[ 1149] Not to rejoyce at the afflictions of others.
JOhn Denly,* 1.1 one of the Martyrs in that Marian persecution, being set in the fire, with the burning flames about him, sang a Psalm: Whereupon Doctor Story commanded one of the Tormentors, to hurl a faggot at him; but being hurt therewith upon the face, that he bled again, he left his singing, and clapt both his hands upon his face: Truly, said the scossing Doctor to him that threw the faggot, thou hast marr'd a good old song. Yet so it happened, that this Story, after the comming in of Queen Elizabeth, being catch'd in a mouse-trap at Antwerp, was hoisted away for England; and being questioned in Parliament for many foul crimes, and particularly for persecuting and burning the Martyrs, he denyed not, (still keeping up his jeering humour) but that once he was at the burning of an Herewig at Uxbridge, where he cast a faggot at his face, and set a bush of thorns under his feet to prick him. But he was hang'd at Tyburn for all his flam∣ming, (being just then new built three square, after the manner of his three corner'd cap) and so made good that Proverb of Solomon, He that is glad at calamities, shall not go unpunished.* 1.2 And thus, he that rejoyceth at the afflictions of others, is sick of the Devills disease, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; and such were the Edomits, Ammonites, Philistins, and others of Sions enemies,* 1.3 that heard of her trouble, and were glad of it. Such were David's adversaries,* 1.4 that wished him evill, and cried, Aha, aha; and such the Iewes,* 1.5 that scoffed at Christ on the Crosse.* 1.6 But Iob was of another spirit, he rejoyced not at the destruction of him that hated him; and so must all good Christians be; otherwise, he that sitteth in the heavens, will have them also in derision, and laugh when their fear commeth.