Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…

Christ likeneth the Kingdom of Heaven to a Householder, that went in the morning to hire Work-men into his Vineyard; so did he about the third hour, the sixth hour, and the ninth, and the eleventh, and as he found men standing idle, He said to them; Why stand you beer un-occupied, go into my Vineyard, and that which is duty I shall give you, and when the day was ended, he called his Steward, and bad him give every man a penny. This Householder is Christ, head of the Church on Earth, which calleth in divers ages; as in the time of Nature he called by inspiration Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and divers others. In the time of the old Law, Moses, David, Esau, Jeremiah, with the Prophets: In the time of Grace, the Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, and Virgins, some in youth, some in middle age, some in the latter days: it is to labour in his Vineyard, which is his Church, as there be divers Officers in trimming of the maternal Vine, no less needful in the Church be these three Officers, Priest-hood, Knight-hood, and Labourers. The Priests must cut away the branches of sin with the Sword of Gods Word: the Knights must maintain Gods Word: the Teachers thereof, and the Land from wrongs and Enemies: the Labourers must by their sore sweat, get sustenance for themselves and others, if Priests want, the people for want of Gods Word all will grow wild in vices, and dye ghostly, and were not men to rule people, Thieves and Enemies would so increase, that none could live in peace, and were it not for Labourers, Priests and Knights must be Artificers, Plough-men, and Heard-men, or else die for want of sustenance: as the great Clarke Avicenna saith, every unreasonable Beast, if he have that which belongs to Nature, can live of himself alone. But if there were but one man in the World, if he had all the goods in the World, yet for default he would dye, or his life worse then if he were not, because that which is prepared for mans sustenance must be altered, or else it accordeth not with him; therefore he saith, it is very needful to have men of divers trades and callings.

Christ likeneth the Kingdome of Heauen to a Housholder, that went in the morning to hyre Worke-men into his Uineyard; so did he about the third houre, the sixt houre, and the ninth, and the eluenth, and as he found men standing idle, Hee said to them; Why stand you beere vn-occupyed, goe into my Vineyard, and that which is duty I shall giue you, and when the day was ended, he called his Steward, and bad him giue euery man a penny. This Housholder is Christ, head of the Church on Earth, which calleth in diuers ages; as in the time of Nature he called by inspiration Abell, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and diuers others. In the time of the olde Law, Moses, Dauid, Esau, Ieremy, with the Prophets: In the time of Grace, the Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, and Uirgines, some in youth, some in middle age, some in the latter dayes: it is to labour in his Uineyard, which is his Church, as there be diuers Officers in trimming of the maternall Uine, no lesse néedfull in the Church be these thrée Officers, Priest-hood, Knight-hood, and Laborers. The Priests must cut away the branches of sinne with the Sword of Gods Word: the Knights must maintaine Gods Word: the Teachers thereof, and the Land from wrongs and Enemies: the Labourers must by their sore sweat, get sustenance for themselues and others, if Priests want, the people for want of Gods Word all will grow wilde in vices, and dye ghostly, and were not men to rule people, Théeues and Enemies would so increase, that none could liue in peace, and were it not for Labourers, Priests and Knights must be Artificers, Plough-men, and Heard-men, or else die for want of sustenance: as the great Clarke Auicenna saith, euery vnreasonable Beast, if he haue that which belongs to Nature, can liue of himselfe alone. But if there were but one man in the World, if he had all the goods in the World, yet for default he would dye, or his life worse then if he were not, because that which is prepared for mans sustenance must be altered, or else it accordeth not with him; therefore he saith, it is very needfull to haue men of diuers trades and callings.