32.8 Prom. tl.r2. Amos f, t o. Enuie a dan- gerous heaf4. Anger, a fin no lefre hurt- fulithan Envie. Prou. 27.3, Truth feldome wel- Tpon theMonday after comerntoany. r r oftheir incredulitie and vnthankefulneffe Or whether their hearts through Enuiedid fwell and rife againft him ? Whether any one,or all of thefe together wrought vpon them ? Sure I am,Repletiflintira,ThemenofNazaretharegrown wondrous angrie. Thisplace pointeth outtwo things vnto vs. The one,Thegood requitall Truth findes vpon Earth. When they fhould haue held theinfelues happie in inioying fo foueraigne agood , and when they fhould hauebeeneprowdof hauing fo heauenly a Cittifen, and haue humbled theinfelues on their kneesbefore him,&adored him;then,euen then,they grew hot and angrie with him : and tranfported with this rage, theywouldhaue broken his neckeby throwing him downe from a fteepe rocke ; fùlfilling that faying ofSalomon, vl fcornerloueth not himthat rebuketh him, neither will hegoe vnto thewife. Agreeingwith thatofAmos,They hauehatedkm thatrebukedin the gete,andthey abhorredhim that,fpeakethvprightly. Anothercaufe of this their cruell determination, for to throw him downe from therock,was as wel their Enuieastheir Anger.Enuie the fayd, Do not you feehow this Carpenter boaftshimfelfe c 21Lnne hic eflfaber, filiwwfabri ? foreres eiste,apudnos Punt ? Anger TheePaid, Caft him downe headlong from the Pulpit, orplucke him outof cxefes Chaire , forablafpheamer, by head and cares; for that he goes about tomakehimfelfe our Meffìas,andour King.A brace of fierce beafts,I affure you ; Enuiefiat opened thedoore toall thofeeuils that areintheworld : By the Deuils enuie death emredinto theworld; andby death, a troupeofmiferies. Foralthough teeuillwere theAuthor thereof, yet did Enuyputfpurs to hisheeles.TheTrojanHeide was not that which did fo much harme to Troy, as that Griecianwho inuented thisftratagem. Onely this one good,Enuie bringeth with it,That it prooues it's owners Hangman.Andforthis reafonSaint Augufíinecompares the Enviousto the Vipers, who gnawout the bowellsofthofe that bred them. And Saint Chryfaflome, Thatitisaleffer euill to haue aSerpent inour bofome, than Enuie ; for that was a curable hurt, but that ofEnuie is not fo. ouidinhis c.flgetamorpbofss paints forth Enuies houfe, and the qualities belongingtoher perfon. Her houleis feared in avery lowbot- tome,whereuntothebeames ofthe Sunne neuer come, nolight, no ayre, no wind : for the enuious manhath not any thing onearth , wherein to take cotn- fort;being therm like vnto thofethat are condemned to thepit of hel.The qua- lities appertainingto herperfon,is fadnes ofcountenance, heauinesof the eyes, bitterneffeofheart,venimoufneffeoftongue,&veines without blond; fhe loues folitude, fhunnesthe light, knowes no law,nor does no right,fheeweepes when others laugh : Ina word, fhe isPeflia mundi,porta mortia,the plagueof the world, the dooreofDeath,the murthererofVertue, thepit,of Ignorance,and thehell oftheSoule. And Anger is noleffe fierce abeaft, than Enuie : OfwhomEcclefiafilcusfaith, That as Mildeneffe refideth in the bofome of the Wife, fo Anger abideth in thebreft of the Foole. Who but aFoole (faithPlutarch) can fuller acole to lie in his bofome Let not the Sunnegoedownevponyour wrath, neither glueplace vnto theDeuill.He that goes tobed in anger, inuites the Deuil! to be hisbedfellow There is not anyvicethat giues him fo freean entrance, nor puts him into a moregeneral! poffefíionofour foules : for there is not thatmifchiefe which is not hammeredand wrought in the forge of an angrie mans breft. vtHone is heauie,andthefendweightie, butafooleswrath ti heauicrthan them both. Seneca faith, That as humane induftrie dothtame the fierceftbeafS,as the Lyon, the Tygre, and ti
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