That worldly thing: taut' many tails to ourneighdourt. col fered betweene manand man ; and as it were thediuels wages which he giueth to worldlymen to vndermine one anothcrs fafetie, and to fupplant their neighbours, that they may raife their flateby their fellowes fall, and build their owne greatnes out ofothers ruines. Thefe are the caufeswhy Judges and Ma- gitrates peruertrighteous judgement, acquitting theguiltde, and condemning the innocent,callinggood mill, & cull good; right wrong, andwrong right; namely, that theymay hereby artainetheir worldly ends, and aduance their profperitie, and earthlyelates. Thefe are the hire ofall corruption, oppreffion, and crueltie,whichareexercifrd offuperiours towards their in- feriours, rulers towards their fubie6s, and landlords towards their tenants,that they maymaintaine their greatneffe, and in- create their wealth, or carnali pleafures. In a word, there is al- moil novniuflice committed, ifit donot proceed frommalice,:. and delireof reuenge ; which is not caufed and occafioned by there worldly things immoderately lotted : men not caring . what theydo,nor what meanes they vfe,whether they begood or euill, right orwrong, .fo theymay maintaine the profperitic oftheir eliatr,andencreafetheir woi Idlyhappineffe.Ncither is any man priuiledged in this kind frombeing thus wronged and oppreffed by there vniufi courfes ; for if the wages ofthere worldly vanitiesbeoffered for theirhire,the truelonersofthem ate readie to lay afide all rcfpeit ofperfons, and defperately to breake all bonds ofnature, countrie, kindred, friendfhip and cannon humanitie, dealing vniufily with all men, to henby theirvniullice they maygaine this wagesofiniquitie. Thus for the attaining ofworldlyhonors, Magif+rates are readie to per- uert iuflice,togaine the fauouroffuperiour powers; and toop- preffe maligned innocencie,toget theapplaufc ofthe common people. Neither is it their prefent greatnef a that can fatisfïe them,andmake them to holdon in a iufl courfe; for the higher an ambitious man is, the more eager he is ofriling lid' till he come to thehighefi, and the more readie tovfe all vnlawfulh meanes,to raifehim to theheight ofhis proud hopes; and as an image or building thehigher it is, the more fubiec4 it isto fal- ling, ifit donot(land vpright;fo thehigher a man isoduanced inplace and dignitic,the more prone he is tofljito any fin or euill, ifhisheart Bandnot vprightbeforeGod, when as by-:his wicked.
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