1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers. To fret
is to worry, to become vexed. Nature is very apt to kindle a fire of jealousy
when it sees lawbreakers riding on horses and obedient subjects walking in the
mire; it is a lesson learned only in the school of grace, when one comes to
view the most paradoxical providences with the devout complacency of one who is
sure that the Lord is righteous in all his acts. Neither be thou enviousagainst the workers of iniquity. When one is poor, despised, and in deep
trial, our old Adam naturally becomes envious of the rich and great; and when
we are conscious that we have been more righteous than they, the devil is sure
to be at hand with blasphemous reasonings. Evil men, instead of being envied,
are to be viewed with horror and aversion; yet their loaded tables, and gilded
trappings, are too apt to fascinate our poor half-opened eyes. Who envies the
fat bullock the ribbons and garlands which decorate him as he is led to the
slaughter?
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