The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

Woe is unto me if I preach not. If I do it willingly (saith he) then have I my reward that is, then am I sure that God's spirit is in me and that I am elect to eternal life. If I do it against my will an office is committed unto me, that is, if I do it not of love to God, but to get a living there by and for a worldly put pose and had, lever other ways live, then do I that office which God hath put me in and yet please not God my self. Note now if this Apostle preach not as many do not, which only make them selves Apostles, ⟨image 49⟩but also compel men to take them for greater then Apostles, yea for great ter then Christ him self, then woe is unto him, that is, his damnation is just. If he preach and his heart not right, yet ministereth he the office that God hath put him in, and they that have the spirit of God here the voice of God, yea though he speak in an Ass▪ More over how so ever he preacheth he hath not to rejoice, in that he preacheth.

Woe is vnto me if I preache not. If I do it wylingly (sayth he) then haue I my rewarde that is, thē am I sure that goddes spirite is in me and that I am electe to eternall lyfe. Yf I do it agaynste my wyll an offyce is cōmitted vnto me, that is, if I do it not of loue to God, but to gete aliuing ther by and for a worldli put pose and had, leuer other ways lyue, then do I that office which God hath put me in and yet please not God my selfe. Note now if thys Apostle preach not as many do not, whiche only make them selues Apostles, ⟨image 49⟩but also compell men to take thē for greatter then Apostles, yea for great ter then Christ hym selfe, then wo is vnto hym, that is, his damnacion is iust. If he preach and hys hert not right, yet mynistreth he the office that God hath put hym in, and they that haue the spirite of God here the voyce of God, yea though he speake in an Asse▪ More ouer howe so euer he preacheth he hath not to reioyse, in that he preacheth.