A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Herodias daughter, that like a dancing whirligig footed away the head of John Baptist, was her self cut shorter by the head with ye. Cesar had undone three and twenty countries, he dyed of three and twenty wounds. Croesus that loved gold insatiately, had of gold his throat full. Aurum sitisti, aurum bibe. Many penurious fathers are so scraping for their children, that they ravish the poor children of God:^r but the hand of the LORD shall be against their young Lions. They join house to house, and field to field:^s but their children shall be vagabonds, and beg; seeking their bread out of their desolate places. How many a covetous mole is now digging a house in the earth for his posterity, and never dreams of this sequel? That God should make those children beggars, for whose sake the fathers have made so many beggars! This is a quittance which the Sire will not believe, but as sure as God is just the son shall feel. Now if he had but leave to come out of hell for an hour, and see this, how should he curse his folly? sure if possible, it would double the pain of his infernal torture. Be moderate then ye that so insatiately devour, as if you had an infinite capacity: you overload your stomachs, it is fit they should be disburdened in shameful spewing. How quickly doth a worldly minded man grow a defrauder, from a defrauder to an Usurer, from an Usurer to an oppressor, from an oppressor to an extortioner: if his eyes do but tell his heart of a booty, his heart will charge his hand, and he must have it, Mic. 2.2. They do but aspicere, concupiscere, and arripere: see it, like it, and take it. Observe their due payment. Psal. 109.11. Let the extortioner take all he hath: they got all by extortion, they shall •ose all by extortion. They spoiled their neighbours, strangers shall spoil them. How often hath the poor widow and orphan cried, wept, groaned to them for •ercie, and found none! They have taught God how to deal with themselves: Let there be none to extend mercy to them. ^tThey have advanced houses for a memorial, and dedicated lands to their own names: