2 6 Thecaufes e fvniuft ringer. And fir(l becaufe thecaufes thereof are vniufl. The caufes of Thecaufes ofvniufl angerare either internal! orexternall. vniuftinter. The internall caufes are diuers, as ftrfl felfe loue whereby .InternaB. > > , 1. safe i. e. we fo itninoderately loue our felues, that we neuer thinkof the iniuries & indignities whichweoffer others,orelfe fup.. pole them tobe none; or elfe lightly efleemeofthem,as not worthy the recital' ; but on the otherfide, it maketh men hainoufly aggrauate iniuries offered vnto themfelues : and fo to make huge mountaines of fmall molehils ; it caufeth theheart eafily toapprehend the wrong,bufie in meditating of it being apprehended,eagerin fceking reuenge after nie- ditation, & the hand no leffeforward ina6ing thofe trage- dies which theheart bath inuented. For by felfeloue men arc induced to think themfelues worthyof all loue and ho- nour, and therefore ifa fmall iniury beeofferedvnto them, theyfuppofe that death is too finall a reuenge for fo great an indignityoffered tofuchworthyperfonages.Yea,if they be not fomuch refpe6ted as their hauty ambition defireth, or if others beepreferred before them,and that deferuedly, this is matter enough toprouoke them to furiousrige, not onely againfl themofwhom they are not regarded, but the alfo whoarepreferred irkothers iudgemcnt.And thisis eui- Gen.4. dent in the exampleofCaine , whobecaufe God refpeed the offeringof Abelmore then his, was incenfed towrath, and had his anger fo inflamed that nothing could quench it but the blond ofhis dcare brother ; and in Saulwho could I;sun. i g. with no patience endure, that the praifes ofDaurd fhould furmounthis in the fight and audience of thepeople, but was enraged with deadly anger againa him, who forhis merits deferued to beaduanced. And thus doth felfe louemake a mazy win cke atthofe in- lurks which hee offereth others, and toput on the fpeCla- cles of affe Lionwhen he looketh on thofe wrongs which are offered tohi mfelfe,whereby it commeth topaffe that e- uery fmall iniury feemeth great and prouoketh togreat an- ger. Whereas ifwe thought meanly ofour felues and loued our
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