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20 Now perhaps fome will fay. Why doth the fcribe tell us of thefe things? or, What is it to us, if all the inhabitants of that city are given to hofpitahty?

2 1. Be not offended, O ye fmiple ones! neither let envy take hold on your minds : it is the tribute of gratitude, and without gra- titudCj'What is man? is he not worfe than a brute? and the envious man is no better than he.

22. For envy biteth like the rattlefnakc that lieth concealed in the foreil, and their poifon is alike fatal; the one deftroyeth the body, and the other the noble virtues, that dignify and adorn the fons of men,

23. Such are the fruits of envy! it feedeth on the wormwood and the gall, and nothing is pleafant to the tafte; fhun therefore the leafl appearance thereof, left it deprive thee of the pleafant flowers that yet remain in the garden of life, to cheer the heart of man in his paf- fage through a thprny wildernefs, replete