osed；　as　near　London　as　such　a　Quantity　of　Land　is　to　be　had；　because　the　labouring　People　may；　I　believe；　be　more　easily　drawn　from　hence　to　cultivate　it；　than　from　any　other　Parts；　and　because　the　Cities　of　London　and　Westminister　will；　I　imagine；　sooner　feel　the　Effects　in　the　Cheapness　of　Provision　of　all　Kinds；　which　will　soon　put　the　Inhabitants　into　Circumstances　to　occupy　more　Houses；　and　cause　others　to　flow　to　them；　and　thereby　fill　the　empty　Houses；　for　where　the　Trade　is；　the　People　will　come。　　　　　Again；　I　would　most　humbly　submit　it　to　the　Consideration　and　Goodness　of　His　most　Gracious　Majesty；　whether　his　Majesty　might　not；　by　giving　his　Crown　Lands　in　proper　Parcels　on　quit　Rents；　or　any　proper　Acknowledgments　for　a　Term　of　Years；　begin　this　good　Work；　and　relieve　the　poor　Artificiers　and　Manufacturers；　for　whom　His　Majesty　hath　from　the　Throne　most　graciously　expressed　great　Compassion。（37*）　　　　　And　if　His　most　Gracious　Majesty　shall　please　to　continue　to　add；　for　some　Years；　such　a　Quantity　of　Crown　Lands；　in　several　Parts　of　the　Kingdom；　to　be　cultivated　on　like　easy　Terms；　there　will　be　People　enough　that　will　accept　and　improve　them。　And　if　at　the　End　of　any　proper　Term；　when　such　Possessors　shall　pay　Rent　for　them；　an　Incouragement　be　given；　by　allowing　such　Parcels　of　Lands　on　easy　Rents；　for　some　further　Term　of　Years；　this　Incouragement　will　be　attented　with　the　utmost　Improvement　of　such　Lands；　and　Wealth　to　every　prudent　and　industrious　Possessor　of　them；　and　will；　in　a　few　Years；　be　a　very　considerable　Estate　to　the　Crown；　arising　by　these　Rents；　and　hereby；　the　dismal；　and　otherwise　irremediable　Calamity　of　many　will　be　alleviated　and　relieved；　Tears　wip'd　from　many　Eyes；　and　may　broken　Hearts　heal'd；　and　Multitudes　saved　from　Imprisonment；　Transportation；　and　the　Gallows；　besides　preventing　many　from　deserting　the　Kingdom；　as　they　are　now　continually　doing；　to　seek　that　Bread；　which　they　can't　find　in　their　native　Country；　to　support　them　with　Comfort。　　　　　Thus　will　His　most　Gracious　Majesty　become　a　Kind　of　Deity　to　his　People；　whilst　he　is　thus　imitating　the　Beneficence　of　our　heavenly　Father；　whose　Representative　on　Earth　he　will　thus　be；　in　the　most　exalted　Sense。　　　　　I　must；　indeed；　own　myself　a　Stranger　to　the　Quantity　of　Crown　Lands；　that　are　at　present　uncultivated；　though　I　can't　doubt　that　there　are　enough　to　set　this　useful；　and；　as　I　believe；　absolutely　needful　to　set　this　useful；　and；　as　I　believe；　absolutely　needful　Proposal　at　Work；　which　will　be　found　to　be　an　inexpressible　Benefit　to　all　Ranks　and　Degrees　of　Men　amongst　us；　if　fully　and　sufficiently　executed。　　　　　But　perhaps　it　may　be　thought；　such　an　Addition　of　Land　every　Year　may　reduce　the　Rents　of　Lands　too　much。　In　answer　to　which　I　shall　only　say　that；　when　the　Necessaries　of　Life　are　reduced　so　low　that　we　can　work　as　cheap　as　the　Nations　round　about　us；　and　that　the　Wages　of　a　working　Man　will　purchase　enough　to　support　such　a　Family；　as　the　Estimate　is　made　for；　in　the　Station　of　a　labouring　Man's　Family；　as　none　of　them　can　then　want　Work；　which　I　think　I　have　proved　by　shewing　how　great　the　Wants　of　the　People　are；　so　the　Rent　the　Lands　will　then　bear；　is　really　that　proper　and　fit　annual　Rent；　which　will　be　found　best　for　all　Ranks　and　Stations　of　Men。　　　　　But　if　Things　must　not　be　put　on　so　good　a　Foot；　I　cannot　help　thinking；　that　it　would　be　much　happier　for　the　People；　that　they　were　in　a　state　of　Nature；　where　all　Men　being　born　equal；　have　a　natural　Right　to　any　Quantity　of　Land　they　think　fit　to　use；　and　to　put　it　to　what　Use　they　please；　provided　it　be　not　occupied　by　any　other：　For　whoever　occupies　any　Land　in　this　Case；　is　the　rightful　Possessor　and　Proprietor；　so　long　as　he　continues　to　occupy　and　use　it。　For　though　I　don't　think　a　State　of　nature　to　compare　with　the　State　of　Civil　Government；　if　the　Plenty　be　made　great　enough　to　support　the　People　comfortably；　yet　if　the　Bulk　of　Mankind　be　made　miserable　by　the　Oppression　of　the　rest；　as　they　undoubtedly　are；　when　the　Wages　of　the　Labourer；　and　Price　of　Necessaries　for　such　a　Family　as　he　must　often　sustain；　and　which　indeed　he　was　chiefly　sent　into　this　World　to　raise；　are　not　very　near　equal：　I　say；　such　an　unhappy　State　of　Mankind　is；　in　my　Opinion；　worse　than　a　State　of　Nature　itself。　　　　　For　as　Men　form　themselves　into　Societies　or　Governments；　to　make　themselves　more　happy　than　they　would　be　in　a　State　of　Nature；　it　is　but　just；　that　as　they；　for　that　End；　give　up　their　natural　Right　to　the　Land；　which　by　this　Principle；　that　all　Men　by　Nature　are　born　equal；　they　have　an　indefeasable　Right　to　take　and　possess；　wherever　it　lies　unoccupied　by　any　other；　I　say；　it　is　but　just；　so　much　Land　be　continually　added　and　improv'd　amongst　them；　that　every　Thing　thereby　be　render'd　so　plentiful；　and　consequently　so　cheap；　that　the　Wages　of　the　labouring　Men；　and　Price　of　Necessaries　become　so　equal；　that　they　may　all　comfortably　support　such　a　Family；　as　they　were　sent　into　this　world　to　raise；　and　therefore　ought　to　support；　unless　through　Sickness　or　Weakness　such　an　one　becomes　unable　to　labour　for　them；　and　then　his　and　his　Family's　Support　becomes　a　just　Debt　on　the　Publick；　so　long　as　they　really　stand　in　need　of　it。　　　　　And；　I　further　say；　if　so　much　Land　were　continually　added；　and　so　well　improv'd　as　to　keep　these　Points　（viz。　the　Wages　of　the　labouring　Man；　and　Price　of　Necessaries　for　the　Support　of　a　Family）　together；　Trade　could　never　stand　in　need　of　any　other　Care　or　Concern　of　any　government；　let　the　Subjects　carry　it　on　in　whatever　Way　or　Manner　they　possibly　could。（38*）　For　if　the　Trade　were　so　gainful；　as　to　increase　the　Cash　amongst　the　People；　in　greater　Proportion　than　the　People　increase；　the　Prices　of　Things　would　only　become　higher　in　such　Proportion。　And　if　the　Cash　decreased　（which；　by　the　way；　I　believe　would　be　impossible）　as　then　more　of　the　People　must　fall　into　Tillage；　etc。　from　a　Want　of　Business；　which　is　the　necessary　Consequence　of　a　much　greater　Importation　of　Foreign；　than　Exportation　of　our　own　Commodities；　so　employing　the　People　this　Way；　would　bring　down　the　Prices　of　Things　to　the　cash　amongst　them　（i。e。　to　their　proper　value）；　and　would　soon；　by　making　their　Produce　and　Goods　so　much　cheaper；　enable　them　to　export　more　of　their　own；　and　import　less　foreign　Goods；　and　thereby　recover　their　foreign　and　maritime　Trade。　　　　　Thus　the　Flux　and　Reflux　of　Trade；　which　we　hence　see　is　all　govern'd　by　Money；　or；　in　other　Words；　by　the　Prices　Goods　of　all　Kinds　bear　in　each　Nation；　with　respect　to　the　Prices　of　the　same　Kinds　of　Goods　in　each　other　Nation；　would　infallibly　furnish　as　much　Employment　and　Happiness；　as　the　State　of　Mankind　is　capable　of。　And　thus　would　Government　answer　up　to　the　Felicity；　Mankind　wisely　sought　by　uniting　themselves　into　such　Bodies　and　Societies。　Nor　could　this　possibly　fail　of　making　Mankind　thus　happy；　unless　the　Defect　be　in　the　Constitution　of　the　World　it　self　to　answer　the　End。　And　I　think　none；　that　have　any　just　Sentiments　of　the　Perfections　of　the　Deity；　will　ever　suppose　that。　　　　　O　happy　Time！　when　shall　it　once　be；　that　Princes　and　great　Men　of　the　World　will　let　Mankind　thus　naturally　employ；　and　make　themselves　happy！　And　thus　suffering　them　to　support　themselves；　remove　much　of　the　Misery　of　the　World；　and　together　introduce　Knowledge；　and　Prudence；　and　Virtue　in　much　larger　Degrees　than　at　present！　For　Ignorance　and　Vice　are　almost　inseparably　connected　with　Poverty　and　Want。　The　Destruction　of　the　Poor　is　their　Poverty。
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  NOTES：
  1。　William　Nichols；　D。D。　in　his　Conference　with　a　Theist；　Page　64。　says；　To　consider　farther；　how　mightily　this　Nation　of　ours　hath　increased　within　a　Century　or　two；　notwithstanding　the　many　civil　and　external　Wars；　and　those　vast　Drains　of　People　that　have　been　made　into　our　Plantations　since　the　Discovery　of　America：　How　the　City　of　London　hath　doubled　itself　within　these　forty　Years；　notwithstanding　the　last　great　Plague；　and　how　the　Country　hath　increased；　though　not　in　the　like；　yet　in　a　considerable　Proportion；　etc。
  2。　I　take　this　from　Dr　Nichols。
  3。　This　is　a　certain　Rule　to　know　when　the　Ballance　of　Trade　is　for　or　against　us　with　any　Nation。
  4。　Timber　hath　been　pretty　reasonable　these　2　or　3　Years　past；　which　I　suppose　to　be　entirely　owing　to　an　extraordinary　Destruction　of　it；　the　Gentlemen　cutting　it　down　in　greater　Quantities　than　usual；　because　the　Farmers　in　general　have　not　been　able　to　pay　their　Rents　as　formerly。
  5。　By　the　Bills　of　Mortality　of　the　Year　1730；　which　by　the　preceding　and　succeeding　Years　appears　to　be　a　moderate　Year；　there　died　in　London　and　Westminister　and　the　Suburbs　thereof；　under　2　Years　old：　10368　persons；　the　medium　which　age　is　1　year　makes　amongst　them　10368　years。　between　2　and　5：　2448；　3　1/2；　8568　　　　　　　　　5　and　10：　1092；　7　1/2；　8190　　　　　10　and　20：　901；　15；　12515　　　　　20　and　30；　2048；　25；　51100　　　　　30　and　40；　2471；　35；　86485　　　　　40　and　50；　2373；　45；　106785　　　　　50　and　60；　1713；　55；　94215　　　　　60　and　70；　1577；　65；　102505　　　　　70　and　80；　1601；　75；　75075　　　　　80　and　90；　622；　85；　52870　　　　　90　and　100；　138；　95；　13110　　　　　　　　　　　　　　；　2；　101；　202　　　　　　　　　　　　　；　1；　102；　102　　　　　　　　　　　　　；　2；　103；　206