The Second Point.
SEcondly, I am to consider the dammage, and cha∣stizement of auarice, reducing them to the three kindes that haue beene spoken of.
1 First, I will ponder, that auarice (as S. Paul say∣eth) is the roote of twoe sortes of euills, in the which are summed all the euills of this life, to witte: Transgressions, and paines: sinnes, and do∣lours: the which are ioyned togither to chastize the mother, that ingendreth, and sustaineth them: so that shee is the tormentour of herselfe, putting the couetous man in greate vexations, and afflicti∣ons, to gaine, or preserue riches with a miserable seruitude, and slauery of them. It is likewise a snare of sathan, wherewith hee draggeth him thorough thornes, & pricky shrubbes of temptations, clowdes of faithe, remorses of conscience, and of cares that sting him; and in the ende hee hangeth him like Iudas betweene heauen and earthe, neither per∣mitting him to enioie the goods of the earthe, nor to attaine to those of heauen.
2 To these chastizements God sometimes addeth others, to shewe how much hee abhorreth this vi∣ce, and such as sinne therein in any of the fiue wayes before rehearsed, of euery one, I will set downe an example. Achan because hee tooke certaine things of Iericho, contrary to the precept of Iosue, was by Gods commaundement stoned to deathe, and all his wealthe consumed with fier. Nabal ouerwhelmed with auarice, denyed Dauid the almes that hee asked, and because hee was harde hearted to him that was needye, hee died with his hearte as harde