• good in defending the fheepe: but rhcfe are good for no.. t:hiog, and doe nothing buc difhonor Go.d, and dffilc the land with all fi·lchincs ·a.nd nbhdnlination. Therefore th.ofe~. whom God hath made the head and hat1ds ofche Com~ mon-\\'eale,;rnuH ioyne their etil deuouts: foge'the~, ·to ro'oce out thcraceofthde vdgodly a1:d ·huritfitH perlons. Which Jaccly was, by. Y'·holefdme 'at1d·good la« es,lomnhingwell r~drc·fied 3mmng vs :·bClt new th rough the negligence and foolifh pi tie ofthe inferiour M:tgir.ra-tes, in not executing thefe lawesJthey begin to l·cuiueafrdh,and (ifthe'-y\rifer care and dilige-nce ofrhofe in higher pla·ce helpe nor) will take head againe, to the fl:ame ofthem) and hurt ofthe_whole Common..wealc. Therefore,as th~y will h3. ue a.car"c tb per..· forme their dutie, an.dwipe away their ownc difgr~ace, and healc manifold euils of the Common-weale, and hinder · many finnes among men, and ethbliili a chicfe point of honeHie, in andby their gouer~mcnt_; theymufl fweepe a~ ~ ·! .). way this filthoftheearth,an·d 1 not fuftcr them 'to rem-ainta1.-! · :lled in idlenes. For, the bcHmercy to·fuch, ' is to lielpe lhem . .. outofthei~ finne, by punilliment: and it is a great n~te of .Ioue to God and t'hc Comrnon·weale,to reformc or reirioue · -tho:fe·that be profeH~d enemies to both. · · ;·- · Mainte- •;;.~:Seconrlly,forJuch _ ~s by reafon either ofage ..or weaknc·sj nance for er \vant.ofliihbs)canllOt -~abou'r;or elfe ifthey haue' Grcn'gth the poore• ..J I' f' . I' . h · . h ' a A-&:~ vH: ·o u, canno.t earne.1o ~nuc , as to mauuatne t cm and their f:1mtly; they mull behelpedby the prouident care ofthe M~githatC', and ChrifHa~order for that end is t·o bee ·. taken; thadheybe not.conflr·~ined to beg their bread. For, · it·is a:m.o:th.lHl)onc.H~nd b:tfe-thing)tofee me·n lland crying Open and ~at the .doorc) like-dogs, for bread.. This bold and importu– o!tell b:g . n:aeheoboi·ng cotrupt s- heir manners, and .is contrary to all gtn<> mj kes :;:, h · · IJ' d b' k ~he po'?re <~o·0d nat~re,keepe~ t emml~lc~1Ct1~) and 1awcs a t. 1~ e Impudent. :sk\nne·ofimpudencieoucr the.tr hcc,s.'Thercforc tQ preuent . ~thefe .et!ih and hurq, ihe wrfe: an~ mercifull diligenc~ o_f tlle .~ag~flrat~·, n~ua t~ke ~r~le,~ fo~ t.heir dmely" and Chri{;Hari . ·relidc-.. . : ~.-. ,- «· "'' 1' · · . · · · ... _ ~~-Y ·And thus.~uch.for f~periours in authority.Th'Cfup~r~o~r_s ,.,widloUt.authoritiefillow; 'and-tlieii:iaferiours : ~ .; ·· I • • L~~ wbicb ~
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