~·Jl-8. fR!!•ft· 12· Cafes about Landlords Opprej5ion. I kfi you be a cherifher ofwickedncfs. If the Parents under Mofl; Law were bound to accuf<: thtirown So.n to the _Judges in fuch a cafe, and fay, 1his om Son is jlubbom ~nd rebel'iouJ;. he '!iU not obt:y out VOJCf: be u a glutton and a dru11~ard; and aU the men of tbe Ctty muft ]tone htm t1ll he d)•t, trJ p:tt a:v~y evil from 11mong them, D~ur. 2 y. tS, 19, 20, 'l I· Then furcly a wicked TctJant is nor fo far to be fparcd, as to be cherilhed by bounty in his fin. lr is the Magijlrata wmk to puni(h him by Go– veruing Juftice: But it is your work as a prudmr BcmflC\:or, to withhold your gifuof bounty from him. And I think it is one of the great fins of this age, that this is not done, it being one of r~1c nota.bldl means imaginable to reform the Land, and make it happy, if Landlords would thus punifh. or turn out their wicked incorrigible Tenants: It would do much more than the Magifirate can do. The vulg:u are moll etftd:ually ruled by thdr inrereH, as we rule our Dog~ and Horft:s more by the Government of their bellies, than by force. They wilt rnofi obey thofC on whom th~y apprehend their good or burz to have mofi dependance: If Landlords would regard thtir Tcna11rs iouls, fo much as to co.rrcCt them thus for their wlckcdnefs, they would be d1c greatel1 ber.efaClor~ ;J.r.d nfocmcrs of the Land: But alas, who flllll fitfi rcfotm the LandiOids > And when may it be hoped that many or mofi Great mmwill be fuch ? Quefi. 8. May ~11e tak._e a Houfe over another I bead ( M tbty fpral{. ), or t.Jk._e the Land 7rbicb he ir a Tenant to, btfore be be txrncd out of poffiffion ? At:Jw. Not out of a greedy defire w be nch, nor covctin~ that wh1ch is anothers. Nor yet whtle he JS any way mJured by It: nor yet when the ad: 1s hkc to be fo fca.ndalous, as to hua mens fools, more than it will profit yo~r body.~ Ifyou. come w_ith the offc:r.of a greare~ Rent than he caugiveJ or than the Landlord hath JUfi caufe to rcqUJre of h1m, to get tt out of hts hands by ove1-hidding him, this is meer covetous oppreflion. But in other cafes ir is lawful to take the Houfe and Land which another Tenant hath poffeffion of: As 1. In cafe that he willingly leave it, and confent. 2· Or if he unwillingly ( but jufily) be put out ; and another Tenant mull be pwvidcd againfi the time that he is to be difpoifdfed. 3· Yea, if he be unju]lly put out, if he that fucceed him have no hand in it, nor by his taking the Houfe or Land do promote the injury, nor fcanda.loufly countenance in· juflice. 1-"or when a Tenement is void, though by injury, it cloth not follow, that no man may ever hvein it more; But if the title be his that is turned our, then you inay not take it of another; be. caufe you will poffcfs anorher mans habitation. But if it f11ould go for a llanding rule, thar no man may in any cafe take a Houfe over :mother mans head, ( as the Countrey people would have ic ;) then every mansHoufeand Land mufi be long untenanted, to pleafe the will cf cv~ry contentiousorun– jufi potfeffor: And any one tlnt ha.th no title, or will play the knave, may injure the true Owner at his pleafure. ~eft9· M.;y a rich man put ttut IJiJ TenantJ, to lay thtir1encmcnts to bis own Demefon) 1md[o l.zy H'uji to Huufe, and Land to Land ? Anfw. In two cafeshe may not; I· In cafe he injure the Tenant that is put out, by taking tlut ~rom him which he hath right to, without his farisfatlion and cOnfent; 2. And in cafe ir really tend to the injury of the Common~wealth, by depopulation, and diminifhing the Urengrh of it: Other– wife it is lawful: and done in moderation by a pious m1n, may be very convenient:, r. By keeping the Land fmm beggety through the muhitudcs of poor families, that overfet it: 2. By keeping the more Servants, among whom ht may keep up a better order, and more pious government in his own Houfe, (making it as_a Church,) than can be (Xpeded in poor families: And his Servants will (for foul and bouy ) have a much better life, than if they mmied and had families, and fma!l Tenements of their own: But in a Counrrey that nthn wanteth people, it is otherwife. QEefi. 10. !YTay one man be aTenant todivers 1enemwts? An[w. Yes, if it tend not I· To the wrong of any other, 2· Nor to depopulation, or to hinder the livelihood of others, while one m1n ingroffeth more than is necdfary or meet: For then it is unlawful. ~efi. I l· May onr man l1ave many 1radcs or Callings? An[w. Not, when he doth, in a covetous defire to grow rich,difable his poor neighbours to live by him on the fame Callings, feeking to cogwfs all the gain to himfelf: nor yet when they ate Callings which are inconfiftcnt : or when he cmnot manage one aright, without the finful neglect of the other. But otherwife it is as laWful tO have two Trades, as one. ~ell. 12· [J it /.1nful for one ma1: to l{.eep Shops in [tveral M.Jr~et 1omu l Anfw. The fame anfwcr will fervo as to I he fotegoing quefiion. CHAP.
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