Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment

If the Apostles rule were kept, they which do not work, should not eat: but now they which do not work, eat most, and the husbandmen which work, eat not, but are like Bees, which provide food for other and pinch themselves. Let us consider this, for they had not one law and we another: but the same curse which was denounced upon Adam, was denounced upon all his children. That every man should get his living in the sweat of his brows. Although I know there be divers works, and divers gifts, and divers callings to work in: yet always provided, they which do not work should not eat, for in the sweat of thy brows, that is, in labour & travel: thou King, and thou Judge, and thou Prelate, and thou Landlord, and thou Gentleman, shalt get thy living, as Adam thy father did, or else thou doest avoid the curse, and a greater curse shall follow, that is, they which will not sweat on earth, shall sweat in hell.

If the Apostles rule were kept, they which doe not worke, should not eate: but now they which doe not worke, eate most, and the husbandmen which worke, eate not, but are like Bees, which prouide foode for other and pinch themselues. Let vs consider this, for they had not one law and wee another: but the same curse which was denounced vpon Adam, was denounced vpon all his children. That euery man shoulde get his liuing in the sweat of his browes. Although I know there be diuers workes, and diuers gifts, and diuers callings to worke in: yet alwayes prouided, they which doe not worke shoulde not eate, for in the sweat of thy browes, that is, in labour & trauell: thou King, and thou Iudge, and thou Prelate, and thou Landlord, and thou Gentleman, shalt get thy liuing, as Adam thy father did, or else thou doest auoid the curse, and a greater curse shall follow, that is, they which will not sweat on earth, shall sweat in hell.

Adam had food as well as thou, and so had Noah, and more then thou, unless thou hadst all, for they had all, and yet they might not be idle: because their hands were not given them for nothing: some work with their pen, some with their tongues, some with their fingers: as nature hath made nothing idle, but that he which is a Magistrate, should do the work of a Magistrate: he which is a Judge, should do the work of a Judge: he which is a Captain, should do the work of a Captain: he which is a minister, should do the work of a minister: as when Noah was called an husbandman, he did the work of an husbandman. This contempt of the country, doth threaten danger to the land, as much as any thing else in our