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 Which noware the breeders of 
 manic thoughts amongfl Eng* 
 lifh men. And truly as heeis foo- 
 lifb , that would dare to pre* 
 icrfbe to your wifdoms ; fo is 
 hee unfaithful^ that would keep 
 a mite from your creafure. 
 
 ,Thefe are the chattering* of your 
 ignorant and ruder fervants, who 
 onely beg pardon of all forts for 
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their wifhing thus, even thatall 
 the work of the Nation maybee 
 carried on faithfully, and with 
 die lead charge: facile eft Mentis 
 addere. Everie head here may pro¬ 
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 And iris defired, that no man 
 of anie profusion would defpife 
 thefe Email things, or the daie of 
 them - but ferioufly attend them 
 to enlargement and pra&ice: for 
 doubtlefs, an honed heart and a 
 quick head will foon enliven di 
 thefe. 
 
 Your Honors know you are 
 the Remainders of much win¬ 
 nowing: You know as your 
 travels have been greac and. dan> 
 A 4, gtfous,, 
 
The Brittle pedkatorie 4 
 gerous, fo vcrie fuccefiful : you 
 know to whom you arc indebt¬ 
 ed : this good wee have alreadie 
 under you, that men may bee as 
 good as they can, but not fo bad 
 as they would. You may bee 
 allured the higheft Libertie Big- 
 W gape's for is an open daie once 
 in a year or two to choofa well- 
 charadered Reprefentacive, who 
 may tread in your fteps of faith- [ 
 fulnels and truth ; which 
 work (they faie ) you are en¬ 
 gaged in, and is neer perfecting. 
 It is humbly conceived , Repub- 
 licks low the feed of their ru- 
 ine in fadion ; which wile men 
 faic cannot bee cured but by fre¬ 
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Ik Efiftk De$c*tme. 
 jucnt ele&ions, and eleer and 
 [lain dealing! betwixt men in 
 >lace, according to Matth. 18. 
 Lnd then who can faie a Go- 
 eminent of (o manie praiers 
 nd tears ftiould perifh ? when 
 fter.ages {hall read written on 
 out doors! and prais’d by you 
 ndyourfucceflfors: 
 
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 at length upon their Jhoulders, and fifed 
 further. Our prefent tranfa&ms mak\ 
 us look like Martha, wee hope our great] 
 end will appear to hee Marie’s, One 
 thing neceflari t.'Bearyp'tth us till tht 
 North and South have blown peace' 
 ably and fweetly upon our Garden, and 
 then call for the ripe fruits. Forall pre, 
 fent differences tie up your judgment 
 a wlnle,and know that God reignetlij 
 let the earth rejoice: Doubtle/s met j 
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 I. True fyltgm maintained and 
 advanced by the Mdgiftrate , and 
 fydkedinbytbe people. 
 
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 J 9eUi' ij $. f . iMattbete 5.7. Pnv. 14. 31, 
 Prov. 20.28. ' 
 
 nefs amrngjl both Magiftrates and 
 
 “Deftr 16. 18, ip, 20. v. Prov , 16. 12. 
 
 Not that here is intended a large ! 
 difcourf upon thefe heads , with 
 which manie Books might bee filled; 
 but onely to give fom hints of fom 
 things, the Magiftrates may fee^pra- 
 
 ^Jrien^sderire. ^ 
 
a good MdgiJlrdte. 5 
 
 I. To advance (rue 
 
 Religion. 
 
 F Or the Lsitfomemem tfteUgmfr 
 will bee expedient to ffieW bw the 
 Umverfities may ke made tjfeful that 
 waie, as bceing the foundation, upon 
 whichthe other is built. 
 
 I Though it may beedifputed why 
 ihfirkus Schools , or Colleges ihouM 
 not bee feparated in other parts of 
 this Land , and not all.confin'd to 
 Cambridg and oxford , and thefe fo 
 neer, as in Terfhier r Ccrmal, ackt 
 Wales , &c. yer becauf the regulating 
 of thefe wee have, may reach thofe 
 thoughts hereafter, ir is conceived, for 
 prefent, fit to pitch upon that: work 
 onely. 
 
 And becauf the frame of thefe two 
 B 2 feem’s 
 
4 Good work for 
 
 feem’s vsrie rotten, and much fliaken 
 doubtlefs the Cure muft bee in the 
 foundation •, though it bee offenlive 
 to fom, reverencing too much the 
 allies of their founders, who (under 
 the notion of Chrift ) ferved AntiJ 
 Chrift by works of that kinde. | 
 
 The true Regulating of thefe Coll 
 leges therefore will bee the returning! 
 them to thefervice of Chrift indeed. 
 Though in thcGofpel wee have no 
 footftepsat all for fuch conjun&ion; 
 of men in anie place, yet doubtlefs 
 they may have their ufe; zn&Learn- 
 ingmli prove oil to the wheel inmanie 
 works. 
 
 I fuppofeit will not bee hard to per| 
 fwade men to takeleavof thole or-jj 
 naments (or rags rather) the monul 
 ments of Idolatrie, viz. gown, 
 Matriculations , with themanie cere| 
 monies about Commencements; bu| 
 let Scholars live as other men for ap| 
 parel, dec. 
 
a good Magi/lrate . 5 
 
 Colleges properly are the meting 
 of men for the hearing Lectures, ana 
 improving their parts , not mis to 
 contein MonaHkk drones •, and fo lofe 
 the ends of other mens bounties, as 
 of their own precious time. 
 
 There need no volumes, nor tedi¬ 
 ous rules of ordering the waie of Col¬ 
 leges, or ftudies, if wee agree once 
 upon the End, 
 
 < Two things therefore wee pro¬ 
 pound : 
 
 I. That the End bee Chriftian* 
 
 and Noble. ' 
 
 II. That the means bee adequate. 
 
 I. Por the Ends it is generally agreed, 
 
 that it fhould bee the preparing and 
 fitting younger people for fomfervice, in 
 reference to their Countries ; not for 
 fludying to determine in ftudying* 
 elpeci illy in tcndencie to fpiritual or 
 civil good. commonly called Mini - 
 firie ,(and c Magiftracie : with which 
 terms I know not why anie fhould 
 quarrel. B 3 II. Then 
 
II. Then the Mem need to lead 
 that way, and to bee fuitable and cer¬ 
 tain, if poffible. For orefent this is 
 offred * viz,. That fuppofing there 
 bee fixteen fuch Houfes in Cmbridg, 
 eight may bee laid apart wholly, and 
 onely for thofe intended for the Mi- 
 niftrie.* To carrie this on 
 I.That,as the Jefuits for vvits/o wee 
 for godlinefs , chufe all fuch youth 
 in anie place , or condition where 
 wee finde them at plough or trade,, 
 which are godly and tradable, and 
 fend them thither to ftudie Logick, 
 and tongues, and fuch to have their 
 maintenance there out of Scholar- 
 fhips, &c. 
 
 2. for whom fix Tutors are to bee 
 appointed in each College, and have 
 200 I per A»ntm wholly to attend 
 that work*, and the Senior of thefe 
 fix to bee prefident firft, and the reft 
 in order for the carrying on that 
 work. 
 
 3. That 
 
a good Magiftrate, *J 
 
 3. And all the reft of the Fellow- 
 fhips and Scholarfhips revenue laid 
 up in a ftockj to maintein thtfe voun| 
 Preachers, when fent out, till they 
 bee fetled in the Countrey: and the 
 Tutors Of thefe Colleges fliall give 
 teftimoriie for them fo fent out 5 or 
 elf not rb bee received : afadfoifyou 
 need ten or twentie preathers at anie 
 time, you may have them and recruit 
 .agaifi, as the Regiment in Union 
 doth now. ‘ \ 
 
 4. And having fuch materMl^fe 
 fie College may have in it a Church 
 of Chrift* and fo eight Churches 5 
 anymore may bee in the Towh* 
 which may fpread over all the Ra¬ 
 tion. 
 
 5. That they bee taught arid ex- 
 ampled by their Tutors in theftiortei' 
 |waie, for doubtlefs thefe godlie Stu¬ 
 dents will get more in moneths,then 
 [Others in years; their own confcience 
 jbceing an alarum to them .• And 
 
 I B 4 hence 
 
? Good Work for 
 hence with fubmiffion it is oflfred, 
 that Tutors would let them know 
 lyhat parts of man they muft deal 
 withal in preaching, viz,. 
 
 1. The mtmorit: therefore Me¬ 
 
 thod muft bee had. 
 
 2. The judgment: ergo cleer- 
 ing of difficulties of all: 
 kindes. 
 
 3. The Will: which the do¬ 
 
 ctrinal part applied may 
 , convince home. 
 
 And. therefore they do well, that, 
 in their preaching, and publick read.; 
 ing the Scripture, Firft analize the| 
 chapter •, Secondly,cleer all difficulties | 
 in it. where event lie’s ; and thirdly, 
 draw fom conclufions from the and) \ 
 ftSy which muft needs bee the mar- j 
 row of the Scripture. Wee are bold I 
 to conclude., thefe three things will 
 make a good Preacher in reference to 
 means (the help of the fpirit fup. 
 pofed) 
 
a good Magiflrate, 9 
 
 1. Sound Judgment in the Scrip¬ 
 tures 5 which muft be got by praicr 
 and dailie reading. Manie commen¬ 
 tators will not do much good $ the 
 laft are beft . for Polemicks your 
 Jefuits will ferv for water-bearers: 
 c sdmfius, and fom fuch fhort writers 
 are beft, &c. 
 
 2. A gift of Application,and bring¬ 
 ing that to your heart which wee 
 know 5 here all thofe rational helps of 
 fpeech will do well $ here Chrift’s 
 
 I teaching by fimilitudes would bee 
 minded , which are properly the 
 foolifhnefs of preaching,and fom have 
 jfound domoftgood. ? 
 f 3. Dexteritie in cafe of Confcience: 
 fin which particular themiferieof this 
 (nation ought to bee bewailed, who 
 (were wont to bee fruitful in cafes, 
 j Perkins and have don a little * 
 
 that waie, butnotmuch. What want' 
 lof converting Preachers there is, who 
 ffee’s not i and that high opinion of’ 
 I B 5 illiterate - 
 
io Gold’Work for 
 
 illiterate men’s doing fo much good 
 is a miftake, if generally obferved. 
 
 And when they are thus fitted, 
 they may beefentout when there is 
 need, ana mainteined by the College- 
 ftock, till provided tor in the Coun¬ 
 try,where they may gather Churches 
 in the Gountie. All well qualified 
 for the work may join at firft 5 and 
 after, as the bleffing of God appear’s 
 leflTer Churches in feveral places may 
 arife, and Communion held amongft 
 them all, according to that waie of 
 New- England,,fet forth by Hooker and 
 Cotton. 
 
 Their maintenance may bee of 
 tithes, or rather from fomthiag an- 
 fwerable at two {hillings, one Ming, 
 or eighteen pence upon a pound-rent : 
 which (lock may bee put into three 
 gentlemen’s hands, chofen yearly for 
 that purpofe 5 and thence allow to thefe 
 Preachers^ according to their places^ 
 conditions,„and families: and out of 
 
a md MdgffifMe* il 
 
 this ftocfe thirtie pound f& dnnM to 
 the widow', during widoWhOod,whCh 
 anie die’s *, out of thfk ftock the poof 
 may have help ; yea good fumtoeS 
 may bee borrowed by the State in 
 anie exigent upon goocffecuritie. 
 
 . And thus the State paie r s them, and 
 thus they have dependahee upon thd 
 State. 
 
 Two of the ableft of thefe, may 
 one day in a week, at the Countie- 
 Town, arifwerall contrbveffies, ac¬ 
 cording to a Rule after preferibed. 
 
 And for the other eight Colleges,' 
 they may have in each fix Tutors, toi 
 whom 3 ali Gentlemen that would learn 
 anie cither Arts or Science whatfo- 
 ever may refort, and there may you 
 have whatever anie Out* taridifh Aca¬ 
 demic can teach: frorti thence, ifanie 
 will applie themfelvs to the Mini- 1 
 ftrie, they may com to the otner 
 Colleges. 
 
 And the flock alfo of thefe Colleges 
 
l£ Good WorK for 
 fo preferyed, that by that means they 
 may fend fpm to travel abroad,'and 
 bee, more furnijfhed for the States fer^ 
 vice,, as the. Hungarians, and other' 
 geoglc do. 
 
 to all this I would add, that'tna* 
 nieof your Gentrie, Lawyers,.and 
 Phyfitians might do well to applie 
 themfelvs beeing godlie, and quali¬ 
 fied, as-manic,-are. 
 
 Or why might not fom of the nu¬ 
 merous Gentrie in their Gountrey, 
 ffudie, and either preach for nothing v 
 or. give. Phyfick gratis , or advife- in 
 matters of taw freely <• 
 
 The fins of Sodom creep upon; us-r 
 and whileflour Souldiersare whetting: 
 their fwords for the next battel ,.how> 
 manie, are whetting their knives for; 
 the next feaft;? ofi i why fliould. anie. 
 inakeRecreat ion a trade i 
 . The great.Turk.teacheth better, do-* 
 &'rme, who muft bee skill'd in fom 
 handicraft; and'.moft forreiflPrinces 
 are [Merchants,, After.. 
 
a good' Magtjlrate. i j. 
 
 After the foundation is well laid in < 
 theUniver/itie, thebuilding thereup¬ 
 on may bee thus framed.. 
 
 ' i ..Let certain able, fit* godlie,and> 
 learned men bee maintained that, not - 
 beeing tied; by. office to. anie particu¬ 
 lar charge, or flock, may,both inpub- 
 liekand private, take all lawful ad van, 
 tages, and opportunities to preach,, 
 and difpute for true Religion, travel¬ 
 ling continually to that end, and per- 
 fwadiog all men, to forfake the waits- 
 of flnand error, and to retein and pro- 
 fefs the truth,and walk-therein. 
 
 Atts 8.4. Atts 17; 2, and cb -1 pi v, 6 . to- 10. . 
 ABs 13.3. W14,15. 16. .v. i Cot . 14. 1, 
 
 2. And fom,oneor morefetled in 
 everie great Town 5 that at certain fet • 
 times, and places, weekly, may ofltr ; 
 to difpjwij*me point with anie man> 
 in publickhearing of allthat pleaf ro ? 
 com 3 and fom to bee appointed Mo- - 
 debtors, and one or . two appointed' 
 byv 
 
14 God Toork for' 
 by the Magiftrates to fine 5 or mul&ei- 
 ther parfie, that (hall: repfoch , cenk 
 fure, or life anie unfeemly language,! 
 cbntradetohumanitie, love. Religi¬ 
 on, &c. The advancement of Religi¬ 
 on* * hereby would bee altnoft incre¬ 
 dible, 
 
 Atts 28. 16. fo 31- v. 
 
 3. To countenance, and take into 
 fpecial prote&ion all the Churches of 
 Ghrift, who hold but fo much funda¬ 
 mental truth , as denominates them 
 fuch, in fptrituais to leav themwhol. 
 ly free butnottofufferanie brother 
 uricivilly(though it bee about fpiritu- 
 al Controverfies) to abufe another, 
 either in word or deed, in private or 
 publick, againft which certain penal¬ 
 ties may bee made 5 fo fhall the 
 Churches have peace , and' ;.c daily 
 multiplied. 1 ’ 
 
 I/4.49.23., 
 
a gwd MagiHrate. 15 
 
 4* To- cauf to bee brought into a 
 Method and printed , thofij plain 
 Rules in God’s? word, which hee hath 
 jrdained, to preferv, and increaflove, 
 ind peace, amongft Churches and 
 Ghriftians* which Rules are fo plain 
 rod exprefs, that hardly cananie coni 
 :ention break into a Church,. if the 
 Elders do but pra&ife them them* 
 felvs, and fee the Members do the 
 like*, if huttheRules toorder men’s 
 ivords ondy were but welLobferved, 
 tis, ftrange what peaeeand love there 
 night bee. 
 
 P/d. 1 19 . 5. to i6.Vi&c. and 17.312.46. 
 > 2 - . ,, 
 
 5. Let everie Church at their en* 
 ring into that Eftate (or after) petici- 
 on the Magiftrate for prote&ion, &c; 
 and at the fame time alfo deliver up to 
 the fame Magiftrate a book of the Ae- 
 rides of their Faith: and wherein they 
 differ from others, and promife the 
 Magiftrater 
 
1 6 Good Tt>ork for 
 Magiftrate alfo publickly, to walk 
 peaceably.together therein • 
 
 Thatfo, if, after that; anie brother 
 fall from the Profeffion of all, or anie 
 of thofe Articles, and yet will neither 
 lcav that Church, nor fufter them to 
 meet in peace, but ill go on to di- 
 fturb them (for fuch there are ,) and 
 is uncivil, through a perverf zeal, let 
 him beepuniihed in iom fort by the 
 Magiftrate, according to his offence, 
 and the Church to excommunicate 
 him if they finde cauf, &c. 
 
 6 . To provide maintenance for 
 Minifters,and learned men in all Lan¬ 
 guages , and learning what can bee, 
 efpecially, for Churches that are poor, 
 &e. about -which much might bee 
 faid, &c. 
 
 7; If the Mdgiftrafe fee cauf, to ex¬ 
 hort, and ftir up the Churches to keep 
 clofe to their own Principles, and to 
 bee more zealous , both in word and' 
 deed, &c. 
 
 8 . To 
 
a good. Magjfimte* 17 
 8 . To advance fuch to all places 
 [>f power, honor, and wealth, who 
 jrepureft in their Profeflion, and pra- 
 fiife of true Religion, both towards 
 God and man. 
 
 P rov 4-S<JKd 21.21.1 Sam 2.30. Num. 27.20. 
 
 II. Merck to the foor. 
 
 A Ftcr the love and honor of God r 
 **heechargethus to love and help 
 >ur Neighbor, theMagiftrate efpeci- 
 illy, is charged with the weak, as the 
 vidows, fatherlefs, the poor, and the 
 telplefsj&c. of which part of God’s 
 vill the Magiftrate is to have a fpecial 
 ;arc; to accomplifh which, a general 
 tile muft bee, that the poor may. have 
 heir commodities taken off at a mar- 
 lettable price 5 elf they will rather 
 Kg, or Real then work. To which pur- 
 joiethe Council of Trade fhould bee 
 he Merchant for the State, and in all 
 Counties to have a flock readie, to 
 my at ufual rate the commoditie of 
 
i8 Good Trork fir 
 the Laborer •, fo as hee may live com¬ 
 fortably, and then the rule following 
 may bee attended. j 
 
 Ifa. i. 17-Job- 29. I J 5 1 >- 
 
 1. Let all vagabonds and idle per-, 
 fons, and fuch as make a trade ofl 
 begging, that are able to do anie kindej 
 or work, beereftrainedj fee to work, 
 or punifhed. 
 
 pfal. ipp. 10. Ezeki 1 6 . 49. * TbeJ* 3. iM 
 
 2. filch provifion bee made,that 
 
 all may bee fet to work that are able,) 
 and willing^ that all excufe for beg-i 
 ing orftealingbee prevented, which] 
 is not fo hard to bee don. I 
 
 1 fheft 4.11.2-3 10.l l/w.5.8. 
 
 3. All lame and blinde that are 
 healthful, may bee fettofom work,* 
 and the fick,and unable kept in Hofpi- 
 cais 5 and it is the Magiftrates dutie to ? 
 fee it performed,out of love to huma- 
 
 nitie 
 
a good Magiflrate. 19 
 Bitie, and maintenance cannot bee 
 wanting if full indeavor bee ufed 
 therein. Amjlerdm is far advanced 
 herein. 
 
 1 Tim. 5. 8. Judg. 16.21. 
 
 4. Let truly poor Families and per- 
 fons bee made partakers of the pub- 
 lick Alms* either of the Churches of 
 which they are, or houfes in which 
 they dwel 5 Amjl doth much 
 thiswaie, but this might bee 
 much more advanced: and the Lord 
 would delight in fuch, and do them 
 
 Exod. 22. 22.23.1/. Profl.14.21. and 31. v. 
 Prov. 19.17. and 29.7. cb. 28.27. and 22.9. 
 
 5. Let in everie town a Lm- 
 
 E ard (or bank of lending) bee ap- 
 ointed, where the poor, that 
 ave no friends, or will not make their 
 
 t eed known, andfuch as on a fuddea 
 re falier into fom ftrait, may have 
 | monie 
 
20 Good tyorkfor 
 monie upon their paune upon a rea- 
 fonable lntereft-, ALmbad well re¬ 
 gulated, would bee a workeofmuch 
 mercie* and the monies of orphans 
 might bee imploied in this waic to 
 maintaine the fatherlefs, andincreai 
 their (lock, fo would good bee doii 
 both waies. And herein lie’s the wit 
 dom of the Magiftrates, to do J 
 publickgood, and yet not hinder, yes 
 oft increaf the publick ftock of tht 
 Common-wealth - r manie fuch thingj 
 are don in the Low- Countries, 1 '^ > ? 
 
 6 , To give freedom • of dwelling 
 trading, and protection [mercie alfo^ 
 to all grangers; to make little or raj 
 difference, as the Lord of old com 
 manded his People, and promifed d 
 blefs them for it, and this will inricl] 
 a Nation mightily, as wee fee in Hd 
 land , and not hurt anie Natives, ai 
 envious Perfons think, and can bj 
 good Reafons bee proved, j 
 
 Levi M9.33,34- Dent: 10.19. Exod. 23.9 
 and 22-21. 7.4 
 
| a good Magijlrate 21 
 
 i . 7. A fpecial relief to Poor people, 
 jand great good unto all forts is the 
 coining of farthings, and half far¬ 
 things, and other fmal monie, ’tis in¬ 
 credible the good and convenience of 
 it ♦ and all former inconveniences as 
 cafily prevented: for which end, all 
 monie lefs then fix pences mixed with 
 fo much copper or brafs 5 that from 
 lone pennie to four-pence, all may bee 
 as big as fix pences, and the farthings 
 or half-farthings muft bee made fo big 
 ' that they may have their value in cop¬ 
 per, fo will they not bee made bro¬ 
 thers, when the profit is fmall,nor peo¬ 
 ple lofethem when they are made fo 
 hig^but fpecial care muft bee had, that 
 fo much copper and fmal monie bee 
 not made , as would bee a burthen to 
 anie. 
 
 [ Mtf.10.29. Mar. 12.42. 
 
 8. A Chamber, or Court fokeep 
 fecure, and advance theeftatesof fa- 
 therlefs 
 
22 Good Tbork for 
 
 therlcfs children, &c. is of great life 
 and relief for Orphans *, the Laws 
 and Orders about it are manie, and al 
 mufttend to thefecuritie and iocrea 
 of the eftates of inch Children* a« 
 their Parents for the better fecuritic 
 have by teftament, betrufted the pub 
 lick with *, or as it is in Holland, whert 
 the eftates of all that die without wills 
 arefeized by the deputies of that 
 Court, and the neareft or beft friends 
 of the Children ordered to managt 
 the eftate of the children: yet foai 
 they may do nothing without confenj 
 of the Lords * and what is don at laft, 
 is all upon good fecuritie, for fafetic 
 and increaf of the eftate,which beeing 
 managed by true juftke and mercie 
 is of great ufe to the fatherlefs, and of 
 great ufe to the Common-wealth, as 
 might bee manie waies proved. 
 
 Ez-k: 2 a 7- Heut. io. 18. Jfa. i, 17. 
 yer.5 28. 
 
 p. And fom courf muft needs bee ta¬ 
 ken 
 
a good mgtjtrate 23 
 ken, that poor men efpecially, may 
 not bee for fmall debts clapt up in 
 prifon, and thereby they and their fa¬ 
 milies undon in a fhort time, becauf 
 hee is not able to put in Bail * yea,how 
 manie a Merchant undon prefently, 
 that was in a thriving waie, and ftran- 
 gers alfo oft undon upon meer pre¬ 
 tences ; and great is this opprefljon. 
 
 f-rov. 2 1.13. Mal.i 8.30. to 3 3. v. 
 
 10. Wherefore, let no houf-keeper 
 that hath dwelt in that place a year, or 
 a year and a quarter, bee liable to bee 
 arrefted till alter fentence, and executir 
 on bee out againft his goods •, and if no 
 goods can bee found,then the creditor 
 may have power to laie the debtor in 
 prifon, if hee think hee hath concealed 
 his goods 5 and have anie friends that 
 will releaf him, provided the Credi¬ 
 tor mull allow him fix-pence a daie,or 
 lefsjfolongas hee keep’s him. there:, 
 
 and. thongh this to bee. abufed. 
 
14 coodwoikfor 
 
 yet cannot bee fo hurtful as the other, 
 
 Prw.r4.31. 
 
 11. Another relief to poor anc 
 Grangers is, That no ftranger (that is 
 not a Town-dweller) after arreft may 
 bee carried to prifon 5 nor anie futf 
 begun till parties appear before the! 
 Peace-makers, appointed in everiel 
 Town for that purpofe, to fee if they! 
 can end the controverfie, and per; 
 fuade them to peace and love; if not, 
 let the debtor put in fecuritie to an- 
 fwer the debt, if poflible hee can: il 
 not, let him bee forced to put into the 
 t hands of the Peace makers for others) 
 twentie {hillings, fiftie ihillings, five 
 pounds, ten pounds, or one hundred 
 pounds, as the man is of abilitie, and 
 the debt in greatnefs, on condition to 
 have his libertie prefently in that 
 Town, but not to go out of Town, 
 till fentence bee given one waie or 
 other 1 , upon forfeiture to the poor of 
 
a good Magjlrute. l{ 
 
 that fumm depofited in the Peace¬ 
 maker’s hands, if hee go out of Town 
 before the debts bee paid, and the 
 Creditor to take Tom other opportu¬ 
 nity, tofue the Debtor in the Town 
 where the debtor d well’s, orto arreft 
 him another time, in the fame Town, 
 and then not fo to bee trufted again. 
 iCor.6.^Mat.^.9. 
 
 12. Great cruelties are committed 
 
 inPrifons, by great charges for fees, 
 chambers, and dear victuals, and,by 
 linking and unwholfom rooms 5 all 
 which in mercie and love to humanitie 
 ought to bee prevented. Pfal. 107.10. 
 Mata 8,30. Prov. 14.31. * 
 
 13. Som courf alfo muft bee taken, 1 
 that widows and under-aged, and per- 
 fons of fmall parts ana education,' 
 may not bee over-reached, as oft they 
 are by agreements, and under-wri¬ 
 ting of bills, for which are divers Re¬ 
 medies. 7 /S. 10. 2. Excd.%%. a *. 1 
 Ezek.it ,7. 
 
 C 14-That 
 
14. That none bee preft to fcrV 
 the State as Souldiers,by Sea or Land, 
 againft their wills, (the evils of which 
 are great and manie ) unlefs in fom 
 verie great exigent- and no State 
 /hall need to do it, if they manage 
 State-affairs well; keep a rich public! 
 flock, and paie well, you fhall never 
 want men; and fhoula not they bee 
 juftand paie well that are to adminifter 
 Juftice to all others { 1 fit. 5 ^,Prov. 14, 
 3 1 * 
 
 15. Needs muft there bee fet up in 
 ieverie Town a houf, to receiv ad 
 bring up to all manner of Trades, the 
 Orphans of fuch L as die without anie 
 eftate (orif theyhave fo little, that 
 none of their "Kindred or acquaint¬ 
 ance will take upon them, to bring op 
 the Children) who beeidg left tc 
 beg orperifh, &c. the civil Father 
 of the *fatherlefs are to take chargi 
 •of them; young babes to bee nurftujpi 
 and after learned to read, write, &c. 
 
a good Magtjlme* V) 
 
 and when big enough, to bee fet to 
 work, to learn fpmthing to live by 5 
 ind if theftock will bear it, to have 
 ten or twentie pounds to fet up a trade 
 for themfelvs, beeing big enough *, or 
 when they manic out of the Weel- 
 Souf,as manie do in Holland. The or-' 
 ders for to regulate thishoufare ma- 
 nie. * D«»mo.i8. Jer, 5.28. 
 
 And for means to maintein it,everie 
 able Citizen at firft, will give ten, 
 twentie, one hundred pounds, or 
 more, beeing put on it by the Magi- 
 ftrates and Minifters, and more will 
 daily bee given by divert waies, and 
 efpecially by Teftament when men 
 die, if all bee right carried. 
 
 III. -fuftice. 
 
 \ 7 \/Here there is true Religion oxA 
 * V Merck , no doubt butthere 
 will bee good fnfiice^ yea, jufice is 
 morenecefifarieto the immediatefub- 
 fiftenceofa Common wealththenthe 
 Ca two 
 
‘28 Good 'toork for 
 two former*, for manie Common¬ 
 wealths fubfift without true Religion, 
 and much Mercie • but without J«i 
 flice ,' no Common-wealth can long 
 fubfift; and it is, of the three, the 
 moft immediate and proper work N of 
 the Magiftrates office, * to fee true 
 Juftice executed. * Rom. 12.1. 
 
 Here wee take leav to pro- 
 pofe a fhort Model for the Law, 
 upon which Juftice hang’s, and 
 which hath coft fo much trou¬ 
 ble and expenf 
 
 1.0 Egiftersto bee fetled in everie 
 '•^‘Parifli, kept everie year by 
 two men chofen to that work i and all 
 Lands and houfes cntred into that 
 bookdiftin&ly* and the Copie there¬ 
 of transferred to the Countie-Town, 
 in cafe of fire, &c. and in thefe 
 bodes all alienations, &c. entred *, and 
 none 
 
a good Migiftrate. 29 
 
 none authentick but fuch, that fo none 
 might bee miftaken in premorgages, 
 or anie other waie ? whereby everie 
 one may clearly bee fatisfied, in what 
 hee hath, or can claim as his own. 
 
 2. That all papers for all contra&s, 
 for monie or Lands, buying or felling 
 by anie writing, haveafmal Seal of 
 the States on the top of it (for which 
 three pence or fix pence paid to the 
 State,for which a Model is readie: fuch 
 papers will bee of great ufe for men’s 
 fecuritiethat deal 5 and an infenfible 
 incom to the State. 
 
 3. That in everie Countie, everie 
 hundred yearly choof three memo bee 
 Peace-makers, or friend-makers foe 
 that year, to hear and determine all 
 common controverfiesbetween man 
 and man •, from whom they may not 
 appeal? and the danger cannot bee 
 much by thefe often elections •, for 
 certainly, the happinefs in Govern¬ 
 ment will never lie upon Lam, but 
 
30 Good “toorkfor 
 
 went, all good men carrying good 
 Laws in their bofom: and therefore: 
 Venice, and other Srates have founded 3 
 their welfare in Elections 5 T0 which: 
 Chara&ers and qualifications muft' 
 neceffarilie bee given out by the lu-; 
 preme power : and the balloting-bod 
 neverufed but upon exigent, it bee-! 
 ing a Lot, and was wont to be ai 
 part of Worfbip 5 it beeing ufed in) 
 Scripture, onely in two cafes 5 Civilly, 
 in the dividing Lands and inherit 
 tances 5 Divinely, in the ehoif of Mat* 
 thios for an Apoftle. And the Rule 
 is, Where Providence doth no mie appear 
 in the uje of other means, then the Lei 
 take’s place. 
 
 But never do wee read of a Lttforii 
 Lot , made common by Cards and 
 ■Dic^ and urged by a grave Preacher 
 inadifpute, betwixt him and learned 
 Aims. 
 
 To add a word more. 
 
 In the choif of a Parlament man, if a 
 thoufand 
 
a good Magijlrate. 34 
 
 thoufand meet to choof, let thefo 
 choof an hundred out of that number 
 to choof for them, and the reft de- 
 part? the one hundred then out off 
 themfelvs choof twentie, to choof on® 
 for that fervice: andthefe upon oathf 
 [to bee faithful $ if among thefe,t^o 
 bee in competition, then to balloting. 
 No man to have a voice ihathath been 
 an enemie ten years. 
 
 4. all entails may bee cut off for 
 ever, and men bavelibertietoheftow* 
 what they have to whom they pleafc 
 the eideft having a double portion.: 
 Whatmifchiefs have com’n upon fa-, 
 milies by greatning the eideft, and 
 abafmgthe reft, let Bnglijhmtn judgt 
 yea, the high waies and gallows can 
 witnefs , and forrein plantations cml 
 teftifie. And if Daughters were inge¬ 
 nuous, and would work, they ought 
 to have equal portions with fans. ^Il¬ 
 ls an unpleafing fpe&acle to feeinthe 
 Cities fo maniemen, fit for nobler : 
 
 C4 things, 
 
things, to fell thofe wares, which 
 were properly the imploiment of wo¬ 
 men, and their daughters. I wifh a 
 fcrious remedie hereunto : and thati 
 men (hould not blufh to bee fitting in 
 {hops, yea, the choice Gentrieofthe 
 Nation, I much wonder. 
 
 5. For a Bodie of Laws, I know 
 none but fuch as fliould bee the refult 
 of found reafon, nor do I knowanie 
 fuch reafon, but what the God of 
 wifdom hath appointed. Therefore 
 the Moral Law (that fhort Law caU 
 led ten words) is doubtlefs beft • to 
 which Mofes's judicials added, with So¬ 
 lomon's Rules and experiments,will bee 
 compleat. I wilh our Lawyers would 
 urge thefe for La w$and not thofe obfo* 
 leteprefidents,which will hardly proven 
 or make a Sea man’s fuit to fit our cc* 
 cafions. Ntcejsitit isthe mother, and ilk 
 winners together, ofthe beft Laws. 
 
 Jam fully fatisfied with what the 
 Supreme power (hall give out daily 5 
 yea. 
 
yea, though they daily alter fomthing, 
 if for the good of the whole. 
 
 Ifanie Lawyers bee continued , let 
 them bee allowed, and paid by the 
 State, and plead for juftice, evenfor 
 juftice fake. Why fhould expenfes 
 in Law bee thus bottomlefs * yea. 
 luch, as would maintein an Armie,and 
 the fountain and ifliies thereof gene, 
 rally malice, and rancor. 
 
 Why are not the Fees of Phy fitians 
 ftinted? and then help commanded 
 upon a known price i . I know, the$ 
 cannot fuffer by it. 
 
 6 . Wills andTeftaments may' bee 
 acknowledged by the nexttwo Juftices > 
 before whom they may bee proved 
 withoufeanie charge v and then rented 
 into the former Regifter of the pariB^ 
 or a Book kept in eyerie Parifh tothat 
 purpofe. , 
 
 7* Thisbeeing dOnjit lsyenpadyjw 
 fable to burn all theold Records;, yea,; 
 even thofein the Tower,the Moni^m-*. 
 entsoftyrannie... Cy 8. NOj 
 
34 GoollUfork for 
 8 . No Lawyer to plead at anie 
 Committee. 
 
 g. And for Arrefts, thatfiimmons 
 iflay bee left at men’s houfesj and 
 not fuch a ncft ofbailieft maintained, 
 tven an Armie of Caterpillers •, the 
 worft of men imploied that waie. 
 
 io. None to diftrein for taxes, or 
 'other debts •, but thedebtor’s outward 
 door taken away , and carried to the 
 Town houf, and as manie other new 
 doors as are fet in the place. The 
 Ihame and danger hereof will urge fud- 
 denpayment. 
 
 Rulesforjuftice. 
 
 i. None can bee free of greatin- 
 juftice, who by perfccutionfor Reli¬ 
 gion take away libertie of confidence 
 ftomanie : rihofe Principles or pra- 
 ttifes are not dangerous to the. Go* 
 vernment, Peace, Propriety, and 
 good of the Common-wealth •, if 
 they otherwife live but civilly. For 
 AS God himfelfv his Vicegerent 
 
a good bdagiHmte. 3 5 
 the Magiftrate mull cauf his Sun to 
 lliine, and his rain to fall both upon 
 good and bad. Ifa. $9. ch. 11 ,tt 
 15. -v. Acis 
 
 i . And can it bee juft to pupijh anie 
 by lothfom prifons, before a hearing 
 whether they bee guiltie or no: how 
 manie innocent perfons have fuffered 
 this waie, and how manie have loft 
 their lives by fickneffes got there; 
 pat in for frnall faults which are cry? 
 iug fins, and muft needs bee amended 
 Jer. 39. 6. 9. fob. 7. 51. Gen. 40.15. 
 
 3. Long laying in prifon before 
 fentence 5 or delaies in Juftice is great 
 crueltie to manie, and it mightily 
 provoke’s the Lord, as l(mb faith; 
 and certainly it may bee remedied, 
 if there were compaffionienangh to 
 prifoners, Prov. 21. 3. Gpn. 40, 15. 
 Prov . 21 . 7 .I fa. 5 9 . 14 . 1 5 • 
 
 4. Delaies in futes in civil things^ 
 prove 5 s great injuftice, yea, an un¬ 
 juft Judgment would not bee foil! to 
 
 manie,. 
 
y 6 Good Work for 
 
 nianie, as arc long delaies before fen* 
 tence 5 Andfom bodiemuft onedaie 
 anfwer for peoples great lofs of time 
 and ruine to fom, onely by delaies, 
 tferem. 5.28. Prw. 29. 4 . Chap 21.7. 
 Cb. 21. 3. 
 
 5. To attain to pure Juftice is a 
 verie great bleffing of God, both to 
 Governors and' governed: Where¬ 
 fore let a Committee bee ordained, 
 one, or moretoreceivrequefts, and 
 advife from everie particular Town 
 and Countie -, how true Juftice may 
 beft bee obtained, how all damages 
 and hurts may beft bee prevented, 
 and all futes bee beft hindered, but 
 when begun, and committed:how 
 fooneftand beft ended, and remedied. 
 Jfa. 61. S. Prcv. 21.3. ProV' 2.2. 
 peek. 1,. 13. 
 
 6 . And above all Laws whatever 
 can bee thought of, no waie fo good 
 to attain good andfpeedie Juftice, as? 
 to put into all places, of Judicature* 
 
 men 
 
a good MagiHrate. 57 
 men that fear God, and are lovers of 
 Juftice, precife in their promifes and 
 performances v for there are godlie 
 men not verie juft nor wife, and on 
 the other fide, there are Turks and 
 Infidels verie juft men, and abhor 
 bribes, or ro break their words,&c. 
 Exod. 18 . 2 r . Prov.29,2. Ifni. 32. 6* 
 Prov. 20.8. and 2.1.15.- ; 
 
 7. Things muft bee fo ordered* 
 that no man ( nor court of men; 
 alwaies bee above Juftice , or fo 
 powerful, but that hee may bee 
 called to account, before a Court of 
 Juftice, and there cenfured ifheede-' 
 ferv it * for if anie bee , the evils of 
 it will bee verie great'in time, asmight 
 bee well proved. Deut. 16. 19* 
 i Chro, 25. -i 7. lfa. io.i, 24 
 
 8. Let no pcrfon, Gitie, Court, or 
 anie kind of men haveaniePrivilege* 
 that; may bring damtmge or hurbto* 
 the; Common-wealth, or to anie par*; 
 fciculatmen^ foithis is toeftablifh in.; 
 
3 8 Good Mrk for 
 juftice by a Law, and great wrong i$ 
 don to the Common-wealth by Pri¬ 
 vileges given to particular men, and 
 companies (and oft under pretence of 
 doing good to the Common-wealth) 
 as might eafily bee proved ; and 
 therefore men takefuchpains, make 
 fuchfuits, and give fuch gifts, for to 
 have fuch privileges, out offelf-love. 
 I/a. 59.8. Prov. 21.7. 
 
 9, For Civil Controverfies, let 
 there bee in everie Town, and place, 
 (or ward ) appointed two or more 
 Peace-makers 5 who may hear the 
 differences between mm and man* 
 before ante may go to Law, and if it 
 bee poflible, let them end it: and fit 
 men for fuch bufinefs, will end moft 
 controverfies, and fpare the Magi? 
 ftrate a great labor, and the Commo- 
 naltie great trouble, and charge, and 
 onely by perfwading; yetthefemuft. 
 bee well regulated, they muft hear 1 
 na man in private alone $ and manie 
 the 
 
a good Magistrate. 3 £ 
 tile like. Pfal. 34.14. Matt. 5. 9. 
 Trov. 11.10. 
 
 1 o. That Juftice may be neer to all 
 men, let there bee in everie Citie, 
 town, and hundred, appointed five 
 or feven able fit men, to determine all 
 Controverfies for Debts, and ftrifes; 
 and anie three of them prefent* to 
 have power to give fentence s and 
 well regulated with other Laws -, in 
 weightie cafes they may advifewith 
 learned men, both Advocates } and Di¬ 
 vines, but the power to determiner© 
 bee in them 5 a s in Holland: Exodi 
 
 18.21, 11,13. DM. u ib*»dirj.v: 
 
 11. Let no appeals Bee from thefe 
 men (five or feven)that are yearly 
 new chofen) but in veric weightie 
 Matters y firft, let there bee onceina 
 moneth, or at fom fet times-i a Court 
 for appeals 5 of all thefe ieven men 
 (not one to bee wanting uponacer- 
 tain pecuniarie. mul^jfor -ievifion of 
 
4 © Good )frork for 
 the fentence of fuch as finde them* 
 felvs aggrieved at a former fentence, 
 by three or fourofthefe men, and if 
 his cafe bee found bad by them all, 
 let him paie three, five, or ten per 
 cent, to the charges of the Court, fot 
 his preemption : and if bee will yet 
 appeal to a higher Court, let him firft 
 laie down thefumme hee is condemn* 
 ed in, into the Towns hands .-which 
 thedemander may take out upon good 
 fecuritiej And laftly , let there bee. 
 no appeal, out of that Countie or 
 (hire, in which thepartie dwell’s for 
 manie weightie Reafons 5 and that, if. 
 the fumme bee but above fuch or fuch 
 a value, as the Towns are in which ' 
 the fentence is given: for if men bee 
 willing to give a juft fentence, few 
 cafes are fo difficult, but they may 
 finde the right * and if they doubt, ' 
 they can take two or three daies timer 
 for confideration, praier to God, and] 
 advifc with other men,&a Exod„ 
 
 $iiz t 2l.Deat' i. ij» Much 
 
a good Magistrate. 41 
 
 Much might bee (aid for proof, and 
 orders here-abouts, if it would not 
 bee too tedious. 
 
 . 12. Bcfides the eonftant,fet good 
 men at firft fpokenof-, there are ma- 
 nie good men muft bee made ufe of, 
 as occafion ferve’s ♦, as manie contro- 
 verfies about the goodnefs of Com¬ 
 modities cannot bee ended prefently 
 by the Judges , till good men that 
 have skill in fuch commodities, do 
 view the fame, and value things, &c. 
 and if then they cannot make the par¬ 
 ties agree, to make their report to 
 the Judges, how they finde things, 
 and they to give fentence according- 
 ly; fo for accounts, not polfible to 
 end mens differences juftly, till ac¬ 
 counts bee well looked over, and 
 both parties are heard in private by 
 good men, and divers the like : fo 
 that the Judges muft know manie 
 honcft, able "men’s skill in fuch and 
 fuch things,unto whom they may pre- 
 
4 2 Good "toork for 
 
 fently refer each controverfie, ac¬ 
 cording to the nature of it, wherchg 
 they fhall decide things more juftly, 
 and eaf themfelvs of a verie great 
 burden .* with better content to bot( 
 parties, that have the difference, 
 lCor.6. ^M&t. 5 . 9 . 
 
 13. Let everie man plead his own 
 cauf, and if hce think’s his adverfa- 
 rie too ftrong, or himfelf too weak 
 hee fiiall haveliberrietotakea friend 
 or Neighbor to plead for him, whon 
 hee judges able * But not toletanit 
 Advocates, Attornies i Scriveners:( 
 nor anie for falaries to plead for anifl 
 man, for manie weightie Reafonsj 
 unlefs the difference bee about a great 
 fumme, as fix tie , eightie, one 
 hundred pounds or more $ then to ad* 
 mit Lawyers to plead, ifone,orboth 
 parties defire it yet fo, that after 
 they have don, the parties themfelvs 
 may have Ibertie to fpeak, if one of 
 both defire the fame. Atts 23.1.35. 
 ver. Acts 4.10. 14. Let 
 
i a good Magnate. 4 $ 
 
 14 Let all mens Teftimonies bee 
 en by notarial writings under oath: 
 in the writing to offer an oath r 
 efired to verine what is thereinat- 
 ed, (yet fo, that parties may bee 
 t for, and examined by word of 
 uth, each apart, if anie fraud bee 
 tbted in the teftimonie ) which 
 ; prevent incredible lois , trouble,, 
 vexation to manie. Ur. 3d. 4# 
 5. Let all Judges, Advocats, At- 
 lies. Scriveners, Sergants, Jai¬ 
 lors, and all whatever belong to 
 Courts of Juft ice, have their pay, ot 
 falaries out of fom publick ftockof the 
 Common-wealth $ and to defray all 
 charges herein; let ever te one that is 
 condemn’d in his fute,or that fue’s,and 
 implead’s anotner unjuftly, or doth 
 another wrong, and thereby forceth 
 another to fue for his right, paieone, 
 two, three, &c. per Cent. for 2 
 mulft or fine,to this publick ftock, and 
 let them that fue, or wrong another 
 moft 
 
44 Good &ork for j 
 moftbafely, and apparently unjuftly 
 and out of plain deceit, and wrong 
 paiehalf, or the whole fum that hed 
 Would have deteined another of :thi 
 half whereof give to him that wa 
 wronged, or fued unjuftly , and thj 
 other half to this publick ftock, fc 
 {ball men fear to wrong, and lue an 
 other unjuftly, and prevent abundana 
 of fuits, and quarrels, and preven 
 charges to him that is, or might bet 
 wronged ? and the unwillingne/s oj 
 thefe OfEces to do their office, when 
 they have nothing of them that fei 
 them awork, may bee prevented by 
 other means. Exod. u. 24,25. 
 
 1 6 In greater Cities (especially in 
 London )where fall’s manic differences, 
 there muft bee fo manie Courts of 
 Juftice, that all fuites may bee ended in 
 a week, or if there bee too manie 
 writings to peruie, and difficulties to 
 hear? then to bee put to good men 
 to perufe, and hear them, and they 
 
a good yagtflrate 4 ^ 
 for to bring in their report, how they 
 finde things, if they cannot com- 
 jrimife it • and all ordinarie fuites to 
 bee ended at the firft hearing, or next 
 daieat a fecond hearing • if fom pa¬ 
 per, or circumttance of proof bee 
 wanting, in the fame Citie may bee 
 two or three Courts of the fame 
 kinde: onely one for a greater,another 
 for a IefTer fumme. lx, if* 18. 22, 
 
 Befides, there mayjbee one, two, or 
 three Courtes for Sea matters* at Lon- 
 don-, if one bee nos enough to end 
 all things quickly; one for quarrels* 
 one for monies, and one for agree¬ 
 ments in writing; in which fallanie 
 differences; another there may bee 
 for quarrels, between Matters and 
 men, Miftrefles and maids, &c. and 
 other Courts there may bee, if there 
 bee need: and better the Judges fit, 
 though they fomtimes have little or 
 nothing to do, then hundreds dai¬ 
 ly wait on them, and know not 
 when 
 
4 6 Good V>ork for 
 
 when they (hall bee heard, &c. 
 
 17. Let not one man hail 
 power ofanie Judgment alone ,1 
 :anie means •, for befides, one is moi 
 capable to bee bribed then manii 
 that are changed yearly (onely on 
 in a Court, ftaie’s on for the year al 
 ter, and hee to be the firftprefidei 
 for that year :) one man cannot thin 
 of all things needfull at that time, 1 
 well as many men can do-, and b 
 divers men, or one amongft thei 
 finde’s a deceit better, and foom 
 then one man alone can do. Dtn 
 1. 16. Prov. a 1. 14. Io[h. ao.< 
 Deut. 21.2. 
 
 18. Let order bee taken, that n 
 man may bee put in prifon, and hav 
 his libertie taken away for debt, bi 
 fore fentence bee paft, and that hi 
 bee condemned; and when anie be 
 put in prifon, let their cauf bee heard 
 and prefently determined 5 and i 
 • they bee in debt, and cannot p? 
 
a good Magijlrate 47 
 their debts, nor anie friends for them • 
 then let them bee fetto work, that 
 in time hee may paie his debts, or 
 if poflible fom part of it-, for that is 
 | juft, and will make others take heed 
 bow they com into debt,- and do 
 much other good. Ezra 7. 26. 
 
 ip. All living men arefopartial, 
 that I doubt, there is not one alive 
 hath fo much grace, or truth, thatat 
 sail times would impartially eive Sen¬ 
 tence ; and though fom would not 
 jtakemonie, orprefents, dire&ly and 
 by compact •, yet manie will take 
 fom kindnefs, at left indirectly, efpe, 
 daily, from friends or kinred *, and 
 though fom would abhor all this , 
 efpecially for the moft part, yet are 
 there anie living men, that dwell in 
 houfes ofelay, and fee through flefh, 
 that would not at fom times bee par¬ 
 tial to their neer friends and acquain¬ 
 tance, and give fucha fentence for 
 them, as they would notdo,ifit were 
 
48 Good Hoork for \ 
 
 foranenemie, &c. Rom. 3.10 
 11,12. 
 
 Wherefore, it is ofverie great con 
 cernment, that fora courf bee. taken 
 to prevent, as much as can poffibl 
 bee, all partialitie ; for which manii 
 things might bee don, and manii 
 brave orders made, if men were wil 
 ling to do all that might bee. Exd 
 23. 8. Beut. 1 6. 1 9. Prov. 15.27. 
 
 Great punifhments on them tha 
 take gifts, * or pervert Judgment 
 upon anie pretence, is one goo< 
 means, and manie other helps then 
 are. Prov.i’j.S.i^.Beut.i’j.^. 29.4. ; 
 
 jo. Sore punifliment againft fa! 
 witneffes * is of great conducement 
 to Iuftice, and few men there are that 
 fear an oath, indeed much lefs a lie, 
 or falf Teftimonie, when it may ad¬ 
 vantage themfelvs, or friends 5 and 
 moft men in words, do abhor a fall 
 oath-, yetverie few in a temptation, 
 that make true confcience of it: but 
 * finde 
 
a good Magiftrate. 4p 
 finde a thoufand waies to obfolv 
 themfelvs , and blinde their own 
 confciences, that they may not think : 
 themfelvs forfworn, or to have born 
 falf w/cnefs : wherefore againft the 
 iubdetie. and deceitfiilnefs of man’s 
 heart, in this and the former article 
 efpecially, all diligence of the depth 
 of wifdom muftbeefeton work, by 
 means whereof, good Laws, and or¬ 
 der , and right antidotes may: bee 
 found to prevent all the mifchief of 
 thefe evils. Exod. 20. 16. Prov. 19. 
 5.9. Prov . 6. ip. Prov. 21.8. 
 
 . And where anie doubt is, each of 
 the witnefles muft bee . examined 
 alone, in a room apart 5 by which 
 means great difcoveries of untruth 
 will bee found out, to wonderment*' 
 Aits 12 . 19 . Ezra 10 16. 26 . 
 
 Luke 25.14. 
 
 21. Let fom able men bee appoint¬ 
 ed ( but fo as they bee not known to 
 beefuch) continually to ride up and 
 D down. 
 
jq Good work for 
 down, and bee prefent at Courts of 
 Judicature, fomtimes in one town 
 and Countie , fomtimes in ano¬ 
 ther 5 and when they finde anie Court 
 to do apparent injuftice, let them dif- 
 cover it to the State, for them to take 
 a courf, that fuch Judges may bee 
 punifhed, as they finde each in that 
 Court to have been euiitie thereof; 
 fb fhall all Courts or Jufticc fear to 
 do wrong, lcftfomof thefe men bee 
 there prefent to difdofe their injuftice* 
 8.6. W 23.18. 
 
 Yea doubtlefs, it would bee of ad¬ 
 mirable ufe, to have either Sheriffs, 
 orfomother, to give an account of 
 the obedience given to all Ads of 
 Parlament, yea, to fee them obeied in 
 the Counties. 
 

 i. T Et the fame men in everic 
 -k'town, and Countie, thathave 
 the Judgment in Civil, have the Judg¬ 
 ment in Criminal Caufes • but in 
 Countrie towns and places, where 
 are no men of much judgment, let 
 them not have the power of life and 
 death in their hands, butonely fom 
 other corporal purtilhmentss yet *ds 
 ihangero fee in the Low-Countries, 
 how their Bores, or men in Countrie 
 towns, that in manie places have paw* 
 er of life and death, will do better 
 juftice then learned men in other 
 Countries, fojhns ao. 4. Numb. 3$. 
 24. Dent, 21 . 2. Dm, 1,16, 
 
 2, Next dale (ortwo).after anie 
 are com or brought into prifon, let 
 D a them 
 
Good work for 
 
 them bee examined, that if aniebee 
 unjuftly impriloned , hee may bee 
 forthwith fet at libertie * and for fuch 
 as are guiitie, let them bee tried, and 
 fentence pronounced, and executed as 
 often as poflible may bee, that Ju¬ 
 stice may bee fpeedily exercifed to 
 the terror of evil doers*, and it will 
 fave much charge to the Commom 
 wealth, not to keep long in prifon. 
 Deut.i. i6.Prov. 21.7, , -j 
 
 3. Let no Malefactors againft the 
 light of Nature, and civil focietie, 
 efcape unpunifhed, but beejuftly and 
 fpeedily punifhed, not in prifons be; 
 fore hand, by cold, heat, ftink, fa¬ 
 mine, oranie other waie $ but out of 
 humanitie, let them bee comfortably 
 provided f#r, till fentence bee given, 
 and then let Juftice take place 5. Thai 
 all Murtherers, Theeves, Whore¬ 
 mongers, Adulterers , falf- witnefs- 
 bearers , evil fpeakers , deceiver^ 
 Bankrupts, Drunkards, roiotors. 
 Traitors, 
 
Traitors , Blafphemers , and all 
 manner of evil doers may bee duly 
 punifhed, rather inclining to mercie 
 then crueltie , and alwaies with & 
 merciful hearr. Dmt. 35. 31, 32. 
 Trov, 12.18. 
 
 4. Let no man or Court have pow¬ 
 er topardon anie offenders*, for mer¬ 
 cie to one offender is crueltie unto ma¬ 
 nic innocent perfons *, for if one get's 
 pardon* one- hundred will hope for 
 the like • and it increafeth offenders, 
 arid wrong’s the Common-wealth, 
 and tend’s onely to the unjuff great- 
 nets of him, or them that have that 
 power, and by God never command¬ 
 ed. Deut. 35.31,31,33. 
 
 5. Let no difference bee made be¬ 
 tween lews / or Gentiles, bond or 
 free, ftranger or Natives, in either 
 Criminal , or Civil things,: for fo hath 
 Gdd commanded, and by this means 
 fhill the Governors hee true fathers 
 ol humanitie ; And it will mightily 
 
 D 3 populate 
 
54 Good Ttrnk for 
 populate, and inrich the Common¬ 
 wealth , when the opprefled in anie 
 other Countrie know where to go 
 dwell, under fo juft Government, 
 with freedom from oppreffion. Deut, 
 i. id, 17. Prov. 24.23. Prov, 20.8. 
 
 d. That the children nor heirs* of 
 Malefates bee pUniflied , or difin* 
 herited forthemifdeeds of their Pa¬ 
 rents, becaufthe Lord hath fo com¬ 
 manded , and the punifhent of chih 
 dren for their Parents faults in formal 
 time, hath been ufed chiefly by Ty. 
 rants, who,tofecure *themfelvsthc 
 better againft treafons, and hurt to 
 therafelvs, fetfuchfore punifhments 
 to deter all from hurting them, which 
 fhould not have needed , had they 
 lived juftly- * If the Father forfeit 
 hiseftate, do it, but let his fmali chil¬ 
 dren have their portions out of it, 
 if they have no waie approved thek 
 father’s evil, Eztk. 18.20 .Dm. 24. id, 
 % Kings 14.d. 
 
a good Mgiftrate. 55 
 
 7. And I believ it can never bet 
 (hewed out of anie Hiftorie, either 
 Divine, or humane, that ever Go& 
 changed or put down that Govern¬ 
 ment , or brought fo general a plague 
 as war, &c. upon a Nation, to de- 
 ftroie half, or a quarter of the Inha¬ 
 bitants , 10 long as, but attie reStfO* 
 nablemeafure of Juftice * wa$ found 
 amongft them 5 how much then Will 
 hee blefs that’Nation, and Govern 4 - 
 tat* With all manner of bteffihgs* 
 Both fpiritual and temporal 4 , where 
 with good Juftice, both true Religi- 
 . on and Mercie are advanced i And 
 moft certainly , * that Government 
 t that followeth thefe principal Rules 
 of God’s word, (hall never bee 
 changed whilft they continue fo do* 
 ing, * and that Nation (hall alwayei 
 continue moft happie t who are fo 
 governed ^ for the Lord will not fait 
 ot his good word , nor is his arm 
 (hortned. * Pr$v. 16. 12. 1 1 Sam. 
 
 D4 iy. 
 
5 6 Good tyorkfor 
 15.11.23. 1 King. 2. 4.1 King 2 3.9. 
 * Ztotf. 11.22. to and the whole ch. 
 tJDent, 28. 2. to 13. and the whole chap. 
 It is verie advifeable, that fince Eng- 
 land breed’s fo manie thieves, and 
 hanging thereupon is fo common and 
 cheap, and yet little reformation, that 
 two Gallies may bee built to row 
 from Grave fend to Jgaeenhorow, and 
 where elf they may, ( accord- 
 ' ing to weather) arid put thecvs oh 
 thefe. two. years, feventen ; 5 m 
 (during their life 5 certainly' this wilt 
 help more then the Gallows, and 
 more conformable it is to God’s 
 will*, and fince the root of manie 
 jnifchiefs is bafefwinilhdrunkennefs, 
 and the cure hereof never reached by 
 all the Laws alreadie made * there is 
 but one main Cure propounded, viz, 
 ' That it bee inaCted through the 
 / Nation, that none drink to another, 
 V cjireCtly, or indirectly, upon the for¬ 
 feiture of twelv pence , whereof 
 fix 
 
a good Magiflrate. fj 
 
 fix pence to the informer , and fix 
 pence to the poor 5 which, though it 
 feem ridiculous, will prove the like- 
 lieft waie of prevention j thepradice 
 heeing of men ingrammaticafiand pra- 
 difed in no Countries , but among 
 our neighbors in Gemanie,8cc. 
 
 A Nd becauf Juftice ; cannot bee 
 ■^•executed without Ponw,therefore 
 God hath given the Sword into the; 
 Magiftrate’s hand.to mainteintbe Good? 
 and pumjh evil doers ; wherefore the* 
 ■Milnia muft beealwayes welt looked 
 to, and provided for. Bmi 13. 
 1.4 2 Chro.S. 3.6, 2 Chr.Oiifi 
 9 > cb, 25. v. and 32.5,6; 
 
 1. By putting into all offices , both" 
 in Garrifonand field, godlie and tiu- ; 
 ftie men , the State may relie on, 
 Exod. 18 . 21 . 2 'King* 22.7. 
 
 2. To have all Store-houfes bee 
 necr at hand * and well provided of 
 
 D*. all 
 
all forts of Ammunition , and con* 
 ftantiy welldreft andlooked to, both 
 hi peace, and in time of war efpecially. 
 i Chro. 8 * 5 , 2. Chro. 31,12. Ezek* 
 
 27.11* 
 
 4* * To put theSword into no pri¬ 
 vate Souldier’s hand, that is uncivil-, 
 much lefsinto the hands of lewd per- 
 fons, who love no Juftice. * They 
 will deftroie vi&uals in plentie , 
 cannot foft in want, fooner fall fiek, 
 and weakenthe Armie: mutinie foon- 
 er>, and fail and faint, in thetime of 
 battail. 
 
 5, Let all Militarie perfons, both 
 Souldiers, and Offers, bcetruly and 
 juftly paid , whatever ; is promifed 
 them 5 for they, that are to maintein 
 Jdftice, muft bee firft juft themfelvs, 
 and keep ■ Souldiers from mjuftiee, 
 which cannot bee* without due paie? 
 naent $ for by good paiment you may 
 have choife. of Souldiers 5 and may, 
 teep, them, in gootLdifcipline , and 
 may. 
 
a good Magifirate. f $ 
 
 may bee fo juftly ordered, that 'they 
 will bee no burthen, but profit to the 
 places where they are. Lmt. ip. 
 13. Mai. 3. 5. Exod. 2. p. Lnkt 
 3.14. 
 
 6 . Do juftly in advancing fuch to 
 Offices in the Armie and Garrifons, 
 as are deferving men, and have long* 
 eft, and fathfully ferved the State, 
 and not to put in friends that never 
 were fouldiers, or other men for mo¬ 
 ney , or other felf-ends , whereby 
 manie are difcontented, and the Ar¬ 
 mie made lefs ferviceable , and the 1 
 State thereby weakned : when the 
 fouldiers fee them in power fo unjuft* 
 2 Sm. 23, S,p, &c. P/d. 125.4*, 
 
 7. Let all roiotous j and deboiflr 
 fouldiers bee turned out of fervice; 
 fbrfuch are plagues to provoke God 
 to wrath, they will brag much;, and; 
 When it corn’s to fighting, do little^ 
 when an Armie is in plentie, they will 
 devour .• abundance 5 and the fooner 
 
$0 Good Mrk fir 
 
 bring the whole to want and when 
 want corn’s they are the lefsable to 
 bear it 5 but will fooner grow fick; 
 infeft others, die themlelvs , ancj 
 weaken the whole. Neither can rio? 
 ters faft when need is, fo long as tem¬ 
 perate men. Prov. 2 3. 20. Prov. 2 8. 
 7. 1 Pet . 4.4; 2 Pet. 2. 13. Ift» 2 8.. 1. 
 
 8. Laftly. that all Commiflions 
 and Orders pafsin the militarie chan- 
 nel , and all Souldiers to give an ac¬ 
 count to the General, and the Gene¬ 
 ral to. the State, no interfering with 
 them and the civil Government, the 
 Mnglijh Souldierie beeing the moftun. 
 paralel’d men in the. world. 
 
 ' 'A Nd becauf the. MilitU cannot 
 ** bee. maintained without monies 
 Therefore hath God- commanded* 
 ! that. Tribute (hair bee. paid to* them 
 
 that bear the. fword of Juftice and 
 things muft bee To. ordered,, that.the 
 Common* 
 
a good Magijlrate. <$t 
 
 Common-wealth may have a verie 
 rich ftoclc, or revenue at leaft, to 
 defrayallehargesplentifully, without 
 which, they cannot bee juft. Luke 2k 
 1.2. Rom. 1^.6.2^0.10.4,18. 
 
 2. The. charges of* the whole 
 common-wealth , muft, bee duely 
 known , and all unneceffarie charges 
 cut off , and then a proportionable 
 tax laid accordingly , plentifully, to 
 defray,all thofe charges •, fo as no man 
 muft paie more curramly., nor buy 
 all things cheaper then the Common* 
 wealth •, for they muft bee an example 
 of truth in what they promife*, and 
 Juftice in performance; to the whole 
 Common-wealth, how will the.Lord 
 then blefs them <■ Lmt . 3., 19. m 3.5. 
 
 3. Special care muft bee had, that 
 men fearing God and hating eovetoufr 
 nefs, may ,bee cho/en and irufted with 
 the ftock of the. Common-wealth ; 
 and yet fo regulated, that if anie prove 
 falf^tfieymayio little hurt* Mxed.i 8. 
 
 aid. 
 
6 z Good Work fir 
 
 2t. 2 King. 22.7. a King. 12.15. 
 
 4. The Charge of the Com moat 
 wealth may bee made much lcfs by 
 leffening the date of Officers, both ci¬ 
 vil and militarie , by land and fea, 
 which is nouriflied in a Kingly Go 
 vernment, to maintein their Port and 
 Grandure: But in a Common-wealth* 
 Who dcfire wealth indeed, this ftately 
 Port is wholly needlefs, as hath moil 
 eminently been feen in the Low 
 Countries, where 'tis ftrange to fee 
 (though now ’tis ten times greater 
 then in the heat of their wars againft 
 the King of Spain) how fmall ftate, 
 the States themfelvs hold: Lords of 
 the Admiraltie, Burgomafters of the 
 greateft Cities,not one of an hundred 
 have fo much as a man or ferjeant to 
 wait on them in the ftreets, yet do the • 
 higheft a< 9 s of Power, with afmuchj 
 l vigor as the King of Spain himfelftj 
 fr9v.16.1ti 
 
 5 j Let as manie offices of the Com¬ 
 mon-wealth 
 
<x 
 
 mon-wealth ( ascanbee ) bee fenred 
 by men of qualkie, who will do it 
 freely without - ante charge or Hilaries 5 
 of which you need notdoubt ofchoi^ 
 for how manic thoufands are in Eng* 
 W,men that have enough to live on,. 
 and nothing to imploie their able 
 parts in; who gladly, fom outof love 
 of humankie and the common good, 
 others, but that they might bee well 
 imploied, fom outof love of Autori- 
 tie,.. and < honor, &c. would gladly 
 ferv the Common-wealth v yea* and 
 would petition ten for one office, (if 
 it were: but brought into cuftom*as it 
 was under the Romane Common¬ 
 wealth-government*jand what a mafs 
 of: monie might bee faved by* this, 
 means and: the Common-wealth 
 more ; honored by beeing ■ fued to to 
 beeferved c’ and yet aIf offices better 
 ferved then now Ay neediemen, that 
 defife (till more to inrich thcmfidvsi, 
 
 and.whofehcarts fate not yet,* I have 
 
64 Good tyork for 
 enough, as manie men do, that live 
 on what they have. * And fhould 
 not Chriftians ferv the Common! 
 wealth freely,as well as the Romanes? 
 Nchemiah 5. if. to 18. Prov. 21.15. 
 
 6 . As manie officers about cit 
 ftom, excife s Clerks, TreafurersJ 
 Committees, Towns, freedoms, Of¬ 
 ficers of Companies, and manie the 
 like might bee difeharged, as would 
 alone maintein a great Armie, if all 
 cuftoms, Excife, and a hundred other 
 waies of gathering monie were put 
 down, and inftead thereof, all men 
 throughout the whole Common¬ 
 wealth , that are able to paie anie 
 thing * taxed once in a year, what 
 each fhallgive, each according to his 
 rents, eftate, trade, and handicraft) 
 and a place appointed in each town* 
 and,Citie , where everie one fhall 
 themfelvs bring, the money they are 
 taxed at, with how-few Officers and 
 little, charge, might this bee don, 
 
a good Magiftrate. 6 5 
 
 and how eafie would it bee for men 
 to paie, when they fhould have all 
 rhings fo cheap without cuftora, Ex- 
 :ife, or charge of thoufands of Offi¬ 
 cers % how would men bee inabled 
 lereby to pale their taxes by the mul- 
 itude of Trade that would flow inj 
 fallCiiftoms, &c. were free. : * Lake 
 1. 1,2. 2 Kihgs 23. 25.2 Chr$. 24. p. 
 Beat.16. 17, 
 
 y r . This tax to.paie the whole charge 
 the Gammon-'wealth- f hot the 
 charge .pf" the State';, -add all the 
 charges of each town and Citie) may 
 bee ordered to bee paid at once, or at 
 three^or four feveral times everie year? 
 or rebate fiat for them that bring*it ia 
 before the time limited, proportiona¬ 
 ble to the time ; and manie other 
 means may beeufed, to cauf people 
 to paie willingly; or the tax may bee 
 laid much lefs, and the reft taxed up¬ 
 on Burials, weddings, and feaftings, 
 or the like, and people forbidden 
 by 
 
by a Law, not to make fuch grea 
 weddings, burials, Chriftnings, &c 
 I and inftead thereof, to give but tty 
 half fo much to the State. ’Ti 
 ftrange , what abundance of monl 
 might bee gathered by this mean 
 and yet people have never the lelj 
 feeing now they fpend twice fo mud 
 in Inch things as bee wholly ufelel 
 and do but hurt and trouble then 
 felvs, fo to fpend theirmonie. ;i 
 
 8 . Great wouldt head vantages be 
 both to the State, and particuli 
 towns, to have a rich publick flock 
 as a well monied manthatispruden 
 by God’s bldfmg get’s up above a 
 his Neighbors * io it would bee wii 
 a rich State, through God’s bleflii 
 beeing well managed .*, I could bi - 
 large herein: firft,the State might bl ^ 
 juft, and paieall juftly,and prefenttj 
 upon which a blefling is promifd ; 
 Secondly,all things might bee bou$ 
 for readie monie , the advantag 
 where< 
 
a good Magijlrate. 67 
 a thereof is verie great. Thirdly, 
 
 X jrou are readie to lend to anic Nrigh- 
 jj bar-Nation, and take ftrong holds for 
 \ fecuritie, which is oft of great con. 
 i cernment. Fourthly, you are readie 
 f mt onely to defend , but to offend 
 3 snie Nationthat wrong’s you,or affift 
 ! anic Nation oppreffed , by which 
 loft whole Provinces are gained, and. 
 I in general all happihefs attend's this 
 i State j for as Chrift faith to him that 
 l hath (ufing it well) fhafl bee giveti, 
 aid this riches is your ftrong tower, 
 
 9. ’Tis as eafie for ante State to get 
 a rich ftock, and Revenue, as for anie 
 private man that hath a good trade, 
 to gather monie,ifhee will bee thriftie 
 and diligent - bur as no man can grow 
 rich that will bee gallant, andcoftly 
 at firft; So Kings, Princes, and States 
 that will bee thriftie, and diligent, 
 may gather monie like duft,and make 
 : filver like the ftones of the ftreet, 
 and that in twentie , thirtie , or 
 
68 Good T toorkfor 
 fiftie years time •, for think not but it 
 muft have a time, and may as eafily 
 fpend all again, as wee ke rn Solomon, 
 or bee alwayes poor, and in ftraits, 
 as all States almoft are , and know 
 not how to get out of debt, when ’ti$ 
 meerly their own faults, as may moll 
 evidently bee proved. And no peo 
 pie, (when a State is fctled ) will bet 
 * unwilling to paie anie taxations 
 when they ; but fee,. or conceivchaj 
 *tiswelL and; improved $ but i 
 Stateswili go : upon profufe charges 
 when they are poor, and keep thiev 
 that fleal the publick flock continu 
 ally, no marvel if people bee unwil 
 ling, &c. Prov. 10,4.15 . Prov. 12 
 H' Prov. 21.5. * 2Chrp.1v. 4. 
 
 io, If this waie of gathering mo 
 nie with moft eaf, and lead chargi 
 cannot bee brought about, withoil 
 difturbancc of the Common-wealth 
 There are manie waies to gather 
 monie by Excife and Cuftom, thei 
 no? 
 
a good Magijlme 69 
 
 now on foot, and with lefs grievance 
 to the Common-wealth. 
 
 It is wiflied that all that ufe 
 Coaches fhould. paie fifteen pound, 
 or twentie pound yearly to the State. 
 And fo for Hackney-men, according 
 to diferetion. And to give all incou- 
 ragement to Weavers and others, to 
 make all the manufactures of filk in 
 England , and to treat with fom Wea¬ 
 vers , and merchants, for the fetting 
 up of Looms, and other inventions in 
 England , for getting of the manufa¬ 
 cture here, and that countenance by 
 the Magiftrates may bee given to thd 
 undertakers of what Nation foeyer^ 
 provided they bee bound tofet ortely 
 I our Enghjh poor awork, and bring 
 over into England but a certain num¬ 
 ber, not exceeding a hundred; to 
 teach our Nation the Manufactures 
 aforefaid : this beeing dori , would 
 imploie manie thoufands of dur poor, 
 ana get this Nation a rich manufa¬ 
 cture, 
 
70 Good work for | 
 
 dure, and ferv the exportation of oun 
 treafure, which ought now carefullj 
 to bee looked after, the like ought t< 
 bee don for the advancement of mak 
 ing all fort of linnen cloth. 
 
 That whereas great quantitie q 
 Gold, and Silver is wafted in this Na 
 tion, in the making Gold and Silver 
 lace and thred, and the vanitie and ex 
 cefs thereof is grown fo great, that $ 
 Ad may bee made for the putting ofi 
 totally down,that none bee permitta 
 to wearitforexpofe it tofale under; 
 certain penaltie) or if it bee ailowei 
 to bee worn, then onely for perfon 
 of qualitie, and that an Excife of z 
 leaft fix pence the ounce bee laid oi 
 all the Silver-Wyer (and ftrid orde 
 taken, that none of the currant com 
 of the Nation bee melted down fa 
 t*he making of that manufadure, ol 
 Gold and Silver-Thred, or Wycr 
 and that all the workers, both met 
 and women may beetyed to fuch jull 
 Rules, 
 
| a good Magijlrate 71 
 
 (Rules, as all the former abufes pra- 
 ftifed in this Trade.may bee prevent¬ 
 ed in the making of that manufa&ure 
 f and reftrained onely to perfons of 
 qualitie, to bee allowed to wear Gold 
 )r Silver- lace 5 ) By this means ma- 
 nie people will have their monie in 
 their purfes, to fupplie their necelfarie 
 Dccafions, which they vainly laie out 
 an their backs, to the great wafteof 
 heir private fortunes, and dammage 
 [>f the Common-wealth: for in all 
 well regulated Common-wealths, the 
 Extravagancies of Coin, and profufe 
 people "ought to bee reftrained by the 
 Magiftrates. That all forrein Laces, 
 fuch as are made beyond Seas, either 
 in filkor thred, bee debarred to bee 
 imported into this Nation, upon the 
 forfeiture of ten times the value the 
 Laces ftiall bee apprifed at : and if 
 you will allow Laces- to bee worn 
 here, then let your own poor have the 
 benefit of making Lace here, and not 
 fctteincrs. To 
 
To advife all waies and mean 
 for the bringing in of Gold and Si 
 ver into this Common wealth, aij 
 to inquire, and findc out what waii 
 and aefigns have been pra&ifed t 
 obftruft the Mint andtranfportyov 
 Treafure,and to prevent it carefully! 
 the future, and to give all incouragf 
 ment to Merchants to bring monii 
 .into the Nation •, to do this effe&ual 
 ly, would bee a great advantages 
 the Gommon.wealth, and require? 
 a diligent profecution and inquiries! 
 ter 5 to prevent the great abufesi 
 clipped Englifh money, to pafsj 
 Law it may all bee cut in pieces, ad 
 none to expofeit in paiment; buc a 
 Bullion to bee new coined upon ftrit 
 penalties, againft anie perfon tha 
 Hull offend in,the premifes,: for th 
 Common* wealth is vefie much co 
 Izeiied by clipped tnionie. . , , 
 
a good Magiftrate. 7$ 
 
 N O w as a man cannot bee account¬ 
 ed verie religion* , who is flothful: 
 ror can (hew much Mercie without 
 plentie of means to do it withal; nor 
 will bee full to others, who is not juft 
 to himfelf, and Familie, by diligence 
 to do his utmoft indeavor 5 in fora 
 honeft calling 5 So the Magiftrate in 
 his place is bound to ufe, ana fee that 
 all diligence bee ufed, to makehappie 
 the Common-wealth. Tr.i%.^. ?rove 
 U.2 5. Prov. 10.4. 
 
 Which hee (hall do. 
 
 I 3 y the advancement of Learning* 
 
 Ilai. 29. 11. 
 
 II. ©> the improvement of Mature, 
 
 Deut.u.10. 
 
 III. % the mouragemmt of Jrts. 
 
 zChron. 24. n, 12. 
 
 IV . % the hereof of Merchandtfel 
 
 Exek.27.33. E i.Eot 
 
I. 
 
 "EfOr the Advancement of' Learn- 
 ing*, Lord Verulafn hath * pro¬ 
 pounded manie excellent things 1 , 
 and more may bee added byj 
 other learned men 5 for doubtlefs, 
 Learning will mightily improve all 
 other things, if fo regulated, as fell 
 might bee lefs , and the publick more 
 intended. * Bacons Advancement 
 vf Learning. Ecclef. 7. 12. Prov. 24. 
 
 6 . 1 Kings 4. 30, 31. and 10. Ch. 8' 
 Atts 7. 22. Dan. r. 17. Prov. 1.5,; 
 
 7. John 7. 15:. Job. 22.2. Prov. 12, 
 18. Prov,, 15. 7. Prov. 21,22. Prov, 
 22.17. 
 
 Two books wee want in England \ 
 viz.. Firft another Martyrologie, con 4 : 
 tinued from Queen Mark's time tol 
 the death of the late King. Secondly; 
 the Experiments Minifters and others! 
 have in feveral cafes of ; converpni 
 
a good Magi/kate. 7 5 
 
 and other cafes of Defcretton, with the 
 quieting of fouls, and means there¬ 
 unto, with a probatum efi, the names of 
 the parties concealed : which ifevc^ 
 rie able Chriftian would write, :and 
 keep by him, and print , how might 
 Satan’s Methods bee discovered, and 
 manie fouls comforted i .l! 
 
 II. ' 
 
 F Irft for the Improvement of Na~ 
 ture, Lord Verulam hath alfo manie 
 excellent, and learned Problemes, exi 
 periments, and fpeculations ,and 
 more in that kinde may bee added* 
 and brought to adl by other learned 
 men, by the incouragement- and help 
 of the publick flock, in times iot 
 Peace, when war is ended. frivi 
 13. 23. Dent. 9. 10. Bacon’snatural 
 Wftorie. < 
 
 2. But of all things, I thinktberc 
 is nothing conduceth fo. muchtarhe 
 E2 profic 
 
Good work for 
 
 profit of all, as cutting of Rivers, where 
 none are 5 and making them deeper 
 that are too (hallow, both within, 
 and without Towns, and from one 
 town to another ? as wee fee in the 
 Low-Countries,who have as the Lord 
 Verulrn faith, the richeft mines above 
 ground in the world: meaning their 
 Rivers. f For in a Countrie like Eng' 
 foi^the third or fourth part of all the 
 Grain fown in the whole Land, is 
 fpent upon beafts for carriage, &c. 
 which'by Rivers might bee fparedi 
 and might by a joint hand, ana god 
 order bee made more eafily then is 
 thought of. GM.13 10.2^.30.25 
 tod 32.1. and 23.3. Pfal. 107 35. 
 
 Som Privileges may bee pro- 
 inifed and made fure tofuch 5 to bet 
 injoied’ for life, or fo manie years, 
 whofoever {hall finde anie new in¬ 
 vention, for improvement of nature 
 in amekinde; bee it in manuring oi 
 ground, making it better, and find 
 
a good Magi/irate. 77 
 
 ing anie inftruments , to till th? 
 ground with more eaf 3 or lefs charge 
 or the like, fojb.i 5.16. % 
 
 Frov. 10.4. . 
 
 4. Much may bee don about irrt- 
 provement of Commons 5 making 
 of fom waters land, and gaining of 
 ground out of the Sea,as is to beefeen 
 in the Low-Countries, to their great 
 inrichment, and admiration of other 
 Nations. G$n. 16,12. Pfd, 107.37. 
 Detit. 11.10. 
 
 5. rich .publick ftock in evene 
 Town., and Cjtiemay hereby bep 
 *laid out in improvement ofNature, 
 to the great profit of the Revenue 
 of the Town, and yet greatly to ttys 
 common good, of which manic ex¬ 
 amples might bee produced. Ecclef. 
 10.19. Prov.n.j. EccUf.’7.i2 ( . 
 
 6 . Daies of publick praierto God, 
 to blefs the fruits of the earth, and of 
 publick thankf-giving for his bjefsing 
 thereupon, is a fpeciall means forim- 
 
 E 1 provement 
 
provement of Nature ordained by 
 himfclf, and will bee blefled by him, 
 if rightly kept, and then are fpecial 
 fruits of faith. Dent. 16. io. n. 
 Frov. 10.22. Veut. 26. 10.11. Zech. 8, 
 io. 12 . 
 
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 III. 
 
 F Or InmrAgmm of Arts and Ma* 
 nufadures, great care muft bcc| 
 taken becauf it impious hundred 
 thoiifands, wholive.tipoh'it, and.alfq 
 is a chief ground for Merchandife, 
 and manie chief fetters of people on 
 work, do alfo much enrich themfelvs, 
 to the great good of the Common¬ 
 wealth* Gen 4.20,21, 22. 1 Cbrs. 
 2p, 5 .2 Chre. 24,11, 12. 
 
 1. For finding of new Arts, or for 
 bettering of the old, byinftruments, 
 eafinefs, or the like, great riches, ho¬ 
 nors, or Priveleges would bee pro¬ 
 pounded 
 
a- good Magi finite, *f$ 
 poiinded, and allured, or the State 
 tochooftwo men, and the inventer 
 two-, and if theyagree notthemfelvs 
 to choof an Umpire, to determine the 
 reward of the inventer, and the fame 
 liberally to bee rewarded according¬ 
 ly : the fame whereof would fet all 
 the wits of the world on work, to ad¬ 
 vance your Commonwealth, to the 
 greateft happinefs that ever the world 
 yet fa w. £^^.10.2^,5.8,15. 
 
 1 . 2. Allmeans to buy Materials at 
 (the eheapeft'prifes, muft in a fpecial 
 manherbee indeavored ^ and amongft 
 
 :other means a chief will bee, to fuffcr 
 all Commodities, from all parts of 
 .the world to bee brought in free with¬ 
 out Cuftomj and if they cannot make 
 price to their mindes, that they may 
 tranfport them freely out again, at all 
 times. 1 King* 1 * 3 ).6.9,\o. 
 
 3. That ailpofsible care mull bee 
 taken, 1 for eheapeft tranfportationof 
 E 4 goods, 
 
2o cood *tootk for 
 
 goods, within the Land, from place 
 to place,both by water and by Land*, 
 • Alfo fucb order about Laborers] 
 Boats, Carts, and all things there- 
 upon depending 5 J Alfo fuch ordei 
 about workmen, and visual, &c. as 
 may beft conduce thereunto, about 
 which much may bee faid , too 
 Jarge for this place. Etdef.g, to, 
 
 i King.w. 
 
 4. That no Artift,or handie-laborer, 
 that gain’s not thereby ten or twenra 
 pound a year ( or fo much as ifaall 
 bee thought fit, according to ttSe 
 cheapnefs of the place hee liveYin ) 
 if a batchelor, or thirtie, or fortic 
 pounds a year if hee bee married: and 
 five or ten pounds a year for each 
 childe hee hath befidcs, fhall give 
 anie kinde of taxation to the Com¬ 
 mon-wealth, &c. Prov. 14. 31. 
 Nehem. 5.18. 
 
 5. That all Companies of Artifts, 
 or trades-men, give Freedom for all 
 
 that 
 
a good Magiflra&t* o/l 
 that will (and are capable thereof ) to 
 fet up, or bee free of that Trade, with* 
 out paying anie thing for freedom, 
 either of the Citie or Companie : for 
 why fhould anie thing for cQmmoit 
 good bee fo lock’t up, inclofed a or 
 paid for' this Freedom would bee 
 found true Freedom, if it were but in 
 life, however it may feem at prefent. 
 Prov.2i.i6. 
 
 6 . What if once in a year all of 
 each trade (at feveral times) meet to¬ 
 gether •, and hee that could do beft, 
 or moft of anie Trade, to hayefotn 
 kinde of prife, or honor that ycar,.&e« 
 Ecclef.9.10. 
 
 7. Publick daies of praier, that 
 
 God would pour out his Spirit (as*, of 
 Grace efpecially, fo) of Sciences and 
 Arts upon his people,* &c* - 
 
 cltf9.11. , i , 
 
 m , it. 
 
IV. 
 
 TTOr Inert a[ of Mercbmdife ,.and 
 * Merchants, and helps for difpatch 
 of their affairs, manie things may bee 
 don by the Magiftrate, and ought in 
 a fpecial manner to beelooked upon, 
 as a fpecial means to inrich anie Na¬ 
 tion. Ifa. 23.8. 27; 33,34. 
 
 1. 
 
 To preferv the Common wealth 
 at peace, at home efpecially, and 
 abroad alfo, as much as poflible 
 can bee, with all Nations, is a chief 
 means to increaf Merchants,and Mer* 
 chandife5 And therefore to meddli 
 verielittlewith other States, buttrufl 
 ih God, who feldom order’s his peo¬ 
 ple to that work 5 nor to keep anic 
 JLeger-Ambaffadors from other Na-I 
 tions. ZewV. i6 t 6, 1 Kings 4,24.2J.| 
 
a good Magiflrate* oj 
 
 v ■, • ■■ 
 
 To have fpecial care to keep the 
 Sovera intie of the Sea, by numerous 
 and able men of war, well furnifhed 
 with all things, and Mariners, Vo- 
 lontiers, and well paid 5 and good 
 .order for conftant convoies, for all 
 places, that Merchants may bee kept 
 from Ioffes * to accomplifh which, 
 manie things are to bee don. This 
 fhort regulating of the prefent Navie 
 may incourage others to add their 
 thoughts. Dan. 11. 30. 4 p. Eztk. 
 26.15.18. 
 
 The brief Regulating of 
 the prelent Navie , ..which. 
 now coft’s five or 6000001. 
 yearly. 
 
 The work confifh either in the 
 
 Governing ,, ox Executive yaxu 
 I* For the Governing thereof,, 
 
 J. A (mmittee of Admimltie con - 
 
* 4 ’ Good "toork for 
 fitting of five or fmn <vaie able we»> 
 fhould mates fit new the domed of 
 State, With fuffident Secretaries : and 
 theft mm(ifneed) may have competent 
 fdaries. 
 
 2. Thefe to bee able to give fatis- 
 fattimfor all marine affairs fnhatfiever 
 at all times : thefe to have in them the 
 (ourtofMmiraltie alp 5 Vehkhmay 
 eaftly bee don • if the Law of Mer¬ 
 chants Vme in force , Vaho, by fix men 
 yearly chofen, may end tljeufual cm * 
 trover fies among Seamen and Mer* 
 chants. The Admiraltie Court ( as 
 mwitfiand’s)beeing rverie ojfenftve. 
 
 h this Qsmmittee, the Admi¬ 
 rals of the Sea y tofetfphen they return 
 home,as.AfsiUants, 
 
 11 Tk 
 
a good Magijlrate .. 85 
 
 I I. The Executive part con lift’s 
 either in building the Ship, or 
 employing it, when built.; 
 to which end. 
 
 1. Laie byall the Docks at Chat- 
 tatn, Da£ord ) &'C,'tobence met me 
 thoufand mouths are daily fed upon 
 the.State, beftdes Officers f&c. 
 
 2. That the. Ship bee built ina 
 Merchant hade, at ante Dock the 
 Carpenter hill, and fo built per tun as 
 can bee agreed by . the faid Qommttee , 
 and payment upm deliverie yferhee 
 finde the rverie carriage of the State's 
 own timber is dearer then timber can 
 bee bought elfwhere* 
 
 3. That for the performance of Co¬ 
 venants the Committee baVe a Check,or 
 
86 Good Work for 
 
 4. Thatfom AB bee made for tht 
 prefervation of timber through tht 
 Common wealth , there beeing mud 
 Ml made continually . 
 
 5. That the offer of New : Eng¬ 
 land may bee entertained, who ten- 
 der the building of what pips , or 
 Frigatsare defired, and to bring them 
 into the Thames, and there their rva¬ 
 lue impartially judg'd *. who likewif 
 may fumtfh iron guns, maBs , fcfa 
 
 For the Sailing of the 
 
 Ship. 
 
 1. That an able fit Captain bet 
 chofen , and the Ship comfnendedto bit 
 care,H>hlft he is Vcrthie. 
 
 2. That the faid Captain bee in m 
 
 fiant paie. ]• Tint 
 
a good Magipate. 87 
 
 3. That heerig, man, <vlBual\ 
 -and take the whole care of the (hip 
 himfelf with a Mupr-Mapr upon 
 eyerie jbip, or Squadron. 
 
 4. ^0 Captains accounts bee 
 given up to the Committee aforefaid,as 
 often as they pleaf 
 
 5. That upon ante mifcarriage of 
 his , bee bee made <verie exemplarie. 
 
 6 . Seamen to bee paid eVeriefix 
 moneths, in thefeveral places , Where 
 . they com in to winter. 
 
 7. lhat Ships bee'as well kept at 
 other (Ikes as at Chattam- 
 
 By which you fave the charge of 
 Commiptoners , Victuallers, Burps, 
 Stewards 9 Docks , &c. 
 
 By which means you need not frej? 
 men •, eVem Captain knowing how 
 
that is trufted "frith a pip frorth 
 100001. may frill bee trufied frith 
 all the reft- hee knows his Officm 
 and men , frhereby he may give a betttr 
 account then now, frhen the [hip is 
 mannd by grangers j and then a Cap¬ 
 tain chofenfor Jixmoneths, not know¬ 
 ing the men hee is to join frith inhis 
 frork, nor to jeethem more frhen hee 
 leave's them . 
 
 Special care muft bee had to fe-' 
 cure Merchants, and their goous on 
 Land as well as by Sea, from danger 
 by fire, by waterj by Souldiers, In- 
 jufticeof Courts, or anie other waie: 
 the means for thefe ends are plain.; 
 Ezek. 26.10.12. 
 
 4 - 
 
 To take offall incumbrance from 
 Merchandife, 
 
a good Magijlrate. 89 
 
 Merchandife, as Cuftom, Excife, 
 Pafports,&c. by all which Merchants 
 are extremely troubled, vexed, and 
 hindered; and if men might (hip, 
 and unfhip their goods at all times, 
 and in all places; and that without 
 anie toll or Cuftom, how would it 
 increaf trade < how would all the 
 world make England their packhouf, 
 as now they do the Low-Countries, 
 where final! Cuftoms are paid: much 
 more would it bee here, if no Cuftom 
 were paid; befides the great riches 
 to your Inhabitants^ by fa&orage, 
 packhoufes, Porters and all trades 
 would feel the benefit thereof, to the 
 marvellous increaf of the Common¬ 
 wealth, &c. 1 King.n.^. 
 
 5 * 
 
 To increaf {hipping and Marriners 
 for the cheap franfporting of Mer¬ 
 chandife : for which divers things 
 would bee don; 'tis ftrange that in 
 the Low-Countries, though they 
 have 
 
90 Good fborkfor 
 have neither wood, Iron, hemp, &ci 
 of their own , but muft fetch ail 
 things to make (hips (by (hips) from 
 other Countries, yet that they will 
 tranfport Merahandife at a cheaper 
 rate then anie other Nation, and have 
 got to this height in the midft of .a 
 moft coftlie, dangerous war. EzeJt.ij* 
 3.9. Ezek.t’j. 25. 27. rt 
 
 6. : a 
 
 To take fuch a conrf which maj 
 bee eafily don,if there bee a will there 
 to * as all; differencesdebtsam 
 quarrels amongft ; Merchants an 
 Marriners about (hipping, fraitsy &<) 
 may bee both fpeedily and juftl] 
 ended , and without anie charge t< 
 him that hath the juft cauf; andf 
 mulift upon him that doth or feek’s 0 
 do wrong to his Neighbour. Let for- 
 reiners and all ftrangers, Jew , ani 
 heathen, havefullas juft, fpeecfieani 
 cheap Juftice as anie, fo (hall all Na 
 tions tell what, the Lord hath do 
 fo ! 
 
a good Magijlrate. $ i 
 
 for you , how Riches flow in ? 
 i Cor. 6 .15. 
 
 But one of the greateft things in 
 the world } to increaf Merchandife, 
 is to have monie cheap at intereft, as 
 in the Low-Countrie, where at three 
 and four per ctnt. a year 3 anie 
 Merchant , or anie other that have 
 credit, maytakeupas much monie as 
 is incredible, upon his bare, private 
 obligation, without anie Notarie or 
 witnefs , tfhifch is offuch concern¬ 
 ment for the State it felf, and all forts 
 of people therein as is incredible: and 
 can bee effe&ed as well in England , as 
 ante where *, for ’tis the meer fruits of 
 Juftkre and Righteoufnefs,and a fecure 
 State*,by reafon whereof all Nations in 
 wars, or troubles, or infecuritie, make 
 xover their treafures to that Countrie, 
 ■where there is left fear to lofe it? 
 which bring's treafures from all parts, 
 and they at length Wring wearie to 
 
92. Good mb for 
 
 have it {fill,give it out at intereft auk 
 beft price they can get, which at la( 
 fo manie will do, that monie corn’s 
 to bee fo cheap, as you have heard 
 and make’s Merchants of other part; 
 alfo fend their goods to that Country 
 to lie ftill for a better market *, wh$ 
 their lofs is fo little as three or foil 
 per cent, for a whole year, which alls 
 bring in great riches. E&ek. 27.11 
 to 27. v. 
 
 8 . ' 
 
 Upon which fecure,and good ftaj 
 
 of things, a bank may bee fet up, | 
 at KAm$erdm % where lie’s a great des 
 of the Merchants, (and other) trea 
 fure 5 for ’tis in vain to fetup a banl 
 if Merchants think not their monj 
 would bee as fecure there as in thci 
 own hands or furer. Luk.19.^1 
 1. The advantage of this bank is vf 
 ric great to the Citie, who ftand; 
 for fecuritie, and whofe Deputif 
 (threeof them, yearly two chofen 
 ai 
 
a good Magijlrate 9J 
 
 are trufted with the whole flock of 
 the bank, which they keep in fellers* 
 made with plafterof Paris, and iron 
 doors with three locks; the advan¬ 
 tage to the town, Laws and orders 
 thereof would bee too large here to 
 ; rehearf. 2. The advantage to the 
 State is alfo great at fomftrait, where 
 they may orderly bor- 9 . 10 . 
 row a great fumme at -y/ K ^vmtage 
 low intereft , giving by letting out 
 good fecuritie for it : monie is great, 
 but if the State ufe alfo felling and 
 anie force, though but Anting of 
 once, and neceffitate, me ' 
 or force the bank to lend, then is the 
 bank fpoiled for twentie years, or an 
 age, as the cafe may ftand. 3. The 
 advantage to Merchants 
 is great, efpecially to p e fVantage 
 great ones, to have all 
 
 ind alwayes heeding the bejl binde of monie 9 it 
 unjfeabable in a manner. 
 
 their 
 
£4 Good work for 
 
 their monie receiv’d, and paid for no; 
 thing, and moft paid by bills, with; 
 out {fining anie monie, onely fet from 
 one man’s account to another’s. 
 
 9 - 
 
 For faving of time, and that men 
 chants may keep a man the lefs, and 
 that the Bank may alfo receiv, and 
 paie their monie the eafier 5 there mud 
 alfo bee minted or coined fo manit 
 hundred thoufand pounds in five ihil| 
 lings peeces, as that all great fummes 
 may bee received, and paid in greafl 
 monie, the commoditie whereof is 
 great to Merchants , though them 
 were no bank. Ephef. 5.17. Ecclm 
 
 Tis alfo a thing of great concern? 
 ment to make currant, at a true value 
 the monie of other Countries, by id 
 wife Government whereof, fuitable to 
 the exchange,and other confiderations, 
 the riches of other Countries may 
 by 
 
a good Magiflrate 9 5 
 
 by an uitfenfible Xubtletie bee drawn 
 into yours, as in the Low- Countries, 
 Gw. 25. 16. Luke 20.24. 
 
 11. 
 
 | And great care is to bee taken about 
 the Mint , andfalf Coiners, and not 
 to mint too much or too little monie 
 of one kinde 5 for Merchants, and all 
 Inhabitants are accommodated,or dif- 
 accommodated greatly hereby. Prov. 
 '30,8. 
 
 12. 
 
 A common weigh- houf(t wo or three 
 in great Cities ) with four or eight fe¬ 
 deral great and (mall ballances, in eve- 
 rie weigh-houf regulated with brave 
 and juft orders, is of very great ufe to 
 Merchants ^ the feller to deliver his 
 I goods into the ballance, arid the buyer 
 to receiv it as foon as ’tis weighed, 
 the laborers about it to bee fworn, 
 and well ordered, and other things 
 here about would bee too large. Liitii 
 if. 1. { 
 
 13. Let 
 
$6 Good work for 
 
 13. 
 
 Let there bee as raaniefwornBnv 
 kers (who may not buy or fell anit 
 thing for thcmfelvs) as will defire th< 
 office for accommodations of Mer 
 chants regulated with good Laws 
 and to bee put out of office upon atd( 
 falf dealing between man and man, 
 and a rate fet what they may takefoi 
 brokerage of each commoditie, &c 
 let them have the office gratis, am 
 let them have Officers to decide ^1 
 Controverfies between two Brokers 
 that concern’s their office, and ft 
 maintein their own poor, if youwil 
 amongft themfelvs,&c. Lev it. if 
 13. (7w.2p.iy. 
 
 14. 
 
 If a Court were erefted to aflureall 
 Merchants goods, from Pirates, and 
 Enemies, and fully to paie for whai 
 ever is loft that waie) yet everie mil 
 to bee left free, whether hee wilHfr 
 fureorno)yea if thefame Court 
 
a goodMqgiflrate. 97 
 
 alfo infure againft clangers by ftorms, 
 or what is otherwife loft at Sea alfo; 
 Iconceivthe State,or Citie that ftood 
 the venture for fo much in the hun¬ 
 dred might make great profit thereby,’ 
 and alfo further, and incourage Mer¬ 
 chants to venture, of which much 
 might bee faid. o/#. 27. 10. And 
 38.40.2 chron . 20.37. 
 
 15. 
 
 A verie great plague andhindcrance 
 of Merchants are Bankrupts ? and cer¬ 
 tainly Merchandife would bee much 
 increafedj if the fear of Bankrupts 
 were but in part remedied , which 
 might bee by good Laws well exe¬ 
 cuted*, as that, whofoever truft anie 
 one man, with all, or more then hee 
 is worth*, or venture fo much in one 
 or divers (hips upon the Sea, or laie 
 fo much in onehouf, and loof it by 
 fire, and by anie of thefe means turn 
 Bankrupt, (hall bee fo and fo puniihed. 
 2 Kitogsq. i,mdy.v t 
 
 F 1 5 . That 
 
p8 Good “bark for 
 
 16. 
 
 That they that know,(or may know 
 if they pleaf) they are behinde hand, 
 and yet buy wares, or borrow monies 
 of other men, ( under pretence of 
 hope to get before hand again) and 
 yet plaie Bankrupts, bee alfo more 
 punilhed then the former, efpecialiy, 
 if upon examination it doth appear, 
 they knew they muft plaie Bankrupts, 
 when they bought thofe wares,or bor¬ 
 rowed that monie 5 for then they dif¬ 
 fer not from thievs, onely in cir* 
 cumftance, and to bee the more pu- 
 nifhed , if when they had nothing, 
 yet they werecoftly in apparel, and 
 other expenfes, and knew they fpent 
 of other men’s, &c. Mat. 18.25. 
 and 30. v. 
 
 i7- 
 
 That they, who under pretence ofi 
 able men, under color of MerchanJ 
 dife, get other men’s goods into! 
 their hands, and yet, when they need 
 not] 
 
a good Magtjtrate. pp 
 
 not, bankrupt themfelvs onpurpofe 
 to dcceiv others, and inrich tfiera- 
 felvs , bee forely punifhed, as veiie 
 great thievs. Luke 16, i. 
 
 18. 
 
 That no Bankrupt may ever 
 com into anie office, or bear anie Rule 
 in Church or State, &c. CMat. 25.21. 
 23.W28. 2 9,v. 
 
 ip. 
 
 That if the Bankrupt bee taken,and 
 no friends will paie his debts, let him 
 and his bee fet to work as a thief, and 
 what they can earn, over befides 
 their own poor living, to bee given 
 to the Creditors. 2 Kings 4.1. 
 ^£0.18.25.34. 
 
 Thefe, or the like penalties well 
 limited, and ordered, and executed, 
 would prevent thoufands of Bank¬ 
 rupts. which are like Cankers tothe 
 Common-wealth. And what with 
 great and little Bankrupts, itisabun- 
 F 2 dance 
 
i6b Goochtork for 
 daiicc that plaie Bankrupt everie year. 
 
 No Week pafTeth without fom 
 Bankrupt in great Cities, and fotii 
 week divers; and one Bankrupt doth 
 more hurt then twentie thievs that are 
 put to death a or forely punifhed for 
 
lot 
 
 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 
 
 O Ut for London in particular, thefe 
 •^things following would bee re. 
 formed for the increaf, eaf, pleafure, 
 and benefit of Merchants, and all 
 other Inhabitants befides, and above 
 manie of the former things, that Lon- 
 ^want’s. 
 
 i. Forlandingof goods, &c. that 
 a brave large Keie bee made into the 
 Thames, from London BridgtoW^- 
 p'm , or lower, and above the Brio® 
 alio, that Ihips may lie there fafe all 
 the waie, to lade and uulade their 
 goods with roomth and pleafure, and 
 with much lefs charge then now,and 
 there may bee Pack-houfes and Sel¬ 
 lers made all along by the Keie, to 
 the great eaf and accommodation of 
 Merchants, and of great pleafure to 
 Merchants, Marriners, and all forts 
 of people, to have fuchalarge brave 
 F 3 Keie, 
 
lOl Good foork for 
 Keye, of fortie or fiftie foot broad to 
 walk upon , and difpatch their affairs 
 at pleafure; and all this may bee don 
 without charge to anie. Ezek. 27.25. 
 4^27*27. 
 
 2. That Thames-ftreet, fora mite 
 or two long, bee made as broad, dr' 
 broader then anie ftreet in London 5 
 large, fair, and the houfes light 
 ana pleafant ; the ftreet to bee paved 
 with fuch flat four-fquare ftones, as 
 in Holland, and high in the middeft 
 with the gutters on both fides, and 
 bricks on both fides next the houfes, 
 as in HoUUnd s the profit, pleafure, and 
 eaf to the whole Inhabitants would 
 bee verie great. The difficult^ feem’s 
 to bee in pulling down, and new 
 building of houfes, or removing 
 them on fcrews, as at Amflerdam: 
 But things may bee fo ordered, as the 
 profit to bee made, by convenient 
 building 5 and the value, houfes, 3nd 
 ground will bee at, by bettering the 
 ftreet 
 
a good Migijlrate. iOj 
 ftreet and the Keie, will folly coun¬ 
 tervail the charge of all this whole 
 work 5 though it fhould bee fix, eight 
 or ten years in doing, it might bee 
 made one of the braveft places irt 
 the world , where one thoufand or 
 two thoufand (hips may lie with 
 iafetie all weathers, &c. Nehem, 
 7.4. 
 
 3. The next thing fom remedie 
 muft bee found for, is the Pafiage 
 up hill from Thames- ft reef to Lon¬ 
 don •, for which Thames-ftreet , k 
 may bee, will permit to bee heightned 
 a foot or two all along, which will 
 much eaf the pafiage upward ; and 
 befides, right againft anie fireetthat 
 goe’s into the Citie , Thames-ftreet 
 may bee heightned fix or eight foot; 
 like abridge and Thames-ftreet on 
 each fide for a hundred foot or more, I 
 to go Hoping downward by an eafie 
 defeent >, and beeing againft thatpla^e 
 of afeent into the Citie rais’d eight] 
 
104 Goochborkfor 
 foot, the afcent into the Citfe will 
 alfofalleafieby a fmall afcent $ and. 
 if anie inconvenience (hould bee found 
 in this, there are other inventions to. 
 remedie this great inconvenience for 
 tranfportation of goods, &e. which 
 is of good concernment, befides t^e 
 delight and cleanlinefs of. this.mann.ei; 
 of accommodation. 
 
 4. But I would have no carts ufed 
 in the whole Citie- for they are vcrie 
 uneafie to lade , and unlade goods, 
 and befides, do fo pefter the ureets, 
 as Merchants, and others cannot pafs 
 the ftreecsfor quick difpatch of their 
 affairs, to their great hurt and lofs, 
 of half a quarter of an hour, and 
 thereby an opportunity is oft great 
 lofs to manie. 
 
 Now forremedie,let fleads bee onely 
 ufed as at ^JmBerdam, that can draw 
 an half, and a whole tun weight, as 
 the horf is in firength: and befides 
 the flead-man alone ordinarily, can 
 lade 
 
a good \fagittrate, ioy 
 lade and unlade his (lead, without 
 other help, unlefs for verie heavie 
 things hee defire's to lend, a hand of 
 one or other that ftand’s by**tis a 
 neat waie, and of quick difpatch, &c. 
 
 Som courf muft alfo bee taken to 
 Ieflfen the number of Coaches, which, 
 too much pefterthe ftreets and hin¬ 
 der men in palling too and Fro: which 
 may eafily bee don. 
 
 5. Next wee com up into the Ci- 
 tie, where wee fee moft beaftly dur- 
 tie ftreets , the hurt of which is fo 
 great, as isftrange 5 and what a world 
 of work is daily made by the durt 
 and wet , in rotting of Ihoes and' 
 ftockins, womens coats, fouling of 
 houfes, making dean of Ihoes,clothes, 
 &c. as is ftrange and not ppflible for 
 Merchants to live cleanly, and neat¬ 
 ly, as in Holland without cleaner 
 ftreets*, which may in a verie great 
 meafure bee helped by paving the 
 ftreets, ; with. brave Hate four-fquare 
 F-j; (tones,. 
 
ftonres, theftrects higheft in the mid* 
 deft, gutters on each fide next the 
 houfes, asin Holland^ and bricks on 
 each fide next the houfes, eafie and 
 clean for people to walk on , which’, 
 befides the great pleafure to all, would 
 tentimes naie the charge in faving 
 fhaes, ftockins, &c, from wet and 
 rotting, befides, allhoufes might bee 
 kept more cleanly , and Merchants 
 live more neatly, &c. 
 
 6 . All wooden houfes in London 
 muft down 5 and not anirpart bee of 
 wood, onely windows and doors, 
 asfaft as they rot away : no repara¬ 
 tions, or verielittle tobeepermitted, 
 and no new houfes to bee built , but 
 with brick or ftone, to prevent fire, 
 for fecuritie of Merchants and others j 
 and it would' make Merchants- or 
 other Countries the more willing to 
 truft their goods in your Citie, when 
 there is lefs danger of fire. 
 
 7. Alfo divers means muft bee ufed 
 
 for j 
 
a god Magistrate* 107 
 
 for prevention of fire, more water 
 inuft bee provided at band bv Pumps, 
 bored into the ground fiftie , or 
 one hundred foot, if water may bee 
 fo had by orders of Clappermen, go¬ 
 ing about all night, as in BsIUnii 
 then a Captain, and officers of fire 
 in evefie Ward, to fet good orders 
 about quenching fire , alfo leather 
 Buckets in everiehouf, and inaltpnb- 
 lick places, and leathers at hand in 
 everic ward alwaies readie , and di¬ 
 vers the like things are need¬ 
 ful. 
 
 8 . As faft as the Citic is paved 
 with new brave ftones, to take the 
 old ftones and pave the high waies, 
 everie waie out of the Citie, and to 
 make the high waies fo round and 
 high in the midft , that they, may 
 bee clean Winter and Sommer , ana i 
 to ufe all means, that all high waies 
 may bee well mended and kept ; 
 which will bee great delight to Mer¬ 
 chants,;, 
 
io8 Good unrk for 
 
 chants and other Inhabitants, &c. 
 
 9. Alio a large Kcie may bee 
 made on Southwark fide , all along 
 the'lanes, and Rivers cut out of the 
 Thames with Keies on both fidessj 
 and Pack-houfes built, where att; 
 courf eomthodities, as Pitch , Tar, 
 Iron, Milftones, wood of all forts , 
 as Mails,TimbeY^Planks,Deals,fpars, 
 Glapboads, and manie other Com¬ 
 modities may. bee brought, and there 
 bee kept at lmall charge *, and landed 
 out of the, Ships, at the doors-of the 
 Pack-houfes , as at Rotterdam , and, 
 other places, to the great accommo¬ 
 dation of Merchants, and furtherance 
 of merchandife; and- if thefe plain, 
 and juft Rules of God’s word were 1 
 obferved •, there would bee no need 
 of anie deceitful, bafe, and Machevi- 
 lian eourfes , to keep a Common¬ 
 wealth, in peace and obedience, as 
 1 may bee feen in the Low-Countries, 
 
 ! where no .people have more liberty 
 
agpod Magijlrate, 
 
 then they, norpaie fueh great ta^ati- 
 ons> nor to little Rate anie where ufed : ' 
 to preferv Autoritie 5 and yet the 
 people of fomanie Nations, and Re¬ 
 ligions live in the grtateR peace, and 
 plentie of the world, meerly by good 
 Juftfce^ Mercie and Religion , and 
 yetmaniethings-corti.'/hort, of what: 
 they ought •, and might bee. 
 
 Poftfcript, 
 

 Tojlfcript, 
 
 Refer thefeto their proper . 
 places. 
 
 Concerning Printing, 
 which well uled is a great ho¬ 
 nor, and benefit to the Com¬ 
 mon-wealth. 
 
 Thefe things would bee confidered. 
 
 i. HHHat Printing bee 
 J look’t upon m a Myfterie , 
 not a* a common Trade for eyerie ig- 
 ! mmt man to take up> y but to bee 
 1 ordered 
 
PoftfcrijK. 
 
 wined by the State, di theMnt k 
 forQdn. 
 
 2« That Printing-hdafes bee 
 reduced to a certain number : as here¬ 
 tofore they > have been: for the mri- 
 tidying of them is a "frrorg to the 
 'Tublick y and oftentimes the mine of 
 private mm. 
 
 y That ad fopijh andojfenftVe 
 fiookr, Libels, and loof Pamphletsmay 
 he fuppreffed. 
 
 4. That no Books printed origi¬ 
 nally in England, may bee imparted? 
 from beyond Seas into this Common- 
 wealth ' other States will not fujfer 
 it : and 'free fade by experience that 
 neither Autor, nor Printer, nor book- 
 feller caabeeincouragei ;, 'frhen the 
 
Poftfcript. 
 
 IBook , ajfoonasit is out here, fhall 
 bee' printed beyond Sea, inhere they 
 have paper and printing at a cheaper 
 rate , and hither imported, oftentimes 
 to the mine of the midertakersof a. 
 good Work here, 
 
 5. That the right of eVerie mans 
 Qpie may bee preferred. Much Wrong 
 hath been don this Waie by invading 
 one another's right in thefe licentious 
 times. 
 
 6 . That all Books.ft for publick 
 <view may bee licenfed, and nothing 
 printed which Jball not firH bee al¬ 
 lowed by fom judicious men, in everie 
 jtcultie, appointed by the State for 
 that pmpofe. This Would bee a- 
 means tofupprefs mam idle > nnd 
 noxious 
 
PofWcriptj 
 
 noxious difcourfes. and a good War¬ 
 rant to the undertakers of jdid and 
 profitable 'Books. 
 
 
Poftfcript. 
 
 
 T Hat all Females from ton t 
 ftxtie might bee enjoined t 
 (pin , and have made into linnei 
 doath one found of flax evert 
 monetbj and regijlred in the Tarijh 
 where made; and returned again to 
 the owners With incouragement t 
 poor maids that do heU. This Wod 
 by computation, emploie two or thn 
 hundred thoufand poor : for which i 
 Model is rndie. The bufmefs tj 
 the Fens need’s great incouragemti 
 to this end for Flax. 
 
Poftfcfipt. 
 
 Common healths faring from Mar - 
 mge , and the bttfimfs meerly ci¬ 
 vil, that the refieftiVe Magtjlmes 
 in eVerie place might not onely do 
 that Tb ork , fvhich Treachers , qua 
 ffeathers, have mi to do with • but 
 dfokok to the qualifications of thofe 
 that join in that efiate: and that two 
 or three fitch Magifluttes together 
 pay hear , and determine natters 
 'tending to Divorce - for all which 
 much is wanting m this Nation, and 
 whole Families perijhing upon that 
 account ; andfeveral fins increafed. 
 
 A Toft fet.up in eVerie Tarijh, or 
 at the Church door a paper Jbck up 
 of the Tarties names to bee married, 
 and there to Hick three weeks or a 
 monetk 
 
 That 
 
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 T hat inhere fees of Phyfitiani 
 are jiated , a courf may bee taken fi 
 reducing that IVork to [om certaii 
 %tde 
 
 That Bedlam may bee minded 
 tie Arme difeafed, and Hofpitals, 
 
 That fuperfluities may bee fupprejl 
 m Coaches , and guiiding Coaches 
 to which purpofe thofe that will rid 
 in them may foie five or ten pound 
 per annum to the State: the lih 
 for Gold and Silver-lace^mi Bon: 
 lace from beyond Seas,