Luke: Alas for us, who need beware

Alas for us, who need beware
Of men that sit in Moses' chair,
And should to heaven the people guide!
Men with the pomp of office clad,
In robes pontifical array'd,
But stain'd with avarice and pride.

The church they call their proper care,
The temple of the Lord they are,
Abusers of their legal power;
(jreedy the church's goods to seize,
Their wealth they without end increase,
And the poor widow's house devour.