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I pray you find it out each one in himself, and fight against it, as one of the most loathsome fruits of the flesh. And strive you to get such a measure of humility and charity, as may not alone preserve you from this vice, but make you rejoice with them that rejoice, and turn the prosperity of others into matter of gladness, even then when your selves want it: Happy is he that partakes in every mans happiness. It is in a mans power to taste some of the sweet of every mans estate, and to heal his wounds by a medicine made of comfortable rejoicing in their soundness. Why should we not make our selves merry at things, rather than sad and discontented? If we were so wise and godly as to seek and desire Gods glory as our main end, then we should rejoice at all those things which conduced to that end, and so do the benefits bestowed upon our brethren, as well as those that our selves enjoy. If we could be lovers of the common good, and desirers of the public welfare, why the benefits of others further that, and therefore should also glad us. Mankind was increased, the power of God in furnishing the world demonstrated by Leahs off spring, as well as if Rachel had conceived two, and she two; be we therefore lovers of Gods glory, and lovers of the common good, and we shall not be envious. This vice sometimes seeks a reason to hide its unreasonableness, by conceiting that another's having such things hinders himself, and so it may fall out in some cases; as when two stand in competition for the same thing: but this is no wrong though it be a damage, and therefore should not produce any grudge. For seeing but one can have the thing, and he hath it; is it just to be offended with him, that hath done no more to my self, than I would have done to him? even preferred himself before me: Wherefore see that you give not place to this wicked vice, but learn so to love your neighbours as your selves, that you may rejoice in their prosperity as in your own: But let us every man prepare himself to meet with this fell monster of envy, that if it encounter us, yet we may not be thrust into distempers by it. It is not in any mans power to hinder the malicious and malignant natures of other men from showing it self; but to be quiet, mild, and patient towards him that envies a man, that his wisdom and charity should enable him to perform;

I pray you finde it out each one in himselfe, and fight against it, as one of the most loathsome fruits of the flesh. And strive you to get such a measure of humility and charity, as may not alone preserve you from this vice, but make you rejoyce with them that rejoyce, and turne the prosperity of others into matter of gladnesse, even then when your selves want it: Happy is he that partakes in every mans happinesse. It is in a mans power to taste some of the sweete of every mans estate, and to heale his wounds by a medicine made of comfortable rejoycing in their soundnesse. Why should we not make our selves merry at things, rather than sad and discontented? If we were so wise and godly as to seeke and desire Gods glory as our maine end, then we should rejoyce at all those things which conduced to that end, and so doe the benefits bestowed upon our brethren, as well as those that our selves enjoy. If wee could bee lovers of the common good, and desirers of the publike welfare, why the benefits of others further that, and therefore should also glad us. Mankinde was encreased, the power of God in furnishing the world demonstrated by Leahs off spring, as well as if Rachel had conceived two, and shee two; be we therefore lovers of Gods glory, and lovers of the common good, and we shall not be envious. This vice sometimes seekes a reason to hide its unreasonablenesse, by conceiting that anothers having such things hinders himselfe, and so it may fall out in some cases; as when two stand in competition for the same thing: but this is no wrong though it be a damage, and therefore should not produce any grudge. For seeing but one can have the thing, and he hath it; is it just to bee offended with him, that hath done no more to my self, than I would have done to him? even preferred himselfe before me: Wherefore see that you give not place to this wicked vice, but learne so to love your neighbours as your selves, that you may rejoyce in their prosperity as in your owne: But let us every man prepare himselfe to meete with this fell monster of envy, that if it encounter us, yet we may not be thrust into distempers by it. It is not in any mans power to hinder the malicious and malignant natures of other men from shewing it selfe; but to be quiet, milde, and patient towards him that envies a man, that his wisdome and charity should inable him to performe;