him as other men do, yea, that
he is ever occupied, and ever busy in following his plough. I know by
St. Peter, which saith of him, _Sicut leo rugiens circuit quaerens quem
devoret_: "He goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour." I would have this text well viewed and examined, every word of
it: "_Circuit_," he goeth about in every corner of his diocess; he goeth
on visitation daily, he leaveth no place of his cure unvisited: he
walketh round about from place to place, and ceaseth not. "_Sicut leo_,"
as a lion, that is, strongly, boldly, and proudly; stately and fiercely
with haughty looks, with his proud countenances, with his stately
braggings. "_Rugiens_," roaring; for he letteth not slip any occasion to
speak or to roar out when he seeth his time. "_Quaerens_," he goeth
about seeking, and not sleeping, as our bishops do; but he seeketh
diligently, he searcheth diligently all corners, where as he may have his
prey. He roveth abroad in every place of his diocess; he standeth not
still, he is never at rest, but ever in hand with his plough, that it may
go forward. But there was never such a preacher in England as he is. Who
is able to tell his diligent preaching, which every day, and every hour,
laboureth to sow cockle and darnel, that he may bring out of form, and
out of estimation and room, the institution of the Lord's supper, and
Christ's cross? For there he lost his right; for Christ said, _Nunc
judicium est mundi, princeps seculi hujus ejicietur foras. Et sicut
exaltarit Moses serpentem in deserto, ita exaltari oportet Filium
hominis. Et cum exaltatus fuero a terra, omnia traham ad meipsum_. "Now
is the judgment of this world, and the prince of this world shall be cast
out. And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the
Son of man be lift up. And when I shall be lift up from the earth, I
will draw all things unto myself." For the devil was disappointed of his
purpose: for he thought all to be his own; and when he had once brought
Christ to the cross, he thought all cocksure. But there lost he all
reigning: for Christ said, _Omnia traham ad meipsum_: "I will draw all
things to myself." He meaneth, drawing of man's soul to salvation. And
that he said he would do _per semetipsum_, by his own self; not by any
other body's sacrifice. He meant by his own sacrifice on the cross,
where he offered himself for the redemption of mankind; and not the
sacrifice of the