Lux Domini
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

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Interpretation

To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so bad as really it is.

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This thought runs through Ezekiel 26:7-10.