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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00562	Two godlie and fruitful treatises of the foule and grosse sinne of oppression. The one taken out of the exposition vppon the fift chapter of Nehemiah, written by that worthy bishop and faithfull pastor of the church of Durham, Master Iames Pilkinton. The other published of late by Robert Some Doctor of Diuinitie.	Pilkington, James, 1520-1576.; Some, Robert, 1542-1609.	1585 (1585)	STC 19929.5; ESTC S94728	18,655	46

sheepe though they be few shall be preised and according to the rate out of those goods the fineshalbe raised And that some pitie shal be thought to be shewed the poore man shall haue his goods againe by the price to pay his fine withall and for occupying of those his owne goods he shal pay a yearelie rent or interest as it were an vsurie and this dealing is thought greate courtesie Solon when he was asked why among the other good lawes that he made he made not one for him that killed his father He answered because he would not put men in remembrance that there was any such a mischiefe that could come into mens heads So I feare the opening of these things shall giue occasion to some ill men but not to the good to learne the like deuises So readie we be to learne that that is ill The law in deede openeth sin what it is that a man should flie from it not be condemned for ignorance Saint Paul sayeth Rom. 7.7 I had not knowne lust and desire of ill things to be sinne except the law had said thou shalt not lust nor desire them The law is not to blame in declaring what sinne is that by knowing of it we may flie from it no more then the Phisitian is to blame in opening the disease to his patient and teaching him what things to auoid that he may recouer halth But as an ill stomach what good meat soeuer it eateth turneth it into ill humors and the Spider gathereth poyson on the same flowres that the Bee gathereth honie So on the holie word of God his blessed lawes which he made for our health and saluation ill men gather death and damnation through their owne wickednesse and no fault in the law nor law-maker As the Israelites cried out in this time iustlie on their Rulers for this great oppression so it is to be feared that in our daies there is no lesse cause to crie aloud that God may heare when man will not There be four things that crie for vengeaunce out of heauen vnto the Lord and the scripture vseth the same word of crying with them which for memories sake are conteined in these two verses Clamitat in coelum vox sanguinis vox Sodomorum Vox oppressorum mercesque retenta laborum For murther and bloodshed God said to Cain when he had killed his brother Abel the voice of thy brothers blood crieth out from the earth to me in heauen 〈◊〉 4. For the filthie incest fornication Pride Glotonie wealth and Idlenes of Sodom the Prophet Ezechiel and Genesis testifie saying 〈◊〉 19. 〈◊〉 16. 〈◊〉 2.3 the crie of Sodom is come vp to me The Israelites oppressed in Egipt with making of brick c. God deliuered them when they cried vnto him 〈◊〉 5. and drowned the oppressors S. Iames sayeth the wages withholden from those that reaped their fields crie out vnto the Lord of hostes These be good lessons for such as oppres the poore or deale streightlie with their tennants thinking they may vse them like slaues or beasts at their pleasure Though they be seruants here yet they be children of the same God and bought by the same price that their masters be therefore ought of dutie to be vsed with Christian and brotherlie charitie as thou wouldst be if thou were so There be other sorts of cruell oppressours but not so common as these As cosening by cunning dealing to creep into mens bosomes to be Feoffies of trust Executors of will Gardians of infants and these plaie best be trust but they trust them-selues best and goe awaie with all Cariers of corne victuals and other commodities out of the realm to make a dearth within the realme yea and oft to feede our enemies and enrich themselues by procuring licenses to carie them out are to well knowen how hurtfull they be through all countries As for Ingrossers fore-stallers regraters lease-mongers they are thought honest men The lawyers of both sorts by feeding their Clients with faire words and the Questmongers with sluttish shifts making them beleeue their matter to be good with long delayes impouerish the suters and if he come to be Iudge in the same matter afterward wherein he was a counseller afore he saith I spake then as a counseller and now I must speake as a Iudge and thinketh that he hath spoken good reason as though God had made it lawfull at any time or in anie case to beare false witnes or speake vntruthes The Phisitian and the Apothecarie deale so cunninglie that no man espieth them and yet be as ill The cleargie that will take the profit and refuse the paines Lie at his ease from his charge and let his sheepe hunger are not better then the rest Pen-clearks shirifs bailifs summoners are not worthy to come to this companie for they can returne Non est inuentus when they stand and talke with him and make cunning delayes vntill they make men pay double fees for expedition Worst of all commeth the common cutpursse the vsurer and his broker he standeth on his reputation he sitteth higest on the benche and looketh bigge nay he is crept vnto meane mens dealings he speaketh courteouslie and dealeth cruellie he defendeth his doings to be charitable when it eateth vp house lands and goods turneth infants a begging and ouerthroweth the whole kinred Captaines conuey as cunninglie as Iugglers with leger-demaine Merchants and Artificers are so honest that they may not be touched they haue so few faults that they cannot be told and yet there could neuer be lawes enough made to bridle them but they will creepe out When receiuers are become deceiuers controulers be pollers Auditors searchers and Customers looke through their fingers and keepe their olde custome And generallie euerie man is a Theefe in his occupation as the common prouerbe saith there is craft euen in daubing it is to be feared that as the course of a streame being stopt it gathereth a great damme and being let sodenlie goe it ouerthroweth all in his way so Gods anger being staied a time the windowes in heauen being opened it will powre downe on our heads plentifullie How shoul Gods plague be farre from vs when these cry vengeance daily the theefe by the high way is not so ill as anie of those that deale not vprightly in their vocation For against a theefe a man may fight for his pursse wittinglie and saie master theefe gramercie If a man consider in how litle tents Shops Offices and houses these men dwell and how great gaines they get he shall easilie see where the proficablest ground lieth in the Realm If this people had such cause to crie out then on their Rulers what cause haue we now here among vs where not onelie the richer mightier sort ouerload the poorer but euery one in his degree vseth craft subtilty deceit to oppresse vndermine and scratch from other without respect of friend or foe what he can