CmAr.3.3. Miftrrimus eft qui migro far. vit. Eph ¢4a. /6lti:YTfr rñrlt hoc. la^w9.r cí4Conmntarie vpanthe lulls, which otherwvife will biemilh thebet+ things they haue receiued, and darken thebelt duties they attempt. It is pitiful' to fee how Chri- (Hans and_profeffors not watching as they were wont,arehurried backe into their old feruice,and bolts, to thewhich they long frnce teemed to hauebid adew.One bathhis pafi+on and inordinate delireofmalice,bit- teraeffe, fullennes,and vnquietneffe, towhich as if he had neuer beene free borne, he willingly ferueth. Another feruethhis tooth,hisappetite, hisbacke and bellie ; he mugbe delicate in dyer, coffly inappareil, and no whit abate ofhis fuperfluitie, when hard times fhouldcall him to re- member Iofephs affliótion much more then he doch. Another is feruant to the lu(t ofthe eye,he is infatiable in his delire ofwealth, and fume- times he can drink a draught of ftoilen waters.And a rareprofè(for is he that can auoide an earthly mind inearthly matters, or whilehe laiethvp inearth,hath a free mind to treafure in heauen. Thus vngodly and vnbe- feeming luftsBarrie many profeffors away as a t+reame. Let them looke if Chrill be learned,whether he be learned as the truth it in Chrift ; and know that aseuery thing is poyfoned wherechele are vnconquered, fo the greater+ coyle inChrit+ianitie is ouer, when there aremattered. Luting inmalicieafneffe, and enuie, hatefull, andhatingone ano- ther. Firt+, to dit+inguifh the words. The firt+ of themmalice, is an euill affection ofthe heart, which properly defireth the hurt of ourneigh- bour,and reioyceth in his fall. Enuie,isa contrarie afieetion,but as wic- ked : for it grieueth at the neighbours good, and frettech it Idle at his profperous and fortunate luccefle in any thing. Hatefull, may to good purpofe be taken either aïliuey, as it is read , namely for fuch as are in fuch extremitie of wickednes, as theyeuery way areabhominable crea- tures in chemfelues : or elfepafuely, and fo may be read hated, that is, iu(tlyexecrable andodious vnto others, both God and men. And ha- tingone another, as full of poyfon and venemous hatred towards others as they could bevntovs, requiting like for like: all which although they Phewatnoa godles and comfort]es condition, yet we hued in this grace - les courfe,chat is,paffed our daies,or at lea(t a great part ofthem is time pat+ before we came to know the graceof God. Now this beeing the e(tate of euery natural] man , that his whole conuerfation is mont+rouflydepraued, fo as he fpendeth his dales and confumeth his time in malice enuie, hatred, and fuch hatefull courfes: it may let many aman fee how little they are efaped from the ftithines of nature. For T. how doe the lines ofmofi men thew that the. fpirit which &flerh after enuieruleth them ? and how doch that bitter mote of ma- lice andhatred (boot forth buds and bloffornesat all feafons : both i© a.. the
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