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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Secondly, he he is a murderer of himself to, for envy is the rotting of the bones, he eats up his own heart, and impairs his own strength. And therefore as the glutton and drunkard is a murderer, because he weakens himself, and hurts his body by excess, so be these also that by this cursed affection dry up their own blood, and consume their own body. So Cain set his cruelty on work, first in his own body, and was unnatural against himself, and after against his brother; first by grudging and repining he made himself sick, disfigured his countenance, and made him look pale and wan, his face was cast down, his marrow began to consume and rot, and then he fell to take his brothers blood for a medicine to ease his pain.
Secondly, he he is a murtherer of himselfe to, for enuie is the rotting of the bones, he eates vp his owne heart, and impaires his owne strength. And therefore as the glutton and drunkard is a murtherer, because he weakens himselfe, and hurts his bodie by excesse, so be these also that by this cursed affection drie vp their owne blood, and consume their owne bodie. So Caine set his crueltie on worke, first in his owne bodie, and was vnnaturall against himself, and after against his brother; first by grudging and repining he made himselfe sicke, disfigured his countenance, and made him looke pale and wanne, his face was cast downe, his marrow began to consume and rot, and then he fell to take his brothers bloode for a medicine to ease his payne.
An envious person then is guilty of murder two ways. First, for hating his brother, whom he ought to love as himself. Secondly, by entertaining such a fretting and canker that consumes his own body, which he ought to preserve. Now the way to keep out this monster, is to get store of charity in our hearts, and then we are fenced and armed against repining at an others good. When shall you have a loving mother that will grudge at her child's beauty, or wealth, or good name? ⟨image 140⟩when will she think her child doth to well and be sorry because he is in to good an estate? nay never, and why? because she loves it, and that is a buckler against all envy.