Liber I, cap. 31. De Ecclesiis ParticularibusThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶15} et v. 11. — …æ cupidum: quanto minus exactorem? et iterum v. 8. Tit. i. 7. et v. 11. idem. 1 Pet. v. 2, 3. pascite Dei gregem, qui penes vos est—: neque turpis lucri causa, sed prompto animo. Certe si…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶15} Tit. i. 7, 11. — …s; far less therefore an exactor of lucre. Compare also v. 8. Tit. i. 7, 11. 1 Pet. v. 2, 3. feed the flock of God which is among you ...... not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. If…