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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
An enuious person then is guiltie of murther two waies. First, for hating his brother, whom he ought to loue as himselfe. Secondly, by entertayning such a fretting and canker that consumes his owne bodie, which he ought to preserue. Now the way to keepe out this monster, is to get store of charitie in our hearts, and then we are fenced and armed against repining at an others good. When shall you haue a louing mother that will grudge at her childs beautie, or wealth, or good name? ⟨image 140⟩when will she think her child doth to well and be sorie because he is in to good an estate? nay neuer, and why? because she loues it, and that is a buckler against all enuie.
Soe much for the inward breaches of this commandment.
Soe much for the inwarde breaches of this commaundement.
The outward follow. And first by gesture, by any unhappy & froward action or behaviour done to despite, grieve or anger our brother. As Christ condemns the saying of Racha, which is not a word signifying any ill name or reproachful term, but a cutted answer joined with a contemptuous and scornful behaviour to disgrace our brother. As if one should say what you sir, come up gape, or such like when the untoward and disdainful gesture to grieve our brother makes it a sin. And so the wicked persons first practised murder against Steven in their gesture, for they gnashed their teeth at him. And so