Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the miferiesaccompanying worldly things, 557 bait, and fo as rich theeues,they double their fault in (leafing when they bane no need. Thus the Wife man bringeth in co- uetous worldlings refoluing vpon any wickedncffe for the obtaining of riches : Cone, they, 11:e willlay wait for blood, Pro.Iar.t;a9. and he pronti, for the innocent without a taufe, we will fwallorr them vp like a grant, Buen whole, as thofe thatgo do one into the pit ;*e ui!lFnd t!l precious riches, andfill our hotsfes with Jpoiler And left we (hould thinke that this is the cafe of Tome few only, he concludeth,that Ouch are the wares ofenery one that is greedie ofgawe, and that he tbill take away the life of the owners thereof. So the Lord complaineth by his Prophet; among my Ierem.s. zy,z8, people (faithhe) are found wicked perfans, that lay tea::, as he that fetteth fnares, they haue made a pit to catch men : no a cage it full of birds,fo are their boufes fnll ofdeceit, and thereby they are becomegreat and waxen rich,they are waxen fat and fhining, they doouerpaf thedeedsofthewicl 'ed,they execute noiudgin t, signor the iudgment ofthe fatherleffe, &c.And the Prophet Mi- Michah ;. chah complaineth,that couetous oppreffors ofhis times did and 6.to.11,i,3 hate thegood & lone the euil,pluck pff the skins of the poore people from them, andtheir fleJh from their bones, that they did eat alfo their fefh flay off their skin,breaktheir bones, & chop thé in pie- ce as for the pot, & asflefb within the caldron. And elfewhere, v1aierdiaitr- that they did vfe (cant tneafures, fal fe ballances and deceitful bur cura de pari- weights, that their aölions were full ofcrueltie, and their Perumfpoit. mouches full ofdeceit and lies : the which their fin is redou- éaraameñtis eß. bled vpon their finfull foules,.becaufeby their amide and txiuriatnve- deceit they oppreffe thepoore,making choice to go ouer the ßrum putati.fr hedge where they find it lowcft, and treading thofe under quid pauper ba- foot, who are notable to rife or make refinance. And in re- beat,quod T s gard ofthcfe and many other fins, which vfuall accompany dniomps uefma. riches in refpeel of their getting, they are called by one wit- rur,&c. Arc- ked riches ; and by our Saviour Chrill, the mammon of ini- broLlib. de quitie : and in this regard allo they are compared vnto Naburh.cap. ;.; . thornes,becaufe as when they are haf ily catched they wofid S $ lefiaf}ieus the hand, fo thefe the confciences of thofe who greedily feaze vpon thens;and veto mares, which being coucredwith' a bait, inthrall vs whileft they allure vs ; for he who greedily Gregor. Mo. deftreth to obtaine riches,taketh no care CO auoid being P'