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The Spices of Envy

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 12, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 51.

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The Spices of Envy

The spices of envie ben these: There is first sorrow of other mennes goodness and prosperities, and prosperities ought to be kindly matter of joy. Then is envie a sin against kinde. The second spice of envie is joy of other mennes harm, and that is properly like to the devil, that ever rejoyseth him of mennes harm.
Of these two spices cometh backbiting; and this sin of backbiting, or detracting, hath certain spices, as these: Som man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intente, for he maketh always a wicked knotte at the last ende, always he maketh a but at the last ende, that is degree of more blame than is worth all the praising.—Chaucer.