Ofthe miferiesaccompanyingworldly things, 557 bait, and fo as rich theeues,they double theirfault in (leafing when theybane no need. Thus the Wife man bringeth in co- uetous worldlings refoluing vpon any wickedncffe for the obtaining ofriches : Cone, they, 11:ewilllay wait for blood, Pro.Iar.t;a9. and he pronti, for the innocent without a taufe, we will fwallorr themvp like a grant, Buenwhole, as thofe thatgodoone into the pit ;*e ui!lFnd t!lprecious riches, andfill our hotsfeswith Jpoiler And left we (hould thinke that this is the cafeof Tome few only, he concludeth,thatOuch are thewares ofenery one that is greedie ofgawe, and that he tbilltake away the lifeof theowners thereof. So the Lord complaineth byhisProphet; amongmy Ierem.s. zy,z8, people (faithhe) are foundwickedperfans, that lay tea::, as he that fettethfnares, theyhaue madeapit to catchmen : no a cage itfullofbirds,foare their boufesfnllofdeceit, and thereby they are becomegreatandwaxen rich,theyare waxenfat andfhining, theydoouerpaf thedeedsofthewicl 'ed,theyexecute noiudgint, signor the iudgmentofthefatherleffe, &c.And the Prophet Mi- Michah ;. chahcomplaineth,that couetousoppreffors ofhis timesdid and6.to.11,i,3 hate thegood& lonethe euil,pluckpffthe skins ofthepoorepeople from them, andtheirfleJhfrom their bones, that theydideat alfo their fefh flay offtheir skin,breaktheirbones, & chop théin pie- ceasforthe pot, &asflefb within the caldron. And elfewhere, v1aierdiaitr- that they didvfe (cant tneafures, fal fe ballances and deceitful bur cura depari- weights, that their aölions were full ofcrueltie, and theirPerumfpoit. mouches full ofdeceit and lies : thewhich their fin is redou- éaraameñtis eß. bled vpon their finfull foules,.becaufeby their amide and txiuriatnve- deceit they oppreffe thepoore,making choice to go ouer the ßrumputati.fr hedgewhere they find it lowcft, and treading thofe under quidpauperba- foot, who arenotable to rife or make refinance. And inre- beat,quod T s gard ofthcfeand many other fins, which vfuall accompany dniomps uefma. riches in refpeel oftheir getting, theyare calledby one wit- rur,&c. Arc- ked riches ; and by our Saviour Chrill, the mammon of ini- broLlib. de quitie : and in this regard allo they are compared vnto Naburh.cap. ;.; . thornes,becaufe as when theyare haf ily catched they wofid S $ lefiaf}ieus the hand, fo thefe the confciences of thofe who greedily feaze vpon thens;andvetomares,which beingcoucredwith' a bait, inthrallvs whileft they allure vs ; for hewho greedily Gregor. Mo. deftreth to obtaine riches,taketh nocare CO auoid being P'
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