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Confession to the Priest.14. To the priests.) This leprosie signifieth sinne, which though God may and can heale without any mans meanes, yet he doth it not ordinarily but by the Priests ministerie: therfore let no man despise Gods ordinance, nor say that it is enough to confesse to God though he never come at the Priest. Li. de visit. infirm. apud August.

14. As they went.) A man may sometimes be so contrite and penitent, that his sinne is forgiven before he come to the Priest, but then also he must notwithstanding goe to the Priest, as these lepers did: specially whereas we are never sure how contrite we are, and because there is no true contrition, but with desire also of the Sacrament in time and place.

 

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Chap. XVIII.

 

The Church is taught to commit the revenge of her persecutions to God, and to pray incessantly, for he no doubt (though in the persecution of Antichrist few will so thinke) will at length come. 9. We must also pray with humility, because we know not with the Pharisee if we be just, but we know with the Publican that we be sinners. 15. He will have children to be brought to him, and all to be as children. 18. What is to be done to get life everlasting. 22. What also, to get perfection; 28. and what reward they shal have that leave all, yea or any part, for his sake. 31. He foretelleth of his Passion most particularly, 33. and entring into Jericho, cureth one blind man.

 

AND he spake also a parable to them that it behoveth ^[1] alwayes to pray, and not to be weary, ²saying: There was a certaine judge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, and of man made no account. ³And there was a certaine widow in that citie, and she came to him, saying, Revenge me of mine adversarie. ⁴And he would not of a long time. But afterward he said within himself, Although I feare not God, nor make account of man, ⁵yet because this widow is importune upon me, I wil revenge her, lest at the last she come and defame me. ⁶And our Lord said: Heare what the judge of iniquitie sayeth. ⁷And will not God revenge his elect that crie to him day and night; and wil he have patience in them? ⁸I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Sonne of man comming, ″ shal he finde trow you, faith in the earth?

^{9 aa} The Ghospel upon the 10. Sunday after Pentecost. And he said also to certaine that trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, this parable: ¹⁰Two men went up into the Temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. ¹¹The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself, God, I give thee thankes that I am not as the rest of men, extorcioners, unjust, advouterers, as also this Publican. ^{12 [2]} I fast twise in a weeke, I give tithes of al that I possesse. ¹³And the Publicane standing a farre off would not so much as lift up his eyes toward Heaven; but he ^[3] knocked his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. ¹⁴I say to you, this man went downe into his house justified more then he: because every one that exalteth himself, shal be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shal be exalted. ✠

¹⁵ Mt. 19, 13. Mr. 10, 13.* And they brought unto him infants also, that he might touch them. Which thing when the Disciples saw, they rebuked them. ¹⁶But Jesus calling them together, said: Suffer children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for the Kingdom of Heaven is for such.

1. We should pray alwayes by faith, hope and charitie and by working the things that be acceptable to God: though special times of vocal prayers in the Canonical houres be assigned for the stirring up of us to God through external signes of devotion.
2. To take pride of fasting, tithing, or any good worke, is naught, though the workes themselves be very good.
3. So doe the Priests and people at the holy Altar knocke their breasts, and say with the humble Publican, Deus propitius. Aug. Ps. 31. conc. 3.