778 O f the (jirituafl endswhich accompanylborldl things. tan andour corruption, prouocations vnto fume and the or- dinarie wages of impietie and wickednes. And firfi for ho- nours;Whofeeth not,that beingimmoderatly lourd and de.. fired,they lay men open to intertaine the tentations of the diuell,and make them willing to commit any outrage and wickedneffe, which feemeth to promife them any glorie or preferment? what fraud and difíïmulationwill they fpare to vfe? whom will they not fupplant? what friend will they not betray ? what kinfinan, brother, or father will they re- fpeEi ? yea whole ruine will they not plot? and whole blood Genet; .5. will they not fpill,that theymayobtaine their ambitious de- fires,and aduance themlelues totheir affe6iedpromotions? What was the caufe which moonedAdam to negle& the voyce ofhis Creator,and to hearken to the tempter, but his afpiring ambition whichmade him toMien vnto Satan vp- on the ftrfi offer ofhonour, whenhee promifcd that they fhould be equall withGod? What was the caufe ofGaines murther, Cerahsconfpiracie, Abimelech his cruell flaughter ofhisbrethren; ofAbfalonsvnnaturall rebellion againfihis Num.a.t7.18 loving father; ofBalaams delire tohaue curled Ifrael,ofHa- mans bloody plot to murther all the Iewes,ofNebuchadne- zers idolatry,andofHerodsarrogancie,wherebyhe intitled hitnfelfe toGodsroyalties? what but vaineglorie,& world- lyhonours immoderatlyloued and delired ? $.Seîi.14 The like alfo may be faid ofworldly riches,which being Moriches ouerualued and too much affe&led, become of Gods bid: makeway for fings,Satans baits,wherewith he i nticeth men tofe/inta ten- the tentations rationsandfnares,andintamanyfeolifbandnoifomelufls ,which ofthediuell, droibne men in perdition ; for the defreofmoney is the risateof t.Tim.6.9.to. alleuill,asthe Apofile fpeaketh.And hence it is that the Lord commandeth the Ifraelites to burne with fire the grauen images and idolsof the heathen, andnot tocomettheRiserand Deut.7.zs. golfhat is on them, nor to takeit vnto them, leftthey fhould be Ambro lib.de [Hared therewith. Towhich purpofe one faith, that there is a bono monis, fnire in gold,birdlime in filuer,intangiing nets and grins in cap. q.tom. y. lands and lord(hips :and therefore, that ifwee toogreedily cou°t gold,wee[hall be wrangled and choaked; ifwee too eagerly recite filue, weThall be catched in this lime ; ifwee couctoufly
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