
             raisest
          
           thy
           own
           estate
           upon
           the
           
             ruine
             both
             of
             Publick
             &
             Poor
             .
          
           First
           ,
           on
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           
             Publicke
             ,
             Thou
             takest
             away
             Tillage
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             generall
             Trade
             we
             live
             on
             in
          
           Leicester-shire
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Counties
             adjacent
             :
          
           By
           which
           
             Trade
             or
             Tillage
          
           and
           
             Husbandry
          
           we
           have
           been
           as
           
             beneficiall
          
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Common-wealth
             of
             England
          
           as
           any
           Countyes
           whatsoever
           .
           We
           have
           fed
           them
           not
           onely
           with
           our
           wheat
           ,
           corn
           ,
           and
           mault
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           plentifull
           years
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           times
           of
           famine
           and
           dearth
           ,
           we
           being
           the
           onely
           magazine
           for
           corn
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           But
           also
           we
           have
           fed
           them
           with
           fat
           mutton
           ,
           and
           swines
           flesh
           ,
           yea
           also
           with
           victualling
           our
           ships
           by
           our
           pease
           and
           beans
           that
           come
           by
           the
           plow
           .
           As
           our
           open-fields
           breed
           abundance
           of
           sheep
           ,
           so
           the
           plow
           provides
           abundance
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           provisions
           to
           feed
           them
           fat
           ;
           yea
           ,
           at
           such
           times
           when
           no
           fat
           flesh
           is
           to
           be
           had
           elsewhere
           in
           the
           Nation
           .
           
             If
             the
             Tillage
             of
             these
             inland
             Countyes
             be
             turned
             into
             grazing
             ,
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Nation
             must
             be
             in
             a
             starving
             condition
             whensoever
             the
             Lord
             shall
             slack
             his
             hand
             of
             this
             abundance
             of
             corn
             ,
          
           he
           seems
           of
           late
           years
           to
           have
           rained
           from
           heaven
           amongst
           us
           .
           Thus
           are
           we
           as
           
             beneficiall
          
           by
           our
           
             Trade
             of
             Tillage
             to
             other
             Countyes
             ,
          
           as
           they
           to
           us
           by
           other
           
             Manufactures
          
           which
           are
           so
           commodious
           ,
           they
           lying
           neer
           to
           the
           Sea
           and
           City
           which
           we
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           Intolerablenesse
           of
           such
           Inclosure
           :
           Behold
           
           it
           takes
           away
           the
           
             general
             Trade
          
           that
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           these
           Counties
           live
           on
           ,
           except
           some
           great
           ones
           and
           Trades-men
           in
           Market-Towns
           ,
           &c.
           
           Can
           any
           deny
           but
           that
           the
           Farmer
           lives
           of
           the
           
             plow
             ,
          
           the
           Cottagers
           live
           of
           the
           
             plow
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Children
           of
           both
           brought
           up
           to
           the
           trade
           of
           the
           
             plow
             ,
          
           and
           doe
           not
           the
           Children
           of
           the
           poor
           become
           Men-servants
           and
           Mayd-servants
           to
           the
           
             Plow-man
             ?
          
           Doth
           not
           that
           
             antient
             ,
             honest
             ,
             venerable
             ,
             and
             profitable
             Trade
             of
             Husbandry
             maintain
             all
             these
             ?
          
           Yea
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           lived
           as
           happily
           ,
           plentifully
           ,
           and
           richly
           of
           this
           
             Trade
             of
             Tillage
             in
             these
             Countyes
          
           before
           so
           much
           
             Inclosure
             ,
          
           as
           any
           in
           other
           Countyes
           whatsoever
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           other
           Trade
           soever
           they
           were
           of
           .
           What
           must
           become
           of
           these
           
             thousands
             and
             ten
             thousands
          
           if
           such
           Inclosure
           be
           not
           speedily
           stopped
           ?
           As
           every
           honest
           heart
           prayes
           GOD
           SPEED
           THE
           PLOW
           ,
           so
           every
           every
           
             good
             Minister
          
           will
           have
           a
           word
           to
           uphold
           it
           ,
           and
           every
           
             good
             Magistrate
          
           make
           use
           of
           his
           power
           ●o
           save
           it
           from
           ruine
           .
           What
           now
           ,
           mayest
           thou
           doe
           what
           what
           listest
           with
           thine
           owne
           ,
           and
           advance
           thine
           own
           nest
           on
           high
           thus
           upon
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Publique
           ?
           Why
           art
           thou
           not
           content
           with
           thine
           own
           ?
           since
           especially
           thy
           lands
           in
           Common
           are
           worth
           as
           much
           and
           more
           than
           ever
           thy
           fore-fathers
           purchased
           them
           at
           ,
           or
           thou
           of
           late
           hast
           purchased
           thine
           at
           .
           If
           they
           that
           sold
           thy
           lands
           in
           Common
           had
           had
           thy
           evil
           conscience
           to
           have
           improved
           them
           upon
           the
           ruines
           of
           the
           Publique
           and
           Poor
           ,
           thou
           and
           thy
           Fore-fathers
           must
           have
           paid
           twice
           as
           much
           ,
           if
           not
           thrice
           as
           much
           more
           for
           them
           .
           But
           now
           these
           covetous
           wretches
           have
           got
           the
           
             trick
          
           of
           it
           to
           buy
           lands
           in
           Common
           ,
           and
           presently
           improve
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           double
           if
           not
           treble
           their
           money
           upon
           a
           
             Publick
             account
             .
          
           These
           cruell
           ones
           care
           not
           how
           many
           they
           ruine
           so
           they
           may
           be
           rich
           ,
           nor
           how
           many
           they
           make
           Beggars
           so
           they
           may
           be
           Gentlemen
           ;
           Let
           them
           answer
           me
           this
           one
           Question
           ,
           viz
           :
           How
           so
           
             many
             thousand
             Families
          
           can
           subsist
           ,
           when
           their
           
             Livelyhood
          
           is
           taken
           away
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           their
           
             Trade
             of
             Tillage
             ?
          
           And
           how
           shall
           so
           many
           
             thousands
          
           of
           Children
           be
           disposed
           of
           from
           starving
           ,
           Vagrancy
           or
           thieving
           ,
           since
           so
           much
           Inclosure
           hath
           caused
           so
           many
           Tradesmen
           already
           they
           cannot
           live
           one
           by
           another
           ?
        
         
           But
           it
           will
           be
           objected
           ,
           some
           Books
           have
           been
           printed
           of
           late
           that
           prove
           Inclosure
           both
           lawfull
           and
           laudable
           .
           Surely
           my
           
           heart
           bleeds
           within
           me
           to
           see
           some
           hands
           at
           such
           Books
           of
           whom
           I
           hoped
           better
           things
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           daub
           ore
           this
           black
           sinne
           with
           such
           untempered
           morter
           .
           Oh
           how
           men
           will
           scrabble
           for
           gain
           !
           They
           would
           not
           have
           
             a
             spade
             called
             a
             spade
             .
          
           They
           would
           not
           (
           though
           they
           are
           such
           )
           be
           called
           oppressours
           ,
           unjust
           ,
           unconscionable
           ,
           uncharitable
           ,
           unmercifull
           .
           And
           surely
           such
           Books
           are
           stuffed
           so
           full
           of
           
             levity
             and
             untruths
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Authors
           of
           them
           deserve
           rather
           to
           be
           
             pitied
          
           than
           
             answered
             .
          
           I
           but
           these
           Books
           say
           there
           may
           be
           an
           innocent
           Inclosure
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           
             The
             Petitioner
             :
             to
             Parliament
             formerly
             ,
             and
             the
             Petitioners
             now
             to
             his
             Highnesse
             and
             Councell
             seek
             a
             redresse
             against
             such
             Inclosure
             that
             doth
             depopulate
             Townes
             and
             decay
             Tillage
             .
          
           And
           such
           the
           authors
           of
           these
           books
           hold
           to
           be
           hatefull
           to
           God
           and
           man
           .
           Yes
           ,
           but
           they
           say
           there
           may
           be
           an
           inclosure
           without
           decay
           of
           Tillage
           or
           Depopulation
           .
           Surely
           they
           may
           make
           men
           as
           soon
           believe
           there
           is
           no
           sun
           in
           the
           firmament
           as
           that
           usually
           depopulation
           &
           decay
           of
           Tillage
           will
           not
           follow
           inclosure
           in
           our
           Inland
           Countyes
           .
           We
           see
           it
           with
           our
           eyes
           :
           It
           is
           so
           .
           
             De
             facto
             ,
          
           it
           is
           so
           .
           And
           we
           see
           the
           inclosure
           that
           they
           are
           so
           now
           about
           will
           be
           as
           sordid
           or
           more
           then
           any
           formerly
           .
           They
           having
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           Covenant
           amongst
           them
           to
           
             uphold
             Tillage
             .
          
           And
           then
           we
           know
           what
           followes
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           even
           an
           utter
           depopulation
           .
           It
           matters
           not
           what
           they
           pretend
           in
           their
           books
           ,
           provision
           for
           the
           poore
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           one
           place
           they
           speake
           of
           
             fourteene
             acres
          
           given
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           what
           will
           this
           doe
           when
           they
           have
           taken
           away
           their
           whole
           trade
           of
           maintenance
           for
           themselves
           and
           familyes
           ?
           Yet
           but
           they
           say
           they
           doe
           not
           intend
           depopulation
           and
           decay
           of
           Tillage
           .
           If
           in
           charity
           I
           could
           believe
           them
           ,
           Yet
           I
           must
           answer
           ,
           it
           is
           
             finis
             operis
             ,
          
           though
           not
           
             operantis
             :
          
           It
           is
           the
           end
           of
           the
           
             worke
             ,
          
           though
           not
           of
           the
           
             work-man
             ,
          
           as
           every where
           appeares
           .
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           
             Infant
             inclosure
          
           may
           be
           somewhat
           in
           his
           
             nonage
             free
             from
             depopulation
             ,
             but
             never
             from
             decay
             of
             Tillage
             .
          
           Yet
           I
           know
           not
           where
           
             gray-headed
             inclosure
          
           is
           free
           from
           depopulation
           as
           well
           as
           decay
           of
           Tillage
           .
           If
           anywhere
           it
           is
           rare
           indeed
           .
           For
           they
           would
           never
           inclose
           to
           keep
           Farmers
           ,
           Tenants
           ,
           Cottagers
           ,
           Servants
           ,
           teames
           &c.
           
           Yea
           ,
           but
           the
           books
           tell
           of
           some
           townes
           free
           from
           both
           Depopulation
           and
           decay
           of
           Tillage
           .
           They
           scrabble
           up
           a
           few
           townes
           that
           are
           innocent
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           which
           are
           just
           none
           
           at
           all
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           many
           hundreds
           are
           guilty
           of
           both
           .
           And
           these
           few
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           fish
           out
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Leicester
             ,
             Warwicke
             ,
             Northampton
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Let
           's
           see
           what
           truth
           is
           in
           this
           .
           For
           I
           know
           two
           or
           three
           of
           these
           places
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           neer
           unto
           me
           .
           They
           bragge
           of
           the
           innocency
           of
           
             Ashby
             magna
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           been
           inclosed
           above
           fifty
           yeares
           .
           The
           truth
           of
           this
           businesse
           stands
           thus
           ,
           The
           Lord
           of
           that
           place
           gave
           most
           of
           his
           Tenants
           Leases
           for
           three
           Lives
           ,
           and
           one
           and
           twenty
           years
           after
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           yet
           expired
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           time
           of
           depopulation
           of
           that
           Towne
           is
           not
           yet
           come
           .
           But
           they
           name
           
             Misterton
          
           and
           
             Poultney
          
           as
           innocent
           also
           .
           I
           wonder
           they
           dare
           doe
           so
           ,
           since
           in
           regard
           of
           depopulation
           there
           is
           no
           house
           at
           all
           lest
           in
           either
           of
           them
           but
           the
           Ministers
           .
           And
           the
           Closes
           now
           are
           called
           by
           the
           Towns
           name
           that
           were
           antiently
           there
           .
           And
           as
           for
           decay
           of
           Tillage
           in
           those
           places
           they
           have
           not
           been
           plowed
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           man
           ,
           except
           some
           part
           of
           them
           of
           late
           :
           And
           the
           Tenants
           that
           rent
           them
           must
           plow
           them
           now
           but
           for
           Four
           years
           onely
           .
           How
           dare
           they
           print
           such
           Falshoods
           ?
           And
           as
           little
           credit
           I
           heare
           and
           believe
           is
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           innocency
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Townes
           named
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           one
           word
           to
           speak
           to
           men
           that
           have
           not
           put
           off
           
             humanity
             ,
          
           naturall
           compassion
           towards
           their
           own
           flesh
           ,
           and
           to
           Christians
           that
           love
           much
           ,
           because
           God
           hath
           forgiven
           them
           much
           .
           Which
           is
           this
           .
           If
           you
           did
           but
           hear
           what
           complaining
           and
           lamentation
           is
           made
           of
           Farmers
           that
           rented
           land
           turned
           out
           of
           those
           Inclosed
           places
           ,
           and
           of
           poor
           Cottagers
           together
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           cannot
           get
           no
           not
           at
           any
           excessive
           rate
           a
           little
           land
           to
           plow
           ,
           whereby
           he
           might
           keep
           his
           teame
           and
           cattell
           ,
           that
           himself
           and
           family
           might
           be
           employed
           in
           husbandry
           ,
           to
           get
           a
           poor
           living
           by
           ,
           but
           is
           constrained
           to
           sell
           all
           these
           to
           all
           their
           utter
           undoings
           :
           That
           the
           other
           cannot
           get
           a
           house
           anywhere
           to
           harbour
           himselfe
           and
           his
           poore
           babes
           .
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           
             all
             Ministers
             and
             others
             ,
             yea
             Ministers
             above
             others
             ,
          
           to
           ride
           and
           run
           ,
           spend
           their
           pains
           and
           estate
           to
           petition
           ,
           entreat
           ,
           begge
           ,
           wait
           ,
           and
           never
           cease
           to
           be
           importunate
           for
           reliefe
           for
           these
           oppressed
           
             Fellow-creatures
             ,
          
           and
           many
           of
           them
           
             Fellow
             citizens
          
           of
           heaven
           together
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           Behold
           now
           the
           oppressions
           of
           Townes
           in
           open
           fields
           and
           
           Market-towns
           !
           for
           when
           these
           Inclosures
           have
           made
           Farmers
           ,
           Cottagers
           ;
           and
           Cottagers
           ,
           Beggars
           ;
           no
           way
           of
           
             livelihood
          
           being
           left
           them
           :
           These
           poor
           with
           their
           families
           are
           forced
           into
           
             Market-townes
             ,
          
           and
           
             open-fielded
             Townes
             ,
          
           hoping
           they
           may
           finde
           some
           employment
           there
           to
           preserve
           them
           and
           theirs
           from
           perishing
           .
           Whereupon
           ,
           these
           open-fielded
           places
           are
           so
           loaden
           with
           poor
           ,
           that
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           not
           able
           to
           relieve
           them
           .
           I
           but
           these
           Book-men
           for
           Inclosure
           say
           they
           pay
           more
           Taxes
           .
           And
           truly
           well
           they
           may
           ,
           when
           they
           lay
           such
           burthens
           upon
           open
           fields
           that
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           bear
           them
           ;
           not
           onely
           all
           those
           poore
           the
           Inclosure
           have
           beggered
           ,
           but
           all
           carriages
           the
           State
           hath
           need
           of
           ,
           free
           quarter
           ,
           attendance
           at
           the
           assizes
           and
           sessions
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Inclosures
           got
           the
           gaine
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           ease
           ;
           and
           poor
           open
           fields
           pay
           the
           shot
           ,
           and
           endure
           all
           the
           drudgery
           .
           What
           enemies
           to
           the
           Publique
           are
           these
           Inclosures
           ?
           observe
           how
           
             few
             or
             no
             service-able
             men
             or
             horses
          
           in
           these
           places
           ,
           for
           the
           
             defenee
          
           of
           the
           
             Nation
          
           when
           need
           is
           :
           whereas
           before
           they
           were
           inclosed
           there
           were
           twenty
           ,
           thirty
           ,
           fourty
           ,
           &c.
           of
           both
           kindes
           ,
           now
           scarce
           one
           or
           two
           .
           Yes
           ,
           but
           one
           of
           the
           last
           Book-men
           for
           Inclosure
           tells
           us
           they
           are
           
             jaded
             tyred
          
           horses
           .
           
             Oh
             impudence
             !
             let
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             speake
             ,
             whether
             four
             or
             five
             of
             these
             open-fielded
             Townes
             (
             yea
             sometimes
             one
             of
             them
             alone
             )
             are
             not
             able
             to
             raise
             a
             whole
             Troop
             of
             gallant
             Horses
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             valiant
             men
             on
             their
             backs
             too
             ,
             in
             so
             formidable
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             able
             to
             make
             the
             stoutest
             Troop
             to
             quake
             that
             opposed
             the
             Parliament
             formerly
             ,
             and
             his
             Highnesse
             the
             Lord
             Protectour
             of
             late
             :
          
           yea
           ,
           
             which
             they
             have
             done
             too
             ,
             under
             both
             Governments
             .
          
           Whereas
           such
           Inclosed
           places
           can
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           scarcely
           raise
           
             one
             Troop
          
           either
           for
           men
           or
           horses
           ,
           &c.
           
           Oh!
           let
           not
           these
           valiant
           spirited
           men
           for
           the
           Publique
           in
           
             Leicester-shire
             ,
          
           and
           their
           forces
           be
           trampled
           in
           the
           dirt
           by
           such
           Inclosure
           ,
           to
           raise
           a
           few
           private
           persons
           upon
           the
           
             ruine
             of
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           Surely
           if
           a
           
             Jericho
          
           was
           again
           to
           be
           besieged
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           found
           good
           store
           of
           
             Rams
             hornes
             ,
          
           though
           but
           
             few
             persons
             to
             winde
             them
          
           in
           these
           Inclosed
           places
           .
           But
           these
           Book-men
           for
           Inclosure
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           common
           fields
           cause
           many
           
             Law
             suits
          
           &c.
           
           I
           shall
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           answer
           all
           as
           I
           passe
           through
           this
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           .
           
             First
             ,
          
           there
           are
           offenders
           both
           within
           hedges
           and
           without
           too
           ,
           and
           loving
           hearts
           will
           passe
           by
           an
           offence
           .
        
         
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           in
           common
           fields
           they
           live
           like
           loving
           neighbours
           together
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           till
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             Inclosure
             enter
          
           into
           some
           rich
           Churles
           heart
           ,
           who
           doe
           not
           onely
           pry
           out
           but
           feign
           occasions
           too
           to
           goe
           to
           
             law
          
           with
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           no
           reconcilement
           to
           be
           made
           till
           they
           consent
           to
           Inclosure
           .
           For
           this
           is
           the
           trick
           they
           fall
           together
           by
           the
           eares
           with
           their
           honest
           neighbours
           ,
           that
           they
           bring
           their
           designe
           about
           .
           Yea
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           so
           much
           
             stealing
             and
             filching
          
           by
           the
           Poore
           .
           But
           thank
           Inclosure
           for
           that
           ,
           which
           hath
           filled
           openfield
           Towns
           so
           full
           of
           Poore
           they
           cannot
           live
           one
           by
           another
           ,
           For
           ,
           Poverty
           is
           a
           provoking
           argument
           to
           steale
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             Agur
          
           prayes
           ,
           
             Prov.
             30.
             8.
             
             Give
             me
             not
             poverty
             ,
          
           and
           why
           so
           ?
           the
           ninth
           Verse
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             lest
             I
             be
             poore
             and
             steale
             .
          
           And
           thus
           Inclosure
           makes
           thieves
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           cry
           out
           of
           thieves
           .
        
         
           Because
           they
           sold
           the
           Righteous
           for
           silver
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           for
           a
           payre
           of
           shooes
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Righteous
             :
          
           who
           are
           those
           ?
           Not
           to
           stand
           upon
           the
           divers
           acceptations
           of
           the
           word
           
             [
             Righteous
             ,
             ]
          
           I
           le
           shew
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           righteous
           man
           ,
           
             viz
             :
             The
             Evangelicall
             righteous
             man
             is
             one
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           the
           Righteousnesse
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           
             imputed
          
           unto
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           hath
           in
           some
           measure
           the
           righteousnesse
           of
           Christ
           
             imparted
          
           unto
           him
           ,
           desiring
           and
           endeavouring
           
             to
             keep
             the
             Commandements
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             faith
             of
             Jesus
             ,
          
           Rev.
           14.
           12.
           
           
             He
             is
             one
             that
             loves
             God
             above
             all
             ,
             and
             his
             neighbour
             as
             himself
             ,
          
           Mat.
           22.
           37
           ,
           38
           ,
           39.
           
           
             He
             is
             one
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           4
           21.
           
             who
             as
             he
             loveth
          
           God
           ,
           
             loveth
             his
             neighbour
             also
             .
          
           Oh!
           how
           pretious
           are
           these
           Righteous
           ones
           in
           heaven
           ?
           
             They
             are
             the
             Lords
             people
             ,
             his
             portion
             ,
             the
             lot
             of
             his
             Inheritance
             ,
          
           Deut.
           32.
           9.
           
           They
           are
           the
           Lords
           
             owne
             ,
          
           his
           very
           
             jewells
             :
          
           All
           the
           rest
           of
           a
           Town
           are
           but
           the
           
             rubbish
          
           amongst
           whom
           these
           his
           
             jewells
             lye
             and
             live
             for
             a
             while
             .
          
           And
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           (
           for
           truth
           must
           be
           spoken
           however
           it
           be
           taken
           )
           if
           the
           Lord
           had
           not
           had
           
             two
          
           of
           
             these
             Righteous
             ones
             ,
             or
             three
             of
             these
             Iewels
             ,
          
           that
           as
           they
           love
           God
           they
           love
           their
           neighbour
           also
           ,
           in
           many
           Townes
           of
           these
           Inland
           Counties
           ,
           what
           desolations
           had
           there
           been
           made
           ere
           this
           time
           by
           such
           Inclosure
           ?
        
         
           These
           inclosurists
           sell
           the
           
             Righteous
             for
             silver
             .
          
           What
           care
           they
           for
           Gods
           jewells
           ,
           his
           portion
           ,
           
             his
             inheritance
             ,
          
           so
           they
           may
           improve
           their
           
             own
             inheritance
             ?
          
           what
           cared
           
             Judas
             for
             Jesus
             Christ
             
             the
             Righteous
             ,
          
           so
           he
           might
           get
           
             thirty
             pieces
             of
             silver
          
           by
           him
           ?
           What
           care
           these
           men
           for
           the
           
             tender
             consciences
          
           of
           any
           of
           these
           Righteous
           ones
           ,
           that
           dare
           not
           consent
           to
           such
           inclosure
           ?
           They
           will
           make
           them
           make
           shipwrack
           of
           faith
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           or
           else
           estates
           and
           liberties
           and
           all
           must
           be
           ruined
           by
           multiplicities
           of
           triviall
           Law
           suites
           in
           common
           Law
           and
           Chancery
           ,
           threatning
           they
           will
           not
           leave
           them
           a
           shift
           to
           their
           backs
           ,
           nor
           a
           cow
           to
           their
           payle
           .
           I
           could
           here
           give
           you
           a
           large
           Catalogue
           of
           the
           unjust
           vexations
           of
           such
           Righteous
           ones
           ,
           but
           because
           some
           of
           their
           vexers
           pretend
           to
           religion
           ,
           I
           will
           spare
           them
           ,
           
             One
             of
             these
             two
             evills
             are
             incident
             to
             such
             as
             dare
             not
             in
             conscience
             consent
             to
             such
             inclosure
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Either
             to
             be
             undone
             in
             the
             inward
             ,
             or
             el●e
             in
             the
             outward
             man
             ,
             choose
             them
             which
             .
             If
             they
             goe
             against
             conscience
             in
             the
             inward
             man
             ;
             if
             they
             will
             keep
             a
             good
             conscience
             in
             the
             outward
             man
             ,
          
           and
           here
           let
           the
           
             inclosurists
          
           of
           
             Catthorpe
          
           in
           
             Leicester-shire
          
           tremble
           ,
           to
           have
           no
           respect
           to
           the
           conscience
           of
           one
           of
           these
           righteous
           men
           (
           their
           owne
           consciences
           I
           believe
           judging
           him
           such
           a
           one
           )
           nor
           to
           his
           vow
           to
           his
           God
           made
           upon
           good
           ground
           in
           the
           sight
           both
           of
           God
           and
           good
           men
           ,
           nor
           to
           his
           right
           in
           law
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           petition
           that
           is
           now
           depending
           before
           his
           
             Highnesse
             and
             his
             most
             Honourable
             Councell
             ,
          
           in
           which
           there
           is
           made
           
             a
             good
             progress
          
           and
           good
           hopes
           
             (
             praised
             be
             God
             )
          
           of
           a
           
             happy
             issue
             .
          
           It
           matters
           not
           what
           one
           of
           the
           Book-men
           for
           inclosure
           truely
           prattles
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           He
           makes
           but
           a
           Jeer
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           in
           his
           Book
           .
           And
           as
           for
           his
           right
           in
           Law
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           but
           a
           little
           to
           their
           great
           deale
           ,
           they
           may
           alter
           the
           propriety
           of
           it
           as
           they
           list
           ,
           without
           his
           consent
           ,
           and
           set
           hedges
           and
           ditches
           upon
           his
           common
           whether
           he
           will
           or
           no
           .
           I
           wonder
           who
           made
           these
           men
           
             dividers
          
           of
           his
           common
           from
           theirs
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           a
           right
           and
           propriety
           in
           every
           foot
           of
           common
           in
           all
           their
           fields
           .
           Is
           there
           not
           the
           same
           right
           
             in
             Law
          
           to
           a
           
             little
          
           as
           a
           
             great
             deale
             ?
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           poore
           for
           a
           paire
           of
           shooes
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Poore
             .
          
           Well
           may
           they
           sell
           the
           
             Poore
          
           for
           a
           paire
           of
           shooes
           ,
           when
           they
           sell
           the
           
             Righteous
          
           for
           silver
           .
           When
           
             Judas
          
           sold
           his
           Master
           
             That
             Righteous
             one
          
           for
           silver
           (
           let
           Ministers
           remember
           
             Judas
          
           was
           a
           Disciple
           )
           no
           wonder
           if
           he
           
             cared
             not
             for
             the
             Poore
             .
          
           But
           these
           inclosurists
           have
           the
           poore
           much
           in
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           provide
           for
           the
           poore
           .
           My
           exhortation
           to
           them
           is
           
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             18.
             
             My
             little
             children
             let
             us
             net
             love
             in
             word
             neither
             in
             tongue
             ,
             but
             in
             deed
             and
             in
             truth
             .
          
           Saint
           
             James
             shewes
             us
             that
             a
             few
             words
             will
             not
             warm
             ,
             nor
             feede
             ,
             nor
             cloath
             poore
             people
             ,
          
           James
           2.
           16.
           
           
             If
             one
             of
             you
             say
             unto
             them
             ,
             depart
             in
             peace
             ,
             be
             you
             warmed
             ,
             and
             filled
             ,
             notwithstanding
             you
             give
             them
             not
             these
             things
             which
             are
             needfull
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             what
             doth
             it
             profit
             ?
          
           Alas
           ,
           what
           will
           all
           their
           good
           words
           profit
           the
           poore
           ,
           when
           they
           doe
           not
           only
           not
           give
           them
           those
           things
           which
           are
           needfull
           for
           the
           body
           ,
           but
           take
           away
           at
           once
           all
           things
           that
           are
           needfull
           for
           the
           body
           ,
           even
           the
           
             Trade
             of
             Tillage
          
           which
           should
           warme
           ,
           cloath
           ,
           feede
           them
           and
           their
           families
           .
           But
           these
           book-men
           for
           inclosure
           have
           
             articles
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           and
           
             acres
          
           for
           the
           Poore
           too
           .
           What
           would
           these
           men
           be
           thought
           charitable
           men
           ?
           Let
           
             Iudas
          
           be
           thought
           so
           too
           .
           For
           he
           would
           have
           the
           
             oyntment
             sold
             for
             three
             hundred
             pence
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             the
             Poore
             ,
             John
             12.
             5.
             
          
           Truth
           is
           ,
           former
           Inclosurists
           have
           been
           very
           specious
           and
           pretending
           for
           the
           poore
           in
           their
           
             Promises
             ,
             Articles
             ,
             Acres
             ,
          
           when
           they
           were
           hot
           upon
           their
           businesse
           of
           inclosure
           ,
           to
           
             stop
             the
             mouthes
          
           of
           Poore
           and
           Country
           from
           clamours
           ;
           and
           these
           inclosures
           of
           the
           
             last
             Edition
          
           which
           they
           are
           now
           about
           are
           but
           sordid
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           former
           in
           that
           kinde
           .
           But
           wofull
           experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           a
           short
           time
           forced
           all
           the
           Tenants
           and
           Cottagers
           out
           of
           most
           of
           those
           places
           into
           the
           open
           fielded
           Towns
           to
           seek
           for
           a
           livelyhood
           where
           they
           can
           finde
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           oppressions
           of
           those
           Townes
           .
        
         
           That
           pant
           after
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           upon
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Poore
           .
        
         
           
             Pant
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           exceedingly
           desire
           it
           ,
           and
           long
           for
           it
           .
           
             After
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           after
           those
           things
           which
           are
           but
           as
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           whose
           originall
           and
           matter
           is
           but
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Oh
           the
           excessive
           desire
           (
           after
           such
           Inclosure
           and
           the
           gain
           that
           comes
           by
           it
           )
           execeding
           the
           bounds
           of
           piety
           ,
           equity
           ,
           charity
           ,
           and
           humanity
           it self
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           !
           
             Improvement
          
           of
           estate
           is
           this
           mans
           
             bayte
             .
          
           And
           if
           any
           thing
           goe
           about
           to
           hinder
           that
           ,
           he
           is
           like
           a
           Lyon
           stirred
           up
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           prey
           ,
           and
           makes
           no
           conscience
           of
           devouring
           
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
          
           that
           stand
           in
           his
           way
           .
        
         
           The
           
             serpent
          
           feeds
           upon
           the
           
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             :
          
           It
           feeds
           upon
           
             base
          
           and
           
             low
             things
             ,
             vile
             and
             venomous
             :
          
           so
           doe
           covetous
           ,
           mercilesse
           
           men
           .
           As
           the
           Serpent
           licks
           the
           
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
          
           so
           doe
           they
           lick
           the
           
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           they
           feed
           upon
           blood
           ,
           upon
           oppression
           ;
           
             They
             pant
             after
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           they
           pant
           after
           the
           estate
           and
           means
           that
           poor
           men
           have
           in
           Town
           or
           Field
           ,
           and
           feed
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           their
           greedy
           appetites
           in
           sucking
           the
           estates
           and
           crushing
           the
           bones
           of
           the
           poore
           .
           The
           Prophet
           
             Habakkuk
          
           hath
           a
           woe
           for
           these
           ,
           
             Hab.
             2.
          
           v.
           6.
           
           
             Woe
             to
             him
             that
             encreaseth
             that
             which
             is
             not
             his
          
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Conscience
           aswell
           as
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Law
           )
           
             and
             ladeth
             himself
             with
             thick
             clay
             .
             Lutum
             scite
             pictum
             ,
          
           with
           gold
           and
           silver
           ,
           the
           finest
           dust
           and
           pieces
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           whereby
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           commodities
           of
           the
           earth
           are
           valued
           .
           This
           dust
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           this
           thick
           clay
           doth
           but
           load
           and
           burthen
           their
           soules
           and
           consciences
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           drive
           heavily
           heaven-ward
           ,
           Gods
           glory
           ward
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           salvation-ward
           .
           This
           thick
           clay
           doth
           them
           no
           more
           good
           than
           that
           gold
           and
           silver
           and
           embroydered
           cloath
           of
           arras
           a
           
             sumpter-horse
          
           is
           burthen'd
           with
           all
           day
           ,
           and
           at
           night
           is
           turned
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Jades
           with
           a
           gauled
           and
           bruised
           back
           into
           the
           stable
           .
           Oh
           take
           heed
           of
           a
           gauled
           conscience
           loaded
           and
           bruised
           with
           such
           
             hedges
             and
             ditches
          
           as
           hedge
           out
           Publique
           and
           Poor
           ;
           lest
           at
           the
           night
           of
           Death
           thou
           be
           turned
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Jades
           of
           worldlings
           ,
           
             Dives-like
          
           ,
           into
           the
           Devils
           stable
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Poore
           .
        
         
           
             They
             pant
             after
             the
             dust
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           but
           upon
           whose
           head
           ?
           
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             the
             Poore
             .
          
           These
           beasts
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           goe
           over
           where
           the
           hedge
           is
           lowest
           .
           In
           any
           towne
           where
           there
           is
           any
           rich
           men
           Publique
           spirited
           ,
           and
           have
           bowels
           toward
           the
           Poore
           ,
           there
           these
           greedy
           gripes
           dare
           not
           meddle
           with
           their
           matches
           ,
           and
           cannot
           force
           them
           to
           such
           inclosure
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           able
           to
           defend
           themselves
           .
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           in
           any
           towne
           where
           there
           are
           mercifull
           men
           ,
           Publique
           spirited
           men
           &c.
           
           That
           dare
           not
           in
           conscience
           consent
           to
           such
           inclosure
           ,
           If
           these
           be
           men
           but
           of
           meane
           estates
           ,
           these
           mercilesse
           wretches
           joyne
           purses
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           more
           conscience
           to
           trample
           upon
           these
           righteous
           poor
           ,
           yea
           ,
           upon
           their
           consciences
           ,
           estates
           ,
           liberties
           ,
           and
           whole
           families
           ,
           then
           they
           doe
           to
           trample
           upon
           the
           mire
           in
           the
           streets
           .
        
         
         
           And
           turne
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           .
        
         
           These
           incl●surists
           turne
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           these
           three
           wayes
           .
           
             First
             ,
          
           they
           turne
           aside
           the
           way
           of
           Justice
           and
           Equity
           which
           is
           the
           meanes
           of
           keeping
           and
           recovering
           their
           right
           .
           A
           great
           purse
           will
           make
           a
           good
           cause
           though
           it
           be
           starke
           naught
           .
           What
           say
           these
           Mammonists
           when
           any
           crosse
           them
           in
           such
           inclosure
           ,
           their
           word
           is
           ,
           
             I
             'le
             undoe
             him
             if
             he
             will
             not
             yeild
             .
          
           And
           how
           is
           that
           ?
           By
           suites
           in
           Law
           and
           Chancery
           .
           And
           have
           not
           these
           men
           been
           as
           good
           as
           their
           words
           ?
           I
           could
           here
           tell
           sad
           stories
           .
           But
           I
           intend
           to
           name
           no
           man
           in
           this
           present
           discourse
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             they
             turne
             aside
             the
             way
             of
             the
             meeke
          
           when
           they
           take
           away
           the
           way
           of
           their
           livelyhood
           .
           Now
           
             Tillage
          
           is
           the
           way
           ,
           the
           calling
           ,
           the
           profession
           which
           most
           of
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           
             Inland
          
           Counties
           live
           of
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           proved
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             they
             turne
             aside
             the
             way
             of
             the
             meeke
             :
          
           Why
           ?
           What
           is
           the
           way
           of
           the
           meek
           ?
           The
           
             Psalmist
          
           tells
           us
           
             (
             Psal.
             25.
             9.
             
             )
          
           it
           is
           Gods
           way
           .
           
             The
             meeke
             he
             will
             teach
             his
             way
             .
          
           They
           endeavour
           to
           turne
           them
           out
           of
           the
           way
           of
           faith
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           in
           perswading
           them
           if
           that
           will
           not
           doe
           ,
           and
           compelling
           them
           to
           doe
           against
           conscience
           ,
           or
           undoe
           .
           But
           I
           conclude
           with
           the
           wise
           mans
           exhortation
           ,
           
             Prov
          
           22.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           Rob
           not
           the
           poor
           because
           he
           is
           poore
           ,
           neither
           oppresse
           the
           afflicted
           in
           the
           gate
           .
           For
           the
           Lord
           will
           plead
           their
           cause
           ,
           and
           spoyle
           the
           soule
           of
           those
           that
           spoyled
           their
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A51233e-170
           
             Chari
             parē
             tes
             ,
             chari
             liberi
             ,
             chari
             quoque
             amici
             ,
             sed
             omnes
             omnium
             charitates
             comprehendit
             patria
             .
             
               Tullius
            
             de
             officiis
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A51233e-620
           
             
               Viz
               :
            
             by
             such
             inclosure
             that
             doth
             un-people
             Towns
             ,
             and
             uncorn
             Fields
             .
             For
             it
             will
             parallel
             the
             sinne
             in
             the
             Text
             .
          
           
             Tremellius
             
               upon
               this
               Prophesie
               ,
            
             id
             est
             ,
             propter
             quam
             .
             plurimae
             numero
             finitus
             pro
             indefinito
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Vid.
            
             The
             clear-spirited
             Expositor
             upon
             holy
             Writ
             Mr.
             
               Caryll
            
             upon
             
               Job
               ,
            
             c.
             24.
             ver.
             3.