The new command renewed, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity…The new command renew'd, or, Love one another being an endeavour after the unity…

Such as these.

1. Self interest in holding any opinion; ¹nothing more hinders men from going to, or going from an opinion then the interest they have by holding it; men do not care so much for the opinions they hold, as for what they hold by their opinions. Many a man thinks (I am confident) what Demetrius said [Acts 19.27.] This craft by which we have all our wealth is like to be set at nought, and then we are like to come to nought.

1. 1[…] Self-interest.〈…〉 Self-interest.

Hence they begin to fly in the face of truth, and oppose it with outrageous rage; so dearly sweet, and sweetly dear is their darling gain; They see they cannot have the Honey, unless they burn the Bees, and therefore fire them forthwith; they cannot possess the Vineyard unless Naboth be put to death, and therefore he must be dispatched. When once the copyhold of gain and honour is touched, men begin to look about them, and will never call godliness gain, because gain is their godliness.

Hence they begin to flie in the face of truth, and oppose it with outragious rage; so dearly sweet, and sweetly dear is their darling gain; They see they cannot have the Honey, unlesse they burn the Bees, and therefore fire them forthwith; they cannot possesse the Vineyard unlesse Naboth be put to death, and therefore he must be dispatch't. When once the coppyhold of gain and honour is touch't, men begin to look about them, and will never call godlinesse gain, because gain is their godlinesse.