Because it is so seeld, and slackly harde,
The abuse[1245] and scorning of God’s ordinaunces,
Is chiefest cause of care and woefull chaunces.
13.
God’s holy orders highly are abused
Whan men doe chaunge their ends for straunge respects:
They scorned are, whan they bee cleane refused,
For that they cannot serue our fond affects:
The one our shame, the other our sinne detects:
It is a shame for christians to abuse them,