(15) But if thou wouldst know what the true Faith is, then observe: Thy Heart must not qualify or co-operate with the four Sons of the Devil, in Pride, Covetousness, Envy, Wrath, Extortion, Oppression, Lying, Deceiving, Murder, and tearing the Bread out of thy Neighbour's Throat, studying Day and Night to do Mischief, in bringing subtle Devices and Designs to effect, that thou mayest give Satisfaction to the proud, covetous, envious, and wrathful Devils, to court them, and exercise thyself in worldly Pleasures and Voluptuousness.

(53) Not that we should deceive and bely one another, and tear the Bread out of others Mouths for very Greediness and great Covetousness, neither should one outbrave another in Stateliness, Fashions, and Deportment, and so despise another who cannot use his sly, crafty, subtle, devilish Policy and Tricks.

(99) This modern World should do well to speculate on this Pride and Covetousness, and to consider how it is an Enmity against God; and that thereby they go Headlong to the Devil, and there must have their Jaws and Throats open eternally to rob and devour, and yet find nothing but hellish Abomination. Of the Third Son, * Envy.

(1) Then he who has lied and shown himself unfaithful, and revolted to the devil's army, in what evil do we think him to be? He belies, therefore, the Lord, or rather he is cheated of his own hope who believes not God; and he believes not who does not what He has commanded.

(1) MANY wonderful practices follow them that be deceived in this false work, or in any species thereof, beyond that doth them that be God’s true disciples: for they be evermore full seemly in all their practices, bodily or ghostly. But it is not so of these other. For whoso would or might behold unto them where they sit in this time, an it so were that their eyelids were open, he should see them stare as they were mad, and leeringly look as if they saw the devil. Surely it is good they be wary, for truly the fiend is not far. Some set their eyes in their heads as they were sturdy sheep beaten in the head, and as they should die anon. Some hang their heads on one side as if a worm were in their ears. Some pipe when they should speak, as if there were no spirit in their bodies: and this is the proper condition of an hypocrite. Some cry and whine in their throats, so be they greedy and hasty to say that they think: and this is the condition of heretics, and of them that with presumption and with curiosity of wit will always maintain error.

(12) For it forsakes the Love, and hangs on Covetousness, Extortion and Bribery; there is no Mercy at all therein: Every one cries out, If I had but Money! Those that are in Authority and Power suck the very Marrow from the Bones of Men of low Degree and Rank, and feed upon the Sweat of their Brows. Briefly, there is nothing else but lying, cozening, robbing and murdering, and so may very justly be called the Devil's Nest and Dwelling-house.