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             The curse of corne-horders with the blessing of seasonable selling. In three sermons, on Pro. II.26. Begun at the general sessions for the county of Cornwall, held at Bodmyn, and continued at Fowy. By Charles Fitz-Geffrie.
             Fitz-Geffry, Charles, 1575?-1638.
          
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           The
           Curse
           of
           Corne-horders
           :
           WITH
           The
           Blessing
           of
           seasonable
           Selling.
           In
           three
           Sermons
           ,
           on
           PRO.
           11.
           26.
           
           Begun
           at
           the
           general
           Sessions
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Cornwall
           ,
           held
           at
           Bodmyn
           ,
           and
           continued
           at
           Fowy
           .
           By
           CHARLES
           FITZ-GEFFRIE
           .
        
         
           D.
           Cyprianus
           ad
           Demetrian
           .
           §.
           8.
           
        
         
           Miraris
           in
           poenas
           generis
           humani
           iram
           Dei
           crescere
           ,
           cum
           crescat
           quotidiè
           quod
           puniatur
           .
           —
           De
           sterilitate
           aut
           fame
           quereris
           ,
           quasi
           famem
           maiorem
           siccitas
           quàm
           rapacitas
           faciat
           ,
           quasi
           non
           de
           captatis
           annonarum
           incrementis
           &
           pretiorum
           cumulis
           flagrantior
           inopiae
           ardor
           excrescat
           .
           Quereris
           cludi
           imbribus
           coelum
           ,
           cum
           sic
           horrea
           cludantur
           in
           terris
           .
        
         
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           by
           
             I.
             B.
          
           for
           
             Edward
             Dight
          
           dwelling
           in
           Excester
           .
           1631.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           truly
           ennobled
           and
           rightly
           honored
           ,
           Sir
           REGINALD
           MOHVNE
           ,
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           :
           Grace
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           Peace
           be
           multiplied
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           end
           of
           Gods
           punishments
           is
           to
           bring
           sinful
           man
           vnto
           Repentance
           .
           In
           afflicting
           vs
           he
           intends
           not
           our
           affliction
           ,
           but
           our
           reformation
           .
           Hee
           who
           delights
           not
           in
           the
           death
           of
           sinners
           ,
           takes
           no
           pleasure
           in
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           but
           in
           compassion
           causeth
           sometimes
           temporall
           suffering
           to
           preuent
           eternall
           aking
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             We
             are
             chastened
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             be
             condemned
             with
             the
             world
             .
          
           If
           
           he
           attaine
           not
           this
           end
           by
           one
           rod
           ,
           he
           vseth
           another
           .
           If
           the
           Pestilence
           preuaile
           not
           ,
           he
           sends
           the
           sword
           ;
           if
           that
           workes
           not
           ,
           he
           inflicteth
           Famine
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           good
           Physitian
           ,
           by
           diuers
           medicines
           he
           tendeth
           to
           the
           same
           cure
           .
           If
           the
           same
           crosse
           haue
           not
           effected
           the
           end
           for
           which
           it
           was
           sent
           ,
           he
           sends
           it
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           doth
           his
           seruant
           who
           hath
           not
           fully
           done
           his
           errand
           at
           first
           .
           Thus
           doth
           he
           with
           particular
           persons
           ,
           thus
           doth
           hee
           with
           whole
           Nations
           ,
           whose
           good
           he
           intendeth
           .
           He
           visited
           our
           sinnes
           with
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           this
           wrought
           not
           a
           sound
           recouery
           ;
           he
           lanced
           vs
           with
           the
           Sword
           ,
           there
           yet
           remained
           many
           peccant
           humours
           ,
           those
           hee
           sought
           to
           cure
           by
           Famine
           ,
           
           as
           the
           ancient
           Physitians
           vsed
           to
           cure
           all
           diseases
           by
           Abstinence
           .
           We
           seemed
           to
           be
           on
           the
           mending
           hand
           ,
           but
           we
           relapsed
           ,
           and
           God
           was
           faine
           to
           go
           to
           work
           with
           vs
           again
           ;
           as
           we
           renewed
           our
           old
           sins
           ,
           so
           did
           he
           his
           old
           iudgements
           .
           He
           sent
           the
           Plague
           
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           threatned
           it
           the
           third
           .
           About
           seuen
           yeeres
           sithence
           the
           creature
           suffered
           and
           we
           by
           it
           ,
           for
           our
           abuse
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           vnthankefulnesse
           to
           the
           Creator
           .
           The
           same
           punishment
           hee
           hath
           inflicted
           this
           yeere
           on
           sundry
           places
           of
           the
           land
           .
           Thus
           is
           God
           enforced
           to
           re-assume
           his
           rods
           ,
           when
           we
           renew
           our
           sins
           ;
           and
           as
           wee
           vse
           to
           take
           from
           our
           children
           their
           Bread
           when
           they
           doe
           wanton
           with
           it
           ;
           so
           by
           want
           he
           correcteth
           our
           former
           wantonnesse
           ,
           taking
           from
           vs
           that
           which
           wee
           abuse
           ,
           thereby
           teaching
           vs
           to
           vse
           it
           better
           when
           wee
           haue
           it
           ,
           that
           by
           want
           we
           may
           know
           how
           to
           vse
           abundance
           .
           These
           two
           yeeres
           of
           dearth
           (
           in
           some
           distance
           )
           called
           from
           mee
           these
           three
           Sermons
           .
           That
           which
           in
           the
           first
           was
           summarily
           deliuered
           in
           one
           ,
           vnto
           the
           eares
           of
           that
           Bench
           on
           which
           you
           haue
           sate
           sundry
           yeeres
           as
           chiefe
           ,
           is
           vpon
           this
           yeeres
           occasion
           enlarged
           into
           three
           ,
           and
           now
           sent
           abroad
           into
           publike
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           many
           ,
           is
           first
           presented
           vnto
           your
           eies
           .
           In
           this
           Dedication
           I
           craue
           not
           patronage
           ,
           but
           onely
           acceptance
           .
           The
           Kings
           command
           ,
           my
           calling
           ,
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           times
           are
           sufficient
           
           to
           patronize
           it
           .
           Neither
           haue
           I
           cause
           to
           doubt
           of
           your
           acceptance
           ;
           your
           care
           for
           your
           Countries
           good
           ,
           and
           your
           endeuour
           in
           this
           particular
           doe
           assure
           me
           that
           you
           will
           approue
           his
           labours
           ,
           who
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           calling
           ,
           addeth
           the
           best
           aduancement
           hee
           may
           vnto
           yours
           ▪
           Whereunto
           hee
           will
           not
           cease
           to
           adioyne
           his
           continued
           prayers
           to
           the
           fountaine
           of
           Grace
           ,
           for
           all
           gracious
           blessings
           on
           your
           person
           ,
           on
           your
           publike
           imployments
           ,
           on
           your
           noble
           Family
           ;
           who
           is
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           (
           while
           he
           is
           )
        
         
           
             Your
             worships
             in
             all
             Christian
             dutie
             and
             seruice
             most
             ready
             ,
             Charles
             Fitz-Geffry
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           briefe
           view
           of
           the
           ensuing
           Sermons
           .
        
         
           
             Concio
             prima
             .
          
           
             THe
             occasion
             of
             the
             choyce
             of
             this
             Text.
             page
             1
          
           
             The
             diuision
             thereof
             into
             two
             parts
             .
             In
             the
             former
             part
             are
             considered
             ,
             1.
             
             The
             sinne
             ,
             2.
             
             The
             sequel
             .
             p.
             3
          
           
             1
             
             ma.
             me
             .
             The
             sinne
             ,
             with-holding
             Corne.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             All
             conseruation
             of
             Corne
             ,
             not
             vnlawfull
             .
             What
             is
             vnlawfull
             herein
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Vnder
             the
             word
             Corne
             ,
             euery
             publike
             commodity
             comprehended
             .
             p.
             4
          
           
             Doct.
             1.
             
             It
             is
             a
             grieuous
             siune
             to
             procure
             or
             further
             famine
             ,
             by
             seeking
             to
             raise
             the
             price
             of
             Corn.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Reasons
             .
             1.
             
             It
             is
             odious
             vnto
             God.
             The
             detaining
             of
             other
             commodities
             not
             so
             necessary
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             as
             Corne
             ,
             forbidden
             by
             God.
             Much
             more
             of
             this
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             man
             can
             hardly
             ,
             yea
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             be
             sustained
             .
             The
             necessity
             of
             bread
             vnto
             mans
             life
             .
             p.
             5
             ,
             6
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             opposite
             to
             Nature
             ,
             vnto
             which
             Corne-horders
             are
             traytors
             .
             For
             ,
             1.
             
             That
             which
             Nature
             
             most
             desireth
             ,
             they
             doe
             most
             detest
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             plenty
             .
             p.
             7
             ,
             8
          
           
             2.
             
             And
             that
             which
             Nature
             most
             detesteth
             ,
             they
             most
             desire
             ,
             namely
             ,
             Dearth
             and
             scarcity
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Condemned
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Nations
             .
             p.
             9
          
           
             Application
             .
             Three
             sorts
             of
             people
             guilty
             herein
             .
             p.
             11
          
           
             1
             The
             greedy
             Farmer
             ,
             who
             sometimes
             with-holdeth
             Corne
             ,
             euen
             in
             selling
             it
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2
             The
             couetous
             Merchant
             .
             p.
             13
          
           
             3
             The
             Hucksters
             ,
             or
             Badgers
             of
             Corne.
             p.
             14
          
        
         
           
             Concio
             secunda
             .
          
           
             
               SEcunda
               primae
            
             ,
             The
             sequell
             ;
             The
             curses
             of
             the
             People
             .
             p.
             17
          
           
             A
             Common
             sinne
             drawes
             on
             a
             common
             curse
             .
             p.
             18
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
             The
             peoples
             curse
             ,
             iustly
             procured
             ,
             is
             a
             fearfull
             iudgement
             .
             p.
             19
          
           
             The
             peoples
             curse
             twofold
             ,
             1.
             
             Causelesse
             or
             vniust
             ;
             this
             not
             to
             be
             feared
             nor
             regarded
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Exhortation
             to
             Magistrates
             and
             Officers
             to
             doe
             their
             duties
             ,
             though
             the
             people
             doe
             causelesly
             curse
             them
             .
             For
             such
             curses
             God
             will
             blesse
             them
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2
             The
             iustly
             caused
             curse
             of
             the
             poore
             and
             oppressed
             ,
             this
             curse
             very
             fearefull
             .
             p.
             20
          
           
             Vse
             .
             Terror
             to
             all
             kinde
             of
             Oppressors
             .
             p.
             21
          
           
             Especially
             to
             Corne-horders
             .
             p.
             22
          
           
             That
             these
             curses
             are
             not
             effectlesse
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             shewed
             by
             examples
             .
             A
             story
             out
             of
             
               Matthew
               Paris
            
             
             of
             
               Walter
               Grey
               ,
               Archbishop
            
             of
             Yorke
             ,
             a
             couetous
             Corne-horder
             ,
             
               Anno
               Dom.
               1234.
               p.
            
             23
          
           
             Another
             of
             a
             German
             Bishop
             deuoured
             by
             Rats
             ,
             An.
             930.
             p.
             24
          
           
             The
             effect
             of
             these
             curses
             ,
             in
             latter
             times
             ,
             wherein
             some
             of
             these
             Nabals
             haue
             hanged
             themselues
             ,
             when
             the
             price
             of
             Corne
             hath
             fallen
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             greatest
             curse
             of
             all
             at
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             .
             p.
             25
          
           
             Obiections
             answered
             .
             1.
             
             May
             I
             not
             doe
             with
             mine
             owne
             what
             I
             list
             ?
             p.
             26
          
           
             Answer
             .
             Christ
             onely
             may
             both
             say
             and
             doe
             so
             :
             Man
             cannot
             (
             without
             limitation
             )
             who
             can
             cast
             nothing
             his
             owne
             properly
             ,
             but
             his
             sinne
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Men
             may
             not
             vse
             their
             owne
             ,
             to
             the
             hurt
             of
             others
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             damnable
             to
             with-hold
             our
             owne
             ,
             when
             our
             brethren
             are
             ready
             to
             perish
             for
             want
             of
             that
             which
             we
             may
             well
             spare
             .
             p.
             27
          
           
             Two
             other
             Obiections
             ,
             Ioseph
             and
             Gedeon
             ,
             their
             examples
             answered
             .
             p.
             30
             ,
             31
          
           
             Famine
             ,
             a
             grieuous
             punishment
             .
             p.
             31
          
           
             It
             is
             proper
             to
             God
             alone
             to
             punish
             a
             sinfull
             Nation
             with
             famine
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             iudgement
             .
             p.
             32
          
           
             We
             haue
             deserued
             to
             be
             thus
             scourged
             .
             But
             this
             famine
             is
             not
             inflicted
             immediately
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             enforced
             by
             the
             cruell
             couetousnesse
             of
             men
             .
             p.
             33
          
           
             An
             inuectiue
             against
             couetousnesse
             .
             p.
             35
          
           
             These
             Corne-horders
             worse
             than
             Vsurers
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             pittifull
             estate
             of
             poore
             labouring-men
             in
             these
             
             times
             ,
             deplored
             .
             p.
             36
          
        
         
           
             Concio
             tertia
             :
          
           
             THe
             second
             part
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             wherein
             is
             considered
             ;
             1.
             
             The
             duty
             to
             be
             performed
             ;
             
               Selling
               .
               p.
            
             39
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             recompence
             ,
             
               Blessing
               .
               p.
            
             40
          
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
             There
             is
             a
             charity
             sometimes
             in
             selling
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             giuing
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
             To
             teach
             vs
             to
             acknowledge
             Gods
             goodnesse
             in
             accepting
             any
             seruice
             done
             at
             his
             command
             ,
             though
             for
             our
             owne
             aduantage
             .
             p.
             41
          
           
             God
             sometimes
             accepteth
             selling
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             ability
             of
             giuing
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
             To
             incite
             those
             who
             are
             of
             ability
             ,
             to
             this
             duty
             of
             selling
             .
             p.
             42
          
           
             Foure
             things
             required
             in
             charitable
             selling
             .
             p.
             43
          
           
             1
             To
             sell
             that
             which
             is
             good
             for
             quality
             ,
             conuenient
             graine
             ,
             ibid.
             
          
           
             2
             To
             sell
             for
             conuenient
             gaine
             ,
             at
             a
             reasonable
             price
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             3
             To
             sell
             in
             conuenient
             season
             .
             p.
             44
          
           
             4
             With
             measure
             conuenient
             .
             p.
             45
          
           
             
               2
               
               da.
               2
               de
            
             .
             The
             recompence
             ,
             Blessing
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Obseruat
             .
             The
             reward
             more
             emphatically
             layd
             downe
             ,
             than
             the
             iudgement
             threatned
             .
             p
             46
          
           
             Doct.
             4.
             
             God
             will
             blesse
             him
             who
             selleth
             charitably
             in
             time
             of
             extremity
             ,
             though
             men
             bee
             vnthankfull
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             
             Two
             sinnes
             of
             the
             poore
             :
             1
             Murmuring
             ,
             2
             Vnthankfulnesse
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Neither
             of
             these
             should
             discourage
             vs
             from
             charitable
             actions
             ,
             for
             though
             men
             be
             vngratefull
             ,
             yet
             God
             is
             not
             forgetfull
             .
             p.
             47
          
           
             Application
             .
             1.
             
             Vnto
             Magistrates
             ,
             exhorting
             them
             to
             doe
             their
             duties
             in
             this
             behalfe
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Maiesties
             Orders
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             And
             to
             draw
             on
             others
             by
             their
             examples
             .
             p.
             48
          
           
             Dehortation
             from
             with-holding
             iustice
             ,
             and
             from
             selling
             it
             .
             p.
             50
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             be
             carefull
             and
             and
             faithfull
             in
             distributing
             spirituall
             Corne
             for
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             ,
             especially
             in
             these
             dangerous
             dayes
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             To
             the
             poore
             .
             Here
             is
             no
             warrant
             for
             them
             to
             reuenge
             their
             wrongs
             with
             cursings
             ,
             as
             commonly
             they
             doe
             .
             p.
             51
          
           
             But
             rather
             to
             accuse
             their
             owne
             sinnes
             ,
             the
             causes
             of
             all
             their
             calamities
             .
             p.
             52
          
           
             4.
             
             Encouragement
             and
             comfort
             to
             charitable
             sellers
             .
             p.
             54
          
           
             God
             shall
             crowne
             them
             with
             blessings
             ,
             Externall
             ,
             Internall
             ,
             Eternall
             .
             p.
             55
             ,
             56.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CVRSE
           OF
           Corn-Horders
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             Sermon
             .
          
           
             
               PROV
               .
               11.
               26.
               
            
             
               Hee
               that
               with-holdeth
               Corne
               ,
               the
               people
               shall
               curse
               him
               :
               But
               blessing
               shall
               be
               vpon
               the
               head
               of
               him
               who
               selleth
               it
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             extremity
             of
             the
             times
             do
             euen
             extort
             from
             me
             this
             Text
             ,
             
             together
             with
             the
             Explication
             and
             Application
             thereof
             ,
             as
             God
             shall
             enable
             me
             .
             Our
             gracious
             Soueraigne
             ,
             like
             a
             prouident
             Ioseph
             ,
             hath
             endeuoured
             to
             preuent
             the
             famine
             ,
             or
             to
             pro●ide
             remedies
             against
             it
             .
             To
             this
             end
             he
             hath
             sent
             ●orth
             his
             Proclamations
             ,
             and
             hath
             authorized
             his
             Hands
             in
             these
             remote
             places
             ,
             
               the
               Iustices
               of
               Peace
            
             ,
             to
             draw
             forth
             the
             poore
             imprisoned
             graine
             out
             of
             
             priuate
             Barnes
             ,
             and
             to
             afford
             it
             the
             freedome
             of
             the
             Markets
             .
             The
             Iustices
             haue
             done
             their
             endeuours
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             of
             them
             doe
             continue
             so
             doing
             .
             But
             couetousnesse
             careth
             for
             no
             Lawes
             ,
             being
             like
             the
             lawlesse
             Iudge
             ,
             a
             
               Who
               neither
               feared
               God
               ,
               nor
               regarded
               Man.
            
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             Lawes
             are
             eluded
             ,
             the
             Kings
             edicts
             not
             regarded
             ,
             the
             Magistrates
             endeuours
             frustrated
             ,
             and
             the
             hopes
             of
             the
             poore
             disappointed
             .
             The
             deafe
             Adder
             will
             not
             bee
             charmed
             ;
             the
             greedy
             Farmer
             will
             not
             enfranchize
             his
             Corne
             ,
             though
             the
             Country
             doe
             curse
             him
             ,
             and
             those
             curses
             be
             ratified
             in
             heauen
             .
             But
             let
             not
             vs
             cease
             to
             doe
             our
             duties
             though
             others
             doe
             not
             theirs
             .
             Let
             Aaren
             and
             Hur
             support
             the
             hands
             of
             Moses
             ;
             
             let
             Ministers
             (
             as
             his
             Maiesty
             commandeth
             )
             ioyne
             their
             forces
             with
             the
             Magistrates
             against
             this
             monster
             ,
             
             Auarice
             .
             The
             good
             effect
             which
             the
             one
             cannot
             produce
             alone
             ,
             may
             (
             by
             Gods
             blessing
             )
             ensue
             vpon
             the
             religious
             endeuours
             of
             both
             together
             .
             I
             come
             therefore
             to
             publish
             a
             Proclamation
             from
             the
             King
             of
             heauen
             ,
             penned
             by
             the
             wisest
             King
             on
             earth
             ,
             against
             all
             ingrossers
             of
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             the
             terour
             whereof
             is
             this
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             that
             with-holdeth
             Corne
             ,
             the
             people
             shall
             curse
             him
             ,
             but
             blessing
             shall
             be
             on
             the
             head
             of
             him
             who
             selleth
             it
             .
          
           
             Most
             of
             Salomons
             Prouerbs
             are
             a
             Commentary
             vpon
             that
             one
             sentence
             of
             his
             Father
             Dauid
             ,
             a
             
               Is●hew
               euill
               ,
               and
               doe
               good
            
             ;
             and
             commonly
             they
             are
             bipartite
             ,
             one
             part
             disswading
             from
             some
             euill
             ,
             the
             other
             exhorting
             to
             the
             contrary
             vertue
             .
             His
             Arguments
             are
             those
             which
             are
             most
             powerfull
             ,
             Punishment
             ,
             and
             Reward
             ;
             dehorting
             from
             some
             sinn
             by
             punishment
             threatned
             ,
             exhorting
             to
             Vertue
             by
             some
             reward
             proposed
             :
             Such
             is
             this
             sentence
             ,
             resembling
             the
             two
             Hils
             ,
             b
             the
             one
             of
             Curses
             ,
             the
             other
             
             of
             Blessings
             :
             
             
               Hee
               that
               with-holdeth
               Corne
               ,
               the
               people
               shall
               curse
               him
            
             ;
             
             there
             is
             Ebal
             ,
             the
             Mountaine
             of
             cursing
             :
             
               But
               blessing
               shall
               be
               on
               the
               head
               of
               him
               that
               selleth
               it
            
             ;
             there
             is
             Gerizin
             ,
             the
             Mountaine
             of
             blessing
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             former
             wee
             are
             to
             consider
             ,
             
             1.
             
             
               The
               sinne
            
             ,
             2.
             
             
               The
               sequel
            
             .
             The
             sinne
             ,
             hiding
             or
             with-holding
             Corne
             ;
             the
             sequel
             ,
             the
             curses
             of
             the
             people
             .
             In
             the
             latter
             ,
             we
             haue
             ,
             1.
             
               the
               duty
               ,
               2.
               the
               benefit
               or
               reward
               :
            
             The
             duty
             ,
             selling
             ;
             the
             benefit
             ,
             
               blessing
               :
               But
               blessing
               shall
               be
               on
               the
               head
               of
               him
               that
               selleth
               it
               .
            
             Of
             these
             (
             God
             willing
             )
             in
             their
             order
             ;
             and
             first
             of
             the
             first
             part
             ,
             
             and
             first
             branch
             thereof
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             sinne
             condemned
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             with-holding
             of
             Corne.
             
          
           
             He
             that
             with-holdeth
             Corne.
             
          
           
             All
             conseruation
             or
             keeping
             vp
             of
             Corne
             ,
             
             is
             not
             alwaies
             vnlawfull
             .
             Ioseph
             ,
             in
             the
             seuen
             yeers
             of
             plenty
             ,
             gathered
             and
             kept
             Corne
             against
             the
             seuen
             yeeres
             of
             scarcity
             .
             Sundry
             Cities
             haue
             their
             Magazins
             ,
             wherein
             they
             prouidently
             doe
             store
             vp
             Corne
             and
             other
             prouision
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             endure
             the
             extremity
             of
             an
             assiege
             or
             famine
             .
             *
             Nature
             hath
             taught
             the
             silley
             Ant
             this
             lesson
             of
             husbanding
             her
             prouision
             ,
             a
             and
             she
             by
             her
             example
             readeth
             the
             same
             Lecture
             vnto
             man
             ,
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             Salomon
             .
          
           
             b
             But
             then
             to
             with-hold
             Corne
             when
             publike
             necessity
             doth
             call
             for
             the
             venting
             it
             ,
             vpon
             hope
             to
             enhance
             the
             price
             ,
             thereby
             to
             make
             a
             prey
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             who
             haue
             then
             most
             need
             to
             bee
             releeued
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             crying
             sinne
             ,
             causing
             the
             people
             with
             bitter
             cries
             to
             complaine
             to
             God
             against
             such
             detestable
             couetousnesse
             ,
             and
             to
             pursue
             the
             same
             with
             bitter
             curses
             .
          
           
           
             The
             ancient
             latine
             reading
             doth
             well
             expresse
             the
             meaning
             ;
             
               Captans
               pretia
               frumenti
            
             ,
             (
             so
             c
             Saint
             Ambrose
             alleageth
             the
             place
             .
             )
             Hee
             that
             catcheth
             at
             all
             aduantages
             by
             the
             price
             of
             Corne
             ,
             and
             endeuours
             to
             raise
             it
             higher
             ,
             being
             more
             greedy
             of
             his
             priuate
             gaine
             ,
             than
             affected
             with
             the
             publike
             good
             ,
             euery
             one
             that
             doth
             so
             ,
             commeth
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             this
             curse
             .
             So
             that
             not
             onely
             hiding
             or
             hording
             ,
             but
             selling
             and
             buying
             too
             ,
             in
             some
             cases
             ,
             are
             here
             forbidden
             ;
             when
             they
             are
             so
             done
             in
             priuate
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             price
             is
             thereby
             enhanced
             in
             publike
             :
             whereof
             we
             shall
             haue
             occasion
             to
             say
             more
             (
             God
             willing
             )
             in
             prosecution
             of
             this
             Text.
             
          
           
             d
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             that
             vnder
             this
             one
             word
             ,
             Corne
             ,
             is
             comprehended
             any
             other
             Commodity
             ,
             vsefull
             for
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             but
             the
             Times
             doe
             confine
             my
             intendements
             to
             that
             particular
             which
             my
             Text
             doth
             here
             assigne
             ;
             namely
             ,
             against
             all
             auaritious
             horders
             or
             hucksters
             ,
             who
             pinch
             the
             guts
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             to
             fill
             and
             extend
             their
             owne
             purses
             ;
             taking
             aduantage
             by
             the
             dearth
             of
             Corne
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             more
             deare
             :
             on
             which
             ground
             I
             may
             safely
             lay
             downe
             this
             doctrinall
             Position
             .
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             grieuous
             sinne
             to
             procure
             a
             Dearth
             ,
             or
             further
             a
             Famine
             ,
             
             by
             seeking
             to
             raise
             the
             price
             of
             Corne.
             
          
           
             When
             publike
             necessity
             doth
             require
             ,
             and
             our
             owne
             ability
             doth
             permit
             vs
             to
             send
             abroad
             our
             Corne
             by
             reasonable
             and
             seasonable
             selling
             ,
             then
             to
             with-hold
             it
             in
             hope
             of
             greater
             Dearth
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             great
             sinne
             :
             For
             it
             is
             odious
             vnto
             God
             ,
             opposite
             vnto
             Nature
             ,
             iniurious
             vnto
             mankinde
             ,
             and
             therefore
             condemned
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Grace
             ,
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             of
             Nations
             .
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             it
             is
             odious
             vnto
             God
             ,
             as
             being
             directly
             a
             
             breach
             of
             his
             Law
             ,
             a
             rebellion
             against
             his
             Ordinance
             .
             Otherwise
             hee
             would
             neuer
             haue
             inueighed
             against
             these
             Corne-horders
             so
             bitterly
             as
             he
             doth
             ,
             by
             his
             Prophet
             Amos
             ,
             saying
             ,
             e
             
               Heare
               ye
               this
               ,
               ô
               yee
               that
               swallow
               the
               poore
               ,
               and
               make
               the
               needy
               of
               the
               Land
               to
               faile
               ,
               saying
               ,
               When
               will
               the
               new
               Moone
               be
               gone
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               sell
               Corne
               ;
               and
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               that
               wee
               may
               set
               forth
               Wheat
               ;
               and
               make
               the
               Epha
               small
               ,
               and
               the
               Shekel
               great
               ;
               and
               buy
               the
               poore
               for
               siluer
               ,
               and
               the
               needy
               for
               shoes
               ,
               and
               sell
               the
               refuse
               of
               the
               Wheat
               ?
            
             If
             any
             doe
             except
             and
             say
             ,
             What
             is
             this
             against
             horders
             ?
             this
             is
             rather
             against
             sellers
             of
             Corne
             :
             I
             intimated
             at
             first
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             as
             great
             a
             sinne
             ,
             in
             some
             kinde
             of
             selling
             ,
             as
             in
             keeping
             :
             and
             those
             Iewes
             who
             sold
             at
             last
             ,
             they
             did
             hord
             vp
             Corne
             at
             first
             ,
             to
             this
             purpose
             :
             that
             when
             the
             time
             serued
             their
             turne
             ,
             they
             might
             sell
             it
             at
             their
             owne
             pleasure
             and
             price
             :
             f
             and
             now
             the
             time
             is
             come
             ,
             they
             must
             sell
             it
             in
             all
             haste
             ,
             lest
             the
             price
             should
             fall
             againe
             :
             They
             were
             now
             so
             eager
             after
             selling
             ,
             that
             they
             thought
             the
             dayes
             of
             Gods
             Seruice
             too
             tedious
             till
             they
             were
             at
             it
             .
             They
             kept
             it
             in
             while
             it
             was
             good
             ,
             and
             sold
             it
             when
             it
             was
             worse
             ,
             they
             abated
             the
             measure
             and
             augmented
             the
             price
             ;
             they
             made
             the
             people
             pay
             for
             the
             best
             ,
             when
             they
             sold
             but
             the
             refuse
             ;
             and
             so
             instead
             of
             selling
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             they
             enforced
             the
             poore
             to
             sell
             themselues
             at
             a
             vile
             rate
             for
             necessary
             sustenance
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             become
             their
             slaues
             .
             g
             The
             Lord
             threatneth
             a
             fearefull
             iudgement
             on
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             for
             this
             inhumane
             cruelty
             of
             some
             particular
             persons
             towards
             their
             poore
             brethren
             .
             
          
           
             Lesser
             sinnes
             than
             this
             in
             comparison
             ,
             the
             ingrossing
             of
             commodities
             not
             so
             necessary
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             as
             Corne
             is
             ,
             are
             threatned
             with
             heauy
             iudgements
             in
             the
             word
             of
             God.
             The
             imprisoning
             of
             coyne
             in
             Coffers
             ,
             when
             it
             should
             bee
             dispersed
             
             abroad
             vnto
             pious
             and
             charitable
             vses
             ,
             is
             condemned
             by
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             who
             saith
             by
             Saint
             Iames
             h
             ,
             that
             
               The
               very
               rust
               thereof
               shall
               be
               a
               witnesse
               against
               the
               keepers
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               canker
               of
               their
               siluer
               shall
               eat
               vp
               their
               flesh
               as
               fire
               .
            
             The
             like
             iudgement
             is
             denounced
             in
             the
             same
             place
             against
             those
             who
             keep
             their
             garments
             close
             in
             their
             ward-robes
             to
             clothe
             the
             Moaths
             ,
             
             rather
             than
             they
             will
             produce
             them
             to
             clothe
             Christ
             his
             naked
             members
             .
             What
             then
             shall
             become
             of
             them
             who
             are
             kinder
             to
             Rats
             and
             Mice
             ,
             than
             to
             their
             Christian
             brethren
             ,
             being
             contented
             that
             vile
             vermine
             shall
             deuoure
             that
             for
             nothing
             ,
             which
             poore
             Christians
             cannot
             get
             of
             them
             for
             money
             .
             i
             Bread
             is
             called
             in
             Scripture
             the
             k
             
               stay
               and
               staffe
               of
               life
            
             ,
             because
             life
             is
             thereby
             sustained
             as
             by
             a
             Staffe
             :
             and
             when
             God
             doth
             threaten
             one
             of
             his
             heauiest
             punishments
             on
             a
             Land
             for
             sinne
             ,
             hee
             doth
             threaten
             to
             breake
             the
             staffe
             of
             Bread
             ;
             So
             necessary
             it
             is
             for
             this
             life
             ,
             that
             all
             necessaries
             are
             comprized
             vnder
             this
             one
             ,
             
               Giue
               vs
               ,
               this
               day
               ,
               our
               daily
               bread
               .
            
             Christ
             calleth
             himselfe
             the
             bread
             which
             came
             downe
             from
             heauen
             :
             his
             Word
             is
             called
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             .
             All
             which
             doe
             shew
             how
             necessary
             bread
             is
             for
             the
             vse
             of
             man
             :
             so
             necessary
             ,
             that
             neither
             body
             nor
             soule
             can
             well
             bee
             fed
             without
             it
             ;
             not
             the
             body
             without
             common
             bread
             ,
             nor
             the
             soule
             (
             in
             those
             of
             discretion
             )
             without
             Sacramentall
             bread
             :
             so
             necessary
             ,
             that
             although
             a
             man
             haue
             diuers
             varieties
             of
             meats
             ,
             and
             doe
             want
             bread
             ,
             the
             best
             is
             failing
             ,
             because
             the
             binder
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             is
             wanting
             :
             other
             meats
             ,
             without
             bread
             ,
             are
             but
             beesomes
             without
             a
             band
             ,
             they
             cannot
             sweepe
             away
             hunger
             from
             nature
             ;
             
             but
             if
             a
             man
             haue
             onely
             bread
             and
             water
             ,
             sufficient
             for
             quantity
             ,
             and
             conuenient
             for
             quality
             ,
             hee
             may
             liue
             and
             doe
             well
             :
             so
             that
             to
             with-hold
             Corne
             ,
             and
             thereby
             to
             breake
             the
             staffe
             
             of
             bread
             ,
             is
             not
             onely
             sinfull
             ,
             but
             sauage
             ;
             not
             onely
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             grace
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Nature
             teacheth
             men
             to
             seeke
             good
             and
             shunne
             euill
             ,
             to
             pray
             and
             striue
             to
             auert
             those
             publike
             punishments
             ,
             
             
               Sword
               ,
               Pestilence
            
             ,
             and
             Famine
             .
             Nature
             teacheth
             vs
             that
             wee
             are
             not
             borne
             onely
             for
             our selues
             ,
             and
             that
             publike
             vtility
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             priuate
             commodity
             .
             This
             could
             Cicero
             say
             out
             of
             Plato
             ,
             one
             heathen
             out
             of
             another
             .
             It
             was
             the
             praise
             of
             Cato
             l
             that
             he
             was
             ,
             
               In
               Commune
               bonus
            
             ,
             good
             for
             the
             Commonalty
             ,
             being
             resolued
             ,
             that
             hee
             was
             borne
             ,
             not
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             for
             all
             mankinde
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             Antipodes
             to
             Nature
             as
             well
             as
             vnto
             Grace
             ,
             these
             Man-haters
             ,
             opposite
             to
             the
             Common
             good
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             world
             were
             made
             onely
             for
             them
             ,
             would
             appropriate
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             the
             fruits
             thereof
             ,
             wholly
             to
             themselues
             ,
             thinking
             that
             they
             can
             neuer
             haue
             enough
             ,
             vnlesse
             they
             haue
             all
             ;
             and
             that
             while
             others
             haue
             any
             thing
             ,
             they
             themselues
             haue
             nothing
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             Quailes
             grow
             fat
             with
             Hem
             locke
             ,
             which
             is
             poison
             to
             other
             creatures
             ,
             so
             these
             grow
             full
             by
             Dearth
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             famishing
             of
             others
             .
             Their
             whole
             study
             and
             endeuour
             is
             to
             trouble
             the
             pure
             streames
             of
             publike
             plenty
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             haue
             the
             better
             angling
             for
             their
             priuate
             commodity
             .
             m
             
               The
               profite
               of
               the
               earth
               is
               for
               all
            
             (
             saith
             
               Salomon
               )
               and
               the
               King
               himselfe
               is
               serued
               by
               the
               field
               .
            
             But
             these
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             the
             profits
             thereof
             ,
             were
             proper
             to
             them
             alone
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             tribute
             thereof
             were
             to
             be
             payed
             into
             their
             insatiable
             
               Exchequer
               ,
            
             ,
             doe
             study
             how
             they
             may
             dry
             vp
             the
             publike
             fountaine
             ,
             or
             draw
             the
             whole
             streame
             thereof
             into
             their
             owne
             Cisterne
             .
             n
             Traitors
             they
             are
             vnto
             Nature
             ;
             for
             that
             o
             which
             Nature
             most
             desireth
             ,
             they
             detest
             ;
             
             and
             that
             which
             Nature
             teacheth
             most
             to
             detest
             ,
             that
             doe
             these
             most
             desire
             :
             Plenty
             is
             desired
             by
             euery
             well
             minded
             man
             ,
             naturally
             ,
             and
             Grace
             doth
             allow
             such
             desire
             ;
             for
             Plenty
             is
             a
             sweet
             effect
             of
             Gods
             goodnesse
             and
             fauour
             ,
             therefore
             called
             by
             
               Dauid
               ,
               the
               Crowne
               of
               the
               yeere
               :
            
             p
             
               Thou
               crownest
               the
               yeere
               with
               thy
               goodnesse
               ,
               and
               thy
               steps
               drop
               fatnesse
               .
            
             But
             these
             desire
             to
             pull
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Plenty
             from
             the
             head
             of
             the
             yeare
             ,
             and
             instead
             thereof
             ,
             would
             put
             thereon
             a
             crowne
             of
             thornes
             ,
             as
             the
             miscreant
             Iewes
             did
             on
             the
             head
             of
             Christ
             .
             Plenty
             is
             one
             of
             Gods
             chiefest
             earthly
             blessings
             ;
             but
             these
             enuious
             children
             doe
             thinke
             that
             their
             poore
             brethren
             haue
             too
             much
             of
             their
             heauenly
             Fathers
             blessing
             .
             Againe
             ,
             
             that
             which
             Nature
             teacheth
             most
             to
             detest
             ,
             they
             doe
             most
             desire
             ;
             namely
             ,
             Dearth
             and
             Scarcity
             :
             that
             which
             Nature
             teacheth
             to
             preuent
             ,
             they
             endeuour
             to
             procure
             ;
             they
             pray
             for
             that
             which
             all
             men
             else
             doe
             pray
             against
             ;
             angry
             ,
             in
             their
             mindes
             ,
             at
             our
             Leiturgie
             for
             hauing
             prayers
             against
             Dearth
             and
             Famine
             ,
             and
             thanksgiuings
             for
             seasonable
             weather
             ,
             which
             they
             cannot
             endure
             saue
             in
             their
             owne
             fields
             ;
             ready
             to
             chide
             God
             because
             he
             is
             so
             prodigall
             of
             his
             temporall
             fauours
             ,
             as
             to
             cause
             q
             
               his
               Sunne
               to
               arise
               on
               the
               euill
               as
               well
               as
               on
               the
               good
               ,
               and
               his
               raine
               to
               fall
               on
               the
               iust
               and
               on
               the
               vniust
            
             ;
             whereas
             these
             ,
             by
             their
             wils
             ,
             would
             haue
             the
             Sunne
             to
             warme
             ,
             and
             the
             raine
             to
             moisten
             no
             fields
             nor
             gardens
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             euill
             and
             vniust
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             their
             owne
             .
             What
             then
             can
             we
             thinke
             of
             them
             but
             as
             enemies
             both
             to
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             opposite
             both
             to
             Grace
             and
             Nature
             ?
             Salomon
             at
             the
             consecration
             of
             the
             Temple
             r
             making
             way
             for
             the
             peoples
             prayers
             by
             his
             owne
             ,
             for
             the
             remouing
             of
             common
             calamities
             ,
             setteth
             Famine
             in
             the
             fore-front
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             first
             and
             worst
             of
             all
             .
             What
             shall
             we
             thinke
             of
             them
             who
             pray
             for
             
             tht
             which
             Salomon
             prayed
             against
             ,
             esteeming
             that
             a
             benefit
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             curses
             that
             can
             fall
             on
             a
             Nation
             ?
             When
             God
             threatneth
             foure
             heauy
             iudgements
             on
             a
             Land
             ,
             wherein
             if
             these
             three
             Worthies
             ,
             
               Noah
               ,
               Iob
            
             ,
             and
             Daniel
             were
             ,
             a
             they
             should
             deliuer
             none
             but
             their
             owne
             soules
             ,
             he
             giueth
             the
             precedence
             vnto
             Famine
             .
             What
             then
             shall
             wee
             thinke
             of
             those
             who
             care
             not
             though
             
               Iob
               ,
               Noah
            
             ,
             and
             Daniel
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             righteous
             men
             in
             the
             Country
             starued
             ,
             so
             they
             may
             be
             filled
             ?
             When
             God
             by
             his
             Prophet
             makes
             a
             briefe
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             crying
             sinnes
             of
             Sodome
             ,
             this
             comes
             in
             at
             last
             ,
             not
             as
             the
             least
             of
             them
             ,
             b
             
               Manum
               pauperis
               &
               egentis
               non
               confirmauit
               ;
               Shee
               did
               not
               strengthen
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               poore
               and
               needy
               :
            
             It
             is
             not
             not
             said
             that
             shee
             weakned
             ,
             but
             that
             she
             did
             not
             strengthen
             ;
             &
             that
             not
             the
             heart
             ,
             but
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             poore
             and
             needy
             ;
             and
             yet
             God
             rained
             hell
             out
             of
             Heauen
             ,
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             on
             her
             to
             consume
             her
             .
             What
             then
             shall
             become
             of
             them
             who
             doe
             not
             strengthen
             ,
             but
             enfeeble
             ,
             not
             the
             hands
             ,
             but
             the
             hearts
             of
             their
             poore
             brethren
             ,
             by
             with-holding
             from
             them
             that
             which
             is
             the
             staffe
             of
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             (
             vnder
             God
             )
             the
             strength
             and
             life
             of
             their
             hearts
             ?
          
           
             And
             that
             these
             Cormorants
             are
             such
             enemies
             to
             the
             publike
             good
             ,
             
             all
             wise
             men
             who
             desired
             to
             procure
             it
             ,
             haue
             perceiued
             .
             Therefore
             this
             cursed
             practice
             of
             imprisoning
             the
             Countries
             prouision
             ,
             hath
             euer
             beene
             condemned
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Nations
             .
             These
             Cankars
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             were
             by
             the
             ancients
             branded
             with
             odious
             appellations
             ,
             commonly
             called
             by
             the
             old
             Romans
             ,
             Dardanarians
             ,
             vexers
             ,
             scourgers
             ,
             torturers
             ,
             of
             the
             store
             of
             the
             yeare
             .
             c
             These
             Dardanarians
             (
             saith
             Vlpian
             their
             great
             Ciuilian
             )
             are
             they
             who
             chiefly
             doe
             vex
             and
             persecute
             the
             annuall
             prouision
             ,
             against
             whose
             Auarice
             
             Princes
             and
             States
             haue
             alway
             opposed
             the
             barres
             of
             edicts
             and
             constitutions
             .
          
           
             
               There
               is
               extantan
               Epistle
               or
               Edict
               of
            
             Apollonius
             ,
             
               an
               ancient
               Gouernour
               ,
               against
               those
               scourgers
               of
               the
               Country
               ,
               by
               enforced
               Dearth
               and
               scarcity
               ;
               the
               beginning
               whereof
               ,
               in
               effect
               is
               this
            
             ;
             d
             The
             Earth
             
               (
               saith
               hee
            
             )
             is
             the
             common
             mother
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             therefore
             iust
             ,
             but
             you
             are
             vniust
             who
             would
             ingrosse
             her
             wholly
             to
             your selues
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             monopoly
             of
             the
             Common
             mother
             ,
             as
             if
             shee
             were
             bound
             to
             be
             a
             mother
             onely
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             a
             step-mother
             to
             all
             her
             children
             besides
             :
             but
             if
             you
             desist
             not
             from
             your
             doings
             ,
             I
             will
             take
             order
             that
             she
             shall
             not
             long
             be
             a
             mother
             vnto
             you
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             root
             you
             out
             of
             her
             ,
             as
             being
             vnworthy
             to
             be
             a
             burthen
             vnto
             her
             .
          
           
             I
             speake
             nothing
             of
             our
             Nationall
             Lawes
             ,
             because
             I
             speake
             before
             them
             ,
             who
             can
             better
             informe
             mee
             herein
             ,
             than
             I
             can
             others
             .
             The
             last
             Proclamation
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             booke
             ,
             published
             by
             authority
             ,
             for
             fuller
             declaration
             of
             his
             Maiesties
             minde
             and
             purpose
             ,
             for
             preuenting
             the
             Dearth
             by
             punishing
             these
             Dardanarians
             ,
             hath
             breathed
             some
             life
             into
             the
             poore
             Countrey
             ,
             from
             whom
             these
             doe
             labour
             to
             take
             away
             life
             ,
             by
             with-holding
             the
             stay
             thereof
             .
             God
             put
             it
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             Gouernours
             to
             act
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             enact
             ;
             to
             performe
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             proclaime
             ;
             that
             the
             Proclamation
             against
             these
             horders
             and
             hucksters
             be
             not
             like
             that
             
               Senatus
               consultum
            
             against
             the
             Mathematicians
             in
             Rome
             ,
             e
             
               Atrox
               at
               irritum
            
             ,
             fierce
             ,
             but
             effectlesse
             :
             and
             that
             these
             may
             not
             be
             among
             vs
             ,
             f
             as
             the
             Historian
             complained
             ,
             the
             others
             were
             among
             them
             ,
             a
             
               kinde
               of
               people
               alway
               condemned
               ,
               but
               euer
               repriued
               ,
            
             if
             not
             acquitted
             .
             Affliction
             is
             euer
             fearefull
             ,
             and
             misery
             still
             mistrusteth
             the
             worst
             :
             No
             maruell
             then
             if
             the
             poore
             people
             doe
             misdoubt
             ,
             because
             there
             seemeth
             a
             doore
             left
             open
             to
             these
             their
             oppressors
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             carry
             
             their
             life
             from
             them
             without
             license
             :
             wherefore
             finding
             after
             so
             much
             thunder
             by
             edicts
             ,
             little
             lightning
             by
             effects
             ,
             no
             lightening
             of
             their
             afflictions
             :
             they
             feare
             that
             they
             haue
             cause
             to
             complaine
             ,
             
               We
               are
               all
               the
               worse
               for
               licenses
               .
            
             These
             feares
             would
             soone
             be
             remoued
             ,
             and
             peraduenture
             these
             afflictions
             too
             ,
             if
             but
             one
             or
             two
             of
             the
             offenders
             in
             a
             Country
             were
             punished
             for
             terror
             to
             the
             rest
             ,
             
             as
             Pituanius
             and
             
               P.
               Martius
            
             were
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             Mathematicians
             and
             Magicians
             were
             banished
             out
             of
             Italy
             .
          
           
             Three
             sorts
             of
             people
             are
             found
             among
             vs
             ,
             
             guilty
             of
             this
             sinne
             ,
             and
             consequently
             lyable
             to
             the
             ensuing
             Curse
             :
             1.
             the
             greedy
             Farmar
             :
             2.
             
             The
             couetous
             Marchant
             :
             3.
             
             The
             cunning
             Huckster
             ,
             or
             Badger
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             called
             .
             I
             adde
             these
             Epithites
             to
             distinguish
             between
             the
             guilty
             and
             the
             guiltlesse
             in
             euery
             profession
             .
          
           
             The
             greedy
             Farmar
             sometimes
             with-holds
             Corne
             by
             selling
             it
             ;
             
             with-holding
             it
             from
             those
             who
             need
             it
             ,
             to
             sell
             it
             to
             those
             who
             will
             make
             greater
             profit
             by
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             needy
             shall
             more
             need
             it
             :
             For
             who
             so
             selleth
             at
             a
             price
             too
             high
             for
             the
             poore
             ,
             hee
             with-holds
             it
             from
             the
             poore
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             meat
             from
             a
             childe
             ,
             who
             sets
             it
             on
             a
             shelfe
             whereto
             hee
             cannot
             reach
             .
             Now
             what
             is
             this
             ,
             but
             
               Captare
               pretia
               frumenti
            
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             price
             too
             heauie
             ,
             when
             either
             hee
             will
             not
             send
             it
             to
             the
             Market
             ,
             or
             if
             hee
             send
             ,
             will
             not
             sell
             but
             at
             his
             owne
             price
             ?
          
           
             Thou
             sayest
             ,
             I
             thresh
             out
             my
             Corne
             as
             fast
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             and
             doe
             fell
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             am
             not
             guilty
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             with-holder
             of
             Corne.
             Thou
             sellest
             ,
             but
             to
             whom
             ?
             to
             the
             poore
             ?
             No
             ,
             vnlesse
             as
             the
             Iewes
             did
             ,
             of
             whom
             Amos
             complained
             ,
             that
             they
             sold
             the
             refuse
             of
             the
             Wheat
             ,
             and
             yet
             at
             the
             price
             of
             the
             best
             ,
             as
             if
             thou
             wouldest
             adde
             to
             the
             badnesse
             of
             the
             graine
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             measure
             ,
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             the
             
             price
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             sorry
             satisfaction
             .
             Thou
             sellest
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             whom
             ?
             to
             them
             who
             helpe
             thee
             to
             sell
             the
             rest
             the
             deerer
             ,
             to
             the
             Merchant
             or
             Badger
             ,
             who
             by
             exporting
             or
             transporting
             it
             farther
             ,
             doe
             cause
             it
             to
             be
             scarser
             and
             deerer
             at
             home
             .
             Thou
             sellest
             it
             ,
             but
             where
             ?
             at
             home
             ,
             in
             priuate
             ,
             and
             so
             causest
             the
             Markets
             to
             be
             vnfurnished
             .
             For
             how
             canst
             thou
             haue
             time
             to
             thresh
             for
             the
             Market
             ,
             when
             all
             is
             too
             little
             to
             thresh
             for
             the
             Merchant
             ,
             whom
             thou
             hast
             promised
             to
             furnish
             with
             so
             many
             scores
             of
             bushels
             by
             such
             a
             day
             .
             The
             Markets
             are
             the
             Commons
             of
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             and
             of
             many
             who
             vse
             good
             hospitality
             ;
             let
             them
             be
             inclosed
             ,
             soone
             will
             these
             grow
             leane
             :
             The
             Markets
             are
             their
             Magazines
             ;
             if
             the
             poore
             buyers
             be
             not
             there
             prouided
             ,
             how
             shall
             their
             wants
             be
             supplied
             ?
             The
             Markets
             are
             their
             Wels
             ,
             if
             the
             couetous
             Farmers
             dry
             vp
             these
             ,
             as
             the
             enuious
             Philistims
             did
             the
             Wels
             of
             Isaac
             ,
             these
             poore
             sheepe
             must
             needs
             perish
             .
             Thou
             sellest
             ,
             but
             in
             what
             manner
             ?
             In
             grosse
             ,
             or
             by
             such
             quantities
             as
             the
             poore
             cannot
             accomplish
             ;
             whereas
             if
             thou
             wilt
             shunne
             the
             curse
             threatned
             ,
             and
             obtaine
             the
             blessing
             promised
             ,
             thou
             must
             doe
             as
             the
             Word
             importeth
             in
             the
             second
             part
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
             
               Perfringere
               frumenta
            
             ,
             breake
             it
             out
             from
             the
             heape
             by
             small
             parcels
             ,
             as
             the
             poore
             doe
             need
             for
             the
             present
             and
             are
             able
             to
             compasse
             .
             
               Breake
               thy
               Bread
               to
               the
               hungry
            
             ;
             so
             breake
             thy
             Corne
             by
             halfe
             bushels
             ,
             by
             peckes
             ,
             by
             gallons
             to
             the
             needy
             ,
             as
             their
             ability
             meeteth
             with
             their
             necessity
             .
             To
             set
             a
             whole
             loafe
             before
             a
             childe
             who
             hath
             neither
             strength
             to
             breake
             ,
             nor
             knife
             to
             cut
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             feed
             him
             ,
             but
             to
             famish
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             vancquainted
             with
             some
             of
             their
             Apologies
             :
             I
             haue
             made
             a
             Purchase
             ,
             or
             taken
             a
             Lease
             ,
             or
             bought
             so
             much
             at
             a
             suruey
             to
             be
             paid
             on
             such
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             sell
             many
             Bushels
             together
             to
             make
             vp
             a
             good
             summe
             of
             money
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tarry
             the
             leasure
             
             of
             these
             lingring
             Markets
             .
             All
             this
             while
             I
             heare
             no
             arguments
             but
             drawne
             from
             the
             common
             place
             of
             thine
             owne
             profit
             ;
             and
             thou
             maiest
             remember
             that
             the
             buying
             of
             a
             Farme
             ,
             and
             a
             yoke
             of
             Oxen
             excluded
             the
             vnworthy
             guests
             from
             the
             great
             marriage
             Feast
             ;
             these
             excuses
             are
             worse
             .
             Thou
             hast
             made
             a
             purchase
             ,
             and
             the
             calamity
             of
             the
             Countrey
             must
             pay
             for
             it
             :
             thou
             hast
             bought
             a
             bargaine
             ,
             and
             thy
             poore
             brethren
             ,
             their
             wiues
             and
             children
             must
             pinch
             for
             it
             .
             A
             bad
             bargaine
             (
             bare-gaine
             it
             may
             well
             be
             called
             )
             to
             buy
             the
             curses
             of
             God
             and
             man.
             Say
             not
             that
             I
             condemne
             purchasing
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             no
             purchaser
             ,
             God
             grant
             I
             neuer
             bee
             in
             such
             manner
             .
             Buy
             Farmes
             ,
             take
             Leases
             ,
             make
             bargaines
             for
             Oxen
             ,
             Cattell
             ,
             Corne
             ,
             or
             what
             you
             will
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             you
             wrong
             not
             your
             own
             soules
             ,
             which
             you
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             doe
             ,
             if
             you
             wrong
             or
             pinch
             the
             poore
             members
             of
             the
             Sauiour
             of
             soules
             .
          
           
             The
             couetous
             Marchant
             is
             also
             free
             of
             the
             company
             of
             these
             Corne-catchers
             .
             
             Hee
             with-holds
             Corn
             from
             the
             poore
             ,
             by
             drawing
             it
             from
             Markets
             ,
             to
             export
             it
             ,
             or
             transport
             it
             into
             other
             parts
             or
             places
             whether
             neerer
             or
             more
             remote
             ;
             especially
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             regard
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             charity
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             saue
             his
             owne
             gaine
             ,
             which
             to
             him
             is
             godlinesse
             .
             
               Tros
               ,
               Tyriusque
            
             ,
             Protestant
             ,
             Papist
             ,
             Mahumetan
             ,
             English
             ,
             French
             ,
             Spanish
             ,
             Barbarian
             ,
             all
             are
             alike
             to
             him
             ,
             so
             hee
             may
             gaine
             by
             them
             .
             The
             sauour
             of
             lucre
             is
             sweet
             to
             him
             ,
             though
             raked
             out
             of
             the
             puddle
             of
             the
             most
             filthy
             profession
             in
             Europe
             ,
             or
             in
             all
             the
             world
             .
             Mistake
             me
             not
             ,
             I
             traduce
             not
             the
             calling
             ,
             not
             onely
             lawfull
             ,
             but
             laudible
             ,
             I
             may
             adde
             ,
             honourable
             ,
             the
             second
             supporter
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             Not
             the
             Lyon
             and
             the
             Vnicorue
             ,
             but
             the
             Plough
             and
             the
             Ship
             ,
             vnder
             God
             ,
             are
             the
             supporters
             of
             the
             Crowne
             .
             The
             Marchants
             by
             their
             
             trauels
             and
             aduentures
             ioyne
             together
             forraigne
             Nations
             which
             the
             Sea
             hath
             set
             farre
             asunder
             ;
             they
             make
             remote
             Countries
             to
             bee
             ours
             vpon
             the
             matter
             ,
             causing
             their
             commodities
             to
             bee
             ours
             ;
             casting
             with
             their
             Ships
             such
             a
             Bridge
             ouer
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             that
             the
             chiefest
             ,
             profits
             of
             both
             the
             Indies
             doe
             come
             home
             to
             our
             houses
             .
             I
             haue
             often
             yearned
             that
             they
             haue
             beene
             no
             better
             considered
             of
             ,
             but
             suffered
             to
             be
             a
             prey
             to
             Dunkers
             abroad
             ,
             and
             to
             as
             bad
             at
             home
             .
             I
             know
             that
             it
             is
             lawfull
             to
             transport
             our
             commodities
             ,
             particularly
             our
             Corne
             into
             other
             Nations
             ,
             vpon
             some
             conditions
             ,
             as
             other
             Nations
             doe
             make
             vs
             partakers
             of
             their
             profits
             :
             yea
             ,
             this
             sometimes
             may
             be
             done
             to
             those
             who
             are
             of
             another
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             an
             euill
             Religion
             .
             Nature
             teacheth
             this
             :
             The
             Aegyptians
             releeued
             the
             Israelites
             in
             the
             Famine
             ,
             g
             though
             it
             were
             an
             abomination
             to
             the
             Aegyptians
             ,
             in
             their
             peeuish
             superstition
             ,
             to
             eat
             bread
             with
             the
             Hebrewes
             ,
             yet
             they
             would
             ,
             in
             common
             humanity
             ,
             afford
             them
             bread
             to
             eat
             by
             themselues
             .
             But
             this
             I
             affirme
             ;
             to
             famish
             English
             ,
             and
             to
             feed
             French
             or
             Spanish
             ;
             to
             starue
             brethren
             ,
             and
             to
             nourish
             enemies
             ;
             to
             pinch
             the
             members
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             preserue
             the
             limbs
             of
             Antichrist
             ;
             to
             thriue
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Saints
             ,
             and
             life
             of
             reprobates
             ;
             this
             cannot
             possibly
             escape
             a
             curse
             ;
             and
             all
             Marchants
             that
             vse
             such
             courses
             ,
             I
             can
             say
             no
             better
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             a
             blessed
             Saint
             said
             at
             least
             three
             hundred
             yeares
             sithence
             ,
             
             They
             are
             all
             
               Mercatores
               humanarum
               calamitatum●…
            
             Merchants
             of
             mens
             calamities
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             sort
             are
             these
             whom
             we
             call
             Badgers
             of
             Corne
             ,
             
             who
             were
             not
             to
             be
             condemned
             for
             conueying
             Corne
             from
             those
             places
             where
             it
             may
             well
             be
             spared
             ,
             to
             other
             places
             within
             the
             Countrey
             where
             there
             is
             more
             want
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             not
             procure
             want
             in
             those
             places
             where
             it
             doth
             abound
             ,
             nor
             
             forestall
             the
             Markets
             ,
             but
             would
             take
             that
             which
             the
             Markets
             doe
             leaue
             ,
             nor
             raise
             the
             price
             to
             make
             the
             poore
             to
             smart
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Sufficient
             hath
             beene
             said
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             to
             shew
             the
             impietie
             ,
             the
             inhumanity
             ,
             the
             iniustice
             of
             this
             sin
             of
             procuring
             a
             Dearth
             by
             with-holding
             Corne
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             a
             lawlesse
             rebell
             against
             the
             laws
             of
             Grace
             ,
             of
             Nature
             ,
             
             of
             Nations
             .
             Let
             this
             be
             farther
             added
             and
             considered
             ,
             that
             this
             oppression
             is
             the
             more
             cruell
             ,
             and
             this
             cruelty
             the
             more
             heauy
             in
             our
             Land
             ,
             where
             Corne
             serueth
             both
             for
             Bread
             and
             Drinke
             ;
             whereas
             other
             Countries
             by
             the
             benefits
             of
             the
             soile
             doe
             abound
             with
             wine
             ;
             or
             because
             of
             the
             heate
             of
             the
             Climate
             ,
             are
             contented
             with
             water
             .
             But
             among
             vs
             these
             with-holders
             of
             Corne
             doe
             doubly
             plague
             the
             poore
             people
             ,
             staruing
             them
             with
             hunger
             ,
             and
             choaking
             them
             with
             thirst
             ;
             depriuing
             them
             of
             that
             which
             they
             should
             both
             eat
             and
             drinke
             .
             Our
             children
             doe
             not
             say
             vnto
             their
             mothers
             ,
             
             
               Where
               is
               Corne
               and
               Wine
            
             ?
             Keepe
             you
             the
             Wine
             ,
             giue
             vnto
             their
             Mothers
             Corne
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             finde
             in
             it
             both
             bread
             and
             drinke
             that
             shall
             content
             them
             as
             well
             as
             wine
             .
             But
             denie
             them
             Corne
             ,
             you
             take
             from
             them
             bread
             ,
             drinke
             ,
             life
             and
             all
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             curses
             of
             these
             Corn-mungers
             are
             likely
             to
             be
             doubled
             ;
             for
             that
             is
             the
             recompence
             they
             must
             expect
             for
             their
             cursed
             couetousnesse
             ,
             namely
             ,
             curses
             :
             and
             as
             the
             mischiefe
             is
             common
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             iustly
             pursued
             with
             a
             common
             curse
             ,
             the
             curses
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             
               The
               People
               shall
               curse
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
           
             THE
             SECOND
             SERMON
             .
          
           
             
               PRO.
               11.
               26.
               
            
             
               The
               People
               shall
               curse
               him
               .
            
          
           
             THE
             sinne
             and
             the
             odiousnesse
             thereof
             to
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             hath
             beene
             (
             in
             part
             )
             discouered
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             shunned
             ;
             and
             shunned
             it
             will
             be
             the
             sooner
             ,
             if
             the
             iudgement
             threatned
             be
             seriously
             considered
             ;
             which
             iudgement
             is
             expressed
             in
             these
             words
             :
             
               The
               People
               shall
               curse
               him
               .
            
          
           
             Populares
             ]
             So
             Iunius
             with
             some
             others
             ,
             
             doe
             render
             the
             word
             ,
             the
             Commons
             ;
             or
             Popul●●…
             ,
             as
             most
             doe
             reade
             ,
             the
             People
             ,
             implying
             a
             collectiue
             curse
             ;
             as
             if
             there
             were
             a
             gathering
             of
             curses
             ouer
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             none
             (
             saue
             such
             as
             himselfe
             )
             refused
             to
             contribute
             curses
             towards
             him
             .
             Not
             one
             man
             ,
             not
             a
             few
             ,
             but
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             (
             as
             with
             Hue-and-Cry
             )
             shall
             pursue
             him
             with
             curses
             .
             Execrabuntur
             ,
             shall
             curse
             and
             banne
             him
             ;
             or
             Maledicent
             ,
             
             shall
             say
             all
             euill
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             pray
             that
             euill
             may
             befall
             him
             .
             The
             Originall
             word
             is
             very
             Emphaticall
             ,
             Persodient
             ,
             they
             shall
             digge
             ,
             or
             stab
             ,
             or
             runne
             him
             thorow
             with
             curses
             .
             A
             Metaphor
             borrowed
             from
             digging
             or
             stabbing
             ;
             as
             who
             should
             say
             ,
             the
             people
             with
             their
             curses
             shall
             digge
             on
             him
             ,
             as
             with
             Mattockes
             ,
             or
             runne
             him
             thorow
             ,
             as
             with
             Rapiers
             .
          
           
             A
             common
             crime
             still
             drawes
             on
             a
             common
             curse
             .
             
             God
             ,
             in
             iustice
             doth
             vse
             to
             proportion
             the
             punishment
             to
             the
             offence
             .
             Who
             so
             hurteth
             or
             oppresseth
             many
             ,
             must
             looke
             to
             bee
             cried
             out
             against
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             cursed
             by
             many
             .
             The
             wings
             of
             their
             punishment
             shall
             spread
             as
             farre
             as
             the
             tallands
             of
             their
             oppression
             ,
             their
             iudgement
             shall
             be
             of
             equall
             dimensions
             with
             their
             transgressions
             .
             Our
             Dearth-mongers
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             procurers
             of
             a
             common
             calamitie
             ,
             must
             looke
             to
             be
             pursued
             with
             a
             common
             out-cry
             ,
             the
             whole
             Country
             shal
             stab
             them
             with
             cursings
             ,
             as
             they
             seeke
             to
             stab
             it
             with
             staruing
             .
          
           
             But
             is
             this
             such
             a
             punishment
             to
             be
             hunted
             with
             the
             clamours
             and
             curses
             of
             the
             people
             ?
             Doubtlesse
             it
             is
             ,
             when
             those
             curses
             are
             iustly
             caused
             by
             wrongs
             done
             vnto
             the
             people
             .
             In
             such
             cases
             we
             may
             safely
             lay
             downe
             this
             assertion
             ,
             
             that
             
               The
               Peoples
               curse
               ,
               iustly
               procured
               ,
               is
               a
               fearefull
               iudgement
               .
            
          
           
             Hardly
             can
             there
             be
             a
             greater
             plague
             ,
             
             then
             to
             be
             pursued
             by
             the
             clamours
             and
             curses
             of
             the
             people
             for
             oppressing
             them
             .
             Here
             we
             must
             distinguish
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             the
             more
             safely
             teach
             :
             The
             peoples
             curse
             is
             two-fold
             ,
             
             either
             caused
             ,
             or
             causelesse
             ;
             iust
             ,
             or
             vniust
             ;
             either
             iustly
             procured
             by
             some
             reall
             wrong
             insticted
             on
             them
             ;
             
             or
             vniustly
             vented
             out
             of
             error
             or
             malice
             ,
             where
             no
             iust
             cause
             hath
             been
             giuen
             .
             Salomon
             himselfe
             affordeth
             vs
             this
             distinction
             ,
             saying
             ,
             a
             
               As
               the
               Bird
               by
               wandring
               ,
               and
               the
               Swallow
               by
               flying
               ,
               doe
               escape
               ,
               
               so
               the
               causelesse
               curse
               shal
               not
               come
               to
               passe
               .
            
             b
             Where
             he
             sheweth
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             causelesse
             curse
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             to
             be
             feared
             :
             when
             people
             out
             of
             spleene
             ,
             or
             because
             their
             corrupt
             humors
             are
             not
             satisfied
             ,
             doe
             flye
             to
             the
             fooles
             Asylum
             ,
             or
             shelter
             of
             execrations
             or
             curses
             .
             Such
             are
             the
             curses
             of
             some
             impudent
             and
             insatiable
             beggars
             :
             such
             are
             the
             curses
             of
             some
             desperate
             malefactors
             against
             the
             Iudges
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             sentenced
             according
             to
             Lawes
             and
             their
             deseruings
             :
             such
             are
             the
             curses
             of
             Roarers
             ,
             sonnes
             of
             Belial
             ,
             against
             zealous
             Ministers
             ,
             for
             discharging
             their
             duties
             .
             Hence
             Ieremy
             complained
             ,
             that
             hee
             was
             causelesly
             cursed
             ;
             c
             
               I
               haue
               not
               lent
               on
               vsury
               ,
               neither
               haue
               men
               lent
               to
               mee
               on
               vsury
               ,
               yet
               euery
               one
               doth
               curse
               mee
               .
            
          
           
             d
             And
             it
             is
             not
             vnprobable
             that
             some
             of
             you
             (
             worthy
             Magistrates
             )
             for
             diligence
             in
             doing
             your
             duties
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             laudable
             endeuours
             to
             furnish
             the
             Markets
             by
             drawing
             forth
             the
             Corne
             out
             of
             the
             bands
             of
             horders
             ,
             and
             the
             hands
             of
             hucksters
             ,
             shall
             carry
             away
             some
             curses
             from
             the
             mouches
             or
             in
             the
             mindes
             ,
             of
             these
             mizars
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             vnlikely
             ,
             but
             that
             some
             of
             them
             (
             such
             is
             their
             charity
             )
             will
             reward
             you
             with
             curses
             ,
             euen
             for
             this
             your
             care
             to
             preuent
             the
             curses
             of
             the
             people
             vpon
             them
             .
             But
             be
             not
             discouraged
             ,
             Salomon
             hath
             secured
             you
             against
             such
             airie
             execrations
             .
             These
             breath-bullets
             shall
             not
             pierce
             you
             ;
             these
             Speares
             of
             Reed
             ,
             and
             Swords
             of
             Bull-rushes
             shall
             not
             so
             much
             as
             pricke
             your
             reputations
             ,
             much
             lesse
             your
             consciences
             .
             
             The
             bubbles
             of
             such
             curses
             shall
             fall
             into
             the
             faces
             and
             eyes
             of
             those
             who
             blow
             them
             vp
             :
             like
             mad-men
             they
             runne
             at
             you
             with
             the
             hilt
             ,
             but
             the
             point
             of
             the
             sword
             runneth
             into
             their
             owne
             brest
             .
             Let
             that
             bee
             your
             refuge
             which
             was
             Dauids
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ,
             euen
             flying
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             e
             
               Let
               them
               curse
               ,
               but
               blesse
               thou
               .
            
             Say
             
             you
             by
             them
             as
             he
             did
             by
             Shimei
             ,
             when
             hee
             cursed
             him
             ,
             f
             
               God
               will
               requite
               good
               for
               such
               cursing
               .
            
             If
             for
             doing
             Iustice
             ,
             you
             bee
             vniustly
             pursued
             with
             virulent
             tongues
             ,
             the
             same
             promise
             appertaineth
             vnto
             you
             ,
             which
             the
             fountaine
             of
             blessednesse
             hath
             made
             vnto
             vs
             :
             g
             
               Blessed
               are
               yee
               when
               men
               reuile
               you
               ,
               and
               say
               all
               manner
               of
               euill
               against
               you
               falsely
               .
               Reioyce
               and
               be
               glad
               ,
               for
               great
               is
               your
               reward
               in
               heauen
               .
            
             Their
             curses
             are
             but
             like
             the
             
               Popes
               Bruta
               fulmina
            
             ,
             his
             banning
             Buls
             ,
             which
             the
             more
             lowdly
             they
             bellowed
             against
             Queene
             Elizabeth
             ,
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ,
             the
             better
             she
             prospered
             ,
             the
             more
             she
             was
             blessed
             h
          
           
             Therefore
             ,
             i
             
               Feare
               not
               the
               reproach
               of
               men
               ,
               neither
               be
               afraid
               of
               their
               reuilings
            
             ;
             but
             ,
             k
             
               Sanctifie
               the
               Lord
               of
               Hoasts
               himselfe
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               your
               feare
               ,
               let
               him
               bee
               your
               dread
               .
            
             Rest
             in
             the
             blessing
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             l
             
               Who
               hath
               blessed
               vs
               with
               all
               Spirituall
               blessings
               in
               heauenly
               things
               in
               Christ
               .
            
             Let
             these
             causelesse
             curses
             be
             so
             farre
             from
             hindering
             or
             disheartning
             you
             in
             your
             lawfull
             courses
             ,
             as
             that
             you
             doe
             rather
             reioyce
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             binde
             them
             as
             crownes
             to
             your
             heads
             ;
             and
             be
             you
             assured
             that
             the
             promise
             God
             made
             to
             Abraham
             ,
             belongeth
             to
             euery
             childe
             of
             his
             ,
             continuing
             in
             his
             faith
             and
             obedience
             ,
             and
             so
             particularly
             vnto
             you
             ,
             m
             
               I
               will
               blesse
               them
               that
               blesse
               thee
               ,
               and
               will
               curse
               him
               that
               curseth
               thee
               .
            
          
           
             Contrariwise
             ,
             formidable
             is
             that
             curse
             which
             is
             extorted
             by
             oppression
             ,
             
             and
             vented
             forth
             from
             a
             brest
             surcharged
             with
             vexation
             .
             No
             Iron
             Bullet
             ,
             driuen
             by
             the
             strongest
             powder
             ,
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             Cannon
             ,
             is
             more
             terrible
             and
             tearing
             .
             Such
             a
             curse
             being
             shot
             from
             earth
             ,
             mounteth
             vp
             to
             heauen
             ;
             and
             being
             sent
             vp
             from
             man
             ,
             is
             sealed
             by
             God.
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             common
             people
             doe
             commonly
             erre
             and
             offend
             herein
             ;
             their
             curses
             ,
             many
             times
             are
             their
             fooles-bolts
             ,
             shot
             without
             ayme
             ,
             and
             falling
             
             without
             hurt
             ,
             saue
             to
             themselues
             .
             But
             many
             times
             they
             are
             enforced
             ,
             by
             grieuous
             pressures
             ,
             to
             shoot
             these
             arrowes
             against
             their
             oppressors
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             hit
             surely
             ,
             and
             wound
             deepely
             .
             In
             this
             case
             the
             people
             haue
             a
             legatiue
             power
             like
             the
             Pastors
             ,
             
               What
               they
               binde
               on
               earth
               ,
               is
               bound
               in
               heauen
               .
            
             Here
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             especially
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             God
             of
             the
             people
             .
             Therefore
             wee
             finde
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             the
             curse
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             a
             woe
             from
             God
             ,
             are
             all
             one
             vpon
             the
             reckoning
             .
             Our
             Wise
             man
             saith
             ,
             in
             this
             booke
             ,
             n
             
               Hee
               that
               saith
               vnto
               the
               wicked
               ,
               thou
               art
               righteous
               ,
               the
               people
               shall
               curse
               him
               .
            
             The
             Prophet
             Isay
             ,
             inueighing
             against
             the
             same
             sinne
             ,
             saith
             ,
             o
             
               VVoe
               to
               him
               that
               iustifieth
               the
               wicked
               for
               a
               reward
               .
            
             Here
             you
             see
             that
             God
             addeth
             a
             woe
             to
             that
             sinne
             whereon
             the
             people
             doe
             affix
             a
             curse
             :
             a
             curse
             extorted
             from
             them
             is
             sealed
             with
             a
             woe
             denounced
             by
             Him
             ;
             p
             whose
             curses
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             neuer
             discharged
             without
             iust
             cause
             ,
             so
             they
             neuer
             returne
             without
             effect
             .
          
           
             Heare
             and
             tremble
             all
             ye
             Nimrods
             ,
             
             all
             you
             rough-handed
             Esawes
             ,
             
             grinders
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             oppressors
             of
             the
             people
             .
             Thinke
             not
             to
             fillip
             off
             these
             curses
             which
             your
             cruelties
             haue
             squeised
             from
             them
             ,
             
             with
             
               Tush
               ,
               what
               care
               I
               what
               the
               people
               say
               ?
            
             The
             
               Fox
               ,
               the
               more
               he
               is
               cursed
               ,
               the
               better
               he
               fares
               .
            
             q
             Let
             them
             curse
             and
             spare
             not
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             such
             curses
             doe
             fill
             my
             Coffers
             .
             Know
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             curse
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             iustly
             caused
             ,
             is
             a
             vapor
             exhaled
             from
             earth
             ;
             or
             rather
             indeed
             a
             thunder
             ,
             which
             causeth
             a
             thunder-bolt
             to
             be
             cast
             downe
             from
             heauen
             .
             Let
             the
             oppressor
             poste
             from
             it
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             it
             shall
             ouertake
             him
             (
             r
             as
             the
             arrow
             of
             Iehu
             did
             Iehoram
             )
             and
             smite
             him
             betweene
             his
             armes
             ,
             
             and
             runne
             thorow
             his
             heart
             ;
             let
             him
             fence
             himselfe
             with
             the
             best
             amunition
             that
             
             hee
             may
             ,
             it
             shall
             pierce
             him
             thorow
             .
             No
             coate
             of
             male
             shall
             rebate
             the
             edge
             ,
             no
             armour
             of
             proofe
             shall
             beare
             off
             the
             stroke
             of
             the
             peoples
             curse
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             edged
             with
             iustly
             conceiued
             passion
             and
             backed
             by
             the
             Almighties
             approbation
             .
             Wise
             men
             therefore
             will
             hearken
             vnto
             the
             counsell
             of
             wise
             Syrachides
             ;
             ſ
             
               Make
               not
               an
               hungry
               soule
               sorrowfull
               ,
               neither
               prouoke
               a
               man
               that
               is
               in
               distres
               .
               Adde
               not
               more
               trouble
               to
               an
               heart
               that
               is
               vexed
               ,
               defer
               not
               to
               giue
               to
               him
               that
               is
               in
               need
               .
               Turne
               not
               thine
               eyes
               from
               the
               needy
               ,
               and
               giue
               him
               no
               occasion
               to
               curse
               thee
               ;
               for
               if
               he
               curse
               thee
               in
               the
               bitternesse
               of
               his
               soule
               ,
               his
               prayer
               shall
               be
               heard
               of
               him
               that
               made
               him
               .
            
          
           
             And
             among
             all
             grinders
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             
             tremble
             you
             who
             with-hold
             from
             them
             that
             which
             they
             should
             grinde
             for
             the
             necessary
             sustenance
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             grinde
             them
             the
             more
             ,
             because
             you
             keepe
             them
             from
             grinding
             .
             You
             rurall
             Tyrants
             ,
             who
             ,
             by
             with-holding
             your
             Corne
             ,
             doe
             enforce
             the
             miserable
             people
             to
             flie
             to
             their
             for
             lorne
             hope
             of
             ringing
             a
             peale
             of
             curses
             ,
             against
             your
             couetousnesse
             ,
             in
             the
             eares
             of
             the
             Almighty
             .
             If
             z
             
               the
               hire
               of
               the
               labourers
               ,
               who
               haue
               reaped
               downe
               your
               fields
               ,
               being
               by
               fraud
               kept
               backe
               ,
               cryeth
               ,
               and
               those
               cries
               doe
               enter
               into
               the
               eares
               of
               the
               Lord
               of
               Sabboth
               :
            
             then
             doubtlesse
             ,
             the
             deserued
             curses
             of
             those
             who
             are
             ready
             to
             perish
             ,
             because
             you
             will
             not
             so
             much
             as
             fell
             vnto
             them
             that
             which
             they
             laboured
             to
             reape
             ,
             and
             to
             saue
             for
             you
             ,
             and
             which
             without
             the
             sweat
             of
             their
             browes
             ,
             and
             galling
             of
             their
             hands
             ,
             you
             could
             not
             haue
             saued
             ,
             doe
             sound
             like
             a
             volley
             of
             shot
             in
             the
             eares
             of
             the
             God
             of
             mercies
             ,
             and
             will
             awake
             him
             to
             take
             vengeance
             on
             your
             cursed
             cruelties
             .
             u
             
               If
               any
               widdow
               or
               fatherlesse
               childe
               be
               afflicted
               by
               thee
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Lord
             )
             
               and
               in
               their
               affliction
               doe
               at
               all
               cry
               vnto
               me
               ,
               I
               will
               surely
               heare
               their
               cry
               ,
               and
               my
               wrath
               shall
               wax
               hot
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               kill
               you
               with
               
               the
               Sword
               ,
               and
               your
               wiues
               shall
               bee
               widdowes
               ,
               and
               your
               children
               fatherlesse
               .
            
             Will
             God
             heare
             the
             cry
             of
             one
             widdow
             ,
             of
             one
             fatherlesse
             childe
             ,
             being
             afflicted
             ,
             and
             can
             his
             eares
             be
             shut
             at
             the
             generall
             cry
             of
             the
             whole
             multitude
             ,
             among
             whom
             are
             so
             many
             widdowes
             ,
             so
             many
             Orphans
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             (
             doubtlesse
             )
             his
             owne
             children
             ,
             the
             sonnes
             and
             daughters
             of
             his
             deare
             Saints
             ,
             the
             linely
             members
             of
             his
             onely
             begotten
             sonne
             Christ
             Iesus
             ?
          
           
             And
             that
             these
             enforced
             curses
             are
             not
             alwayes
             effectlesse
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             
             witnesse
             the
             fearefull
             iudgements
             which
             God
             hath
             inflicted
             on
             some
             Nabals
             for
             terror
             vnto
             others
             .
             I
             could
             tell
             you
             old
             Chronicle-stories
             out
             of
             
               Matthew
               Paris
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             of
             terrible
             examples
             in
             our
             owne
             Land
             ,
             vpon
             offenders
             in
             this
             kinde
             .
             
             As
             that
             of
             
               Walter
               Grey
            
             ,
             an
             Archbishop
             of
             Yorke
             ,
             in
             the
             yeare
             of
             grace
             ,
             1234.
             
             Who
             hauing
             fiue
             yeares
             Corne
             vnder-hand
             ,
             would
             not
             thresh
             it
             out
             for
             the
             releefe
             of
             the
             poore
             in
             three
             yeeres
             famine
             ,
             hoping
             still
             that
             the
             price
             would
             encrease
             .
             Being
             aduertised
             by
             his
             Officers
             that
             it
             was
             greatly
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             lest
             the
             Corne
             were
             consumed
             by
             Mice
             ,
             
             he
             willed
             them
             to
             deliuer
             it
             to
             the
             Husband-men
             ,
             who
             dwelt
             in
             his
             Mannor
             ,
             vpon
             condition
             that
             they
             should
             pay
             him
             as
             much
             new
             Wheat
             for
             it
             after
             Haruest
             .
             They
             attempting
             to
             take
             downe
             a
             great
             mow
             of
             Corne
             which
             hee
             had
             at
             Rippon
             ,
             saw
             the
             heads
             of
             many
             Snakes
             ,
             and
             Toads
             ,
             and
             other
             venemous
             creatures
             peering
             out
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             sheaues
             .
             This
             being
             related
             to
             the
             Archbishop
             ,
             hee
             sent
             his
             Steward
             with
             diuers
             of
             good
             credite
             to
             enquire
             the
             truth
             thereof
             ,
             who
             seeing
             what
             others
             had
             seene
             ,
             enforced
             ,
             not
             withstanding
             ,
             certaine
             poore
             men
             to
             goe
             vp
             to
             the
             top
             with
             ladders
             .
             They
             were
             scarcely
             vp
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             a
             great
             smoake
             arising
             out
             of
             the
             corne
             ,
             and
             felt
             withall
             
             a
             loathsome
             stinke
             ,
             which
             compelled
             them
             with
             all
             haste
             possible
             to
             hye
             them
             downe
             againe
             :
             Moreouer
             ,
             they
             heard
             an
             vnknowne
             voyce
             saying
             vnto
             them
             ,
             
               Let
               the
               Corne
               alone
               ,
               for
               the
               Archbishop
               and
               all
               that
               he
               hath
               ,
               belongeth
               to
               the
               Diuell
               .
            
             In
             fine
             (
             saith
             the
             Story
             )
             they
             were
             faine
             to
             build
             a
             wall
             about
             the
             corne
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             set
             it
             on
             fire
             ,
             fearing
             lest
             such
             an
             huge
             number
             of
             venemous
             creatures
             should
             empoison
             ,
             at
             least
             annoy
             the
             whole
             Country
             .
             I
             could
             tell
             you
             out
             of
             forraine
             Authors
             ,
             of
             a
             x
             German
             Bishop
             ,
             who
             in
             time
             of
             dearth
             kept
             in
             his
             Corne
             ,
             and
             called
             the
             poore
             which
             came
             about
             him
             begging
             reliefe
             ,
             the
             Rats
             and
             Mice
             which
             deuoured
             his
             Corne.
             But
             God
             retorted
             his
             malicious
             scomme
             vpon
             his
             owne
             head
             ;
             
             for
             he
             himselfe
             was
             soone
             after
             deuoured
             aliue
             by
             Rats
             and
             Mice
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             he
             immured
             himselfe
             in
             a
             strong
             Tower
             ,
             which
             is
             reported
             to
             be
             yet
             standing
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             name
             it
             beareth
             to
             retaine
             a
             memoriall
             of
             the
             strange
             Iudgement
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             rather
             preferre
             to
             your
             consideration
             the
             pious
             action
             of
             y
             Ethelwald
             ,
             a
             Bishop
             of
             Winchester
             ,
             before
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             great
             Dearth
             ,
             did
             breake
             vp
             all
             the
             Plate
             belonging
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             gaue
             it
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Church
               in
               good
               time
               might
               be
               prouided
               of
               necessary
               ornaments
               ,
               but
               the
               poore
               that
               perished
               for
               want
               of
               food
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               recouered
               .
            
          
           
             But
             these
             examples
             of
             ancient
             times
             doe
             lesse
             affect
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             held
             fabulous
             .
             z
             That
             God
             hath
             made
             the
             curses
             of
             the
             poore
             effectuall
             vpon
             such
             couetous
             Corne-horders
             ,
             euen
             in
             recent
             remembrance
             ,
             may
             appeare
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             this
             cursed
             
             crue
             haue
             become
             their
             owne
             executioners
             ,
             and
             in
             kindnesse
             haue
             saued
             the
             Hang-man
             a
             labour
             by
             haltering
             themselues
             ,
             when
             contrary
             to
             their
             expectation
             ,
             the
             price
             of
             corne
             hath
             sodainly
             fallen
             :
             and
             this
             both
             in
             other
             Countries
             ,
             and
             among
             vs
             ,
             as
             a
             Diuines
             of
             good
             reputation
             haue
             deliuered
             vpon
             their
             owne
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             But
             worst
             of
             all
             will
             be
             ,
             
             when
             Christ
             at
             the
             great
             and
             terrible
             day
             of
             his
             comming
             shall
             adde
             vnto
             all
             these
             the
             insupportable
             weight
             of
             his
             heauie
             and
             intolerable
             curse
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             say
             vnto
             these
             ,
             as
             vnto
             others
             (
             in
             some
             respects
             more
             excusable
             then
             these
             )
             b
             
               Depart
               ye
               cursed
               into
               euerlasting
               fire
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Diuell
               and
               his
               Angels
               ;
               for
               I
               was
               hungry
               ,
               and
               yee
               gaue
               me
               no
               meate
               ,
               I
               was
               thirstie
               ,
               and
               you
               gaue
               mee
               no
               drinke
               :
            
             nay
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             so
             much
             as
             sell
             mee
             meate
             and
             drinke
             for
             ready
             money
             ,
             and
             at
             a
             deere
             rate
             ,
             when
             by
             relieuing
             mee
             you
             might
             haue
             enriched
             your selues
             ;
             by
             feeding
             me
             ,
             you
             might
             haue
             filled
             your
             owne
             purses
             .
             Oh
             what
             shall
             be
             said
             to
             them
             who
             will
             not
             sell
             for
             money
             ,
             when
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               ye
               cursed
            
             ,
             is
             the
             mildest
             word
             that
             Christ
             shall
             afford
             them
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             giue
             freely
             ?
             What
             Hell
             shall
             be
             hot
             enough
             for
             those
             that
             will
             not
             sell
             ,
             when
             Hell
             fire
             is
             prepared
             for
             those
             who
             would
             not
             giue
             ?
          
           
             Shall
             I
             speake
             now
             vnto
             the
             deafe
             Adder
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             heare
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             Charmer
             ?
             shall
             I
             loose
             my
             sweet
             words
             by
             spending
             them
             on
             stones
             or
             stony
             hearts
             ,
             who
             regard
             not
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             command
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             cry
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             the
             curses
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             the
             teares
             distilling
             downe
             the
             widdowes
             cheekes
             ,
             the
             sighes
             exhaled
             from
             Orphants
             fainting
             tongues
             ,
             the
             ruthfull
             spectacles
             of
             hunger-starued
             scellitons
             ,
             whose
             very
             sight-might
             dissolue
             eyes
             of
             adamant
             into
             teares
             ?
             they
             who
             are
             
             not
             moued
             by
             any
             of
             these
             ,
             by
             all
             of
             these
             ,
             what
             hope
             is
             there
             that
             they
             will
             be
             mollified
             by
             my
             weake
             words
             ?
             But
             a
             necessity
             is
             laid
             vpon
             vs
             ,
             and
             wee
             must
             speake
             ;
             for
             if
             wee
             should
             be
             silent
             ,
             the
             stones
             would
             euen
             cry
             out
             against
             these
             ,
             whose
             hearts
             are
             harder
             then
             the
             nether
             Milstone
             .
             If
             they
             will
             not
             heare
             vs
             ,
             let
             them
             yet
             tremble
             at
             this
             determinate
             speech
             of
             God
             himselfe
             by
             
               Salomon
               ,
               Captans
               pretia
               frumenti
               maledictus
               est
               in
               plebe
               :
            
             Hee
             is
             cursed
             by
             the
             people
             who
             catcheth
             at
             aduantages
             by
             the
             price
             of
             Corne.
             The
             sentence
             is
             peremptory
             (
             c
             saith
             a
             Saint
             )
             leauing
             no
             place
             for
             disputation
             .
             If
             thou
             doest
             so
             ,
             pretend
             what
             thou
             wilt
             ,
             fill
             thy
             mouth
             with
             arguments
             ,
             cast
             the
             best
             colour
             on
             the
             matter
             that
             thou
             canst
             ,
             all
             thy
             fig-leaued
             Apologies
             will
             not
             fence
             thee
             from
             the
             curse
             .
          
           
             Thou
             wilt
             say
             peraduenture
             ,
             
             I
             do
             no
             man
             wrong
             ,
             I
             keepe
             but
             mine
             owne
             ,
             I
             may
             sell
             mine
             owne
             when
             I
             please
             ;
             Is
             it
             not
             lawfull
             for
             me
             to
             doe
             with
             mine
             owne
             what
             I
             list
             ?
             
          
           
             But
             know
             ,
             first
             ,
             that
             thou
             abusest
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             He
             onely
             (
             because
             he
             is
             Lord
             of
             all
             )
             may
             doe
             with
             his
             own
             what
             pleaseth
             him
             .
             
             Man
             cānot
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             not
             absolute
             owner
             of
             any
             thing
             ;
             for
             what
             hath
             he
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             receiued
             :
             He
             must
             therefore
             doe
             with
             his
             owne
             ,
             that
             which
             pleaseth
             the
             Supreme
             owner
             of
             all
             things
             .
             
             Againe
             ,
             call
             it
             thine
             owne
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             for
             thee
             to
             doe
             with
             thine
             owne
             what
             thou
             wilt
             ,
             vnlesse
             thou
             wilt
             doe
             that
             which
             is
             lawfull
             and
             right
             .
             Thou
             mayst
             not
             vse
             thine
             owne
             to
             the
             hurt
             of
             another
             man.
             
             Thou
             mayest
             not
             murther
             with
             thine
             owne
             sword
             ,
             nor
             make
             men
             drunke
             with
             thine
             owne
             drinke
             ,
             nor
             burne
             thy
             neighbours
             house
             with
             thine
             owne
             fire
             .
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             owner
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             telleth
             thee
             that
             thou
             mayest
             not
             with-hold
             his
             (
             which
             thou
             vnproperly
             
             callest
             thy
             )
             Corne
             ,
             thereby
             to
             famish
             and
             impouerish
             thy
             brethren
             .
             
             The
             purple
             Glutton
             fries
             in
             hell
             fire
             for
             with-holding
             his
             owne
             bread
             from
             poore
             Lazarus
             ,
             lying
             at
             his
             gate
             .
             It
             cost
             Nabals
             life
             ,
             for
             denying
             his
             owne
             bread
             and
             victuals
             to
             Dauid
             and
             his
             followers
             ,
             when
             he
             kindely
             craued
             it
             in
             his
             need
             .
             What
             canst
             thou
             expect
             then
             ,
             who
             wilt
             rather
             be
             cursed
             by
             the
             poore
             ,
             than
             sell
             thine
             own
             to
             them
             at
             a
             reasonable
             rate
             in
             their
             necessity
             ?
             Know
             this
             therfore
             ,
             that
             this
             Corne
             is
             not
             thine
             own
             ,
             but
             it
             belongeth
             rather
             to
             the
             poore
             when
             they
             need
             it
             ,
             and
             thou
             canst
             well
             afford
             it
             .
             Thou
             takest
             from
             them
             that
             which
             is
             theirs
             ,
             by
             with-holding
             from
             them
             that
             which
             thou
             callest
             thine
             .
             Thou
             doest
             wrong
             enough
             ,
             in
             not
             doing
             right
             ;
             thou
             exercisest
             cruelty
             ,
             in
             not
             shewing
             mercy
             ;
             thou
             killest
             all
             ,
             from
             whom
             thou
             keepest
             that
             which
             should
             keepe
             them
             aliue
             .
             Is
             he
             a
             theefe
             that
             takes
             from
             a
             man
             his
             owne
             ,
             and
             makes
             him
             to
             be
             in
             want
             ?
             What
             is
             hee
             lesse
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             sell
             a
             poore
             man
             his
             owne
             when
             hee
             is
             in
             want
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             worst
             kinde
             of
             couetousnesse
             (
             saith
             a
             d
             Saint
             )
             not
             to
             giue
             to
             those
             who
             are
             ready
             to
             perish
             ,
             that
             which
             otherwise
             will
             perish
             ;
             what
             is
             it
             then
             not
             to
             sell
             it
             vnto
             them
             ?
             Thou
             sayest
             (
             saith
             the
             same
             )
             To
             whom
             doe
             I
             wrong
             ,
             if
             I
             keepe
             mine
             owne
             ?
             I
             demand
             of
             thee
             againe
             (
             in
             the
             words
             of
             that
             blessed
             man
             )
             What
             are
             those
             things
             thou
             callest
             thine
             owne
             ?
             Thou
             answerest
             ,
             why
             ?
             my
             Coine
             ,
             my
             Clothes
             ,
             my
             Corne.
             But
             how
             came
             these
             things
             to
             be
             thine
             owne
             ?
             Didst
             thou
             bring
             them
             with
             thee
             into
             the
             world
             ?
             Didst
             thou
             not
             come
             naked
             out
             of
             thy
             mothers
             wombe
             ?
             Shalt
             thou
             not
             returne
             naked
             againe
             ?
             Whence
             then
             hast
             thou
             these
             things
             ?
             If
             thou
             sayest
             ,
             I
             got
             them
             by
             chance
             ,
             or
             it
             is
             my
             good
             fortune
             that
             I
             haue
             them
             ;
             thou
             doest
             not
             acknowledge
             the
             author
             and
             disposer
             of
             all
             
             things
             ,
             thou
             art
             vnthankefull
             ,
             thou
             art
             no
             better
             than
             an
             Atheist
             .
             If
             thou
             confessest
             thou
             hast
             them
             from
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             gaue
             them
             vnto
             thee
             ;
             then
             tell
             me
             ,
             why
             did
             God
             giue
             them
             vnto
             thee
             rather
             than
             vnto
             another
             ?
             For
             God
             is
             not
             vniust
             ,
             or
             one
             that
             knoweth
             not
             how
             to
             diuide
             his
             owne
             gifts
             in
             equall
             proportions
             .
             Why
             then
             hath
             God
             giuen
             thee
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             him
             so
             little
             ?
             Why
             art
             thou
             rich
             ,
             and
             hee
             poore
             ?
             Certainely
             for
             no
             other
             cause
             ,
             but
             that
             thy
             fulnesse
             might
             supply
             his
             want
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             might
             ,
             doing
             their
             duties
             ,
             obtaine
             of
             him
             a
             reward
             ;
             thou
             of
             faithfull
             distributing
             ,
             and
             hee
             of
             his
             patient
             enduring
             .
             If
             all
             were
             rich
             ,
             what
             praise
             were
             there
             of
             patience
             ?
             If
             all
             were
             poore
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             able
             to
             shew
             charity
             ?
             If
             there
             were
             ,
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             an
             equality
             ,
             two
             pretious
             vertues
             would
             be
             vile
             or
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             Charity
             and
             Patience
             .
             Therefore
             the
             most
             prudent
             disposer
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             hath
             most
             prouidently
             ordained
             this
             inequality
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             patience
             of
             the
             poore
             is
             exercised
             in
             wanting
             ,
             so
             the
             charity
             of
             the
             rich
             may
             be
             shewed
             in
             releeuing
             .
             But
             thou
             ,
             griping
             all
             in
             the
             tallands
             of
             thine
             insatiable
             Auarice
             ,
             and
             thereby
             depriuing
             so
             many
             of
             their
             portions
             ,
             saist
             thou
             keepest
             but
             thine
             owne
             ,
             and
             thou
             wrongest
             no
             man.
             Thou
             doest
             herein
             (
             saith
             the
             same
             blessed
             Bishop
             )
             as
             if
             entring
             into
             a
             Theatre
             ,
             thou
             keepe
             ,
             or
             driue
             out
             all
             other
             spectators
             ,
             as
             though
             those
             shewes
             ,
             which
             were
             prouided
             for
             all
             ,
             were
             proper
             to
             thee
             alone
             :
             or
             ,
             as
             if
             inuited
             to
             a
             feast
             by
             a
             great
             friend
             ,
             together
             with
             many
             other
             guests
             as
             good
             ,
             or
             better
             than
             thy selfe
             ,
             thou
             shouldest
             sit
             downe
             at
             the
             table
             ,
             and
             keepe
             all
             the
             dishes
             to
             thy selfe
             ,
             excluding
             the
             rest
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             whole
             dinner
             were
             prouided
             for
             thee
             alone
             .
             Yet
             still
             thou
             sayest
             ,
             I
             keepe
             but
             mine
             owne
             ,
             I
             doe
             no
             man
             wrong
             .
             But
             tell
             mee
             sadly
             ,
             Who
             is
             a
             couetous
             
             man
             ?
             Hee
             who
             is
             not
             contented
             with
             that
             which
             is
             sufficient
             ,
             but
             still
             craueth
             more
             .
             Tell
             mee
             againe
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             theefe
             ?
             Hee
             who
             takes
             away
             that
             which
             is
             another
             mans
             .
             Art
             not
             thou
             then
             couetous
             ,
             who
             art
             not
             contented
             with
             that
             which
             is
             too
             much
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             well
             content
             an
             hundred
             men
             ,
             as
             good
             ,
             and
             as
             dearely
             bought
             by
             Christ
             ,
             as
             thou
             art
             ?
             Art
             not
             thou
             a
             theefe
             ,
             who
             keepest
             that
             to
             thy selfe
             which
             thou
             hast
             receiued
             of
             thy
             Lord
             and
             Master
             to
             distribute
             and
             diuide
             among
             thy
             fellow-seruants
             ,
             thine
             owne
             portion
             (
             and
             that
             double
             ,
             treble
             ,
             yea
             seuen
             to
             one
             of
             theirs
             )
             being
             allowed
             thee
             ?
             Shall
             hee
             who
             takes
             away
             a
             mans
             garment
             from
             him
             ,
             be
             called
             a
             robber
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             he
             who
             will
             not
             clothe
             the
             naked
             ,
             if
             hee
             bee
             able
             ,
             be
             also
             a
             spoiler
             ?
             Shall
             hee
             who
             kils
             a
             man
             with
             a
             sword
             ,
             be
             called
             a
             murtherer
             ,
             and
             shall
             hee
             bee
             any
             better
             that
             with-holdeth
             from
             him
             that
             whereof
             the
             want
             will
             shortly
             kill
             him
             ?
             Doth
             not
             hee
             put
             out
             the
             Lampe
             that
             powreth
             not
             oyle
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             he
             that
             blowes
             it
             out
             ?
             Doth
             not
             he
             put
             out
             the
             fire
             that
             puts
             not
             on
             wood
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             hee
             that
             throwes
             on
             water
             ?
             What
             's
             the
             oddes
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             the
             murtherer
             doth
             suddenly
             ,
             thou
             doest
             it
             leasurely
             and
             lingringly
             ,
             and
             so
             art
             the
             more
             cruell
             murtherer
             of
             the
             two
             ;
             because
             thou
             doest
             not
             quickly
             dispatch
             ,
             but
             doublest
             c
             Death
             by
             delaying
             ,
             and
             d
             extendest
             life
             onely
             for
             greater
             torment
             ;
             not
             so
             mercifull
             as
             a
             courteous
             hangman
             ,
             that
             leaps
             on
             the
             shoulders
             ,
             or
             puls
             by
             the
             heeles
             ,
             to
             put
             out
             of
             paine
             ;
             but
             rather
             as
             cruell
             as
             that
             e
             Tyrant
             ,
             who
             was
             said
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             morter
             made
             of
             bloud
             ,
             not
             contented
             to
             put
             innocents
             vnto
             death
             f
             vnlesse
             the
             Executioner
             did
             so
             strike
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             sensible
             of
             their
             dying
             .
             Neuer
             say
             then
             that
             thou
             keepest
             but
             thine
             owne
             .
             It
             is
             the
             bread
             of
             the
             hungry
             
             which
             thou
             detainest
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             garment
             of
             the
             naked
             which
             thou
             sufferest
             to
             lye
             Moath-eaten
             in
             thy
             presse
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             gold
             and
             siluer
             of
             the
             needy
             ,
             which
             rusteth
             in
             thy
             Coffer
             :
             It
             is
             the
             Corne
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             ready
             to
             dye
             with
             hunger
             ,
             which
             thou
             sufferest
             to
             moulder
             in
             thy
             Mow
             or
             Barne
             .
             Neuer
             say
             ,
             thou
             doest
             no
             man
             wrong
             .
             Thou
             wrongest
             so
             many
             as
             thou
             doest
             not
             releeue
             ,
             being
             able
             .
             Callest
             thou
             thy selfe
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             arguest
             thou
             thus
             ,
             quite
             contrary
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             Christianity
             ?
             Answer
             once
             an
             Heathen
             who
             neuer
             knew
             Christ
             and
             his
             Gospell
             ,
             vnto
             his
             short
             question
             :
             
               Cur
               eget
               indignus
               quisquam
               te
               diuite
               ?
               
            
          
           
             Why
             seest
             thou
             any
             one
             to
             want
             ;
             who
             is
             vnworthy
             ,
             while
             thou
             doest
             abound
             ?
             Art
             thou
             not
             vnnaturall
             ,
             who
             sufferest
             that
             which
             nature
             cannot
             endure
             ,
             vacuity
             ?
             Art
             thou
             worthy
             to
             breathe
             the
             ayre
             ,
             who
             wilt
             not
             endeuour
             to
             doe
             as
             the
             ayre
             doth
             ,
             shift
             some
             of
             it selfe
             from
             places
             that
             are
             oner-full
             ,
             to
             others
             that
             are
             empty
             ?
             How
             canst
             thou
             call
             thy selfe
             a
             Christian
             ,
             when
             the
             members
             of
             Christ
             doe
             quiuer
             with
             cold
             for
             want
             of
             that
             which
             doth
             clothe
             the
             Moaths
             in
             thy
             presse
             ?
             Or
             to
             want
             necessaries
             ,
             for
             lacke
             of
             that
             which
             the
             rust
             consumes
             in
             thy
             bagges
             ,
             or
             starue
             for
             need
             of
             of
             that
             which
             releeueth
             Rats
             and
             Mice
             in
             thy
             Barnes
             ?
             Hee
             is
             a
             bad
             seruant
             who
             will
             flaunt
             it
             in
             silks
             himselfe
             ,
             gotten
             by
             his
             masters
             goods
             ,
             and
             glut
             himselfe
             with
             the
             choicest
             food
             ,
             and
             see
             his
             Masters
             children
             ,
             (
             yea
             the
             Master
             himselfe
             in
             them
             )
             goe
             naked
             ,
             or
             ready
             to
             starue
             for
             want
             of
             bread
             .
          
           
             But
             did
             not
             religious
             Ioseph
             in
             the
             yeares
             of
             plenty
             ,
             
             gather
             and
             keepe
             vp
             Corne
             ,
             which
             he
             sold
             afterward
             in
             the
             yeares
             of
             famine
             ?
             
             He
             did
             so
             ,
             and
             that
             lawfully
             ;
             for
             you
             haue
             beene
             told
             that
             there
             is
             a
             lawfull
             storing
             vp
             of
             Corne
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             done
             ,
             as
             
             Ioseph
             did
             ,
             not
             to
             procure
             a
             Dearth
             ,
             but
             to
             preuent
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             the
             better
             prouided
             against
             it
             .
             i
             Godly
             Ioseph
             opened
             his
             Garners
             in
             the
             yeares
             of
             famine
             he
             did
             not
             shut
             them
             ;
             his
             intent
             was
             not
             to
             raise
             the
             price
             ,
             but
             to
             prouide
             a
             supply
             against
             the
             time
             of
             want
             .
             He
             gathered
             and
             kept
             not
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             but
             for
             others
             ,
             euen
             for
             strangers
             :
             thou
             with-holdest
             it
             from
             neighbours
             ,
             and
             wilt
             suffer
             vile
             vermin
             to
             feed
             on
             it
             ,
             rather
             than
             thy
             brethren
             .
             Shamest
             thou
             not
             to
             alleage
             the
             example
             of
             Ioseph
             ,
             whose
             care
             for
             the
             common
             good
             so
             directly
             condemneth
             thy
             couetousnesse
             ,
             who
             carest
             for
             none
             but
             for
             thy selfe
             .
          
           
             k
             But
             doe
             wee
             not
             read
             that
             Gedeon
             threshed
             out
             his
             Corne
             ,
             not
             to
             sell
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             hide
             it
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             not
             blamed
             for
             so
             doing
             ?
          
           
             He
             did
             .
             But
             when
             did
             hee
             hide
             his
             Corne
             ?
             in
             time
             of
             inuasion
             by
             the
             enemy
             .
             His
             Garner
             might
             be
             closer
             and
             safer
             than
             his
             Barne
             .
             And
             from
             whom
             did
             he
             hide
             it
             ?
             not
             from
             his
             neighbours
             ,
             but
             from
             his
             and
             their
             enemies
             ,
             the
             Midianites
             .
             Thy
             course
             is
             quite
             contrary
             .
             Then
             the
             Israelites
             threshed
             out
             their
             corne
             to
             hide
             it
             from
             the
             Midianites
             :
             but
             our
             Midianites
             will
             not
             thresh
             out
             theirs
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             doe
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             hide
             it
             from
             the
             
               Israelites
               .
               The
               Sword
               of
               the
               Lord
               and
               of
               Gedeon
            
             (
             the
             godly
             Magistrate
             )
             bee
             against
             such
             mercilesse
             Midianites
             .
          
           
             l
             Dearth
             and
             Famine
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             grieuous
             Iudgements
             which
             God
             inflicteth
             on
             a
             sinfull
             Nation
             .
             m
             
               Thou
               shalt
               fall
               by
               the
               Sword
               ,
               by
               Famine
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Pestilence
               .
            
             These
             are
             the
             three
             rods
             wherewith
             God
             vseth
             to
             scourge
             a
             wanton
             and
             wicked
             people
             .
             I
             know
             that
             some
             graue
             n
             Diuines
             doe
             affirme
             Famine
             to
             bee
             the
             easiest
             of
             the
             three
             ,
             because
             God
             ,
             who
             best
             knowes
             the
             waight
             of
             his
             owne
             rods
             ,
             accounteth
             three
             daies
             Pestilence
             ,
             and
             three
             months
             
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
             equall
             with
             seuen
             yeeres
             famine
             .
             But
             this
             to
             me
             seemeth
             no
             sufficient
             reason
             :
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             Dauid
             ,
             in
             his
             hard
             choice
             ,
             preferred
             pestilence
             before
             it
             ;
             *
             and
             it
             is
             not
             probable
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             choose
             the
             heauiest
             punishment
             .
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Prophet
             Ieremie
             saith
             ,
             o
             
               They
               that
               be
               slaine
               by
               the
               sword
               ,
               are
               better
               then
               they
               that
               be
               staine
               by
               hunger
               .
            
             Moreouer
             ,
             this
             scourge
             of
             famine
             is
             the
             worse
             and
             the
             more
             intolerable
             for
             the
             miseries
             and
             mischiefes
             that
             doe
             commonly
             attend
             it
             .
             Pestilence
             often
             is
             the
             companion
             of
             it
             ,
             robberies
             ,
             rebellions
             ,
             outrages
             and
             other
             enormities
             are
             the
             Pages
             that
             doe
             wait
             vpon
             it
             .
             Dire
             famine
             !
             thou
             hast
             taught
             tender-hearted
             Mothers
             to
             turne
             Cannibals
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             Butchers
             ,
             cookes
             ,
             caruers
             ,
             eaters
             of
             their
             owne
             children
             :
             Thou
             hast
             taught
             men
             to
             exceed
             Cannibals
             ,
             and
             for
             want
             of
             other
             food
             to
             deuoure
             their
             owne
             flesh
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             as
             they
             might
             ,
             to
             eat
             vp
             themselues
             .
             For
             this
             Ieremie
             most
             lamenteth
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             most
             lamentable
             iudgement
             ,
             p
             
               Mine
               eye
               doth
               faile
               with
               teares
               ,
               my
               bowels
               are
               troubled
               ,
               my
               liuer
               is
               powred
               vpon
               the
               earth
               ,
               for
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               daughter
               of
               my
               people
               ;
               because
               the
               children
               and
               sucklings
               doe
               swowne
               in
               the
               streets
               of
               the
               Catie
               .
               They
               say
               vnto
               their
               Mothers
               ,
               where
               is
               corne
               and
               wine
               ?
               They
               swowned
               as
               the
               wounded
               in
               the
               streets
               of
               the
               Citty
               ,
               their
               soule
               is
               powred
               out
               into
               their
               Mothers
               bosome
               .
            
             That
             which
             followes
             is
             most
             patheticall
             ;
             q
             
               Shall
               the
               women
               eat
               their
               owne
               fruit
               ,
               and
               their
               children
               of
               aspan
               long
               ?
            
          
           
             Now
             it
             is
             proper
             to
             the
             Lord
             alone
             to
             punish
             a
             sinfull
             Nation
             .
             
             He
             knowes
             when
             it
             is
             fittest
             to
             whip
             a
             people
             with
             famine
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             wayes
             enough
             to
             bring
             such
             a
             calamitie
             on
             a
             Country
             whensoeuer
             it
             pleaseth
             him
             :
             r
             
               A
               fruitfull
               land
               he
               turneth
               into
               barrennesse
               ,
               for
               the
               wickednesse
               of
               the
               people
               that
               dwell
               therein
               .
            
             Sometimes
             ſ
             
               he
               makes
               the
               heauens
               aboue
               as
               brasse
               ,
               
               and
               the
               earth
               beneath
               as
               iron
               :
            
             so
             that
             albeit
             men
             doe
             labour
             and
             sowe
             ,
             yet
             they
             receiue
             no
             increase
             .
             Sometimes
             againe
             ,
             t
             
               he
               giueth
               the
               former
               and
               the
               later
               raine
               in
               due
               season
               ,
            
             so
             that
             the
             earth
             yeeldeth
             abundance
             ;
             but
             the
             Lord
             sending
             blasts
             ,
             rusts
             ,
             Mel-dewes
             ,
             Caterpillars
             ,
             Canker-wormes
             ,
             doth
             cause
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             yeere
             to
             faile
             :
             as
             if
             such
             worthlesse
             creatures
             were
             more
             worthy
             to
             enioy
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             then
             sinfull
             and
             vnthankfull
             man
             :
             sometimes
             euen
             when
             the
             Corne
             is
             not
             yet
             reaped
             ,
             but
             expecteth
             the
             hooke
             ,
             or
             while
             it
             standeth
             in
             the
             field
             awaiting
             to
             be
             housed
             in
             the
             Barne
             ,
             God
             sends
             airie
             threshers
             ,
             violent
             windes
             ,
             to
             beat
             it
             out
             of
             the
             eare
             ;
             the
             furrowes
             of
             the
             field
             doe
             become
             the
             threshing-floore
             ;
             the
             Wheat
             is
             sowed
             where
             it
             grew
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             the
             helpe
             of
             hand
             ,
             plow
             or
             harrow
             :
             thus
             haruest
             ,
             threshing
             ,
             and
             seed-time
             doe
             vntimely
             meet
             together
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             some
             few
             yeers
             since
             .
             Our
             crying
             sinnes
             ,
             
             particularly
             the
             vile
             abuse
             of
             the
             creature
             by
             Drunkennesse
             and
             riot
             ,
             haue
             called
             for
             vengeance
             ,
             and
             we
             haue
             deserued
             to
             be
             scourged
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             famine
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             other
             two
             rods
             ,
             with
             sword
             also
             and
             with
             pestilence
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             Dearth
             is
             not
             inflicted
             immediately
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             
             but
             enforced
             by
             wicked
             mens
             cruell
             couetousnesse
             .
             God
             hath
             not
             broken
             the
             staffe
             of
             bread
             ,
             but
             churlish
             Nabals
             haue
             gotten
             it
             into
             their
             owne
             fists
             ,
             and
             with-hold
             it
             from
             the
             people
             who
             should
             be
             supported
             by
             it
             .
             We
             cannot
             complaine
             ,
             u
             
               The
               field
               is
               wasted
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             
               the
               Land
               mourneth
            
             ;
             the
             Corne
             is
             not
             wasted
             ,
             but
             with-held
             .
             God
             hath
             not
             sent
             want
             of
             bread
             ,
             but
             couetousnesse
             hath
             caused
             cleannesse
             of
             teeth
             .
             God
             hath
             not
             smitten
             vs
             with
             blasting
             ,
             nor
             sent
             Caterpillers
             ,
             nor
             Canker-wormes
             ,
             but
             the
             Diuell
             hath
             raised
             vp
             Caterpillers
             and
             Locusts
             ,
             those
             x
             Catchers
             at
             the
             Dearth
             of
             Corn
             
             (
             as
             the
             Father
             stileth
             them
             )
             and
             these
             doe
             make
             a
             priuate
             gaine
             of
             a
             publike
             detriment
             ,
             improuing
             that
             as
             a
             profit
             to
             themselues
             ,
             which
             God
             ordained
             as
             a
             plague
             for
             sinners
             ;
             y
             
               The
               Lord
               hath
               heard
               the
               heauens
               ,
               and
               the
               heauens
               haue
               heard
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               hath
               heard
               the
               corne
            
             ;
             but
             those
             earth-wormes
             will
             not
             heare
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             nor
             the
             crying
             complaints
             of
             the
             poore
             .
             The
             earth
             hath
             answered
             the
             expectation
             of
             the
             sower
             ,
             but
             cannot
             answer
             the
             vnsatiable
             greedinesse
             of
             the
             seller
             .
             Many
             Mens
             Barnes
             are
             full
             of
             Corne
             ,
             but
             their
             brests
             are
             empty
             of
             compassion
             :
             their
             Garners
             are
             stuffed
             and
             stored
             ;
             two
             yeeres
             graine
             vnder
             hand
             in
             many
             mens
             keeping
             ,
             yet
             they
             still
             gape
             for
             a
             greater
             dearth
             ,
             and
             doe
             their
             best
             ,
             or
             rather
             worst
             to
             procure
             it
             .
             They
             suffer
             their
             Mow-hayes
             to
             stand
             laden
             with
             corne
             neere
             the
             high-wayes
             ,
             in
             the
             open
             view
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             the
             more
             to
             anger
             their
             hunger
             .
             Thus
             they
             bring
             vpon
             their
             brethren
             on
             earth
             a
             torment
             ,
             much
             like
             that
             which
             Poets
             deuised
             for
             Tantalus
             in
             Hell
             ,
             to
             haue
             faire
             apples
             at
             his
             lips
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             pine
             with
             hunger
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             faire
             water
             vp
             to
             the
             chinne
             ,
             to
             perish
             with
             thirst
             .
             z
             
               These
               arrowes
               of
               famine
            
             that
             haue
             wounded
             our
             sides
             ,
             had
             lesse
             afflicted
             vs
             ,
             had
             they
             beene
             shot
             directly
             from
             the
             iust
             hand
             of
             God
             ;
             him
             wee
             could
             haue
             entreated
             with
             our
             prayers
             ,
             mollified
             with
             our
             teares
             ,
             pacified
             with
             our
             repentance
             ;
             But
             nothing
             can
             preuaile
             with
             impenitrable
             Auarice
             :
             a
             
               O
               let
               vs
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               God
               (
               for
               his
               mercies
               are
               great
               )
               but
               let
               vs
               not
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
            
             mercilesse
             men
             .
             If
             our
             sinnes
             must
             needs
             be
             scourged
             ,
             let
             not
             greater
             sinners
             be
             the
             Beadles
             :
             Who
             hath
             giuen
             you
             commission
             to
             be
             the
             Countries
             hangmen
             ?
             where
             is
             your
             warrant
             to
             thrust
             your selues
             into
             the
             seat
             of
             Gods
             iustice
             ;
             or
             to
             take
             his
             quiuer
             and
             to
             shoot
             against
             his
             children
             those
             
             arrowes
             which
             hee
             keepeth
             against
             his
             enemies
             ?
             You
             may
             indeed
             ,
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             be
             the
             rods
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             (
             as
             Ashur
             was
             to
             Israel
             )
             but
             vpon
             our
             true
             repentance
             ,
             God
             will
             turne
             his
             wrath
             from
             vs
             ,
             vpon
             you
             :
             and
             the
             childe
             being
             humbred
             ,
             the
             rod
             shall
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             fire
             .
          
           
             O
             insatiable
             Auarice
             !
             
             Doth
             not
             the
             earth
             yeeld
             thee
             sufficient
             encrease
             ?
             what
             meanest
             thou
             to
             plow
             and
             harrow
             the
             very
             guts
             of
             thy
             poore
             brother
             for
             greater
             gaine
             ?
             Now
             it
             is
             farre
             worse
             then
             they
             said
             it
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             iron-age
             ;
             for
             then
             Couetousnesse
             b
             went
             but
             into
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             but
             now
             men
             c
             digge
             into
             the
             bowels
             of
             their
             brethren
             ,
             yea
             ,
             d
             they
             delue
             into
             the
             bowels
             of
             Christ
             himselfe
             for
             coyne
             .
          
           
             Call
             ye
             me
             this
             Vsurie
             ,
             or
             rather
             Fellonie
             ?
             *
             Vsury
             it selfe
             is
             charitable
             in
             respect
             of
             this
             .
             Vsury
             yet
             sends
             abroad
             money
             for
             money
             ;
             this
             rurall
             sacriledge
             will
             not
             sell
             corne
             for
             coyne
             .
             Vsury
             indeed
             biteth
             ,
             but
             this
             killeth
             by
             keeping
             away
             that
             which
             should
             sustaine
             life
             .
             Vsury
             by
             money
             stealeth
             money
             out
             of
             mens
             purses
             (
             as
             one
             by
             powring
             a
             little
             water
             into
             a
             dry
             Pumpe
             ,
             forceth
             out
             a
             great
             deale
             more
             )
             but
             this
             Burglary
             breaketh
             into
             mens
             bowels
             ,
             and
             robbeth
             them
             of
             that
             which
             should
             maintaine
             them
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             gaine
             more
             odious
             ,
             more
             base
             then
             that
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             extracted
             gold
             out
             of
             Vrine
             ?
             I
             perceiue
             ,
             that
             among
             our
             Pagan-Christians
             ,
             it
             holds
             as
             currant
             as
             it
             did
             among
             the
             Pagans
             ;
             e
             
               Sweet
               is
               the
               scent
               of
               Siluer
               ,
               out
               of
               what
               sinke
               soeuer
               it
               be
               raked
               :
            
             seeing
             to
             these
             Horse-leeches
             gaine
             is
             sweet
             ,
             though
             sucked
             out
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             their
             brethren
             .
          
           
             Oh
             ,
             if
             you
             haue
             any
             bowels
             your selues
             ,
             or
             haue
             not
             drunke
             vp
             that
             obdurate
             riuer
             ,
             f
             which
             is
             reported
             to
             turne
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             drinker
             into
             
             hard
             marble
             ;
             looke
             once
             ouer
             the
             threshold
             of
             your
             poore
             neighbour
             ,
             some
             poore
             coater
             ,
             some
             daily
             labourer
             ,
             for
             his
             groat
             or
             three
             pence
             a
             day
             ,
             groning
             vnder
             the
             burthen
             of
             an
             heauy
             house-rent
             ,
             with
             a
             house
             full
             of
             small
             children
             on
             the
             bargaine
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             will
             not
             enter
             in
             ,
             yet
             stand
             without
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             become
             officious
             Eues-droppers
             ,
             listen
             to
             the
             pittious
             complaints
             that
             are
             among
             them
             .
             There
             may
             you
             see
             ,
             
             or
             heare
             the
             wofull
             mother
             ,
             with
             her
             eldest
             daughter
             ,
             the
             one
             carding
             or
             knitting
             ,
             the
             other
             spinning
             a
             sorry
             threed
             ,
             and
             singing
             to
             her
             turne
             an
             heauy
             tune
             of
             some
             sorrowfull
             Psalme
             ;
             as
             ,
             
               O
               Lord
               consider
               my
               distresse
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               O
               Lord
               how
               are
               my
               foes
               increast
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Helpe
               Lord
               ,
               for
               good
               and
               godly
               men
               doe
               perish
               and
               decay
               :
            
             Then
             awakes
             the
             poore
             sucking
             Infant
             ,
             and
             crying
             ,
             interrupts
             both
             worke
             and
             musicke
             :
             The
             mother
             takes
             it
             vp
             ,
             and
             giues
             it
             sucke
             with
             teares
             ,
             for
             with
             milke
             she
             cannot
             .
             Alas
             !
             how
             can
             the
             infant
             draw
             milke
             from
             the
             breast
             ,
             when
             the
             Nurse
             cannot
             get
             meat
             for
             the
             belly
             :
             Mother
             ,
             saith
             another
             childe
             ,
             when
             shall
             we
             eat
             ?
             Mother
             ,
             saith
             another
             ,
             where
             is
             bread
             ?
             O
             mother
             ,
             saith
             another
             ,
             I
             am
             so
             hungry
             I
             know
             not
             what
             to
             doe
             .
             Thus
             the
             feeble
             children
             doe
             call
             vpon
             the
             wofull
             mother
             ,
             shee
             complaines
             to
             the
             sad
             father
             ,
             he
             answers
             her
             with
             pittious
             complaints
             against
             the
             pittilesse
             neighbours
             ;
             Alas
             !
             What
             shall
             I
             doe
             ?
             I
             haue
             beene
             at
             goodman
             —
             such
             a
             ones
             house
             ;
             from
             him
             I
             went
             to
             goodman
             —
             such
             a
             one
             (
             good
             men
             with
             a
             mischiefe
             ,
             that
             haue
             not
             a
             mite
             of
             goodnesse
             in
             them
             ,
             because
             no
             compassion
             on
             their
             miserable
             fellow-members
             ,
             )
             I
             haue
             beene
             ouer
             the
             Parish
             ,
             I
             haue
             beene
             out
             of
             the
             Parish
             ,
             with
             money
             in
             my
             hand
             ,
             and
             cannot
             get
             a
             pecke
             of
             Barley
             :
             they
             haue
             it
             ,
             but
             they
             say
             they
             cannot
             spare
             it
             .
             O
             miserable
             condition
             !
             the
             poore
             man
             is
             put
             to
             a
             double
             
             labour
             ;
             first
             ,
             to
             get
             a
             little
             money
             for
             Corne
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             get
             a
             little
             Corne
             for
             money
             ,
             and
             this
             last
             is
             the
             hardest
             labour
             :
             he
             might
             haue
             earned
             almost
             halfe
             a
             Bushell
             ,
             while
             hee
             ruunes
             about
             begging
             to
             buy
             halfe
             a
             pecke
             .
             Thus
             doe
             our
             Country
             -
             Pharaohs
             make
             their
             brethren
             bondslaues
             ,
             enforcing
             them
             to
             make
             Bricke
             ,
             and
             denying
             them
             Straw
             ;
             crying
             ,
             Hang
             them
             ,
             hang
             them
             if
             they
             steale
             ,
             yet
             not
             setting
             them
             on
             worke
             ,
             nor
             releeuing
             them
             when
             they
             haue
             wrought
             ,
             and
             so
             enforcing
             them
             either
             to
             steale
             or
             to
             starue
             .
          
           
             Remember
             ,
             O
             ye
             Palmer-wormes
             remember
             ,
             your
             predecessour
             ,
             the
             rich
             foole
             in
             the
             Gospell
             .
             h
             
               The
               ground
               of
               a
               certaine
               rich
               man
               brought
               forth
               plenteously
               .
               And
               hee
               thought
               with
               himselfe
               ,
               What
               shall
               I
               doe
               ,
               because
               I
               haue
               no
               roome
               to
               bestow
               my
               fruits
               ?
            
             What
             shalt
             thou
             doe
             ,
             man
             ?
             Hast
             thou
             so
             much
             that
             thou
             knowest
             not
             what
             to
             do
             with
             thy
             goods
             ?
             I
             will
             tell
             thee
             what
             thou
             shalt
             doe
             :
             Giue
             to
             the
             poore
             out
             of
             thine
             abundance
             ;
             if
             thou
             wilt
             not
             doe
             so
             ,
             yet
             sell
             to
             them
             at
             a
             reasonable
             price
             .
             What
             shalt
             thou
             doe
             ?
             why
             ?
             make
             the
             guts
             of
             the
             poore
             thy
             Garnors
             ;
             their
             bowels
             ,
             thy
             Barnes
             ;
             their
             empty
             mawes
             ,
             thy
             Mow-hayes
             ;
             so
             shalt
             thou
             bee
             sure
             that
             both
             thy
             substance
             and
             thy
             soule
             shall
             bee
             safe
             .
             How
             ?
             no
             ,
             I
             'le
             none
             of
             that
             .
             Why
             ?
             what
             wilt
             thou
             doe
             then
             ?
             
               I
               know
               what
               I
               will
               doe
               :
               I
               will
               pull
               downe
               my
               Barnes
               ,
               and
               build
               greater
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             soft
             and
             faire
             ,
             thou
             mayest
             saue
             charges
             and
             labour
             ;
             
               for
               ,
               O
               foole
               ,
               this
               might
               shall
               they
               take
               away
               thy
               soule
               from
               thee
               .
            
             
             So
             let
             thine
             enemies
             perish
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             euen
             all
             these
             who
             are
             enemies
             to
             those
             whom
             thou
             most
             befriendest
             ,
             the
             poore
             and
             indigent
             :
             vnlesse
             it
             rather
             please
             thee
             (
             which
             wee
             most
             desire
             )
             to
             giue
             them
             grace
             to
             turne
             mercifull
             ,
             that
             so
             thou
             mayest
             haue
             mercy
             vpon
             them
             :
             and
             vnlesse
             it
             please
             thee
             to
             giue
             them
             wisdome
             from
             aboue
             ,
             to
             flye
             from
             the
             curse
             ,
             by
             forsaking
             the
             cursed
             sinne
             which
             procureth
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             buy
             a
             blessing
             at
             so
             cheap
             an
             hand
             ,
             as
             by
             selling
             the
             superfluity
             of
             their
             Corne
             ,
             hauing
             reserued
             sufficient
             for
             their
             owne
             prouision
             :
             For
             ,
             
               Blessings
               shall
               be
               on
               the
               head
               of
               him
               who
               selleth
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             THIRD
             SERMON
             .
          
           
             
               PRO.
               11.
               26.
               
            
             
               But
               blessing
               shall
               be
               vpon
               the
               head
               of
               him
               who
               selleth
               it
               .
            
          
           
             I
             Haue
             almost
             beene
             tired
             on
             Mount
             Ebal
             ,
             
             the
             Mountaine
             of
             Cursing
             ;
             Whereunto
             the
             first
             part
             of
             my
             Text
             necessarily
             tasked
             mee
             .
             I
             doe
             therefore
             (
             after
             some
             pause
             )
             the
             more
             willingly
             climbe
             the
             Mount
             Gerizim
             ,
             the
             Mountaine
             of
             blessing
             ,
             whereunto
             the
             second
             part
             doth
             lead
             me
             ;
             and
             glad
             I
             am
             to
             follow
             ,
             because
             the
             ascent
             is
             easie
             ,
             and
             the
             top
             excellent
             .
             The
             ascent
             I
             call
             the
             Duty
             ,
             which
             is
             selling
             ,
             than
             which
             ,
             what
             more
             easie
             ?
             By
             the
             top
             I
             vnderstand
             the
             recompence
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             lesse
             than
             Blessing
             ;
             than
             which
             ,
             what
             more
             excellent
             ?
          
           
             But
             blessing
             shall
             bee
             on
             the
             head
             of
             him
             who
             selleth
             it
             .
          
           
             Consider
             wee
             first
             ,
             
             the
             duty
             ,
             which
             is
             selling
             of
             Corne
             ,
             opposite
             to
             the
             sinne
             of
             with-holding
             it
             .
          
           
           
             
               That
               selleth
               .
            
             ]
             
             The
             Originall
             word
             importeth
             breaking
             ,
             or
             diuiding
             .
             The
             meaning
             is
             ,
             that
             Corne
             must
             be
             broken
             from
             the
             heape
             ,
             and
             by
             small
             portions
             distributed
             abroad
             among
             many
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             necessity
             and
             ability
             of
             the
             buyer
             ;
             that
             they
             who
             cannot
             reach
             a
             Bushell
             ,
             may
             haue
             a
             Pecke
             ,
             or
             halfe
             a
             Pecke
             ,
             for
             their
             money
             .
             The
             like
             phrases
             are
             frequent
             in
             Scripture
             :
             
               Breake
               thy
               bread
               vnto
               the
               hungry
               .
               —
               Giue
               a
               portion
               vnto
               seauen
            
             —
             As
             a
             loafe
             of
             bread
             is
             broken
             and
             diuided
             among
             many
             ,
             that
             euery
             one
             may
             haue
             some
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             all
             ;
             so
             Corne
             is
             to
             be
             broken
             from
             the
             heape
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             bee
             sold
             by
             the
             heape
             to
             ingrossers
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             as
             will
             make
             a
             commodity
             by
             retailing
             it
             at
             a
             dearer
             rate
             ,
             but
             in
             smaller
             portions
             to
             bee
             diuided
             and
             subdiuided
             to
             the
             poorer
             sort
             of
             people
             who
             doe
             buy
             for
             necessity
             .
             Thus
             to
             sell
             (
             especially
             in
             such
             seasons
             as
             these
             )
             is
             a
             worke
             of
             charity
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             want
             a
             reward
             ;
             for
             it
             shall
             receiue
             a
             blessing
             .
             So
             that
             
               There
               is
               a
               Charity
               sometimes
               in
               selling
               .
               
            
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             principall
             deeds
             of
             Charity
             :
             
             1.
             
             
               Giuing
               ,
               2.
               
               Lending
               ,
               3.
               
               Selling.
            
             Giuing
             is
             the
             chiefest
             and
             most
             noble
             ;
             
               It
               is
               more
               blessed
               to
               giue
               ,
               than
               to
               receiue
            
             ;
             and
             therein
             man
             doth
             most
             resemble
             God
             ,
             a
             
               Who
               giueth
               vs
               abundantly
               all
               things
               to
               enioy
               .
            
             Lending
             is
             next
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             free
             lending
             ;
             b
             
               A
               good
               man
               is
               mercifull
               and
               lendeth
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Psalmist
             .
             Selling
             is
             the
             last
             ,
             yet
             this
             also
             (
             rightly
             performed
             )
             wanteth
             not
             a
             blessing
             .
             The
             holy
             Ghost
             in
             Scripture
             prescribeth
             rules
             for
             selling
             ,
             giuing
             a
             charge
             ,
             that
             c
             
               No
               man
               doe
               circumuent
               or
               defraud
               another
               in
               bargaining
               .
            
             d
             Lydia
             ,
             a
             seller
             of
             purple
             ,
             is
             praised
             ,
             and
             said
             also
             to
             be
             a
             worshipper
             of
             God.
             In
             the
             last
             Chapter
             of
             this
             booke
             ,
             the
             godly
             Matron
             is
             commended
             ,
             not
             onely
             
             (
             though
             chiefly
             )
             for
             her
             bounty
             in
             giuing
             ,
             e
             Pro.
             31.
             20.
             
             
               She
               stretcheth
               forth
               her
               hands
               to
               the
               poore
               ,
               yea
               ,
               shee
               spreadeth
               them
               out
               to
               the
               needy
            
             ;
             but
             also
             for
             her
             selling
             ;
             
               Shee
               maketh
               fine
               wooll
            
             ,
             
             
               and
               selleth
               it
               ,
               and
               deliuereth
               girdles
               to
               the
               Merchants
               .
            
          
           
             Behold
             herein
             ,
             
             and
             acknowledge
             the
             gratious
             indulgence
             and
             great
             kindenesse
             of
             our
             heauenly
             Father
             ,
             
             and
             Master
             to
             vs
             his
             poore
             children
             and
             seruants
             .
             He
             imposeth
             no
             hard
             taske
             vpon
             vs.
             Christ
             may
             well
             say
             ,
             f
             
               My
               yoke
               is
               easie
               ,
               and
               my
               burthen
               light
               :
            
             If
             there
             bee
             any
             hardnesse
             in
             any
             of
             his
             precepts
             ,
             it
             is
             mollified
             againe
             with
             some
             milde
             qualification
             .
             g
             Canst
             thou
             not
             (
             saith
             a
             Saint
             )
             keepe
             virginity
             ?
             God
             giues
             thee
             leaue
             to
             marry
             :
             Canst
             thou
             not
             fast
             ?
             God
             giues
             thee
             leaue
             to
             eat
             :
             Hast
             thou
             a
             great
             charge
             ,
             many
             of
             thine
             owne
             to
             be
             prouided
             for
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             not
             for
             thine
             ease
             to
             giue
             ?
             Behold
             ,
             God
             giueth
             thee
             leaue
             to
             sell
             ,
             yea
             ,
             promiseth
             a
             blessing
             where
             thou
             makest
             a
             benefit
             .
          
           
             h
             
               Sell
               that
               you
               haue
               ,
               and
               giue
               almes
               ,
            
             saith
             our
             Sauiour
             :
             Is
             that
             somewhat
             hard
             to
             sell
             and
             giue
             all
             ?
             Why
             ,
             then
             sell
             some
             ,
             and
             giue
             almes
             of
             a
             part
             ,
             yea
             ,
             giue
             almes
             euen
             by
             selling
             some
             part
             of
             that
             which
             you
             may
             well
             spare
             to
             your
             poore
             brethren
             ;
             that
             i
             
               now
               at
               this
               time
               your
               abundance
               may
               supply
               their
               want
               ,
            
             that
             [
             at
             another
             time
             ]
             their
             
               abandance
               may
               supply
               your
               want
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               an
               equality
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             ability
             of
             giuing
             ,
             
             there
             God
             accepteth
             selling
             at
             some
             times
             ,
             such
             times
             as
             these
             .
             Hee
             who
             selleth
             to
             preuent
             a
             Dearth
             ,
             doth
             a
             good
             worke
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             hee
             who
             giueth
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Dearth
             .
             A
             few
             Bushels
             sent
             to
             the
             Market
             ,
             and
             sold
             indifferently
             to
             the
             needy
             ,
             doe
             please
             God
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             mony
             or
             bread
             giuen
             at
             the
             doore
             :
             by
             this
             ,
             one
             or
             a
             few
             are
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             ,
             refreshed
             ;
             by
             the
             other
             ,
             many
             are
             weekely
             releeued
             ;
             by
             giuing
             at
             the
             doore
             ,
             
             many
             times
             ,
             idle
             bellies
             ,
             loose
             lozels
             ,
             lewd
             loyteterers
             are
             pampered
             ,
             whose
             backes
             had
             more
             need
             to
             be
             punished
             ;
             but
             by
             reasonable
             and
             seasonable
             selling
             ,
             many
             poore
             painefull
             families
             are
             maintained
             ,
             which
             hauing
             laboured
             hard
             all
             the
             weeke
             ,
             must
             not
             onely
             pray
             ,
             but
             fast
             the
             Sunday
             ,
             if
             they
             caunot
             buy
             a
             little
             Corne
             the
             Satterday
             .
             So
             that
             the
             way
             to
             heauen
             is
             not
             so
             narrow
             ,
             nor
             the
             gate
             so
             strait
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             courteous
             Farmer
             ,
             with
             his
             Cart-load
             of
             Corne
             may
             enter
             into
             it
             ,
             who
             is
             ready
             to
             releeue
             the
             Countrey
             by
             charitable
             selling
             .
             
             Behold
             how
             God
             esteemes
             that
             mercy
             to
             others
             ,
             
             which
             brings
             a
             commodity
             to
             our selues
             ;
             and
             saith
             ,
             in
             effect
             ,
             to
             you
             that
             are
             of
             ability
             ,
             in
             these
             extremities
             ;
             Thy
             neighbour
             hath
             need
             ,
             yea
             ,
             I
             my selfe
             ,
             in
             him
             ,
             doe
             suffer
             want
             ,
             now
             enrich
             thy selfe
             .
             At
             other
             times
             (
             and
             so
             now
             too
             especially
             )
             k
             
               Hee
               that
               giueth
               to
               the
               poore
               ,
               lendeth
               vnto
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             Hee
             that
             selleth
             vnto
             the
             poore
             ,
             giueth
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             will
             repay
             him
             with
             a
             blessing
             on
             the
             bargaine
             .
             Doth
             Dauid
             say
             of
             him
             ,
             l
             
               Who
               hath
               dispersed
               and
               giuen
               to
               the
               poore
               ,
            
             that
             
               his
               righteousnesse
               remaineth
               for
               euer
            
             ?
             Behold
             ,
             his
             righteousnesse
             also
             remaineth
             ,
             and
             a
             blessing
             is
             layd
             vp
             for
             him
             who
             disperseth
             and
             selleth
             to
             the
             poore
             .
             Did
             that
             blessed
             Saint
             say
             truly
             in
             one
             sense
             ,
             m
             
               Charitas
               de
               sacculo
               non
               erogatur
            
             ,
             Charity
             is
             not
             drawne
             out
             of
             a
             Sacke
             :
             we
             may
             as
             truly
             (
             in
             this
             sense
             )
             affirme
             the
             contrary
             ,
             
               Charity
               is
               drawne
               out
               of
               a
               Sacke
               .
            
             When
             a
             man
             openeth
             the
             Sacke
             and
             selleth
             as
             he
             ought
             ,
             he
             dealeth
             charitably
             .
             To
             sell
             ,
             in
             Latine
             ,
             is
             ,
             n
             To
             giue
             to
             sale
             ;
             so
             that
             to
             sell
             to
             him
             that
             needeth
             ,
             is
             a
             kinde
             of
             gift
             .
             The
             charitable
             seller
             shall
             haue
             his
             reward
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             charitable
             giuer
             .
          
           
             o
             I
             say
             ,
             The
             charitable
             seller
             :
             for
             ,
             Not
             euery
             one
             that
             selleth
             ,
             nor
             that
             selleth
             at
             euery
             time
             ,
             must
             expect
             
             the
             blessing
             .
             Euen
             those
             whom
             the
             people
             doe
             curse
             for
             not
             selling
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             doe
             meane
             to
             sell
             at
             another
             time
             .
             But
             he
             who
             will
             so
             sell
             as
             that
             hee
             may
             buy
             a
             blessing
             ,
             must
             sell
             charitably
             .
             How
             is
             that
             ?
             He
             must
             sell
             ,
          
           
             p
             1.
             
             Conuenient
             graine
             ,
             2.
             
             For
             conuenient
             gaine
             ,
             3.
             
             In
             season
             conuenient
             ,
             and
             4.
             
             Measure
             conuenient
             .
          
           
             q
             First
             ,
             hee
             must
             shew
             charity
             in
             selling
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             matter
             ;
             he
             must
             sell
             that
             which
             is
             good
             for
             quality
             .
             He
             must
             not
             sell
             the
             refuse
             of
             the
             wheat
             ,
             lest
             instead
             of
             a
             blessing
             ,
             hee
             come
             within
             compasse
             of
             the
             curse
             denounced
             by
             Amos
             r
             ,
             against
             such
             sellers
             .
             Some
             will
             sell
             indeed
             ,
             but
             it
             shall
             bee
             the
             orts
             and
             fragments
             of
             Rats
             and
             Mice
             .
             ſ
             Many
             will
             giue
             that
             which
             they
             cannot
             sell
             .
             t
             But
             many
             are
             worse
             than
             the
             Calabrian
             host
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             his
             guests
             would
             not
             accept
             his
             profered
             Peares
             ,
             hee
             would
             tell
             them
             that
             the
             swine
             should
             eat
             them
             .
             Many
             will
             not
             sell
             to
             their
             brethren
             but
             that
             which
             is
             almost
             too
             bad
             to
             be
             cast
             vnto
             the
             swine
             .
          
           
             u
             Secondly
             ,
             conuenient
             graine
             must
             bee
             sold
             for
             conuenient
             gaine
             ,
             otherwise
             there
             is
             no
             charity
             ,
             but
             iniury
             and
             oppression
             in
             selling
             .
             Gold
             may
             bee
             bought
             too
             deare
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             graine
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             as
             Saint
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             counselled
             the
             Publicans
             ,
             so
             doe
             we
             the
             
               popular
               Publicans
            
             ,
             the
             Farmars
             ,
             x
             
               Exact
               no
               more
               than
               is
               appointed
               .
            
             Men
             say
             that
             light
             gaine
             makes
             heauy
             purses
             ;
             some
             shall
             finde
             that
             their
             light
             ware
             and
             heauy
             price
             wil
             make
             guilty
             consciences
             ,
             &
             heauy
             hearts
             at
             the
             last
             .
             Too
             many
             doe
             catch
             their
             poore
             neighbour
             ,
             the
             buyer
             ,
             as
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             men
             doe
             vse
             to
             catch
             the
             Panther
             ,
             by
             placing
             the
             prey
             on
             a
             Tree
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             so
             farre
             aboue
             his
             reach
             ,
             that
             hee
             breakes
             his
             heart-strings
             in
             leaping
             at
             it
             :
             so
             ,
             many
             doe
             bring
             into
             the
             Market
             good
             Corne
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             bait
             in
             the
             
             sight
             of
             the
             buyer
             ;
             for
             they
             pitch
             such
             an
             high
             price
             on
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             poore
             Coater
             ,
             though
             hee
             stretch
             his
             purse-strings
             till
             they
             breake
             againe
             ,
             is
             not
             able
             to
             reach
             vnto
             it
             .
             And
             if
             they
             cannot
             haue
             their
             owne
             price
             ,
             home
             it
             must
             againe
             ,
             or
             bee
             housed
             vntill
             the
             next
             Market
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             price
             doe
             fall
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             hang
             themselues
             ,
             because
             they
             neglected
             their
             first
             aduantage
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             selling
             (
             especially
             in
             this
             )
             cannot
             bee
             charitable
             ,
             
             vnlesse
             it
             bee
             also
             seasonable
             .
             God
             giueth
             euery
             thing
             food
             in
             due
             season
             ;
             so
             will
             the
             godly
             afford
             their
             poore
             brethren
             that
             which
             must
             feed
             them
             in
             the
             fittest
             season
             .
             Tempestiuity
             in
             doing
             ,
             addeth
             weight
             and
             worth
             to
             euery
             good
             deed
             .
             What
             is
             a
             pardon
             worth
             ,
             that
             commeth
             after
             execution
             ?
             As
             much
             as
             the
             Cardinals
             Cap
             which
             the
             Pope
             sent
             to
             
               B.
               Fisher
            
             ,
             when
             the
             head
             was
             off
             that
             should
             haue
             worne
             it
             .
             Farmers
             will
             sell
             (
             forsooth
             )
             but
             not
             yet
             ,
             not
             in
             haste
             ,
             the
             price
             is
             not
             yet
             high
             enough
             for
             their
             purpose
             .
             They
             haue
             learn'd
             the
             language
             of
             the
             Iewes
             in
             Haggaies
             times
             ,
             and
             doe
             say
             ,
             by
             releeuing
             the
             spiritual
             Temples
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             by
             repairing
             his
             materiall
             Temple
             .
             y
             
               The
               time
               is
               not
               yet
               come
               ,
               the
               time
               that
               the
               Lords
               house
               should
               be
               built
               .
            
             The
             time
             is
             not
             yet
             come
             that
             wee
             should
             sell
             ;
             it
             will
             bee
             dearer
             a
             great
             deale
             ,
             and
             that
             ere
             long
             .
             What
             is
             this
             but
             to
             delay
             a
             blessing
             ,
             vntill
             it
             turne
             to
             a
             curse
             ;
             like
             the
             reprieuing
             of
             a
             good
             dish
             of
             meat
             till
             it
             be
             moulded
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             worms
             ?
             You
             who
             desire
             a
             blessing
             vpon
             your
             selling
             ,
             remember
             that
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             take
             it
             as
             spoken
             to
             you
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             z
             
               Now
               is
               the
               acceptable
               time
               ,
               now
               is
               the
               day
               of
               saluation
               .
            
             Now
             is
             the
             time
             (
             you
             who
             haue
             Corne
             to
             sell
             )
             now
             is
             your
             time
             to
             sell
             it
             ;
             now
             that
             Corne
             is
             deare
             ,
             now
             bring
             it
             forth
             ,
             furnish
             the
             Markets
             ,
             
             bring
             downe
             the
             price
             ;
             now
             take
             your
             time
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             bring
             a
             blessing
             on
             your
             soules
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             as
             the
             matter
             must
             be
             good
             ,
             so
             the
             measure
             must
             be
             iust
             ;
             
             there
             must
             bee
             a
             conueniency
             as
             well
             in
             regard
             of
             quantity
             as
             of
             quality
             ,
             otherwise
             ,
             charity
             and
             a
             blessing
             will
             be
             absent
             from
             your
             selling
             .
             a
             
               False
               ballances
               are
               abhomination
               vnto
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             and
             are
             not
             false
             Bushels
             and
             false
             Peckes
             also
             ?
             b
             
               Iust
               Ballances
               ,
               iust
               weights
               ,
               a
               iust
               Ephah
               ,
               and
               a
               iust
               Hin
               shalt
               thou
               haue
               .
            
             c
             
               To
               make
               the
               Ephah
               small
               ,
               and
               the
               Shekel
               great
               ,
               and
               to
               sell
               the
               refuse
               of
               the
               Corne
               :
            
             bad
             ware
             ,
             and
             as
             bad
             measure
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             to
             sell
             vnto
             the
             poore
             ,
             but
             to
             sell
             the
             poore
             ,
             or
             to
             buy
             them
             for
             so
             base
             a
             price
             as
             a
             paire
             of
             shooes
             ,
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             .
             Such
             Merchants
             are
             some
             of
             our
             mizars
             ,
             who
             bring
             good
             graine
             and
             great
             measure
             to
             the
             Market
             ,
             onely
             to
             fetch
             vp
             the
             price
             ,
             and
             doe
             sell
             worse
             Corne
             and
             lesse
             measure
             to
             their
             poore
             neighbours
             at
             home
             at
             the
             same
             price
             ,
             swearing
             that
             they
             sold
             it
             for
             so
             much
             at
             the
             Market
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             a
             mentall
             reseruation
             ,
             reserue
             their
             soules
             (
             without
             repentance
             )
             for
             the
             Diuell
             .
             What
             can
             this
             bee
             ,
             but
             a
             manifest
             breach
             of
             that
             strict
             iniunction
             ,
             d
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               haue
               in
               thy
               bagge
               diuers
               waights
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               haue
               in
               thine
               house
               diuers
               measures
               ,
               a
               great
               and
               a
               small
            
             ;
             
             and
             marke
             what
             followes
             ,
             and
             tremble
             all
             yee
             that
             practise
             such
             craft
             ,
             
               All
               that
               doe
               such
               things
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               doe
               vnrighteously
               ,
               are
               an
               abhomination
               to
               the
               Lord.
            
             And
             how
             can
             abhominable
             selling
             expect
             a
             blessing
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             charitable
             seller
             ,
             for
             whose
             head
             this
             Crowne
             is
             prepared
             ,
             as
             a
             reward
             ,
             not
             of
             merit
             ,
             but
             of
             mercy
             ;
             which
             that
             it
             may
             the
             more
             feruently
             affect
             vs
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             a
             little
             more
             punctually
             considered
             by
             vs
             ,
             
               Blessing
               shall
               bee
               on
               the
               head
               of
               him
               who
               selleth
               it
               .
               
            
          
           
           
             Here
             it
             is
             obseruable
             ,
             
             that
             the
             reward
             promised
             ,
             is
             larger
             and
             more
             emphatically
             laid
             downe
             ,
             
             than
             the
             punishment
             threatned
             .
             For
             whereas
             the
             Antithesis
             requires
             that
             it
             should
             be
             said
             ,
             
               The
               people
               shall
               blesse
               him
            
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             of
             the
             cōtrary
             ,
             
               The
               people
               shal
               curse
               him
            
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             said
             ,
             but
             ,
             
               Blessing
               shal
               be
               on
               his
               head
               ,
            
             which
             is
             more
             emphaticall
             .
             For
             hereby
             it
             is
             signified
             ,
             that
             God
             taketh
             on
             him
             to
             be
             the
             bestower
             of
             the
             blessing
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             entrust
             the
             multitude
             therewith
             ,
             he
             will
             doe
             it
             himselfe
             to
             preuent
             failing
             .
             In
             naming
             the
             head
             ,
             (
             the
             sublimest
             and
             noblest
             part
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             )
             he
             intimateth
             that
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             fountaine
             of
             blessednesse
             ,
             will
             streame
             downe
             blessings
             vpon
             him
             plentifully
             and
             comfortably
             .
             That
             which
             is
             powred
             downe
             vpon
             the
             head
             ,
             must
             needs
             proceed
             from
             something
             that
             is
             aboue
             the
             head
             .
             Now
             there
             is
             none
             higher
             than
             the
             head
             of
             man
             ,
             that
             can
             conferre
             a
             blessing
             on
             man
             ,
             but
             God
             alone
             .
             Hence
             therefore
             it
             must
             needs
             follow
             ,
             
             that
             
               God
               will
               crowne
               with
               blessings
               that
               man
               who
               charitably
               selleth
               his
               Corne
               in
               times
               of
               extremity
               ,
               
               thereby
               to
               mitigate
               or
               abate
               the
               Dearth
               .
            
          
           
             These
             are
             two
             sinnes
             especially
             reigning
             among
             the
             poorer
             sort
             of
             people
             ;
             
             1.
             
             Murmuring
             ,
             and
             2.
             
             Vnthankfulnesse
             :
             If
             they
             want
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             presently
             satisfied
             ,
             
             they
             murmure
             against
             God
             and
             man
             ;
             
             they
             cry
             out
             on
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             the
             times
             and
             of
             mens
             hearts
             .
             This
             Dauid
             ,
             long
             sithence
             ,
             obserued
             in
             some
             of
             that
             kinde
             ;
             e
             
               They
               wander
               vp
               and
               downe
               for
               meat
               ,
               and
               grudge
               if
               they
               be
               not
               satisfied
               .
            
             And
             yet
             being
             satisfied
             ,
             commonly
             they
             are
             vnthankefull
             both
             to
             God
             and
             man.
             They
             haue
             mouthes
             full
             of
             cursing
             against
             them
             who
             with-hold
             Corne
             ;
             but
             not
             a
             breath
             of
             blessing
             (
             too
             many
             of
             them
             )
             for
             those
             who
             releeue
             
             them
             ,
             either
             by
             giuing
             ,
             lending
             ,
             or
             selling
             .
             This
             makes
             mens
             hearts
             to
             bee
             harder
             than
             they
             would
             be
             ;
             and
             this
             causeth
             God
             to
             punish
             such
             murmuring
             ,
             such
             vnthankfulnesse
             ,
             by
             encreasing
             their
             wants
             ,
             
             and
             remouing
             the
             supplies
             .
             But
             let
             neither
             of
             these
             discourage
             good
             Christians
             from
             doing
             their
             duties
             ;
             let
             no
             man
             bee
             disheartned
             from
             charitable
             beneficence
             by
             the
             peoples
             vnthankfulnesse
             :
             For
             though
             man
             be
             vngratefull
             ,
             
             yet
             God
             is
             not
             forgetfull
             .
             Good
             men
             in
             doing
             good
             ,
             doe
             looke
             vp
             chiefly
             to
             the
             fountaine
             of
             goodnesse
             ,
             to
             God
             and
             his
             glory
             .
             Be
             ye
             assured
             therefore
             ,
             that
             though
             men
             doe
             neglect
             their
             duty
             ,
             yet
             God
             can
             as
             soone
             forget
             himselfe
             as
             his
             mercy
             .
             If
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             ready
             to
             curse
             when
             they
             want
             ,
             be
             not
             as
             ready
             to
             blesse
             when
             their
             wants
             are
             supplied
             ,
             yet
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             powred
             charity
             into
             your
             hearts
             ,
             will
             powre
             down
             blessings
             vpon
             your
             heads
             ,
             and
             so
             crowne
             in
             you
             his
             owne
             gifts
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             reserue
             some
             time
             for
             Application
             ,
             
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             ,
             because
             my
             Text
             (
             rightly
             applied
             )
             surroundeth
             the
             whole
             Temple
             ,
             and
             bespeaketh
             all
             Auditors
             here
             present
             ,
             of
             whatsoeuer
             condition
             ,
             euen
             from
             the
             Chancell
             to
             the
             Church-doore
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             application
             as
             attention
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             Salomon
             saith
             ,
             
               Blessing
               shall
               be
               vpon
            
             
               the
               head
            
             ,
             
             let
             me
             first
             beginne
             with
             the
             head
             of
             this
             assembly
             ,
             and
             prepare
             them
             to
             receiue
             the
             blessing
             ,
             which
             afterward
             (
             like
             Aarons
             ointment
             )
             may
             from
             the
             head
             distill
             vnto
             the
             beard
             ,
             and
             thence
             runne
             downe
             to
             the
             hem
             of
             the
             garment
             .
          
           
             To
             you
             (
             right
             Worshipfull
             )
             doth
             Salomon
             speake
             in
             this
             Proclamation
             ,
             as
             Proclamations
             are
             first
             addressed
             to
             the
             chiefe
             Officers
             ,
             that
             by
             them
             they
             may
             be
             published
             to
             the
             People
             .
             If
             you
             be
             failing
             in
             doing
             your
             duties
             ,
             if
             you
             discharge
             not
             that
             trust
             
             which
             God
             hath
             imposed
             and
             his
             annointed
             hath
             reposed
             on
             you
             ,
             how
             will
             you
             answer
             it
             ?
             how
             will
             you
             escape
             the
             curse
             of
             God
             and
             man.
             But
             (
             praised
             be
             God
             )
             the
             Country
             doth
             witnesse
             ,
             and
             we
             thankfully
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             hitherto
             (
             some
             of
             you
             especially
             )
             haue
             not
             beene
             failing
             .
             Proceed
             in
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ;
             all
             the
             praise
             and
             recompence
             is
             paid
             vnto
             perseuerance
             :
             feare
             not
             ,
             faint
             not
             ,
             be
             resolute
             ,
             be
             couragious
             ;
             you
             haue
             God
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Cleargie
             ,
             the
             Country
             on
             your
             sides
             :
             onely
             a
             few
             scarabees
             ,
             whose
             element
             is
             dongue
             ,
             may
             assay
             to
             scare
             you
             from
             your
             commendable
             courses
             .
             But
             let
             not
             their
             buzzing
             out-braue
             your
             worthy
             proceedings
             :
             let
             not
             the
             murmurings
             nor
             reproaches
             of
             a
             few
             ,
             worthier
             to
             be
             punished
             then
             regarded
             ,
             daunt
             you
             in
             the
             seruice
             of
             God
             and
             your
             Country
             .
             I
             haue
             heard
             strange
             language
             from
             some
             of
             their
             lips
             ;
             
               The
               Markets
               are
               worse
               furnished
               ,
               and
               the
               price
               of
               Corne
               more
               risen
               since
               the
               Iustices
               haue
               beene
               so
               industrious
               .
            
             Strange
             inferences
             !
             iust
             like
             
               Teuterton
               Steeple
               the
               cause
               of
               Goodwin
               sands
               .
            
             As
             if
             Iudges
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             fellonies
             ,
             as
             Physitians
             (
             in
             some
             places
             )
             are
             of
             so
             many
             funerals
             ,
             and
             Attornies
             of
             so
             many
             Law-sutes
             .
             These
             are
             but
             bubbles
             blowne
             vp
             by
             malice
             or
             couetousnesse
             ;
             let
             them
             not
             be
             Lyons
             to
             stop
             you
             from
             going
             on
             couragiously
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Iustice
             .
             Though
             the
             people
             do
             sometimes
             curse
             where
             they
             should
             blesse
             ,
             yet
             God
             will
             surely
             blesse
             ,
             where
             he
             findeth
             obedience
             .
             As
             blessing
             shall
             be
             on
             the
             head
             of
             them
             who
             sell
             their
             Corne
             willingly
             ,
             so
             shall
             it
             be
             on
             your
             heads
             ,
             who
             cause
             them
             ,
             or
             compell
             them
             to
             sell
             ,
             who
             are
             vnwilling
             .
             The
             blessing
             that
             might
             haue
             beene
             on
             their
             heads
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             sold
             willingly
             ,
             shall
             bee
             taken
             from
             theirs
             ,
             
             and
             placed
             on
             your
             heads
             ,
             for
             enforcing
             them
             to
             doe
             their
             duty
             .
             And
             doubtlesse
             ,
             this
             blessing
             shal
             be
             doubled
             ,
             if
             you
             draw
             
             them
             on
             by
             example
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             authority
             .
             If
             blessing
             shall
             be
             on
             the
             head
             of
             the
             seller
             ,
             how
             many
             blessings
             shall
             bee
             on
             the
             bountifull
             giuer
             and
             releeuer
             of
             the
             poore
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             more
             blessed
             to
             giue
             than
             to
             receiue
             ,
             then
             ,
             doubtlesse
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             blessed
             to
             giue
             than
             to
             sell
             .
             Let
             me
             incite
             you
             (
             Worthies
             )
             to
             an
             holy
             ambition
             ,
             a
             godly
             enuy
             ,
             or
             (
             to
             auoyd
             the
             odiousnesse
             of
             the
             terme
             ,
             stile
             it
             rather
             )
             zeale
             .
             Disdaine
             ,
             disdaine
             that
             your
             Tenants
             should
             carry
             away
             from
             your
             heads
             ,
             such
             a
             Crowne
             by
             selling
             ,
             when
             you
             may
             anticipate
             the
             blessing
             by
             bountifull
             giuing
             .
             Or
             let
             those
             Earth-wormes
             be
             so
             base
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             not
             buy
             heauen
             by
             selling
             ,
             be
             ye
             more
             generous
             (
             Noble
             Bereans
             )
             buy
             it
             you
             by
             giuing
             .
             
             Christ
             was
             contented
             to
             be
             sold
             himselfe
             at
             a
             vile
             price
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             buy
             vs
             at
             so
             deare
             a
             price
             as
             his
             owne
             blood
             .
             How
             can
             we
             call
             our selues
             Christians
             ,
             if
             wee
             will
             not
             buy
             Christ
             for
             a
             little
             siluer
             ,
             or
             a
             morsell
             of
             bread
             ?
             Hospitality
             at
             all
             times
             commendable
             ,
             in
             these
             hard
             times
             is
             Royall
             .
             Learne
             of
             Noble
             Nehemias
             ,
             to
             make
             your
             houses
             Hospitals
             for
             the
             poore
             .
             Away
             with
             that
             mock-chimney
             ,
             or
             rather
             poyson
             of
             Hospitality
             ,
             entertaining
             of
             
               Nimrods
               ,
               Esaus
               ,
               Ismaels
            
             ,
             and
             those
             deuouring
             Dromedaries
             ,
             their
             followers
             .
             If
             euer
             ,
             now
             ,
             now
             follow
             your
             Sauiours
             counsell
             of
             inuiting
             and
             entertaining
             your
             poore
             neighbours
             at
             your
             tables
             ;
             if
             not
             at
             your
             tables
             ,
             yet
             in
             your
             houses
             ;
             if
             not
             in
             your
             houses
             ,
             yet
             at
             your
             doores
             ;
             or
             if
             you
             will
             not
             haue
             them
             come
             to
             your
             owne
             houses
             ,
             yet
             send
             sometimes
             to
             see
             how
             they
             are
             prouided
             at
             their
             owne
             .
             Your
             
               Ouer-seers
               for
               the
               poore
            
             ,
             in
             many
             Parishes
             ,
             are
             poore
             Ouer-seers
             :
             It
             is
             a
             worthy
             worke
             for
             a
             Iustice
             of
             Peace
             ,
             in
             his
             Parish
             ,
             to
             ouer-see
             them
             ,
             and
             if
             need
             be
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Deacon
             in
             ministring
             and
             distributing
             to
             the
             necessities
             of
             the
             brethren
             .
             Christ
             hath
             descended
             to
             baser
             seruices
             for
             vs.
             If
             any
             say
             ,
             I
             
             talke
             of
             cost
             and
             charges
             ;
             I
             will
             soone
             shew
             how
             that
             may
             be
             saued
             ,
             at
             least
             quitted
             .
             Stop
             somewhat
             of
             the
             streame
             in
             your
             Butteries
             and
             Sellars
             ,
             and
             open
             it
             rather
             at
             your
             doores
             .
             Rescue
             your
             Wine
             and
             your
             Beere
             from
             the
             tyranny
             of
             Rorers
             ,
             and
             turne
             it
             into
             bread
             for
             the
             necessary
             releefe
             of
             your
             hungry
             neighbours
             .
             Plucke
             your
             drinke
             from
             the
             throats
             of
             them
             that
             waste
             it
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             the
             better
             bestow
             your
             morsels
             on
             those
             who
             want
             it
             .
             How
             many
             a
             hungry
             family
             might
             feast
             it
             a
             week
             ,
             on
             the
             healths
             that
             are
             wasted
             in
             some
             Gentlemens
             houses
             in
             a
             night
             ?
          
           
             One
             word
             more
             ,
             
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             at
             parting
             :
             you
             haue
             mysticall
             Corne
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             materiall
             .
             Iustice
             and
             Equity
             is
             your
             Corne
             ;
             if
             you
             with-hold
             this
             ,
             the
             people
             will
             curse
             you
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             adde
             the
             weight
             of
             a
             woe
             to
             their
             curses
             .
             Onely
             ,
             this
             Corne
             of
             Iustice
             is
             not
             for
             the
             Market
             ;
             it
             must
             not
             be
             sold
             ,
             take
             heed
             of
             that
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             equally
             diuided
             ,
             and
             distributed
             freely
             .
             Iustice
             must
             not
             be
             sold
             by
             the
             basket
             ,
             as
             Corn
             is
             by
             the
             Bushell
             .
             Though
             in
             Cities
             ,
             commonly
             ,
             Merchants
             be
             Iustices
             ,
             yet
             neither
             in
             City
             nor
             Country
             must
             Iustices
             be
             merchants
             ,
             especially
             of
             Iustice
             .
             The
             sellers
             of
             this
             kinde
             of
             Corne
             ,
             are
             liable
             to
             a
             curse
             ,
             equall
             with
             the
             with-holders
             of
             the
             other
             .
             Blessing
             shall
             be
             on
             the
             head
             of
             them
             who
             vprightly
             doe
             administer
             it
             ,
             and
             freely
             doe
             distribute
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             see
             here
             are
             Ministers
             present
             ,
             
             as
             well
             as
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             shall
             I
             dismisse
             my
             brethren
             without
             a
             blessing
             ?
             Were
             this
             a
             Visitation
             (
             as
             in
             some
             kinde
             it
             is
             )
             here
             were
             a
             Text
             for
             a
             
               Concio
               ad
               clerum
               ,
               Hee
               that
               with-holdeth
               corne
               ,
               the
               people
               shall
               curse
               him
               .
            
             As
             for
             materiall
             Corne
             ,
             our
             neighbours
             will
             exempt
             vs
             from
             the
             curse
             by
             keeping
             our
             Corne
             from
             vs
             ,
             not
             allowing
             vs
             (
             by
             their
             wil●
             )
             sufficient
             to
             serue
             our
             owne
             turnes
             ,
             much
             lesse
             to
             be
             sellers
             .
             But
             (
             blessed
             
             and
             beloued
             Brethren
             )
             let
             vs
             remember
             that
             we
             are
             Gods
             Husbandmen
             ,
             
             and
             Iosephs
             (
             as
             I
             may
             say
             )
             for
             spirituall
             Corne
             :
             some
             of
             the
             ancients
             doe
             take
             this
             Text
             in
             a
             mysticall
             sense
             ,
             and
             by
             Corne
             doe
             here
             vnderstand
             the
             Preaching
             of
             the
             Gospell
             .
             O
             let
             vs
             not
             be
             hiders
             and
             with-holders
             ,
             but
             stewards
             and
             dsposers
             of
             that
             graine
             whereof
             is
             made
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             .
             Neuer
             had
             wee
             more
             need
             to
             be
             bountifull
             in
             breaking
             it
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             then
             in
             these
             dangerous
             dayes
             :
             see
             we
             not
             how
             the
             seeds-men
             of
             sathan
             ,
             the
             Diuels
             farmers
             and
             Proctors
             ,
             Iesuites
             and
             secret
             Sectaries
             doe
             bestirre
             themselues
             ?
             They
             are
             not
             sparing
             in
             threshing
             out
             their
             tares
             :
             they
             sell
             ,
             yea
             ,
             they
             giue
             abroad
             their
             Romish
             graine
             ,
             they
             impose
             it
             on
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             doe
             presse
             them
             to
             take
             it
             :
             Shall
             we
             be
             with-holders
             and
             hiders
             of
             Gods
             graine
             ,
             when
             so
             many
             are
             ready
             to
             perish
             for
             want
             of
             knowledg
             ?
             It
             may
             be
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             who
             care
             not
             much
             for
             this
             mysticall
             corne
             ,
             will
             not
             curse
             vs
             ,
             though
             we
             keepe
             it
             from
             them
             :
             but
             though
             they
             doe
             not
             ,
             God
             will
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             be
             cursed
             who
             with-holds
             corporall
             bread
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             escape
             who
             with-holds
             the
             bread
             of
             the
             foule
             ?
             And
             if
             blessing
             shall
             be
             on
             his
             head
             who
             in
             a
             needfull
             time
             produceth
             his
             corn
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             may
             haue
             the
             food
             which
             perisheth
             ,
             how
             blessed
             shall
             he
             be
             who
             in
             so
             needfull
             times
             as
             these
             ,
             is
             bountifull
             in
             bestowing
             on
             them
             the
             food
             that
             endureth
             to
             euerlasting
             life
             ?
          
           
             Let
             mee
             now
             speake
             to
             them
             ,
             
             for
             whom
             I
             haue
             spoken
             all
             this
             while
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             poorer
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             therefore
             the
             poorer
             and
             more
             miserable
             ,
             because
             they
             care
             so
             little
             to
             repaire
             to
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             to
             heare
             what
             God
             saith
             vnto
             them
             .
             Though
             the
             peoples
             curse
             be
             the
             curse
             of
             Corn-horders
             ,
             yet
             this
             is
             no
             warrant
             for
             you
             ,
             O
             ye
             Poore
             ,
             to
             be
             impatient
             ,
             &
             to
             reuenge
             your
             wrongs
             with
             execrations
             
             and
             curses
             .
             
               Vengeance
               is
               mine
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               recompence
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord.
            
             When
             Saint
             Iames
             had
             bitterly
             inueighed
             against
             couetous
             rich
             men
             for
             keeping
             in
             their
             coyne
             ,
             and
             their
             cloathing
             ,
             and
             for
             detaining
             from
             the
             labourer
             his
             hire
             ,
             though
             hee
             said
             that
             a
             
               The
               rust
               of
               their
               siluer
               should
               bee
               a
               witnesse
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               moaths
               of
               their
               garments
               should
               at
               their
               flesh
               as
               fire
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               cries
               of
               the
               laborers
               entred
               into
               the
               eares
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             yet
             hee
             doth
             not
             counsell
             the
             labourers
             to
             cry
             ,
             much
             lesse
             to
             curse
             ,
             but
             exhorting
             them
             to
             patience
             ,
             aduiseth
             them
             to
             commit
             their
             case
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Iudge
             ,
             saying
             ,
             b
             
               Be
               patient
               therefore
               ,
               brethren
               ,
               till
               the
               comming
               of
               the
               Lord.
               —
               Grudge
               not
               one
               against
               another
               ,
               brethren
               ,
               lest
               yee
               be
               condemned
               .
               Behold
               the
               Iudge
               standeth
               before
               the
               doore
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Rather
             ,
             looke
             into
             your selues
             ,
             accuse
             your selues
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             will
             needs
             curse
             ,
             banne
             and
             abandon
             your
             owne
             sinnes
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             the
             causes
             of
             all
             your
             calamities
             .
             Your
             grudging
             ,
             your
             murmuring
             ,
             your
             vnthankefulnesse
             ,
             these
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             haue
             caused
             God
             to
             harden
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             against
             you
             .
             Sinne
             ,
             sin
             is
             the
             procurer
             of
             Dearth
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             disasters
             besides
             .
             c
             
               God
               turneth
               a
               fruitfull
               land
               into
               barrennesse
               :
            
             why
             doth
             he
             so
             ?
             
               For
               the
               wickednesse
               of
               the
               people
               that
               dwell
               therein
               .
            
             Onely
             for
             sinne
             ,
             Bethleem
             ,
             which
             was
             an
             house
             of
             Bread
             ,
             became
             an
             house
             of
             famine
             ;
             and
             that
             land
             ,
             which
             abounded
             with
             milke
             and
             honey
             ,
             was
             abandoned
             to
             Dearth
             and
             scarcity
             .
             In
             the
             Caldean
             language
             d
             (
             saith
             blessed
             
               Ambrose
               )
               Sodome
            
             and
             Gomorra
             doe
             signifie
             blindnesse
             and
             barrennesse
             .
             e
             Consider
             with
             your selues
             ,
             whether
             among
             your
             other
             sinnes
             ,
             your
             affected
             blindnesse
             be
             not
             a
             cause
             of
             this
             inflicted
             barrennesse
             .
             Alas
             !
             you
             doe
             not
             feele
             your
             greatest
             famine
             :
             miserable
             is
             your
             ignorance
             :
             I
             haue
             knowne
             some
             of
             you
             that
             haue
             not
             knowne
             whether
             Christ
             were
             a
             man
             or
             a
             woman
             .
             
             How
             sollicitous
             are
             you
             for
             corporall
             ,
             how
             carelesse
             of
             Spiritual
             sustenance
             ?
             crying
             out
             that
             you
             are
             ready
             to
             dye
             for
             want
             of
             a
             crust
             ,
             and
             not
             perceiuing
             that
             you
             doe
             daily
             perish
             for
             want
             of
             knowledge
             ?
             f
             
               You
               wander
               vp
               and
               downe
               for
               meat
               ,
               and
               grudge
               if
               you
               be
               not
               satisfied
            
             ;
             you
             may
             bee
             fed
             at
             home
             with
             the
             food
             that
             endureth
             to
             euerlasting
             life
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             come
             to
             receiue
             it
             .
             If
             your
             neighbour
             deny
             you
             Wheat
             or
             Barley
             ,
             you
             complaine
             ,
             you
             cry
             ,
             you
             are
             ready
             to
             curse
             him
             .
             But
             if
             God
             doe
             send
             a
             famine
             ,
             not
             of
             bread
             ,
             but
             of
             (
             that
             which
             is
             much
             more
             pretious
             )
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             if
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             be
             withholden
             from
             you
             ,
             by
             those
             who
             should
             breake
             it
             vnto
             you
             ,
             you
             are
             nothing
             grieued
             thereat
             ,
             you
             neuer
             complaine
             of
             that
             want
             .
             These
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             your
             peculiar
             sins
             haue
             caused
             vnto
             you
             this
             Dearth
             .
             Accuse
             not
             so
             much
             the
             couetousnes
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             your
             own
             corruptions
             :
             not
             the
             constellations
             or
             courses
             of
             the
             heauens
             ,
             but
             euill
             men
             ,
             euill
             minds
             ,
             euill
             manners
             ,
             do
             make
             the
             times
             euill
             .
             
             Amend
             them
             ,
             and
             these
             will
             soone
             be
             amended
             .
             And
             amend
             ,
             if
             not
             for
             loue
             of
             God
             and
             godlinesse
             ,
             yet
             for
             feare
             of
             iudgements
             .
             Repent
             ,
             if
             not
             inuited
             thereunto
             by
             goodthings
             ,
             yet
             enforced
             by
             these
             things
             which
             you
             account
             euill
             ,
             What
             you
             haue
             lost
             by
             sin
             and
             negligence
             ,
             redeeme
             ,
             recouer
             by
             true
             repentance
             .
             Learne
             you
             once
             to
             seek
             first
             the
             kingdome
             of
             God
             and
             his
             righteousnes
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             haue
             a
             most
             sure
             word
             of
             promise
             ,
             that
             g
             all
             these
             things
             shall
             be
             added
             vnto
             you
             God
             will
             turn
             stones
             into
             bread
             ,
             make
             the
             most
             stony-hearted
             Mammonist
             relent
             and
             yeeld
             you
             bread
             ,
             or
             he
             will
             raine
             downe
             bread
             from
             heauen
             ,
             or
             cause
             the
             Rauens
             to
             feed
             you
             ,
             or
             worke
             any
             miracle
             rather
             than
             you
             shall
             perish
             .
             Or
             if
             it
             please
             God
             to
             correct
             you
             with
             this
             rod
             ,
             and
             to
             exercise
             you
             with
             this
             affliction
             ,
             yet
             despaire
             not
             ;
             for
             euen
             these
             publike
             calamities
             
             are
             sanctified
             to
             Gods
             children
             .
             To
             them
             ,
             this
             very
             scourge
             of
             famine
             (
             as
             well
             as
             other
             curses
             )
             haue
             their
             natures
             altered
             ,
             as
             the
             bitter
             waters
             of
             Mara
             ,
             were
             turned
             into
             sweetnesse
             ,
             and
             a
             stinging
             serpent
             changed
             into
             a
             flourishing
             rod.
             No
             extremity
             of
             famine
             (
             no
             more
             then
             any
             other
             temptation
             )
             can
             turne
             the
             loue
             of
             God
             from
             his
             children
             ;
             as
             is
             cleere
             by
             that
             bold
             challenge
             of
             the
             Apostle
             to
             all
             afflictions
             and
             crosses
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             as
             well
             as
             to
             any
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             h
             
               Who
               shall
               separate
               vs
               from
               the
               loue
               of
               Christ
               ?
               shall
               tribulation
               ,
               or
               distresse
               ,
               or
               persecution
               ,
               or
            
             FAMINE
             ?
             
               No
               ,
               for
               in
               all
               these
               things
               wee
               are
               more
               then
               conquerors
               ,
               through
               him
               that
               loued
               vs.
               
            
          
           
             Can
             I
             quit
             the
             Mountaine
             of
             blessing
             ,
             without
             bequeathing
             a
             blessing
             ?
             I
             cannot
             ;
             and
             to
             whom
             should
             I
             bequeath
             it
             ,
             
             rather
             then
             vnto
             them
             on
             whom
             my
             Text
             doth
             bestow
             it
             ,
             the
             Sellers
             ?
             We
             who
             are
             the
             Preachers
             of
             Peace
             ,
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             sometimes
             encourage
             men
             vnto
             contention
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             against
             sinne
             ,
             and
             the
             courses
             of
             sinners
             .
             Contend
             you
             therefore
             (
             charitable
             breasts
             )
             against
             these
             hard-hearted
             horders
             :
             Be
             you
             as
             couetous
             for
             your
             soules
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             for
             perishing
             substance
             :
             While
             they
             heape
             vp
             curses
             on
             themselues
             by
             with-holding
             ,
             striue
             you
             for
             blessings
             by
             charitable
             selling
             .
             Now
             is
             your
             haruest
             ,
             take
             aduantage
             of
             these
             hard
             times
             to
             store
             your selues
             with
             the
             best
             riches
             ;
             see
             how
             God
             makes
             many
             to
             want
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             abound
             ,
             and
             suffers
             others
             to
             be
             miserable
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             blessed
             by
             relieuing
             them
             .
             Neglect
             not
             this
             opportunity
             ,
             but
             now
             by
             seasonable
             selling
             buy
             vnto
             your selues
             an
             assured
             blessing
             ;
             you
             see
             with
             what
             a
             faire
             offer
             God
             presents
             you
             ,
             to
             get
             heauen
             without
             loosing
             any
             thing
             on
             earth
             .
             That
             blessing
             which
             others
             attaine
             vnto
             by
             free
             giuing
             ,
             you
             may
             get
             by
             profitable
             selling
             .
          
           
             Blessed
             shall
             you
             be
             in
             your
             outward
             estate
             ,
             you
             
             shall
             neuer
             be
             the
             poorer
             at
             the
             yeeres
             end
             ;
             
             you
             shal
             finde
             as
             much
             coine
             in
             your
             purses
             ,
             as
             the
             greedy
             cormorant
             that
             sharketh
             after
             all
             aduantages
             .
             God
             will
             blow
             on
             his
             store
             ,
             and
             boare
             holes
             in
             his
             bags
             ,
             while
             yours
             shall
             hold
             ,
             and
             be
             encreased
             :
             
               A
               little
               that
               the
               righteous
               hath
               ,
               is
               more
               then
               all
               the
               riches
               of
               the
               wicked
               .
            
             Blessed
             shall
             you
             be
             in
             your
             names
             and
             reputations
             ;
             you
             shall
             be
             praised
             and
             well
             reported
             of
             by
             all
             men
             (
             all
             good
             men
             )
             and
             by
             the
             truth
             it selfe
             :
             the
             precious
             ointment
             of
             a
             good
             name
             shall
             perfume
             the
             places
             of
             your
             aboad
             :
             
               The
               righteous
               shall
               be
               had
               in
               euerlasting
               remembrance
               .
            
          
           
             Blessed
             shall
             you
             be
             in
             the
             loue
             of
             the
             people
             .
             The
             daily
             labourer
             shall
             daily
             pray
             for
             you
             ;
             and
             Magistrates
             shall
             praise
             you
             ;
             godly
             Ministers
             shall
             reioyce
             &
             take
             comfort
             in
             you
             ;
             widdowes
             &
             orphanes
             in
             their
             hearty
             prayers
             shall
             send
             letters
             of
             commendation
             in
             your
             behalfe
             vnto
             heauen
             ,
             to
             the
             King
             of
             heauen
             ,
             their
             speciall
             protector
             and
             assured
             friend
             to
             all
             that
             doe
             befriend
             them
             .
          
           
             Blessed
             shall
             you
             be
             in
             your
             husbandry
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             fields
             ;
             this
             yeeres
             selling
             shall
             be
             the
             next
             yeeres
             sowing
             and
             reaping
             :
             the
             earth
             which
             was
             cursed
             for
             Adams
             sinne
             ,
             shall
             be
             blessed
             vnto
             you
             :
             No
             worthing
             ,
             no
             marle
             ,
             no
             manuring
             shall
             procure
             you
             more
             plenty
             of
             Corne
             ,
             then
             this
             your
             selling
             of
             Corne
             ;
             yea
             ,
             a
             blessing
             shall
             be
             on
             your
             children
             ,
             and
             on
             your
             posterity
             after
             you
             ,
             as
             is
             promised
             vnto
             the
             faithfull
             .
          
           
             God
             shall
             crowne
             you
             with
             spirituall
             blessings
             :
             
             i
             
               He
               shall
               put
               gladnesse
               into
               your
               hearts
               ,
               more
               then
               they
               haue
               ,
               when
               their
               corne
               and
               their
               wine
               is
               increased
               ,
            
             and
             the
             prices
             with
             them
             :
             you
             shall
             haue
             peace
             of
             conscience
             ,
             ioy
             in
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             greater
             treasures
             then
             all
             full
             coffers
             and
             barnes
             can
             afford
             .
          
           
             You
             shall
             be
             blessed
             in
             your
             sicknesse
             .
             God
             himselfe
             
             shal
             be
             your
             Physitian
             ,
             your
             keeper
             ,
             
             your
             attender
             :
             
               The
               Lord
               will
               strengthen
               you
               vpon
               the
               bed
               of
               languishing
               ,
               he
               himselfe
               will
               burne
               all
               your
               bed
               in
               your
               sicknes
               .
            
             You
             shall
             be
             blessed
             in
             that
             houre
             wherein
             others
             are
             most
             distressed
             ,
             in
             your
             Death
             ;
             with
             old
             Simeon
             you
             shall
             depart
             in
             peace
             ,
             your
             eyes
             before-hand
             seeing
             your
             saluation
             .
          
           
             But
             most
             blessed
             shall
             you
             be
             after
             Death
             ,
             
             when
             God
             shall
             crowne
             you
             with
             euerlasting
             blessednesse
             in
             heauen
             ;
             then
             shall
             the
             head
             of
             blessings
             be
             on
             your
             head
             ,
             when
             you
             shall
             be
             most
             neerely
             and
             eternally
             ioyned
             vnto
             your
             head
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             who
             is
             blessednesse
             it selfe
             ,
             
               Who
               is
               God
               blessed
               for
               euer
               .
            
             O
             how
             ioyfull
             shall
             you
             be
             at
             that
             day
             ,
             when
             others
             shall
             be
             most
             sorrowfull
             :
             how
             blessed
             ,
             when
             these
             Corn-holders
             shall
             be
             cursed
             ▪
             for
             when
             they
             shall
             be
             sent
             away
             with
             the
             Goates
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             ,
             with
             that
             wofull
             word
             ,
             
               Depart
               ye
               cursed
               into
               euerlasting
               fire
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Diuel
               and
               his
               Angels
               :
            
             then
             shal
             you
             standing
             among
             the
             sheepe
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             heare
             that
             happy
             call
             ,
             
               Come
               ye
               blessed
            
             k
             
               of
               my
               father
               ,
               inherit
               the
               Kingdome
               prepared
               for
               you
               from
               the
               foundation
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             Kingdome
             he
             bring
             vs
             who
             hath
             prepared
             it
             for
             vs
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             one
             God
             in
             three
             persons
             ,
             blessed
             for
             euer
             ,
             be
             ascribed
             all
             praise
             ,
             power
             ,
             might
             ,
             maiesty
             ,
             glory
             ,
             and
             Dominion
             ,
             now
             and
             for
             euer
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A00818-e150
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             32.
             
          
           
             Veteres
             omnes
             morbos
             inediâ
             curabant
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A00818-e1830
           
             The
             occasion
             of
             the
             choice
             of
             this
             Text.
             
          
           
             a
             Luk.
             18.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             Et
             quae
             non
             prosunt
             singula
             ,
             iuncta
             iuuant
             .
          
           
             a
             Psal
             .
             37.
             27.
             
          
           
             b
             Deut.
             11.
             29.
             27.
             13.
             
          
           
             Iosh
             .
             18.
             33.
             
          
           
             Diuision
             of
             the
             Text
             into
             two
             parts
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             former
             part
             consider
             ,
             1.
             
             The
             sinne
             ,
             2.
             
             The
             sequel
             .
          
           
             
               Prima
               primae
            
             .
             The
             sin
             withholding
             Corne.
             
          
           
             All
             keeping
             of
             Corne
             not
             vnlawfull
             .
          
           
             *
             Paruula
             na●
             exemplo
             est
             magni
             formica
             laboris
             ,
             Ore
             trahit
             quod
             cunque
             potest
             ,
             acque
             addit
             aceruo
             quem
             struit
             ,
             haud
             igna●a
             e●
             non
             incauta
             futuri
             Horat.
             Hyemis
             memores
             tectque
             repenunt
             Virgil.
             4.
             
             Aenid
             .
             Parcum
             genus
             est
             patiensque
             laboris
             .
             Ouid
             Metam
             .
             7.
             
             Videatur
             Plinius
             .
             lib.
             11.
             cap.
             30.
             et
             Ambros
             .
             Hexam
             .
             l.
             6.
             c.
             4.
             item
             Aelian
             .
             de
             var.
             histor
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             Indè
             dictum
             Granigerum
             agmen
             ,
          
           
             a
             a
             
               See
               Pro.
            
             6.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             b
             What
             is
             vnlawfull
             herein
             .
          
           
             c
             Ambr.
             Offic.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             d
             Vnder
             the
             word
             ,
             Corne
             euery
             publike
             commodity
             is
             comprehended
             .
          
           
             Doctr.
             1.
             
          
           
             A
             grieuous
             sin
             to
             procure
             or
             further
             famine
             by
             raising
             the
             price
             of
             Corne.
             
          
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             is
             odious
             vnto
             God.
             
          
           
             e
             Amos
             ●
             .
             ●
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             
          
           
             f
             Dod
             ad
             Text.
             
          
           
             g
             vers
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             The
             detaining
             of
             other
             commodities
             not
             so
             necessary
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             a
             Corn
             ,
             forbidden
             by
             God.
             
          
           
             h
             Iam.
             5.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Much
             more
             of
             bread-Corne
             ,
             without
             ,
             which
             the
             life
             of
             man
             can
             hardly
             ,
             yea
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             be
             sustained
             .
          
           
             i
             The
             necessity
             of
             bread
             vnto
             mans
             life
             .
          
           
             k
             Isa
             .
             3.
             1.
             
             Leuit.
             26.
             26.
             
             Ezech.
             4.
             16.
             5.
             16.
             14.
             13.
             
          
           
             Satis
             est
             homini
             fluuiusque
             Ceresque
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             opposite
             to
             nature
             .
          
           
             l
             Hi
             mores
             ,
             haec
             duri
             immota
             Catonis
             secta
             f●it
             ,
             scr●are
             modum
             ,
             finemque
             tenere
             ,
             Naturamque
             sequi
             patriaeque
             impendere
             vitam
             .
             Nec
             sibi
             ,
             sed
             toti
             genitum
             se
             credere
             mundo
             .
             Lucan
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             m
             Eccle.
             5.
             9.
             
          
           
             n
             Corn-horders
             traitours
             to
             nature
             .
          
           
             o
             That
             which
             Nature
             most
             desireth
             ,
             they
             detest
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             Plenty
             .
          
           
             p
             Psal
             .
             65.
             11.
             
          
           
             And
             that
             which
             nature
             teacheth
             most
             to
             detest
             ,
             they
             doe
             most
             desire
             ,
             namely
             ,
             Dearth
             and
             Scarcity
             .
          
           
             q
             Mat.
             5.
             45.
             
          
           
             r
             1
             King.
             8.
             38.
             
          
           
             a
             Ezech.
             14.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             b
             Ezec.
             16.
             49.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Condemned
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Nations
             .
          
           
             c
             Annonam
             vexare
             et
             tentare
             vel
             maximè
             Dardanarii
             solent
             ,
             quorum
             auaritia
             itum
             est
             tam
             mandatis
             quàm
             costitutionibus
             .
             Vlpian
             .
             in
             leg
             .
             Annon
             .
             D.
             de
             extraordinar
             .
             criminio
             .
          
           
             d
             Terra
             communis
             omnium
             mater
             est
             ,
             propterea
             iusta
             ;
             vos
             autem
             iniusti
             ,
             qui
             eam
             duntaxat
             vestram
             matrem
             esse
             voluistis
             ;
             quod
             nisi
             ab
             huiusmodi
             incepto
             destiteritis
             ,
             diutiùs
             vos
             in
             ea
             permanere
             non
             sinam
             .
             Epistol
             Apolloniꝭ
             ad
             a●nona
             vex●tores
             in
             princip
             .
          
           
             e
             De
             Mathemalicis
             Italia
             pelend
             is
             factum
             Senatus
             consultum
             atrox
             et
             irritum
             .
             Tacit.
             Annal.
             l.
             12.
             c.
             52.
             
          
           
             f
             Genus
             hominum
             quod
             in
             Ciuitate
             nostra
             &
             vetabitur
             semper
             &
             retinebitur
             .
             Tacit.
             hist
             .
             l
             c.
             22.
             
          
           
             Tacit
             ,
             Annal.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             31.
             
          
           
             Application
             .
             Three
             sorts
             of
             people
             guilty
             of
             this
             sinne
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             greedy
             Farmer
             ,
             who
             sometimes
             with-holds
             Corne
             euen
             in
             selling
             in
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             couetous
             Marchant
             .
          
           
             g
             Gen.
             43.
             32.
             
          
           
             Basil
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Hucksters
             ,
             or
             Badgers
             of
             Corne.
             
          
           
             The
             sinne
             of
             with-holding
             Corne
             ,
             more
             hamous
             in
             our
             land
             ,
             than
             in
             others
             .
          
           
             Lament
             .
             2
             ,
             12
             ,
          
           
             The
             sequell
             .
             The
             curses
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             A
             common
             sinne
             drawes
             on
             a
             common
             curse
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             A
             fearefull
             thing
             to
             be
             iustly
             cursed
             by
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             The
             peoples
             curse
             two-fold
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Causlesse
             or
             vniust
             ,
             this
             not
             to
             be
             feared
             or
             regarded
             .
          
           
             a
             Pro.
             6
             ▪
             2.
             
          
           
             b
             Sciendum
             est
             quòd
             scriptura
             sacra
             duobus
             modis
             maledictum
             memorat
             ,
             aliud
             videlicet
             quod
             approbat
             ,
             aliud
             quod
             damnat
             .
             Aliud
             enim
             maledictum
             profortur
             iudicio
             iustitiae
             ,
             aliud
             liuore
             vindictae
             Greg.
             Moral
             .
             l.
             4.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             c
             Ier.
             15.
             10.
             
          
           
             d
             Exhortation
             to
             Magistrates
             and
             Officers
             to
             doe
             their
             duties
             though
             the
             people
             do
             causlesly
             curse
             them
             .
          
           
             Such
             curses
             shall
             not
             hurt
             their
             credits
             or
             consciences
             ,
             but
             rebound
             on
             those
             who
             do
             vse
             them
             .
          
           
             e
             Psa
             .
             109.
             28.
             
          
           
             f
             2
             Sam
             16.
             12.
             
             For
             such
             curses
             God
             will
             blesse
             them
             .
          
           
             g
             Mat.
             5.
             11.
             12
             
          
           
             h
             Beati
             super
             quos
             talis
             maledictio
             cadit
             .
             Vtinam
             vt
             super
             nos
             ista
             maledictio
             veniat
             .
             Euseb
             .
             Emis
             .
             seu
             .
             ser
             .
             4.
             post
             .
             4
             ,
             Domini
             .
          
           
             i
             I●ai
             51.
             7.
             
          
           
             k
             lsai
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             l
             Ephe.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             m
             Gen.
             12.
             3.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             iustly
             caused
             curse
             of
             the
             poore
             &
             oppressed
             ,
             this
             is
             very
             fearefull
             .
          
           
             n
             Prou.
             24.
             24.
             
             See
             Pro.
             17.
             15
             
          
           
             o
             Isai
             5.
             30.
             23
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Terrour
             to
             all
             oppressors
             of
             the
             poore
             .
          
           
             Vt
             quidam
             memoratur
             Athenis
             sordidus
             &
             diues
             vulgi
             cont●mnere
             voces
             Sic
             solitus
             ,
             Populus
             me
             sibilat
             ac
             mihi
             plaudo
             Ipse
             domi
             quoties
             nummos
             contemplor
             in
             arca
             .
          
           
             q
             Maledictio
             diuina
             sicut
             nunquam
             temerè
             emittitur
             ita
             nunquam
             re
             infecta
             reuertitur
             .
             Cartw●
             ad
             Text.
             
          
           
             Horat.
             l
             1.
             sat
             .
             1
             ●
             2
             King.
             9.
             24
             
          
           
             ſ
             Ecel
             4
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Especially
             to
             Corne
             horders
             .
          
           
             z
             Iam.
             5.
             4.
             
          
           
             u
             Exod.
             2●
             .
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             That
             these
             curses
             are
             not
             effectlesse
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             shewed
             by
             examples
             .
          
           
             A
             story
             out
             of
             
               Matthew
               Paris
            
             ,
             of
             
               Walter
               Grey
            
             ,
             Archbishop
             of
             Yorke
             ,
             a
             couetous
             Corn-horder
             .
          
           
             An.
             Dom.
             1234.
             
          
           
             x
             Another
             of
             a
             German
             Bishop
             deuoured
             by
             Rats
             .
             Anno
             930.
             
          
           
             Hatto
             Episcopus
             Moguntinensis
             .
             —
             Nomineq
             idem
             Episcopus
             et
             Pastor
             ,
             sed
             reipsa
             Lupus
             .
             Scribunt
             quidam
             quòd
             mures
             quoque●o
             men
             eius
             detentes
             a
             parietibus
             et
             tapetibus
             aebraserint
             .
             —
             Inde
             &
             in
             hodiernum
             diem
             turris
             ipsa
             ,
             turris
             muri●m
             vocatu
             .
             Iob
             Fincel
             .
             Andr.
             Housdorphius
             .
             Phil.
             Laui●er
             .
             in
             theat
             .
             histor
             .
             Theod.
             Zuinger
             .
             in
             Theat
             .
             vit
             .
             human
             .
             l.
             18.
             
             Rauisius
             Textor
             .
          
           
             y
             B.
             Godwin
             .
             Catalogue
             of
             English
             Bishops
             .
          
           
             z
             The
             effect
             of
             these
             curses
             in
             latter
             times
             ,
             wherein
             some
             of
             these
             Nabals
             haue
             hanged
             themselues
             ,
             when
             the
             price
             of
             Corne
             hath
             fallen
             .
          
           
             a
             Lauater
             ,
             Cartwright
             ad
             Text.
             
          
           
             The
             greatest
             curse
             of
             all
             ,
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Iudgement
             .
          
           
             b
             Mat.
             25.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
          
           
             c
             Definita
             est
             sententia
             ,
             nihil
             disputationi
             relinquens
             .
             Ambros.
             Offic.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             Obiections
             answered
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             May
             I
             not
             do
             with
             mine
             owne
             as
             I
             list
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             Christ
             onely
             may
             doe
             with
             his
             owne
             as
             he
             list
             .
          
           
             Man
             cannot
             ,
             who
             can
             call
             properly
             nothing
             his
             own
             saue
             his
             sin
             .
          
           
             Men
             may
             not
             vse
             their
             own
             to
             the
             hurt
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             damnable
             to
             withhold
             our
             own
             when
             others
             are
             ready
             to
             perish
             for
             want
             of
             that
             which
             we
             may
             well
             spare
             .
          
           
             d
             Videatur
             D.
             Basilius
             ser
             .
             1.
             in
             Auaros
             .
          
           
             c
             Tristior
             est
             laetho
             ,
             laethi
             mora
             .
          
           
             d
             Prob
             saeuior
             ense
             Parcendi
             rabies
             concessaque
             vit●
             dolori
             .
             Claudian
             .
          
           
             e
             Lutum
             sanguine
             .
             maceratum
             .
             Caligula●
             
          
           
             f
             Ita
             ferivt
             sentiant
             se
             meri
             ,
             Sueton.
             
          
           
             Horat.
             
          
           
             Obiect
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Iosephs
             example
             answered
             .
          
           
             i
             Fortasse
             dicet
             .
             Et
             Ioseph
             in
             abundantia
             frum●nta
             collegit
             ,
             in
             caritate
             vendidit
             .
             Ioseph
             sanctus
             omnibus
             aperuit
             horrea
             ,
             non
             clausit
             ,
             nec
             pretia
             captauit
             annonae
             ,
             sed
             perenne
             subsidium
             collecauit
             ,
             nihil
             sibi
             acquisiuit
             ,
             sed
             quemadmodum
             fames
             etiam
             in
             posterum
             vinceretur
             prouida
             ordinatione
             disposuit
             .
             Ambr.
             Offic.
             l.
             3
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             k
             Obiect
             .
             3.
             
             Gedeons
             
               example
               .
               Iudg.
               6.
               11.
               
               Answered
               ,
            
             B.
             o●
             Exon.
             Contemplat
             .
             vol.
             3.
             l.
             9.
             
             Gedeons
             calling
             .
          
           
             l
             Famine
             ,
             agrieuous
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             m
             Ezech.
             6.
             11
             
          
           
             n
             B.
             Cowper
             on
             Rom.
             8.
             35.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             Sam.
             24.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             o
             Lamen
             .
             4.
             9.
             
             Dira
             fames
             semper
             magnorum
             prima
             malorum
             1st
             comes●●
             Lucand●
             .
          
           
             p
             Lam
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             
          
           
             q
             Lam.
             2.
             20.
             
          
           
             It
             ▪
             is
             proper
             to
             God
             alone
             to
             punish
             a
             sinfull
             Nation
             with
             famine
             or
             any
             other
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             r
             Psal
             107.
             34.
             
          
           
             ſ
             Leu.
             26.
             29.
             
          
           
             t
             Deut.
             11.
             14.
             
          
           
             We
             haue
             deserued
             to
             be
             thus
             scourged
             
          
           
             But
             this
             Famine
             is
             not
             inflicted
             immediately
             by
             God
             ,
             but
             enforced
             by
             the
             cruell
             couetousnesse
             of
             Men.
             
          
           
             u
             Ioel
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             x
             Frumentarii
             pretii
             captatores
             ,
             Amb
             Offic.
             ●
             .
             3.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             y
             Hos
             .
             2.
             21
             ,
             22
             
          
           
             z
             Ezech.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             a
             Sam.
             24.
             14
             
          
           
             An
             inuectiue
             against
             couetousnesse
             .
          
           
             b
             Itum
             est
             in
             viscera
             terrae
             .
          
           
             c
             Itum
             est
             in
             viscera
             fratrum
             
          
           
             d
             Itum
             est
             in
             viscera
             Christi
             .
          
           
             *
             
               These
               Corn-horders
               worse
               then
               Vsurers
            
             .
             Latrocinium
             hoc
             an
             foenus
             appellem
             ?
             Captantur
             tanquā
             latrociniꝭ
             tempora
             quibus
             in
             vis●era
             hominum
             clarus
             insidiator
             obrepas
             Ambr
             ▪
             vbi
             supr
             .
          
           
             e
             Lucri
             bonus
             est
             odor
             ex
             re
             Qualibet
             —
             Iuuenal
             
          
           
             f
             Flumen
             habent
             Cicones
             quod
             potum
             saxea
             reddit
             Viscera
             ,
             quod
             tactis
             inducit
             marmora
             rebus
             Ouid.
             M●tam
             .
          
           
             The
             pittifull
             estate
             of
             poore
             labourers
             in
             these
             hard
             times
             ,
             deplored
             .
          
           
             h
             Luk.
             12.
             16.
             
             Quid
             faciam
             ?
             Nonne
             haec
             pauperis
             vox
             est
             ,
             non
             habentis
             subsidia
             viuendi
             ?
             —
             Quid
             faciam
             (
             inquit
             )
             quòd
             non
             habeo
             ?
             Clamat
             sediues
             non
             habere
             ;
             Paupertatis
             hic
             Sermo
             est
             ,
             de
             inopia
             queritur
             abundans
             fructibus
             .
             —
             Et
             dixit
             ,
             Hoc
             faciam
             ,
             horrea
             mea
             destruam
             .
             Diceret
             potius
             ,
             Aperiam
             horrea
             mea
             ,
             ingrediantur
             qui
             tolerare
             famem
             non
             queunt
             ,
             veniant
             inopes
             ,
             intrent
             pauperes
             ,
             repleant
             sinus
             suos
             .
             Desiruantur
             parietes
             qui
             excludunt
             esarientes
             .
             Vt
             quid
             ego
             abscondam
             cui
             Deus
             facit
             ab
             indare
             quod
             l●rgior
             ?
             Ambros.
             l
             de
             Nabuth
             c
             6.
             
             Id.
             ibid.
             c.
             7.
             
             Dam
             incrementa
             pretiorum
             aucupor
             ,
             amisi
             vsum
             beneficiorum
             .
             Quantas
             anni
             superioris
             frumento
             animas
             pauperum
             reseruare
             possem
             ?
             Haec
             me
             magis
             delectarent
             pretia
             ,
             quae
             non
             nummo
             aestimantur
             sed
             gratia
             :
             —
             Tu
             verò
             non
             h●c
             ditis
             ,
             sed
             ais
             .
             De
             ruam
             horrea
             mea
             Recte
             destiues
             ea
             quibus
             nullus
             pauper
             onustus
             reuertitur
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             second
             part
             of
             the
             Text
             ,
             wherin
             it
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             .
          
           
             1
             The
             Duty
             to
             be
             performed
             ▪
             Selling.
             
          
           
             Perfringentis
             Metaphora
             à
             rebus
             fractis
             ▪
             Cartwright
             ad
             locum
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             3.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             charity
             in
             selling
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             giuing
             .
          
           
             a
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             17.
             
          
           
             b
             Psalm
             .
          
           
             c
             1
             Thes
             .
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             d
             Act.
             16.
             14.
             
          
           
             e
             Prou.
             31.
             20
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             To
             teach
             vs
             to
             acknowledge
             Gods
             goodnesse
             in
             accepting
             any
             Seruice
             done
             at
             his
             command
             ,
             though
             for
             our
             owne
             profit
             .
          
           
             f
             Mat.
             11.
             30.
             
          
           
             g
             Chrysost
             .
             ad
             pop
             .
             Antioch
             .
             hom
             .
             65.
             
          
           
             h
             Luk.
             12.
             33.
             
          
           
             i
             2
             Cor.
             8.
             14.
             
          
           
             God
             accepteth
             sometimes
             selling
             ,
             euen
             where
             there
             is
             ability
             of
             giuing
             .
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             To
             incite
             those
             who
             are
             of
             ability
             ,
             to
             this
             duty
             of
             selling
             .
          
           
             k
             Prou.
             19.
             17.
             
          
           
             l
             Psal
             .
             112.
             9.
             2
             
             Cor.
             9.
             9.
             
          
           
             m
             Nemo
             dicat
             ,
             Non
             habeo
             ;
             Charitas
             de
             sacculo
             non
             erogatur
             .
             Augustin
             .
             in
             Psal
             .
             103.
             
          
           
             n
             Vendere
             quasi
             venum
             dare
             .
          
           
             o
             Not
             euery
             one
             who
             selleth
             ,
             but
             hee
             who
             selleth
             charitably
             ,
             hath
             the
             recompence
             .
          
           
             p
             Fourethings
             required
             in
             charitable
             selling
             .
          
           
             q
             To
             sell
             that
             which
             is
             good
             for
             quality
             ,
             conuenient
             graine
             .
          
           
             r
             Amos
             8.
             6.
             
          
           
             ſ
             Plerumque
             ,
             hoc
             homines
             nequeunt
             quod
             vendere
             donant
             .
             Faern
             in
             fab
             .
          
           
             t
             Haec
             hodie
             porcis
             comedenda
             relinques
             .
             Horat.
             
          
           
             u
             For
             conuenient
             gaine
             .
          
           
             x
             Luk.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             3
             In
             conuenient
             season
             .
          
           
             y
             Haggai
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             z
             ●
             Cor.
             6.
             2.
             
          
           
             4
             Conuenient
             measure
             .
          
           
             a
             Prou.
             11.
             1.
             
          
           
             b
             Leuit.
             19.
             36
             
             Deut.
             25.
             15.
             
             Ezech.
             45.
             10.
             
          
           
             c
             Amos
             8.
             
          
           
             d
             Deut.
             25.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             da
             ,
             2
             de
             .
          
           
             Obseruat
             .
          
           
             The
             reward
             more
             emphatically
             layd
             downe
             ,
             than
             the
             iudgment
             threatned
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             4.
             
          
           
             God
             wilblesse
             him
             who
             selleth
             charitably
             in
             time
             of
             extremity
             .
          
           
             Two
             sinnes
             of
             the
             poore
             .
          
           
             1
             Murmuring
             
          
           
             2
             Vnthankfulnesse
             .
          
           
             e
             Psal
             .
             59.
             15.
             
          
           
             Neither
             of
             these
             should
             discourage
             vs
             from
             charitable
             actions
             .
          
           
             For
             though
             men
             bee
             vngratefull
             ,
             yet
             God
             is
             not
             forgetfull
             .
          
           
             Application
             .
          
           
             1
             To
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             exhorting
             them
             to
             carefulnes
             in
             doing
             their
             duties
             in
             this
             behalfe
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Maiesties
             orders
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             draw
             on
             the
             people
             by
             their
             example
             .
          
           
             O
             quae
             stultitia
             est
             !
             Deus
             emit
             sanguine
             seruos
             ,
             Mercari
             paruo
             nos
             piget
             aere
             Deum
             .
          
           
             Dehortation
             from
             withholding
             Iustice
             ,
             &
             from
             selling
             it
             .
          
           
             2
             To
             Ministers
             .
             To
             be
             careful
             and
             faithfull
             in
             distributing
             spirituall
             Corne
             for
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             Hieronym
             .
             Hugo
             Cardinal
             .
             et
             aly
             .
          
           
             3
             To
             the
             poore
             .
             Here
             is
             no
             warrant
             for
             them
             to
             reuenge
             their
             wrongs
             with
             cursings
             ,
             as
             commonly
             they
             doe
             .
          
           
             a
             Iam.
             5.
             
          
           
             b
             Vers
             .
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             *
             But
             rather
             to
             accuse
             and
             curse
             their
             owne
             sins
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             that
             sufferings
             .
             
               Malorum
               omnium
               n●●orum
               casa
               est
               pecc●um
               .
               Nihil
               imputerus
               astris
               ;
               sacrilegio
               annus
               Exaruit
               .
               Symmach
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Psal
             .
             107.
             
          
           
             d
             Lingua
             patria
             Caldaei
             nuncuparunt
             Sodomam
             et
             Gomorram
             coecitatem
             et
             sterilitatem
             .
             Ambrso
             .
             l.
             de
             Noe
             et
             Arca.
             c.
             19.
             
          
           
             e
             Particularly
             that
             common
             sinne
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             who
             are
             more
             carefull
             for
             materiall
             bread
             than
             for
             the
             word
             ,
             the
             bread
             of
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             f
             Psal
             .
             59.
             15.
             
          
           
             Mala
             tempora
             facit
             nobis
             contemptus
             Dei
             ,
             temporum
             cursus
             non
             facit
             .
             Chrysologus
             .
             De
             orat
             .
             et
             ●eiunio
             ser
             43.
             
          
           
             g
             Mat.
             6.
             33.
             
          
           
             h
             Rom.
             8.
             35.
             
          
           
             4
             Encouragement
             and
             comfort
             vnto
             sellers
             .
          
           
             God
             shall
             crowne
             them
             with
             blessings
             Externall
             .
          
           
             Internall
             .
          
           
             i
             Psal
             .
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             41.
             3.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             all
             .
          
           
             k
             Mat.
             25.
             34.
             
          
        
      
    
  

