6.Command. vpon the Commandements. 67 bee angrie,is as much as to bee vawilling to amendwhat is amiffe. Queft. Proceed nom I prayyou to the other branches. Anf Anger as was fayd,begettcth hatred,nay hecommeth hatred i£ic be let to fettle. For,Odiú ell inueterata ira:Hatred is nothing els but olde anger & therfore lince anger is apparantly forbidden in this commandement, hatred by confequence being feared, anger mull needes bee much more.Befides,rse haueheard the wordes ofthe Scripture plaine,He that hateth his brother is a manflayer. Therefore I paffe it ouer and come to slob. I. the fellowe that is euer ioyned with it, when it meetethwith a fit fubie&,to wit,enuy, Enure what is a vice compounded of the hatred ofanother for vertue,gifts,fauourand honour, and u. fuch like , and of felfeloue which maketh vs grieue to fee our (clues in thefe thinges excelled of him. Avicealfoofthefpirite of God byname forbidden. Est not the meat ( faith Salomon ) of him that hathancurl )eye,neitherdefirehis dainties. Let vs not Pro 23.6. be defirous ofvaineglorie ( faith the Apo ale ) prouoking one anorher,ennying one another. Gala.ç.z°. But laying afdeall mnaliciaufne(%,allguile and diffimulation,all enuie andeuill f eating, t, iPet. :, r, nerve borne babes,let vsdefire the frneeremilkofthe word of God, that we may growe thereby. Vnto which expreffe teftimonies ifwe ioyne the experience offuch euill as enuie bath wrought,we (hall plainelie fee the foulenes ofit. Aaron and Miriam enuied Moles, Numb.t and the Lorde with leprofieplagued her. Corah and his companie enuied him alfo, and the Lorde as abhorred, made the earth to fhrinke , and fwallowe them vp quick, with tarthat they polfeffed. Soule had an eye -upon Dauid, for the womens Pinging, & it airred him fill to feeke the life of his fonne and feruant. lofephs brethren euuied him,and it almofi brought them to his bloud (bedding. Eueryway therefore is enuie in a Chriftian poyfon, and apparantly it faulteth againa this Commandement It is a poffefiion befides that deftroyeth the poffeffor. For as the ruff the yron, and moches a garment,fo eateth vp enuie the man that enuieth. Thefe thinges make enuie loath- (min enough to a godlymind,and yet is there more to bee faide againft it.For befides all this enuie as it wifheth another mans fall,fo dooth it reioyce if it happenvnto him, Whichalfo is a thing verie horrible in the eyes ofGod. For be that mocketh the poore p,o./ç ( faith Salomon) reprocheth him that made him:and he that reioyceth at deflruílionfhall not bevnpun floed. Again, Be thou not gl ad, when thineenimiefa lletb,andlet not thy heart re- 2411. ioyce,when he fiumbleth,leafl the Lordfee st &it difpleafe him, & he turne his wrath from him to be aoeenQed of thee. To the which wordes of Salomon how confonant was the pra- &tile of lob teftified in that moll excellent fpeach ofhis : If Ireioyced at his deflrosflion lob. ? I. that hat eth me , (faith he) of was mooned to ioy when mill came vpon him: If I fuffered my mouth to finne by w,fhing a curfe vntahie foule, &c. Meaningthat he neuer did it, neither would doe. For it is áfearefullfinne. Calamitasillitufore :pm/farquiáliorumcalami= tatibus nonmouetur. Thatis, Miferieknóckethat his dooreofright ,whofe heart forroweth not to feeothers in aduerfirie.And neuer obieét his hard hap to any man could the Greke Oratour fay,forfortune is common to all, & what is to come,is not yet feene.There- fore euen this companion of enuie maketh it worfe , as I hope we fee, and of all that would pkafe the Lorde more carefully tobelhunned. To reioyceatthe linnes ofan other much more mutt begreeuous, if hisWorldly eftate may not be reioyced at that it is euill. Befides ,when by (innethe Lorde írgrieued, and my brother wounded to eternal) death what a $trir were it to reioyce? Againt,confider ourfelues in compa- rifon with them that offende and eyther we are better , like , or worfe ; the two latter glue no caufe of ioye , and the former fhould fill our with praife for ourgrace giueta of God , and nofourtnouthes with mockesat the infirmitie of others. weft. what elfe is forbidden Anfw. Laft ofall,as the murther ofthe heart, is forbidden all crueltie and harde Dents v, dealing with our brethren,for euen this the Lord abhorrethalfo. The Lawe that was made offortie flripes to begiuen to an offender, and not aboue,did euidently draws to fome pitiful) feeling our truck raging,and fierce affe6bons. The lawe for widowes that they fhoulde not bee wronged , and for the fatherleffe that they fhould not be forfaken, fhotte at the fame marke. So did the forbidden ofvfurie to the poore, the taking
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