X08 Thatlborldything! caul;manymil:to ourneighbour!. And thus thofe who dote vpon worldly honours enuieand hate all thofe who are preferred before them, defiringno- thingmore, then that they may outgrow them in aduance_ ments, or ifnot fo,yet that the other may falland fo become equal vnto then-LSoalto they who fettheirhartsvpon riches arefilled with enuie and hatred, when they fee othersthriue rafter, and to abound in greater plentie ; and though they haue noother quarrel' again(': their neighbour, yet this is caufeenough ofa deepe conceiued grudge, ifthey exceed them in wealth;which enuie and repining they cannot com- monly take awayby al the humanity theycan Phew towards them, neither is there any thing but their loffes, want, and miferiethat can give them contentment,and workea recon. Chryfofì..in ciliation. To whichpurpofe one faith, that the couetous Mar.a6.ho- man hateth all menbothpoore and rich. Thepoore,fearin" mil 8t. lefi they will beg of him ; the rich, becaufe they haue that which het would poffeffe. For he thinketh that all menen. ioythofe things which ofright appertaine vntohim; and thereforeas though he were hurt ofeueryman, beeis angrie with all. The like alto might bee raid ofworldly pleafures, whichare the common caufes of this enuie and hatred,to thofe that let their hearts vpon them. They being ready to grudge and difdaine ifany exceed them in daintie fare, and (lull tables,or in more flatly fhewes, maskes, and reucls, or in variety ofdelightfull (portsandpatiimes. ,Sec?.4. Lally, this earthlyprolperity,andabundance ofworldly That worldly hidings, being ouerualued and immoderately loued, doe thingsmake puffemenvp with pride, and make them carrie themfclues men epmoudand' inlolentlyand difdainefullytowards their neighbours ;vy- tbeir neigbboru, ingwish their fuperiors as though they were their equals, negle6tingtheir cquals,as thoughtheywere their inferiors, and proudly infulting ouer their inferiours as abie&s,and bale vnderlings. And as waterifh humours abounding in the bodie doe caufe adropfie, which fwelleth it much aboue the ordinariemeafure, and filleth itfo full,thatit is necrevn- toburfling : fo thefe worldlyand waterifhvanities do make mens-heartsand minds fubiec l to thisdropfieofpride,wher- by
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