'He shall not find faith upon the earth.' (Essays, 1625.)*

JUST WARS.

As the cause of a war ought to be just, so the justice of that cause ought to be evident; not obscure, not fcrupulous. For by the consent of all laws, in capital causes the evidence must be full and clear and if so where one man's life is in question, what say we to a war, which is ever the sentence of death upon many? We must beware, therefore, how we make a Moloch or an heathen idol of our bleffed Saviour in facrificing the blood of men to Him by an unjust war. The juftice of every action confifteth in the merits of the cause, the warrant of the jurifdiction, and the form of the profecution. As for the inward intention, I leave it to the Court of Heaven. (Touching an Holy War.)

* With reference to the opening of this Essay, 'jesting' is inept. Surely Pilate was in dead earnest and agitating search after a way of deliverance for his tremendous prisoner and himself?

UNITY IN RELIGION.

Religion being the chief band of human fociety, it is a happy thing when itself is well contained within the true band of Unity. The quarrels and divifions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was, because the religion of the heathen confifted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any conftant belief. For you may imagine what kind of faith theirs was, when the chief doctors and fathers of their church were the poets. But the true God hath this attribute, that He is a jealous God'; and therefore His worship and religion will endure no mixture nor partner. (Essays, 1625.)

USURY.

There were also made (3 Hen. VII., c. 6) good and politic laws that Parliament, against ufury, which is the bastard use of money. (Life of Henry VII.)

USURY.

Many have made witty invectives against Ufury. They say that it is a pity the devil fhould have God's part, which is the tithe. That the Ufurer is the greateft Sabbath-breaker, because his plough goeth every Sunday. That the Ufurer is the drone that Virgil speaketh of:

Ignavum fucos pecus a præsepibus arcent. That the Ufurer breaketh the first law that was made for mankind after the fall, which was, in the fweat of thy face fhalt thou eat bread '-not of the fweat of another's face. That Ufurers should have orange-tawny bonnets, because they do Judaize. That it is against nature for money to beget money; and the like. I fay this only, that ufury is a conceffum propter duritiem cordis [a thing allowed by reason of the hardness of men's hearts]; for fince there must be borrowing and lending, and men are fo hard of heart as they will not lend freely, ufury muft be permitted. (Efays, 1625, xli.)

VAIN-GLORY.

It was prettily devised of Æfop, the fly fat upon the axle-tree of the chariotwheel and faid, 'What a dust do I raise !' So are there fome vain persons, that whatsoever goeth alone, or moveth upon greater means, if they have never fo little hand in it, they think it is they that carry it. (Essays, 1625, liv.)

PERKIN WARBECK.

Perkin, for his part, was not wanting to himself either in gracious and princely behaviour, or in ready and appofite answers, or in contenting and careffing those that did apply themselves unto him; or in petty fcorns and difdains to thofe that feemed to doubt of him; but in all things did notably acquit himself; infomuch as it was generally believed (as well amongst great perfons as amongst the vulgar), that he was indeed Duke Richard [of York]. Nay, himself, with long and continued counterfeiting, and with often telling a lie, was turned (by habit)

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