As
oft as we let them die in superstition, so oft we beat them. To be
short, as oft as we blind lead them blind, so oft we beat, and grievously
beat our fellows. When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat
and drink with drunkards. But God will come, God will come, he will not
tarry long away. He will come upon such a day as we nothing look for
him, and at such hour as we know not. He will come and cut us in pieces.
He will reward us as he doth the hypocrites. He will set us where
wailing shall be, my brethren; where gnashing of teeth shall be, my
brethren. And let here be the end of our tragedy, if ye will. These be
the delicate dishes prepared for the world's well-beloved children. These
be the wafers and junkets provided for worldly prelates--wailing and
gnashing of teeth. Can there be any mirth, where these two courses last
all the feast? Here we laugh, there we shall weep. Our teeth make merry
here, ever dashing in delicates; there we shall be torn with teeth, and
do nothing but gnash and grind our own. To what end have we now excelled
other in policy? What have we brought forth at the last? Ye see,
brethren, what sorrow, what punishment is provided for you, if ye be
worldlings.
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