her of all other; he is
never out of his diocess; he is never from his cure; ye shall never find
him unoccupied; he is ever in his parish; he keepeth residence at all
times; ye shall never find him out of the way, call for him when you will
he is ever at home; the diligentest preacher in all the realm; he is ever
at his plough: no lording nor loitering can hinder him; he is ever
applying his business, ye shall never find him idle, I warrant you. And
his office is to hinder religion, to maintain superstition, to set up
idolatry, to teach all kind of popery. He is ready as he can be wished
for to set forth his plough; to devise as many ways as can be to deface
and obscure God's glory. Where the devil is resident, and hath his
plough going, there away with books, and up with candles; away with
bibles, and up with beads; away with the light of the gospel, and up with
the light of candles, yea, at noon-days. Where the devil is resident,
that he may prevail, up with all superstition and idolatry; censing,
painting of images, candles, palms, ashes, holy water, and new service of
men's inventing; as though man could invent a better way to honour God
with than God himself hath appointed. Down with Christ's cross, up with
purgatory pick-purse, up with him, the popish purgatory, I mean. Away
with clothing the naked, the poor and impotent; up with decking of
images, and gay garnishing of stocks and stones: up with man's traditions
and his laws, down with God's traditions and his most holy word. Down
with the old honour due to God, and up with the new god's honour. Let
all things be done in Latin: there must be nothing but Latin, not so much
as _Memento, homo, quod cinis es, et in cinerem reverteris_: "Remember,
man, that thou art ashes, and into ashes thou shalt return:" which be the
words that the minister speaketh unto the ignorant people, when he giveth
them ashes upon Ash-Wednesday; but it must be spoken in Latin: God's word
may in no wise be translated into English.

Oh that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good
doctrine, as Satan is to sow cockle and darnel! And this is the devilish
ploughing, the which worketh to have things in Latin, and letteth the
fruitful edification. But here some man will say to me, What, sir, are
ye so privy of the devil's counsel, that ye know all this to be true?
Truly I know him too well, and have obeyed him a little too much in
condescending to some follies; and I know