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7o2 'That worldllythings caxfemanyemits to our neeghbotir. Fadlim? ad res wicked meaneshe may aduance or Rrengthen his effare and re. iniuf7as impel- putation : and the more haughtie a mans heart is,and the more lirur, vt qui fque ambitious and defirous ofgloric,the more eafily is he moued to end/tern"' -do vniufily, as the Heathen Orator well obferued. And the like mime erg[oria vuiuRice is by private erfons whileR with immo. eapido.Cicer. Y more P P Offic.lib.u. derate delire they feeke foraduatacement, being readie to lie and diffemble, fweare and forfweare, backbite and Gander, ac_ culeand betray, all thofc who Rand in their way, and doe but feem to hinderthem in attaining vnto their defrred prefermets, meafuring all friendship and emnitie, not acèording to nature, familiaritieordefert, but as they are helpes or hinderances in <fetting forward,or putting backe their proud delires. Thus al. fo voluptuous pleafures -immoderatelyloued and defired,moue men to vfe all iniuflice to their neighbours,making them to de- file the mariage bed, to racke their inferiours, and out of their want and milerie, to ficke the lweetneffe of pleafure and de- light; to take away their necefï'aries, and to pinch their backes and bellies, that they may exceed infuperfluous dainties, and proud brauerie ; and with Ahab to fpoile thofe poore Nabot her that dwell neere them, of their inheritances, to make them parkes ofpleafure and gardens ofdelight. But aboueall,world.. ly riches when men fet their hearts vpon them, are the moil or dinarie and powerfull meanesand inducements, to aduance in- iuflice, and fnppreffe all law and right; for whenmen couet cuinibilfinis them with vnfatiable delire, they become the meafure of all ell, nthilturpe their anions, accounting that lull which they find profitable, ell. and nothing difhoneft that bringeth in gaine. To which put. pole one faith, that whileft men are greedie in increafing wealth, in multiplying theirtreafures,and in getting the whole Ambrof.lib. -land into theirpoffeflion, defring to excell all others in riches Offic. cap. 8. a r nd abundance; they lay aude all Malec, and lofe common hu- ibil ell talk 'manure. For how can he be iuu which Rudieth to take from fanlíum,quod another, that which he defireth to inioy himfelfe? This is the non nr- caufe of all publike iniuflice committed by Magiflrates in fop- Ream muni- p g an maintaining wrong, reHìn rights d defending he guiltie um panes expugnaripecw- and fupplanting the innocent: for when loue of ñ money hath niapofir. once feazed vpon their hearts, they become like a paire of bal- Cicer.a.A6Linlance,not weighing the equity ofthe caufe in an vprighr iudge- Verretn. ment, but whetherbribeis heauier, that they may in gluing lenience