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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09510	Morbus epidemicus, or The churles sickenesse In a sermon preached before the iudges of the assises. By T.P.	Pestell, Thomas, 1584?-1659?	1615 (1615)	STC 19790; ESTC S114584	15,123	30

is turn de Inclosers Vsurers or Banqueroutes that the common Gaoles haue more poore debtors then desperate fellons What 's the fountaine of so many suites and law-cases but onely this eu●ll Men are sicke of Couetousnesse Achah would haue Naboths vine-yard What makes so many periuries and false accusations but Couetousnesse In any wrong done to our soule or body by wounds by disgrace or infamy wee can many times put vp and be quiet but the least priuate endamagement is enough to set vs together by the eares It our wealth bee impayred but the value of nine pence oh then our Free-hold is touched it will beare an action let him looke to it If once Meum and Tuum sayeth one any wrangle for priuate profite bee on foote then we presently bustle wee ride runne crouch kneele vse the cappe the barre the tongue the sworde Then the young sonne enquires of his olde fathers yeares and sendes out Form-dons after his death quarrels with his mothers Ioynture threatens his brothers with an entayle and vpon question of Assets abridges his sisters portions And therefore it so sittes the time that if with old Latimer I should cry nothing but Beware of couetousnesse Beware of Couetousnesse it would peraduenture proue a sufficient preseruatiue against this poyson which Saint Paul cals radicent the roote of all euill and Solomon heere an euill sicknesse The first part of which Text is as I tolde you a description of Couetousnesse and the first part of the Description is It 's an Euil I. Euill properly taken sayeth the Schoole and by it selfe is not any thing created or existing but signifies a meere absence of that good which should be present and is opposed to good priuatiuely not positiuely and as in Philosophy t' is double Naturall and Morall So in Diuinity there is Malum Culpae and Malum Sp●●● an euill which is sinne an euill which is a punishment for sinne And in both these kinds wee shall finde this sinne to bee an euill First it 's an euill of sinne a sinnefull euill an euill full of sinne nothing more sinnefull Anaro nihil scelestius nihil iniquius quam amare pecc●tiam Ecclus. 2. T' is the roote the element the Metropolis of all sinnes All other as Bribery Simonie Vsary Extortion Deceit lyes Oathes are sayeth one Factors for this and serue as Porters to fetch and bring her liuing in A sinne first against God therefore for bidden to the chiefe men Leuit. 17.17 For the couetous man despises him Hee blesseth himselfe and contemneth the Lord Psal 10.3 He makes golde his hope and the wedge of golde his considence T' is flat and plaine Idolatry Ephes 5. preferring his coyne before God as the Gadarenes did their swine before Christ For he holdes it his creator thinking himselfe made and vndone by it and his Redeemer and preseruer from depth and danger and differs from the Idalat●r in this that where hee hath but one Image the couetous man hath many Maumets A sinne secondly against our neighbours Venenum charitatis sayeth Austirte the poyson of charity doing iniury to so many as hee is able to relieue making men murderers lyers and theeues Marderers They lay wayte for bloud and lye priuily for their liues such are the wayes of euery one that 's greedie of gaine Prouerb 1.18 And in Isaiah 32.6 The niggard will speake of niggardnesse and his heart wil worke iniquity to doe wickedly and speake falsly against the Lord there hee is a lyar to make empty the hungry soule and cause the drinke of the thirstie to fayle there he is a theefe A sinne euen against common honesty against friendship seuering very brethren Luk. 13. A sin which as it makes a man monstrous with such an heart as no man hath without a bottome so it is monstrous in it selfe vnnaturall infinite Monstrum horrendum ingens cui lumen ademptum wanting the light of reason and naturall vnderstanding which sinne if it may admit comparison with any naturall things they must bee eyther the two outragious elements for so t' is violent as fire seeding on the subiected matter and at once embracing another furious as water bearing downe all before it like a torrent or a water-wracke or else it may be equalled with the deuouring Harpyes and birds of prey that are cruell to all and therefore affect and select solitarie and vnfrequented places I ast of all it is an euill that makes a man euerie beasts fellow nay the worst beasts companion for hee is an horse-leach sayeth Solomon crying still giue giue a Moldewarpe blacke by his wickednes blind in his ignorance and so many possessions so many Mole-hils in which he buries himselfe by perpetuall anguishing and torturing his owne soule Like an Hogge sayeth Prudentius euer rooting neuer doing good till hee die and as the Hogge sends one Acorne downe his stomacke chewes an other and greedily snatcheth at a third so this Hogge-mans hunger is insatiable Like a Dogge sayeth Seneca that what euer is cast vnto him choppes it in whole and stands gaping for the next Thus you see it is Malum culpae and euill of sinne a sinne impious vncharitable dishonest bloodie the euish lying an vnnaturall monstrous and beastly euill And not onely thus is it an euill of sinne but it is also Malum poenae an euill punishment for sinne In sese armatus furor for it is a sinne against a mans selfe his owne soule and body His soule so sayeth Austin Amor terrenorum viscus spiritualium pennarum The excessiue loue of earthly things is the birdlime of a mans spirituall feathers lyming and entangling both the soules wings her vnderstanding and her will and is therefore noted to bee a spirituall euill Mark 7.23 comming from within and defiling a man alwayes breeding and begetting a swarme and Hydra wheele of cares in his bosome dulling his very heart and making it like Nabals hard and heauy as a stone Against his body For the couetous wretch is carefull to rise earely in the morning to goe late to bed eating the bread of pensiue carefulnesse hee tro●s vp and downe to the market turnes ouer his Kalender Fit ex Domino Procurator sayeth Sencca of a Lord and Master hee becomes a base seruant or a drudge base and sordide in his apparrell vsing himselfe to meates not onely vile and of no price but euen hard and horrible to bee lookt vpon defrauding cousening his owne Genius both of food and rest Surely to a man that is good in his sight God giues wisdome and knowledge and ioy but to the sinner he giues paine togather and heape vp Eccles 2. vlt. So that hee gathers riches as the Phoenix doth drie stickes to burne her selfe Hee is a meere possessor of wealth for his couetous heart keepes the Key of it and lockes it from his comfortable vse He sits by his money as a sicke man by his meate hath no power to take it He couets to couet labours to labour