The shields of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…The shieldes of the earth A sermon preached before the reverend judges, Sir Richard…

And his they are divers ways. 1. By a singular and more special Propriety. Other things belong so to God, as that men also under him, and by subordinate interest and indulgence from him, have a right over them too.¹ The Earth is the Lords,² and the fullness thereof, but he hath given it to the children of men. ⟨p. 10⟩The beasts of the forrest,³ and cattle on a thousand mountains all his,⁴ but he hath subjected them all to man. It is not so here. Princes do so belong to God, as that he holdeth all the propriety solely in himself, transferreth it not upon any other.⁵ A Deo secundi, post Deum primi, soli Deo subjecti, saith Tertullian. There is not a man between them and God, but he only that is man and God: Every soul must be subject, therefore no soul is above them, Rom. 13. 1.

And his they are divers wayes. 1. By a singular and more speciall Proprietie. Other things belong so to God, as that men also under him, and by subordinate interest and indulgence from him, have a right over them too.¹ The Earth is the Lords,² and the fulnesse thereof, but he hath given it to the children of men. ⟨p. 10⟩The beasts of the forrest,³ and cattell on a thousand mountaines all his,⁴