A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

2 Thus are the poor souls that CHRIST died for, sold into the hands of ignorance ⟨p. 451⟩or impiety: for neither learned nor honest men will be the buyer of sacred things. But when Judas is the patron, Simon Magus must be the priest. Yea Judas is overdone by these Merchants: he sold CHRIST but once, and thought that once too much: these sell him often, over and over again. As one of them thanked God, that he had turned over three Incumbents in one benefice for his time; but he was a Popish one, as it is said. Now the chapman that buys this, purposeth to sell it again and to make a commodity of the sheep's wool, whatsoever become of themselves. Like the Wolfe, who sucks the ewe, while she is a little one, and devours her when he is grown a great one. Nutritus per me, sed tandem saeviet in me. But let this be spoken to the horror of their consciences, that make merchandise of the Churches endowments. Such a patron shall find it hard enough to answer for his own soul: but to have the blood of so many souls required at his hands, it is a question when he comes to hell, whether Judas himself will change torments with him. It is horrible and would make any heart shudder and tremble to think, that poor people bought and sold on earth, should lie blended in torments with their Patrons and Priests; cursing the one for selling, the other for buying their souls.

2 Thus are the poore soules that CHRIST died for, sold into the hands of ignorance ⟨p. 451⟩or impietie: for neither learned nor honest men will be the buyer of sacred things. But when Iudas is the patron, Simon Magus must be the priest. Yea Iudas is overdone by these Merchants: he sold CHRIST but once, and thought that once too much: these sell him often, over and over againe. As one of them thanked God, that he had turned over three Incumbents in one benefice for his time; but he was a Popish one, as it is said. Now the chapman that buyes this, purposeth to sell it again and to make a commoditie of the sheepes wooll, whatsoever become of themselves. Like the Wolfe, who suckes the ewe, while she is a little one, and devoures her when he is growne a great one. Nutritus per me, sed tandem saeviet in me. But let this be spoken to the horror of their consciences, that make merchandise of the Churches endowments. Such a patron shall find it hard enough to answer for his owne soule: but to have the bloud of so many soules required at his hands, it is a question when hee comes to hell, whether Iudas himselfe will change torments with him. It is horrible and would make any heart shudder and tremble to thinke, that poore people bought and sold on earth, should lie blended in torments with their Patrons and Priests; cursing the one for selling, the other for buying their soules.