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…

6 The Priests heap up out of the Scriptures, such things as serve the belly, but such as pertain to the imitation of Christ, they reject as impertinent to salvation. Answer. This Saint Augustine proveth in his seventeenth Homily, The Harvest is great, but there are few Harvest-folk; and speaking that, which I cannot without grief, though there be many that would hear good things, there lacks such as should declare the same unto them. The world is full of Priests, yet there are few Work-men in the Harvest of the Lord: we would be willingly Priests, but we do not the office of Priest-hood; we are fallen into outward affairs, and take upon us an office for honour, and hire another to ease our labour; we leave preaching, we are called Bishops to our pain; we retain the name of honour, but not the virtue; we daily call for our stipend, but care not for our flock; we gape after earthly things and glory, and leave the cause of God undone; we take upon us the place of holiness, and are wholly wrapped in cares and troubles. And S. Barnard saith in his 33. Sermon upon the Canonicals, all are friends, and all enemies, all kinsfolks, and all adversaries, all of an household, and no peace-makers, they are the Ministers of Christ, and serve Antichrist; they go honourably, honoured with the goods of the Church, and yet they do no honour.

6 The Priests heap vp out of the Scriptures, such things as serue the belly, but such as pertaine to the imitation of Christ, they reiect as impertinent to saluation. Answere. This Saint Augustine prooueth in his seuenteenth Homily, The Haruest is great, but there are few Haruest-folke; and speaking that, which I cannot without gréefe, though there be many that would heare good things, there lacks such as should declare the same vnto them. The world is full of Priests, yet there are few Worke-men in the Haruest of the Lord: we would be willingly Priests, but we do not the office of Priest-hood; we are fallen into outward affaires, and take vpon vs an office for honor, and hire another to ease our labour; we leaue preaching, we are called Bishops to our paine; we retaine the name of honour, but not the vertue; we daily call for our stipend, but care not for our flocke; wee gape after earthly things and glory, and leaue the cause of God vndone; we take vpon vs the place of holinesse, and are wholy wrapped in cares and troubles. And S. Barnard saith in his 33. Sermon vpon the Canonicals, all are friends, and all enemies, all kinsfolkes, and all aduersaries, all of an houshold, and no peace-makers, they are the Ministers of Christ, and serue Antichrist; they goe honorably, honoured with the goods of the Church, and yet they do no honor.