ON JEALOUSY AND ENVY. 43 boundary. The mischiefof jealousy,manifoldand fruitful, extends widely. It is the root of allevils,the fountainof disasters,thenurseryof crimes,thematerialof transgressions. Thence ariseshatred,thence proceedsanimosity. Jealousy inflamesavarice,in thatone cannot be contentwith what is hisown, while he seesanothermore wealthy. Jealousystirs up ambition,when one seesanothermore exaltedin honours.1 When jealousy darkens our perceptions,and reduces the secretagenciesof the mind under itscommand, the fearof God isdespised,the teachingof Christisneglected,the day of judgment is not anticipated.Pride inflates,crueltyem bitters,faithlessnessprevaricates,impatienceagitates,discord rages,anger grows hot; nor can he who has become the sub jectof a foreignauthorityany longerrestrainor govern him self.By thisthe bond of the Lord'speace isbroken ; by this is violatedbrotherlycharity; by this truth is adulterated, unityisdivided; men plunge intoheresiesand schismswhen priestsare disparaged,when bishopsare envied,when a man complainsthathe himselfwas not ratherordained,or disdains to sufferthat another should be put over him. Hence the man who is haughty through jealousy,and perversethrough envy, kicks,hence he revolts,in anger and malicethe oppo nent,not of the man, but of the honour. 7. But what a gnawing worm of the soul is it,what a plague-spotof our thoughts,what a rustof the heart,to be jealousof another,eitherin respectof hisvirtueor of his happiness; that is,to hate in him eitherhisown deservings or the divinebenefits— to turn the advantagesof othersinto one's own mischief— to be tormented by the prosperityof illustriousmen — to make other people'sglory one's own penalty,and, as itwere,to applya sortof executionertoone's own breast,to bring the tormentorsto one'sown thoughts and feelings,thatthey may tearus with intestinepangs,and may smite the secretrecessesof the heartwith the hoof of malevolence! To such,no food is joyous,no drink can be cheerful. They are ever sighing,and groaning,and griev ing; and sinceenvy isnever put offby the envious,the pos- 1Or,withsomeeditors," moreincreasedinhonours."