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common-wealth, which the true Church never wanted. But to say truth, they have neither Martha nor Marie. Our Lord give them grace to see their miserie. If ours were not answerable to their profession, or were degenerated, why have they no new ones? If our Churches Votaries vowed unlawful things, Chastitie, Povertie, Obedience, Pilgrimage: what other Votaries or lawful vowes have they? Vowes and votaries.For, to offer voluntarily by vow (besides the keeping of Gods commandements, whereunto we are bound by precept and promise in our Baptisme) our soules, bodies, goods, or any other acceptable thing to God, is an acte of soveraigne worship belonging to God only: and there was never true religion without such vowes and Votaries. If there be none in their whole Church that professe contemplation, or that vow any thing at al to God voluntarily, neither in their bodies nor in their goods; God and the world know they have no Church nor religion at al.

 

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Chap. XI.

 

He teacheth a forme of prayer, 5. and exhorteth to pray instantly, 11. assuring that so God wil give us good things. 14. The Jewes blaspheming his casting out of Divels, and asking for a miracle from Heaven, 17. he defendeth his doing: 22. foretelling also the Divels expulsion by him out of the world (that is, the vocation of the Gentils) 24. and his reentrie into their Nation, 27. with their reprobation though he be of their flesh, 29. and also their final most worthy damnation. 37. Againe, to the Pharisees and Scribes he crieth woe, as authours of the said reprobation now at hand.

AND it came to passe, when he was in a certaine place praying, as he ceased, one of his Disciples said to him: Lord teach us to pray, as John also taught his Disciples. ²And he said to them: Mat. 6, 9.* When you pray, say, Father, sanctified be thy name. Thy kingdom come. ³Our daily bread give us this day, ⁴and forgive us our sinnes, for because ourselves also doe forgive every one that is in debt to us. And lead us not into temptation. The Ghospel in Majoribus litanies on S. Markes day, and in the Rogation dayes. And in a votive Masse against the Pagans.⁵And he said to them: Which of you shal have a freind, and shal goe to him at midnight, and shal say to him, Freind, lend me three loaves, ⁶because a freind of mine is come out of his way to me, and I have not what to set before him: ⁷and he from within answering saith: Trouble me not, now the doore is shut, and my children are with me in bed; I can not rise and give thee. ⁸And if he shal persevere knocking, I say to you, although he wil not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet for his importunitie he wil rise, and give him as many as he needeth. ⁹ Mat. 7, 7.* And I say to you, Ask, and it shal be given you: seeke, and you shal find: knock, and it shal be opened to you. ¹⁰For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shal be opened. ¹¹And which of you if he aske his father bread, wil he give him a stone? or a fish, wil he for a fish give him a serpent? ¹²Or if he aske an egge, wil he reach him a scorpion? ¹³If you then being naught, know how to give good guiftes to your children, how much more wil your father from Heaven give the good Spirit to them that aske him? ✠

The Ghospel upon the 3. Sunday in Lent.¹⁴ Mat. 12, 22.* And he was casting out a Divel, and that was dumme. And when he had cast out the Divel, the dumme spake: and the multitudes marveled. ¹⁵ Mr. 3, 22.* And certaine of them said: In Beel-zebub the prince of