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3. Cor cupidum, a covetous heart; the desires whereof are never filled. A handful of corn put to the whole heap, increaseth it; yea, add water to the Sea, it hath so much the more: but he that loveth Silver, ¹shall never be satisfied with Silver. One desire may be filled, but another comes. Crescit amor nummi, quantùm ipsa pecu•ia creseit. Natural desires are finite, as thirst is satisfied with drink, and hunger with meat. But unnatural desires be infinite; as it fares with the body in burning Fevers; Quò plus sunt potae, plus sitiuntur aquae: So it is in the covetous heart, Ut cùm possideat plurima, plura petat. Grace can never fill the purse, nor wealth the heart.

3. Cor cupidum, a couetous heart; the desires whereof are neuer filled. A handfull of corne put to the whole heape, encreaseth it; yea, adde water to the Sea, it hath so much the more: but hee that loueth Siluer, ¹shall neuer bee satisfied with Siluer. One desire may bee filled, but another comes. Crescit amor nummi, quantùm ipsa pecu•ia creseit. Naturall desires are finite, as thirst is satisfied with drinke, and hunger with meate. But vnnatuall desires bee infinite; as it fares with the body in burning Feuers; Quò plus sunt potae, plus sitiuntur aquae: So it is in the couetous heart, Vt cùm possideat plurima, plura petat. Grace can neuer fill the purse, nor wealth the heart.

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This vice is in all men iniquity, but in a Magistrate Blasphemy: the root of all evil in every man, the rot of all goodness in a great Man. It leaves them, like those Idols in the Psalm; neither eyes to see, nor ears to hear; but only hands to handle, Such mn will transgress for handfuls of barley, and morsels of bread; and a very dram of profit put into the School of Justice, turns i to the wrong side. There is not among all the charms of Hell, a more damnable spell to enchant a Magistrate, then the love of Money. This turns Judgement into Wormwood, or at least into vinegar: for if Injustice do not make it bitter as Wormwood, yet shifts and delays will make it sour as vinegar. O how for did and execrable should bribes be to them, and stink worse in their nostrils then Vespasians tribute of urine! Let them not only bind their own hands, and the hands of their servants, that may take; but even bind the hands of them that would offer. He that useth Integrity, doeth the former: but he that constantly professeth Integrity, doth the latter. It is not enough to avoid the fault, but even the suspicion: It is some discredit to the Judge, when a Client with his bribe comes to be denied: for if his usual carriage had given him no hope of speeding, he would not offer. A Servant, that is a favourite or inward, gives suspicion of corruption, and is commonly thought but a by-way; some postern or back-door for a gift to come in, when the broad