Are they not convinced to be rather lovers of themselves than of Christ, who are always thinking of their own profit and gain?
Where shall we find a man that is willing to serve God gratis?
4. Seldom do we find any one so spiritual, as to be stripped of all things.
For who shall be able to find the man that is truly poor in spirit, and naked of all things created? His value is (as of things that is brought) from afar and from the remotest coasts, Proverbs xxxi.
If a man gives his whole substance, it is yet nothing.
And if he do great penance, it is yet little.
And if he attain to all knowledge, he is far off still.
And if he have great virtue, and exceeding fervent devotion, there is still much wanting to him; to wit, one thing, which is chiefly necessary for him.