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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13968	To the Kings most excellent Maiestie. The humble petition of two sisters the Church and Common-wealth: for the restoring of their ancient commons and liberties, which late inclosure with depopulation, vncharitably hath taken away: containing seuen reasons as euidences for the same.	Trigge, Francis, 1547?-1606.	1604 (1604)	STC 24280; ESTC S119477	42,513	118

besides Burgundie there were numbred in France 27. thousand villages with steeples And in another suruey of France made in the raigne of Charles the ninth it was found that the number of the inhabitants there were aboue 15. millions of men Did the French thus glory in their multitudes of people and shall not we much more in England séeke to maintaine ours And here I cannot but take away some stumbling blockes for these Inclosers perchaunce will flatter themselues and say that it is but a small village that they haue dispeopled or a small farme or cottage that they haue decaied or pulled downe and what doe you make so much to doe thereof But let all such know that little Zoar saued Lot and Nazareth that obscure citie whereof Nathaniell said can any good come out of Nazareth it nursed our Sauiour Jesus and gaue him a name which from his crosse to this day is honorable And Saint Paul teacheth vs plainely that God hath chosen the weake things of this world to confound the mightie things and vile things and things which are despised hath God chosen And dare any contemne or make light account of that nay destroy that which God hath chosen and maketh great account of Out of that little village or poore cottage which he hath decaied whosoeuer hée is might haue come one as good as himselfe what may I say then of great husband townes where many rich farmers and cottages are decaied Would any of vs willingly haue the little finger of his hand cut off no more no doubt will Jesus Christ suffer one poore cottage which is as it were his little finger to bée cut off vnpunished without repentance There was a statute made of late for the maintainance of tillage and reedifying farmes decaied It is to bée feared that God hath obserued how diligent some were to sée the poore whipped by a statute made at the same time and how slacke in the execution of that other act of reedifying plowing Another stumbling blocke is that some will say they must néedes maintaine their states And this cloake couers all their pride and couetousnes But let all such know that reason thus Must they impare the Lords inheritance to maintaine their estates euen they whom the Lord himselfe hath aduanced they had better to be as poore as Lazarus in state and condition nay they had better neuer haue béene borne then to exault themselues to impare his inheritance Oh let these men of all others take héede of this ingratitude Let the example of King Saul terrifie them who being made of a poore acorne a mightie oake and of a seeker of his fathers asses the first King of Israel yet afterwards for his vnthankefulnes and disobedience he and all his posteritie was quite reiected of God for euer from the kingdome Let Jesus Christs example teach and moue them who to doe vs good did not respect his estate being equall with God as Saint Paul teacheth vs but humbled himselfe and became as a seruant He washed his apostles feete and became obedient to the death of the Crosse And what is the greatest of our estates in comparison of his Surely euen like a little mould-hill to a mountaine And shall we thinke much to impaire our estates to doe our brethren good nay shall we hurt them to maintaine it nay shall we dishonour God Oh not Christs disciples but Mammons worldlings There were as many noble men and gentlemen in England heretofore as are now and of as great estate and how did they maintaine themselues They did not in the Popes darke kingdome depopulate townes and shall we in the light of the Gospell Can we maintaine our estates by no way else but by imparing the Lords inheritance let that be farre from vs. If Inclosers would be content with the auncient apparrell and houses and dyet of their ancestors as they are not ashamed of their lands they néede neuer raise rents nor improue their lands They which stand so much on this point that they must maintaine their estates know not what humilitie is All Christs disciples must be humble And humilitie is to descend a degree or two from our estate and not to seeke to maintaine it Surely that is a spice of pride The daunger and grieuousnes of this sinne makes me in all humilitie to write thus It is to be feared that God may now complaine as he did in the daies of Ieremie Can a virgin forget her ornament or a bride her attire yet my people haue forgotten me daies without number who haue adorned and maintained them Why do you as it were now at last begin to make your waies good againe to purchase my loue yea euen heerein thou declarest that thy waies are euill For in thy wings are found the blood of soules of poore innocents Thou hast not found them with mattockes in their hands such as are mentioned in Gre●us where theeues are said with mat●od●●s to digge thorow walles and to 〈◊〉 into houses by night but about all 〈…〉 saith the Prophet no doubt wi 〈…〉 ter instruments euen to pu●● 〈◊〉 houses and townes And yet th 〈…〉 because I am guiltlesse surely 〈…〉 shall turne from me Behold I wi 〈…〉 with thee into iudgement because the● saiest thou hast not sinned Incl●s●●s are as guiltie of these sinnes as were those Jewes For after their inclosure they will goe about to make good their waies and they will giue some poore widowes cowegates in their closes as it were to purchase Gods fauour whereas as those Jewes had they haue the blood of poore innocent soules in their wings and worships Nay and they haue also in their hands not mattockes but greater instruments then those euen to pull downe farmes and townes And yet neuerthelesse they saie as the Jewes did that they are not guiltie Therefore saith God I will enter into iudgement with them And this may séeme to be another cause of the p●ague amongst vs at this day We sinne in wordly cares and in excesse in our diet whereof our blessed Sauiour biddes vs take héede we excéede in our stately buildings which the Prophet Esay and Ieremie plainely reprooue we sinne in vanitie of apparell which the Prophet Zephanie condemnes and we account these no sins wée say that we are guiltles and therefore doth God enter with vs into iudgement whereas it is the first lesson that the Apostle Saint Peter giues vs which liue in the end of the world that we should be sober and kéepe no doubt that holie meane in all our worldly cares in our diet in our apparell in our buildings and in the furniture of our houses and to conclude in all things But that which followes in the Prophet shall proue them guiltie and condemue them Why labourest thou so much saith the Prophet to change thy waies and to make them seeme good thou shalt be confounded of Aegypt as thou art also confounded