A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 52
52 Why say ye that which ye do not? Did not the Scribes and Pharisees do the same which ye do, and did they not believe in Moses and the Prophets? and yet were they destroyed. Then wherein are ye better than they, that ye should enter the kingdom of heaven merely by virtue of the humility of your tongues and the words of your mouths. Let your deeds be in accord with your words, that God may guide you to righteousness and disclose the truth unto you. “Ye teach men to turn the left cheek when smitten on the right, but ye smite others without being smitten, and if any smite you then ye leave him not till ye have compassed his ruin. Ye give not the cloak to him who asks for your coat, but on whomsoever ye see a cloak ye desire to divest him of it and of the coat also. “Ye teach men to love their neighbours, but which of your own neighbours is pleased with you? Ye compass to destroy your neighbours, and sitting over their graves quaff goblets of wine, and carousals in their ruined homes, and hearing the cries of their widows and orphans ye laugh and exclaim. ‘They only deserved this. ’ “Ye teach men not to act for show, but every act of yours is for show. Do you not love the display of your works, and is not the whole of your progress based on this that you proclaim from the housetops all that ye claim to have done? “Ye teach men to do good for the sake of good, but ye take good care to do nothing yourselves except that which brings you political or financial gain, so much so, that ye preach what ye deem to be the Word of God with the object of consolidating your political strength and