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…

If a rich man have a whole street, or a great field, and a poor man have an Acre of Land, or but one House near, either by entreaty, or pursuing, he never ceaseth until he hath gotten the poor mans House and Land, as Ahab and Jezebel ⟨p. 108⟩s••w Naball for his Vineyard. Saint Ambrose saith to the rich, how long will you scratch out your covetousness, will you dwell alone, and have no poor dwell with you: why put you out your kind, and challenge the earth which Nature hath made common to poor and rich: Nature bringeth forth all men poor, naked, and needy of meat and drink, without riches or gay clothes, and the earth taketh us naked again, and closeth none of our riches: he that maketh difference betwixt poor and rich, when they have lien a little in the grave, look upon them who was poor, and who was rich, and thou shalt se• no difference in their bones, except there be more clothes rotten with the rich then the poor, which is a hurt to the living, and no good to the dead: of such extortioners it is written, they reap other mens fields▪ and they pluck away the Grapes of the vine of the oppressed, they pluck away their clothes and leave them naked: and in that the aforesaid pot was lift up betwixt heaven and earth, showeth that covetousness hath no Charity to God, or Man, and they carry the pot to the Land of Shinar, that is, the land of stench or Hell. Here we should ask how thou hast governed thy Wife, thy Children and servants, whether thou hast brought them up in Gods Laws, and continued them therein according to thy power, otherwise thou shalt give an account, and to avoid these hard accounts, I counsel every one to trust in the mercy of God, through Christs demerits with a lively Faith, and repenting heart of thine iniquities, and Amend, else who shall grant thee pardon and release of thy accounts.

If a rich man haue a whole streete, or a great field, and a poore man haue an Acre of Land, or but one House neere, eyther by intreaty, or pursuing, hee neuer ceas•th vntill he hath gotten the poore mans House and Land, as Achab and Iezabell ⟨p. 108⟩s••w Naball for his Uineyard. Saint Ambrose saith to the rich, how long will you scratch out your couetousnes, will you dwell alone, and haue no poore dwell with you: why put you out your kinde, and challenge the earth which Nature hath made common to poore and rich: Nature bringeth forth all men poore, naked, and needy of meate and drinke, without riches or gay clothes, and the earth taketh vs naked againe, and closeth none of our riches: he that maketh difference betwixt poore and rich, when they haue lien a little in the graue, looke vpon them who was poore, and who was rich, and thou shalt se no difference in their bones, except there be more clothes rotten with the rich then the poore, which is a hurt to the liuing, and no good to the dead: of such extortioners it is written, they reape other mens fields and they pluck away the Grapes of the vine of the oppressed, they pluck away their clothes and leaue them naked: and in that the aforesaid pot was lift vp betwixt heauen and earth, sheweth that couetousnesse hath no Charitie to God, or Man, and they carry the pot to the Land of Synear, that is, the land of stench or Hell. Héere wee should aske how thou hast gouerned thy Wife, thy Children and seruants, whether thou hast brought them vp in Gods Lawes, and continued them therin according to thy power, otherwise thou shalt giue an account, and to auoide these hard accounts, I councell euery one to trust in the mercy of God, through Christs demerites with a liuely Faith, and repenting heart of thine iniquities, and Amend, else who shall graunt thee pardon and release of thy accounts.