52. "To hope to be saved by indulgences is an empty and lying hope even should the commissary of indulgences, nay, the pope himself, be pleased to pledge his own soul in security of it.
53. "Those who, on account of the preaching of indulgences, forbid the preaching of the word of God, are enemies of the pope and of Jesus Christ.
55. "The pope cannot have any other thought than this:—If the indulgence, which is the lesser matter, is celebrated with bell, pomp, and ceremony, it is necessary, à fortiori, to honour and celebrate the gospel, which is the greater matter, with a hundred bells, a hundred pomps, and a hundred ceremonies.
62. "The true and precious treasure of the Church is the holy gospel of the glory and grace of God.
65. "The treasures of the gospel are nets, which once caught the rich, and those who were at ease in their circumstances:
66. "But the treasures of indulgence are nets, in which, now-a-days, they catch, not rich people, but the riches of people.
67. "It is the duty of bishops and pastors to receive the commissaries of apostolic indulgences with all respect:
68. "But it is still more their duty to use their eyes and their ears, in order to see that the said commissaries do not preach the dreams of their own imaginations instead of the orders of the pope.
71. "Cursed be he who speaketh against the indulgence of the pope.
72. "But blessed be he who speaks against the foolish and impudent words of the preachers of indulgences.