20 3 Threemifchiefesari. Vpon the Monday after fing from Enuie. Admiration wa its nor, but on arerará sthat for the harme that heedoth to the Commonwealth,and his owne confcience. Saint L/luguitine prooues, That it is charitie todefire the hurtof a mans bodie, for thegood of his foule. According to that ofDauid, Implefacies eerum igno- minia, 6. confundentur, Filltheirfaces withfhame,andthey willbeeconfounded. Nei- ther is that fòrrow which I receiuefir myne enemies good fortune, to bee ter- med fo much enuie,asenmitie. Saint Augufline faith, That euerie equal,enuies his equall, becaufe he bath got the "tart of him, and is crept before him. And this is themolt vfuall and ordinarie kindofenuie,as it is deliueredby tdrotle in his Rhethorickes. The Inferiour enuieth the Superior, becaufe he is not equal vntohim ; the Superiour,the Inferiour, left he fhould come to equall him. Theprincipal) harmcsof this viceare three : The firft; Ir puts great incredultie into the breftof him that enuiesthe felici- tie of the Enuied. And this it eafily effedeth : for,whatfoeuer is firftfoured by the Will, is euer ill recciuedby the Vnderftanding . The fecond, Ifthe profperitie be verie notorious indeed,it torments.the ee- rieheart of theEnuious, for thatit is an eclipfingandobfcuringofhis reputati- onand honour. The third,When theEnuious can noother way doe himhurt, he endeauors totake awaythe life ofhim that is enuied ; asCaine did Abels, andas Saulwould haue done the like byDauid. And forthatthofe ofNazarethdid behold our SauiourChrift,when at moll, to be their equal); andPeeing that beedifpeopled Townes, and peopled difpeopledDeferts, they did fo muchenuiethis hisglo- rie, that firft of all theydid not belecue inhim : fecondly, they foughtto dif- credit him ; andnot being able otherwife tohurt him,theywent about tobreake his necke. Some one perhapswill aske the , What aduantage the Natural! bath- of the Stranger, for to fet fuchanedge on ourenuie r I anfwer,That toomuchfamiliari- tie tautth contempt , and this our Sauiours conuering with them , was the caufe oftheir negleEting of him. To be Towne-borne children, tobe bred vp from the cradleto theSchoole, and from theSchoole,tòboyes fports andpaftimes, is a great enemie to the future cócciuingof a worthieopinion of that Prophet, Iudge, or Gouernour. And therefore it is well obferuedby Saint Jerome, They doe not weigh. hisprelimworth, but homean eye tohisformer infancie. They that are neereft Neighbours toagood Corrector or Inquifitor, arefartheft offfrom con- ceiuinga goodopinion of him. Plutarch faith , That the fpots in the Moone arife from the vapours of the earth,for that the earthis neerer to this than any otherof the Planets.And,as it is in theProuerbes, La ruin vezinzad, ftempreman- cha ; None foyleand fpot ourname worfe,than thofe that areour neereft neigh- bows, efpeciallybeing ill conditioned. Bcflics,Common things neuercaufe admiration: accordingtóthat ofSaint ;tugufltne, touching the iuftificationof our foules. For though this bee agtea- ter miracle than the callingofDeuills out ofour bodies, yet we make nofuch wonder ofit. And inanotherplacehe faith, That the motionof the Heauens, the influencesof thePlanets, the courfeoftheStarres, theWaters,Winds, and Tempefts, aremeruailousmiracles; foralbeit that theykeepon in theircourfe by theorderof nature, yet, that nature fhould conferuethis orderfor fo many Ages, it is aveliegreat miracle : yetweemakeno fuch wonder of it. And be- caufeourCountrie,and al thatgood which it containeth(es pancafeerode eadadia) is euerie daybred withvs , wee makeno fuch wonderof it,it is not dainty vn- tovs iand becaufeit is:common;:weaccount ndt ofit Again,
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