386 77j^ Wisdom of GOD Patt IL 



When Goods increafe^ &c. what Good is there to the 

 Owners thereof^ faving the beholding them with 

 their Eyes ? 



4. There is an envious Eyey which by otir Sa- 

 viour is caird an evil Eye, Matth, xx. 15. Is thine 

 Eye evil becaufe I am good ? That is, envieft thou 

 thy Brother becaufe I am kind to him ? And 

 Chap. vii. 22. one of thofe evil things v^hich pro- 

 ceed out of the Heart and defile a Man, is an evil 

 Eye, Envy is a repining at the Profperity or 

 Good of another, or Anger and Difpleafure at any 

 Good of another v^hich we want, or any Advan- 

 tage another hath above us ; as in the Parable of 

 the Labourers in the Vineyard, thofe that came 

 in firfl envy'd the laft, not becaufe they receiv'd 

 more than they> but becaufe they receiv'd equal 

 Wages for lefs Time ; thofe that are fubjecSt to 

 this Vice cannot endure to fee another Man 

 thrive, and are apt to think his Condition better 

 than theirs, when indeed it is not. 



Let us then fo govern our Eyes that we difco- 

 ver by them none of thefe Vices 5 let the Humi- 

 lity and Purity of our Minds appear even in our 

 outward Looks j let neither Pride nor Luft ma- 

 nifeft themfelves in the Pofture or Motions of our 

 Eyes J let us have a care that thefe Members be 

 neither the Inlets nor Outlets of any of the fore- 

 mention'd Vices, that they neither give Admif- 

 fion to the Temptation, nor be expreffive of the 



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