738Ofthecivil evilswhichworldlythings bringtotheir owners: felues to the great difdaine ofthe refit oftheir fellowes. But howfoeuerthishonourattained vnto by ambitiousafpiring is molt maligned and enuied; yet that glorie and prefer.. ment, whichcornmeth either by inheritanceor defert,wan- teth not his (hare of enuie and hatred ; men being heerein naturally like night bats and owles, who cannot without fome impatiencie, and grudging, looke vpon the bright beames oftheir neighbours glorie, or aduancement. Thus Genef.4. Caine could not indure to haueA6e1preferred before him, though he were farre more worthie ofpreferment.And the Gen.37.4.11. Patriarkes pined themfelues with enuie, becaufe lofephwas deferuedly preferred in his fathers loue : &were filledwith fpite and difdaine, when as hedid butdreame ofhis future honors ; which afterwards(theynot beingable to contain it anylonger)did burg out intocruel reuenge.Thus was meek Numb.t6.3, c vtores enuied andmaligned, becaufe God had aduanced and mu him in dace of gouernment aboue the rett; and tharnot only byCorah, and his fellow confpiratours; but euen by his ovine brother,and fitter, Aaron,and Miriam,who were next vntohim. And thus thoughSaul,for his defects affected, and greatly aduanced Darid, yet when-he dimmed hisglo= rie,and in the womens long was preferredbefore him; Sar41 s.Satu.x8.z.8. hark flainehis thoufand,andDauid his ten thoufend; hee was filled withwrath and enuie towards him, and greedily rhir- fedafter his blood. The like alfomay bee Paid ofworldly riches,which when they abound,expofe their owners toens uie and hatred:and the fatter thatmen grow in theirglares, the leaner the enuious man waxeth when bee looketh on them. An example whereofwe haue in Ifaac,who no fooner was inriched with fheepe and heards ofcattell,but prefently thePhiliflims, among whom bee liued,enuiedat him. And thusgreat Landlordsare enuiedby theirpoore tenants,whê they behold their large lordfhips : thus one neighbour en- uieth to another his better market, richer foile, and more fruitfullcrop; and thus among Merchants he is mollfpited atbyhis fellowes,who hath made the molt profperousvioc ges, and bath with vnexpeEted fpeede attained vnto abun- danceofwealth. Finally,howfoeuer aman would think that worldly
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