CHAPTER XVII. (2)
CHAPTER XVII. (2)
73. If the cause of sadnesse be not that another hast good, but that we have not, and that good is to be wished for by us, then it is not envy, but emulation. Rom. 11. 14.
74. If the cause of sadnesse be the unworthinesse of him, who enjoys that good, then it is not properly envy, but indignation. Pro. 29. 2.
75. Yet all these affections if they exceed measure, are wont to be noted in the Scriptures under the name of envy. Psal. 37. vers. 1. 7. Pro. 3. 31.
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Citation: William Ames, The Marrow of Sacred Divinity (1642), EEBO-TCP A25291, section 67.
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Scripture refs: ROM.11.14, PSA.37.5
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