"_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.
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