740GFtbscitedeu%1t mriichworldly thingr6ringto their oamene. onehailing them wholly tohiinCelfe, and by vertueoftheir perfeôi loue inioying themwholly in curry one oftheir fel- low flints and brethren. So that ones fruitionofthere glo- rious ioyes,isfo Carte fromprocuring anothers wanr,and co- nicvoto themfclues; that themore they are in number, the more their ioyes aremultiplied; for the more they lone, the more their ioyesare increafed,and the more they areincrea- fed by this communion,rhe more theylone. 4sef I2. The fifth euill accompanying thefe earthlythings, is,that as they procure feerer enuie, fo aifo they are the common That w:rr&1Y caufcs ofopenemnitie,difcord and contention; and that not thingsare tbe P cai4 of all em_ only betweene firangets, but eucnthe dearefffriends,and nitte anddif neere(I kinred ; brother (hIling out withbrother, and the fa- o,d. ther with the childe, when this boneofworldlyvanities, as the matter of contention,iscall antongilthem. So the Apo- Iames 4.r. file lamesfäith,that warres,contentions, andbitter enuying one another,procced from thefe carnali lufis,which fight in the membersofgreedie worldlings, wherebyone coueteth that whichanother enioyeth, andare filled with couic and indignation, when they fade oftheir delire. For when men haue fet their hearts on there earthly trifles, and haue made them their idols, lotting themmore dearely then 1onathan Druid, yea then the faluationoftheir:owne foules;then all inferio:ir loves muff needs giue place, and when they crofï'e: the other are turned into fpite and hatred. And from hence itcommeth that worldhngs are readie to lofe their friends, for thegettingof thcfe worldly vanities,to negiel all du- tics whichtheyowe tokinred and acquaintance,whcn they hinder their hopes, and will not handwith their carnal!de- fires; to circumuent them by fraud and deceit,and.tooffer wrongs and iniuries, iniuflice,and all kinde ofopprefïion, that they may by diminìfhing their efiate increafe their owne, and feaze into their hands as a prey thofe things which they thus dearely loue. Which when the other,who affect themas muchas they,doe oncedifcerne andperceive, they become mortall foes, burning in hatred and delire of reuenge, and defending their owne with all theirpower,as much now for hatredofthem whowould rob themoftheir iewc1s,,
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