7420ftheciuilmil' whichworldly thingsbring totheir owner,. Vbi pecnnie and poffeffing thisgolden bootie. Andbecaufe felfeloue fo [ ramtmril- blindeth men that every one thiokethhimfclfeworthieft, to conTtentioxu and iudgeth his leaft thewof title, the beltright; theyare eftfundamentú readie to incroach vpon their neighbours, and to sntitle ac b. ft'.Chry- themfclues vntotheir poffeffrons; if they be flrong enough fo!t. inMataS. feazingvpon them by force and violence; or ifthey want Hom:1.yr, this tyrannous and ouerbearing power, they will endcuour fecretiyto circumucntthemby fraud anddeceit; or openly vnder colour of law to preyvpon their efîates. Neither is there any thingmore common then this, among cluetous woridlings ; towhom riches is the fuel! oftheir conten- tions, whichbeing fct a fire with their burning concupif- cence,flame out into wrath and emnitie. So that (as one faith) ifthey.had not inf.+menamong them, whichwhilefl they drive to make peace & part thefe contending themes, doe become a bootie veto them both, they would deuoure. Chryloft in E- one, another with their eager contentions ; like famifhed pitt.ad Eph.4. wilde beafls, which with mortali fiiriewould,v hen hunger tlotnv.9.ton.4pincheth.them,fight with thole oftheir owne kinde,that after the conque(l they might prey vpon them,iftherewere not force harmeleffe lambes necre veto them, which part this flrife,by becomming a more eafieprey vntothemboth. And as this is tobe dailyobferued amongfl ordinary neigh- bours, fono where more commonly then amongfl molt in- timate friends, and neerefl kinred, where by reafon of their intercourfeofdealing,oroccafion ofdiuiding theirconioi - ned right,eueryone being to haue thatportionwhich their predecelföurs left them, there are vfually the molt hot con- tentions, and mart implacable emni tie. Yea this ftrifeand difcord isnot only caufed whilefi men labour to robbe one another oftheir right,but euenwhen they provide forthem inabundance,and only fora time keepe them back from the enioying theferich poffeßïons,which they fo eagerly couer. Ift which refpc6t it maybe truly Paid, that he who gatiereth nanch,maketb hisheire his cnemie;it being a fuficientquar- rellandcaule. ofemnitie,that hee liuethouerlong, loas hee cannot vulture-like prey. vpon him ; and the greater his pine (hall be after his predeceffoursdeath, thegteater is his griefe
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