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c mind. S. August.Envy is the hatred of anothers felicity : in respectof superiors, because they are not equal to them ; inrespect of inferiors, lest he should be equal to them ;in respect of equals, because they are equal to them.Through envy proceeded the fall of the world, anddeath of Christ.… … In cruce tuta quies. ECCLES. n. 17. All is vanitj/ and vexation of spirit.XTOW is the anxious soul of man befoold In his desire,That thinks an hectic fever may be coold In flames of fire ?Or hopes to rake full heaps of burnishd gold From nasty mire 1 26 EMBLEMS. BOOK i. A whining lover may as well…
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