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THIS is a sufficiently dreadful and clear instance of this tyranny, which,
when once the mind is taken prisoner by it, allows it to keep to no rules
of honesty, nor to be satisfied with any additions to its gains. For we
must seek to put an end to this madness, not by riches, but by stripping
ourselves of them. Lastly, when he (viz. Judas) had received the bag set
apart for the distribution to the poor, and intrusted to his care for this
purpose, that he might at least satisfy himself with plenty of money, and
set a limit to his avarice, yet his plentiful supply only broke out into a
still greedier incitement of desire, so that he was ready no longer
secretly to rob the bag, but actually to sell the Lord Himself. For the
madness of this avarice is not satisfied with any amount of riches.
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