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TWO handes togeither heere with griping hold,
And all their force, doe striuve to take away
This burning Lampe, and Candlestick of Gold,
Whose light shall burne in spite of Hell for ay:
And brighter then the beames of PHOEBVS shine,
For this the Truth so holy and divine
Which foule Ambition hath so often vext,
And swelling pride of Praelates put in doubt,
With Covetuousness that greedie Monster next,
That long I feare me since had bene out,
Did not thy hand (deare Saviour) from aboue
Defend it so, that it might never moue.
Quoties homini-
bus praesse desi-
dero, toties Deo
meo praeire con-
tendo. August:
super Psalm:
Basil: Doron. lib: 2: pag: 38.
Perdita Avarities, et dira Superbia, Pestis
Christiadum infoelix, Ambitioque simul
Certatim vt tentent extinguere lampada verbi,
Ni tua succurrat (CHRISTE miserte) manus.
Gregor: Moral: 26. Summus locus bene regitur cum is qui praeest, vitiis potius quam fratri-
bus dominatur.
Omnis adeundi honos ecclesiastici abscindeeretur ambitio, si se iudican[-]
dos, potius quam iudicaturoshi qui praeesse volunt populis cogitarent.