15 ` Brethrenhatefullone to U another, for two caltes. Bony neuer greater than amongil bre- thren. Kindred will cleaue toa mania his profperity,but neuer lookon him inaduer- fitie. Vpon the Tuefday after prayer,and that he fhould conter onakinfeman thirty thoufand Ducatspenfion, without obli ging him topray aPater-nofler, or fay anvlue-Mary. Two bloodymifchiefes come vnto vs byour brethrenand kindred. Theonein point ofprecedencie, Enuie workingmot} vpon thofe that arebre- thren; efpecially, ifone get the ftart of theother, or chancetobe preferred be- fore him. As theHifloryofiofephs brethren proueth it vntovs ; who (for thofe his dreames ofhis future prolperity)put him down intoapit,and fold him away. So flood the cafe inAbimileeks bufines; who for Superiorities fake, andthat hee might raigne,flew atonce 7o ofhis brethren. Holyking Dauid couldnot efcape this mifchiefe : His brethrencould haue eaten him (as wefay) with fàlt, to fee that he fhouldpop forth, andenter into the fieldwith thatmettall andcourage againftthat great Gyant Goliah, himfelfe being the leaft amongít his brethren. Andwas itnot fo I pray,with Abeland Cain, For abrother of all other can leaft endure that abrotherfhould outftrip him,though it be Gods owne handy-work toaduance andprefer him. And the fonnes ofThamararea typeand figure there- of,who ftroueand ftrugled in their mothers wombe. The otherin regardofthe defire that theyhaue tofeeabrother ora kinfman profper,onelythat theymay fucke from him, andwholly disfruit him, asifhee werea treeoftheir owne orchard, which,ofthefe twomifchiefes,is thegreater. For in thefirfl, the enuiousbrotherloofes,and theenuyedgains. Inthe fecond,all rob that tree which affoords them fruit , and that,brother or kinfman that is owner ofit. I remember a memorablePayingthat wasvttered byaholyPrelat, relieuing (being importuned therunto)twoofhis brethren with zoo Crownes,foriobuy them Oxento till theirground. I fhall(faidhe)defire ofGod,That thispoorepit- tancewhich I nowgiue you, doe notconfume themil ofthat which ye now en- ioy. Mybrethren, to facilitate their requeft,told me that I was a fingle man, had no body to care for, that I was a GuardsdeVino, aVine-keeper, aChurch-man, and anouerfeer offoules,Sedvineam meetnon euhiediui,But I did not keep this my Vinyard fo wel as I fhould haue done: for I could nor defend it from mybrethré an3 mykinsfolk,one pluckingthis from me,andanother that,til theyhad left me nothing to pleafureeither myfelfe orthe poore, whom I ought moil tohauere- fpeded. If thou be rich, all thykindred will beelike fomany horfe-leeches to draw thy blood from thee 3 but if thou bepoore, not a kinfman that will looke vponthee. That mirrour ofpatience, that holyman lobfaith inhis 3 r chapter, Defpetlioprepinquorum terrait me, Therewas notthat kinfman that would looke vponme inmy mifcry, but beheld me with difdaineand fcorne, and would not affoord me anythe leaf} comfort. Vaine is the confidence in friends and kin- folks ; vain is the confidence inPrinces. And therefore ôLord let vsrelyevp- on thee, whoneuer fayleft thole that put their truft in thee. To God theFather, God the Sonne,andGod the HolyGhoft,&c. THE
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