$$ Queflions and Anfwers $.Command. in mens eies,.as that for it they dare take vpon them the guilt of other mens firmes, and fpoyling oppreff on ? But alas great is the vnfeelingneffe ofmanie mens heartes in this matter in thefe daies. Eyther Pope , profit or pollicy doe make vs deale our cloath too liberally and regarde our mens behauiour too negligently. But a word is inough. Rueff. Tet f ill proceede on . t1 >,fw, Another branch of this Commandement of flealth is idleneffe. For fince the fall of our firftParentes, whadoeuer we inioy iuftly and truely as our owne,we intal get it by labour And whenfoeuer I labour not for,and yet inioy , J ( leale it,and the vfe of it belongeth not veto me. For then was it laid to Adam and his posterity foreuer that in the fweate of their browes they fhould ease their meate.The meaning whereof bindeth not all eftatesto a like bodily labour, but it inioyneth curry one fome iawtull calling,tht Mágiflratc mull gouerne,cherifh,and detend,the ludgesde. termine the caufes of the people , the initialers deliuer their gifts to the Church , and euery one in fome forte offweate, that is,in feint godly indeuour of body or mindc deriuevntohimfelfe the vfeofthtfe outward things. Otberwile if ic.ltly bee hue by the labour of others , hailingno teflimonies that bee deferueth his hire, bee that man or womanwhatfoeuer affured,that they make a breach of this Commaundement.For z, Therf,, 3, IO.lfany work! not,let him not rate, faith the Apoftle: as ifwefhoulde fay , if hee doe , hee doth more than he bath right to. The labourer i, worthy orbit wages, but not the loy_ terer. The Oxethat treaderh our the corne muff not be mulled , but the idle Affe if hee be pined,is but well rented. Idleneffe what mifehtefe it hatcheth in towne and countrey, Prou.1o.t,z2 what tongue is able to lay downe? ltcaufeth contention and itnieby pradirgfpee- ches, it nurceth and nourifheth whoredome and filth , it pulleth on pouerty, and loo- feth honour,it hindereth verme , and maintaineth vice, and by name to the breach of Pphef,4.28. this commaundement it mightily mooueth. For let htmthatflole, Jiede co more ( faith the Apoltle ) but let him rather labos/randwo +ke wtth hie owne bandes the thong which is good, that hee may haue togiue him which.neederh. Noting as it were veryplainely, that the caufe why the Realer (tole, was want of labouring in his calling. Many goodly lawns and cuflomes haue heathen men made, and had againft idleneffe. Some haue punifhed it with very death, as din Dracothe lawgiuer of the A.heniant, others haue admitted none to dwell in their Townes with them, vnleffe he had fome art,and care- fully followed it alfo. Ail countries and all people to conclude,that haue lined vnder Prou. b. any good gouernment,haue abhorred it. Salomon fendeth the idle belly to learnt his Chap. 20. duety of the very vileft creature, the Pìfmire, who laboureth in Summer to line in Winter, andwhofemanylittlecariages ,asyoufee,makeagreatheapeatlat. And in another place bee faith, that he which will nos plow becaufe itio colds, Jholllicg hic'read, when it iswarme, and no man fhallgtuehim, which is werfe, euen punifhing iuftly his great (booth. There was a little tittle tattle, when time was they fay betwixt the Gra- Ihopper and the Pifmire,and we may laugh at it, aud yet looke better about vs as ad- monithed by it. The Gralhopperhauing paffed the fummer ouer meeily, as her cu- Rome is, fìngingand tuning the notes of a thoughtleffeminevndereueryleafe, si loft when Winter carne on, begannt to (hake, and to got to betide with an empty belly many a night , to the great weakening of her lively limmes , and the quite matting of all her muficke. To fteale,fhe refufeth of her honefl nature , and to begge the is afhamed for feare to bee mocked. Yet need maketh the olde wife trotte, they faie, and modefly in this hungry creature muflyeeld to necefïitie. To it therefore fhee goeth, and hauing a wealthy neighbour not farce off, that hadlabo-. red fore all fummer, and laid vp much good viéluail, to her (hee commeth, and craúeth fome fuccour at her hande. Who by and by demaunded of her what Thee did all fummer? Alas ( faith the Grafhopper) I fung and little remembred this chaungei Did you fo ( faith the Ant) indeede did you fing all fummer ? Now truft me, for rnee, you (hall daunce all Winter, for I line by my laboure , and T will neuer maintains idleneffe in anie. Thus receiued flouth a checke , when it looked for helfe, and we warned by it may learne this morali , to labour leaft we lacke. Opti-
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