G2 REINHOLD PAULI, 



do syiie, that is to understande : who workith in nie to receyve niy giftes 

 of grace thorow faithe, shall not do syne. The highnes of faith is in 

 State of grace over syne and jadiciall law and under grace. In example, 

 yf we lyve not in highnes of faith , whether cane we receyve grace ? 

 Paule saith : we be saved by grace thorow faith and in an other place 

 he saith: all thinges of which is not of faith is syne^); ergo yf we lyve 

 out of faith in workes of syne under judiciall lawe , not justified froni 

 workes of syne by faith without wovkes of the lawe, how cane we re- 

 ceyve grace? And yf we have not grace, what avaylith all lernyng and 

 knowledg, though we have knowledg of all thinges both good and yll, 

 yf we have not grace to doo the only good and forsake the ill, what 

 causith US to doo ill but syne, that workith in us for lake of grace and 

 before lake of faithe? Ergo then muste. we all lyve in grace, yf we en- 

 tende to receyve the giftes of grace, which giftes we have nede to pray 

 to Gode to give us and that we may worke to receyve theim to encrese 

 the common wealth of the body of Englonde to uj)hold and maynteyn 

 the welth of our sovereigne. Geff hyme mete, yf he be able to worke. 

 He that workith not, ete his owne mete agenste right of faith, for that 

 is syne. 



Considering ther ar but two workes for the comon weale of the 

 body of the realme: workes of husbandry to encrese plentie of vitalles, 

 and the workes of artificialite to encrese plentie of money , the moste 

 parte of the common people muste be sett to husbandry to worke for 

 their bodyly lyving , for as moche as our bodyly lyving is more nedfull 

 then our clothing. For that entent it may please the king to sende his 

 commyssioners into every shere howse within the body of his realme to 

 serche thorow every borow towne and vilage to have parfit knowledg, 

 how many plowes land and how many ^^lowes hath been occupied and 

 how many may be occupied in the hole realme to tili the erth by wor- 

 kes of husbandry to encresse plentie of mete and drinke for our bodyly 

 lyving, and upon that serche and knowleg the kinges gracious mynde 

 towerdes the common weale of all his people may be proclaymed in all 



1) Rom. 3, 24. 25. 2) Rom. 14, 23. 



