556 Ofthe mijeries accompanyingworldly things. touetoue twit to honorand preferment. Theycare not tobrcake the laves runineo,eoob. ofGod andmen, they neither regard picnic nor humanitie, andtith srs f}rangernor familiar, kindred nor countrie, but are willing Trericbeo, to confound all, to ouerthrow all and to defile their confci- ¡4m patriam, ences withblood,murthers,confpiracies,treafonsandrebel- penates. conic- lions,ratherthen theywill faile to attains their proud hopes, gemjlammis thinking akingdom wellboughr,which maybe had at any dare(ime' prerioquolbet P riceahe areeuer P lottingmachiauellian olicies ' &thiuke Conftant benè, theyare belt aduanced, wHé they rife to their defiredheight Senec.in The- by treading uponothers,whom by theirfraudand treachery baide. they hauefupplanted ; theymake no account of lying, dif- fembling,fwearing, forfwearing, infidelitie andfalfhood, if by all,oranyoftheni theycan fetue theirowne turnes.Final- ly, hauing nothing inthem worthie praife,they are readieto commend themfelues by difpraifingothers, and hauing no- thing fimplie good in them, they would appeare good in comparifon,by making others feeme worfe then themfelues. Thus allo couetous men are readie to commit all mannerof wickednes to increafe their riches, as opprellion, extortion, crucitie, iniurie,briberie,vfurie, andall manner offraud and deceit; yea theywill notRiekewith Ahabtomurther inno- eents, that theymaymakeaprey oftheir goods; with De- aoae to forfake Chrifl and follow the world; with Wasto liftm'rf. betray their mafler,andwith Demetrixeto flume vp perfecu- tion againfl the difciples ofour Lord andSauiour, if they fpeakeagainfl that whereby they haue aduantage; yea in truth theyare worfethen Ixdae, for he wouldnot fell Chrifi vnderthe priceofthirtie filuerpieces, whereas theyare daily readie to part with, and forfeitthat right and.interefl which theyhaue in himby lying, fwearing and deceiuing, for the baleoffer ofa groator penie; yeawhen they haue fold their foules unto fin, for thepurchafe ofthis worldly pelfe, they Prou.sS.U. arereadie (as the Wife man fpcakth) to tranfgrefleGods law fora pieceof bread, and that euenwhen they abound with wealth,and haue no fpur fnecefficie toprick them forward; hauing full bellies, with rauenous grcedines theyhunt after euery prcy;and like theffhwhich Peter caught,though they haue money in theitmouth, yet arc they nibling at euery bait,
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