oftherkch mt s,anaitazarus; 17 í vunket with thefruiteof his owne Vineyard? Gett.9. 2o. z z. And who knoweth not that a man may abufe his owne ? and that he lhould doe, (not all he may) but what he lawfully may ? But to put thenatter out of queflion He that. is Lordofall thefe things , of whomwee hold in capite, that is, in chiere, hath ba leafed them out to the fonnes of men : and hee that is Mailerofthis great houfe, wherein weare but Tennantsfor Bues, as kath pleatedhire to fit our terme therein , hath comni;ted his goods to wealthymen , but with a limitation to vies appointed by himfelfe,who is abfolute,&may dowith hasnone what bemit, Math.2o. z 5. He is theowner, and foueraigneowner of all, and wehaue but leafesin thefe thingsfrom Him, and that with certaine tefiuations : As firtl;that we makeno wade or fpoile: forwemay notconfume thefegood things on our luth. Secondly , that weperforme the Lords fer uice,keepehis Sabbarhs,as itwere Court-daies,and appeare in thealiembly, when thepeople come together to wor/hip be- fore theface oflehorta. Thirdly, thatwe doe not dense hind his rents, the prallèwhich it diteDaato his name :andwhen hee fends tovs by the poore hisreceivers, that we fend to hire by them thefruits of hisowne ground, by dealingmerci fullywith them;and mot mill entreating them,as did thefe cruell husbandmen in the Gofpel, whom therefore the Lordofthe Vineyard clftroied,Math.2 7 03 4.35.3 6. &c. For thegodly poore are his Baliues , and the gatherersofhis rents,wh© hefendeth tovs.Fourthly,that weacknowledge ourhomage by fubmirting to his lawes, and theordersof bit Court. Fifcly, that we abufe not our Lords land and goods to themaintenanceofhismimics as they who feede the bellies ofthe wicked, and flame his poore. Sixthly, that we pluck e not vphis quick, fets, andioi-ieland to land, till there be no more roonse, Efa.5 .8, or place it to wit to be taken for our money. Andlattly,that when anyferuiceis to bedone for him, in the Church by the Minitler, and in thecome mon-wealth by the King andhis Miniflers,wegiuewiling_ flyvato Cafar his tribute,and tothe Minuter his tithes.Fai. I) ling
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