Pride the SeedzandCouetoun the fecondSonday inLent. Sen i 6. z63 nail the Root o£ all firme. Hic eft bras; ruenite,occidamnaeum,&nortra aril hereditas. This is thebeire; omeletvskill him, andlet vs take his Inheritance . They did not fay,This is the fonne ; but the Heire: difcouering therein the dropfreof their couetoufneffe ; for greedineffeof the Fruits theykilled his Serums , and for greedineffeof the Inheritance, theykilled the Heire. Couetoufnefe is the root of aäeuid; Pride isthe feed of all finnes, and Couetoufneffethe root whichmain= tainesthem: The Seed is that beginning which giues them Their beeing ; the Root, that which fuftaines andnourifhes them intheir verdure. Fromthe Treé youmayeafilylop theboughes, but hardly remooue the roots : Firft, Becaufe they are fodeep thatwe cannot wellcome atthem : And fecondly,Becaufe they arecoueredandburied vnder ground. WhenCouetoufneffe taketh deeperoo- ting inthe heart ofman, it is couered ouer with the cloake of Sax litie and of Venue, theyare hard to bee digged out. From this Vice two great huts doe arife : Theone, That it is theLeauenof allour ill. Salu(i faith , That itdeflroyes theVerrues and the Arts, and intheir places bringsin Infidelitiesand Treafons, ftanding at opendefianceboth with GodandMan. ecclefiafiicuw faith,That there is nothingworfe thana couetous man ; for fuchaone would euen fell his Soule for loueofmoney. The Princes of ludab (faith °fie) werelike them that remaoued thebound. Saint Hierome andLyranote, That the Prophet borrowedthis Meta- phor from the Husbandmen,whoinlarge thebounds of their Inheritance,grow- ing by littleand littleonthat which is anothermans. And that the Gouernours of the two Tribes did reioyce in theferuitude and cáptiuitie of the other ten, forto inlarge their owne Lands and Territories , and to augment theirj urifdi- ûion. To reioyce inthe inlargingof their owne, was notmuch amiffe 5 but to take pleafure inanother mans miferie, is fo great a finne, that God threatens fe- uerely topunifh it. Iwillpoureforth (faith lie) myne indignationwonthem like wa- ter. Inother his chaftifèments,he vfeth thewordAllare : now that which isdi- stilled comes away inlittle drops, andwith agreat deale ofleifirre ;but heere he faith,Effandam irammeam, Like aforme, that comes fo fuddenly vpon him that hecannot efcape it. The Prophet Amos faith, That amongitmany other finnes which the Sonnes ofcommonhad committed, one wasa verse defperate one : For threetranfregions of the ChildrenofAmmon, and forfoure,Iwill not tarnto it; Becaufe theyhaue ript vp the womenwith child, ofGibad, that theymight in- large their borders. For borderingvponthofeof Gilead, theyflew their wo- men that weregreat with child, that they might inherit their poffeflions; ad di- latendum terminumfeum : As Queenelefbel caufedTKgboth to bee put to death, that fhe might haue hisVineyard. Inaword, In that .verie houre when Coue- toufneffekilled the Sonneof God, What punifhment, wereitneuerfocrudi, might notfuch anoffence iuftly feare t Thefecond hurt is , That it isaviceofall otherthehardeft to b e remedied. -Phyloncallsit, Wickedneffes For't,where allfinnes areprotectedand,çlefended. Saint Chryoßomefaith, That Gold turnsmen intoBeath,nay, intobeastly and abhominable Deuils. Wherebyhe fignified, That it wasanvnreclaimable fin. Saint Ambrof , That the couetousman reioycethto fee the Widowweepe, and the Orphantocrie, which is a fouleFinn. Saint Bernard paintsoút the-Chariot of Couetoufneffe tobedrawne by cruell,fierce, and defperatebothCoachman and Horfes. ladedhis owne heart opens this truth ; inregardthat allthe.diligen- ces, all the fauours that our Sauiour Çhrift did him, (in,wafhing:his. feet with water, Nothing worfe than a coactous ma Ore 5.10. Novicemore feuerely puni. Meet than Co- uetorGmffc.. Amor r.tg. 3.Reg.zo. Novice fo hard to be reformed as Couctouî,el h
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