7o2 'Thatworldllythings caxfemanyemits to our neeghbotir. Fadlim? ad res wicked meaneshe may aduanceor Rrengthen hiseffareand re. iniuf7as impel- putation : and the more haughtie a mans heart is,and the more lirur, vt qui fque ambitious and defirous ofgloric,themore eafily is he moued to end/tern"' -do vniufily, as theHeathen Orator well obferued. And the like mime erg[oria vuiuRice is by private erfons whileR with immo. eapido.Cicer. Y more P P Offic.lib.u. derate delire they feeke foraduatacement, being readie to lie anddiffemble, fweare and forfweare, backbiteand Gander, ac_ culeand betray, all thofc whoRand in their way, and doebut feem tohinderthem inattaining vnto their defrredprefermets, meafuring all friendship and emnitie, not acèording to nature, familiaritieordefert, but as theyare helpes orhinderances in <fetting forward,or puttingbacke their prouddelires. Thus al. fo voluptuouspleafures-immoderatelyloued and defired,moue men tovfe all iniuflice to their neighbours,makingthem to de- file the mariagebed, to racke their inferiours, and outoftheir want and milerie, to ficke the lweetneffe ofpleafure and de- light; to take away their necefï'aries, and topinch their backes and bellies, that they may exceed infuperfluous dainties, and proud brauerie ; and withAhab to fpoile thofe poore Nabother that dwell neere them, of their inheritances, to make them parkes ofpleafure and gardensofdelight. But aboueall,world.. ly riches when men fet their hearts vpon them, are the moil or dinarie and powerfull meanesand inducements, to aduancein- iuflice, and fnppreffe all law and right; for whenmen couet cuinibilfinis them with vnfatiable delire, they become the meafure ofall ell, nthilturpe their anions, accounting that lull which they findprofitable, ell. and nothingdifhoneft that bringeth in gaine. To which put. pole one faith, that whileft men are greedie in increafing wealth, in multiplying theirtreafures,and in gettingthe whole Ambrof.lib. -land into theirpoffeflion, defring to excell all others in riches Offic. cap. 8. a r nd abundance; they layaude all Malec, and lofe common hu- ibilell talk 'manure. For how can he be iuu whichRudieth to take from fanlíum,quod another, that which he defireth to inioyhimfelfe? This is the non nr- caufeofall publike iniuflicecommitted byMagiflrates in fop- Reammuni- p g an maintaining wrong, reHìn rights d defending he guiltie umpanes expugnaripecw- and fupplantingthe innocent: for when loue of ñ money hath niapofir. oncefeazed vpon their hearts, theybecome likea paire of bal- Cicer.a.A6Linlance,not weighing the equityofthe caufe in anvprighr iudge- Verretn. ment, but whetherbribeis heauier, that they may in gluing lenience
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