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

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