Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…

The second question, how hast thou ruled Gods flock committed to thy cure, for the good of the sheep, or for hire, as a father, or a wolf; whom hast thou turned from their cursed living by thy preaching and good example? whom hast thou taught the law of God? he that is ignorant, the fatherless, Children and thy flock shall grievously accuse thee, that thou hast lived by their labour, and done nothing therefore, but let them go astray. S. Barnard saith, Priests be in place of Saints, and they do wickedly, not being content with necessary wages, but over-plus: that the needy should live by, they wast in houses of pride and lechery; beware, thou shalt give an account to the last farthing, thinkest thou that thou shalt not be disallowed for nourishing young men, idly taught, as in a school to blaspheme God in all evil living: for feeding of fat palfreys, of hounds, and of hawks, and of lecherous women. Hear what is said of such, they lead their days in vanity and wealth, and in a moment go down to hell.

The second question, how hast thou ruled Gods flock committed to thy cure, for the good of the sheep, or for hire, as a father, or a wolfe; whom hast thou turned from their cursed liuing by thy preaching and good example? whom hast thou taught the law of God? he that is ignorant, the fatherlesse, Children and thy flocke shall greeuously accuse thee, that thou hast liued by their labour, and done nothing therefore, but let them go astray. S. Barnard saith, Priests be in place of Saints, and they doe wickedly, not being content with necessary wages, but ouer-plus: that the needy should liue by, they wast in houses of pride and lechery; beware, thou shalt giue an account to the last farthing, thinkest thou that thou shalt not be disalowed for nourishing young men, idly taught, as in a schoole to blaspheme God in all euill liuing: for féeding of fat palfries, of hounds, and of haukes, and of lecherous women. Heare what is said of such, they lead their daies in vanity and wealth, and in a moment go downe to hell.

The third question, what light hast thou showed, and what mirror hast thou been unto the people in thy living? It is wonder to see how the life of Priests is changed, they be clothed like Lords, they speak as dishonestly as any Ribald or Harlot: No Merchant more covetous for gain, they ride like Princes, and all is of poor mens goods, they be blinded with to much shining of riches, they make houses as big as Churches, superfluously abounding with all things, they paint their Chambers with pictures, and clothe their Images with Silks of divers colours, but the poor for want of clothing, and with an empty womb, crieth at their doors; and oftentimes the poor be robbed to clothe stocks and scions: thou occupiest the place of Peter and the Apostles, no otherwise then Judas and Simon Magus, as a candle newly quenched that stinketh over the house, in stead of light, and as smoke that blinds ones eyes in stead of fire; they shall have an hard judgement, because they have misentered, and harder, because they have misruled, and the hardest, because they have cursedly lived.